Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-21
STOWE.

Funeral services for Mrs Nellie
(Bellows) Parsons. wifi" of Herman
A. Parsons who died Friday after
long illness with tuberculosis, were
held at her home on West Hill on sun
day. The clergyman was the Rev. j.
@. Angel. The bearers were p. d.
Ballard OF Fletcher, clayton story of
Morristown, w. NJ. Parsons and A. -
Weeks. Burial was made in River
Bank cemetery. Those present from
out of town were Mrs. Parsons's faith
or, Alonzo Bellows OF Cambridge, Mrs.
Laura Parsons of Fletcher. Mrs
Holmes and Frank and James Tedford
of Fairfax. Mrs. Parsons was %
years of age. She was born in Essex
and passed most Of her younger life in
Fairfax. She was married to Mr.. Par
CONS seven years ago and came TO
stowe six years ago.. j. Benson -
seriously III with pneumonia E. r.
Bigelow loft Monday for Salem, Mass,
where he will deliver an address at an
alumni banquet of the Phillips gram
mar school of which Mr., Bigelow was
principal for about 80 Years.-Harold
Brush was at home from Norwich Uni
verSitN over Sunday.--Martin Barrows
| is at home from Norwich on sick leave.
w. l.. Demerritt attended the funeral
OF his sister. Mrs Ellen Hayes in Wat
| erbury Center Sunday.-Miss Jessie
| Gibbs has concluded her engagement
| as clerk in the postofice Miss Myra
| Cheney takes her place.--Mrs. Herbert
| Mayo left on Saturday to visit her
daughters in Burlington and Schenec-
| tady, n. Y.-Mrs. f. s. Billings Of
| Schenectady, n. Y. is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs, p. r. Gale
Mr.. Wright has been i'll the past week
! Mt the home of his daughter, Mrs. c. A.
Riley Mrs. II. s. Warren is suffering a
relapse from the grip and is quite ILL.,
Mrs. W. W. Robinson gave party Sat
| urday afternoon in honor of the seventh
| birthday of her son Kcnncth.-Miss Mel
| lie Gotta, who has been employed the past
two years at c. f. Eddys, has returned
to Fayston.-Mt. Mansfield Juvenile Tenn
pie l. O. G. ~, will hold its next regu-
lar meeting at II. Il, Straw's saturday
| March 1.-The programme for the meet
ing of the Mansfield Mountain Grange
on Saturday includes roll call with res
ponses by quotations from Ella Wheeler
Wilcox, question, what Has the Grange
done for Women?"; recitation, Mrs
Della McAllister; question, Resolved
That the telephone is a greater benefit
to the farmer than the rural free de-
livery" led by Albert Terrill.-G. w
Buzzel has sold the George II. Wright
farm on West Branch to John Foster o,
Fort Covington, N Y. and the A. S
and ID. c. Donaldson place of Stow,
Hollow to c. A, Smmons.-Presiding FL
der c. w. Hunt preached an excellen
sermon at the Methodist Episcopa
Church on sunday evening. At the clos'
of the service the last quarterly con
ference of the year was held. The scs
sion was a harmonious one. Tho fol
lowing boards OF stewards and trustee
were elected: Stewards for 1918. ]. Il
! Huston Sylvia Poor. Aurora Adams. II
: A. NILS, T. g. Sleer"r W p h'''"'
! rift. o. A. Barrows, A. A. Royce, NJ, z
! French, a. Is. Terrell, i.,.td .hcAiEStcs
l James Foster trustees for lS07-S, h. A
, Mills. A. y. Terrell. A. A. Royce, Flora
Blodgett, James Foster. The annua
3 business meeting of the Sunday schoo
: was held at noon and the following of
; ficcrs We're elected: Superintendent, /
A. Mills; assistant, the Rev. j. g, Angel
$ secretary and treasurer Ruth Angel
. orsanist, Marjorie watts.
business meeting Of the Vermont
4 Quebec Lumber company was held her
Tuesday. The company was organize