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ST. JOHNSBURY CALEDONIA; A?fiftfi. 1916.
VERMONT NEWS
A four-year agreement to expire
March 31. 1920. haa been signed by
Supt. W. C. Clifford of the Woodbury
Granite Co. and the members of the
committee of the Granite Cutters'
Union representing the local branch
at Bethel. The expiration Is a year
later than that of the Barre granite
belt. Hard wick, and others.
Deputy Sheriffs Pascal Riccl and
D. A. Barker of Rutland went last
week to Philadelphia to bring back
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gruppo and Nun
zlo Massaro, wanted In connection
with the death, March 8, of Domenl
co Itagosto, an Italian woodchopper,
in the attic tenement on Meadow
street occupied by the Gruppos. The
arrest of the trio in Philadelphia was
the result of a search extending over
three states. Warrants charging the
couple with murder were issued after
the finding of the body in the desert
ed tenement under circumstances
which gave rise to suspicions of foul
play. A theory that the man's death
was due to poison was abandoned
when an examination of the victim's
stomach and other organs showed
that the man probably had died a
natural death. State's Attorney C. V.
Poulin was convinced, however, that
the Gruppos and Massaro had guilty
knowledge of the affair. His conclus
ions were based principally on the
fact that Ragcsto was known to have
had a considerable sum of money in
hia possession shortly before his
death and on the suspicious circum
stance that the persons arrested mys
teriously disappeared prior to the find
ing of the body.
Ansel Kelsey of Middlebury. aged
68 years, killed himself with a shot
gun March 29, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. K. J. Piper. Mr. Kel
sey was a prosperous farmer and a
long-time resident of Salisbury. Des
pondency is thought to have prompt
ed his act.
Bellows Falls has a new Industry
In Lustberg, Nast & Co., of New Tork
city, one of the largest manufactur
ers of dress shirts for the jobbing
trade In the country, who have leased
a builaing with the option of pur
chase at the end of a year and have
announced that they want 100 girls
to begin work as soon as possible.
A Northfield club, composed of
young ladies, has taken the initiative
for raising money to maintain a pub
lic playground in Northtield this sum
mer. It is their idea to secure a piece
of land suitable for a ball ground, al
so such equipment as they can obtain,
which might be moved to the school
grounds for the school year, and then
in winter to flood the tract of land for
a skating rink.
Mrs. Halleck Rowell, aged about 50
years, took her life, March 27, at her
home in East Dorset, shooting her
self in the head with a shotgun. Mrs.
Rowell had suffered apopletic shocks
during the past two years, and it is
supposed she killed herself when she
was demented. She is survived by
her husband and three children.
A loss amounting to nearly $20,
000 was caused by fire March 27,
which destroyed the house and barn
on the farm near East Montpelier.
LOUGEE a SMYTfiE
Oil IT
pring
on April 7th
promises to be and should mature into the biggest saving event
offered you for some time. Below are a few catchy figures :
39 in. Unbleached Cotton, 36 in. Percales, 10c yd.
7c yd. 25c. Bath Towels, 19c
20c and 22c Twilled Crash, unbleached or bleached,
16c and 18c yd.
One big chance to procure materials for your Summer Dresses
and Waists: 25c Fancy Voiles, 19c yd.
79c Diaper Cloth, 10 yds. (Red Star) 59c
85c Diaper Cloth, 10 yds.; (Red Star) 69c
75c Figured Summer Crepe, full width, dainty patterds, , 59c
50c Sash Cui tains, 35c pr.
