The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-03
Historical Sketch by Mrs, f.
T. Cutler
READ LAST SATURDAY
AT Annual Reunion Of Sons and Daugh
tiers IL the Old School Officers
Elected for the Ensuing
Year.

Despite the rain, the members Of the
Cutler Corner school association and
I their friends met 1T Dewey park on
Saturday morning for their annual pic.
ME Ail lock forward to this meeting
as being one 81 the happiest gatherings
Of the whole year. After 4 hearty
hand shake and chats OF the old school
4 days. they all enjoyed preparing the
tables. Although the menu Il not CIV
Zen. IT is enough to say that everything
lwas the best that could De made, from
4 Dutch cheese til cold chicken, and when
ready was NJ An 4 king The only
ones Of the fathers and mothers now liy-
ling are Mrs Ora Cutler and Mrs. Chaun-
tcey Cutler and "a Saturday they seemed
iii Young An their children. Those pres.
ent were from Barre, plainfield. Orange,
Montpelier, Middlcsex, Randolph, Caan-
Ian. N. III, and Cambridge, Mass.
After dinner the business meeting
Twas III order. All were welcomed as
tchildren in the school BY Miss Geneva
/ DOYLE. and then came the election Of
officers; President. Nj N. Gladdingi
\ vice president, Alfred Parkhurst; secre-
tary, T. III Thurston; treasurer, Gin
4 ton Cutler; executive committee, Mrs.
I Clara Page, Mrs. r. II Cutler, Mrs All
/ fred Parkhurst, Mrs AL q. Blanchard
and Mrs. Smith Martin.
The following paper was prepared and
Ecad by Mrs. III = Cutler
When the committee was trying 10
arrange programme for today they
+ thought il BETTING 10 touch on the
memories IF fie past and as ! tried IL
recall the memories Of the past two
\ years. since We first met here, was
\ surprised to SEE the changes that have
occurred 10 many of our families the
changes have been Sad. their homes have
been visited by shadow that can never
be unveiled, while other homes have
been made bright. And we ask why
are our lives made 10 differently WHY
cannot al orr homes be made bright
and sunny We hear fathers and moth
ers say just The same as when we were
tchildrcn, God knows best.
4 | think the first home that was made
sorrowful was Uncle Isucins and Aunt
Anaeime Tinrston's, when Walter, then
Youngest son, was called To h higher
life, and we ask why was be taken from
4 them, one whom they depended upor
i0i hRililDiI WIEN tHGit tftifVr NilbNfA
totter and their frames grow weak
We try 70 answer our own questions
and say probably he Was taken from
something worse Still we listen ant
We hear i voice from heaven say, Cox
had d place Tor him. Again, only
few days later, Uncle Stetson Cutiel
was summoned 70 70 and as ! try t
compare the loss Of these TIVE, find
az Il seems 80 me, yerv different
Uncle Stetson wanted to 90; be wa
ready. he longed to he with his com
panions on the nthe side. OF cours.
Sc an mas nim, still we cannot wisi
him back. lie was an old man. living
ou borrowed time and We ought 20 b
rcady and willing to say good bye. II
4 little less than a year their grandson
Fred Freeman. was called To join tn,
others, leaving a blank in their homl
that can never be filled Tins makes
three from one home in one year. Ds
YOU wonder | ask the difference Som,
families seem to 80 on year after yeai
with scarcely change
think the next thai was called X
mourn Was Cousin Dwight Cutler, wher
they took from him his wife. 1t seem
ed to iis that she ought 10 have beer
spared just little while longer. bu
God needed her more. she was aiWayl
ready to lend helping hand to thost
whom She could. Her church came mex
10 her home She lived life tha
others should pattern from. and fee
sure that her hands are moi idle III heay
Ell, When her husband is called TO 70
she viii stand with outstrctehed armi
At heavens gate to welcome him
In August, 1905, Cousin George Cut