Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-14
STOWE.

At the annual meeting of the Mansfield
Electric railway held herd Friday. A. II.
Soden was elected president; c. F.. Burt,
vice president; L. G.. Moody, clerk; w.
b. Macutchan, treasurer, In addition to
these f. j. Shepard C. l.. Mcmahon,
Charles Bartlett of Derry. n. H., were
elected directors. The road is in
prosperous condition, in good repair. and
is trying to please and accommodate the
public Mr.. Shepard, Mr..Moody and Mr..
Bartlett We're represented by proxy
The third annual farm products ana
domestic arts exhibits and contest. IN
connection with the annual fair OF
Mansfield Mountain Grange. was held
successfully Saturday at the Akeley Me-
mortal building The forenoon was de-
voted to the arrangement Of the exhibits,
most of which were Of the farm prod
ucts and domestic arts contest OF the
pupils Of the public schools of Stowe In
charge of Supervisor c. d. Howe. The
number of entries was 3l5.. One table
was devoted to the grangers' exhibit,
which was very creditable. picnic
dinner was served in charge of the wom-
en- of the grange A program carried
out in the afternoon in charge OF the
grange lecturer, Mrs. Maude Campbell,
incuded songs by the grange choir.
prayer, the Rev. I4emuel Davis; recita-
ton Elwood Foster Of West hill school;
paper on Seed Conn., Harry Tucker
of West Branch school; exercises by six
children of West hill school; recitation,
Daliel Burt and Denwood Chapman of
Edison hiil school, remarks by Mr.. Mer-
rill instructor In agriculture OF Peo-
pies Academy of Morr1svile; Principal
w. ]. English and II. Fl. Cooley OF Stowe
high school: address by Rollo G. Rey-
nolas OF Morrsville. formerly principal
of Stowe high school. who spoke upon
1.-The Great American Deluslon;" an ar
gument for Preparedness" Prizes in
the contest were awarded by Supervisor
c. D. Howe as follows, the Judges OF
the vegetable exhibitors being Messrs.
Merrill and Cooley; potatoes, first, Amos
and Wallace Strong of Fucker street
Hollow school: third, Daniel Burt;
fourth. Theodore Fuller; field corn. first
Floyd Sears, Stowe; second, Forbes Nd.
ans. MOSCOW. third Margaret Lock
yard popcorn. first, Rollo and Theo-
dore Fuller, second, Chester Ayers, Mos
cow school, third, Clyde Merrill West
Branch school, fourth. Clarence Sar-
gent; carrots. first. Andy Mansfield
second, George Jenney, third. Alice Boo
zan; beets, first. Clyde Merrill; second
Gordon Robinson. third. John Poor
West Branch. fourth, George Sears
turnips, first, Arms and Wallace Strong
second, Floyd Sears, third. stanle,
spanany, South Hollow; cucumbers
first Clyde Merrill, second Mary Chaplin
Mills, third, Jesse Burst, Edison hill
cabbages first, Howard Mckinley, Puck
er street, second, Ernest Foster; winter
squash, first, Henry Root, second, Ches
ter Ayers, third, Howard Spaulding
fourth, Ernest Sanborn pmpkins
FIRST, Clyde Merrill, second. IAl
han Root. third, Floyd Boyce
cooking. white bread, first Hortens
Bhackett second Kathryn Long. higl
school girls; cake. first Ruby Shaw, sec
pnd Myra Campbell; cookies first Vivial
Campbell, second Vivian Campbell thir'
Grace WilkinsS layer cakes, first Neli
George, second Rachel sayton. thir
Ruby backyard; loaf cake. first Mar
Earet Foster. second Ruby backyard
lhird Blanche Morse; doughnuts, frs
e1orence Candy, second Vivian Camp
bell; plain sewing. first and secon
Theresa and Kate Warren. third Esthe
Chaplin; darning and mending, hrst Mar
garet Foster second Vivian Campbell
crochetng, first Margaret Bailey, secon
Flora Curtis. third Beulah Williston