The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-19
PEACHAM

arday, Dec l4tn, at the home oil Mrs. +
Mary MacEay. After a sumptuous
dinner the officers Of the G. A. X.
were elected as follows: Command 1
fer, C. .. Harris; senior vice, w. $. 1
Brock; junior vice, j. c. Gracey; adj
+ iutant, II. &. Farrow; surgeon, Dir.
elliott; chaplain, -; officer Of the
day, George Bigelow; officer Of the
guard; w. S. Darling; sergeant ma
jol., w HASTE; quarteimaster, M.
/ Fafrow; delegate, George Bigelow.
1 The meeting Of the Woman's Relief
Corps was unusually interesting, as
all the chairs were filled with the ex-
Iception of two, and the presence of
| Mrs. Sarah Hovey of ST. Johnsbury
rs Inspector Of the Corps gave addi-
Btional pleasure, as her remarks were
very helpful III respect to the work
of the orde, The following. is a list
Of officers for the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. Mary Mackay; senior
vice, Mrs. Matte Farrow; junior vice,
Mrs. Helen Bailey; treasurer, Mrs.
Anna Abbott; chaplain, Mrs. Emma
Farrow; guard, Mrs. Lizzie Gracey;
assistant guard, Mrs. Nettie Steven
son; secretary, Mrs. Susan McLach-
lin; press correspondent, Mrs Laura
Palmer; conductor, Mrs. Alice Ho-
bart; assistant conductor, Mrs. Meena
Adams; patriotic instructor, Mrs. May
Moore musician, Mrs. Charlotte
i Dow; delegate. Mrs Laura Palmer;
alternate, Mrs. Helen Bailey.
The young people of town gave a
vaudeville entertainment on Friday
evening, Dee. -, for the benefit of
the Red Cross. The entertainment
was very successfully carried out and
much enjoyed by a good sized audi
cnce. Eight people were called upon
to furnish period of entertainment
: and each one was in the dark to all
parts but their own. The following
program was carried out: Wigwag
signaling, eve Welcome You Here
Tonight and VIII Do Our Best to
Please YOU Boy Scouts Thomas
Carlson and Gordon Welch;. solo,
Mrs. Harvey Lyford; pantomime,
, "The Counting" Misses Douglas, Full
: lington and Houghton; solo, Henry
: Wallace; solo Mildred Hayward;
drill showing work Of the Boy Scouts
conducted by the leader, Rev. Mr..
Hayward; solo, Scotch song, E. r.
Mackay in costume; farce, "rhe Al
lies" or "They Who Knit" Char
: acters: Aunt Mercy, M Glen Chand-
Ter; Martha, her neice, Daphne Craig;
q Neighbor, Marion Thofne. Aunt
Mercy gives her neice Martha a very
lowing description of the great strides
peacham has made in the past few
years. Martha tells Aunt Mercy
It they will have visitors that evening
: from II of the allied countries. The
order i'll which they came is as fol-
lows: France, Gladys Craig; England,
e Muriel Darling; Russia, Winnifred
S Rogers; Japan, Esther Harrington;
!, Servia, Ve1na Rowe; Scotland, Marion
Maekay; Canada, Katharine Hooker;
g Italy, Agnes Maekay; Ireland, Mil
: dred Hayward; Belgium, Goldie Orig
wer. Each wore the costume of the
country she represented, and as she
came HI spoke or sang telling why
she had learned to knit. After they
were all seated and knitting they all
: sang a chorus, "The Knitting Song
. Last came United States, Miss Mar
ion harrington, carrying the flag, and
the whole audience sang "The Star
Spangled Banner" The stage was
beautifully decorated with flags of all
countries The arrangement of the
stage for "The Counting" was also
very pretty. About $40 was taken fol
the Red Cross. 1t is expected that
the Mc1ndoes play will be given in
January for the benefit of the Rec
Cross.
Congratulations to Mr.. and Mrs
George Miller on the arrival of &
son, Saturday, Dec. IA, at Frost SAM.
tarium at st. Johnsbu1y.
There will be a Christmas tree al
the Methodist church Wednesda,
evening, Dec IS.
Mrs. Alden Morrill, of Bradford i:
visiting her sister, Mrs Will HASTE
MI and Mrs. Howard Hebbleth
waite came home last week from {
two weeks trip to Ashland, N. C.
and other places. M
Roscoe harrington, who has beer
IN training in military work at Bur
ilngton, came home Saturday. H,
has been i'll with influenza. Regi
maid Esden, who also has influenza. il
not able to come home yet.
Mrs. Carl Woods and son of Yves
Danville were visitors on Sunday a
G. E. .Farrington's.
The junior promenade will be OF
Friday evening, Dec. 27.
Mrs. Goldie Grigwer gave an enter
B talnment at her sehoolhouse at Eas
peacham on Wednesday evening, Dec
II, which was attended by 33 of tn,
~ parents and friends The followin,
program was given: Song, "Our Hol
= day., by school; recitation, "Ambi
tlon, Kenneth Cowan; recitation
Eva Harvey; folk dance, third an,
fourth grades; dialogue, 4How H
/ Had Her, Francis Moore and Charli
I Cowan; solo, eve Don't Know Wher
/ We're Going, but We're on Gu
I way, Julia Cowan; dialogue, "To
I Greedy by HALF" Robert Moore. En-