Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-30


eoliided with another carriage, breaking
erosshAr and whiftletrss. othsrwtss the
buggy WAS uninjursd md ths horse en-
tirsiy so.-Jfhs annual pgs-msmofiAi Sun
day serviSs WAS held at ths Consrega-
tional Church Sunday morning. There are
now about ID surviving n,sfnbsyS Of II. n.
Smith Post, a. A r.. but some Of them
are In feeble health and only SIX Of them
were present AZ the service. Among those
present was Commander Henry A. Sparks.
% years Of ass. The members Of the
Woman's Relief Corps attended In body.
Troop No. !, Boy Scouts, aotsd ~ escort
for the veterans. The ohuruh WAS taste
fully decorated with flags and bunting.
The altar was banked with evergreen
boughs relieved by hiossoming plants.
Among the hymns rendered was selec-
ton by q quartet, consisting OF MIS-. II.
w. Barrows. Mrs T. A. Douglass. Mrs.
H. w. Cummings and G. A. Riley. An
appropriate sermon by the Rev. n. w.
Cummings was from the subject, Ae
Being Dead Yet speaketh." Miss Laura
Thomas acted az organist.-The Rev. Will
liam Shaw, superintendent OF the southern
district, preached at the Methodist Epis-
copal Church Sunday.
Mrs. w. l.. Demeritt and Mrs. b. 3.
Dow have visited Mrs. F. N. stearns In
watervtlle several days. Mrs. Demeritt.
on her way home. also visited her sister.
| Mrs o, l.. Tillison, in Johnson.-E. ID.
Smith and Mr.. and Mrs. Van Ness Smith
Of Lawrence Mass. Mr.. and Mrs. q. c.
Smith Of Jeffersonville, Glenn Smith OF
Springfield, Mass, and Mr.. and Mrs.
| Roy w. Smith of Concord. N. H., who
were called here by the death Of Pvt.
Carroll v. Smith. returned to their homes
Monday Mr.. and Mrs. Smith were accom-
panied by Mr.. Smiths mother, Mrs.
Alma Smith, who will visit them.-Elton
b. Forbes, accompanied by Mrs. Forbes
| and his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Royce, motored to Peacham Sunday. Mr..
Royces nephew. Charles Pillsbury. accom-
| panied them home and will be employed
on the Royce farm-At the regular meet
ing of Mansfield Mountain Grange, Pa
irons Of Husbandry. Saturday evening
| the third and fourth degrees were con-
ferred upon Mr.. and Mrs o. W. Edison,
S. II. Warren. Miss Myra Campbell, the
Misses Glen and Alice Nuttins, George
White and Wheeler Davis by the ladies'
degree team with Mrs. Adella McAllister
as master. Mrs. McAllister also in
stalled Mrs India Chaplin as Flora
The Stowe members of Company F.
V. V. NJ, and many Of their friends
|
battalion at Morrisville Sunday.-Jesse
Phelps and Budd Warren of Barre visited
Mr.. Warren's parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Horace A. Warren, at Moscow Sunday
Frank A. Strong has resigned the posi-
ton of overseer Of the poor which he
has held for several years. r. B. COBB
Of the board OF selectmen Is carrying on
| the work Of the office.-Mrs. D. v. Reed
has n cotton plant raised from a seed
planted in July that has blossomed for
several days. The blossoms, which are
white when first opened. resemble single
Holly-hock blossoms. They turn pink
akter opening.-Mr. and Mrs. Joseph La
tuch, who have sold their house on
Maple street to Mrs. Louisa LOOMS,
have moved a tenement in 8. c.
Spaulding's block.-Charles w. sanborn
has purchased the Downer farm on West
Branch Of his father. o. A. Sanborn. Mr.
Sanborn has rented the farm Of his
| father for several years.
The funeral Of Private Carroll w
Smith. who died at the y. 6. Army
General hospital No. 1 in New York
May %, from rheumatism and heart
failure brought on by exposure IL
training camps in France. was held 81
Unity Church Sunday afternoon. The
Rev. ]. l.. ANGEL Of Vast Burke CON
Quoted the service. The bearers were
Cavl McManis. Rasmon Slavton, Rich.
ard Chase. Guy Holden, Floyd Sleekt
and Orio Jenny. The oAslsst was drap.
cd with the American flag. Among thu
many floral tributes inCludAd beau&i.
fol roses from the Red Cvoss at the
hospital. The burial was in the w
NJ Smith family lot in the West Brand
cemetery. where taps IVES sounded a
were here to attend the funeral wer,
the young soldiers father. Edison d
Smith of Lawrence. Mass. and brothe,
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Var
Ness Smith of Lawrence Mass, Mr.. and
Mrs. Grover G. Smith Of Jeffersonville
and Glenn Smith Of Springfield. Mass.
and his sister and brother-in- law, Mr.
and Mrs. William Mercer and son Dial
ton OF Barre and Mr.. and Mrs. Roy W
Smith Of Concord. N. H. There was
large attendance and the service wa,
an impressive one. Private Smith wal
the first Of the Stowe boys who haw,
seen service in France to die. The frs
Stowe soldiers funeral held here wa.
that of Harley Stowell. who died a
Fort George Wright, Washington. 90
tober rs. and whose remains WEIR
brought here for burial-When Mis-
Jane Matthews went with her house
keeper. Mrs. Mary Loomis. to visit Mrs.
f. ]. Chaplin last Thursday 1t was TN
first time that she had been into
neighbours house for 10 years. and II
that time she has left her farm onl,
once, when she was taken on an au
tomobile ride as far as the next farm
Miss Matthews is SO years old and ha
lived on her farm on West hill sine
coming to Stowe from Underhill 8
years ago. She thinks that she has no
been in the village since she came t,
pay her taxes IL years ago.--When Nj
and Mrs. w. j. Camley and dauEhtes
Gladys motored last week to CAM
Devens to visit their grandson Dol
Moulton. who had been in traininl
there for about three months, they wer
much disappointed to find that ne ha,
left for France about a weak before
They were accompanied from Montpe
Her by another automobile party In
Guiding their son-inlaw and daughter
Mr.. and Mrs Lester Moulton. parent
Of the young man, and their younge
children. Isabelle and Gerald. The,
saw Mark Ploof. Leon Russell, Celessol
, Bohannon and other boys from STOW
at Camp Devens. Mr.. and Mrs. Moulto
were until two years ago residents o
Stowe and Private Moulton attende
stowe high school Besides her grand
! son, Mrs. Camley has three nephew
and four cousins In service In Franc
and in camps in America.-Ths he,
Lemuel Davis returned Saturday I
Derby afer several days with his for
mer Pensioners and friends In Stow
!. Mr.. Davis health has improved sine
= he WAS here-SerReant Thomas Cara