The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-12-24
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18th inst
WIN. y. McDcvii Of South Dorset
~As In town Saturday.
Closing exercises we're bed al tn
village schools last Friday afternoon
MessrG kingman and Roger Per
Aims, together with Miss Ruth Perkins
arrived AZ the Congregational parson
age for Christmas.
6. Stewart Bennett arrived hons
from Norwich university on Woines
day afternoon He will return 3,
kevthheld on Sunday.
Edward s. lsham Of 0rmsby Hill
vas UP from New York city for few
days last week looking after pct dog
Of his that had been lost
Robert X. Edgerton IL home from L.
v. NJ. and will spend his Christina,
vacation st the home Of his parents
Hon. and Mrs. W. b. Edgerton.
Next Sunday evening there will be a
Christmas miracle play given In the
yestry Of the Congregational church al
7:30 o'clock TO which all are invited.
Remember those absent ones by
sanding them subscription to the
Journal II goes out every week
whereas there might be times when
you would forget 10 write.
Edward II. Swift, who has been
spending couple Of weeks at the
home Of his aunt, Mrs. w. H. Frost,
in Smiths Falls, Ontario, returned
home last Wednesday afternoon.
Burr and Burton seminary basket
ball team defeated the formidable
town team in the Gymnasium last Sat
ruday evening by score Of 80 to 20.
T. {. Williams, Jr,, who has been in
Boston for several months working for
the Western Union Telegraph Co., ar
rived home a few days since for the
holidays.
Hon. Edward c. 0rvis, Mrs. Orvis
and Miss 0ryis left Saturday. for Bur-
lington where they will spend the
frozen term and wait for the ice TO go
Off the lake.
Hon. Edward Griffith was in Ben
nington Tuesday attending session
of the bankruptcy court, at which ses-
sion the bankrupt estate of r. B.
Smith was closed.
Miss Georgia Choquette, who has
been away on a months vacation, re-
turned Tuesday Afternoon and has re-
sumod her position as manager Of the
Western Union Telegraph Office in
Manchester.
J. +. Thomson of Landgrove, was in
Manchester on Thursday on business
with the probate court. Mr. Thomson
is the representative from Land
grove and was on his way back home
from the Wilbur dinner at Bennington.
Leale Towsley arrived from Boston
the last of the week and will spend his |
Christmas vacation with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. l.. Towsley. Mr.. |
Towsley is in his second year at the
Boston Art school.
The entertainment given by the Y
NJ. c. A. Of Burr and Burton seminary
at the Gymnasium last Friday evening
was well played and well patronized
The sum Of $500 was netted. The
programme as printed in last weeks
Journal was carried out.
Advices from +. NJ. Pearson, who
left here some weeks since for south
ern California, states that he is pleas
antly located at Coronado Beach, Cal,
IL miles from the Mexican line. He is
chief clerk in a resort hotel at that
place for the season. d. L. Bulkley is
located at the same hotel.
The Community Christmas Tree was
brought in and has been set up on one
Of the green spots in front Of the drug
store. This tree is 81 feet in height
and very pretty shaped one. 1t will
be illuminated with quantity of cleo
trio lights and prettily trimmed. The
for the exercises will be
found elsewhere in the Journal. Ev-
eryone should see that the children are
there.
MANCHESTER CENTER
Miss Frances Bond and Miss Marion
G. Botsford spent Saturday in Rut-
land.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Marsden are
guests of relatives in Utica, n. Y, for
1 week.