Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-02

at Walter Shcpads.
Warnings have been posted for a spe-
cial town meeting at one o'clock April
to fill vacancies on the board of listers
and the office of constable and to see
II the town will vote to pay the listers
81 a day and 50 cents extra when using
a team.-The ladies of Unity Church will
serve their usual monthly dinner at the
church vestry today. The ladies of
the Congregational Church will serve sup
per at their vestry from five o'clock
Friday afternoon and new sugar will be
served from four o'clock until 7:30.-At
the regular meeting of the II. II. Smith
Post, Womens Relief Corps, Saturday
afternoon lunch will be served. Every
member Is urged to be present The reg
ular meeting of the post will be held at
the same time.-Mrs Laura Burnham
fell Saturday afternoon at her home on
Sunset street and broke her left wrist
Her head struck the side of the house,
breaking her glasses and cutting n cash
over one eye.-Mr. and Mrs y. A. Mills
and little daughter of Essex Junction
are visiting in Stowe. Mrs. G. r. Beech
er of Woonsocket, r. l., Is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Rosamond Macutcheon.-
Miss Natalie French. who underwent an
operation for appendicitis five weeks ago.
was able to resume her studies in the
Stowe high school Monday. She is maxi
ing her home with Mrs. Celia Hawley
for the present to be near school.-At
the regular meeting of Mansfield Noun
tain Grange Saturday evening the third
and fourth degrees were conferred upon
the Rev. Lcmucl Davis and Mr.. and Mrs.
y. c. Bull. a New England day pro.
gram was carried out in charge Of the
lecturer, Mrs. Maude Campbell and in
cluded papers upon the past history Of
agriculture in New England ny G. w.
Chaplin, its present condition Hy Mrs
Carrie T.. Straw, and future prospects by
L, n. Houston, songs by the choir and
a duet. New England by Mr. and
Mrs. G. w Chapin.-Mr5. WhitcNmb has
returned to Barre after listing her
mother, Mrs, o. F. Gerry
The school directors have assigned
teachers in tho rural school as follows;
Fucker street. Miss Marie Wells: West
Hill, Miss Mary Moody: North Hollow.
Miss Bernice Lang; South Hollow. Miss
Lera Wilder OF Morristowu: Mills. Miss
branch, Stowe Forks and Edison Hill
schools are still unsupplied The North
Hollow school will open April c. Others
will open April 13.-Miles. Mcmahon and
son took in about 80 gallons of syrup
Monday and are filing some special Or
ders. The quality made this year IS ex-
cellent.-C. i. Mcmahon has purchased
Mrs. Volney G. Babcock's residence at
West branch for a prospective customer.
Fred Russell, who has worked as a,
farm hand in this vicinity for several
years, was brought to the town farm
Sunday afternoon in a bad condition and
soon after expired while sitting in
chair He was about 4S years old. The
cause of his death was heart disease.
The remains We're taken Tuesday by
friends to his former home in western
New York.-The remains of Mrs. Nellie
Camp Archibald of Beverly, Mass. will
be brought here for burial at the River
Bank cemetery today. Mrs Archi-
bald was the daughter or the late Mr..
and Mrs. Philo Camp and was formerly
n resident of Stowe.-Mrs Addie Cross
is Ill at L. A. Barrows's. -Mrs. Diantha
Stoddard is confined to her bed by illness
AT the home of her daughter, Mrs c. F.
Eddy.-Mrs. Alma Smith is confined to
her home by rheumatism.-Mis Inez
Smith was at home from Morrlsvile over
Sunday.-Mlss Mary Stebbins will teach
the spring term of school in the Bill
lings school in Morristown.- Ahbie
Warren went Tuesday to West Lebanon.
n. H., to visit her daughter, Mrs. Henry
Lurk.
An interesting meeting of the stowe
Civic club was held at the Akeley Me-
mortal building Wednesday March 25
About % members We're present. Howard
r. Shaw, president of the club. presided.
banquet was followed by a short busI-
ness meeting. C, NJ Watts was elected
to membership. Superintendent c. d
Hove gave the address of the evening,
speaking upon the Carnegie Foundation
report. Mr.. Howe was followed by G.
a. Burnham, who also spoke upon the
report. Other speakers We're DR.. ]. c.
Morgan, Fred NJ Small, DR.. H. w. Bar
rows, the Rev. Lemuel Davis, C. l.. Nc
Mahon and ]. G. Benson, all Of whom
spoke upon the educational needs and
problems OF Stowe. 1t was urged that
new school building is indispensable.
The selectmen have appointed
A. l.. Gale lister in place of E. b. Cobb,
who resigned-Theodore Buker. whose
death ny accident in the canal zone was
reported in last weeks Free Press, was
a brother Of Frank ID. Buker of this
place. Mr.. Buker had not seen his
brother since he left for Panama, six
years ago, but was looking forward to a
visit from him next month
Robins have made their appearance in
this vicinity this week.-Mrs.. Grac.a
Tomlinson and granddaughter. Miss Mil
dred Warren, are visiting In Montpelier.
Mrs. |. T., Sallies, who has been III,
is able to be out again, The condition
of Philip Conway, who is i'll with typhoid
fever, remains about the same. -Russell,
the little son OF Mr.. and Mrs Rex Pet
erson, is recovering from illness,-How-
ard Brown, who is employed by C. ].
Lang on the Mushkoday farm. was
struck by the pole OF the wagon while
backing a team out OF the barn We'd
nesday. He was knocked down and one
hip was badly bruised, His injuries are
serious.-Mrs. f. X. Hale, who is SER
iously III, is failing-Mrs. Lizzie Robin
son Is visiting In enthusiastically
the Oldest sugar maker in Stowe is A. "
Slayton. who is past So and who goes to
his sugar place every day. superintend-
ing and assisting in the work.-Miss Mar
jorie watts was In Waterbury Monday
and Tuesday.-Mrs. c. NJ. Watts, who
be about the house n little,-Mrs. Dian
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