News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
METHODIST CHURCH FAIR
Held December 9th-A Detailed
Report CT the Interesting
Event

accompanying evenings entertain
ment. AS has been the custom in
past years, the affair was held in the
town hall on the afternoon and eve-
ming of December 8, and was a genu-
inc success from start to finish
in every detail.
AS you entered the hall you felt
you were in some enchanted spot
which fairies had prepared for you.
The whole room was made attractive
with evergreen trees and varied
| colored booths, six in all, beside the
! children's tables and the popular tea
room in the center.
! The first booth at the right was the
f., utility booth, in charge of Mrs. Ann
| Parker and Mrs. Ida Wallace. This
was decorated with red and green
| crepe paper and white chrysanthe-
| NUNS. Here were to be found chill
| drens dresses and rompers, also
| aprons in abundance-aprons of many
kinds and shapes, large and small
| One would be hard to fit and harder
| to please who could not find a salts
factory apron at this counter.
The next booth was entwined with
| evergreen and trimmed with pink
| roses and was especially enchanting,
made 81 by the articles for sale as
well az the saleswomen in charge
Fancy work of all kinds could be seen
here, embroidery, crochet work, fancy
bags, cushions and many other pretty
things. Here Mesdames Laura Morse
Susie Clark, Irah Ward, Blanche
Waite and Ethel Banker were kept
so busy they scarcely had time to
chatter.
Then came the white booth, deli
cately trimmed with yellow and pale
Lavender chrysanthemums. AS the
name indicates, all articles here were
white. Handmade and hand-trimmed
clothing and elaborate tatting and
crochet work added much to the value
of these garments. Mesdames Annie
Wallace, Mary Terrill, Laura Saxby
Mae Wallace and Marion Baker had
not many idle moments after the sale
opened.
On the left side of the hall was the
candy booth, tastefully trimmed in
red and green Such a tempting dis
play! Homemade candies in great
variety daintily arranged found ready
sale. Few passed this booth without
pausing to admire and usually to buy.
The sweet and gracious ladies who
served at this place were Mrs. Gladys
Eaton and Mrs Mabel Smith.
The next booth was in green and
white, frightened with poinsettes
Here Mrs. A. R. Campbell and Miss
Alma Bugbee presided and there were
found here goods to be sold on COM
mission. Hand painted pictures
growing plants, dollies and various
other things made this booth attrac-
tive.
One could see at a glance what the
next fruit-trimmed booth contained
that is, if you could get glance be-
fore the good things disappeared
Many made their first trip to this
corner, where Mesdames Minea Foss
Alma Burnham and Belle st. Louis
dished out the inviting cookery
Home-cooked beans and hash, pies,
cakes, doughnuts, etc, went so
quickly that not enough remained to
feed the ladies in charge, so they re-
paired to the tea room for lunch.
The tea room deserves special men
ton because serving lunch at such
place is more or less handicapped by
lack of room, heating facilities, water.
etc. You would never notice it though
from the most appetizing lunches
served and everybody seemed per-
fectly satisfied The menu consisted
Of Persian lamb, fruit salad, rolls.
ice cream, cake, tea and coffee.
Mesdames Skinner, Ellis, Small.
Griggs and Miss Olive Allen prepared
the good things and Mesdames Maude
Jones, Maude Lavarnway and Flor
ence Durgan served. All were dressed
in white and wore white caps, making
a pretty scene. The five tables set
among the trees were filled with
guests nearly all the afternoon and
many more were served at the regu-
lar supper hour.
Last to be mentioned is the chill
dren's booth. For days the little
folks had been looking forward and
talking about this, their own part of
this annual fete. This booth was
under the supervision of Mrs. Bernice
Burnham, assisted by Miss Mia Ellis:
Mrs. Emma Burnham and Mrs. Alice
Best. Much time had been put in to
help the children to a happy time and
a look into their faces would indicate
that the efforts had not been made in
vain. Oranges of crepe paper were
hung upon evergreen trees and re-
minded you of the Christmas-tide soon
to be welcomed. The boys and girls
(and perhaps some older people, tool |
bought the oranges which were num-
bered, and received packages with cor
responding numbers. 1t took little |
less than two hours to dispose of ITO
packages.
1t has become the general feeling |
that when Mrs. j. Frank jackson
takes charge of an entertainment |
there will be something doing every |
moment and every feature will be new
and full of interest. The evening of |
December 9 was no exception to this
well-earned reputation.
The program was carried out as
advertised, except that illness pre-
vented Mrs. Myra Waite and Marion
Benson from being present. Mrs
Jackson took Mrs. Waite's part in
the comedy, Charlotte Slayton took
Marion Benson's place in the "Song
and Fashion Show" and Carrie Law
son took her place in the Musical
Act" Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson were also
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