St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-05-19
LyndOnviIle
A Few Cases of Diphtheria In the
Village-CommOn Occurrences
of the Week

(Mrs. E. J. Blodgett, Correspondent
Raymond Campbell is quarantined
at home with a mild case of diphthe-
ria. There are three other cases in
town, none of them severe, but the
health officer thinks there is not
much danger of further cases and
does not consider it necessary to close
the schools.
Stephen Leach is working for AL
len Hunter on the ice cart.
w. F. Powers and family of Peach
am were in town last week.
Mrs. Joshua Bemis is recovering
from a serious surgical operation re-
Gently performed and is getting along
as well as could be expected.
Perley Harris, wife and children
from East Burke, visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harris Jenkins at
Speedwell Farms, last week.
The annual meeting of the Lyn-
don Union Club will be held in the
Gable Hall Thursday afternoon of
this week, May 20, at $3.50. Reports
will be given by officers and commit
tees, officers will be elected as well
as delegates to the state federation
meeting at ST. Adams.
Daniel Davis of Kirby is moving
to the place he recently bought of
Joseph La Point.
Miss Josephine Fisher of ST.
Johnsbury was a visitor in town last
week.
Miss Mary Towne is spending a
few days with her mother, Mrs.
Daniel Beckwith, in Lowell, Mass.
Mrs Arthur Robinson visited her
husbands parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Robinson, in Barnet last week.
Mrs Ernest Grant was called to
Monroe, n. H, last week by the death
of a relative, Mrs. Rosa Hunt.
Fred M. Campbell has bought of
w. F. Stoddard his four-apartment
house on the corner of Main and
Park streets, and will move there
himself after making some altera-
tions and repairs.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
held a food sale in the parish house
Saturday afternoon with good pa
tronage and profit.
Mrs. Edward G. French, who is
now staying at st. Johnsbury for
medical treatment, visited her friend,
Miss Martha Stevens, last week.
Dr. and Mrs. +. H. Davis took a
motor trip to Northfield over Sun
day to visit their son, Karl, who is
in Norwich University.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Watson are
spending this week camping in Mr..
Powers cottage at Lake Willoughby.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Lyster have
returned from a ten days trip to
Boston and other places in that vi
cinity.
George Frost was in town over
Sunday with his wife and daughter.
Mrs. w. l.. Guild left Friday for
an absence of about two months,
most of which time she will spend
in New York with her niece, Mrs.
Harper D. Toppings. She will also
visit in Bradford, White River juno
ton, Springfield, Boston and vicin-
ity. Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Ferguson
will occupy her home during her alb
sence.
Mrs. Clarke B. Hutchinson has re-
turned from Stanstead, P. O., where
she has been in charge of the house
hold of her daughter, Mrs. E. G. r.
vine. Mrs. Irvine has been in Montreal
for surgical treatment, but is now
at home, much improved in health.
The entertainment given Saturday
afternoon by five pupils of Mrs. An
ma Spencer Frost was a very delight
full one and well carried out. 1t
was given in the camp grove, which
made a beautiful setting, the stage
being arranged with trees, flags and
other decorations. Those who took
part were the Misses Carolyn Darl-
ling FIavia Folsom, Hazel Harris,
Pearl Wilmot and Malcolm MacDon-
aid. They were assisted by the St.
Johnsbury trio, consisting of Miss
Elizabeth Peck, violinist; Miss Maude
Brown, pianist, and Mr.. Raymond
Laughlin, cellist; by H. E.
Wright, baritone and Miss Flora
Barber and Mrs Henry Brown, ac-
companists.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Murphy were
visitors in Concord last week.
Rupert Cutting of Waterford was
in town for brief call last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hale visited
relatives in Lunenburg last week.
Miss Gertrude Ryan of Newark was
recent visitor in town.
Miss Verna Aldrich of Lyndon is
working at Joseph Webster's.
Mrs. Frank Wiley has been sick
for a few days.
Miss Cora Smith has been spend
ing a short time at her home in
CRANKY.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Caswell were
recent visitors in Newark.
DR.. F. E. Dwinell has been on a
fishing trip of several days to Stone
Pond in Glover.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A.. Shorey recent
ly motored to Newport to visit Mrs.
.Shorey's sister.
H. L. Doyle has moved to his farm
on Gaskell Hill in Burke for the
summer.
Mrs, Fred Beck has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. John Angel, at West
Burke.
Lawrence Shorey has been a re-
cent victim of the mumps.
The ingalls, brothers are at home
from Huntington, Florida, where
they spent the winter at their place
there.
Mrs. Fanny Cheney Smith has been
stopping with friends in Eden.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Knight mo-
tored up from Boston for few days
last week They will return about
the first of June to occupy the tene- |
ment to be vacated by Fred Campbell. |