$1.00 Taffetta (navy and
black, 89c
$1.50 Crepe de Chine, $1.19
$1.50 Black Messaline, 98c
50c Plaid (36 in. wide) 39c
$3.00 Petticoats, all shades, in taffetta, $2.69
$1.00 Corduroy, white, lattice green, old rose, etc., 89c
$2.50 and $2.93 China Silk or Tub Silk Waists, $1.98
3-in-l Leona Garments, $1.25 and $1.50 value, 98c
$1.25 and $1.50 Kid Gloves (small sizes) 25c
Ladies' 25c Linen Handkerchiefs, 3 for 50c
$1.50, 1.75 and 2.00 Umbrellas, $1.39
A few Suits left at $2.98 and $5.98
CARPET DEPARTMENT
Do not overlook these opportune prices :
$1.00 Lace Curtains (white or ecru) 85c
$2.00 Carpet Sweepers, $1.69
$1.00 Wizard Mop, with bottle of polish (a suggestion to
help in the spring cleaning) " 75c
Two values in Felt Rugs: $1.25 quality, 97c; 60c quality, 49c
$3-38 Axminster Rugs, (sizes 36x72) $2.98
A few $1.25 Velvet Rugs (good sizes) 97c
ONE ONLY Wilton Rug, $50.00 value, Special $29.00
ONE ONLY Hartford Saxony Rug, $65.00 value,
Special $39.00
LOUGEE
59-63 Railroad St.
TeL
Specia Attention
only partially covered by Insurance.
The fire started In the barn and ob
tained gTeat headway as most of. the
men were at work In the sugar or
chard, some distance from the main
building. Neighbors hurried to the
assistance of Mr. Miiham and his em
ployes and succeeded in saving all of
the live stock, including 100 head of
cattle, farm implements and furni
ture.
The poem. "That's Where Vermont
Comes In," by Charles H. Darling, of
Burlington, has been set to music at
the request of the chairman of the
music department of the Federation ot
Women's Clubs, by Mrs. Florence
Wood Russell, for use at the May
meeting of Federated clubs in the
Hippodrome. New York city. All the
states were invited to send songs,
and Mr. Darling's verses have been
published by C. W. Thompson & Co.
of Boston.
Dennis E. Tasker of St. Albans, the
veteran poultry judge, has announced
the result of his work as election com
missioner of the Vermont Poultry
Breeders' Association. It showed the
election of these officers: President,
A. B. Wheeler of St. Albans; vice-
president. C. A. Revoir of St. Albans;
secretary. W. G. Freeman of Bellows
Falls: treasurer, E. H. Hemlnway of
Manchester; members of the execu
tive board for two years, C. L. Curtis
of St. Albans, N. L. Divoll of Bellows
Falls, R. H. Peck of West Rutland;
members of the executive board for
one year, F. F. Gray of Townshend,
P. C. St. Croix of Bellows Falls, W. B.
Scott "of Barre.
The home of Mr. and Mrs: Chester
Merriam in Ludlow was the scene of
a distressing occurrence last Saturday
afternoon, when their youngest son,
Verne Edward, about two and a half
years, was so badly burned about the
upper part of his body, breast, neck,
back and face, that he died the next
evening. Ie appears that Mrs. Mer
riam had stepped out of the house for
a few minutes and that while she was
absent the child mentioned and a
brother some four years old got hold
of matches, and the older boy came
running out to tell his mother that the
baby was all afire.
A derrick had to be used to lift a
Canadian Pacific railroad engine off
the mangled body of W. A. Mountain,
a brakeman who was struck and killed
by the engine at Richford, Mar. 14.
He tried to cross the track back of
the engine and was run over. He was
40 years old and leaves his wife and
parents in Canada.
Col. Ira L. Reeves, colonel of the
1st regiment. V. N. G., says that the
regiment could mobilize ready for ser
vice on the Mexican border within 24
hours. Besides the 1st regiment,
which today is well recruited, Ver
mont could send a well organized and
equipped hospital corps and a squad
ron of cavalry.
The store and public hall, and the
dwelling house of Nicholas LaSasso
and the moving picture place of Odelle
G. Gilbert of Websterville were de
stroyed by fire Mar. 12. It is thought
that the aggregate losses will be about
$9,000. There were plenty of people
to fight the fire, but few facilities.
