Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-13
LAMOILLE COUNTY
STOWE.

There was slight frost Saturday morn
ng.--Mrs. E. T. Gran" Of New Canaan
Conn. is a guest at Pleasant View House
the home of Mr. and Mrs. o. s. Smith
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. r. E.ggleston have re-
, turned to Morrsvlle after visiting their
daughter, Mrs G.. W. Chapin.-Mrs Lucy
chaplin is i'll at her home on School
street. Her daughter. Mrs. Earl Marston
of Sterling, is with her-Mrs. Fl. T..
Reed of Berlin is visiting in Stowe.-In
u letter TO her brother. W. w. Adams,
Mrs. Ida Gideson of Ceylon. Mimi. men,
tons the recent death of Levi Hodge, who
| was a native of Stowe. the son of the
late Mir. and Mrs Russell Hodge and
a brother of Miss Ellen Hodge Mrs.
| Charles Whitney OF Round Lake. y. y,
and Mrs. George T.. Smith of Minnesota.
Mr. Hodge was between - and 50 years
! Of age. He was struck by lightning at his
home on May ~, and died instantly. His
| two sons. who Wcr" in the house with
| him. were uninjurod. The burial was in
/ ilumbolt, la. where his wife VINO was
formerly Mis- dane Kellogg of Stowe. Is
buried.-Mrs. John Straw has returned
/ from Wells River to take a position as cook
{ at the Green Mountain lun.-Thc lcctur-
ers program at the meeting of Mansfield
Mountain Grange Saturday afternoon in
cludcd rccitations by K 5. Warren and
Mrs Flora Blodseit. readings by Mrs.
q. s. McAllster and Mrs. j r Campbell,
and talks by G. :. McAlister, y. K,
Straw j. I, Campbell. Mrs, w. y. Al
drich and Mrs. n. G Reed. Tho meeting
on June % will De held in tho evening.
The program will be IN charge of Flora
Mrs. H. n. Parsons. Refreshments
viii be served.-Mrs. Angel of
! North Scituate. X. l., is the guest Of her
cousin. Mrs f. r.. crane.-Mrs. Frank
Melvin of Lakeport, y. H.. is visiting her
sister, Mrs. C. a. Simmons. Mrs. Sim
mons and Mrs Melvin returned Sat
urday from visit TO Burling ton.-E. c.
Kaiser returned Saturday from stay Of
several months with his son. n. II.
Kaiser. in Greensboro.
The opening event of the graduating
week Of stowe high school was the ser
mon to the graduating class at Unity
| church sunday evening by DR.. T.. \.
Bishop. retiring president of the Mont
ueier Seminary The service opened with
q march played on the organ by the musical
director George \. Bulnham, and the
graduating class entered, led by the class
marshal. Ralph Emerson Crane and fol-
grammar schools. Mrs. Cross of ST. Johns
| bury led the singing. assisted by Il chorus
in charge of Mr. Burnham and by Mrs
/. l.. STAFFORD on the organ The num-
bors included "Hark' flark. My Soul"
and on for the Wings of a Dove" by
Mrs. cross and chorus. and "'ro Him
Who Left His Throne" by Mrs Cross,
II, W. l}uruham, G. \. Riley and chorus.
!
ice. There was n large attendance and
thc church was tastcfully decorated with
the class colors. green and white and with
ported plants. ON Monday evening there
was large audience at the Akeley
Memorial building when the junior class IF
the stowe high school presented the play,
"A Senior under the direction of Miss
Ailene Leffingwcll Of Burlington Those
who took part were Donald Mcmahon.
Alart Daigneau. Charles Gale, Roy
Robinson. Charles McCuen. Cornell Riley
Gale Shaw. Isabelle Smith, Mary Moody,
Margaret Harris, Dorothy Harris. Elvira
Gale Sadie Hart, Mark Ploof and Fred
Robinson. At 2:30 Tuesday afternoon
class day exercises were carried out
In the school grounds, with Benton H.
Harris master of ceremonies. Tuesday
evening at SIS O'Clock the tunior-senior
reception was held at the Akeley
Memorial building. Admission by card
Inefe wa concert by the Young
, Iiatch"ldtr orchestra Of st Johnsbury 49,
) Mr.. and Mrs. Foster ) Dow are In Hard.
= wick. The nigh school baseball team
played with the brigham academy team
in Bakersfield Monday afternoon Mrs
. Hollis Z. Edison returned Monday from
burlington. whore she was operated upon
at the MARY Fletcher hospital for ap
I Ipcndc'is about three weeks ago-Wnls
M Douglass, who was a visitor In Stowe