The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-01
Evening Caledonipn
Established 1887
THURSDAY, MAY /, 1919
LOCAL NEWS

Df. IL. ii. Burke Is spending lew
days in New York.
Mrs. E. A. Rodey of Derby Line
has been visiting Mrs. r. H. Burke.
Stewart Haskell of Derby Line has
been in town for the past few days.
Mrs. Georgia w. Hutchinson has
moved her art store from 80 Eastern
Avenue to SO Eastern Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Tully Wing, who
have spent the winter at Bonaire, Ca,
have returned to St. Johnsbury.
F. J. Smith, who has been visiting
his son, Arthur Smith, returned to his
home in Barton, Wednesday.
Rev. H. G. D. Scott has been en-
gagged by Chamberlin Post, No. l, G..
A. r., to deliver the pre- Memorial
sermon on May 25.
Chaplain Chauncey Adams has re-
ceived his discharge from service and
will return to st. Johnsbury today,
accompanied by Mrs. Adams, and
Miss Charlotte Adams.
Mrs. Flora F. Aldrich left Thurs
day for Camp Devens to see her son,
Corporal James Aldrich, who arrived
in Boston, Saturday, on the Santa
Rost. He has been overseas nine
months.
DR.. and Mrs. L. M. Palmer of
birmingham, Mass, have been guests
of Mrs. Henry Fairbanks for few
days. Mrs. Palmer was a former stu
dent at the st. Johnsbury Academy,
graduating in 1874. She is a sister
Of the late Ex-Gov. Prouty.
Musician Charles L. Wilson of the
101st Ammunition Train, called on
his aunt, Mrs George Jennison and
other friends inf town Wednesday,
while on his way home to Hardwick
from CampDevens. He enlisted and
went overseas Oct. 3, 1917.
Remember the benefit concert at
Grace Methodist church this evening
TO be given by our local talent, which
is unusual, both in quantity and
quality. All who attend will be help
ing in most worthy cause, in assist
ing the local Baptist church whose
pastor has been i'll for a number of
weeks.
The Commercial Club hold their
annual meeting tonight and all mem
bers are urged to attend. The ban
quet will be held in Pythian Hall at
$50 o'clock and after the business
session there will he short speeches
from the returned soldiers. Several
members of the Twenty sixth Divi-
sion will be on the speaking list and
various branches of the service will
be we'll represented.
w. w. Husband of Washington,
d. c., formerly of st. Johnsbury and
Montpelier, who has been engaged in
Red Cross work overseas, expects to
sail for home early in May. Mrs.
Husband and son, Richard, are in
California and Mr.. Husband will
probably join them there. MI. and
Mrs. B. l. Staples of Perea, N. M,
also formerly st. Johnsbury residents,
are visiting Mrs Husband and son in
California.
At the annual parish meeting at
the Church of the Messiah Wednes-
day evening, the new bylaws adopt
ed at previous meeting were for
mally ratified. The reports of the
collector and treasurer showed all
bills paid and money in the treasury.
The following officers were elected:
President, Fred c. Gibson; clerk,
Charles P. French; treasurer, George
H. Stearns; trustees for two years,
John w. Simons and Charles J. Gil
fillan; trustees for one year Allen c.
Underwood and Mrs. Fred ]. Bah
cock.
Nearly 80 public spirited citizens
of Newport, including members of
the Red Cross came to st. Johnsbury
early Wednesday morning to begin
their welcome to the Homecoming
soldiers, about 80 of them coming on
the train from Camp Devens. The
Red Cross members brought lunches,
which the boys did not refuse, and
fireworks and noise bespoke the
pleasure that the return of the boys
gave the townspeople. Attracted by
the excitement some of st. Johns
bury's citizens living in the vicinity
of the station joined the crowd and
assisted in the jollifcaton.
Nazimova, the great star Of Grew
elation" shows her marvellous ability
as an artistic interpreter of classic
dancing in this great photodrama
which provides her with a role de
the full sweep of her won
ia1ful emotional art. Nazimova is
gay and fascinating, capricious and
wilful as a summer storm, cold and
calm one minute, tender and pure
with the serenity of an Arctic sun
shine, the next. She is the madcap
grisette of a Par sian cafe, then she
is the Madonna of the Rosebush, and
10, a miracle!- THE "Rosebush of a
Thousand Years" had burst into
bloom and the miracle blossoms in
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