Barre sent help...
Theodore Beaudry of Rutland has
lorgom
$1.00 White Merc. Table
Cloth,
Full width Silk and Wool
Poplins,
89c
98c
$1.19
$1.50 Charmeuse,
& SMYTHE
195 St. JoWbury, Vt.
II
Given Mail Orders
u
Oay
brought a divorce suit against his j
wife. Nellie Beaudry, claiming that he .
Is afraid to live with her. because she J
has thrown knives at him and has '
slept with an axe under her pillow.
Thomas J. Deavitt of Montpelier
died Mar. 14. Mr. Deavitt was one of
the best known lawyers In the state
and at one time had the largest prac
tise of any lawyer in New England in
pressing pension claims. He was born
in Richmond, Feb. 17, 1840, read law
with Hon. Paul Dillingham at Water
bury and practised at Moretown until
1875 when he moved to Montpelier.
While living in Moretown he was
chosen a delegate to the constitutional
convention of 1870 and was one of the
six survivors of that convention. The
others are Chief Justice Loveland
Munson of Manchester, Colonel Ed
ward B. Sawyer of Hyde Park, George
xi. a.nua.11 ui reruu, ur. ucuigc v.
Miles of Hinesburg and Salmon Green
of Richmond. Mr. Deavitt was also
interested in many business corpora -
v. . , :Z ou." "u
y live tuiiuicn, a ux umri aiiu
sisters.
Burlington will entertain the Grand
Lodge, N. E. O. P., on Apr. 17 and 18
with a public reception on Monday
evening. Tuesday will be devoted to
the sessions of the Grand Lodge, Hen
ry Filmore of Bennington, grand
warden, in the chair. Between 75
and 100 delegates are expected.
Annual G. A. R. Encampment.1
The forty-ninth annual encampment
of the department of Vermont G. A.
R., will be held in Burlington, Tues
day and Wednesday, April 18 and 19.
The formal opening of the encamp
ment will be in City hall, Tuesday,
April 18, at 10 o'clock. Headquarters
will be established at the Van Ness,
Monday, April 17, at 7 o'clock p. m.
The council of administration .will
meet at headquarters, Monday evening
at 7:30, to audit the account of the
assistant quartermaster-general. As
sistant adjutant-general, C. D. Wil
liams, J. M. Safford and A. C. Hough
ton, post No. 2 and. Edward Baker,
post No. 13, will constitute the com
mittee on credentials to prepare the
roll of the encampment. Representa-
tives-and members of the encampment
are requested to report on arrival
promptly to this committee, so that
the roll may be made as complete as
possible.
Commander-in-chief E. R. Monfort
and other prominent members of the
G. A. R. are expected to be present.
A reception will be given by the of
ficers of the Woman's Relief corps de
partment of Vermont to the national
and department officers and comrades
of the G. A. R., Spanish war veterans,
Sons rf Veterans. Ladies of the G. A.
R., and their auxiliaries and citizens,
Monday evening, April 17, at the Van
Ness house.
A campfire will be held Tuesday
evening, under the auspices of Stan
nard post. No. 2, to which the public
is invited.
Museum Notes.
The birds know a good boarding
place. A number of generous friends
In St. Johnsbury have been discovered
by them this winter, among them Miss
Mabel E. Stevens of Pine street. Six
different species, the chickadee, dow
ny woodpecker, hairy woodpecker,
white-breasted nuthatch, red-breasted
nuthatch and brown creeper have en
joyed four meals a day at her table
all winter. When the nights have
been cold she has prepared a full
saucer of chopped English walnut
meats for their breakfast in addition
to the usual sunflower seeds of which
she has used 55 pounds this season.
A flock of 10 tree sparrows arrived
on Feb. 26. She writes as follows of
them: "I began feeding them at once
and they are all still contented and
happy, and paying for their board
with sweet songs from morning till
night. Breakfast is served between
five and six In the morning and at
all hours till the dark. Their table is
an old tin tray at the root of a tree.
