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Newspaper
The Weekly Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1919
Page
2
The ninth of July parade featured the Caledonia County naval heroes, with a banner reading We took them Across carried by two boys. The air show praised the navy’s wartime record as a historic marvel, amid a rush of details and city life notes from Springfiest to Littleton and beyond.
Mrs. Parker died at her home in Lakeside Howie after a long illness born in Coocunl on the twenty fifth of January aged seventy three years and survived by her husband five children including Mrs Gertrude Baker Lyndon and Mrs Mabel Wickelain Sprint Valley Mass Arthur C Norh Danville Betta G Tillson and John N at home also mourn her loss with several grandchildren and a half sister and brother. Funeral from the house Wednesday at one o'clock.
A reflective note describes how happiness rose after letting go of a burden. The author cites personal growth and improved well being as key outcomes of choosing forgiveness and moving forward.
Residents from Lyndonville and nearby towns attended visits with relatives and friends. Miss Elisa McKee celebrated with a visitor and Mr Andrew Meer recently. Mrs GW Thovey and Master VWoeodell Hovey joined Fourth of July events at St Johnsbury and enjoyed local fireworks with Mrs C B Beek’s birthday celebration.
The Library Social at Mos. Tonry Jonking attracted many, followed by a well received grange dance with Wilkie's orchestra. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. EL Watson of Sutton at Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Ball's Mourth. Weekend visitors were Thivell Gary Clyde Bailey Toward Mosher and W Howard Lindon in Ferdinand. Lewse Dall attends the Johnson summer normal.
Gromee Carey owner of a large ranch and sugar plant on Stannard Mountain orders electric lighting from the main road to his place, over four and a half miles away. He will bear all expenses of the project.
The W C T A will meet with Mrs Ellen Granger on July 11. Kreeman Allen and family of Danville were at Allen's on July 4. The Ladies Aid Society received .12 from a food sale on July 5. Chiu A Laughlin and wife of Whitefield New Hampshire and Julian Laughlin wife of Garnet joined a picnic with relatives on July 4. Mr and Mrs Dennie Twombly welcomed a baby girl born July 6. Mrs Robert Campbell of Sherbrooke is visiting her parents in Norman. Starvey Powers spent a week with Mire Bertha Salmon in Lyndenville recently. John Tookes is visiting town a few days. Mrs Julie Mingle was in St. Johnsbury on business Monday.
Passumpsic residents report Miss Karlene King attending summer school in Auburndale Massachusetts and Minna Shepherd of Tilton New Hampshire visiting her son Minest Shepherd in Danville. The Wright family and others joined the Chautauqua gathering in St Johnsbury as neighbors share weekend activities and travel to Lake Morey.
East Concord notes guests at the Curtis Goodall home in Lancaster including Henry King Ma and Mrs Elroy Fiske and others. The report mentions deaths from pneumonia in Dover New Hampshire and a group outing to Umbagor Lake for fishing with mixed local names and uncertain details.
A fragmented note discusses road maintenance needs and funding. It mentions new road work and investments, with references to maintenance provisions and the timing of approvals and construction.
The article notes global lead pencil production running into billions yearly with about half sourced from the United States and cedar wood from America supplying much of the stock. It states the U S consumes roughly 1,090,000 pencils annually, far more than each inhabitant would require.
Camp Winneshewauka opened for its fourth season on July 1 with a large group of girls and expects full capacity in August. July 4 celebrations featured a birthday dinner for “Father” Balch, stunts, fire balloons, roman candles, and other fireworks. Local residents and visitors, including Miss Eva Paradis and Ted Simonds, Dr. H. M. Wiggin, and A. J. Morrow, joined holiday events and church activities at the camp and surrounding towns.
The daylight saving law has been repealed amid debate about how it affected farms and entertainment. Moviemakers and operators of open-air venues sided with farmers, contending the system disrupted work and business long before enactment.
Numerous residents visited relatives in Manchester and Concord New Hampshire and Montpelier Vermont. Local outings included Scouts camping at Groton pond and a submarine factory stay in Massachusetts. The community mourns I N H Darling age 99, oldest in town, with funeral held at John H Darling's home.
Miss Viola May visits her brother in Hanover while Mrs. Walter Harvey stays in St Johnsbury. A group from St Johnsbury returns from a Canada motor trip covering 1055 miles visiting multiple towns. Basile of St Gabriel Montreal visits ten days at Mrs F A Goudreault Jr. home. Anne Marie Halley of Manchester visits the Goudreaults. Inultie Bean and George Whipple family spend Sunday in Groveton. Flora Williams returns from Waterford work. Mrs. Helen Bennett ends a year as matron at the Charlotte Fairbanks cottage in St Johnsbury.
Miss Sigrid Eckloff and George Rice with daughter, all of St Johnsbury, B F Jacobs and party of Lancaster, leaving Miss Dorothy Jacobs for the season at the camp, Mrs Alfred G Lewis and son with a friend of Geneva New York, Mr and Mrs C M Burgoyne of Pittsburg and W E Price and party of Lisbon New Hampshire.
Caledonia County and St Johnsbury honored returning soldiers with a full day of festivities from a midnight bonfire to a grand fireworks display. A 4.45 pm air show over the fairgrounds featured Lieut Stewart Torney and Lieut Morse, who performed loops and dives before facing engine trouble and landing safely.
Walden update lists Rev. A. E. Schoff and family at a Morgan Center camp meeting last week. F Kittredge sold his farm to James Cassidy and stores goods at George Kittredge’s West Danville home.
A compact reflection credits national progress to industry energy and uprightness as framed by Samuel Smiles. The excerpt emphasizes values that drive national development and moral character.
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