News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-10
HYDE PARK VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1918.

w. w. Peck returned Saturday from {
business trip to Jay.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Thayer returne:
Monday from Burlington.
Miss Ruth Gordon is ill, suffering from
a severe attack of tonsilitis.
Palmer, the tailor. has $500 to give
away. See his adv't on page 8.
Mrs. H. @. Fisk and Wallace Thomp
son were in Burlington yesterday.
Mrs. Harry Rice and Miss Ruth Tatrc
Johnson were guests yesterday of Mr.
and Mrs. Z. L. Brown.
Mrs. H. M. Ide of Peoples Academy
attended a meeting OF the Women S
Teachers Club, of which she is president
at Burlington last Saturday.
The December social of the w. X. {.
will be held next Thursday, Dec. 18th,
at the home of Mrs. Eta Shaw. This
is the last social this year so let all re-
member that every member is invited to
attend and bring a. friend.
A break in the water main on Congress
street last Friday evening caused the
washing away OF large amount OF the
! till. Men were at work on the line o
pipe allFriday night, but the water coulo
not be turned on until about o'clock
Saturday afternoon.
At the w. r. c. meeting Monday even
ing the following officers were elected
Pres, Mrs. Ella Small; Sr. Vice Pres. Miss
Althea Reynold; Jr. Vice Pres, Mrs. Lena
Sanders; Treas, Mrs. Eldora Goodell
Sec., Mrs. Helen Towne; Chaplain, Mrs
A. A. Niles; Conductor, Mrs. lla Nile:
Jackson; Guard, Mrs. Ida Towne.
DR.. c. W. Bates returned Saturday
evening from Pomona, Cal, where he
was called the latter part of last month
by the death of his brother, Stanley T
Bates. He accompanied home the re-
| mains of his two brothers, Stanley T.,
and Harry, who died about II years
ago. The remains. were placed in the
vault.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Durett, who have
resided here for the past two years, have
stored their household goods and went
Monday to East Cabot, where Mrs.
Durett and two children will make an
extended visit at the home other parents.
Mr.. Durett will 60 from there to Barre,
where he has employment in a meat
market.
Major L. NJ Grout, father of Geo.
Grout of this town, and DR.. d. D. Grout
of Waterbury, died at the latter place
yesterday afternoon. He fought in both
the Mexican and Civil Wars and in the
latter was major of the 9Th VT. He was
90 years old and formerly Ilved in this
town and Elmore. The remains will be
brought here about noon tomorrow for
interment in Riverside Cemetery.
What might have been a disastetious
fire was narrowly averted last Monday
evening, when it was discovered that the
awning over the front door at the
Briggs drug store was in flames. The
awning was at once torn down, but not
before the woodwork above it was some
what charred. Had the fire caught later
in the evening it would have in all prob
ably resulted more disasteriously. 1t is
not known how the fire caught.
On account of the Sunday car being
taken off on the electric railroad between
Stowe and Waterbury the local post Of
fee will be open from 1890 to 1870 on
Sundays. Postmaster Fisher also wishes
to state that because of the increasing
mails all mail going west on the evening
train must be in the office on or before
o'clock and that all parcel post pack
ages must be plainly marked with the
sender's name and address with the
word from" before such name.
S. of V. Auxiliary, No g., elected the
following officers at their meeting last
CNCLlbS " SCI VIC lOi thS NOhliiiS ySdl =.
Pres, Mrs. Hannah Taylor; Vice Pres,
Mrs Nellie Stone; Trustees, Mrs. Lillian
Sulham, Mrs. Clara Niles; Treas, Martha
Ainsworth; Chap, Mrs. Lillian Sulham;
Guide, Mrs, Nellie Springer; Asst. Guide,
Mrs. Marion Baker; Pat. Inst, Mrs.
Mabel Fay; !. Guard. Mrs. Carrie Fox;
O. Guard, Miss Marion Fox; Right Color
Guard, Miss Stella Wilson; Left Color
Guard. Miss Stella Taylor;Nat. Del, Mrs.
Ella SMALL; Nat. Alt, Mrs. Nellie Stone;
Div. delegates, 1st, Mrs. Eta Shaw; 2nd,
Mrs. Zella Bullard; Div. Alternates, 1st,
Mrs. Lizzie Bumps; End, Mrs. Mabel
Fay.
Christmas Sale
The ladies of the Universalist Society
will open Thursday afternoon at o'clock