The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-10
HEARD DURING THEDAY
News and Comments of the Town
and County Briefly Told for
Caledonian Family

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is the guest of Mrs. A. E. Powell for
two weeks.
DR.. J. E. Chapman and family of
Martsville, n Y, motored here Fri
day and are the guests of A. E.
Counsel and M. NJ. Counsel.
Mrs. J. E. Nelson and daughter,
Ruth, ares pending the day with Miss
JEANNE Darling at NeWbury.
Mrs. H. P. Andersen and Miss
Dorothy Andersen are spending the
day in Hanover, N. H.
Mrs. Sceva Spear of Nashua, N.
H., and Miss Margaret Twiss of Mil
ford, N. H, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. VI. Goodrich.
J. E. Addy, who has been working
at Bristol, Conn, has returned to
St. Johnsbury, and is in the employ
of the Fairbanks Company.
The automobile fire truck was call
ed out at 845 Tuesday morning for
a chimney fire at the house at No. 81
Railroad street. Little damage was
done and the blaze was quickly ex-
tinguished.
Hon. A F. Nichols, who has been
i'll for some time and obliged to be
absent from his duties as county
clerk an das a member of the eXemp-
ton board, was out of the house
Monday for the first time.
DR.. Charlotte Fairbanks is in Han
over today attending the funeral of
her uncle, Henry L. Smith of the
firm Of Scribner & Co., New York, a
son of thel ate DR.. Asa D. Smith, a
former president of Dartmouth.
Those who saw daddy Long
: Legs" last evening, enjoyed a plea
SAINT and entertaining play. Edna
Walton as Judy pleased everyone
with her bubbling humor and honest
sentiment, she was supported by an
excellent cast.
A special town meeting is called at
7.30 on the evening of Sept. 20 to
see if the town will vote to exempt
for period of ten years the C. S.
Skinner property. A special village
meeting is called for the same pur-
pose at $50 that evening.
Letters advertised for the week
ending September 7, 1918: Ladies:
Mrs. Pearl Beard, Miss Olive Neil.
Gentlemen: Boyle, P, Cowan, Henry
(2), Calderwood, Hugh, Kelley, w.
NJ, Lena, Henry, Lapoint, George
G., MaNamarer, Patrick, Somers,
Harvey ?.
The annual meeting of the St.
Johnsbury W. C. T. U. will be held
at Grace Methodist church Saturday
afternoon at three o'clock. Officers
will be elected for the ensuing year
and the county president, Mrs. Emily
NJ Albee of Barnet, will be present.
and address the ladies. A large at
tendance is desired.
The special grand jury that were
summoned at the Court House Mon
day brought in true bill and re
ported to Judge L. P. Slack and were
discharged. w. A. Kicker was the
foreman of the jury. Court then adj
journed until Monday, Oct. 7, when
it will be decided then whether a
special term will be held then or the
case taken up at the December term.
The barge will be at the Avenue
House at 7.30 Wednesday evening to
take the band to the corn roast at
the Fair Ground and there will be
room in the automobile truck for
others who may wish to ride down.
The affair was scheduled for We'd
nesday night as that is the only night
in the week that the band could con-
tribute their services.
What might have been very SER
ious fire was fought to finish early
Sunday evening when the alarm was
sounded from Railroad street that
quickly brought the automobile fire
truck to Sheldon's hotel. Here a
lively blaze had started in the par
titions from some unknown cause and
it was necessary to lay the hose to
extinguish the flames. The property
! damage is estimated at 5000.
There will be a supper at the
Union Baptist church Thursday eve
ming, Sept. II from $50 to g. The
i menu includes tomato bisque, praised
beef, sweet corn on the cob, string
beans, creamed carrots, sweet beets,
snew potatoes, squash, eucumbers,
pudding, coffee. The supper for ad-
ults is IS cents, children 20 cents
Don't stop to dress up; come as you
would go anywhere, and enjoy a good
supper. adv.