St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-06-06
DANVILLE.
commencement at DanyilIe High
SchoOl-Decorafion of Soldiers
Monument

Mrs. c. w. Bartlett, Correspondent.
The program for commencemer
week at the high school is as follows
Sunday. June 10. baccalaureate ser
. mon at the Methodist church by tn
Rev. W. c. Atkins. Wednesday, Jun
, Is, alumni banquet at the Congrega
f tional church. Hon. Frank H Brook
/ of the state board of education vii
speak. Thursday afternoon at
O'Clock, graduating exercises of tn
class of 1917 at the Congregations
church. President Benton of the Uni
versity of Vermont will give the com
mencement address. Thursday even
I ing, reception to senior class. Mis-
Gladys Hatch receives the first homo
in rank and will have the valedictory
Chellis Currier receives the SECOND
honor and will have the salutatory
These honOrs entitle them to $10t
scholarships at the University of Yer.
mont.
In spite of the bad weather there
was an unusually large crowd attend
| ed the Memorial exercises and the
| dedication of the soldiers monument
| onMay 20. There were many present
from out of town, among them Gov
ernor Graham with three members OF
| his staff. Rev. G. A Martin of St
Johnsbury was the principal speaker
| of the afternoon. The monument was
| decorated with the school childrens
| bouquets and a wreath was placed
| upon it by the Governor at the dedi-
| cation. Before the exercises a pro-
| cession was formed by the band, the
| children of all the schools in town,
and the company of young men who
are drilling marched to the M. E..
church, where on account of the rain
the exercises were held. Rev. Mr..
Atkins, pastor of the Methodist
church, gave a short address in be-
half of James Rollins, who gave the
monument to the town, and a vote of
thanks in behalf of the selectmen and
town was given by w. H. Nutting.
Very interesting and appropriate ad-
dresses were made by Governor Ora
ham and the Rev. Mr.. Martin. Prayer
was offered by Rev. e. G. French,
pastor of the Congregational church,
and selections were played by the
band. Each veteran was presented
with white carnation and a large
bouquet of the same flowers was pre-
scented by Miss Irene Hartshorn to
Mr. Rollins.
Over $22 was cleared by the Ladies'
Aid of the M. E. church at their So
cial which they held May 29.-Har
mony Music Club will meet on Fri
day afternoon at the library, when
the meeting will be in charge of Miss
Lorinda Hardy and Mrs. Katherine
Davis. Subject, "Pchaikovsky.' -
News has been received here of the
death of Mrs Flora Harris Lawrence,
which occurred at Lowell, Mass, May
n2S. Mrs Lawrence was former resi-
dent here and was the aunt of Mrs.
Harry Danforth of this toWn.-A very
interesting sermon was preached by
Rev. Mr.. French at the Congregation
al church last Sunday morning.-Mrs
John Osgood and daughter of Wor
cester, Mass, are visiting relatives il
town.-Mrs. Jenness of st. Johnsbur!
Center is working for Miss Emil
Davis.-P. H. Mcdonald, Miss May l..
Wilson, Mrs. Delmar Smith and Mrs.
w. H. McNaughton were at St. Johns
bury last Thursday to attend the
funeral of Miss Ethel Butson.-Mrs.
w. H. Nutting is at Old Orchard
Beach, Me-Miss Lena Emmons of st.
Johnsbury visited relatives in town
last Week.-Mrs. Elizabeth Steele OF
st. Johnsbury spent Tuesday of las
week in town with friends.-Mrs. Ir:
Preston of st. Johnsbury visited rela-
tives in town last week.-Mrs.. Davio
Henderson and children Of st. Johns
bury visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs A. D. Smith, last week, Wednes-
day.-There was a very large attend
Of
grange at the Pythian hall last week,
Tuesday evening. A most interesting
talk was given by Miss Terrill of the
U. V. M. on the conservation OF food
and food value.-F. B. AinSWorth and
family have moved to their farm to
spend the summer.-Mrs. Cora Aver
who has been at F. A. Cranes for sew
eral weeks, has returned to her home
in St. Johnsbury.-Miss Alice Page
has ben ill the past Week.-Mrs. Grace
Hoyt and Miss Hattie Russell of Low
ell, Mass, were the guests OF MISS
Hoyt's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Is.
Hoyt. last Week.-Mrs. Christine
Hatch, who is training for nurse
at Hanover, n. H, is spending two
weeks with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Hatch.-Miss Lettie ellis is
in Boston-The band will give all
open air concert Friday evening,
weather permitting. - Washburn
Lodge, No. go, F. & A. M, will work
the third degree on a candidate at
their regular meeting this, Wednes-
day, evening Every one in town
was glad last week to receive the news
of the safe arrival of Rev. c. A
Adams in France.-A card party for
| the benefit of the Relief Work Fund
was held at A. E. Curriers' last Fri
day.-Mrs w. H. Cass was i'll the
| latter part of last week.-Mrs.. c. ii.
| Kimball is visiting relatives in Massa-
chusetts.-Mrs. Fred Tousant and two
| children of ST. JohnSbury were at A.
| M. Heath's over Sunday.-Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Nutting and daughter
| of st. Johnsbury spent Sunday IN
town the guests of relatives rs'
| Stanley Henderson and two children
of st. Johnsbury spent the weekend
| with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. wal
ter Peck.-Mrs. Addie Page OF st
| Johnsbury Center spent last Tuesday
| in town.-Mrs. Edith Langmald Is
| substituting in the New England tele-
| phone office-Mrs. Mary Brown, VINO
| has been critically i'll the past lie"
weeks, remains about the same
! who has peer