St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-31

Two Meetings to Promote Children's
Club W0rk-PersOual Mention.
(Mrs. w. s. Sanborn, Correspondent
Professor e. L. ingalls,, Vermont
state agent in charge of club work,
who is employed by the United States
bureau of plant industry and the
State Agricultural College at Bur
Iington and Union Superintendent
Harvey Burbank, held a meeting at
South Peacham school house Tues
day afternoon, March % and at EW-
ellis Hollow Tuesday evening March
|23. Both meetings we're well at
tended and much interest shown IN
the work. Mr.. ingalls, gave a nice
talk on club work and urged the
boys and girls from the ages or 10
to IA years to take membership IN
the National Boys and Girls Club.
Many of the boys and girls joined
the rules of which are to follow in
structions, exhibit products from
their crops at a local or district fair,
keep an accurate record OF work, ex-
penses and receipts, and make com
plete crop report at the close OF the
season to the state agent or the UNI
ted States Department OF Agrlcul-
ture. Mr.. Burbank explained the
plans for the club contest work Tor
the coming season. Twenty-Five dol
lars was raised by the town, five
prizes to be given at fair held this
fall. The plans are very interesting
and will no doubt result in better
exhibit than was held last year.
John Bridge, who has been WORK
ing at McIndoes, has come to work
for Dan Adams in sugaring.
Mrs. Herbert Blair went to the
Mary Fletcher Hospital at Burling-
ton Monday.
Mrs. A. 6. Peak visited her daugh-
ter, Mrs F: G. Foam, in st. Johns
bury several days last week.
Mrs r. C.. Davis, who has been at
Waterford all winter has finished
work there and came back home Sat
urday.
Mrs. Conner Moore has been sick
for some time.
Mrs Will Bradley, who came home
from the hospital at Burlington re-
Gently, is not gaining as fast as her
friends could wish.
A large crowd attended the auc-
ton at F. ]. Schmaling's Friday. He
sold four registered Holstein cows
for $543. The farm was bought by
Alex Warden for $3.50.
with the humps the past week. This
is the seventh in the family that has
had the disease.
Miss Gladys Gibson, who was Ill
with a quinsy sore at James Steven
sons received a beautiful bouquet of
carnations from the North Peacham
S. C. of which she is a member.
Monday, her schoolmates and friends
gave her a post card shower. We'd
nesday she received 50 cards. She is
able now to be out again.
Dana Carlson, who has had such
a long sickness with typhoid fever,
is out again.
Robert Craig came home from Bur
lington Tuesday night.
The North Peacham Social Club
will meet April with Edison Douse,
it having to be postponed from the
date formerly fixed on account of
mumps. This will be an Easter So
cial and also the second anniversary
of the club. Sugar and doughnuts
will be served.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Peak gave a !
little sugar party Saturday night, 70
were present. Mr.. Peak reports 500
pounds of sugar which is a record
breaker in this section. Some have
just tapped and very little sugar has
been made.
Miss Katie Archer is working for
Herbert Blair.
Rev. H. ]. Farman, who has been
at Wolcott all winter, was at home
last week.
Arthur Peak spent Sunday with
his parents at East Peacham.
DR.. Hanson, who has been here
during the absence of DIR. A. j. Mac
kay at Montpelier, expects to go away
this week.
Mrs. John Williams and children
are expected today to stop for a
time at the Mountain View.
Mrs Fred Grigwer returned to
her home at Gallups Mills Saturday.
Miss Anna Blanchard is at home
for her Easter. vacation.
Mr.. Quimby and Moody Quimby OF
Boston were in town last week.
Mrs. Frank Powers and Minnie
EMERSON and Margaret Lamb are
sick with the humps.