The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-03
LOCAL NEWS

The Fairbanks Bowling team went
to Sherbrooke to play Saturday night
Mrs. Isaac Burnham and son of
Wentworth, N. H., are spending a
few days at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. E. Powell.
The February n1mber of The
Sunset Magazine has begun the pub
LEGATION of the japanese articles
which the editor of the Caledonian
went to the Far East to get for it
last, summer.
The many local friends of ex-lieu-
tenant Gov. Frank e. Howe of Ben
nington will be glad to know that he
is now out of the hospital and back
at his editorial desk. He only under
went slight operation for a local
skin affliction on his shoulder.
The Caledonian has lot of SOL
diers' letters on hand written to local
folk by local boys overseas. We are
willing to print them but cannot do it
all at once. If your boys letter does
not come out Immediately after send
ing it in, do not think it has been
lost or neglected. Simply watch the
Caledonian each night until it comes
out.
Contributors of advertising to the
Fourth Liberty loan that have receiv
ed especial mention from the New
England Committee in letter receiv
ed here this week from Boston, are:
Swift & Co., local agency; E. & T.
Fairbanks Co., w. w. Sprague &
Son; Lougee & Smythe; Leach &
Waterman; Berry-Ball Dry Goods
Company; J. Fl. Brooks and the G.
II. Gross Company.
Thetford Academy, Thetford, VT,
is to have its Tooth anniversary and
reunion of all former students, teach
ers and officers, whether graduates or
not, in June, probably Immediately
after the Dartmouth Commencement
and 150+h anniversry celebration. A
preliminary committee, with A. c.
Cummings of North Thetford, chair
man has been appointed, and is at
work, bringing the matter to the at
tention of former students, and col
lecting present addresses. This COM
mittee invites the assistance of all
who know of the whereabout of form
Ell students.
Followers of basket ball in St.
Johnsbury will be pleased to learn
that the Academy authorities have
arranged games with several of the
stronger teams of central and south
ern New Hampshire and Vermont to
be played during the remainder of the
season. The Academy team is excep-
tionally ST. ong this year and is fully
ualified to meet any high school team
in New England on even terms. 1t has
been especially difficult this year to
secure games with teams in the vicl-
nifty and many Of the near by teams
have arranged games with the local
boys and broken their agreements at
the last minute, leaving the team and
| it's followers in an embarrassing sit
uation. The first game with the better
known schools will be played Wash
ington's birthday a. St. Johnsbury
when Kolderness school of Plym outh,
N. H., will be entertained. Some
of the teams with which nc
gotiations have been onened arc
Windsor, Springfield, Fellows Falls
and B1attleboro in Vermont, and TIL
ton, Laconia, Lakeport, Franklin
Lebanon, Keene, and Concord in New
Hampshire The next game played
by the Academy team is at Little,
ton, Friday and on Feb. Ia, Littletor
viii appear in St. Johnsbury.
An anonymous poet has begun te
send US contributions. Here is the
latest in answer to our local the Other
night about pigeon holing anonymous
letters. We in the Office here hope
Miss Anonymous is enjoying herself
sending this stuff as much as we are
enjoying trying to dope it out whe
in hob it is that's afraid to sign hel
| name. The contribution follows: eve
never yearned to rush in print; We
thought to give the Ed. a hint O.
crafty things that seem to be work
ing in this community. Now if tht
Ed. is a good scout and takes thu
time to look about and wants to dow
the thing that's wrong and for thu
i Right be somewhat strong, someda.
i when things are on the blink, whel
4 "news" is fiat OF stale, we think, jus
for the good of his own soul, hel
draw upon that pigeon-hole." II
/ which the Ed herewith makes reply
"Oh party with the naneless handle
we have NO wish to dish up scanda
OF win crown of cruel thorns b!
walking on subscribers corns b.
asking sassy hurtful questions o.
making pert or fresh" suggestion:
within the columns of our paper JUS
to cut q ''newsy' caper or make the
homefolks wild to take 'er. There
is no dearth of lively things to put II
print that have no stings that HAPPIER
in this town of ours within each