St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-02
ST. JOHNSBURY CHNTER
Trouble From Tramps-Pre-memo
ExerciseS-PersOna
Continued next week.

Trouble From TPampS-Pfe-memO
Exercises-PersonaI
! ella Mclaughlin, Correspondent. J
On Saturday the village was trou.
/ bled with two men who were tramp
ing. They went to several
houses asking for food One of the
men ate at four different places and
after calling at the same place three
! times Sheriff Worthen was called and
| in a short time was on the spot and
took him to ST. Johnsbury. The
other tramp was wandering around
until after midnight
! Pre-memor exercises were held
at the school house last Friday after
noon at two O'Clock. The school
room was very prettily decorated with
flags, potted plants, apple blossoms
ferns and bouquets of wild flowers.
The following program was rendered:
Prayer, Mr.. Pringle; flag salute and
singing, Star Spangled Banner" by
school; Gettysburg Address," G.
Raymond Olcott; I'm Sweet Remem-
brance," by six children primary !;
Our Standing Army" Raymond
Pierce; song, His Buttons are Mark
ed U. S." primary school; "Our I'm
ion," by five children; recitation,
THE Blue and the Gray" Leonard
Goss; song, 1.-The Patriot" grammar
school; recitation, Flag Song" Flea
nor Goss; "Our Flag, by five child
rem; vocal duet, "Bugle Call" Doro-
thy Farnham, Kathleen Chaffee, with
their teacher, Miss Helen Ferrin, at
the piano; recitation, keeping Me-
mortal Day." Edith La Point; "The
Flower and Flag" Ethel Simpson and
Randall Mayo; recitation, 1.-THE Boys
at the Plow," Mary Macarthur; Flag
Song, Elsie Pierce, Maude Benedict
(intermedi recitation, 1.-THE Red,
White and Blue, Ralph Brooks;
Flag Drill, eight girls Grammar
SCHOOL,; recitation, Ernest Mooney;
Memorial day song, three children
primary; recitation, Avis Brooks;
song, America for Me- grammar
school; recitation, Our Flag" Doris
Hall; Flower exercise by nine child
rem intermediary recitation, For
My Country" Fremont Wiley; reci-
tation, Memorial Day." Florence La
Point; recitation, boy Blue" Rosa
lie Nichols; song, ''Tenting Tonight"
school; address by Capt. l.. w. Fish
er of st. JOhnsbury, who was intro
duced by one of the "Old Comrades"
Mr.. Pringle. He opened his remarks
ny saying. l. WISH IudI ln1SnI eli
terrain your scholars as wei for a
few minutes as you have me-" He
then gave a brief history of the Civil
war while he was in active service.
He also spoke of the contrast be-
tween the war of our country and the
war now taking place on the other
continent, saying that to his mind
the alleged cause of the present war
was of trivial Importance compared
with the enormous proportion to
which the war has attained, and told
the boys and girls that it was wrong
to let their temper fly.
Dwight Simpson of Fitchburg,
Mass, is home for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Cutting of ST.
have been visiting her
brother, Charles Eastman. Karle
F. Mitchell of Littleton, n. H., also
has been visiting there.
Mrs. Fred H. Gee of Putney is Wis
iting her parents Mr.. and Mrs. E. M.
Massey and other relatives and
friends. Other guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Massey during the week were
Mr.. and Mrs r. E. Woodward and |
children, Reginald E, Dorothy and
Frank E., Pear1e Griggs, G. w. Shaw
and Sarah L. Massey of St. Johnsbury |
anu OudIIGS a. 1uDUdIu Oh 11dI OWACh'
Bert Mclaughlin, Arthur Olcott /
and son and Mr.. Peters of St. Johns
bury were in camp at Long Pond in !
Westmore last week fishing. They |
returned on Monday and had several
fish stories to tell.
Mrs. Lizzie Thurber went to East |
Burke on Saturday to spend Memoir
ial day.
Rev Mr. Green was in Peacham
last week to attend the graduation
exercises.
Mrs. Helen Byron of Lawrence,
Mass, is visiting at Mrs. Charles Sal
mans.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Maynard who
used to live here have been calling
On old friends and have been the
guests of Mrs. Olive Hall.
Mrs. c. E. Johnson, who has been