News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24
MORRISVILLE

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visitor in town Monday.
Geo. w. Clark was business visitor il
Hardwick last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. j. Coburn went Mon
day night to Boston to visit relatives.
Miss Madeline McCuin of johnson was
a guest Saturday of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G
Tillotson.
Mrs. w. j. Clemens of Hardwick was
guest of friends in town the latter part
of last week.
Mrs. Mary Patno of Vergennes came
Thursday for an extended stay with hel
daughter, Miss Rhea Patno.
Miss Lillia Slayton of the Quincy Man.
sion School, Boston, is visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. A. Slayton.
Maurice Kelley of the U. V. NJ. came
Saturday evening to remain over the
holidays at the home of his parents.
DR.. Lloyd Robinson returned home Fri
day morning from Manchester, N. H.,
where he has been spending week.
handsome $3.50 Columbia grafanola,
purchased # A. r. Campbell, has just
been placed in parlor of the Hotel Ran
dali.
L. G. Bentley, who is assisting in the
G. p. Jones drug store in johnson during
the holidays, spent Suud " at his home
here.
Randall Child of Amherst College ar
rived in town Friday morning to spend
the holiday vacation at the home of his
parents.
Lawrence Cox, who has been confined
to the house the past six weeks because
of a broken leg, is now able to be about
the streets.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Elphinstone were in
Hardwick last Wednesday to attend the
funeral of the formers brother, John
Elphinstone.
Miss Clara Carpenter, who teaches in
Waterbury, is guest at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Carpenter, on
the Laporte road.
Mrs. Frank Wright of Black Brook, N.
Y, arrived in town last Wednesday to
join her husband, who recently purchased
the Kellogg farm.
Heber Best arrived home last Saturday
from Syracuse University to spend the
holiday vacation with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. W. Il. Best.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. Waite returned home
Friday night from New York, where Mrs.
Waite has been spending the past four
weeks with her sister, Mrs. VIM. Walker.
Miss Ethel Badger, who is taking
course in nursing at the Barre City Hos
pital, has been guest the past week of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. F. Badger.
Miss Lucille Robinson arrived home
last Friday evening from Mt. Holyoke
College to spend the Christmas vacation
with her parents, Mr.. aud Mrs. E. s. kou.
inson.
Harold Badger went to ST. Johnsbury
Thursday evening, passing the night
with his brother, Fred Badger, and Fin
day went to Lisbon, N. H., where he has
employment.
Tucker Chapter at the regular meeting
last Friday night received seven petitions
for membership, five of which were from
johnson. 1t is contemplated "when fine
shedding is good'' to go to that place and
work a degree.
Lamoille Comandery will hold its
Christmas day observance at high twelve
at its asylum on that day. All members
of the order cordially invited. Regular
meeting the same evening, at which the
Red cross degree will be worked.
Miss Florence Chaffee went Monday to
Rutland to visit her sister, Mrs. r. l..
Barrows, accompanying home her niece,
little Pomona Barrows, who has been
spending the past eleven weeks at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Tillotson.
The big sweeping reduction sale' at
Waterman's, now on, is attracting people
from all directions and many are they
who are taking advantage of the sale and
well they should, for clothing, furnishing
goods &C., are going at way down prices.
The likes OF this sale has never before
been seen hereabouts.
A very enj Jyable occasion was an after
noon tea served to 20 Invited ladies by
Miss Bessie Thayer, instructor in home
economics, and her class Thursday in the
domestic science fat. After the serving
of tea, sandwiches, cookies and confec,
tionery by the young ladies of the class,
Miss Thayer gave an interesting and in
structive talk upon her work and its pur-
pose.
In spite of the fact that there was no
the meI chants, especially those
who advertise in this paper, report fine
holiday trade. All of the stores had a
splendid supply of holiday goods and as
a rule many of the articles were sold at a
much lower price than asked for in the
city stores. 1t is becoming more and
more realized that as a trading center and
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