St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-09-05

ance to the flag and the Republic for
which it stands. Rev. A. E. Brownies,
Of Barnet Center delivered message
from the mother church of the town.
Rev. C. B. Bliss, on behalf of the
Civil War veterans who were present,
read Lincolns dedication address at
Gettysburg. Rev. Mr.. Carter of Mon
roe offered the dedicatory prayer, and
the exercises ended with the singing
OF America The flag was dedicated
to the men in the army and navy from
navy from the town of Barnet. An
appropriate tablet containing their
names, under the inscription, They
Follow the Flag from the Town OF
Barnet" has been placed on the front
of the drug store near the cleat to
which the flag rope is fastened. The
names are as follows: East Barnet,
Arthur Bandy, Merle Kendall, SER
geant; Barnet, Charles Cheney, U. S.
Max Holbrook, 4th Co. U. S. Receiv-
ing Ship, Navy Yard, Brooklyn;
Thomas Priest, Bumkin Island Naval
Station, Hull, Mass; Barnet Center,
Elton Allen, John Mcdonald; West
Barnet, George Mcclellan, Bruce Som
ers: McIndoes, Robert Cooney, Hos
pital Corps; Samuel Darling, Ser
geant; Stanley Gates, 1st Vermont,
John Gibson, Supply Department:
Balfour Hunt, Co. B. 4th (14?) Regt.
Engineers, U. S. A.-France; John
Larvey, 1st Vermont; Claire Wallace,
Co. A, 22nd Infantry. Governors
Island, N. Y. City; Charles Wilson,
No. 1O54752, Co. B, 244th Battalion,
Canadian Army, France.
Mrs. John Lawrey visited her
daughter. Mrs. Jennie Hight, and at
tended Sherbrooke fair one day last
week. Blanche Lawrey. who has been
spending several weeks, returned
home with her mother.-Mr. and Mrs.
Stevens have moved from the Winch
tenement to East Ryegate.--Mrs. Ell
len Bedell returned last week from
Observation-Disclosures. Julia Smith spent
Friday at Wells River.-Mrs. Johnson
returned from a visit to Beachmont,
Mass, last Friday.-Azro Finlay went
to Tarrytown last Saturday and re-
turned the first of the week by auto,
havingta pleasant trip home by the
way of Boston,. A. Phelps was
called to st. Johnsbury on the jury
the first of the week.-The Misses
Bliss have been entertaining friend,
Miss Mary Isham, from Massachusetts,
Mrs. D. NJ. Nichols and Dorothy WIS.,
tied at H. D. Chamberlain's in Lisbon
part of last week.-E. L. Field was at
home over Sunday.-Mrs. Cass and
children have gone to Cabot for sew
eral weeks. where Mr.. Cass is engaged
on lumber job.-Miss Arlene Bus
well and Mr.. Lawton of Boston were
weekend guests of Mrs. J. G. Smith.
Irene Powell of ST. Johnsbury
was a recent guest of D. A. Gates
Guy Gates, who is slowly recovering
from an attack of pneumonia, was
able to come from the Randolph sani-
forum to his home here-George
Mayo was moved from Brightlook
hospital to his home the last of the
week. He is very low.-Mr. McClure's
family from Bradford visited at Rob-
ert Parker's Sunday.-Mrs. John
Moore and Miss Moore are visiting at
the home of Conner Moore in Peach.
am.-Mrs. Florence Stedman returned
to ,Hoyoke last Thursday.-Mrs. Earl
Tinkham has returned from a visit to
her home in Stowe.-Mrs. Marion Nc
Donald came Friday from Boston and
will visit her daughter, Mrs. Joseph
Blair. Mr.. and Mrs. Blair returned
from vacation at York Beach and
Boston.-Mrs. Charles VerNooy anc
Adelaide Belle Chambers of New York
have been visiting Mrs. Yer Nooys
father, Mr.. Van Dyke.-The Smiths
motored to Lyndonville Monday after
noon to attend a ball game in which
Henry Smith was a participant, with
the Woodsville team.