Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-19
A Solid Page Of St. Johnsbury Local

| Carr Is. HlnSman OF Rutland, wee
president of the Howe Scale Co., Ea,
been elected president of the Sea
Makers Association of the United
States. Mr.. Hinsman is the son o.
Mrs. f. F.. Evans of this town.
Miss Madeline Randall isin Bos-
ton this week. Tuesday evening she
will entertain for Gentlcmcn's Night
Of WOman's Club of Wrenthahl,
Mass. Her program will include Il
one character play, readings, and COS
tune dances.
The Rolling Stones We're pleasant
ly entertained by Miss Sarah G.
Brigham at Bagley street, Friday
evening at a Valentine party. Dainty
refreshments were served and the
guests departed at an early hour,
realizing that they had spent a dc
lightful evening and held one of their
most successful meetings. Miss
Brigham spends Sunday with friend,
at Montpelier.
Credit for the large amount of To-
cal news going into The Caledonian
night after night goes to our little
lady reporter, Mrs. Alice Massey OF
st. Johnsbury Center. As a news
gatherer she's q brick. Now on the
strength of this she'll probably strike
the boss for a raise.
Sergeant Everett L. Could who
has recently been discharged from
the army, has been visiting his aunt,
Mrs. G. +. Somelville. He left town
yesterday for Concord, N. H., where
he has a position in the First Ma
tional Bank.
The South End Reading Club held
its second Gcntlemen's Night at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A. Da-
viz Thursday evening. The usual de-
lectable rcfreshment program was
followed by an edifying intellectual
and histrionic contest, won as usual
by the team captained by DR.. Poole.
Mrs. Elizabeth Clifford received
letter yesterday from her son, Pvt.
Hugh Clifford, saying that he landed
at Newport News, Va, Sunday
morning, coming with the Second
Casual Co. They were 13 days max
ing the trip and touched the coast
of Africa and Bermuda Islands. He
expects to be sent to Camp Devens
and hopes to get his discharge in
about two weeks. This is the first
letter Mrs Clifford has received
from her sen since November 2.
An appreciative audience that fire.
quently interrupted the speaker with
applause, gathered in the Armory on
Friday evening.to hear Ng Poon Chew
the Chinese statesman and journalist.
He appeared under the auspices Of
the St. Johnsbury Entertainment
Course, given by the women's COM
mittee of the National Defense. Mr..
Chew gave 4 splendid idea Of how
China passed from a monarchy to a
republic, paid a notable tribute to
missions, spoke of the reforms in edu-
! cational methods and finance and in
closing paid deserved tribute to
the half million of his countrymen
that did the work of the common la
borer behind the lines in France. He
used the best Of English, was fluent
speaker and often brought out much
laughter by his keen flashes of wit.
About one hundred and fifty local
members of the United Commercial
Travellers, together with their wives,
lady friends-and Gam" Ricker-on
Saturday night made merry in Pyth
ian hall on the occasion of the vista
ton of several out town officials
of the society. A banquet with real
food was served-the kind that mo-
ther used to cook and set before US in
days of yore. Several genial souls in
coats borrowed from local BARRIERS Or
maybe it was bartendcrs, presided and
saw to it that no one got more food
than the other fellow. They consisted
of Mr. Kicker, who needs no intro
duction to the people of this commun-
ity, James A. Hunter, w. H. Stew
ems, r. E. French and Archie Will
comb, all past councillors of st. john
sbury Council, No. 230. c w. Nay
filled the place as toastmaster to the
delight of the audience over his apt
anecdotes between the "feasts of
reason and flow of SOUL The guests
of honor were N. NJ. Graves Of Prov
idence, Grand Councillor for New
England, George E. Deland of Wor-
cester, Past Grand Councillor of New
England, E. E. Stacy of Lynn, Mass.
Grand Page of New England and c.
P. Mcfarland of Providence, the SEN
ior councillor of Providence Council.
The editor of the Caledonian had to
horn, in to the proceedings with a
few extemporaneous remarks about
foreign lands just because he was un-
fortunate enough to go there and
come back. Following the tive have
with us tonight" program, the T. F.
Burroughs orchestra revived the|
banquetters with some merry jazz
music which quoted down after
while into dreamy waltzing and two
stepping and the hall floor was soon
filled with trippers of the light fan
tastic. About everybody in town who
makes his living selling stuff-from
pigs bristles to insurance-was there
either as member or as an invited
yuest and the occasion on the whole
was one of the most family-like ga