Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12
A Solid Page of St. Johnsbury Local

" SN'i'N''os'
Mr.. and Mrs. Alcide Roy have re-
turned from! visit to Montreal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Estabrook
motored 20 West Barnet Wednesday
Mrs. Stella Birch Hill of Lyndon
vile is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
; Mrs. james Beck, for few days.
Mrs. O. l.. Worthen and Mrs Frank
Gates from West Burke were in town
Thursday.
Mrs. Andrew c. Richie of West
Barnet is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Warren Estabrooks.
Dr.. y. X. Brown of I.yndonvillc
Wa Il rcccn. visitor in town.
Mrs. J. j. Ashton was called to
Glover Thu sday by the illness OF
her daughter, Mrs. Walter Leonard.
The next entertainment in the lee
ture course will be held at the Ar
nory, Feb. ii. Ny. POon Chew will
lecture. Ny Poon Chew is a fluent
speaker and bright and witty in his
talk, sccn" the humorous side of life
and is recognized authority upon
Oriental subjects.
At the Probate Court rooms We'd
ncsday The case of Scott Farnham Of
Lyndonvilla against Dana Hannctt Of
Lyndonvill4 was tried. This case
was in regpld to guardianship of Mr..
Hannctt. There were 20 witnesses on
both sides. Lawyer Norton for Farm
ham and Porter for Hannett. Judge
withheld his decision to be given
later.
Letters advertised for the week
ending Feb. 8, 1919: Ladies', Mrs.
William J. &. Johnson, Miss Inez
Sails. Gentlemen: Chambcrlin, Ira,
Devcnycr, Charles, Dow, Leroy W.,
Wilson, Arthur
A. Newell and family are all i'll
with influenza. The two young chill
dlun who were i'll first, have recov-
cred sufficiently to beout. Mrs New
ell is gaining. Mr.. Newell and son,
Lynn, are still very ill
Fred c ellison, the genial manage
! of the PlcaseU theatre, is confined
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throat trouble. He cpccts to be
around again by the middle of the
week.
Mrs. Robert Burke of Summer
! street, who has been confined to the
/ house the past ten days with a hard
cold, has recovered and was able to
be out again Sunday. Her husband,
! Dr.. Burke, expects to be discharged
from the service within few days
and will resume hi, practice here in
st. Johnsbury.
About 10 of our Red Cross men,
beis were at the Tuesday meeting.
The chairman and work committees,
who feel especially the responsibility
Tor getting or" quota of the 100000
garments &c ne before March 1, great
ly appreciate the faithfulness of the
women who come so constantly even
though they are busy at home. They
are grateful also to those who take
work home and to the groups of wom
on and societies who have been TAX
ing garments to make. The Airing
ton women deserve special mention
as having done such splendid work,
many of them coming regularly to
the Armory, and also taking work to
do at home. To any other woman who
can possibly help, the secretary would
say personally that even if the spring
sewing is ii little belated and the
embroidery and tattinr wait while,
you will never regret this time spent |
in helping world in need! Regret !
may come if we do not help.
1t will be of interest to many of
the friends of the family of Mrs.
William H. Nelson Margaret Mon
teith), formerly of Ryegate and Nc
lndoes, to know that on January 81 ;
she passed her Goth birthday at the
home Of her daughter, Mrs. Charles
+. Bailey at Salem, Mass. The
News of that date says of her:
"Mrs. Nelson today reaches the Goth
anniversary of her birth. Her father
lived to be 81 and her mother 80
years of age. A smarter person of
such an advanced age than this dear,
sweet faced, delightful lady it would
be hard to find in many long days
journey She has an of her facul-
tics, goc; out OF doors and takes good
walks, bushes herself about her home,
reads the daily papers and keeps
abreast Of the times. She was today
engaged in knitting. Mrs. Nelson
was born in Ryeeatc, VT, Jan. 81,
1899, the daughter of William and
Annabclle (kennedy) Monteith. She
was one of their five children and is
the last survivor. She was educated
in the public schools and ut St.
Jchnsbury Academy, graduating from
the latter with honor. For several
years before her marriage she taught
school in Vermont and New Hamp-
shire. She was married in McIndoes
Falls. VT, Jan. Is, 1850, to William ,
H. Nelson of that town, by Rev. MI. :
Bradford, pastor Of the Congrega '
tional church. Twelve children were {
born to them, six of whom are living:
Alexander p. Nelson of Los Angeles, {
Cal. Mrs. Scott Sloane of Lebanon, $
N. H., Mrs. Charles F. Bailey of t
Salem, Mrs. Laura X. Thurston of $
Brooklne, Mrs. Benjamin Atwood of S
Somervillc and Mrs. James p. Stearns !