St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-10-31
PERSONALS

PERSONALS
John Borland of New York City
who has but recently returned from an
extended trip to Italy, France and
other portions of southern and west
ern Europe in the interest of the
United Fruit company has arrived here
for a few days visit with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Borland at
their home on Main street.
Among the teachers who left-for ST.
Adams Thursday to attend the state
teachers convention in session there
were: Principal r. d. Merrill, Miss
Effie Sylvester, Miss Eta Folsom, Miss
Winifred Drew and Miss Ella Brown
ell
Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Ward are
taking a two weeks automobile trip
to New York City and will visit nonts
enrOute.
J. d. Blackshaw has just returned
from five days trip to Boston and
Worcester, Mass. While in Massa-
chusetts he visited his brother, II. G.
Blackshaw, at Camp Devens, who was
among the 5000 troops sent to the
camp in Georgia last Monday. His
DFOtIlcT WAS dIIdCItu To LIE iII5L uc-
pot brigade of the infantry. While
there he looked up a number of st.
Johnsbury boys Among others he
saw Lieut. John S. Barker, attached
to Battery 8, Field Artillery. 302 Regi-
ment. l.. w. Miller of Concord it
attached to the same division, also
William Mcdonald of st. Johnsbury,
| James Aldrich. Joe Legendre, IL. c.
| Morrison, Ralph Howes, Private
Weston of Lyndonville. Mr. Black
shaw's brother, though former resi-
dent here, was drafted from Hartford,
Conn.
I Miss Lea Gagnon, for the past seven
years in the employ Of the Concord
candy kitchen, has completed her
work there and taken employment in
the Lougee & Smythe department
store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Sparhawk and
| Mrs. S. T. Sparhawk have been visit
/ ing friends in Rutland.
| Mrs. Ralph Howes goes today to
| Fitchburg, Mass. to spend Sunday
with her husband, who is at Camp
Devens, Aver, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. IT. Bagley, who
have spent the summer at their home
here. have gone to Lynn, Mass. to
snend the winter with their daugh-
ter, Mrs. II. r. Gowen
William Higgins and daughter, Miss
Ellie B. Higgins. are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Higgins in Arlington.
Mass.
w. e Holloway returned yesterday
from a few weeks visit with friends
and relatives at points in the northern
part of the state.
/ Percy c. Judd, u. v. NJ. 10, has
been engaged as instructor i'll cleo
| trical engineering at the University OF
| Vermont He will spend part of his
time in the signal corps department.
Mr. Judd is we'll known in town. hav-
| ng. been in the employ of the p. ana
7. Fairbanks and. Company for some
time He also a few years ago, was
an instructor in the st. Johnsbufy
Academy. He was called away from
the reserve officers training camp Az
Pfattsburg to take his new position
| Mrs. /. G. Marshall is at eBrightlOok
hospital suffering from a nervous
breakdown.
4 st. JOhnsbury Man Honorcd.
Il Mrs. George Gibbons has received
a very interesting letter from her son,
i Norman Gibbons, who is now in Eng
land. Mr.. Gibbons, who was severely
wounded has seen service in the
trenches in France since nearly the
4 beginning of the war, when he enlist
ed with a Canadian Northwest regi-
ment. For the past 13 months he has
in different hospitals in England re-
covering from wounds. AS soon as
; able he entered q military school and
has now passed all examinations for
instructor in French warfare. He was
the honor man of his class and is now
drilling recruits in England
Mrs c.; G. F0llensby is spending
several weeks, with her daughter. Mrs.
f. II. Locke, in Waban, Mass
Mrs Henrietta M. Davis OF Orange,
Mass, was the guest of Mrs. Maude
A. May Wednesday,
Charles E. Peck left this morning
for Boston, Mass, where he will at
tend convention of the New Eng
land Fuel Committee to be held al
, the state house today.
Mrs. S. J. Somerville returned yes
. terday from Rock Island, P. c., where
she catered at the Gilmore-Codreau
! wedding.
5 Peter Cunavelis, proprietor of the
3 Concord candy kitchen, has returned
> to st. Johnsbury after two months
spent in Mary Fletcher hospital il
Burlington. Mr.. Cunavelis was op
Grated upon for appendicitis and hi.
: recovery has been very slow.