The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-03-30

Kew. ". n AcInt.re OF Danbyi secre-
tary-treasurer, Rev. Jos. S. Brown Of
Manchester Center. Program commit
tee. Rev. W. II. nford Of Mnnches-
ter Center. Rev. W. Leroy Haven Of
Dorset, and the secretary.
The services next Sunday morning
st the Baptist church viii be at II
O'Clock, followed by the ordinance Of
the Lords Supper. Bible school will
be at noon and C. +; service at ESQ
p. m.
W. A. Griffith and Mrs. +. j. Har-
wood Of Rupert, together with party
Of dozen or more students Of the
Seminary were in camp at Lake Crit
18th in Mt T,bor. for several days last
week.
The regular convocation Of Adoni-
ram Lodge, No. AZ. F. & A. NJ. will be
held N their rooms on Thursday even
ing, April 9th. This will be the an
nual meeting and there viii be election
Of officers for the coming year.
There will be meeting Of the newly
formed Women's Auxiliary Of the
American Legion at the Legion rooms
this Thursday afternoon at 2:30 for
the purpose Of electing permanent
officers and to get further signatures
TO the charter.
The following services will be held
at the Methodist church next Sunday:
Morning service at IL, Sunday school
at noon, Junior League at $3.50 p. m,
end regular evening service at 7:30.
There will be no morning and evening
services on Sunday, April 9Th, as the
minister will be in attendance at the
quarterly conference which will be
held in Schenectady, N. Y, with Bish-
op Burt Of Buffalo, N. Y, as presiding
officer.
The Christian Endeavor meeting
last Sunday was lead by Miss Estalla
Provan, representing the missionary
committee. Miss Provan gave an in
teresting talk on "What Our Country
Owes to Home Missions" specializing
on work among the Indians. The mis-
sion study class at the close Of the C..
E. meeting took up the conditions and
opportunities in China. The topic for
next Sunday will be Better Bible
Reading" Leader, Helen Brewster.
Fire escapes, conforming to the
present regulations Of the fire commits
sioners department Of the state, are
being installed in the Opera House
block by the owners. The fire escape
leads from the Opera House itself, into
the passageway between that block
and the Hanley block. There is to be
a fire door between the Masonic rooms
and the Opera House block, so that
escape from these rooms may be had
by the fire escape instead Of the stair
way, il necessary.
About ten days ago, as she was
standing beside her chair In the sit
ting room Of her sons home, Mrs.
Fannie Dean suffered q peculiar and
serious accident. Her hip suddenly
gave way and she collapsed into a
chair nearby. On examination II was
found that the bone was broken just
below the hip. Mrs. Deon is at the adj
vanced age of SO and her health up to
the time Of her accident had been very
good. but since that time she has fail
ed considerably and suffers a good
deal and takes little nourishment.
The following pupils were perfect in
attendance for the term ending Fri
day, March oath: Irene Bushee, Ger
trude Healey, Maude Wells, Robert
Beckwith, Maynard Benson, Raymond
Bushee, Malcolm Couch. Clifford Jen-
nings and Ernest King. Edythe Tay-
lor was absent one-half day. In schol-
arship two in the eighth grade attained
the same general average, Clara Fish
err and Louise Hicks, 95 per cent; Irene
Bushee attained 81 per cent. In the
seventh grade, Cecil King led with 50
per cent, Louise Levin with 81 per
cent and Raymond Bushee with So per
cent. In the sixth grade the highest
average was attained by Helen Elmer
with % per cent, Abbie Black next
with 90 per cent. and James Campbell
next with 30 per cent