St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-03-14
GRACE BROTHERHOOD
HOLDS ANNUAL BANQUET
AND ELECTS OFFICERS

The annual banquet OF the DfOther-
hood of Grace Methodist church took |
place Friday evening in the church
dining room Over 100 members and
invited guests were seated at the ban
quoting tables after grace had been
pronounced by Rev. George A. Martin.
An excellent menu prepared and serv
ed by the ladies of the Grace Unity
Club occupied the undivided attention
of the diners from first to last course,
paving a silent tribute to the cuisine
of the Unity Club.
The dining hall was decorated with
the national colors, and small Ameri-
can flags attractively grouped on each
table made pleasing centerpieces
Thirteen tables were arranged to face
! the long head table at which the
guests and speakers of the evening
/ were seated.
The retiring president, George r.
f, Bollinger, called a short business
meeting while the tables were, being
/ cleared. The following list of names
was presented by the nominating
committee. and adopted by the Broth
! erhood as officers for the coming year:
! PRESIDENT, Earle Drown first vice
I president, DR.. Dale Atwood; vice pres
idents E. E. Burroughs, Daniel Nc
| Oregon, S. d. Atwood; secretary, Fred
Foam: treasurer, Mr.. Woodbury..
/ On Il motion introduced by Mr.. I'M
pey it was voted to give $50 from the
/ Brotherhood treasury to apply on the
church building fund.
Rev. George \. Martin on behalf
| IF the members of the Brotherhood
| thanked Mr.. Bollinger for his ''untir-
1,
work of the class and spoke of the
,steem in which he is held by the
members. In closing Mr.. Martin eX-
pressed the best wishes of the class,
for future success in the new field to
which Mr.. Bollinger goes in a short
time.
The first number of the program, a
piano solo by Mr.. Sullivan was excel
lently executed and called for an en-
core The Brotherhood were not con-
! tent with the rendition of THE Trum-
peter" sung by Roy Calderwood and
Mr. Calderwood responded to the ap-
/ plause with 1.-The Sunshine of Your
Smile
Another entertaining feature of the
| program was the readings given by
Rev Mr.. Caldwell, pastor of the Con-
l.
Center. The reader gave an extract
from the translation of the famous
Polish novel, Quo Vadis," and as an
encore. The Coliseum" Both pieces
brought out the exceptional elOcution-
airy powers of the speaker.
Two dialect solos were pleaSingly
given by f. H. Silsby. Ihey were:
Il doan' want fur't stay here no long
OFT 40 in, do
in" A piano and violin duet by Paul
a close an excellent musical program
Hon. +. H., Brooks Speaks
Hon Frank H. Brooks held the
closest attention of the Brotherhood
while he gave an interesting and help
full address on 'The Challenge of the
Ideal'' -
Mr.. Brooks. in the absence of Rev
; F. B. Richards who was unable to BIZ
present, brought the cordial greeting:
of the North Church Brotherhood an(
expressed q wish that the sOcietie:
might cooperate in working for thu
benefit of the town.
In speaking of the challenge of tn,
, ideal the speaker referred to the an
cient martyrs who died for Christian
ity, and then bringing the idea tt
modern times, pointed to the thou
sands of Armenians who have died fol
} their ideal, Christianity, rather thar
accept Mohammedanism
' Transferring the thought to st
= Johnsbury, Mr.. Brooks asked thu
question as to how many would de
E eide right if presented with the alter
2 native here.
/, Changing to the thought of patriot
/ , ism he spoke of the ideals symbolizet
= in the flag as worthy of giving up lif'
l to sustain. He then brought out TIL
manner in which ideals become tn,
incentive to larger work, and create
usefulness even when attained b.
Y great sacrifice.
s. In closing the speaker presented
< the daily tasks of life as a challeng,
l to the ideal, and said that the en-
, thusiasm with which these are met
E in that proportion will they be lifted
| from all that is t''hundrum" and com
mon-placc.
Banquet Committees
S Mrs. r. E. Sulloway was in charge
: of the supper committee and was as
r sisted by Mrs. George Martin, Mrs
H. S. Battles, Mrs. E. E. Wadleigh
: Mrs. G. H. Palmer, Mrs. Harry Stan