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WEDNESfoAt,JiAfiiCfii7t 1920 THE WEEKLY CALEDONIAN, PAGE THREE St. Johnsbury Locals The annual meeting of the Ver-. spent Thursday in St. Johnsbury on mont State. Dental society will be j business. neld at the Sherwood in Burlington, March 17-19. Dr. H. M. Smith of Lynuonvuie is on the program as a i participant in the discussion which follows the president's address. The A. H. McLcod Milling Co. have ! made a satisfactory settlement with : Morton D. Lyster for injuries re- ceived at their mill early in the win- The many holders m this vicinity ! th(. 1)01.,;ou of tht, mill that was bu,.. of International Button-Hole Ma-' td. chine Company stork are interested There will he Lenten services at in the announcement that their quar- St. Andrew's parish house Friday eve tcrly dividend has been increased ! ning at 7.:!() o'clock. Tiorn one per cent to one and one-; Word has been received here of half per cent. j t; marriage of ijobert L. Barrett C. H. f lazier, Chief Llceti ician, rnd Miss Lilliau F. Silva at St. Paul's antl I. U.. lvor, Chiei Commissary , church in Boston on Feb. 28. Mr. Steward, U. S. N., have opened a ; barren is the son of Mrs. Emilv W. Naval recruiting station in the law-j Barrett and was in the Navy during years room at. the Court House and : the war. will be here 1(1 days. Several new j Mrs. Walter S. Mcrlz, who was schools for machinists and elcrtriei- lt.lc jy the illness and death ans have recently been opened and ; 0) H,r mother, Mrs. Harry M. Day, the Navy needs more recruits. v ii-turned to her home in Wayne, Pa., A very successful playlet entitled , Ei-idav morning. "Flesh Air and Good Care" was ,',. W illiam H. Jeffrey of Mont given by a number of young people , p, lic.r, secretary of State ' Board of under the direction of Miss Agnes j charities and Probation, visited St. Bailey. Those to take part were: Johnsbury Friday. Marshall Tatro Miltimore, Johjil Mrs. Mary Healcy is nursing in the Steele, Edmund Steele, Dorothy Da-! home of Mrs. C. Brigham vis, Dorothy Murphy, Naomi Rich-' Miss Alma Healcy returned Friday ardson, Howard Bye, Caroline How-1 to Stanstead Weslcyan College, hav ard, Zylpha Petrie, Carrie Goss, Mil-jing been home two weeks, tired Gilc and Gilbert Brown. I Monday is the hist clay to file the Tha friends of Sherman U. Gra-1 income tax and Mr. Gaynor, the dep ham at Brightlook Hospital for the . uty collector, expects a busy day at past five weeks will be glad to learn his office in the Court House, that his eye, has been in such bad Mrs. Malcolm MeLeod, who has condition, is in a little better state at been at the hospital for a week, is this writing. Harold Wiggin of .".2 Caledonia street, St., Johnsbury, Vt., has en rolled in the Boston University Col lege of Business Administration. By taking work in this department, the students who registered this Febru ary will be able to graduate with the students who came in September. There will be no meeting of the able to be out again Kay H. Brooks has been in Mont pelier and Burlington the past two days attending meetings of the State Board of Education. Judge I,. P. Slack has been in this week attending of the Supreme court Montpelier conference judges. Charles A. Shields, Esq., leaves for Layman's League in Summerville j New York Saturday night where he Sunday as satisfactory arrangements cannot be made for a hall to hold the ineetinir. Alphonso White, the truckman, is ! recruiting station has received word will argue a case before the. United States Circuit court of appeals. Charles Frazier of the U. S. Navy confined to the honse with illness Miss Beatrice Thibeanlt is clerking in the E. N. Randall store. Mrs. Edmund P. Hamilton came home Thursday from Randolph where she has been visiting Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Hamilton. The management of the Company I) are making preparations to take care of 1,000 tans at the big game with Company L of Newport next week Friday night and bleachers are being erected to give extra seats lor the crowd that will surely be there. Mrs. Homer Hartson went to Charlcstown.N. H., Friday to visit her daughter,, Mrs. C. F. Goodrich. Mrs. Cai-rio Blaisdell of Lyndon ville visited here Tuesday. ....Miss Sadie Hooker is nursing in Lyndonvillc. Miss Maltha Hill of St. Johnsbury Center visited here Tuesday. Harley Cummings is confined to the house with the mumps. Miss Alice Roach who is at St. Johnsbury Hospital, is gaining from her recent operation. Mrs. Fred Fisher is very ill at Mrs. Frost's Sanitorium. Lawrence G. Rexford, who was serously injured March, 1st by a horse stepping on his head and crushing his skull, has so far recovered that .he left Brightlook hospital Thursday