The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-27
NEWPORT LOCALS

ess hospital Monday morning and is
doing nicely.
J. E. Renihan has purchased a
Ford roadster.
Mrs. w. l.. Adams of Providence,
R. l., sister of Mrs. George Gilchrist,
was called here this week by the sud-
den death of Dean Dewitt Gilchrist.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flint returned
home from their trip to Boston and
New York, Wednesday morning.
/. Mrs. C. J. Oben has been quite
hard sick the past week.
Miss Ruth Annis is sick with the
influenza, at her home at North Troy
this week. Miss Doris Phillips is SUBJ
shutting in the seventh grade in
her absence.
Mrs. H. B. Parkhurst of North
Troy was in the city Monday to at
tend the funeral of Dean Dewitt Gil
christ.
Walter H. Cleary is attending a
session of the Supreme Court at
Montpelier this week.
Beginning Monday, March 8, the
barber shops will close at eight
o'clock on Monday and Wednesday
evenings, and at ten o'clock on Sat
urday nights.
The Eastern Star will hold their
regular meeting on Monday night,
March 8.
The Blake market has installed a
new electric sign over the door to the
market, which will help guide their
customers to their place of business.
Evening Star Lodge No. 81, l. O.
O. F. conferred the initatory degree
upon two candidates Tuesday even
ing. At their next regular meeting
the first degree will be conferred on
a class of IA candidates. All Odd
Fellows are urged to be present.
The ladies of the First Congrega-
tional church are preparing for the
largest crowd that ever attended a
supper in the church dining rooms.
This is to be birthday chicken pie
supper and will be on Friday night
at six o'clock. The tables will be
decorated in a new and novel way
known only to those who have the
supper in charge, but the chicken pie
will be there and enough said. Adults
SO cents, children 35 cents.
Mrs. Lottie Clough of Barton Wis
tied Mrs. w. w. Dow Friday and
Saturday last week.
I. O. Sessions visited his sister,
Mrs. w. B. Leonard at Orleans, Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Sheehe, AZ
Third street are rejoicing over an 87a
pound baby girl, born Wednesday
morning. Her name is Frances Ger
trude Louise. The mother is doing
nicely. Nurse Manning is caring for
her.
. J. E. Renihan is having few days
vacation and is spending the time in
Boston.
James Paul Whitney
Newport City loses one of its adj
n1ired citizens and well known men
among railroad circles, through the
death of James Paul Whitney, which
occurred at the Mary Hitchcock hos
pital, at Hanover, N. H., Thursday,
Feb. 20. Mr.. Whitney had been in
his usual health up to the 9Th of
February when he was taken sudden
~ i'll, the nature of his sickness re-
curing an operation, and he was tax
en- to Hanover, accompanied by his
son, v. D. Whitney, on the 10th, and
underwent an operation the following
Thursday, which was thought at the
time to be very successful, but on
account of his advanced age and the
shock to the system he failed to re-
cover and passed away on the 10th.
His wife, Carrie Whitney, and son,
V. D. Whitney, were with him at the
time of his death. The body was
brought to his home in Newport,
where funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at two o'clock. The
Rev. Mr. Margarff, Universalist min
lister of North Hatley, officiated. The
burial was in the family lot in the
West Derby cemetery. James Paul
Whitney was born in Potion, Que, IN
the county of Bronze, March rs, 1847,
and was the son of Marcus and Bet
sey T. C. Whitney. He came to make
his home in Newport in 1871. In Dec
ember, 1874, he married Melinda
Drew of Newport, whose death oc-
Cured in August, 1889. On October
81, 1908, he was married to Carrie.
johnson of Petersham, Mass. Mr..
Whitney was railroad trainmar1 en-
ployed by the C. P. R. for 25 years,
and was in the employ of the Boston
&. Maine up to the time of his sick
ness, a period of 26 years. He
leaves to mourn his passing, his wife,
Carrie johnson Whitney, two daugh-
tiers and one son, Mrs. Thomas ALI
church of Albany, N. Y, who was
here to attend the funeral, and Mrs.
C. E. Copp of Worcester, Mass, V.
D. Whitney, express messenger from
Newport to Springfield, and who liv-
ed at home, also three sisters and
one brother, Mrs. T. c.. Gale, who
is in Florida for the winter, Mrs. w.
e. Mclean of Worcester, Mass, Mrs.
A. E. Mclean of Marlboro, Mass, NJ.
A. Whitney, who has made his home
here in Newport with his brother, al
ono oo,,c;n MiSs FLORENCE Gilman