St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-03-15
WELLS RIVER

WELLS RIVER
(Mrs. d. G. Farwell, Correspondent
DR.. and Mrs. Perry were. called to
Barre Saturday to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Perry's father, Horace Homer
HOLSTER. Mr. HOLSTER was born in
Marshfield May %. 1887. When
gathering clouds of the Civil war
broke in 1851 Mr.. HOLSTER enlisted
in Co. F of the 9Th Vermont Being
deprived by an accident at the front
of the use of three fingers he was hon
orably discharged and served as a re-
cruiting officer and was connected
with the army hospital in Burlington.
In the early SOS Mr.. HOLSTER affiliated
with Aurora Lodge, No. %, F. & A.
M. in Montpelier and was also a char
ter member of Wyoming Lodge, No.
so in Plainfeld, being one of the old
est Masons in this vicinity. He was
for many years member of the w.
E. Martin Post, G. A. r., No. 101 in
Plainfield The funeral service was
held at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
w. ]. Clapp and burial in the family
cemetery in Marshfield with Masonic
services at the grave.
Samuel Hutchins, Mr.. and Mrs. Nell
son Bailey, and Mr.. and Mrs. r. E.
Farwell attended the Northern Bank
ers' association meeting at Woodstock
Inn, Woodstock. on Friday.
Catherine Graves, of McIndoes spent
the weekend at H. T. Baldwin's.
Claude Human was home over Sun
day from ST. Johnsbury.
Miss Laughlin of South Ryegate is
spending a few days with her brother,
DR.. Perry.
NJ. r1lo-Ioe O,,3~,ol,xr oo,,ar1o+o5 I,ar
services at the Wells River Savings
where Mr.. Quimby is employed by the
Springfield Furniture company. Miss
Pearl Human takes Mrs. Quimby's
place in the bank.
A party of Wells River High school
pupils attended play given by the
Bath Alumni association at Bath last
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Donald Fraser is i'll and under
the care of trained nurse.
Mrs. Raymond E. FarwelI was the
hostess Wednesday to the Thimble
club.
Miss Ethel Leavitt of Boston is Wis
iting her sister, Ruth Burkinshaw.
Mrs. William Rutledge of Fairlee
visited friends in town Saturday.
The many friends of James Elwell
Cox were surprised and panied to re-
ceive word of his death in Chino, Cal,
last Monday Mr.. Cox had been caring
for his brother, Darran, who is SER
iously i'll when he was stricken with
strangulated hernia and hurried to
the hospital in Pomona. The opera
ton could not save him and he died
peacefully Saturday night. Mr.. Cox
was born in 1849 in Mt Tabor and
married in Springfield in 1871 to Mary
A. Glynn. Five children SURVIVE Her
bert e. of San Francisco, Cal, Mrs.
Herbert Thompson of Newbury, Row
ell E. and Ethel E. of Wells River and
Mrs. Frank Gibson of Groton. Mr..
and Mrs. Cox moved to Wells River
some 35 years ago. When the Meth
odist Episcopal church at Woodsville,
n. H, was organized May 1885 they
became charter members and with
their family have been closely iden-
titled with that society to the present
time. Mr.. Cox was a man of strong
convictions and a deep religious ma
ture and will be greatly missed in this
community.
Frank Dunlap of Springfield, Mass,
came Sunday, called here by the seri-
Gus illness Of his sister, Mrs. w. H.
Buck.
Dumont Bailey is home from Lyn-
don institute because of another case
of scarlet fever in the school
Miss Elizabeth Jones of st. Johns
bury was weekend guest of Mr.. and
Mrs Leonard Smith.
The community was shocked and
saddened at the sudden death Sunday
of Mrs Carl Marcy. Mrs. Marcy had
been i'll all winter but until Saturday
had been slowly gaining. A prayer was
held at the house Tuesday morning at
$3.50 and the remains taken to Que
chez where a funeral service was held
at the church. Further notice will
appear later.
Maude Tilton of Rumney spent Fri
day at Alex Cochrane's.
Miss Eliza Dubois is employed with
Mrs Deming in her millinery store at
Woodsville
Margaret Mcdonald of South Rye
gate is visiting Ella George.
Ralph Hebb is so far recovering
from typhoid as to be able to be out
of doors.
A number from here attended the
Woodsville lecture course concert
Thursday evening.
DR.. Robert o. Blood has been re-
Gently appointed to the surgical staff
in the Margaret Pillsbury hospital in
Concord, N. H.
Oscar Lyons of Boston has been Wis
iting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Free
man Lyons.
Forrest Heath spent Sunday with
his parents in Orleans.
Mrs. James Conkrite of Chicago is
with her sister. Mrs. Donald Fraser.
Mrs. Adine H. FarweIl sang at a re-
cital in Pike. n. H, Friday evening.
given by Miss Lint z. Mann of