and returned to his home in Ryegatc. ' Raymond Worthen of Newbury has been visiting his parents, Mr. and i Mrs. Wilbur ortnen. fiom the department that there would be 100 appointments .allowed this year at the Annapolis Naval Academy. These men will come from the enlisted men of the Navy between 18 and 10 years of age. They must have two years' high school education and will be allowed to enlist for two years and take the three month' pre paratory course. Between the ages of 18 ami :!." they can enlist for the navy aviation. In order to give all the young men a chance to enlist the St. Johnsbury office in the second story of the Court House will be open eve nings until 8.30 or 0 p. m. The re cruiting officers will be in St. Johns bury until March 21. The Missionary Round Table meet with Mrs. Ernest F. Tinker at No. 2 Main street on Monday evening. The meeting of the W.C. T. U that was to have been held at Grace Meth odist church Saturday afternoon has been postponed until Saturday, March 20, at :: o'clock. The Whist Club met with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoar on Union Street Friday evening. Whist was played throughout the evening. Mrs. Hoc Hinman and Russell Lowry won first prizes. Ed. Addy and Mattie JordoD won the consolation prizes. Ice cream and cake were served and all had a good time. Alphonso White is some better. Mrs. William Sothard who has been very ill is gaining. Mr. and Mrs. Elbert E. Gage re turned Friday from a ten days' trip Mr. and Mrs . Dudley Fitzgerald , to Boston, Providence and New York. and Margaret Fitzgerald of West Burnet are here where they are called by the illness of Mrs. Fred Fisher. Peter Landry war, out Wednesday with the fust straw hat or the season. A daughter, Deborah Louise, was torn to Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle Sargent at Brightlook HospitM " riday, March 12. Mrs. Harold Hale and son, Ken neth of Newbury, who have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Sargent, returned to her home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Flint, who are spending the winter in Orlando, Fla., recently had a visit from jLieut. Harold H. Carr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Carr, who is sta tioned at the Carlstram aviation field at Arcadia, Fla. He made the trip to Orlando in his airplane, No. 49,919,1 coming across in 00 minutes and land inga t the Orlando aviation field. 1. G. Marshall underwent an oper- They reached Boston just ahead of the big storm and were over two hours in going from Boston to Pro vidence on a train that usually makes the trip in an hour. They found storm conditions worse in New York than in any of the other three cities. C. E. Silsby will add another story to his automobile salesroom on East ern Avenue and utilize it for three tenements. Supt. Gonncville of the American Express Company received word Fri day that the embargo had been lifted on all express except for single items of 200 pounds or over where a special permit is necessary. It has been just about a week since the embargo has been in force, and the local office did the largest business Friday since their big day just before Christmas. E. & T. Fairbanks & Company had several tons of outgoing scales and parts, the Cary Maple Sugar Company had a large shipment of sugar equipment ation at Brightlook Hospital Thurs- ilIlc tne wholesale bakeries started day afternoon and is getting along as I lliucll 0f tiiej,. belated product. The comfortably as possible Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Allport have returned from a visit to Montpelier. C. H. Goss has delivered a new Hodge touring car to Carl I).. Hovey and Carroll H. Fox. Miss Bertha Holden, home econo mics specialist wil 1 hold the follow ing demonstration, March II! at Wat crford, March 15, at Danville, March 1C at Burnet. Miss Mabel Kclley will hold a dem onstration in Wheelock, March 1G. County Agent L. A. Wood and E. H. Hallett are home from a busi ness trip to Boston. Robert E. French is home from a business trip to Boston incoming express was almost as hca,-y as Boston and all the transfer points were only too glad to clean up the overflow that had accumulated t!ie past week. Before the day was over all the shipments were started and the incoming express arranged for lo cal delivery. Mrs. A. M. Johnson, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. D. D. Johnson, left for her home in Pitts burg, Thursday. daughter accom panied her home for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Massey of Dan ville visited Mrs. Martha Harlow Wednesday. Miss Coiista Hackett of the Lougce & Smythe stoic is taking a short va- Mrs. Mora Chcsley is at h. II. lial-! ration at her home :- Derbv Line. lett's for a while. George Shorcy of St. T-Whury Walter Harvey of West ISarnct Center is here visiting his sister, Miss was here on business Thursday. Mary -Shorcy. Mrs. E. E. Sargent is out again af- Miss Marion Stanton of the St. tor an illnes of three weeks. 