St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-12-01
EAST BARNET
Death of Mrs. Curtis DiclzinsOn-Was
CALIFORNIAN Correspondent For
Many Years.

Many Years.
(Mrs. c. w. Tilton, Correspondent
Florinda Lang, the fourth in a fam
lily of nine children of John and Nan
icy (Somers) Lang. was born Aug. "a
rs years ago, at Dalton, N. H At the
sage of Is she was bereft of her moth.
'er, and being one of the older girls
was obliged at this early age to assist
in the responsibility of mothering the
younger children, one of them being
baby of two years. Four are left
to mourn the loss of their sister anC
to testify to her faithfulness; namely
John and Janet Lang of Barnet. Mrs
Lucetta Gilfllan of East Burke, and
Mrs. Ruby Frazer of Monroe. N. H
Nov. IS was the 46th anniversary
of her marriage to Curtis Dickinson.
To them were born five children: Mrs.
F. G. Weeks of Woodsville. N. H.. Mrs.
Fred Shonyo of Lyndonviile, Willie N,
who died in infancy, Mrs. Luella Crea-
ser and Florence M. Dickinson, both
of whom died several years ago of
tuberculosis. On Thanksgiving day,
after a long illness with the same dis
ease she passed on to join those who
had gone before. For 48 years she
was a faithful member of the Con-
gregational church in Barnet, and her
name stood first on the list at the last
annual roll-call of the church. She
was also a member of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union of East
Barnet and of the Helping Hand So
'ciety from it's organization and also a
member of the L. G. S.. She was the
local correspondent of the st. Johns
bury Caledonian for Is years, closing
her labor last April. She also wrote
T
years. The funeral was held in the
chapel at East Barnet Saturday after
noon, where a large number of friends
and neighbors showed their loving ap-
probation. The interment was at
Barnet. Some of the people from out
of town who attended the funeral were
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Weeks and daugh-
ter, Marion Weeks, of WoodsviIle, N
H.. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Shonyo and son
Howard of Lyndonville. Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Frazier and three children, Les
lie, Mabel and Robert of Monroe. N.
H, Osmond Creaser and son Clyde of
Derby Miss Nettie Lang. John Lang
and son Max of Barnet, Carl Lang and
Mrs. J. Lang of Danville, Mr..
and Mrs Gilbert Gilfllan of Burke,
Mrs. Elvira Brock and Mrs. Curtis
Harvey of Passumpsic, Mr.. and Mrs
Coe of West Burke and Charles Dick
inson of Barnet.
Those who were at Oliver AmelPs
for THANKSGIVING were Mr.. and Mrs.
D. H. Amell of Newbury, Mrs. Addie
La Point Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cham
pany and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Harris
of Passumpsic.
Carl Bailey spent Thanksgiving with
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Bailey.
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Thanksgiving. Edd Moore was home
from Hanover. Thursday.
Miss Marjorie Nelson returned to
her work in Newport Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. NORWOOD and
two children, Charles NORWOOD, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Todd Mcdowell and son
Neil spent Thanksgiving in st. Johns
bury with Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Collins.
Mr.. and Mrs w. J. McGill and
daughter Portia ate Thanksgiving din
ner with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McGill
at Passumpsic.
Quite a number from here attended
the Thanksgiving ball at Barnet Thurs
day night, given by the I. o. o. F.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Champany of
Passumpsic visited Mr.. and Mrs. Oil
Ger Amen Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Menard have
been spending a few days at Andover.
N. H, with relatives. Mrs Addie
is spending few days with
her son Rammie at Barnet.
George Gammell spent the week
end in Newport.
H. F. Wiley of Holyoke, Mass, and
Miss Lydia McNeilly of st. Johnsbury
spent Thursday with Mrs. Gertrude
Walker.
Mrs. Ethel Spencer and daughter
of Lyndonville visited Mrs. c. A. Bal
ley Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harvey and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r Moore were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moore at
Fairlee Sunday.
The w. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs.
Burbank Thursday afternoon.
Subject: Woman's Suffrage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvah Blandin of Co
aticook. P. O.. and Miss Evelyn Blan-
din of st. Johnsbury were with Mr..
md Mrs. Al Blandin Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Nelson and
daughter, Marjorie, who have been
spending the past six weeks in Cali
fornia. returned home Friday.
Charles Elliott. Henry Gammell and
Guy Lindsay, who have been spending
a few days in camp at Maidstone each
oIlOL d Lu0 OGOI GlldIIcS GIl1OLl Trap
ped fine otter while there. measur-
ing six feet long. Nichol Kay and
Arthur Bandy each shot a deer last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bowker of ST.
Johnsbury spent Thanksgiving with
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Roy.
Miss Mavourine Cilley spent Thurs
day in Passumpsic with her grand
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Simonds. |