The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-01-06

and have taken apartments over MS
store for the winter months.
On Friday evening January Z, AZ 8
o'clock sharp there viii be basketball
game between the B & B. girls and
the Bennington High girls. Admission
25c and 35c. war TAX included adv
The Mike Casey family q East Dor
set, moved to this village last Tuesday
and for the present are with Mrs
Casey's parents, Mr.. and Mrs/Fern-
and Phillips Of the Kirby Hollow road.
Hon. Chas. A. Wade left Tuesday
morning for Montpelier, where he will
represent the town Of Dorset in the
present session Of the Legislature,
which convened Wednesday morning.
i A novelty vaudeville act win be Civ
en- at the next community party to be
held on Saturday evening. January g.
You can encourage the performers and
the committee by coming Everybody
welcome
Clifton p Kent Of Dorset, wishes TO
announce that be has gone into the
real estate business, with offices in the
Colonial Theatre Building at Manches-
ter Depot. He will do a general real
estate business, buying. selling, rent
ing and exchanging. Mr. Kent re-
Gently sold the J. d. Purdy farm. adv
The following is a report Of The
Community Christmas Tree commit
tee: Receipts from entertainment,
s7O.G contributed, sl.00; total re-
ceipts, SLIGO. Expenses. Auto hire,
$500; candy, S1224; toys and candy
boxes, (Tuttle Col 5000; total ex-
penses s71 GO. Signed: Mrs Grant
Matson, Mrs. W. q narrows
There was a very good turnout for
the community gathering held at
School Hall last Thursday evening and
an enjoyable evening was spent by all
present. There will be another com
munity meeting on Saturday evening,
January 9Th, at which time a special
! little play composed by local talent
will be presented by some Of our resi-
dents.
Henry HARDWOOD of the South dis
trict, had narrow escape from death
Monday afternoon. He was cutting
ensilage in his barn when the belt con-
Meeting the engine with the cutter few
Off. hitting him and throwing him
. against the engine, breaking his left
leg just above the ankle and bruising
him generally There were no intern
al injuries, however, and Mr. Harwood
is resting as comfortably as could be
expected 1t happened that DR.. Bart
. lett was in South Dorset at the time
on a case and Dr. Liddle secured his
services and the leg was set in short
time
The funeral services of the late Dea.
Gilbert NJ. Sykes were held from the
Church on Thursday afternoon at 2
O'Clock, Rev. DIR. Mccall and Rev. DR..
Gilbert officiating. The music render
cd by the choir consisted Of "Oh, Rest
in the Lord" from Elijah as process
sional; 'For All the Saints and "Ten
Thousand Times Ten Thousand" by
tie choir and Sphor's "Blest be the
Departed" from "The Last Judgment
as occasional. The bearers were F.
G.. Stone. H. N. Williams, r. S. Gilbert
w. G. Barrows, VIM. NJ Batchelder
ard w. w. Fahnestock. Interment
was in the family plot in Maple Hill
Cemetery.
Watch night services were held at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Atkin-
son on Friday evening. A very pleas
ant evening was enjoyed by large
number. Rev. DR.. Mccall pleasantly
entertained during the evening with
accounts Of his work in South Africa,
where he was a missionary for six
years. He exhibited large and rare
! collection Of souvenirs from this sec
J ton Of the world, among which was a
large rug made Of wild cats skins
which was presented to him by the
chief of one Of the tribes, amongst
whom he worked and which bears an
inscription to that effect. Light re-
freshments were served and at 1l:i5 q
religious service was held.
The annual meeting Of Maple Hill
Cemetery Association was held Mon
day evening Immediately after that Of
the Fire District. The reports Of the
officers were read and accepted and
the following board Of trustees wa
reelected: Nathaniel McWayne, Chas
n. Williams, Rev. Geo. H. Gilbert, DR.
r. c. Liddle and C. A Atkinson. The
trustees elected the following officers
President, n. McWayne; secretary, c
A. Atkinson; treasurer, c. n. VIII
liams; auditor, S. Frank Holley. Ar
ticle Of the bylaws was amended "a
read rs follows: "Shall meet the first
Monday Of January" instead Of the