The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-04

District Ne. 1 WAS held Monday 81
ening al the schnei house and ltf
following officers we're elected iui
the coming year Moderator. A ~
Roberts, Clerk and Treasurer. ; ~
sheldon, member of prudential Com
inittee for three years, A w fhc-
Ion. Collector a Taxes n Me
Wayne. Chief Engineer. G. A Wade
two Asst, EnEineels. A, NJ Phelon,
w N Bateheldef, Auditors, ~ }
hoilcy, w X. Roberts Tax Tor 1918
40 cents on the dollar, payable aitci
June / 10 the Treasurer Reports
OF Officers for be past year showed
the work about completed. nj al
expense OF about SO .0o0 That the
80 per cent. lax Of last year had
been paid Ia, oniy $50 being left for
ine Collector 10 look after About
70 families have taken the water or
Viii b. using II by spring The cut
look for the coming year Is decided
ly good. and when the bonds are is
sued and placed the Fire District
viii be- IN splendid shape
The Church meeting last Thurs
day Was called for lu.su q. M, ana
IN the morning considerable business
was disposed Of Several changes
helng made IN the church Manual
sitter very good dinner served 10
the Lecture room. the election OF Of
,eers Tor the coming year was held,
nd resulted as follows. Church
eicrk, w ! Holiey. Treasurer. Dea
". "a. Sykes, Deacon for four years.
Eugene simmons; supply Com, W.
u hoiley Dea. q, M sykes: Must
cal Director. Mrs. r. NJ. Campbell;
Musical Com. c. b. Kent. Mrs c.
II. Gilbert, 4 + Comba; Visitors
Com, Mrs. r r. Gilbert, Mrs Nm.
1obin. Mrs Marvin. Mrs Moses Shell
on; Pastoral Com, DIR. G. ii Gilbert
Mrs. Il. w Barrows, G, T.. Kent Mrs
4. n Williams; Chef Usher. 4. H.
comba; Sunday School supt.. Mss
Margaret Gilbert; Supt. Com, Char
les McWayne, Mrs. A. B. Roberts,
Mrs, Frederick Crane. Miss E Louis
Sykes; Music, Mrs. r. NJ Campbell,
Miss Anna Manley. Miss Gladys Graz
call; Secretary Miss Elizabeth Har-
wood; Treasurer, Miss Hattie Gray,
Librarian, Miss Anna Gilbert; SupL
Cradle Roll, Miss T.. Louise Sykes,
Supt Home Dept, Rev Il. Hunt,
Visitors Home Dept. Mrs Marvin.
Mrs. c. B. Gilbert
The annual meeting of the Dor.
set Library Association was held as
announced last Friday evening. ant
was well attended About 35 beinl
present, Charles Lee was elected
Chairman and Mrs. A. w Phelon
Secretary pro TEN. as Miss Sykes
was out OF town. After listening t.
reports OF the Secretary, Treasur
er and Librarian, a Trustee for foW
years was elected and T. Il, Comba
was the unanimous choice. Seyera.
motions were made and carried
among them being one to elect {.
committee TO revise the Bylaws
and the following were elected A
w. Phelon. Chairman; Mrs. Ed.
Morris, r. NJ Campbell. After some
discussion on the subject OF a
change OF quarters the meeting ad
journed Below we give conden-
sation of the reports above mention
~ oa, Library is In very pros
psrous condition, and in the past
few years has grown from small
md struggling affair to an impor
tanI position In our community,an
Is doing a great deal of good foi
tho public at large. Interest in it
IL steadily increasing, as Is. shown
.,v the numerous gifts of good ano
Useful boohn, and subscriptions e.
magazines. Receipts are about
$165.00, and expenses $3.50. 90. The
expenses being for light, heat,lih'
rarians salrad, puchase CT 73 new
books and for subscriptions TO 8
magazines. There are ITO sub
scribera II being ,sident members,
au. our tain go lows i, 81
mes IN tie es ready r Dis
trllu ,lUn
The Sunday School entertain
ment last week Thursday was q
great success aud much credit h.
due the committee Miss Sherman,
Mrs. Campbell and Miss Barrows.
or course the little ones were the
whole show" but we must not for
get the sketch given by Mr.. ant
Mrs. c. p. Kent entitled Mr. ana
Mrs. Santa Claus" and which wa
very numerous, and we'll given. Ru
fus Gilbert was the real santa" foi
he distributed the bags of candy,
and added whole lot in the fun.
The singing Of the children waf
very good and was we'll applaudet
A choir OF several young girls IL.
the 'Vestments" of their office
made decided hit and looked very
pretty Another pleasing part OF
the program was the marching oi
the girls around the room singing
and waving branches Of evergreen.
There we're also four tableauxs from
The Birds Christmas Carol" ana
during their presentation Mrs. Camp
bell read the story so that all could
understand the scenes as the!
We're presented. OH We mus
not forget the Bell solo ano
chorus. Miss Elsie Seymour sant
her solo with great deal OF eX
preston, and the others in tho
chorus were exceptionally good Miss
Wlnifred Manley, Miss Gladys Gran
dali and Miss Marion Wade In theii
Trio were a surprise and pleasure
as they proved beyond a doubt that
they had good voices and could sing.
We wish the children success IN
their musical work. and will look
forward to Easter when we hope
they will give us another musical
treat.