Local News Roundup From St Johnsbury and Nearby Areas
James Burns returns from New York City and Sterry Waterman comes home from Dartmouth. Miss Mary Grint weekend in Northfield. P. Hatch guest at Hotel Marseilles in New York. Misses Loln and Marjorie French to return from Boston for holidays. Dorcas Estabrooks back from Springfield visit. Mrs Homer Kiley and son Kenneth visiting at W. J. Holloway’s. Mrs O. H. Henderson had successful operation at Brightlock hospital and is recovering. Maple Grove candies available at St Johnsbury House. Holiday stop schedule extended through Dec 29 21 25 and 24. Samuel Langmaid of North Danville dies after St Johnsbury hospital surgery. Mrs Langmaid staying with Mrs W. J. Hol. Fancy articles sale at Universalist Vestry with clam chowder supper. Raymond McLaughlin plays cello in Liberty Theatre Orchestra at Camp Devens. photo in Boston Transcript. Advertised letters week ending Dec 14 at St Johnsbury Post Office. Village caucus at Town Hall to nominate officers for January 1 election. candidates named for trustees and vacancies discussed. Athenaeum features F Hopkinson Smith pictures including charcoals and London views. Caledonia Farm Bureau agents touring towns. visits Passumpsic and East Barnet. Danville meeting with W. E. Currier present. Lyndonville meeting next week. Cecil De Mille’s We Can’t Have Everything praised as colorful, moral star production. show today and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Burns
New York City
Sterry R. Waterman
Dartmouth College
Mary Grint
Northfield
P. Hatch
St. Johnsbury
Marseilles
Loln
Marjorie French
Boston
Dorcas H. Estabrooks
Glen Woolson
Springfield
Homer Kiley
Kenneth
Glover
W. J. Holloway’s
O. H. Henderson
Brightlock Hospital
St. Johnsbury House
Samuel Langmaid
North Danville
St. Johnsbury Hospital
Boston Transcript
St Johnsbury
Lizzie’ Joneson
Vernessa Macdonald
M. A. Ranney
Florence Smith
W. M. Kiley
Homer D. Langmaid
J. S. McDonald
Fred Rintin
Charles A. Heyer
Fred S. Harriman
E. H. Hallett
Leland A. Wood
Caledonia Farm Bureau
Exchange
Passumpsic
East Barnet
Danville
W. E. Currier
New England Milk Producers’ Association
Lyndonville
Cecil de Mille
Rupert Hughes
Biltmore
Sherry
Victory Girls and Boys Rally for War Work Drive
A wide range of youths and families contributed to the United War Work Campaign. From a New York violinist and Rockefeller children to a Kentucky mission school girl and Nevada’s eagle motif, participants pledged earnings, performed chores, and sold items. Local lodges and state organizers reported strong enrollments and fund-raising efforts through December 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United War Work Campaign
Edmund Miranda Miller
New York
John J. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Mountains
Kentucky
United Campaign
France
Bardstown
Nazareth Academy
Katherine Samuels
Alamosa
Cal
Victory
Orde
Aaron Samuels
Nevada
Gladys Wilson
Great Mont
Palestine Commandery
K. T. Montana
Albert G. Milbank
Z. S. Waterman
E. C. Price
Pocaniico Hills
A. M. Lang
Custer County
Idaho
Gerald Esterbrook
Long Beach
California
Pleasant Old Age and the Food of Study
The passage reflects on serene aging after a life spent in desire, ambition, rivalry, hatred, and passions. It suggests that if the soul has any nourishment from study and philosophy, the prospect of a long calm, contemplative life is most pleasant.
Salvage Efforts Bring Sunk Vessels Back Afloat
The British admiralty salvage corps works to save ships sunk by U boats and mines. Divers measure damage, holes are patched with large wooden standards weighing up to 20 tons, holes reach tens of feet, cargo is removed, water pumped, and ships are refloated then taken to port for permanent repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Admiralty Salvage Corps
Fortitude in Distress Quote Plautar Daily Thought
A brief aphorism attributed to Plautar on fortitude as a help in distress. The line presents a concise moral reflection suitable for a daily thought card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Thought
Plautar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leach & Waterman
Stafford & Stevens
Daniel Green
The
Athenaeum
F. Hopkinson Smith
London
Thackeray
Venice
Loway
Passumpsic Lodge
Masonic Temple
Orville N. Pinney
W. M
Fred H. Dolloff
Haswell Royal Arch
Birney L. Hall
F. G. Moore
Hazel Wedge Greenwood
James A. Greenwood
St. Johnsbury, Vt
Thomas F. Burroughs’ Orchestra OF
Armory
Berry-Ball Dry ° Goods CO
Cecil B. DeMille
Special
Artcraft” Photoplay
Romeo
Pathe Weekly News
Paramount-Bray
Waffle
Gurnsey
C. H. Goss Company
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