St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-06-06
BARNET
C. E. Hazelton. Correspondent
Memorial Day Exercises

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Memorial Day Exercises
Memorial day was celebrated in
Barnet by a parade starting from the
School House consisting of the Marsh
field Band. the old veterans, three
guards from Passumpsic carrying
guns and the flag. the Sons of Veter
ans, the Relief Corps, and the schoo
children bringing flowers for the sol
ders' graves. They marched to the
monument and forming around it liz
tened to prayers read by Daniel Harry,
and G. D. Harris. From here the.
marched to the grave yard where tbs
flags on the graves were changed anf
the children placed flowers at ever.
soldier's grave.
Locals and Personals
Those attending exercises at Peach
am were Mr.. and Mrs. Brock, Nee
Johnson, Laura Dow, Mrs. Margarc'
| Gilfi1lan, Mr.. and Mrs. A. n. Gilfllan
| Mrs. Johnson, Don Judkins. LiZzen
Forrest. and Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Albie
DIR. Elliott and family and Marjorie
! Clark-Hall Merrifield has returned
from Boston where he attended tn
| funeral of his grandmother.-Mr anf
/ Mrs Jonah Gilfllan of Beebe Plan
were visitors Of Mrs. Margaret Gilfl
Ian, over Memorial day.-Mrs Jac1
Russell and children went to ST
Johnsbury Thursday.-Mr. and Mrs
| Ned Somers, Mr.. and Mrs. Goodric7
and Miss Belle Fairbanks were visitor
| in st. Johnsbury, Memorial day.-Mr:
| Fred Beck and daughter, Helen 0
McIndoes. are visiting at the Hill
| liard's.-Among the visitors at st
Johnsbury recently were Mr.. and Mrs
Hawkins and family, Mr.. Gray, an6
e. B. 7Chase.-Willard Stoddard killed
the pet Woodchuck belonging to Mrs
Ned Somers yesterday. Willard feed
woodchucks to his hens, and as this
| particular one had no collar on it
| now among the missing.-Genist:
Iowrey of ST. Johnsbury spent Me
mortal day in Barnet and Thursda.
evening she spent the night with Mis-.
Alice Forrest.-Mrs. Kay of East Bar
net spent Wednesday in Barnet
Howard White of st. Johnsbury was
in Barnet observation-disclosures attending
the exercises here at Barnet were Mrs
r. B. Camel. Mrs. Robert CAMEL an(
son of East Barnet, Lou Champany OF
st. bloomsbury and the Fernoups o
and Mrs John Richter of ST. Johns
bury.-Miss Stevens of Lancaster is
visiting at Mrs. Mary Gilfillan's.-H
ness visitors in town.
! Red Cross Benen.
concert and dance was held in TIL
town hall on Thursday evening 70,
the benefit of the Red Cross. TIL
program consisted of songs rendered
by Miss Cosgrove and Miss Brown 0
St Johnsbury; readings by Ellen Ha
zeyton, and selections by Noels or
chestra of St. Johnsbury. About fit
teen dollars were cleared for the Re
Cross.
Red Cross Campaign On
The membership committee of tn
Red Cross are very busy getting mem
bers to make up the two hundref
) which the state requires of Barnet
This number is nearly raised in Bar
net without any members from Pas
sumpsic as they have joined with s.
Johnsbury Barnet ladies are yer
t enthusiastic in the Red Cross wor
: and are doing splendidly in it.
Locals and Personals
Masters Harold and Stanley Brocl
) of Springfield, Mass, are visiting thei
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S
| Brock. Everyone will be glad to hea-
that Harold is able to be out agai
and We hope Barnet air will help hin
to fully recover.-Miss Florence Cush
man who is in training at the Woods
vile Hospital was a visitor of Mis-
Edith Hazelton, Thursday.-Miss Der
tina Stevens of Lancaster is visitor
!: at the Johnson's. All her Barne
friends were very glad to see her a
she was formerly from here.-Tht
guards from Passumpsic and Sergt
Miller, also from there, were down TO
, the dance Thursday night.-Howar,
White of st. Johnsbury was in tow
| Observation-Disclosures Davis, Neal Nor
gan, and Hugh Kirkland of Danville
were in Barnet Thursday.-Arthu
Aver of Passumpsic was a visitors il
town yesterday.-A. j. Appasamy, ;
lecturer on India, will lecture Monda,
evening, June IA, at the church.
Mrs. Lyman Brock of Spring
field, Mass, is visiting at the home G
: Mrs. w. S. Brock.-Mrs. Frank C. Da
, wilson who has been spending som
time with A. n. Gillian and famil,
has returned to her home in Charlie
mont, Mass.-Eleanor Peck has gont
to McIndoes to spend Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Guthrie.-Mrs. Nc
: Lam and daughter Mary of East Top
2 sham, VT, are visiting Miss Alice Nc
Lam this week.-The oldest ant
youngest members of the Red eros:
Society Joined at the same time, tn.