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

progress.
Clarence A. Bennett has returned
from Manchester, N. H., where he at
tended the annual meeting of YER
mont-New Hampshire Retail Monu-
ment Dealers association. 1t is eX-
pected that the next annual meeting
will be held in Barre.
The weekly report which has been
sent from st. Johnsbury to the Hoov
er administl alton in Washington Of
the price Of the various staples, in
GLIDING groceries, flour, etc, has been
discontinued by order Of the depart
ment. This service has been faith
fully performed for many months by
Dr.. Dale S. Atwood.
The automobile truck was called
to No. 20 Pearl street about II
o'clock Saturday morning to double
tenement house owned by Mrs. Grow
There was much smoke and little
fire and the firemen soon took care
of the trouble. The cause was the
smoke from a disconnected chimney
and serious fire might have resulted
IF it had not been discovered in time.
1t was soldiers and sailors night
at Grace Methodist Brotherhood r.
day night and all present greatly en-
joyed the addresses. The first speak
Ell vas George |. Morrison who was
withNthe Canadian Railroad Corps
and ako ut the battle of Vimy Ridge.
| f,In11 IVo1ns x,-1,O hoe. +l,o A
lantic many times with the trans
ports, told Of some most interesting
experiences Of the sinking of subma-
rncs. q. ID. Smith, a member of We
9Th Regiment, 74th Company of the
Marines, was in the engagement at
Belleau Woods and of the 5000 in
that engagement he is one of the coo
that are left.
Miss Hazel Walker is clerking in
the Ber4yBall store.
Mrs. How ard Ford and son, John,
spent Sunday with MI Ford in New
port.
At a meeting Of the North Church
Brotherhood Sunday afternoon these
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, B. A. Palmer; vice
pres, Charles "A. Shields; secretary
and treasu'e'', Homer F. Rice.
Edmund p. Hamilton has returned
from Washington where he has been
for two weeks attending an institute
for examiners in the United States
Employmen: Service. About 90 en-
ployes of tho service attended the
gathering.
Joseph Lrunellc & Son have the
contract for moving the central fire
station to its new location - feet
west Of the present site and began
work Monday morning. The building
now rests on the government land for
eight feet. I he two automobile trucks
will be stored in the Goss garage
while the building is being moved.
A memorial entitled "Tributcs to
Peter Black" has been published by
the pensioners of his last charge, the
Methodist Episcopal church at New
tonville, Mass, and a richly bound
copy sent to Grace Methodist church
to kept a,ne ng the archives of the
church. A beautiful likeness of Mr..
Black appears as the frontispiece and
there is also a picture of the men,
orial window at Grace Methodist
church. The memorial is beautifully
printed and contains many deserved
tributes to beloved pastor.
Plvt. W. E. Taylor, who landed
from overseas service on Jan. Z, came
up from Camp Devens over Sunday
on short furlough to visit his faith
Ell and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Taylor, returning to the camp Mon
day morning: where he expects soon
to get his discharge. He is a men,
bcr of the 65th Coast Artillery and
was in the engagements at Chateau
Thierry, Argonne Woods and Yer
dun. He was gassed in one of the en-
gagements and was in the hospital
three months.
The postponed annual supper Of
the South church will be held We'd
ncsday 1igh... The men of the church
arc to serve the supper.
Fabian S. Reed, who has been sick
with influenza, is little better
Robert H. Stone has returned from
Camp Grccnlcaf, Georgia, having re-
ceived his discharge from service in
the Medical Corps
The local Congregational Minist-
erial Association is holding it's regular
meeting at the North church today.
The Ladies' Circle of the Univer-
salist chu1'ch will meet Thursday af-
ternoon with Mrs. Edwin Spencer of |
8 Cherry street.
Mrs. Rcbecca p. Fairbanks has
returned TO Newtonville, Mass, at
ter few days spent in town, being
called home by the death Of Rev. Ed
ward T. FAN banks.