St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-02-17
PASSUMPSIC
.ev. S. C. Reynolds to be Installed
as Pastor on Friday.


Rev. S. C. Reynolds to be Installed
as Pastor on Friday.
Mrs. Harold Wood, Correspondent
An installation service for the pas
tor of this church, Rev. S. G. Rey-
nolds, will be held in the church
next Friday afternoon and evening.
Afternoon services beginning at P.
NJ Evening at 7:45. In the after
noon there will be given THE charge
to the church" by Rev. F. S. Toll
man of st. Johnsbury. THE charge
to the pastor" by Rev. w. A Da-
vison, D. D., of Burlington. Appro-
pirate music by the choir, both morn
ing and evening. In the evening
the installation sermon by Rev. M.
Rankin of Newport, Hand of Eel
lowship" to pastor and his wife af-
ter which the church and society will
tender a reception to the paster and
his wife. There will be plenty of
time for people to go home and do
their chores between the afternoon
and evening service and return for
the evening service. This commit
tee will. have the reception in the
evening in charge: j. H. Wark,
chairman; J. S. Somers, Mrs. L. H.
Witty, Miss Marguerite Esden; music
committee William E. G. Sparrow,
chairman, Clarence Witty, Mrs
Charles Morgan, Mrs. Arthur Aver;
committee on program. d. Thyng,
chairman, Ernest Skinner, Mrs. J. S.
Somers, Miss Irma King.
A large crowd attended the party
at Charles Fulford's Friday night.
Refreshments of cake, doughnuts
and cookies and coffee were served.
Lew Hovey of st. Johnsbury was
visitor at J. H. Wark's last Fri
day.
Mrs. M. K. Bruce has been sick
the past week with the grip.
The Grace Mason Club will meet
at Mrs. John Lenton's Thursday.
The team will leave the store right
off after the 9 o'clock mail train
leaves.
The masquerade, promenade and
box supper which was mentioned
last week, has had to be postponed
until Feb. 18th.
Bertram P. Reynolds of Hudson,
N. Y, brother of the pastor, is a
guest at the Baptist parsonage.
A large crowd attended from here
the Caledonia county Sunday school
! convention at st. Johnsbury last
Tuesday night to hear Rev. Stan
ley Reynolds speak.
Mrs. Minnie Bennett underwent
a very serious operation last Tues
day but she is comfortable at the
present writing.
Miss Emma Sevigny who has been
working for Dan Friend, has re-
turned to ST. Johnsbury.
The next grange meeting which is
the 23rd, and there VIII be a discus
sion on woman Suffrage"
M. K. Bruce was in Montpelier one
day last week on business
Miss Belle Lewis spent Sunday
with Miss Margaret Gillander
M. K. Bruce is quite sick with
! bronchitis.
The weekly prayer service will be
held Wednesday evening at 1880.
! The topic being ''Some Particular
Friends of Jesus" The regular SER
vice of the church next Sunday morn
ing and evening. The pastor, Rev.
S. C. Reynolds, will preach in the
morning and in the evening the
young peoples union service at 1880.
Subject, ''Favorite Chapters of the
Bible" leader, Mrs. o. N. Pinney.
Andrew Joseph Dexter died at his
oldest sons in Lancaster, N. H.,
Sunday, at o'clock of a general
breakdown and old age. Andrew
Joseph Dexter was born in Spring
field, Feb. 10, 1928, one of eight
children born to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Dexter. When IL years of age he
came to make his home with Joseph
A. Gould of this place and when 23
years of age he married Amanda
Keatch. Four children were born to
them, Robert of Lancaster, with
whom he lived at the time of his
death, Belle Carruth of this place
Allen>and Jessie, who are both dead.
In 1851, he went to California to live
in the gold mining section In 1854
he went to Australia to mine there
and was there three years. He came
back from there and farmed for 16
years. Then selling his farm he,
with his Oldest son, Robert, went to
work at the mason trade and kept
it up until his health failed him. In
1898 he married Mrs. Jane Wilson
of Danville who is deceased. The
funeral was held at the church here
Tuesday at IL O'Clock, the Rev. S.
C. Reynolds officiating. Byron
Smith, w. A. Dow, Joseph Wark and
Robert Dexter were the bearers. The
interment is in the Village cemetery.
Ira Smith, formerly of this place,
died at Ludlow Monday morning,
at the Odd Fellows Home. He will
be brought to st. Johnsbury We'd
nesday night and the funeral will be
held here tomorrow by the Odd Eel