News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-12-20
JOHNSON
Saturday, December sOth, The Time

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Miss Susan Collins is home from hel
school in Barre for the vacation.
Emerson Flanders has rented Chas
Demeritts house on Gulf street.
Mrs. L. A. Hutchins of Waterbury
Center has visited her sister, Mrs. l. L.
Bailey.
Miss Daisy Clark goes soon to her
home in, Orange to attend the wedding OF
sister.
Winnifred Sweet and wife are keeping
house in the up stairs tenement at G. w.
Writings.
Mrs. r. Ell. Royce and Mrs. Fl. W.
Scott spent last week with their parents
in Burlington.
j. d. Odel returned Saturday night
from Champlain, New York where lie
visited his sister.
Miss Hilda Mansfield has taken Miss
Butts place as book-keeper for w. II.
Stearns, recently.
Uric Chaffee is i'll with the grip, being
doubly afflicted although his broken
ankle is doing well.
Dist. Supt. William Shaw was in town
Tuesday to attend IA Board meeting at
the Methodist church.
Mrs. Susan Freeman returned last Sat.
urday from Jeffersonville, where she has
spent three weeks at L. S. Morse'S.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Mosey are going to
Burlington the last of the week where
Mr.. Mosley will attend the Dairy School.
Miss Mary Butts las finished as book
keeper in the office of w. II. Stearns and
gone to Stowe and later she will 90 to
Chicago.
Toe graded school closed last Satur-
day, the high school Tuesday and the
Normal school will close Friday for the
Christmas vacation.
The Young Peoples Branch of the
W. Y. G. T. U. held a meeting at the
M. Z. Church Tuesday evening of which
more will be said later.
The Methodist Sunday School are to
have Christmas tree and exercises at
the church Christmas evening to which
all are cordially invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Whiting have left
the farm for tie winter and are with
their son, Charles, on School street.
Mrs. Whiting is very poorly
The attendance at the NJ E. Sunday
School last Sunday was IS with a collec-
ton of S2.06, At the Cong'l Sunday
School the attendance was 81, collection
$1.32.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norton have moved into
the tenement in r. II. Royce's house on
Clark ST. Mr.. Norton came here from
Vergennes and is employed by William
Laporte.
The Congregational people are to con
bine their annual dinner, roll call, church |
and society meeting ON Saturday, Dec. |
30th at one o'clock at the church. Din |
ner will be served at noon.
Geo. w. Clark of Topsham and Lila G. |
Conant of Johnson were united in mar
at Barre Tuesday, Dec. II. They are
spending few days at the home of Rufus
Powers, where Miss Conant was brought |
up.
Mr.. Slayton Salvation Army man has
recently been through the village solicit
ing funds for the Salvation Army of Bur.
lington to provide Christmas dinner for
500 poor families. They gave away 500
baskets Thanksgiving day each contain
ing food for a family of five.
Mr.Slaytou of Burlington, who solicited
here last week for the Salvation Army
for the city to provide for poor families
a Christmas dinner received over S. 90 in
our village for that purpose and thought
He ulu "eiI' IL higuG oe Weii u iook
about town and see if any are needy in
our midst.
S. FL. Camp, No. "a, elected the follow
officers at their last meeting to serve for
the coming year. CON-, Ernest Mills;
Sr. Vice, Glenn Sweet; Jr. Vice, II. II.
Camp Council, G. E. Stone
f. Ward, c. o. Field; Delegates, g. Fl.
K neeland, L. Hutchins; Sec, G.E.Stone;
Treas, Earl Holmes.