The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-11
PEACHAM


The Missionary society of the Con-
gregational church held a Victory
dinner and exhibit of antiques Fri
/ days December 6. Dinner was served
at noon to 40 people. The dinner
consisted of barley broth, escalloped
dishes, etc. After dinner a program
was given as follows: Solo by Fl. A.
Renfrew; explanation of stars on the
service flag. The two gilt stars being
for George Firslay and Charles Dana
Carlson, S. A T. Cof Middlebary,
who died Oct. g. There are Sc stars
and all represent students of Peach
am Academy. The ron call followed
1 with responses given by relatives in
extracts from soldiers letters Then
| the names Of nine town boys who
/ were not students We're read, and re-
sponses given. Appreciation was ex
! pressed for the tireless work of Mrs.
Lewis Abbott, who by telephone and
! letters has secured a permanent re-
/ cord of each student This list is
| kept in the Academy with the. Honor
Roll One honor roll of 80 names has
been filled and six names on sec
ond. The names are numbered con-
secutively and correspond to those of
the permanent record. A song by lit
lie Miss Gictta Rowe, aged S years,
and a reading by Mrs. Carrie White
hill concluded the program. The
students held public rhetoricals in Ac-
ademy hall at 8 o'clock the same af-
teInoon including reading of the
school paper, conducted this week by
the sophomore class. A sale Of fan
cy articles made by the girl students
the proceeds of which went toward
paying their Victory pledges toward
the United War Work fund The an
tiquc exhibit given on Friday was
very interesting The following were
some of the articles on exhibit. A
snuff box that once belonged to the
mother of Thaddeus Stevens, old
solid silver teaspoons ranging from,
100 to ITS years old. Old books
galore, and very old too. Home made
linens and fax before and after spin
ing. The Ratchet for making the flax
was marked 1918. Dutch oven, re-
. ceptacle for carrying Goals in the
days before matches, fax and quill
wheels, warming pans, candle sticks,
shutters, samples in all sizes, Indian
arrows, pewter tea and coffee pots,
silk shawls, fans, chairs of all ages,
the oldest being 125 years, perforated
!" tin lanterns lighted with "tallow dips
and old Day Books Of the times when
whiskey was sold at the country
stores. Blue and white woven bed
: spreads and many other quaint and
curious things.
\ Henry Bolton has closed his house
:. at West Danville and gone to boare
at George Chamberlain's for thu
!, winter.
Mrs. Ray EMERSON has been visit
" ing at Waite's River.
4 Mrs. Nellie MARTINI pitkin O.
n Marshfeld is visiting friends a
n Green Bay.
. Mr.. and Mrs Orange WEIGH of Gro
y ton were at Mrs. Phoebe Young
Is last week.
is Rev. MI. Hayward was in Boston
IS few days recently.
ID Mrs. Clara. Collins has been sick a
the home of Frank Robinson wher
49, she boards.
= Miss Bernice Blanchard is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Colby at Wilder.
Dwight Stoddard was at st. Johns
bury the first of last week to see HI
wife and baby at the Frost Sanitaf
ium.
Mrs. John Gracey, who has bee
sick, is better and able to be up an
around. e
e. B. Mcclellan has purchased
nice pair Of work horses and is draw
ing lumber to Barnet.
Mrs. Nellie Freehart IS stoppln
for the present at Wallace Powers.
The c. A.. r. and w. R. c. wi
meet on Saturday with Mrs Mar
Mackay. The annual election OF O
ficers will be held and dinner will .
served. 1t is expected that Mr.
Hovey of ST. Johnsbury, inspector
the w. r. c., will be present.
The Congregational Church an
Sunday School Will have a Snfiee llas
tree in Academy hall on Tuesda
evening, Dec. "a. -
Miss Shirley Goss is working
Albert Peaks. sl~.
In the recent linen drive for u
Red Cross hospitals Peachanl wei
. beautifully over the top, having COZ
: tributed nearly twice the amount Z
II handkerchiefs and towels called TO
n The committee of Mrs. Laura 70
8 mer, Mrs. Walter Blanchard, Mr.
George Smith, Mrs. James Stevense
n / and Mrs. Frank Shaw, very much a.
Il preciate the willingness OF all WI
4 have responded so promptly to Il
y call.
Frank Chandler has threshed o
= about 700 bushels of grain and Frar
Goss about 1000 bushels.
Isaac Phillips is the first OF Pc
cham soldiers to return home, havir
arrived Sunday morning from Can
Joy, Governors Island, n. Y
News of the death of Austin J
est Sanborn has been received from SIP