St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-09
ORLEANS

ORLEANS
| (AIiss Doris Spafford, Correspondent
I DR.. and Mrs. c. ]. Bartlett Of New
Haven, Conn, and Silas Bartlett, of
Warren, N. H., spent Sunday with
relatives and friends in Orleans.
Mrs. w. E. Drake and Mrs. E. E.
Clark of Glover visited at w. F.
! Scott's Friday.
Miss Doris Spafford was a weekend
guest at Barnet.
Dean Mathews of Orleans, who is
with three other men at present doing
| recruiting detail duty at Bennington,
writes his parents that during the
first two days they were able to get IL
recruits. There are four men at
MorrisvilIe and four at MiddIebury
doing the same work. Corporal Web
ster writes that the 1st Vermont
Regiment at Eagle Pass now has a
Y. M. c. A. fitted up with magazines,
stationery, writing tables, electric
lights and other comforts, among
which are violin and pianola. Chap
lain Thomas speaks to the men every
evening and M. L. Jenkins, our first
assistant high school teacher last
year, has an appointment with the as
ISOLATION. Ebert Cole, late of Or
leans, one of the teachers in Hart
ford High school, now with the Hart
ford Machine Gun Co., at Nogales,
Ariz., has been provided with a sub
stitute and will go back to his work
in Hartford High school as soon as his
| company is ordered home.
Mrs. Clifford Hall and sons, Edwin
and Clifford, Jr., have returned to
their home in West Somerville, Mass.
-
son, Fred LOthrop, at West Lebanon,
n. H.
H. B. Moulton of Lisbon, N. H, is
a business visitor in town.
Mrs. L. S. Alden left Wednesday for
short visit with relatives at Fitch
Bay, P. Q.
Arab Wilcox has sold his Metz to
Arthur Akley, now being the posses
sor of a new Dodge.
The local organization Of Boy
Scouts is soliciting magazines for the
boys of Company L now stationed al
Eagle Pass. ANYBODY interested may
inform Scoutmaster Fred Donaldson
or Assistant Scoutmaster Hugh Row
ell who will see that some Boy Scout
calls and collects any which might
be donated. Forty July numbers of
various magazines are being forward
ed today. The cause is certainly an
excellent one and the Boy Scouts can
be greatly encouraged in their work
| by little costless effort on our part
About Is local cars took part in the
Chautauqua automobile parade Tues
day evening. The flag bedecked cars
journeyed to Glover and back and
some of the occupants can boast of
how they "bit the dust" and lived
to tell the tale.
The Caledonians were not placed on
the early train yesterday morning
| through a delay owing to a break
down in The Caledonian building.
They arrived about II o'clock by au-
tomobile. Consequently the late de-
livery by the local boy.
Mrs. Sadie Brown has returned
from a visit in Montreal and other
Canadian towns.
Miss Lula Ramsdel is spending a
short time in Newport
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Mech of the
firm of Cross, Abbott & Co., of White
River Junction, with Mr.. and Mrs. A
D. Wilcomb of st. Johnsbury called
on their business friends in Orleans
Monday.
Miss Eva Horner has returned to
Mortified after a short visit at the
Dean Mathews spent a few days
the first of the week with his parents.
w. w. Joslyn of Boston, Mass, and
General S. P. Joslyn of Burlington,
who are touring northern Vermont
called on their relatives, Mrs. Mary
Joslyn, Mrs. Sophia Austin and Miss
Ann Jones, Monday.
Mrs. E. H. Lothrop returned Mon
day from a visit with her son, Fred
Lothrop at West Lebanon.
A number of the young people of
the town enjoyed on Monday evening
a private dance in Odd Fellows hall,
Barton, given by Miss Marion Carter,
in honor of visiting friends.
Miss Marjorie Albee Of Barnet is
spending the week with Doris Spaf-
ford.
Mrs. G. B. Rowell returns today
from Pembroke, Ont, where she has
been spending a few days with her
mother, Mrs. Grant.
Mrs. Herbert Person and daughter,
Lois, and Mrs. Thomas Colburn and
son, Howard, returned Monday after
a few days visit in Woodsville, N. H.
with their sister, Mrs. Chester Alb
bolt.
The opening day of the community
Chautauqua is on Thursday, August
10. The program follows: After
noon-Opening concert, American
quartet; organization of the Junior
Chautaudua; evening, musical enter
tainment and cartoons, American
quartet and Clayton Conrad; address, |
1.-The Community Conscience" Lee
Francis Lybarger Of the Philadelphia |
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