The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-08
LUNENBURG

Mrs George Fourier returned on
Monday from St. Johnsbury Hospi-
tai where she recently underwent an
Operations for. appendicitis. Her lit
tie son is ill with Influenza.
The. three children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Savers who have been very
i'll with influenza are convalescent.
E.AW. Hastings and family, Ernest
Dodge and Alton Carpenter were in
Lancaster, last week.
Ira Fisher is threshing for several
of the neighbors here and at East
Concord.
Mrs. Richard Cooper is i'll with in
fuenza. ~
Mrs. Ferva Lewis has been helping
to care for her son-in-law, Willis
Bean, who is very i'll with influenza
and pneumonia at the village.
Miss Irene Ball is operating in
the Central telephone Office part of
this week.
The Boy Scouts held their regular
meeting with Scout Master Douglas
last Friday evening.
Mrs. Ida Luther spent the week
end with relatives in Maidstone.
.Lunenburg went over the top with
the sale ofeLibeIty Bonds on Satur-
day afternoon, the total at that time
being $4,000, the quota being
$4,000. Of this sum $500 is cred
tied :. to, Mrs. Martha Pierce, town
chairman of the Woman's Committee
and her helpers, Mrs. A.. w. Sugg,
Mrs. Leila Morrow, Mrs. Eta Turner,
MRS. Minnie Bronson. Later figures
may Show Slight increase over this
amount ~
BY order Of the. State Board of
Health, Dr. w NJ. Bronson, health
officer of Lunenburg, ordered ali
places of public assembly closed till
further orders on account of the
prevalence of influenza and grip.
/ No services were held in the
churches on Sunday, and all meetings
during the week are Cancelled.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Norris and
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Norris motored
to Groveton on Friday evening and
saw the War Relic train.
The District meeting of the w. r.
C. which was to have been held in
ST. Johnsbury this week is indefinitely
postponed. The regular meeting Of
Howard Corps was omitted last week
also.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Wright arc
rejoicing over the birth of son on
Friday last.
Word was received on Sunday Of
the death of Mrs. Laura Spaulding
from pneumonia in Concord, N. H.
She was the wife of Oliver Spaulding,
brother of Charles, Fred and Ernest
Spaulding and Mrs. F. C. Currier Of
this place, and had made many
friends during her visits to her hus-
bands relatives in Lunenburg, and
was of most lovable character. One
son, II years of age, is also left to
mourn the loss of a true motnc-
Much sympathy is expressed to the
bereaved family and near friends
Funeral services were held on We'd
nesday afternoon at her late home
in Concord, the services being pri-
vate for fear of contagion.
The friends of Mrs. Stella Folsom
of St. Johnsbury, formerly resident
Of this place, were saddened to learn
Of her death on Sunday night DR..
Henry Folsom is also very i'll with
influenza.
Mrs. Olive Ball is working for
Mrs. Albert Gregory during her en-
forced vacation.
The annual meeting Of the local
Red Cross chapter will be held dur
ing the third week of October pro-
vided, the ban on public assemblies
is lifted All members are asked to
watch for the announcement of the
date and be present when called.
The Red Cross asks that tin foil,
collapsible tubes, tea lead and any
thing of the sort be saved for the
society, leaving the same with Mrs.
Eta Turner, president of the local
chapter.