St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-04-12
LyndOnviIIe
Village Votes To EXpend 81, 800 On
SidewaIks-Death of Clara
Belle Graves.
(Mrs. E. ]. Blodgett. Correspondent


(Mrs. E. j. Blodgett. Correspondent
A special village meeting was held
in Village hall last Wednesday eve
ming to act upon 10 articles in the
warning. The bond issue of $4,000
to cover the recent undermining of the
electric plant was confirmed by the
voters and has been sold to w. M.
Rollins & Son of Boston for $9S.29,
which is considered an excellent fig
ure. 1t was voted to appropriate 20
per cent of the grand list, which will
amount to about $1,5OO, to be expend.
ed for sidewalks as the trustees may
decide. 1t is probable the first ex-
penditure will be on that part of Cen
ter street from Park avenue to the
Center bridge. as this is in especially
bad condition. and is very much trav
elled. This will necessitate enlarging
the dry bridge near Hovey's, as other
wise his premises would be over
flowed in case of high water. The ar
ticles relating to making the abutters
pay for half the cost of new sidewalks
and extending the electric light lines
to Pinehurst hill were passed over.
The trustees were authorized to oil
the streets. and as early as possible.
The buying of new piano for Music
hall. with any other matters which
might arise was left to the discretion
of the trustees.
Miss Clara Belle Graves only child
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward c. Graves,
died last week Monday night very
suddenly, having been i'll for a few
days with grip. On Monday the di-
sease took a sudden turn for the
worse, and inflammation set in which
affected her heart, the immediate
cause of her death being heart failure.
She had been a resident of this place
nearly all her short life, and the news
of her death was a great shock to
family and friends. A young lady of
sterling worth, with many attractive
qualities. she was universally liked
and admired. In June, 1915, she
graduated from Lyndon Institute, be-
ing one of the three students who
completed the College preparatory
course. The past year she had been
doing postgraduate work at the In
course. Her health had not been as
good as usual this winter, but there
was no anticipation Of such sad re-
suits. Funeral services were held at
her late home Thursday afternoon,
with a large attendance. The Rev.
James j. Hutchinson conducted sim
pie and impressive services. The
members of the Misunderstanding class
attended in a body, with many of the
faculty and students. Quantities of
beautiful flowers attested the sorrow
of a host of friends. AL business
/ places were closed during the funeral
hour. The bearers were young men
of her class: Albert Gerry Blodgetr,
Leo Edison, Gerald Ladd, Maurice
Leland. Alexander McLane, Homer
Ruggles. Interment was in the fam
lily lot at Lyndon Center.
Mrs. F. w. Silsby and daughter
Mrs. G. W. knight, have returned
from a brief trip to Florida. where
they stopped with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Silsby. Eunice Silsby returned home
with them. The rest of the family, to-
gether with Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ Camp
bell. are expected home the last of thi.
week.
! Mrs e. NJ. Campbell is expected
home from Fairhaven, Mass. soon fol-
a stay Of about two weeks. She plans
to spend the summer in her hous'
here. bringing with her the tire,
youngest children of her son, Elwyn
who will take the two older boys t,
camp. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dresse
are to move into a part of the hous
] and will rent their own house.
Mrs. Arthur G. Emery and Mis-
. Catherine have been spending a fev
days in Boston during the past week
J The last few days have seen grea
: activity in the sugaring business. an
!. good honey and sugar are rapid
coming onto the market. The seaso
Z is likely to be short, but the quality j
= good. The Ladies auxiliary of tn
: Sons of Veterans served an excellen
' supper in the @. A. R. hall Saturda