Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-19

mouse Dv Illness.
Peter Thorley, who is employed b.
the American Express Co., is confine,
to the house by illness.
Miss Lillian Richards concludes he
services Dis bOokkeeper for the A. H
Gleason Co. on Saturday.
At 4 special meeting of the stock
holders of the Caledonian Count
Playground Company at the st. John
sbury House Friday, the President
George c. Cary, stated that the asso
citation now had debt of over tel
thousand dollars and that more mon
ey must be raised by issuing new
stock or else the affairs of the com
pany would have to be wound up t
pay the debts. Mr. Cary said that h
stood ready to stay with the PROPOSE
lion if others would join him, and i
was the sentiment of all present tina
it would be unwise to agive up tn
fair which has been an annual feature
Of this county for sixty seven years
1t was then voted to issue $4,000 o
cumulative six percent stock in share
CT $25 each and over half the amour
Of the new stock was subscribed a
the meeting by the 20 stockholder
present. The meeting then adjourned
TO Friday, March ii, and if all tn
.,tock is subscribed by that time, a
seems most likely, the Directors will
go ahead with their plans for a fai
here in September
e NJ. Tifield, Of Quincy, N. H., ha'
beer spending a few days in town OF
business.
Mrs. William LaRock and daugh
ter, Bcrnice, Of Hyde Park, have beer
visiting Mrs. Cora +. Brigham.
Mrs. Edward Peterson, presiden'
OF the Rcbccca assembly, has beer
attending meetings of the I. o. O. F.
in Ludlow, Bellows Falls, and White
River junction.
Abner Rutledgc from Concord was
q visitor here Monday.
Mrs. Isaac Flint is in st. Johns
bury Center on business Tuesday.
Mrs. Charles Howe still remains
very i'll at her home at 81 Pear
street.
Mrs. Frank Blossom is gaining
from her recent illness
James Cosprove is in Boston or
business.
Charles Fogg of Portland was If
Town Wednesday.
Mrs. Gertrude Burt of Concord was
in town Wednesday,.
Robert Wakefield is confined to the
house by illness ut II Caledonia street
George Forrest will give Il dance
ct Concord Saturday night, Feb. Is.
Mrs. Charles Howe is ILL., at hel
home at q Pearl street.
Miss Alma Reed is i'll with neural
gia at her home on Pearl street.
Joe Costa's delivery horse rar
away Wednesday morning and things
were quite exciting for few minutes
Mrs. james Kendrick and daughter
Margaret, arc spending two weeks in
Barre.
The st. Johnsbury N. E. M. p. A
will hold their first annual banquet at
G. A. r. hall Thursday at 1890.
A C. Richie and Rev. Francis Ladd
of West Barnet were in town We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Cecil Palmer and little dough-
ter, Francis, are sick at their home
6 Boynton avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Jewett and
Mis-; Mary Nelson are visiting in Bos-
ton.
Miss Kathleen Gill of Hartford is
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gill on Railroad street.
Albert Beauregard was in Lyndon
and Newport Thursday.
John Calendar of Springfield was
in town Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Locke have returned
from Boston.
Grace Unity Club of the Grace
Methodist church, held Gentlemen's
Night in the parlors of the church
Thursday evening, about 200 being
present. A very fine musical pro-
gram was rendered, the affair being
in charge of Mrs. James A. Impey
and Mrs. +. B. Jacques. Miss jose
phine Lougee opened the entertain
ment with an excellently-rendered
piano solo, so well played as to bring
her back for an encore. Miss Mar
iorie Cramton, assisted by Miss Sig
id Eklof at the piano, played two
violin solos of the first order, also re-
spending to an encore. Mrs. P. c.
Brooks, with her finely-trained voice,
pleased the audience three times with
,ocal selections, and Miss Edwina M.
3lodgett was also among the applaud
I'd vocal artists of the evening. A
luartette composed of Mrs. Don c.
Stiles, Mrs. Bert Wilson, Miss Grace
2odliff and Miss Josephine Lougee
endered three selections which closed
he program, ice cream and cake and
general "sing" by the young folks,
folding the crowd afterward to a late
Jour. The refreshment committee
vas under the craftsmanship of Mrs.
George Palmer. Rev. DR.. F. w. Cole
nan of Boston, pastor of st. Marks
hurch in Broekline, was the
,uest of the evening, giving short
ak on the significance of Steward
hip in the various churches in con-
with the great Methodist
Centenary Missionary movement