Their food is oatmeal, potatoes, crumbs
and seeds. Their table manners are
poor for they often fight and scatter
Lthe food in all directions. The little
goldfinches come often to take lunch
with them."
COULD HARDLY DO HER WORK
Housework is trying on health and
strength. Women are as much inclined
to kidney and bladder trouble as men.
toii.p o ..s o acning back, stiff and
sore joints and muscles, blurred vision,
pi eo ui.uer eyes, should be given
prompt attention before they lead to
chronic or more serious ailment. Mrs.
George Hauck, 955 Pearl St., Benton
Harbor, Mich., writes: "I was awful
bad. with such nain I could hardly do
my work, and I am very thankful for
Foley Kidney Pills." C. C. BUiliHAM.
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WELLS
RIVER
SAVINGS
BANK
WELLS RIVER, VT.
PAYS
Per Cent
Interest begins the fifth of
every month
Except January and July, when ten
days are allowed.
DEPOSITS RECEIVED BY MAIL
FAIRBANKS CHANGES
(Continued from page one.)
problems, his unquestioned ability, and
his unusual capacity to make, keep
and utilize strong business friendships
and the resultant connections. Mr.
Fuller Is president of the Canadian-
Fairbanks Morse Company, and vice
president and in charge of the hous
of Fairbanks, Morse & Co., with
headquarters in New York city,
Mr. Thomas McMillan has long been
associated with Mr. Fuller in the Can
adian business, and is vice-president
and secretary of The Canadian Fair
banks-Morse Company, Limited.
W. S. Hovey has had a large part in
the success of Fairbanks, Morse & Co
as factory manager, having been at
j,,. Three Riyers Mich- plant anJ
now in charge of operations at their
large plant at Beloit, Wis. He will be
of great assistance in bringing the re
J sultg of hig wWe an(J succegsful exper
ience fbr use at the St. Johnsbury
i . .
I .
eviy taectea Officers.
At the meeting of the directors of
this company the organization was
completed as follows:
President, Frank H. Brooks; vice
president, C. H. Morse, Jr.; secretary.
John C. Clark; treasurer, Fred C.
Beck; engineer, J. H. A. Bousfield;
superintendent, A. E. Ashcraft; fac
tory accountant, C. B. Rathbun.
J. C. Clark is made secretary and
assistant to the president.
Mr. Beck sifeceeds Mr. Clark a.
treasurer after many years of famil
iarity with the duties of treasurer as
loyal assistant to the treasurer.
Mr. Bousfteld's New "Work.
Mr. Bousfield, with his remarkable
engineering ability, hereafter will de
vote his entire time to engineering
problems, and their relation to the
factory and selling department. Mr,
Bousfield will thus have time for a
great work in its relation to new de
signs and types and the cultivation of
a thorough understanding between the
factory and selling house representa
tives. This will require considerable
time away from the factory, and the
enlargement of the field In which Mr.
Bousfleld's work will be conducted is
a just recognition of his very great
ability as an engineer.
The New Superintendent.
Mr. A. E. Ashcraft, after 12 years
of successful effort at the Beloit plant,
has been appointed to the office of
superintendent, in charge of all fac
tory operations. He has had an un
usual technical and practical training,
and his tactful,. thorough and success
ful handling of factory problems at
Beloit is an Indication that he will
bring to his position here practical
ideas and that they will be worked out
in such manner as to bring justice and
good results to employer and employee
alike.
C. B. Rathbun succeeds Mr. Harp-
ham in the work of factory account
ing. His 19 years work in the or
ganization of the plant at Beloit is a
forerunner and pretty sure guarantee
that the highly important task of as
certaining costs will be handled in a
most satisfactory manner. Both
Messrs. Ashcraft and Rathbun will
move their families to St. Johnsbury
at an early date and enter heartily
into the community life and activities
of the town.
