News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-02
STOWE

| "A very lew Hl'tutlth thC IhSPuoiiSoh
caucus Thursday uight.
Mrs. Abbie Warren went Friday to
West Lebanon, N. H., to visit her daugh-
ter and husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Turk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cowan and fami.
", who have passed the summer in
Stowe, have returned to their home in
Ottawa, Dat.
Edgar j. Wyle, Assistant Dean of Mid.
dlebury College, visited Edwin l., Bigt-
low of the class of 1912 at his home at
"The Lodges" Friday.
A large number of the Unity church
Sunday School enjoyed their annual pic
mic on Sunset Hill. east of the village,
Friday. A picnic dinner was served
Forrest VI iikins has purchased of Chas.
| Ravmo the farm owned for many years
by Eliakim BigeIow above West Branch
The price of purchase was So 900. Mr.
wilkins takes immediate possession.
Mrs. william Stebbins of Fairview
Mass aud Mrs. Clarence Kenerick and
son, Ralph, of Barre visited their uncle
Frank E. Cooley, aud cousin, Mrs, e. G.
Stafford, Thursday, returning to Barre
Friday.
III. w. Belden of Waitsfield, who was
in Stowe Thursday, was accompanied
home on Friday by Mis-. Dantha Stod-
dard, who will visit friends in Waits
| field, her former home.
Among those from Stowe who took
| prizes for stock at the Lamoille Valley
Fair was E. NJ. Houston, whose regis
tered Jersey bull took third prze. He
also secured third prize on calf sired by
the bull.
The higa and graded schools began
| Tuesday with the following teachers:-
Principal, William J, English; assistants,
George A. Burnham, Miss Bernice Park
err, Miss S. Anna Fitzsimonds; agricul-
ture. r. Lloyd Chaffea; eighth grade.
Miss Mildred Greenwood of Hardwick !;
seventh grade, Miss Eta A. Smith of
Craftshury; sixth grade, Miss Elma Bal
ley of Morrlstown; fifth grade, Miss Mer-
tie Merritt of Morrstown; third and
fourth grades, Miss Bernice Lang; fir t
and second grades, Miss Susan Bigelow.
The fifth grade is occupying rooms over
the meat market, which have been fitted
m fo1 that purpose.
The rural schools Began the fall term
Monday with the following teachers:-
Fucker street, Miss Marie Wells; North
Hollow. Miss Mildred Munson of Col.
chester; South Hollow, Miss Lena Wilder
of Morrisville Moscow, Miss Viola Knee
land of North Hyde PARK; Mills, Miss
Floy Belts of Braintree; Luce Hill, Miss
Eva Magoon; West Branch, Miss Dorothy
Wright of Colchester; Edison Hill, Miss
Mary Stebbins; West Hill, Miss Elsie
Alger. The pupils at Brownsville are
attending the Fucker street school, and
those at the Forks the West Branch
school. In neither places are there enough
pupils to maintain legal school which
requires daily average of six.
A special car was run from Stowe Fri
day noon to carry those who wished to
attend the funeral of Benjamin Gibbs at
Christian Advent church in Water ury.
Mr.. Gibbs died at the home of his son,
William Gibbs, in Waterbury, from a
general breakdown. He was IS years
OF age AMI was native of Canada, but
had resided in Stowe for about % years.
He leaves seven sons:-M. II. Gibbs OF
Stockton, Cal, Nelson A. Gibbs of Roch-
ester, Carmi d. Gibbs of Littleton, n. H.,
Morton Gibbs of Colorado and William
Gibbs of Waterbury, and two daughters
Mrs. G. j. Stebbins of Stowe and Mrs.
Eva Gibbs Calkins of Litt.eton. Among
his grandchildren are Silas, Bernard, e.
sic and May Stebbins of Stowe. He also
leaves four brothers, George Gibbs and
Henry A. Gibbs of Stowe. William Gibbs,
Morrsville, and Z. A. Gibbs of Water
bury Center. The remains were brought
to Stowe and the burial was in the River
Bank cemetery. Among those who went
to Waterbury to attend the funeral were:
Mrs. Steboins and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Gibbs, Mr.. and Mrs. George S.
Gibbs of Stowe Hollow; Mr.. and Mrs.
William Gibbs of Morrisvile and Mrs. T..
b. Smith and o. F. Gerry.