The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-04-12
NEWPORT LOCALS

ytSlcludy.
Mrs. James 7. Ford entertained
her bridge club Tuesday evening.
Miss Alice Mitchell visiteC
friends in Richford Tuesday anC
Wednesday.
Mrs. B. F. Webb spent Monday
with relatives in Passumpsic.
1t is expected the work will be
completed and the fountain will be
in operation this evening, and al
former patrons are invited to s2gl-
pie the products of the new foun-
! tain.
B. S. Curtis has just finished q
| cottage house which he has been
building on Middle street, and it
is already rented, work has also be-
gun on another house on Park Ave
and land owned by Mr.. Curtis
and this will be q double tenement
house.
Miss Jennie Curtis and Miss
Gladys Drown have returned to
Burlington for the last semester at
U. V. M.
Mrs. Fred Coburn has been con-
fined to the house for several days
and Miss Iva Hitchcock is assist
ing with the homework.
Middlebury College students
have just arrived for their spring
vacation and the other students are
returning to their several schools.
Mrs. Frank Patterson entertain
ed the Teachers Sewing club Mon
day evening.
Benjamin Doran is in Boston on
a business trip.
The DeaconeSses of the Main
st. Baptist church, gave a report
of the years work at their last
regular monthly meeting of the
year yesterday afternoon, which
held at the home Of Mrs Bert
Hackett OF the eleven deaconesscs
ten were present, and at the close
of the meeting they were offered
refreshments of doughnuts and
coffee by the hostess.
The report was comprehensive
and very gratifying. They have
made seven hundred calls, covering
a large territory and have been
able to keep in close touch in this
way with the needs of the com
munity. Besides the district visit
ing, a good deal of philantropic
work is accomplished in quite
unostentationS way, sick calls, gifts
of flowers, and many other little
acts of thoughtful kindness are
among the duties and pleasures of
the work of the ceacanesses.
The Ladies' Aid has to its credit
Methodist church held their an
nual meeting Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. Annie Magoon, at the
home Of H S. Root, Main st. The
following officers were elected for
the coming year: Mrs C. l.. Drown
president; Mrs. Annie Magoon,
vice-president; secretary, Mrs. /.
O. Drew; treasurer, Mrs. B. O.
Spaulding. The work of the organ
ization is undertaken by six differ
ent circles, all in charge of COM
petent committees. The five chair
men are Mrs. Hugh CLARK, Mrs.
Arson Clark, Mrs. Ethelyn Norris,
Mrs. Alice Porter and Mrs. Clar-
ence Carter.
The Ladies' Aid has to its credit
this year something over $500 and
the ladies are to be congratulated
as this is the largest sum ever
realized by the womens' organiza-
ton in a single year.
The thirty-siX members who
were present were RECALLED with a
lunch of sandwiches, coffee, cook
les and candies.
At Bly's Pharmacy a new soda
fountain is being installed today,
the work being under the direction
of Alfred Perigard a skilled me
chanic of Boston.
The fountain is from the United
Soda Fountain Co, of Alliston Mass
1t is a twelve foot double selvie
fountain, and is very handsome in
appearance. 1t is considered the
best style of fountain on the mar
ket and is up to date in every par
ticular, all the latest ideas being
Incorporated in its makeup. 1t has
capacity of twenty gallons of ice
cream, which may be kept in stock
at time,
Alter taking out the old fountain
Mr.; BY has had a new lioor lad
and all new and sanitary plumbing
put IN. Inc side walls, and the top
slabs of the fountain are OF pink
knoxville Marble highly polished,
the base panels are of green Yer
ment Marble from the Proctor
quarries.
Madame Anna PaVloWa the IA
NOUS Russian dancer and her
Parls-London organization Of %
people, who have been appearing
In the large cities in Canada, pass
ed through Newport in a special
tram of three Sleplng cars and two
baggage cars from Shcrbrooke to