The Retirements.
A word of appreciation in behalf of
the retiring directors is hereby ex
pressed. The transfer of the control
of this company to new interests
necessarily meant that changes must
be made. The change in the make
up of the board simply recognizes the
control that the changed ownership
of stock requires, and the new board
recognized the faithful service ren
dered by the retiring directors by
placing on record a vote of the heart
iest appreciation.
The retirement of Mr. Harpham
brings out clearly and forcibly the
solid and extremely valuable service
rendered this company. Due appre
ciation of what Mr. Harpham has
done, and of which the public has no
adequate conception, has been given.
Fairbanks, Morse & Co., having sev
eral large plants and certain methods
that they wish to make common with
all the plants, have men that can be
transferred from time to time. This
cooperation between the various
plants is bound to result in very great
economic advantages to the St. Johns
bury plant. Mr. Rathbun comes into
the organization to succeed Mr.
Harpham in the cost accounting de
partment. Mr. P. F. Hazen has resigned and
his resignation accepted. The recog
nition, of the long service to this com
pany by Mr. Hazen has been sub
stantially and satisfactorily recognized.
C. II. Morse, The Founder.
In all the above no mention has
been made of the part that C. H.
Morse, the founder of the business
conducted by Fairbanks, Morse- &
Co., has had and his relation to the
change in the ownership of the stock
of this company. Mr. Morse was
born in St. Johnsbury and has always
had a deep interest in the town as
recognized by many gifts that he has
made from time to time. He has tak
en a deep interest in the institutional
life of the town, having placed in the
hands of trustees a sum, the income of
which goes toward the support and
maintenance of the Congregational
church at St. Johnsbury Center. He
has also contributed- toward the fund
that was raised some years since for
the Academy. He has also taken an
interest in the St. Johnsbury Hotel
company, and in many other ways
that it will not be necessary to men
tion now, he has given evidence of his
interest in the town of his birth.
It is mainly for the reason that he
recognized the town in which he was
born and the business where he first
started out in life to earn a living,
that has led him always to have a
great interest in the scale Industry
here at St. Johnsbury. It is for this
reason that when this question of
Fairbanks, Morse & Co., purchasing
the stock of E. and T. Fairbanks and
Company was taken up that he was
interested to do a great deal more
than any other person or corporation
would have considered. The offer
that was made has been universally
considered a remarkably fair one, and
this 'has had a large share in bringing
about the harpy and successful con-
summation of the exchange that has
been made.
At a meeting of the representatives
of the factory and Chicago the fol
lowing telegram was sent to Mr.
Morse as the unanimous feeling of all
present:
"Recognizing your honesty, stabili
ty of purpose, devotion, long and
faithful service, and the definite bear
ing all these have had in building up
both corporations and binding them
together with cords stronger than
mere business results could accom
plish," the representatives of field and
factory join heartily in best wishes
and deep appreciation. A high re
solve to safeguard, strengthen, and
continue all that you have helped es
tablish and still are keenly interested
in, has been made by us this day. Be
cause of all that you have done, and
are yet accomplishing, you Inspire
confidence, determination, and efforts
that we ' hope will be crowned with
success to all concerned.
Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
E. and T. Fairbanks and Co."
It is because of a sentiment like
this that Mr. Morse has been success
ful and that he is Interested to see the
greatest success of the plant here at
St. Johnsbury. The confidence with
which the present management is tak
ing hold of the affairs of this company
is undoubtedly inspired by the fact of
Mr. Morse's long association with the
business, and that sharing with him
that desire, all will work together in
the best kind of team play to bring
the best results to St. Johnsbury and
the increasing of the renown and repu
tation that the Fairbanks Scale has
always enjoyed. The present plans
that are being made are the strongest
kind of assurance that Increased
prestige and honor are in store for the
Fairbanks scale.