'Johnsbury Academy is ill at her home Mrs. Sarah E. Rexford of East j North Danville. Ryegatc was in town on Thursday, j Mrs. Haze! Wake who has been Albert G. Barker of Watcrford was visiting Mrs. Oliver Burke, left for u business visitor in town Thursday, her home in Island Pond Thursday. Mrs. Lillian D. Mills of Danville Mrs. C If. Blodgett went to Barn ard Thursday to visit her mother, Mrs Adelbert Goss. Turkey dinner at St. Aloysius Hall, Tuesday, March 1G from 6 to 7.:J0 p. m. 221-lt The prayer meetings at the St. Johnsbury churches Wednesday eve ning showed a large increase in at tendance as a result of the Rees evan gelistic meetings. Miss Ina Clark is taking a vacation from the Lougce & Smythe store. Henry Lavigne is spending the week in Swanton. Mrs. Arthur G. Sprague is slowly convalescing from a serious illness with pneumonia. Her brother and sis ter, Dr. Walter L. Merrill and Mjss Margaret B. Merrill of Washington, returned to their home Wednesday. -Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Howes are visiting his parents in Williamstown, Mass. The embargo on the St. Johnsbury & Luke Chumplain railroad and the Boston & Maine, which has been in effect for more than three weeks, has been lifted and as soon as the roads get the tracks cleared and the freights caught on sidings the normal conditions will prevail. Articles of association have been filed with the secretary of state by the Brunelle Paint and Auto Co., Inc., with a capital stock of $35,000. The incorporators arc: E. Napoleon Brunelle, Gustave J. Asselin and Al phonse N. Asseline. A certificate of proposed issue of not less than $8700 and not more than $10,000 of cauital stock was filed. Col. J. E. Piddock of Saxton's River chairman of the Republican state committee, was a visitor to St. Johns bury Wednesday calling on his many friends. L .F. Fortee of St. Louis, a Bul garian, who is a large toy manufac turer of that city, spent Wednesday in St. Johnsbury with some of the of ficers of the Commercial club in the hopes of finding a large factory where he could immediately instal his ma chinery for his business. There was nothing large enough available and he has gone elsewhere ni-New Eng land to see if he can find just what his business demands. Miss Isabella Morency has finished work at the E. N. Randall store and has gone to the scale factory to work. H. P. Simpson, town clerk of Shef field was here on business Wednes day. Murry Clement of Danville was here on business Wednesday. Lawyer Guy W. Hill was in Essex Junction on business Wednesday. Mrs. V. E Lurchin is visiting m Boston for tmrweek. Joseph Moore is home from a trip to Boston. Murry Blodgctt is in Boston on business for the week. John Simonds was in Newport Wednesday in the interest of the Peck Company. , Miss Virginia McLean of Boston has been visiting at Fred I). Oilman's. Miss Mabel Kellcy is in East St. Johnsbury continuing the study of food. Wayne A. Sanders of Albany, Vt., has received his diploma from the Bryant and Stratton school, Boston, Mass., having been graduated from the Commercial Course. Mr. Sanders is a graduate of Craftsbury Academy, Craftsbury, Vt., of the class of 1913. He is now employed by the Cosmo politan Trust Company of Boston. The University of Vermont base ball team leaves on March 20, for the first southern trip in live years. Coach Englc and his men will be gone until April 4th, when they return to Burlington. Games will be played in Washington, D. C, in South Bethle hem, Pa., and in New York City six contests. This trip is in anticipation of the regular schedule which begins on April 24th. Mr. and Mrs Harry W. Witters are receiving congratulations over a son born at Brightlook Hospital on Mond-iv, March 8. Mr. and Mrs. Henry J Goodrich are c-nioying life in soathem California and Mr. Goodrich writes that he has icecntly called on Albeit Ricker and found Hm in fine shape. This will be gocd news to Mr. Ricker's many St. Johnsbury friends. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. M. Forbes will b& pleased to learn that they are both gaining aftev their long illness. Mr. Forbes may leave the hospital Saturday Mrs. Albert Marshall of Windsor who has been taking care of her sister, Mrs. Forbes, at her home will remain a while longer. C. R. Lynch has bought of E. T. & H. K. Ide the building on Mill street which ho has occupied for sometime in his house finishing work. Raymond Peterson left Thursday for Boston), H. A Bryant has sold the Walter Douglas farm and personal provrty to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reed of Al berta who have come here and tak :i possession. Rev.. George A. Martin will be the speaker Thursday evening at the an nual "Gcntlmcn's Night" 6f the Lyn dotiville Woman's Club. I. G.Mars hall has been appointed overseer of the poor to succeccd Wal ter S. Russell, resigned. Mr. Mar shall has long been familiar with the living conditions in St. Johnsbury and will make a faithful and efficient town official. rSrig.