The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-15
CHELSEA
Thurber and Heath Family Reunion At
tended by 40 People.

hN"NNN " " ANSfsNs
The 2lst annual reunion OF the Thur
Der and Heath families was held in th'
form Of basket picnic at the home ot
Mr.. and Mrs. George &. Heath ON Jai
street on Wednesday, Aug, o, when about
40 people assembled 10 celebrate the oeca.
sion, Among the relatives of the above
named families were Mr.. and Mrs. George
G. Heath, Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Heath
and granddaughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo
Spear, Mr.. and Mrs Bern Titus and three
children, Mr.. aud Mrs, win Hood and son
and niece, Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Thurber,
Sceva True, Mr.. and Mrs. Fellows Mer-
rill, Mrs. Lucien French. Arthur Merrill
and daughter, Mrs. Edith Dickinson,
Erastus b. Dickinson, Mrs. Harry +, Bry-
ant and daughter. After dinner a bust.
ness meeting was held, and the report of
the last annual meeting was given by
Hiram Thurber, and the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Pres
ident. Fellows Merrill; vice.president,
Frank Thurber; secretary Hiram Thur
Der. Remarks were made and reminis-
cent stories were related by Mrs, George
Heath Fellows Merrill, Lorenzo Heath,
Mrs. Lorenzo Spear, Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram
Thurbcr and viii Hood. Mrs. Alice c.
George recited Little Orphant Annie" by
James Whitcomb Riley. The next an
nual reunion will be held with Mr.. and
Mrs. Lorenzo Spear of Vershire.
The members of the Chelsea Farmers
exchange will hold their annual basket
picnic at "Brocklebank" in Tunbridge, ON
Friday, Aug. Is. Upon this occasion,
County Agent Loveland and Mr.. Coryell,
assistant state leader of county agent
work. will be present and speak upon
subjects of interest, and it is intended
also that the mari beds in that locality
will be inspected upon that occasion. 1t
has been suggested by Mr.. Loveland that
this be made community picnic, Tun
bridge cooperating with Chelsea, and the
citizens of both towns interested in mari |
beds and picnics are cordially invited TO
attend
Postmaster II. O. Bixby entertained |
the members of II. +. X. Hall camp, No
Is, Sons OF Veterans, at supper and |
smoke talk Friday evening, Aug 4, at 5
)'clock, the occasion being the 30th ami
sersary Of the camps muster All mem
,ers of the camp who reside in town
gere present, four of whom were charter
members and were seated on one side of
he table and were Past Col. II. O. Bixby,
Who was the first captain of the camp;
lieut. Gov. Hale X. Darling who was the
irst sergeant when the camp was mus
ered George J.. Hayward, the first lieu
nj Yatr lfna
he camps first chaplain. Seated on the
opposite side OF the table were Past
'aptains Lewis \. Lucas, Benjamin H.
dams. William A. Reed and Eugene H.
,ennedy. At the present time the camp
as but ten active members, and demon I
trates the fact that it has the ability i
t keep its numbers good, since it was !
lustered in with but ten charter mem I
ers. In the heydey Of its existence it
nd 50 active members but many have q
loved away, some have died, and the in !
crest in a sense has waned. Neverthe- I
IS, there is sufficient interest among its T
embers TO keep the organization alive /
nd frequent meetings are held. r
The school directors, having become a
ttisfied that the heating plant at the 5
gh school would be of greater efficiency 1
I'd give greater satisfaction by adding
extension to the chimney which would ',
me above the ridge pole, have contract I
with Daniel q. Stoughton of South :,
oyalton to build an addition of eight |,
ct to the top of the original chimney, 8
hich work Mr. Stoughton will complete o
rly this week. y
Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Bacon of Mont
lier arrived in town last week and are %
ending some time visiting their many .,
lends in town, making their headquar- o. o.
rs at the home OF the formers brother, /
dix n. Bacon. u
Stanley c. Wilson was in Mortified
turday to attend meeting of the "
lstees of Norwich university. 81
Deputy Sheriff George A. Tracy and tv
putty Clerk VIM. II. Sprague were in W
afford and Newbury on business last pa
eek.
Augustus j. Boardman moved the first ha
the week from the farm where he has tv
ed, on the east hill, for several years, he
Burt Fletcher's farm on the old Straf- of
d turnpike, where his family will re- fie
e for time, and he will continue to tn
rk out as he has done in the past. DO