EAST BURKE
I. M. Hunter Gave The First Sugar
Party Last Saturday Personals.
(Mrs. B. F. Humphrey, Correspond
ent.)
I. M. Hunter was the first to give a
sugar party, inviting about 30 neigh
bors to his sugar camp Saturday af
ternoon. J. C. Lucia was a business visitor
in St. Johnsbury Wednesday.
Eion Humphrey, Jr of the . home
garden class, has 10 nice Plymouth
Rock chickens, a week old last Sun-
da.
Glen Streeter has finished work on
Bemis Hill and is with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Streeter.
Mrs. I. A. Rose is better and out
some, r red Jfrarem is out.rrom his
illness.
Renello Leach is working at Mount
ain View farm.
Ed Harris suffered a shock Sunday
night and is in a critical condition.
Mildred Vance is working for Mrs.
Ira Hunter.
Bion F. Humphrey was in Barton
Monday to attend the funeral of Mr.
Murkland
Cora Phillips, Mike Sullivan, Har
vey Horner and Mrs. Harris Jenkins
are sick with the prevailing distemper.
Miss Edna Hill, who has been In
New York for several months, return
ed home Wednesday and with Cora
Frasier has moved back to their home
here.
Mrs. Guyette from Lyndon Center
spent the week-end with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Sentarbar.
Bert Ainger is much better and able
to be out again.
Mrs. F. E. McDonald was In St.
Johnsbury and Concord Wednesday
and Thursday.
Mrs. Addie Godding is spending
some time in Barton with Mrs. John
Murkland.
Charles E. Freeto was home from
St. Johnsbury for the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis visited
at L. J. Hall's in Lyndon Monday.
Lorenzo Colby is very sick. George
Mathers is working for him.
Charles Peary from East Haven Is
working for Charles Gero through
sugaring.
Roger Jenkins is working for John
McNally for a few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gorham were
in St. Johnsbury Thursday to attend
the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Amidon.
Perley Davis spent the past week
with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
L. J. Hall, in Lyndon Corner.
Wesley Farmer and daughter. Miss
Addie, from Jamaica Plain are visit
ing at Fred Farmer's.
Miss Marjorie Root is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Charles Leach, in Kirby.
Miss Ellen Jeffrey is sick.
Ernest Mathers went to Montreal
Thursday where he has accepted a
position.
Solon Walter has sold his farm to
Ray Burrington.
Miss Ethel Stanley is visiting rela
tives in Bradford.
O. C. Woodruff from West Burke
spent Thursday at J. D. Lawton's.
Grover Allard has moved his family
into the tenement over Fred Green's.
Aivin Wilson was a business visitor
in Lyndonville Saturday.
The Ladies Aid from the M. E.
church meet this Wednesday after
noon with Mrs. Isaiah Mathers.
SOME JIOKEVERMOXT FIRSTS
Vermont lead's the world in
The Manufacture of Scales.
The Manufacture of Wire Screen
The Manufacture of Shoddy.
The Manufacture of Maple Sugar
Tools.
The Manufacture of Granite and
Marble Machinery.
The Manufacture of Silos.
The Manufacture of Children's
Wash Clothes.
The Handling of Green Calf Skina
The Manufacture of Soapstone Pro
ducts
The Manufacture of Dyes for But
ter. Vermont leads the United States in
The Production of Marble.
The Production of Granite.
The Production, of Asbestos.
The Production of Pipe Organs.
The Production of Portable Ovens.
The Production of Stereopticans.
The Production of Butter per cap
ita. The Production of Maple Sugar.
Vermont was the FIRST state to
establish a Normal School on the
North American Continent.
Vermont was the FIRST State to
forbid Slavery . by Constitution.
Vermont was the FIRST State to
provide by law for a complete sys
tem of education. Burlington Clip-
Humble Beginnings Of Great Fortunes
Our prosperous citizens those who receive a full meas
ure of life's joys have shaken off the fetters of drudgery
through intelligent foresight and wise determination.
