News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-26
MORRISVILLE

| Samuel Miller, the huStling insurance
man from Johnson, was in town Satur-
day.
Mrs. Esther A. FL. Bakely who has
been quite i'll at the home of her neice,
Mrs. X. E. Barrows, is gaining slowly.
Ernest r. Bracket of Maiden, Mass.
has been a guest of his father, S. r.
Bracket, and sister, Mrs. H. L. Law, re-
Gently.
That game at Hardwick last Wednes-
day was "a thriller, when P. A. defeated
H. A. 4 to 8 in a thinning contest.
Duffy struck out 4 men.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Roystan have moved
from theJ H. Warren house on Union
Street to the Tinker house on the corner
Of Main and Portland Streets.
H. A. Slayton was in Burlington yes
terday to attend a committee meeting
of the State Sunday School Association.
While there he attended the funeral OF
c. E. Allen.
Mrs. Dominic Weafer and friend of
Windsor are expected at the home of the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Slayton, Saturday. They will spend
Commencement week here.
l.. c. Tillotson, of the firm of Smith &
Tillotson, will leave Saturday for a
Western trip. He will be accompanied
by his mother, Mrs. Bernette TilIotson,
who will spend several months with her
daughters in Denver, Colo.
At the special town meeting held at
town hall last Saturday to see If the
town would validate the action at the
March Meeting regarding appropri-
atoms and to authorize the treasurer to
borrow certain sums, there were about
half dozen voters present. 1t was
voted to do so.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. Eaton of Morris
vile and Mr.. and Mrs. James Eaton of
Hyde Park were in Waterbury last
Thursday night to attend the wedding
of Miss Edith May Boyce and Alton
Wheeler, both of that place. Miss Boyce
who is a cousin of the cations, is
daughter of the late William Boyce.
Mrs. A. B. Austin was in Hardwick
last week to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Betsey Slocum. widow of the late San
ford Slocum. Mrs. Slocum was resi-
dent of this village for many years, 60
ing to Hard wick to reside soon after
Mr.. Slocum's death. Besides the step
daughter, Mrs. Austin, she is survived
by brother, Harry Hersey, of Burling
ton, and sister, Mrs. Clara Templeton,
of Washington. D. c.
I Roger Albert, the infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Greene of lower Main street,
died last Saturday afternoon, May %,
after brief illness from bronchial pneu-
mona The baby would have been three
weeks old had he lived until yesterday.
| Funeral services were held Sunday after
noon at ane O'Clock at the home. Rev.
| w. T. Best Of the Methodist church of.
floating Interment was IN Pleasant
View cemetery. The family has the sym.
pathy of many friends in their sorrow.
c. H. A. Stafford was in Montpelier
Monday.
Curtis Farmer was visitor last Satur-
day in Johnson.
George w. Clark was business visitor
in Burlington Monday.
Miss lila Hoyt of johnson spent Sun
day with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. g.
Hoyt.
Mrs. E. W. Terrill and Miss Elizabeth
Stone were in Burlington the first of the
week.
Herbert Wright of Lyndonvlle was
guest of friends in town last Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. o. G. Jones spent Saturday in
Johnson with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fl. l.. Porter.
Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Smalley and son,
Francis, and Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Lang
were visitors in Cambridge Sunday.
W. II. Boardman returned Monday
morning from Burlington, whete he at
tended the events of Junior Week at
U. NJ.
Miss Amy Perkins of Hardwick came
Saturday to visit her sister, Miss Joyce
Perkins, one of the teachers of Peoples
Academy.
Mrs. D. II. Bedell and daughter. Mrs.
A. B. Gill, we're guests of relatives and
friends in Burlington from Saturday un-
til Monday.
Miss Esther Bacon, teacher ih Water
bury, spent Saturday and Sunday with
her parent, Mr.. and Mrs. o. d. Bacon,
on Summer street.
Miss Catherine Chaffee, who has been
spending some time in town, returned
Saturday to New York, where she is en-
gagged in social service work.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Hovey have moved
their household goods from Hardwick to
the G. A. Morse tenement recently vacat-
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