The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-26

Napoleon Faucher of the naval re-
serves visited his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs, Charles Faucher, Sunday and
Monday.
The social and dance to be held
at Masonic Temple the 9th, has
been postponed on account Of the
ban on public entertainments.
Mrs. Charles Adams has gone to
Bellows Falls, where she will spend
the winter. Miss Ruth Adams is
teaching there.
Hon. Alexander Dunnett spoke at
White Rivdr Junction Wednesday
night where a service flag containing
131 stars was unfurled.
The meeting of Grace Unity Club
which was to have been held Fri
day evening at the Methodist church
has been postponed until further no.
tice.
Richard Edward, the infant sor
of MI. and Mrs. Raymond Woods,
died Monday, The funeral was held
Tuesday with burial in Mt. Pleasant
cemetery.
BY a special permit from the State
Beard of Health the Liberty Loan
committee will meet at the Armory
at 7.30 tonight as planned.
A service flag with 543 stars is Ell
hibited at the Woolworth store
| There are 1850 Woolworth stores in
the country and their service record
is highly creditable.
Mr. Sundam of New York, district
manager of the Manhattan district
/ of the Woolworth stores, visited the
ST. Johnsbury store Wednesday. MI.
Sundam has 1870 stores in his district
and was touring the state in an auto
mobile.
w. S. Davis has lust returned from
Chicago where he attended the an
nual gathering Of the National
! Bakers' association. The only Yer
monters at the gathering were Mr..
Davis and MI. West of the Vermont
Baking Company at White River
Junction.
The Eastern avenue branch Of the
Atlantic & Pacific store has been con-
solidated with the Railroad street
branch in order that the company
may open a new store at Island Pond.
The government would not permit a
new store being opened unless it
could be accomplished by consolida-
ton.
Word was received here this
morning of the death at Fort Nc
Pherson, Md, of Prvt. Lewis Cheney,
the former popular bell boy at the St.
Johnsbury house. Mrs. Cheney re-
ceived word yesterday that her hus-
band was critically i'll with pneu-
monia and left for the cantonment
on the early morning train Thursday.
George M. Gray, A. R. Menut and
Harry Gray were in Barre and Mont
pelier Wednesday to attend confer
ence in reference to the fuel situation
in Vermont held by State Fuel Ad-
nlnistrator II. J. M. Jones. Although
rigid caution must be practiced by
everyone if this is done it is believed
that there will be coal enough.
The many friends and relatives of
Mr.. and Mrs. d. H. Pitt called on
them Tuesday evening, Sept. "a, to
help them celebrate their 10th we'd
ding anniversary, it being a complete
surprise to them both. A pleasant
evening was enjoyed with cards and
refreshments were served. They
were presented with linen, china and
a sum of money.
The parents of Prvt. Perley E.
Russell of Passumpsic received word
Thursday afternoon of the death of
their son from pneumonia at Fort
Mcpherson, Md, Friday. He was
former wellknown member of the
Academy football team and at the
time of the first registration in June,
1917, was located at Los Angeles and
sent on his registration card from
there.
| Members of the Caledonia County
Farm Bureau have received the sec
ond number Of the new paper Farm
Bureau News which is full of inter
| esting material for the farmers be-
longing to this useful organization.
The present membership of the Farm
Bureau is 598. St. Johnsbury still
leads with 70 members, while Barnet
is second with Is.
The children of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
gar SENEGAL of Bennington died FRI
day, Floyd, 10 months old, and Ken
meth, four months old. Both had been
i'll two weeks with cholera infan-
tum. One child died in the afternoon