The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-11-28
LYNDONVILLE

Tuesday for Brookline, Mass, where
they will spend the rest of the week
with their son, Karl Davis and wife,
and the new grandson, Stanley Ayers
Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Parker and
Mrs. Josephine Wilder went to Lit
Teton, Thursday to spend the day
with Mr.. Parker's sisters, Mrs. Green
and Mrs. Silsby and their families, at
the Silsby home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence B. Dodge
have gone to Hyde Park, Mass, and
spent Thanksgiving with their son,
Dr.. Ralph Dodge and family.
The Book Club held their semi
annual auction Monday evening, with
Mrs e. l.. Wells, and sold the books
they had been reading in the past six
months, many of them at bargain
prices. The new books were distli
buted and include many attractive
titles.
Woodstock were in town the first
of the week calling on old friends.
They went from here to Newport
to spend the week with their parents.
Miss Leona Summerville of Mont
pelier was the guest Of Miss Ruth
Jewell over Sunday.
This week sees most of the col
lege students at home for the holiday.
Harold Ahern and Charles Darling
from Columbia, Carolyn Darling
from the Leland Powers school in
Boston; Flavia Folsom from Cam
bridge; Howard Shattuck from
Dartmouth, Mamie Burpee from Bos-
ton University and Floyd Clary from
the General Electric school in West
Lynn, Mass. Of the absentees Ruth
Blodgett spends Thanksgiving in
Morrisville with Mary Batten; Nal
colin Mcdonald in Haverhill, Mass.
and Gerry Blodgett will go to Paw
tucket, r. I. Of the U. V. M. boys
George Cusson and Franklin Lynch
will remain in Burlington.
Mrs. E. ]. Blodgett, while COM
ig down the stairs in the Ide block
Sunday night, launched herself into
the air, and Topped the loop down the
stairs with unexpected deXterity. II
will never be known whether, in a fit
of dreaming she imagined herself al
ready an angel, or whether she was
trying to demonstrate the superiority
of mind over matter, but, be that as
it may, if the doors at the foot OF
the stairs had been open, she might
have going yet. A kind Samaritan
picked her up, somewhat in doubt
as to whether to call an undertaken
ora doctor, but the doctor won this
time. And strange to say, not bone
was broken, although she is a mass
of bruises. Her broken glasses cut
her face so much that she will prob.
ably never take another cup in {
beauty contest, but she will be thank.
full if only the town clock does not
stop as she passes by.
Schools closed Wednesday for The
rest of the week, except the Val
School, where the boys have Thanks
giving Day, on account of the way
their work is arranged.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Lyster anC
niece, Miss Annie Lincoln, spent
Thanksgiving with Charles Steele's
family in st. Johhsbury.
, John Webster has gone to Orueans
to visit friends for the rest of tho
week.
Many friends here of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Lorne Downey of Newport were
greatly saddened to learn Of his ac-
cidential death the first of the week
Mr.. Downey's remains will be
brought here for burial, beside his
two children.
Mrs. John Merrill of Newport is
with her mother, Mrs. Henry Watson
for a few days.
Mrs. Lydia Allen has gone tc
Concord, N H., to spend few days
with her daughter, Edith, Mrs. Maui
rice Gandry.
Mrs. G. M. Campbell has gone to
Springfield, Mass, and Mr.. Campbell
and Raymond joined her there fol
Thanksgiving with her daughter
Mrs. Rice, and family.
The Rev. James Hutchinson Of
Barton was called here Monday to
officiate at the funeral of Merritt
Welch, one of his former parishion-
ers.
Clayton McDuffy has gone to AL
bany, N. Y, to attend school at the
Albany Business College.
A special communion service will
be held at St. Peters church Thanks
giving morning in honor of Howard
Spaulding.
Mrs. Albert Ruggles and hel
brother, Bert Hill, were called to
Eden last week to attend the funeral
of their father, an old gentleman,
who has often visited them here.
Miss Gladys Gray who has been at
Edwin Hough's for some time, is
now stopping at Ray Powers in
Kirby.
The Rev. Mr. Stephenson is hold
ing some very interesting meetings at
st. Peters church Sunday evenings,
based upon favorite hymns. The
services last Sunday were largely at
tended. Rev. E. A. Lewis assisted in
the program and Mr.. Stephenson