News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-01-05

Henry Rustedt, former principal of the
High School, visited in town last week.
Milo Gibson, also former principal of
the High School, now of Burlington,
visited in johnson last week.
Dist. Supt. Hunt will hold Quarterly
meeting Saturday afternoon at the M. e.
church. This will be the last Quarterly
meeting and a full attendance is desired.
Supt. Hunt will preach next Sunday
morning.
A.. A. Leland is critically i'll and a
trained nurse is in attendance. Mr.. Le-
land has been i'll for several weeks and
last Wednesday night he suffered a stroke
of paralysis and has not yet regained
consciousness.
Mrs. Charles Como died Saturday from
Chronic Bright's disease. She was 43
years of age. The funeral was held from
the home Monday afternoon, Rev. 1. A.
Ranney officiating. Burial was in La
noble View Cemetery.
Mrs. j. H. Woodward and daughter,
Doris, are visiting relatives in Water
bury. Mr.. and Mrs. Woodward attended
the 50th wedding anniversary of Mrs.
Woodward's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Phil
lips, in Waterbury last week.
W. Fl. Nye was called to E. Cambridge
Monday on account of an accident to his
little nephew, ten years old son of Nor
man Nye. The lad was coasting when
losing control of the traverse he struck a
tree, causing compound fracture of the
knee.
The pegging boys at the Rake Factory
tried to see how many IA teeth hay rakes
they could peg in day. Here is the re-
suit in dozens:-Carroll Patch, SO; Pres
colt Stearns, So; Allen Fletcher, 100;
Howard Bailey, so; Hershel Richards.
81; Grover Fletcher, 81; Frank Sanborn,
Is and Earl Knowles, 6.
The people of this town will do we'll to
read Boyles Bros. clearance sale adv't on
page 7. They make many remarkable
offers on winter goods and if it is money
you wish to save it will be to your inter
est to get posted on their remarkable of
fers and avail yourselves of the bargains.
The sale is now on and will continue un-
til January 18th.
The annual reunion and roll call of the
Baptist church will be held Tuesday,
Ion nipnor mil h
vestry at noon. This will be followed by
the annual business meeting and the roll
call. At eight o'clock in the evening an
address will be delivered by Rev. Silas p.
Perry of Richford. Mr.. Perry is known
to johnson people as a forceful speaker.
He has just received a call from DR.. J.
Wilbur Chapman to act as a preacher in
the great evangelistic campaign in the
state of Maine. The public is invited to
hear Mr.. Perry's address.
The Methodist Sunday school have
elected the following officers for the year
l910;-Supt., A. G. Wells; Asst, Frank
Ward; Sec'y, Amy Perry; Asst, Bessie
Tatro; Treas, M. F. Gray; Organist,
Ruth Tatro; Asst, Muriel Peck; Lii
Mildred Wareham and Bessie
ratro; Supt. Cradle Roll, Emma Hay
ord; Pres. Missionary Society, Mrs.
Garlic Wareham; Treas, Mrs. Emma |
Hodgkins; Pres. Temperance, Levi Ia
70; Treas, Mrs. Hodgkins. Teachers
Helen Hunt, Mrs. l. A. Ranney, Mrs.
Emma Hodgkins, liner Foss, Ernest Girls |
void, Myrtle Cunningham, Mrs. Arthur
;. Wells, Ida NJ. Barton, Mrs. F. F. |
Davis, Mrs. N. j. Perry.
Although very cold there was a good |
at the W. G. T. U. meeting
Thursday last at Mrs. Fosters. The |
next meeting will be held with Mrs. |
W. FL. Stearns at.East johnson, Jan. 10 |
1t o'clock. Members will meet at the |
home of William Rushford at | 80, where |
cams will be provided for those desiring |
% ride. The program will be as follows:
Devotional exercises in charge of Alice |
3eecher; Roll Call, responded to by quo
atioDs from Frances Willard; Paper.
Pleasant Memories of Frances Willard |
md Lady Henry Somerset, Mrs. Farrell;
Children and the Sabbath, |
low the day should be spent; Discussion,
~ Mrs. R. T. Foster, Mrs. Stearns, Mrs. |
Foster and Mrs. Jane Davis;
". q. T. U. Encouragements during the
Past Year, great and small, Alice Beech
n; Collection and Resolutions for the
New Year. Resolved,-that each men,
ger attend every meeting when possible.
johnson Methodist Sunday school has
OIL members at the close of 1909 The
lverage attendance for the last six
months has been 6S. The Baracca class,
Inder the leadership of Howard Perry,
las p names enrolled upon 1.-THE books;
nut only 13 member with an average at
enhance of 10 deserves special mention
{ this time from the fact of their loyalty
0 the church and to the Sunday school.
Llso from the fact that they have con-