Success is not won in a day. Permanent prosperity i
the culmination of right habits. It comes through constant
effort.
The custom of regular saving is of first importance.
Start a savings account. Add to it regularly. Follow the
example of the prosperous.
Open an account here today.
CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK & TRUST COMPANY
ST. JOHNSBURY, VT.
IX FAMILY FOR 12i YEARS
Farm Owned By F. E. Bickford In
North Danville Settled By Eli
liickford.
The story circulated in the state
papers two weeks ago that the White
hill family at North Ryegate has
lived on the same farm for 118 years
brings to light the fact that Frank E.
Bickford of Danville can tell a better
story yet, his family having lived on
the farm he now occupies for 124
years or four generations of the same
name. The first owner of the farm
was Eli Bickford, born in 1754. After
a career or adventure during wnicn
ne was taken prisoner by the English
and confined in prison for four years,
Eli Bickford married at Deerfield. N.
H.. and in 1792 with his wife and four
children and a party of others came
to Danville where he cleared land and
put up a log house. Before he com
pleted the house he had a long illness,
but his neighbors finished his house
and he lived to rear a family of nine
children. Eli Bickford often recalled
seeing all the voters of Danville sit
ting on one log at town meeting. He
passed away in 1856 at the age of 101
years and seven months. j
At his death the homestead passed
into the hands of his son, John, born
in 1793. He married Maria Colby in
1823 and reared two sons and a
daughter. One son, George became a
Methodist minister; the other, Joseph
succeeded his father on the farm and
made a home for his parents and aged
grandfather. In 1853 he built a new
house and married Olive Clark of
Cabot. They had two daughters,
Laura, the late Mrs. Franklin, and
Emma, Mrs. John P. Weeks of North
Danville, and one son, Frank E. Bick
ford, the present owner of the farm.
BARNET
The Post Office In A New Location
After 25 Years In Tlie Gil-
fillan Store. ....
(Mrs. W. E. Kendall, Correspondent.)
The post office was moved Friday
night from L. E. Gilfillan's store to
the old Dick Johnston shop. The
post office has been in the same place
for over 25 years and people will
hardly know where to go.
Eugene Willson finished work Sat
urday night for L. E. Gilfillan. He
has worked in the store four years
and will be greatly missed. He goes
to work for Don Judkins in the elec
tric power plant. He will also carry
the mall to the siv and seven o'clock
trains.
Mrs. Ruth Gilfillan spent Friday in
St. Johnsbury.
Mrs. Harvey Drew and daughter,
Dorothy, from Monroe, N. II., were
at Walter Kendall's Sunday.
The young people who attend school
at Lyndon did not go back this week
until Monday morning.
Dick Watts has purchased the Hi
ram Miles place and will move in
about two weeks. It is nearly time
for the spring moving of anywhere
from 10 to 20 families.
A meeting of members of the dif
ferent societies of the Sixth local un
ion was held in the hotel parlor Sat
urday to arrange a program for the
local union meeting to be held here
in May.
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Willson spent
last Thursday in St. Johnsbury.
The farmers have begun sugaring
but have not made much yet.
Miss Christina Hall from North
Easton, Mass., is spending her Easter
vacation with her mother, Mrs. Jo
hanna Hall.
Doris Spafford from Orleans Is vis
iting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Stoddard for a few days.
Master Chesley Stuart from Hard
wick is visiting his cousins, Marjorie
and Theodore Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kendall spent
Wednesday in St. Johnsbury.
The address Sunday evening by
Charles M. Ellinwood of Boston, on
"The Modern Social Emphasis," was
a splendid address and just what ev
eryone should hear. Mr. and Mrs.
Ellinwood are in charge of the Flor
ence Crlttendon home in Boston which
is doing a wonderful work.
