St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-02
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(Mrs. E. j. Blodgett, Correspondent
Miss Genevieve King, who has just
returned from the summer school at
Johnson is at her aunt's, Mrs. W. L.
Guilds, for a few days.
Frank Wiley is taking a short va
cation from his work in the Stern
store and will visit friends in Mon
treaI, Quebec, Toronto and Detroit.
On his return home he will go by
way of Saratoga and finish the trip
by spending a few days at Nantasket
Beach with Mace Gay.
Guy Wyman has finished work in
the Leach garage.
The village fathers are putting ce-
ment sidewalks on East street and
Charles street from the corner oppo-
site Henry Bedard's, south as far as
H. L. Parker's house. They are now
at work on North Main street, going
on from the corner near A H. Wal
ter's north.
The service at Bemis Memorial
church Sunday was very impressive
and beautiful. the music being espec-
tally good. Mrs. Colby as organist,
with Mrs. Irene's lovely soprano and
Howard Wetherbee's violin playing
made a most effective entertainment.
There will be no services in this
church through August The Rev.
and Mrs. Miles and infant son will
go to Enosburg Falls to spend their
vacation with Mrs. Niles people.
The Congregational and Methodist
churches will also be closed during
the month of August. The camp
meeting will be held in the grove be-
ginning August 10. This will be the
last one as the camp grove has pass
ed into the hands of the Village I'm
provement society, and will be i'm
proved and will then be known as
the Powers Memorial park.
There was the usual open air SER
vices on the common Sunday after
noon with a sermon by the Rev. ]. j.
Hutchinson. This is the last of these
meetings, which have been well at
tended and profitable.
Mr. md Mrs. II. l.. Parker motor
ed to Whitefield, N. H., Sunday and
spent the day with DR.. Richard
Wilder and family at Forest Lake.
Mrs. Josephine Carr returned with
them and will be here for the rest
of her vacation.
Mrs. Clayton Libbey and Mrs. Lila
(Parker) Libbey, who have been
camping at Barnet have returned to
their home here.
Mrs. Henry Dexter and three chill
dren from Lowell, Mass, are at Hol-
lis Welch's.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Dexter and
Dorothy have returned from pleas
ant automobile trip to Portland, Bos-
ton and many places in Vermont,
New Hampshire, Maine and Massa-
chusetts.
The Girls Industrial Glass enjoyed
delightful lawn party Monday eve
ming on Mrs. H. o. Aliens lawn, Mrs.
Allen and Miss Hovey being the
hostesses.
B. U. Wells, former editor of the
Lyndonville Journal, was a business
visitor in town Tuesday.
Edward Riley has bought the build
ing next to the Catholic church, which
was formerly used as a parochial
schoolhouse, and will move it onto a
lot near his own residence, and re-
model it into a dwelling house.
Samuel Mitchell is taking a vaca-
ton from his work in the bank, which
with his family, he is spending in
Sheffield.
A new gravel roof is being placed
On TIE OdLh III place VI lie
copper roof, which has not proved
very satisfactory.
About SO members of the Univer-
salist church and Sunday school en-
joyed their annual picnic Wednes-
day. Mr.. Darling's truck was util-
lied to carry a large number of those
attending, and Albert Ruggles, G. B.
Allen, John Adams, E. A. Cook and
Maurice Gaudry all went with their
own cars and carried parties. The
trip was made to Joe's Pond in Dan
vile, and was a very pleasant one. |
The shores of the pond were explored
until a suitable picnic ground was
found, when everybody enjoyed the
delightful lunch put up by the ladies
of the church. After dinner motor
boating, swimming and other diver
sions made the afternoon pass swift |
ly. After another light lunch from
the bountiful baskets the party re-
turned home.
Thursday was the day chosen by
the Episcopal people for their an
nual picnic, Willoughby Lake being
their chosen destination.
Miss Catharine Emery has been at
Joe's Pond in West Danville for a
week, with her friend, Miss Hazel
Harris, formerly of this place. Mr..
Harris and family are occupying their
cottage there for a month.
H. L. Parker has returned from |
Mount Clemens, Mich, where he has
been for three weeks, taking the |
baths and treatment
Charles Stevens birthday was
celebrated on Friday by a gathering |
of his friends who surprised him at |
his home that evening. Miss Martha |
Stevens was in the plot and a pleas
ant evenings entertainment was
planned and carried out with her
help.
Elwyn G. Campbell has been with |
his mother at Lyndon Center for a |
few days. He returned on Friday to
a boys camp near Pompanacosuc,
where he is a counsellor this sum-
mer, taking with him his son, Ken
meth for a few days trip.
Wardel Squires, with friends from /
st. Johnsbury, is absent on a long
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