The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-10

Senator Harry II. Carr returned
to Montpelier this morning to resume
his duties as the able senator from
Caledonia county.
Letters advertised for the week
ending Feb. 8, 1919: Ladies, Mrs
William J. B. johnson, Miss Inez
Sails. Gentlemen: Channberlin, Ira,
Devenger, Charles, Dow, Leroy W.,
Wilson, Arthur.
The men of the South church meet
this evening at the parsonage on in
yitation of Dr. Poole. Mr.. Policy is
to be present and tell of his expert
cncc on his recent trip to the Far
East.
A. Newell and family are all i'll
with influenza. The two young chill
Iren who were Ill Grstt, have recov-
cred sufficiently Co beout. Mrs New
eli is gaining. Mr.. Newell and son,
Lynn, are still very Ill
Fred C Gibson, the genial manager
Of the Please-U theatre, is confined
10 the house with chronic attack of
throat trouble He epects to be
around again by the middle Of the
wcek.
Mrs. Robert Burke of Summer
street, who has been confined to the
house the past ten days with hard
cold, has recovered~a and was able to
be cut again Sunday. Her husband,
Or. Burke, expects to be discharged
from the service within few days
and will resume his practice here in
St. Johnsbury.
1t may interest the friends of this
newspaper to know that since the 23d
OF january the circulation of the Eve
ming Caledonian has been increaSNg
al the rate Of about Is per cent a
week and is going steadily upward.
The rate of increase in circulation of
The Weekly Caledonian since the in
stallation of the dollar rate, is even
better than this figure.
Interest runs high over the COM
ing hearing which is to be held by
the Public Service commission on
Friday of this week at the ST. Johns
bury House on the proposition Of
whether or not the local phone COM
pany shall be allowed to raise their
rates and change their form of ser
vice in this vicinity. It is expected
that large number of out
ers will be present.
Charles c. Lord, editor and mana
ger Of the newspaper at Island Pond,
is to sever his connection with that
enterprise on February 2Oth, to en-
ter the employ of the Evening Gale
DOMAIN as desk man and assistant to
Mr.. Policy. Mr. Lord is well &C
quainted in this vicinity, having spent
much of his early life here and at on
time owning and editing The Gro
ton Times. He will probably not
move his family here until spring.
There is much agitation in this vi
entity this year over the election of
lady to the local school board. 1t
is believed that the presence Of a
woman on the board will go far to-
ward improving the condition of the
children in the public schools, par
ticularly in regard to their health
and other matters to which men do
not attach much Importance. That
there will be hot contest over the
matter seems certain. Sen. Harry
Carr, whose term expires this year
is to be q candidate for reelection.
The feeling in some quarters is that
with the schools having important
questions to consider along with al
other institutions of good govern
ment, it is a wrong time to Change
horses while crossing a stream.
The interscholastic track meet, held
annually for several years with the
University of Vermont, but suspend
ed during the war period, will be re-
surned this year. This event held
under the auspices of the University
of Vermont Athletic Association, will
be held on Centennial Field, at Bur
lington, Saturday,, June Z, and will be-
conducted under the rules of the
Headnaster's Club of Vermont. Con-
tests will be open to the various pre-
paratory schools Of the state Among
the events viii be the 100 yard dash,
220 yard dash, 440 yard dash, $50
yard dash, / mile run, 100 yard hurd-
les, go yard hurdles, pole vault, high
jump and broad jump The prizes
viii be gold, silver and bronze med
ais offered by the University of Ver-l
mont.