The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-28
HEARDDU0INC THE DAY
News and Comments of. the Town
and County Briefly Told for
Caledonian Family

Miss Mary Turgeon is assisting in
E. N. Randall's store.
The many friends of Earl D. |
Evans regret to learn of his serious
illness with pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Jackson of
Quincy, Mass, are visiting relatives
in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Hovey and
daughter, Helen, have been spending
the week in Boston.
Miss Mary B. Shorey fell at her
home Thursday and broke her col
lar bone.
Theodore Carr is home from Roch-
ester, N Y, having been called in
the draft.
Preston Conner visited his mother,
Mrs. F. C. Sherburne, the first of the
week He has just returned from his
first voyage overseas.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Blodgett and
MI and Mrs. Brickett were in Wat
erbury a few days this week to visit
Nj. and Mrs. A, G. Cummings.
Miss Isabel Morency closes her
work at E. N. Randall's store this
week and will later go to Bridge
port, Conn, where she has employ
ment.
Owing to the restrictions at pres
ent on dance halls and all other plac
es of amusement, Hills Novelty Or
chcstra will not hold their dances at
Leclerc's Hall, but will resume later.
Watch Caledonian for adv.
H. R. Pratt died at the home Of
his daughter, Mrs. Estella Folsom,
Friday. He was a member Of Cham
berlain Post. Mr.. Pratt would have
been 80 years old his next birthday
The funeral will be held Sunday at
two o'clock in East Concord.
6. C. Currier has resigned as rail
way postal clerk on the st. Johns
bury and Swanton run after many
years OF faithful service. MI. and
Mrs. Currier soon leave for Los An
gelcs, Cal, where they will spend the
winter with William Fletcher. The
latter was q former well-known resi-
dent Of Lyndon and has recently
been visiting his Caledonia county
friends.
Manager Merrill Of the New Eng
land Telephone Co. told a represen-
tative of the Caledonian this morn
ing that six of the St. Johnsbury op-
era tors were confined to their homes
by sickness. He further said the in
creased number OF calls for the past
few days is affecting the promptness
Of the service and it is hoped that
the subscribers will be considerate.
The Western Union offices in New
England have been hard hit by the
epidemic, nearly 100 operators hav-
ing been out of the Boston office all
the week. Our Associated Press
despatch received Saturday noon was
sent by a Boston operator that had
been at his desk since 5 o'clock Fri
day night in continuous service. To
relieve the situation St. Johnsbury
had a New York through wire every
night, thus allowing messages to be
sent from here direct and not
through the Boston office.
Lieut.. Louis S. Wright, @. NJ. c.,
of Washington, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy c. Wright is visiting his home
in ST. Johnsbury. Lieut.. Wright has
been assigned to Newport Depot at
New York City and will report there
for duty after a few days stay with
his folks. Lieut.. Wright enlisted in
the service last December at Fort
Slocum, N. Y, and was later trans
ferred to Camp Meigs, Washington,
where he was made First Sergeant of
Che company After passing the board
of examiners at the Officers Train
ing School with exceptionally high
marks, he was commissioned a Sec
ond Lieutenant and assigned to the
| Quartermaster Generals office at
Washington. Lieut.. F. P. Reed, Q.
NJ. c., of the Quartermaster Generals
office, Washington, is accompanying
Lieut.. Wright on his visit home and
after spending some time here will
visit his home in Cambridge, Mass.