The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-24
HEARDDURINC THE DAY
News and Comments of the Town
and County Briefly Told for
Caledonian Family

MISS Belle Hlnman is spending
few days at the home Of her father,
in Monroe.
Mrs. J. T. Brightly of Turner's
Falls, Mass, has been visiting friends
in town.
Fred G. Carrick went Sunday to
Somerville, Mass, where he has a
position with the Boston and Maine.
Stephen Page has returned from
Portsmouth, N. H., being unable to
find either a tenement or a boarding
place.
Mrs. Hans Anderson died at Bright
look hospital Tuesday morning. Flu
neral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
Green Mountain Lodge, No. 40, N.
E. 0. P, will have a social for the
members and their families at the
meeting tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs P. G. Fletcher and
daughter, Beulah, and MIR. and Mrs.
P. E. May returned Monday from an
auto trip to Burlington.
The community labor board, con-
sisting of C. A. Shields, P. F. Haz-
en- and Albert Desrochers, and the
local examiner of the United States
Employment service, Arthur F.
Stone, are attending the state gath
ering in Burlington today called by
Robert w. Simonds, the Federal di-
rector of the new organization.
Mrs. w. H. Young, chairman of the
town Y. w. C. A., Miss Bertha Lee,
county chairman of the Y. w.
C. A., Mrs. Frank H. Taylor,
and A. Lanctot, chairman of the K. of
c., were in Rutland, Monday, to at
tend the state conference of the
United War work campaign.
Charles E. Kirk has sold the ].
J. Perowne house on Cliff street to
J. Wesley Morse, who takes pos
session next month.
Mrs. Hazel Spaulding and son,
Thorne, and Mrs. Joseph Gorham
went Monday to Springfield, Mass,
to visit Mrs. Spaulding's brother,
| William Gorham, and from there
they go to Des Moines, Iowa.
Karl Barrett was in town over
| Sunday returning to Sherbrooke, P.
| O., Monday. Mrs. Barrett. who has
| been visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Gorham, returned with
him.
Grace Unity club will meet in the
parlors of Grace Methodist church,
Friday evening, at 7.30 o'clock. The
hostesses for the evening are Mrs.
Roy N Howard, Mrs. Merrick Coun-
sell, Mrs. Cora Brown and Miss Mary
Lewis.
Sergeant Farnams appeal for help
for the Serbians was we'll answered
Saturday when S495.10 was realized
from the tag day and $40 was taken
in at Passumpsic, making total OF
$51410, which was sent to the Ser
| bian committee in New York city.
Following the plan as outlined by
the state federal food administrator
Frank H. Brooks, in the Caledonian
of Sept. %, the local food admins
traitor wishes to announce that he
has received a supply of the new
blanks which can be seen by calling
at his Office.
Hiram Gorham is visiting friends
here for a few days. He lived here
for many years and was an engineer
on the Passumpsic division. In 1874
he went to Huntington, West Vir-
ginia, where he was employed on one
of the railroads, until he returned g
few years ago. Mr.. Gorham came tc
attend the 18th Vt. G. A. R. encamp,
ment at White River Junction.
At the Colonial on Saturday, Sept
2s, will be presented the smartest
musical comedies, ooh, Boy" which
broke all records at the New York
Princess Theatre, by staying there
for Is months and then continued
its run at the New York Casino
ooh, Boy" was written by Guy Boil
ton and P. G. Wodehouse with music
by Jerome Kern, and is presented by
F. Ray Comstock and William Ell
lott For this limited tour, Messrs
Comstock and Elliott have assembled
a special organization of well, known
favorites and the greatest care has
been taken in selecting this ooh,
Boy" cast.
The Fifty" Club was entertained
] by Mrs. C. E. Gorham at The home
/ of Mrs. Ellen Gle last Friday. AT
ter the order of business was gone
through, the war and some of the
Hoover receipts were discussed. At
six o'clock Mrs. Gorham served a
supper to the guests. A pleasant eve
ming was spent and many pretty gifts
were presented to Mrs. Gorham and
all wished her many happy returns
of the day.
Mrs. w. P. Smith, Mrs. George
Hazen, Mrs. J. F. Puffer, Mrs. Ella
Truax, Mrs. w. H. Haywood, Mrs.
r. P. Fairbanks, Mrs. P E. Moody,
Mrs Helen Thompson, Mrs. George
Green and Mrs. George Cross are in
Rutland to attend the 46th annual
meeting of the Vermont Branch of
the Woman's Board of Missions, and