St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-11-03
SOCIAL EVENTS.

| church gave It's annual social 10 Ine
| boys of the church last Friday eve
ming in the church parlors. The boys
had a great evening trying different
stunts and races in which several OF
/ the older men took part w. W. Ben
ton, chairman of Boys Work in the
Y. NJ. c. A. of Dartmouth gave an in
/ tercsting address on 1.-The Value of A
Christian Life" About 100 boys were
! in attendance.
The regular meeting of the Comus
Club was held Monday evening at the
| home of Mrs Fred Johnson, on Lafay-
/ cite street. Summerville.
Several friends of Miss Florence
| Kelley gave her a shower at the home
of Miss Rae Barney, Wednesday eve
ming. Miss Kelley was the recipient
of many gifts of aluminium ware and
dainty linen.
Miss Elizabeth Ide entertained IS
of her little girl friends at Hallowe'
en- party at her home on Main street,
Saturday evening. After a dainty sup
per the little girls, dressed in the cos
tunes of witches. went out with their
jack-o-lanterns. after the manner of
witches on Halloween.
Miss Eugenia Scott entertained a
party of nine young ladies in honor of
Mrs. Cora Howe Bailey at her home
in Summerville, Monday evening, Oct
25th. After pleasant evening spent
in sewing. Delicious refreshments
were served.
At the Academy Auditorium on Fri
day evening the girls of the Athenian
society gave a Halloween party to the
boys of the school. After a short re-
ceptiOn Miss Sigrid Ecklof favored the
company with two dances. The re-
mainder of the evening was spent in
dancing.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Brady gave them a reception Monday
evening at their home on Railroad st.
Refreshments of ice cream and cake
were served and a very pleasant eve
ming was spent.
Mrs. William Miller entertained
few friends Friday evening in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Spaulding. who are
soon to go to California for the winter.
The Outlook Club met with Mrs.
Addie Wakefield last Wednesday after
noon. After the usual order of exer-
cises were over a very interesting pa
per was read by Mrs. L. J. Brown on
the origin of Halloween and the roll
call called forth many amusing ex-
ploits of younger days. The meeting
proved a most pleasant gathering.
Leo MOyleS entertained 20 little
friends Saturday evening. The guests
came masked. The dining room was
decorated in yellow and with black
cats. Refreshments of cake and ice
cream were served and the evening
happily spent trying the many stunts
appropriate for the occasion.
One of the pleasantest gatherings
occurred Saturday when Mrs. George
SWEET entertained the SO club. After
the usual order of the club was observ-
ed a pleasant afternoon was passed. |
Mrs. c. H. Woodbury. gave several pi- !
ano solos and as many of the ladies
had recently been to Washington, D. |
c., each one had some very interest
ing things to relate. About o'clock |
supper was served in the dining room
which was beautifully decorated in
every conceivable way to observe Hal
lOwe'en. The favors were hand paint
ed boxes of candy and presided over
by black cats In the evening a very
enjoyable entertainment was held |
when three of the ladies represented |
witches, who acted many weird I
stories while the boys outside were |
having their fun by occasionally hold
ing up to the windows jack-o lanterns
and placing tick-tacks on the windows
The next meeting will be this after
NUN Will MIS- G6OIS0 I1OOk0T Oh
Portland street.
One of the social events of the week
was the Halloween party given by the
r. K. C's. Ga class of rs young men of
the North church Sunday schooD to I
three classes of young ladies and a
few other friends, on Saturday eve
ming at their home, Is Webster
street. The rooms were ap-
propriately decorated for Halloween
with pumpkins, lanterns and crepe pa
pers.
Four Corners school gave a Hal
lowe'en entertainment at the school
house last Wednesday. About SO
were present, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke of
Worcester, Mass, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Magill from Florida, and Mrs. Wright
from Laconia were visitors from out
of town. After a program which was
successful there were games, and re-
freshments were served.
About rs friends and neighbors of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Judd gave them
a surprise party last Saturday night in
honor of their 18th wedding anniver-
sary. Refreshments of sandwiches,
cake and coffee were served and the
evening was spent in playing cards
Mr.. and Mrs. Judd were given a sum
Of money in memory of the occasion.
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