News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-12-20
Annual Meeting of Morrist0wn Post
No. 33, American Legion

Among the events in Morrisville
last week one should have special
mention and that is the annual meet
ing of Morristown Post, No. 49,
American Legion.
This meeting was held at the
Legion rooms on Dec. Is at $3.50
p. M, and was one of the largest and
most enthusiastic ever held by the
local Post.
! That the meeting was a success is
certainly due to the efforts of the
committee in charge. These were DR..
! Lloyd Robinson, Leon Ellsworth, John
Stewart, Willis Mould and Harold
Ryder.
The main attraction was banquet,
at which the ''piece- de-resistance"
was steamed clans, and they were
some clans by unanimous vote.
Right here, mention must be made
of the services of E. f. Schutt as
chef. We don't know where he got
the art, but he sure YIELDS a mean
saucepan. We are sure that none
of the New England beaches famous
clam bakes have anything on Mr..
Schutt's product
That "the proof of the pudding is
the eating" was best shown by one
main contest, with several exhibit
ton contests to fill in. The main
contest waxed warm while the con-
testants consumed about two pecks
of CLAIMS each. At this point one
dropped out, and to the surprise and
alarm of those present the remain
ing contests continued simply to sat
isfy the inner man.
After the banquet three cheers
were given for the chef. Then the
tables were removed and the gather
ing was entertained by the popular
Harmony Hounds" who rendered
several selections which would do |
credit to any quartet. |
At about $3.50 p. m. the meeting !
was called to order by Commander
George L. Bates, M. D. All unfinish-
ed business was cleaned up and some
new business acted upon. Several
resolutions were introduced, of which
some were adopted and one in par
ticular was referred back to the CON-
mittee for alterations.
The resolution which met with the
hearty approval of every member
present was: Resolved, That the out
going commander be made vice-com-
mander for period of three years.
And speaking of the retiring COM
few words must De said
here concerning the services of our
former commander, DR.. Bates.
1t would be hard for us to express
in a fitting manner the debt of graft
lure that Morrisville Post and the
9X-service men in general owe to DR..
Bates.
Though burdened with the onerous
luties which are attached to the office
If Doctor, especially in the rural
community, he has continued to give
hat same measure of unselfsh serv-
ce to the interests of the eX-service ]
nan which he gave to his country
Turing the war.
He has spared neither his time nor I
lis money to advance the interests of
he American Legion, the ex-service {
nen and of the community in general.
he rising vote of thanks rendered I
i'm can express but in small way c
he gratitude of his fellow-Legion- T
aires. His reward will be the salts o
action of a duty well done and see
1g Post No. 33, through his past t
forts and future cooperation, as e
lme its rightful position as one of l
he best, if not the best, post in the p
tate. n
The officers elected for the ensuing
ear are as follows: Commander, a
con E. Ellsworth; first vice-com- a
ander, DR.. George L. Bates; second Ia
ce-commander, DR.. Lloyd C. Robin e.
m: third yice-commander. Harold 81
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