St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-12-20
LUNENBURG.
Meeting of the Mems Clubhouse
Warming for DIR. and Mrs. w.
\. Bronson.
Of. f. Balch, Correspondent

Of. F. Balch, Correspondent
On Monday evening, Dec. IL, Is
men belonging to the Congregations
church and society responded to the
invitation given by Rev. a. P. Fit to
gather at the Heights House for
social get-tOgether A party of seven,
Rev. Paul d. Moody. Elwyn a. Silsby,
Charles G. Bralcy, Charles w. Ruiter,
Richard Baker, JudsOn Olcott and II.
NJ. Day of st. Johnsbury were guests
of honor A four course dinner
served by Landlord and Mrs. A. ].
Newman at Z o'clock was first on the
program, after which E. A. Silsby
gave two dialect readings and sang
several solos, being accompanied OH
the piano by Mrs. II. T. Silsby of
Lunenburg. Irving J. Bowker gave
his impressions of Billy Sunday,
whom he recently heard in Boston,
and the principal address of the eve
aing was given by Rev. p. d. Moody
on the 'Ter-centenary of the Landing
Of the Pilgrims" and w. E. Balch
showed a fine collection of photo
graphs of Vermont orchids Rev. A
P. Fit spoke of a Bible class for men
to be held after the regular Sunday
morning service and invited all to
join. The st. Johnsbury party re-
turned in II. VI. Days touring car
Rev. A. p. Fit returning with them.
One of the pleasant affairs of the
early winter took place on Wednes-
lay evening, when 25 of the friends
IF DR.. and Mrs. w. A. Bronson Wis
tied them at the Congregational par
;onage where they have begun house
keeping, giving them an old fashion
ed house warming. L. J. BOwker in
an appropriate manner presented
clock and a sum of money to DIR. and
Mrs. Bronson in appreciation of the
services of the doctor since coming
here, and Welcomed both to the town
with wishes from all that they may
be permanent residents. DIR. Bron-
son responded with thanks, express
sing his appreciation of the town and
its people. A social hour followed
during which the ladies served light
refreshments.
Miss Daisy Bronson of Littleton is
a guest of her brother and wife, DR..
and Mrs. W. A. Bronson.
Mrs. George A. Balch and daugh-
ter, Christie, returned on Saturday
from Johnson, where Miss Christie
is a normal student.
On Thursday morning at 1915 a
Packard car belonging to Mrs. o.
Brien of Groveton, driven by her
chauffeur, Morris Farnham, with a
party of three men, all of GrOvetOn,
was on the way to the Goss garage
in St. Johnsbury for overhauling and
winter storage. The car was run
ming at a high speed and on crossing
the bridge struck an obstruction at
the side of the road which was light
w wifi of
the car was lost and after breaking
one of the electric light poles it
skidded across the road landing with
the wheels of one side deep in the
ditch opposite F. Z. Carriers resi-
dence with broken springs and a bent
axle, no one of the party being IN.
jured. A telephone call brought help
from st. Johnsbury and at $40 the
car was once more on its way TO the
garage.
Abram Pidgeon, who has been the
guest of his son, Guy c. PidgeOn, and
family. has returned to his home in
South Boston.
Frank Paine of Worcester, Mass,
was a business visitor here recently
and the guest of w. r. Bell at Bell
view Farm, South Lunenburg
Mrs. A j. Newman is ill with
bIOHCHlLlS VIII LII WIS6Ah VI w nue.
field in attendance.
Clarence Dodge went on Monday of
last week to Rumney, n. H., where
he has employment with Silsby
brothers for the winter
Miss Angie Smith of South Luncn-
burg has been visiting friends in St. +
Johnsbury
Mrs. Maud Thompson Dodge and /
son, Bernard. of North Troy are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Thomp-
son.
Mrs. Jennie Powers of Lancaster /
was the guest Of Mrs. George New I
man at South Lunenburg last week, I
and Mrs. Newman and son, Lawrence,
returned home with her to Lancaster F