St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15


been stationed at Fort Sill, OIL
where he had trained 700 men for ov-
crseas duty when the armiStice was
signed. Mr. and Mrs. Goodell will re
side in town.
The petitions which the members
of the St. Johnsbury Equal Suffrage
Club circulated among the men AND
women of St. Johnsbury for the en-
dorsement of the Federal suffrage
amendment by the Vermont Legisla-
ture have been sent to Montpelier
They contained 1924 names, which is
very cleditable showing for this
town.
About IS couples attended the
dance at the Armory Friday night
given by the Thomas F. Burroughs
orchestra. One of the fine concerts
that this orchestra can produce was
given before the dancing and the mu-
sic throughout the evening was of
high order.
A. T. Hall, business manager for
VI lllC w spent
the week end in town.
Mrs. Mary Randall of Lyndonville
spent one Gay last week with her sis
ter, Miss Sadie Lemere.
w M. Hale of Boston, advance
agent for Sweetheart" spent Fri
day in town.
The schools in Summervillc will
not open until next Monday because
of the prevalence of influenza in that
section of the town.
Osborn Ward left Saturday even
ing for Bradford, Mass, where he is
to be employed in a first class bak-
cry.
Mrs. Viola Stacy of Concord and
Mrs. A. J. Corriveau of Lyndonvillc
spent Saturday with Mrs. Bonnet at
the Charlotte Fairbanks Cottage.
The almarac which this Office will
publish Will soon be distributed, I'M
avoidable delays having occurred in
its preparation.
Miss Marguerite Clark and Miss
Eva Tenant left Saturday for Boston
to enter the Massachusetts General
Hospital for training.
The Beroan club of Grace Meth
odist church will have their annual
meeting and social Friday evening to
which all members and teachers of
the Sunday School are invited.
Mrs. Jennie w. Perkins is confin-
cd to the house by illness at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. j. c..
Amey. M. Amcy's mother, Mrs.
Amelia Amey, Of Lancaster, N. H., is
spending sumo time there.
These arc the advertised letters at
the st. Johrsbury post office for the
week ending jap. IL: Mrs. Edith
Aver, Miss Katherine Root, Mrs. w.
B. Smith, Earnest Knapp, Ernest j.
Perry, Sam Ranch, Norman Berry.
The mercury ranged from rs to 30
below zero Sunday morning in vari-
GUS parts of the town and was almost
as low Monday morning. Sunday
was a bright sunny day, but Monday
has been cloudy and exceedingly
frosty.
r. c. Goodwin of Boston was a
business visitor in town Saturday.
Miss Edith B. Brooks, Miss Helen
Worthley and Harry Worthley of
Bradford, the latter on furlough
from a base hospital at Camp Devcns,
visited at w. H. Robes and A. NJ
Lang's, ard friends at Lyndonyillc
Friday.
Of all Vlctcr Herbert's vast roper
toir of compositions in the field of
light opera none have achieved the
degree of approval and universal
popularity that has his "Swcet-
hearts" A riot of color, a whirlwind
of humor and world of tuneful,
spirited rhclcdy afford opportunity of
unusual scope to a company of cx-
ceptional talents.
That st. Johnsbury suffered about
as much as any town in Vermont by
the epidemic of influenza last fall
appears in the record from the larg-
est towns in the state as published in
the Bulletin of the Vermont State
Board OF Health. Montpelier leads
with 5000 cases; ST. Johnsbury is a
close second with 1884; Barre re-
ported 2,645 and st. Adams $3.50.
The only other place in Vermont re-
porting over thousand cases was
burlington which had 1924 cases.
The regular meeting of Chamberlin
w. Il. c. will be held Thursday af-
ternoon, Jan. 16 at $50 instead of in
the evening.
Miss Mary E. Ide entertained at
a bridge party Monday afternoon in
honor of Mrs. w. A. Idle, who goes
to Florida this week for the winter.
AT the annual meeting, of the Rec
tors Aid society of st. Andrews
church, Thursday afternoon, Mrs. T.
+. Farrell was reelected president
and Mrs. Charles Curtis, secretary. 1t
was voted to elect a chairman for each
month for the coming year.
At the annual meeting of the Help
ing Hand society of st. Andrews
church, held at the home of Mrs.
George F. Powell, Monday afternoon,
the following officers were elected:
President, Miss Marjorie Powell; vice
president, Miss Irene Aldrich; secre-
tary, Miss Margaret Hansen; treasur-