Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-12
GREENSBORO

UNLL1< ODONO
, The annual town meeting was hell
I last Tuesday with a good ATTENDANCE
and with no contests except on roa,
commissioner when nine ballots wer,
called for before final choice wa
made. The contest was between II
A. Harrison, the present incumbent
and John Kendrick, who served il
1918. H. A. Harrison was elected tt
the Office. The following. officer:
were elected: Moderator, A. Z. Toll
man; town clerk, G. M. Cuthbertson
school director for the unexpirec
term of T. W. Gcbbie, deceased
George Davis; school director fol
three years, L. E. Atherton; select
man for three years, H. E. Olmstead
road commissioner, H. A. Harrison
overseer of the poor, H. E. Calder
wood; collector, A. c. Chase; town
treasurer G. M. Cuthbertson; auditor
for three years, C. H. Miller; grand
juror, James White; constable A. C.
Chase; second constable w. S. In
gals; town agent, A. C. Chase, I'M
expired term of Mrs. L. A. Jackson,
resigned, library trustee, Mrs. J. H.
Darlington; library trustee for three
years, G. E. Colby. $175.00 was vot-
ed for the library; $25 for Memorial
day; 5000 for care of cemeteries;
$500 for permanent highways. 1t was
voted to maintain water trough in
the village if the Greensboro I'M
provement club would build it. 1t
was voted to place a suitable MEM
! orial tablet in the Bend road. 1t wa>
voted to place a suitable memorial
tablet in the Town hall to commemor-
ate the service of our soldiers in the
last war. A So tax on the grand list
was voted to be divided as follows:
Town tax, $1.14; highways, 40 cents;
town scvhool, $1.0O; state tax, 80
cents; state school tax, 10 cents;
state road tax, 5 cents; county tax,
l cent. The vote on the license qucs-
ton was 81 no and 2 yes.
A fine dinner was served at both
the Congregational and U. p church.
es on town meeting day with large
number taking advantage of the OPP
portunity to get good dinner at a
very reasonable price.
Miss Emma Lindsay who went to
the Mary Fletcher hospital about two
weeks ago for an operation is much
improved and able to sit up part of
che time
Mrs. Lillian Kinney and two sons
of Hardwick visited the first of the
week at DR.. F. c. Kinney's.
Lloyd Batchelder, who is one of the
Pages of the House at Montpelier,
was at his home in Greensboro Bend
several days the first of the week.
Bert Cummings, who has been in
one of the training camps, has re-
turned home and recently purchased
the place of Will Hill at Greensboro
Bend.
DR.. F. c. Kinney, town representa-
tive at Montpelier, returned to his
duties tthere Wednesday, after sew
eral days at home.
The students of Craftsbury academy
and Junior High school will give a
patriotic play entitled "The Ameri-
can Flag" in the Town hall Friday
evening, March 7th.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Cuthbertson
were st. Johnsbury visitors Wednes-
day.
The Caspian Lake Creamery Ice
house is being filled.
Willis Lumsden was in Morrisville !
to buy a team of work horses last |
Monday, but was unable to find a
team he wished to buy.
Loren Harrison is able to be around
again after several weeks illness.
The Caspian Lake Grange will |
hold their next regular meeting on
Thursday evening of this week and
the program will be as follows:
Song, Dorothy Wiley; roll call; cur
rent events; discussion, "Do the
mothers of today teach their daugh-
tiers to cook, sew and conduct house
keeping as they should" by three sis
ters of the Grange; discussion, "Do
the farmers teach their sons farm
work and dairying as we'll as they
would other boys" by three brothers
of the Grange; song by the Grange.
A few of the sugar makers in this
vicinity scattered their sugar pals
last week, but as yet no sugar has
been made.
Frank Smith was ute badly hurt
one day last week by having horse
which he was treating for a bad leg
fall against him in the stall.
Mrs. w. G. Bodine is confined to
the house by illness.
E. W. Kaiser returned Friday from
a two months visit with his son,
Ernest, in Montpelier.
The patriotic play entitled, "The
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