The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-24
Lunenburg
Spring Has Surely Arrived in This
Essex County Town

One of our well meaning but
net well-educated townsmen said
on Tuesday the 21st, "Well, this
IS the first day of spring, | sup
pcsc the sun crossed the Canadian
line today"
Another evidence of springs
approach was the sight of road
commissioner w. C. McGraw and
crew out with the road machine
cutting off the tops of the snow
drifts in different parts of the
town so that wagons and,a little
later, automobiles, might have
room to move with safety.
Mrs. Sylvester Hartwell has
been quite ill. y
Mrs. Joseph Mitchell of South
Lunenburg has been visiting rela
tives in Concord.
The entertainment put on the
boards by the alabama Minis
trels" at the town hall last week
Tuesday evening was very sue
cessful. The boys gave a fine
musical program and their cos
tunes were mirth provoking in the
extreme. They were assisted by
the pstreamers who decorated
the stage and sold candy and pop
corn during the promenade which
followed the show. The proceeds
were about $50.
Mrs. Hattie Benton Balch was
in Gilman and Concord on business
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Nichols en-
tertained their son Darwin and
family of McIndoes last week.
w. L. Rowell, J. J. Maillett and
w. Il Bell attended the listers
meeting in Guildhall on Thurs
day
Kew. Glen w. Douglas was call
ed to his old home at Post Mills
last week by the death of a rela-
tive
Mrs. Eta NJ. Turner was the
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
j. w. Scott in St. Johnsbury on
Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Girls
void assisted in the town clerks
office during Mrs. Turner's alb
sence. Mr.. and Mrs. James j.
King were in st. Johnsbury last
week.
Miss Annette Bell of Wanaton
Lodge, South Lunenburg, went
Saturday to North Danville where
she is the guest of her niece, Mrs.
Homer Stanton and family.
The dance held at the town hall
on Friday evening was well attend
ed. A double team went to Gilman
and brought up a crowd and there
were other single teams from Gil
man and other towns. The music
was by Walls orchestra of Grove
ton
S. C. Smith took crowd to
Lancaster on Saturday evening in
his auto and DR.. w. M. Bronson
used a car on Sunday, leaving
February the only month in which
cars &ere not used during the year
as they were run till about Jan.
18th before the snow became so
deep that cars had to be aband-
ored in favor of the good old
horse and sleigh.
Misses Nellie and Persis Parker
and Mansell Jewell drove to Con-
cord on Sunday to visit friends.
To comply with recent lnstruc-
tions received from the M. c. r.
r., A. B. Congdon, the Lunenburg
station agent, will be in the stat
ion from 8 to II A NJ, and from
~ to 4.45 P. NJ, each day except
Sunday. No freight OF express
will be accepted or delivered be
tween the hours of II and II A.
NJ, or after 4.30 ?. M.
Mrs. Harry Brown and daughter
Ellen returned on Friday from a
trip to Springfield, Mass, also
visiting friends in Concord on
their home route,
The Monday night Study Club
met at the Heights House on
March Is with an interesting
spring program. Mrs. Flora Balch
was hostess with the usual Access
sories. The next meeting will be
held on the 9th at Mrs. S. C.
Smiths home with Mrs. Smith and
Mrs. Wilbur Ball hostesses. Fol
lowing is the program: Music,
Miss Anna Cole Poem Copper
tunity,' Mrs. Dora Brown; 3