Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-11-29
LAM0|llE COUNTY
STOWE.


A fall Of snow Thursday and Thursday
night measured five inches. The snow was
very wet and chung to telephone lines,
putting many out of commlssion.--The
military concert given for the benefit OF
the He'd Cross at the Akeley Memorial
building Thursday evening was very sue
cessful. At least $50 will be realized. Mrs.
Greta Evans and Miss Ruth Mcmahon.
who directed the concert. deserve much
credit for the good work Among those
| taking part were Rebecca Morgan, who
unprecedented Jean Dare In the song
by y. A. Douglass, the Misses Cummings,
Morgan, Sleeper and Godfrey In the
dramatic rendering Of abide With Me"
sung by Mrs. Barrows. Millicent Kaiser,
Wayne Dana and Rex Morse III
Much Talk About Nothing" the Camp
Fire Girls In the pantomime accompany
ing the song. Keep the Home Fire Burn
Ing" by II. w. Burnham, and the song,
THE Land Of the Sky Blue Waters by
Mrs. T. A. Douglass, the Misses Collins,
Harris Smith, Magoon. Sleeper and Cakes,
accompanying the "knitting club" song
by John Boardman and Donald douglass,
Charlotte Lang. Ellie Sleeper. Donald
Douglass. Harry Mcmahon. Hazel Stay
ton, Beatrice Pike, Sadie Cary and Daniel
Cook" the boy scouts in four numbers.
G. A. Riley In a solo, your Country and
My Country" Lois Riley in n solo dance.
Hildegarde Smalley and Minnie Boardman
! in a song and dance. Miss Dorothea Cum
mings in 1.-The Star Spangled Banner"
the Stowe Military band in several selec-
tons. Miss Marjorie Watts accompanist.
Allison Pike and Florence Camley won
prizes for selling the most tickets. Mildred
Gales pupils of the sixth grade sold $50
worth OF tickets.
Thermometers registered ten below
zero here Tuesday morning, following
low records for several days.-H. T..
Shaw. chairman of the Stowe Y. NJ. G. A.
war fund committee. has completed the
returns, showing the amount raised here
to be S567.50, with $24g pledged by the
boys, over $500 In all.-At the meeting Of
Mansfield Mountain Grange Saturday
evening the third and fourth degrees
were worked by the ladies' degree team
upon Mr.. and Mrs Silas Stowell.-E. d.
Bessey OF Barre WAS a visitor at F. G..
Bashaw's over Sunday.-Supervisor C. d.
Howe was here Monday afternoon and
conducted meeting of the school board,
when the question of hiring n substitute
for Miss McCuen was considered. No
definite decision was made. Miss McCuen
left Wednesday afternoon for WASH
ington to accept lucrative posi-
ton with promise of advancement in the
war department. Miss McCuen, a gradu-
ate of Stowe high school in 1910, was
graduated four years later with high
honors from the University of Vermont
and has been successful teacher since
then In Stowe high school-Miss
Maude Slayton. nurse at the Water
bury State hospital, passed Friday and
Saturday at her home in Stowe.-A
flock of wild geese going south was
seen Saturday. G. A. Riley saw flock
or snow buntings near j. c. Benson
last week. consisting he estimated of a
thousand birds.--Miss Bernice Towne
who is teaching in Addison was a re-
cent visitor at the home OF her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Towne-NIilo L.
Hill went Tuesday 10 Burlington, where
his father, T.. A. Hill. has been taken
for treatment at the Mary Fletcher
hospital.
Helene. the little daughter Of five years
Of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foster Of Spring
field. Mass. formerly Of Stowe. died las,
Thursday Of diphtheria. Mr.. Foster, who
was here for deer hunting was called
| home by the child's illness on the 18th
The child was the granddaughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. John Foster Of Stowe, She wa.
the only child of her parents.-Mr. ant
Mrs John Campbell Of Bennington hav,
made short visit at the home Of Mr.
Campbelps parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. F
Campbell They returned to Bennington
Tuesday.-The telephone service here ha.
been badly crippled since the storm OF
Friday. Messrs. Huntley and Merritt OF
Morrisville worked all day Sunday on {
new cross-arm at the central station
communication with Morrisville has beer
opened. but the Waterbury lines are still
out or commission.Mr. and Mrs. s. II
| Nuttlng. who visited Burlington Friday
reported Is inches Of snow at their home
on Edison Hill that morning and at some
distance below Bolton snow had dis
appeared. cattle were in the fields an(
some farmers were cutting ensilage corn
Mr.. and Mrs. Nutting visited their daugh
| ters, the Misses Alice and Glen, who ar.
| employed at DIR. Sabin's in. Burlington
| Miss Alice attends the Burlington Bust
ness College.-Mrs. Amos Boardman ant
son. Ermine. visited Mrs. Boardman's
mother. Mrs. Hannah Knight. and sister
MRS. w. ID. Pangle. over Sunday.-Mrs
KAY A. Baker was doing well Friday after
an operation at the Fanny Allen hospita
IN Winooski-Mrs. 8. l.. Dewey OF Morris.
| vile was In stowe Monday.--Hollis Brown
~ seriously Ill with pneumonia at his
nome In Brownsville. -t1ealey &. Bashaw
returned to Cotuit. Mass. Tuesday after
TWO weeks here for deer hunting. The buck
which MI. Bashaw secured over the noun
tain in Worcester weighed 210 pounds
dressed and had an extraordinary head
with u points on the antlers. Mr. DashaV
ana his companions. Gordon Bull and
Robert George found 1t something of 9
task to bring the deer over the mountain
to Stowe.
Mrs. Il. A. Douglass and niece, Miss
Thesis Cakes. went Friday to visit friend.
In Boston and Portsmouth, ~ H.-Cliyt
X. Demeritt returned Saturday to his
duties at the radio station at North Truro
Mass. after IA brief visit at his home ir
Stowe.-Mrs. Bessie Loveland and little
| son. Harry. of Waitsfeld are visiting hel
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Warren.
| J. A. Luce has added verenda to hi.
residence on Main street.-Mr. and Mrs
Guy b. Wingate and daughter, Frances
\ OF Salem, Mass, who have visited Mrs
Wingate's sister. Mrs. Ernest Warren, a
Moscow. went Thursday to Smiths Falls
Ont. to visit Mrs. Susan OConnell
mother Of Mrs. Wingate. and Mrs. War
| ren.--Healey Johnson moved Saturda,
from Ward Chaffees house to the Bur
tenement house OH Fucker street.-Th,
high school girls had dancing party a
the Akeley Memorial hall Friday evening
Miss Katherine Smalley furnished must,
on the piano.-Mrs. c. o. Burt returne,
Friday from the Mary Fletcher hospita
at Burlington. where she underwent al
| operation.
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