-Gcn. Stephen P. Jocelyn, who died in Burlington on March 8, was a native of Brownington and seiTcd with distinction in both the Indian and Civil wars. His wife, Mrs. Maria Chumbeiiin Edgcll Jocelyn, k a na tive of St. Jolmsbury. . , i Get More Wear Out of Your Clothes That's the answer to your clothes problem for spring ALL clothes are high priced whether they are good or bad. So there's just one way to make your clothes cost less. Get good ones; the kind that wear longest; that lowers your clothes cost per day; you spend less by the year. That's the kind of a service we you; more wear and a lower cost. can give Hart Schaffner & Marx make the clothes; all-wool and stylish; if you aren't satisfied that you get your money's worth, you'll get your money back. MOORE & JOHNSON The Home of Hart, Schafner & Marx Clothes A. B. Scott, who has been confined tp the house by illnessi is able to be out again. Fred Bond went to Wtwt Charles ton Thursday to work this spi-'- Dr. William G. Kicker is in Mon treal for a few days. Mrs. Elsie Winters went to Wind sor Thursday on business. Mrs. Nellie Palmer of St Johnsbury Center visited Mrs. Mar tha Harlow Thursday. Mrs. Otto Arnesen of Eastport, Me., is here visiting her '-: Mrs. Elsie Winters. Wilfred St. Marie of Irasburg vis ited his daughter, Mrs. Jerry, on Maple .street the past few days. Charles A. Searles in a letter to the Caledonian-Record denies that he did not cooperate with the other Eastern Av.enue merchants in shoveling snow from in front of his place of business He says his men shoveled snow from off his store as did the employees of other business places on the avenue. Miss Hazel Powers is confined to the by illness. Grace Unity Club will serve an A. B. C. supper at Grace Methodist church, Friday evening, March 19, at 6 o'clock. Price 35 cents. adv. The St. Johnsbury College Club will meet at the home of Mrs: L. E. Peabody in South Hal! on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Every mem ber is requested to bring any items of interest from their respective col leges. M.r and Mrs. Lyman H. Brooks of Sheridan; Wyo., arrived here Monday night from a winter spent in Florida and will visit their relatives a- few days before returning to their west ern home. Mr.Brooks left St. Johns bury just 40 years ago and went to Sheridan when it had only one log cabin. Now it is a prosperous city of 16,000 and the largest in one of the great western states. A few friends of Albert McBain met at his home Saturday on the Cary farm and gave him a surprise party in honor of his 13th birthday anniversary. The Universalists will serve a clam chowder supper in the assembly room on Thursday evening from 5.30 until all arc served. The U. C. C. will repeat their min strel show and entertainment at the Universalist church assembly room on Thursday evening, March 25. The quick action of Mrs. Wilbur Farr in handling her fine diivir."; horse prevented. a serious accident on Eastern avenue Monday.- A team driven by Fred Gadapce of North l)anvillc hit the cross-bar of Mi.. Fair's sleigh when nearly opposite the postoflice, smashing of the- cross bar and freeing the horse. Tho horse swung onto the sidewalk but Mrs. Farr" quickly got the horse under con trol. The sleigh was taken to a blacK smith shop for repairs. The Health. Crusade films will be shown by Leon H. Baxter at the Fairbanks Museum this evening at 7.30 o'clock. A special invitation to attend is extended to all Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of tho town and all others interested arc invited. The Story Hour at the Museum nex.t Saturday morning at 10.30 will be entitled "Bird Stories," and all the children are invited to become ae quail) ted with the birds that are here now and those whose arrival from the south wc arc eagerly awaiting.. The Navy Victory button is now being issued and it is the same de sign as the one issued the Anriy. All who have been discharged from the Navy or have release papers from the Naval Reserve are entitled to these buttons which may be obtained at tho Naval recruiting office at the Court House. Discharge or release papers must be brought to the recruiting of fice and these will be forwarded tJ the main recruiting station. The dis charge papers and the victory button will be returned to the applicant by registered mail. Zcnas C. Jenks is in Boston this week attending the Eastman school for professional photographers. Mrs. Zcnas C. Jenks is visiting friends in Kitchener, Ontario. Miss Bertha Holden, home econom ic specialist, gave a demonstration on stain removal at Bamet Tuesday. Miss Mabel Kelly went to Wheel ock Tuesday to give a demonstration on clothing. Other demonstrations this week are at East Burke on March 17 and Lyndon on March 19. . William Wright and Peter Lan dry left Monday night for Boston to attend the automobile show. Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Gilman left Tuesday for New Boston, N. H., where they have spent most of the winter. Dr. William G. Ricker is in Boston for two days on a business trip. ' Miss Marion Stanton is ill at the home of her aunt, Mi s. C. C. Massey, at No. C Summer Street. E. C. Cook of Lyndonvillc was here on business Tuesday. Miss Emma Lavigne returned to her work at Lebanon Tuesday af,er several weeks here where she was called by the illness of a relative. R. R. Wakefield of the Northern Cadillac Co., is in Boston this week attending the automobile show. Rev. Joseph Hamilton, a former St. Johnsbury resident who is now living in Randolph expects to move to White River Junction as soon he can dispose of his Randolph real church this evening at 7.30 o'clock. The Laymen's League will hold its weekly meeting at Grace Method' it church this evenin" -' - The Whitney Folk of Boston give a concert in Athenaeum Hall Friday evening,. April 23, under the auspices of the Woman's Club. The proceeds of the concert will be used in pur chasing a piano. The members of this organization include two St. Johns bury artists, Misses Lola and Mar joric French, and Misses Barbara and Lucy Clark of Boston. Walter E. Kellogg is spending a week in Boston visiting his son. Hen ry A. Holder is substituting in the of fice during his absence and Frank Bailey is taking Mr. Holder's mail route. James B. Harned spent Sunday with friends in Johnson. Mrs. Abbie J. Balch has returned from an extended visit in Haverhill, N. H. A. F. Lawrence leaves for Boston Monday afternoon to attend the auto- moDiic show. Mrs. Lottie Parker of Sorine-field. Vt., spent Sunday here and returned home Monday morning. Myron F. Vincent of Norwich Uni versity at Northfield spent Sunday at tnc nomc ot Rev. Dr. A. P. Grint. Miss Eva Wilde, now of Johnson, spent bunday here with friends. Peter D. Cunavelis is in Waterbury where lie was called by the death of a tnond. Mrs. Alvin C. Noyes is visiting her sister, Mrs. Andrew Woods, in Bos ton. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Fisk are going to house keeping in a flat at the Brooks place. Mrs. Fred Fisher died at the Frost Sanitarium Saturday. The body was taken that day to her home in West Barnet. Mrs. Sidney Wilson of Woodsville spent Saturday here visiting friends. Pearl Griggs was in Montpelier Monday in the interest of the C, H. Goss Co. ' Frank H. Taplin went to Berlin Monday and from there he goes to Boston to attend the automobile show. Raymond Grant of Portland spent Sunday here, leaving for Morrisville Monday. Miss Ina Clark is back at the Lou gee & Smythe store after a two weeks' vacation. Andrew C. Ritchie of West Barnet visited his daughter, Mrs. Warren Es tabiooks, Saturday. Mrs. William Buckland returned Monday morning to her home in Put namville after a visit with relatives here. Merwin Gray spent Sunday with his rqlatives, returning to Barnet on Monday. Mrs. Burleigh . Rugglcs of West Burke spent Saturday here on busi ness. Miss Kuthcrine "Murray and Mi33 Lillian Phillips of Windsor spent S day with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Sni returning home Monday. Mrs. Douglas of Concord is stay with Ms. Sias Randall for a time Mrs. Alice Mead, who has tx quite ill with the grip, is able to out again. Mrs. Ncaglo and niece, Miss Cat erino Ncaglo of Lyndonvillc, vt here Saturday to see Hairy Neagle the St. Johnsbury hospital. Nelson E. Richards has recciv the appointment of instructor of t violin at Barton academy and t Barton graded schools and hat, i ready a class of ten pupils. K Richards was a pupil of T. F. Bo roughs and is a talented violinist. Miss Katherine M. Bingham le Monday for Boston to attend tl Eastman School of Photography. SI will be away about two weeks. Ernest Cowlcs was in Burlingtc 'on business Monday. Mrs. Ernest Cowles is ill at her horn on Summer Street. Dyeing Dry Cleaning Repairing Do not discard that faded or soiled Suit, Coat, Dress, Waist or Sweater. Our business is to make such a garment wearable. Palmer Bros. 78-80 Eastern Avenue St. Johnsbury, Vt. ' ,. Cleaners -Dyers it