Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-03-14
LamOille County.
STOWE.

The annual village meeting was held at
the banquet hall Of the Akeley Memorial
building Wednesday evening of last week.
The following officers were elected:
Chairman, c. M. Watts; clerk. j. r.
Wills; trustees, A. A. Pike, c. 0.
Burt and J. r. Wells; treasurer. H. e.
Pike; tax collector, C. NJ Watts: water
commissioners. F. E. Stafford, H. w.
Barrows and H. E. Shaw; auditors, L. l..
Harris. F. P. Billings and F. J. Billings.
1t was voted to raise a tax Of 40 cents
on dollar; to pay the fremen 80 cents
an hour for practice; and for service and
as at present.
State Secretary Merrill Of the Congrega-
tional Church was present at a business
meeting at the Congregational Church FRI
day evening. when plans for the fedora
ton of that church with the Methodist
Episcopal Church were considered-Mr.
and Mrs C. F. Eddy of Hyde Park were
visitors for the weekend at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. G. s. Marshall.-Probably
the largest crop of wheat raised In Stowe
last year was that on c. O. Burt's farm,
the yield being $50 bushels. The wheat
which was Of excellent quality was pro-
nounced by the harvesters better than the
grain sown. Some of the wheat has been
sold to be made into graham but most of
1t has been reserved for seed. Mr.. Burt
has list of 20 or more applicants for
seed for this purpose. There will be
much larger quantity of wheat grown the
coming season than was the case last year.
L. B. Tomlinson and son. c. A. Tomiinson,
had good success with wheat on their farm
last year, making a quantity of excellent
flour and graham from it.-Paul A. Mum,
son Of William J. Mum, of Saranac Lake.
N. Y, but formerly Of Stowe. has been
promoted to the rank Of sergeant-major
at Kelley field. San Antonio. Texas. after
a short service with the aviation corps at
Fort Slocum, N. Y. Major Mum is the
nephew of Mrs. F. s. observation-disclosures
Metcalf of Willston, a graduate of the
University Of Vermont. has been engaged
as principal for the Stowe junior-senior
high school for next year. Mr.. Metcalf Is
the principal Of the high school in High
gate the present year. He Is cousin OF
r. II. Metcalf. butter maker at the Mt.
Mansfield creamery.-The reports OF the
town officers for 1917 show that orders
were drawn by the selectmen for $13,276.7 n;
by school directors for $l3,966.S3: road COM
missioners, s7,7aO.63; overseer of the poor.
$2,S1O93. The reports Of the village officers
for 1917 show that orders were drawn by
the trustees for s1.536.51; by trustees Of
electric department. t3,S94.26; water COM
missioners. $l0S.1S. The water bonded in
debtedness Is $11.50O00 The electric bonded
Indebtedness Is $2.5OO.-Edith Holden leads
the children who have handed In blocks
for the Red Cross afghan with seven
! blocks. Others who have handed in blocks
are Frances Canning, Hazel Gibbs. Helen
and Elwood Foster and Harry and Doris
Paul. The block knit by Doris Paul de-
serves special mention as 1t was knit with
a Red Cross In the center of the square,
The junior high school class dance given
| for the benefit Of the Red Cross at the
Akeley Memorial building Friday evening
was carried out very successfully, about
1880 being realized. The hall was very
very prettiy decorated. There were booths
for the sale of war recipes, surprise pack
ages and punch. The patroneses were Mrs.
j. C. Morgan. Mrs. H. w. Barrows, Mrs.
C. A. Riley and Mrs. Fl. Il. Pike. Music
was by McLeOds orchestra Of Hardwick.
There were several couples present from
out of town.-Miss Katherine Smalley and
Miss Soy Of Swanton were over-Sunday
visitors at the home Of Miss Smalley's
mother. Mrs. Mary Smalley.
The price paid for butterfat for the Pc
Rod ending February Is by the Mt. Mans
field creamery was 81 Ia cents for sweet
and 80 cents for mixed.-The Misses
Glen and Alice Nutting have completed
their work and studies In Burlington and
are at the homo of their parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. 8. II. Nutting.-Mrs. X. c. Robin
son OF Worthwhile was visitor over
Sunday at Mrs. Mary smalley's.-Miss