Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02


Cobleigh who has been visiting her
sister at Newton returned home with
them.
Justin Curtis was in st. Johnsbury
today.
Raymond and Marian Colodny arc
spending the week end in Burlington
with relatives and friends.
Justin Curtis arrived home from
the U. V. M. Wednesday, for a weeks
vacation.
Dean Mosher is numbered among
the sick.
Henry Hunt son of Mr.. and Mrs.
! Everett Hunt fell from an apple tree
on Wednesday afternoon and broke
the large bone of his leg above the
ankle.
Mrs. E. C. Blanchard and daugh-
ter Christine, arrived home from Bos-
ton, Wednesday. Christine is enjoy
ing short vacation from her school
at Northampton, Mass.
w. w. True has been confined to
the house for several days.
Mrs. J. r. Akin is visiting friends
in New Jersey for a week.
Mrs. Ray Hunt and two children
arc spending the week visiting rela-
tives at North Troy.
Miss Ralthrudc Rowlcy of Richford
is visiting at c. A. Browns.
Newport City has three new flags,
and same arc attracting Il great deal
of attention in the window of Fl. S.
Root and Sons store, where they arc
on display. The National flag, which
needs no description, the State flag,
which has the State seal in one cor
nel; and the new City of Newport
flag, with Il field of blue, with the City
Seal in the center having a white
border; in the center of the seal APP
pears the picture of the boat, Lady
of the Lake" The color effect of
these three flags is beautiful and
something every one should be proud
of.
Newport Chamber of Commerce
The first annual meeting of the
Newport Chamber of Commerce was
held at the City Council rooms on
Wednesday evening. March rs. Re /,
ports of the several officers of the
Newport Board Of Trade were pre-
scented and disposed of, after which
the following ID men were elected. to
serve as Directors for the coming |
year: J. a. Aubin, c. F. Bigclow, T.
c. Camp, W. H. Cleary, A. B. Cob
leigh, ID. N. Dwincll, c. S. Emery. +.
y. Flint, J. 7. Gardner, J. E. McCar-
ten, E. W. Savage, Il. W. Spear, u.
w. Wilcox and w. w. True. The
matter of furnishing banquet for
the Road Commissioners meeting was
brought up and it was the sense OF
the meeting that such banquet pc ar
ranged for. A meeting of the Direct
ors was held at the close Of the
Chamber of Commerce session, ana
7. T. Gardner was elected as chair
man of the board, and issued call
for a directors meeting to be held ut
the City Council rooms on Saturday
evening, March 20, to elect officers
for the year. The meeting was we'll
attended and very harmonious.
Miss Peggy Burns VINO uhuerweh'
an operation at the st. Johnsbury
hospital, has recovered and returned
to Newport Thursday night.
Nearly fifty members of the local
lodge of Odd Fellows attended sel-
vices at tn First Baptist church IN
a body last evening, and listened to
q most cloouent sermon delivered by
the supply pastor, Rev. Frank y.
Cunningham, taking for his subject,
an ortality at the Cross" A large
chorus choir, under the leadership OF
the supply pastor rendered splendid ;
music for the occasion. The ODD
Fellows greatly enjoyed the service
and arc ready for further invitations.
MI and Mrs. Ed. Wells have NOV
ed from the Arthur Wells farm into
the tenement vacated by Roy Clough,
in the Sleeper tenement on Pleasant
street.
Mrs. Fred Carr is confined to the
house by sickness.
Mrs. B. o. Spaulding and Barbara
Lawson have returned from their Wis
it in Glover.
Lieut.. DR.. Harry Somcrs, who has
been in France, arrived home last
week.
Scott and Howard Kelley of North
Troy spent the week end at M. E.
Willis.
Evening Star Lodge No. 81, |. o.
0. f. will confer the first degree on
Tuesday evening. Degree Master
Bullock will appreciate u large at
tendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Rogers went to
Boston today.
The Atlantic and Pacific store
front is shining in IL new coat Of
paint.
Dorothy Spear is spending her va
cation from the U. V. M. with her
parents.
Over 1000 people in the city of
Newport are reading the Evening
Calcdonian every day, Il splendid
chance to advertise spring and sum-
MGR goods. Several of our mcr-
chants are improving it. Brunswick |
monographs arc selling faster than
True and Blanchard Co can get them,
because they are pulling off big adj
vertising campaign. If it works we'll