Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-19
LYNDONVILLE

way, d, Is Usually the case when the
ladies of Lyndonvillc get together
Tor Il good object. Mrs Charlie. l..
Stuart had charge of the general AZ
langcmcntS. Mrs. G. NJ Campbell of
the supper, Mrs. Leon Culticc ami
Mrs. Harry Johnson Of tho program,
Mrs T.. J. Blodgett Of the advertising
and Mrs. Pre- colt Moore aud Mis-
FrHll Pierce of the fish pond, and all
these ladies were ably seconded b. u
willing and energetic force Of help
cls. And only those who have worked
on u supper in Music He'll can APP
prcciatc what an amount Of work ii
takes to give Il supper there.
At six O'Clock table; were vet and
ready for 275 people, and the ptop.c
were there very shortly. \ delicious
menu was served, with pea soup,
chicken pie, clarbcrrics, roll, all
kinds OF pies %" dessert, cheese,
douGhnut5 and coffee The table,
were cleared AMI tome others llru,
and, including the helper, more tNaa
$50 must have been fed AID thor
oughly satisfied.
The Mattresses were Young riri,
in town, dressed i'll white and wearing
nurses caps and little white tent, IL,
table decorations completed the idea.
whit" the audience was waiting fer
the second table II fish pond was or
cncd IN The corner Of the room, and
great MAN. awaited themselves OF
the opportunity to try their luck rGY
Il nlckc!. and see what novelty they
could draw from the pond.
I'r. Smith acted a' tea ,tu,". ter for
II Nhort program of toaStS, rrc,idin.
IN his usual witty mnnnci', and anus
ing the audience with y number of
most apropu3 stories. He first in
troduccd Miss Eliza AlIcn, who spoke
briefly and directly upon "Comrlunity
Spirit" The next speaker was Mrs.
+. } B)od%ctt, whose subject wa
"Hcalth. The Rev. Mr.. Mck'alanc
then gave u fine tribute to "Our
Nurses" Music followed by n locol
orchestra, which gave some fine C.
lcc'lonH. This orchestra ii played
during the supper hour, a,l was Il
most satisfactory addition to the pro-
cram. II included Me-. i,u:acc Be
attic, violin, CIlarlc; Stevens, piano,
u. i. Burpcc, cornct, Harley john
son, drum, and traps, Mpholrc Au-
bin, trombone, and Fred Duby, clnr-
met.
A varied program va; "iycn o.
the stage. F'ir- Wa, II solo by Mrs
l.. 7 Huntlcy, with violin ohlirato by
Mrs. Bcattic. Next Wa IL rcndi ~,
selections from Riley, b. Mis- katl,~
lccn j.cBarron. This was given in
II child's tones, and cXccIlcntly dnnc.
A selection followed by il ladies
quartet, Mr*. Samuel Mitchell, Mrs
t.arl Eoundy, Mrs. Shcphori, Mr..
Wesley Emerson. There followed Il
solo by Mrs. Scavcr whose hu sbln!
is Que Of ;hc new teachers II: the m
.;titutc.
5ii.;a Anna Dahlbcck then give Il
very charming solo dance, accom-
panied by Miss Stimson. Miss L.
Barron appeared a"ain, ~ ul,clclc
solos, and songs to that now popu-
lar instrument. The next was Il
rcaling by Miss lvah NunI;lcc OF
Denver, Col, Stephen Phillips "Mar-
pcSsa,' u beautiful poem, rendered
with much feeling and expression.
Miss Dunllcc then gave series Of
poses illustrating different emotions
in pantomimc, with Miss Stimson ac-
companyinG her on the piano. Tho
Chester Grady. All the numbers were
good, and delighted the audience.
The cX;lct amount taken on this
occasion is not known, but it is in
the vicinity of $3.50 Thij sum wa;
presented to Ms. Bull by Dr. II.
NJ. Smith, for the purpose OF helping
to equip the new hospital with linen,
hot water bottles, surgical dressings,
and many Of the nccc,:arics Of The
sick room. The house which Mrs.
Bull has bought and is fitting up i,
nearly ready for occupancy. 1t is
Il cottage house on Prospect street,
and has been enlarged and rcmod-
cllcd, into u very CommodiOus build
ing, ready to accommodate about 3,
patients, if necessary. IL will be a
convenient addition to the communi-
ty, in case of IN epidemic, or other
wise, and the people here have shown
by their generosity that they hope it
will prove IL success.
Mis-; IvaI Dcnklcc, Of Denver, =
former rc3idcn. OF Burke, has been
the guest of MIS-. +. J. HIodgctt dur
ing her stay in town She has been
located in beaver, where she has Il
home, and where her two brothers
are established Us II doctor and law
yer, respectively, and Thu, is EcI first
visit cast for about II years. Mis-
Dunklcc is not only Il reader, and
teacher Of dramatic ~, lut IL writer
of considerable note.
Gordon Vance llaa been in Bright
look hospital for IN operation on his
tonSili.
Mr.. and Mr.. Fred Woods AMI
son, Hubert, have been visiting their
son, Melvin, and family ut Glendale,
Long Island.
There wac no dancing class thi;
week, but Clayton Could came up
from White River Junction and gave
his private pupils their lessons in tha