St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-22
LOCAL NEWS

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Mrs. Walter Mertz and two sons
Walter and Stuart, returned to theil
home in Wayne, Pa, yesterday, hav.
ing spent the past few weeks at the
home OF Mrs. Merits parents, MIR
and Mrs. Harry NJ. Day. MI. Da!
, accompanied them as far as New
York.
1t. F. E. Townsend has received
his discharge from the army and he
has returned home from camp il
Louisville, Ky.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Morrill,
were called to Worcester, Mass, to-
day by the death on Tuesday of
Beman A. Donaldson. He left wife
and three children, his wife being the
daughter of the late Charles Ranney
of St. Johnsbury and a niece of Mrs
Morrill,
V. E. Lurchin returns Wednesday
from the Moose River Realty Co.
logging camp in Maine, where he has
been for few days.
Captain and Mrs. Ralph Llwelly1
of Chicago, ILL.,, are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank II. Brooks.
The funeral of Rev. DR.. Edward T.
Fairbanks was held at his late resi-
dence at II o'clock Wednesday morn
ing Rev. DR.. +. A. Poole officiated
and paid most tender and apprecia-
tive tribute to DR.. Fairbanks. The
bearers were Lt.-Col. Joseph Fair
banks, Arthur F. Stone, Herbert w.
Blodgatt, Frank II. Brooks, Ernest
H. Cowlcs and Charles H. Horton.
Four of the Academy trustees acted
as escort at the grave, Rev. DR.. c.
H. Merrill, Robert Mackinnon, Perley
F. Hazcn and Louis N. Smythc. Dur
ing the hour Of service all places of
business were closed.
Captain Karl Davis has been dis
charged from the army and he has a
position in Toledo, Ohio. Captain and
Mrs. Davis will live in Toledo.
Mrs. Elizabeth Laird Thomas has
been appointed matron of the new
Red Cross convalescent home at
Camp Mcclellan, Ala. Her husband,
Captain r. B. Thomas has been sta
toned at the base hospital for some
time and both have made many
friends.
The village trustees have decided
to move the central fire station IL
feet to the west and then the build
ing will be off the government land.
While the building is being moved
the big trucks will have to be stored
elsewhere. The building on its new
site will be used until the municipal
ity takes further action on munich
pal building.
Mrs. Ellen Elizabeth Beck died at
the home Of her son, Harry Beck, on
Lafayette street Wednesday night.
She was the wife of William Beck.
She leaves besides her husband one
daughter, Mrs. r. N. Piper, and son,
Harry Beck, and two grandchildren.
The funeral was held Friday and
the remains were taken to East
Charleston for burial.
L. T. Ide and Mrs. w. A. Ide and
son, Richard, left Friday morning for
Bradentown, Fla. where they will
spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley E. Kittredge
of Watertown, Conn.,, are the happy
parents of a son, born Jan. Is, and
a grandson to Mr.. and Mrs. II. H..
Kittredgc and great grandson to Mrs.
C. G. Perrigo.
Little Lcis Brigham of Newport
who has been seriously ill of infiuen
"a at the home of her aunt, Mrs.
George Blakcley, is a little more COM
Portable at this writing. Mrs. Brgh-
am is also recovering slowly from
a very serious operation at the home.
George Baldwin of Concord N. H.,
state deputy for Vermont and New
Hampshire of the Modern Woodmen
of America, gave an illustrated lee
ture on the splendid work this order
is doing to rid the world of the white
plague at Odd Fellows hall, Wednes-
day night. There was Il good number
present and many fine views were
shown, including many of the SAM
forum that the order maintains in
Colorado.
The lecture on "The War and the
Peace" by Peter MacQueen at the
North church Thursday night was
greatly enjoyed by a good audience.
Mr.. MacQuecn has very positive OPP
inions of the German people and in
his discussion of Il League of Nations
said if England and the United States
stood together in all policies in the
future, as they ought to, the peace
Of the world would be assured. Near
ly 200 colored views were thrown on
the screen, including many pictures of
the battlefclds and militay equip
ment of the war. The speaker gave
many interesting facts that had hith-
crto been kept as military secrets
and was frequently applauded as
portraits and pictures appeared on
the screen.
Three candidates were initiated at