Car Values Worth Considering
1916 Vclic Six, practically new, cost $1440,
S1050
Overland Touring, overhauled, 425
Ford Runabout, 235
Metz Runabout, 175
Ford Touring, 250
Bulck Runabout, " 300
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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lamb attend
ed the funeral of Mr. Lamb's sister,
Mrs. Lydia 1 lodgers at West Derby,
Wednesday. They epent the rest of
the week visiting friends at Newport
and Newport Center, returning home
Saturday night.
Neal Morgan began Monday work
ing for Martin Turner.
The Monroe Grange will give their
play entitled "The Old Oaken Bucket"
at Mcndoes April 7. Vivian Lowrey
and Alexander Gilchrist from here
take part in the play.
Dorcas Ayer went back to her
school at the Lyndon institute, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Field and son,
James, visited Mrs. Field's mother,
Mrs. Johanna Hall, a few days last
week.
Eugene Willson finishes work for
L. E. Gilfillan Friday night and be
gins work the first of April for Don
Judkins in the electric light plant.
Mr. Willson was a good accomodating
clerk and will be much missed by a
good many In the village. The post
office will be moved into the new place
the first of April. Mrs. Charlotte Dow
is postmistress.
Maude Douglass is spending part
Mrs. Leslie Baker of Woodsvllle vis
ited in the home of her father, L. E.
Gilfillan, Monday of this week.
Benjamin Barrett is clerking in Gil
christ brothers store.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Judkins spent
Saturday in Haverhill, N. H.
Carrol Somers has gone to Orleans
to work in a veneer mill.
Miss Hazel Kay visited Mrs. Lesley
Frazer in Monroe, N. H., last Wed
nesday. Miss Edythe Wallace visited friends
in St. Johnsbury Monday.
Mrs. G. W. Blair spent Friday with
her daughter in WcFt Lebanon.
Miss Nancy Blair of West Lebanon
was home for the week-end.
Julia and Dick Cowen of Peacham
were the guests of Mrs. E. D. Somers
Friday.
Mrs. Dorcas Ayer spent Friday with
her brother, Arthur, at Passumpslc.
LYNDON' CENTER
(Mildred Rivers; Correspondent.)
Marjorie Hall from West Burke, a
student at Lyndon institute, is ill at
her home with scarlet fever.
The Village Improvement society
will meet Thursday with Mrs. A. R.
Merrill. They will elect officers at
this meeting.
Miss Grace Gould spent the week
end with Miss Vera Ruggles on Pud
ding Hill.
Mrs. Blanche Slyce visited friends
In St. Johnsbury Sunday.
Mrs. William Bradley has been ill
with a hard cold the past week.
Mrs. Kie Davis spent Saturday with
Mr. Davis at' White River Junction.
Delbert Wheeler burned his hand
with wood alcohol at Lyndon institute
Thursday.
Mrs. Chancey Bradley has been vis
iting friends and relatives in St.
Johnsbury the past week.
Mrs. Sarah Poulter, who has been
visiting her Fifter, Mrs. W. II. Lyster,
is visiting her daughter at Walpole,
N. H.
The large tree which stood by the
home of Edna Emerson has been cut
down recently.
Miss Vera Beck from Newark spent
the week-end with her friend, Mil
dred Rivers.
Miss Mildred Jay is boarding at the
home of Mrs. D. W. Rivers for a few
weeks.
KIRBY
(Mrs. W. P. Russell, Correspondent.)
The listers started out Saturday,
April 1.
Mrs. Jennie Barnett Is helping Mrs.
Arthur Wheeler for a few weeks as
Miss Glenn Ward was called home by
the death of her sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hunter gave a
sugar party to their neighbors and
friends Saturday, treating them to
new sugar.
Mrs. Nellie Nickerson returns Sat
urday from a visit with H. W. Locklin
and family at Portsmouth, N. H.
Mins Stella Hutchinson is working
for Mrs. Nany Kelley.