St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-04
EAST BURKE


during any graduating exercises at
Montpelier Seminary in years, occur
red Thursday morning, when Rev. J.
w. Hatch told the audience the salts
faction tand pleasure it gave him to
see Miss Gertrude Cone receive the
diploma at his hands So impressive
was the explanation that nearly every
one of her classmates and many in
the audience were in tears before DIR.
Hatch completed his remarks. Miss
Cone has made a wonderful record.
and as DR.. Hatch said, is deserving of
first honor for her excellent work. but
there is no provision for the giving of
honors in the school to fit her case.
The record is this: Four years ago
Miss Cone came to DIR. Hatch at the
end~o of the, commencement exercises
and told him that she wanted to go
through the school and graduate. She
was then living in Lyndonyille, a girl
without means or relatives to provide
them for her. She has a, mother liv-
ing in a southern state, but who could
not help her. She told Dr. Hatch that
she believed she could go through the
school and graduate. In his heart DR..
Hatch disagreed with her, but told her
if she thought so she might try and
she did. with the result that she has
received her diploma. Most of the
time she has been employed in fam
lily in the city, and, with good econom
ical judgment and perseverance, she
carried on her work and studies. Her
marking was not high enough to Sc
cure first honors, but DR.. Hatch said
in his belief she should get first hon
5rs for the class, and certainly none
was more entitled to them. Although
taken by surprise when DR.. Hatch
asked her to stand that all might see
her. Miss Cone had better control of
herself than most of those about her.
Following the exercises a receiving
line was formed, where relatives and
frinds met the members of the class,
but none in the number received the
attention that Miss Cone had from
everybody, who stopped to congratu-
late her on the success she obtained.
Miss Cone took the modern course
three years and the last year she
transferred to the teacher training
course. She will teach the coming
fall.
. Mrs. c. T. Walter of Lyndon has
been spending few days with her
daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Nelson, at Hill Top Farm
Miss Glen Streeter and Frank Davis
and children of st. Johnsbury visited
at B. w, Streeter's Thursday evening.
There will be no Sabbath School at
the NJ. E. Church Sunday, as there is
no preaching. The following Sunday
there will be preaching as usual at.
1890. Rev. Mr.. Sturtevant, who has
been in Boston the past ten days at
a Theological school, is expected to
be home July 5.-Prof. and Mrs. Her.
bert Walter of Providence, r. l., have
been spending few days with Mr..
and Mrs Walter Nelson.-Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Nelson went Thursday to
Rygate to visit his parents for a few
days.-Miss Vida Eastman is recov
ering from measles.-Mrs. Carl Fras-
ier is spending few weeks in Rum
my, n. H., with her sister, Mrs. Wal
ter Silsby. Her sister, Mrs. Mabel
Vance. is keeping house for her dur
ing her .absence.-Mr. and Mars. Will
liam Kelley spent Tuesday in st.
Johnsbury.-Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo
Fisher of Lyndon visited her brother
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Leach,
ednesday.-Jefferson WEIGH has
been confined to the house the past
week with the grip.-Mr. and Mrs.
Joshua Bemis of Eyndonville@visit
Mr. and Mrs. William BrockWay
Thursday-Quite lot of work was
done at the meeting Of the Red Cross
Society Thursday afternoon in the
vestry.-June 81 Burke Mt. Grange
No. 400 met with total attendance of
42-The following program was CIV
en- by the children for North Kirby,
Mt Hunger and East Burke schools:
Songs, Ida Lang, Edna Hunter, Milton
and Gorden Cole, Hazel Maynard and
Donald Hunter; recitation, Edna Hun
ter; rotations, Edna Hunter, Rice
Faln. Leo Cole; dialogue, Donald and
Edna Hunter and Hazel Maynard;
song, Ruth Gates with piano accom-
piment by Gladys Hillard; recitation,
Evelyn Hunter; song by the children;
recitation, Donald Hunter; song, Ida
Lang and Hazel hayward; recitation,
Ida Lang; recitation, Hazel Maynard;
song, Evelyn Hunter and Leo Cole,
Refreshments were served. A social
time was enjoyed by all. The next
meeting the first and second degrees
will be conferred on several candi-'
dates.-Mrs. E. F. Root and Mrs. E.
r. Harvey visited Mrs. Richard Bawl-
din in st. Johnsbury "Wednesday.
Herman and Eva Gently of West
Burke are visiting their grandparents,
Mr.. aud Mrs. Oliver Counter.-Mr. and
Mrs. J. c. Lucia were Sunday visitors
of his sister and husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. Warner Drown.-Joseph -Larley
was in McIndoes recently and bought
a secondhand Metz runabout car
Mrs. Leonard Ball is out again after
being confined to the house by illness
the past three weeks.-Mr. and Mrs.
James Naigle and son, Fred, have re-
turned for a visit with friends in
Northampton. Mass.-Many of the
farmers have commenced haying and
are getting big crop.-The regular
meeting of the Sons and Daughters of
Liberty has been changed to July Z,
as the date originally set came on the
Fourth of July.-Mr. and Mrs. B. F.
Humphrey and Bion. Jr.. visited Mrs.
LORNA Jock in Concord Sunday.-Earl
Chamberlain, Mr.. Simpson and Mr..
Stinson finished work at Mt. View Sat
urday night.-Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Cfoddard yiSifod relatives in Charles