The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-08
TOPSHAM
5oth Wedding Anniversary Of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. v. Hood.

Mrs. w. v. Hood.
Relatives, friends and neighbors of Mr.
and Mrs w V. Hood, to the number of
62, gathered at their home on Monday
evening, March ,, the day previous,
which CHANGED to fall on Sunday, being
the 50th anniversary of their welded
! life; also Mr.. Hoods I'D birthday Re-
freshments were served, consisting of oy-
sters, pie, cake and coffee, which was o
pleasing repast p. d. Bromley was
present, and rendered many pleasing Sc
! lections for the occasion. Mrs. Walter
Dodd presided at the piano, and of course
! it goes without saying, that this part Of
the entertainment was also very much
enjoyed.
After supper the family was seated in
the parlor, "Auld Lang Syne" was sung
and prayer was offered by Rev j, G..
Wright, followed by appropriate re-
| marks, and the presentation to Mr.. and
Mrs Hood Of $50 in gold the gift of the
| sons and daughter TO which Mr.. Hood
feelingly responded After this the com
pany sang, praise God, from Whom
All Blessings Flow" and the benediction
was pronounced
! Beside members of the family, several
neighbors Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hood desired
TO leave some tangible token of their
esteem, which took form in the aggre-
| gate of a considerable sum of money,
with several useful articles of value left
on the table. Wishing the couple yet
many days of usefulness and happiness
in their walk of life together, as the
morning hours advanced the company
wendell their way homeward, feeling that
they had participated in one of the most
| enjoyable occasions Of their life.
| Warren Victor Hood tmoTe generally
known as Slocum Hoodl was the son Of
the late Royal and Clarissa (Batten)
| Fairlee and Il. NJ Hood of Topsham
There were seven children in the family,
three sisters older than Warren V. and
three brothers younger, now all de
| ceased. excepting one brother and one
sister, Mrs. Almond Johnson of West
| Fairlee and +. NJ. Hood of Topsham
! The parental home was on what was
| then known as Hood hill, on premises
now owned by Charles f. Hood. At that
time there were 10 families in that vi
entity all bearing the name of Hood. 1t
| may be of interest to some, that We
! state here that there are AT this present
| time 2S voters by the name Of Hood in
the town of Topsham. When p years
of age, March 2, $3.50, the subject of our
sketch married Lydia A., daughter of
Burton and Hannah Smith. Nine chill
dren in all have been born Of this union
The first one, Burtie, died when a year
and a half old; two others died in in.
fancy Five sons and a daughter are liv-
ing, all we'll known in Topsham, and Vi
entity, and all present on this occasion,
excepting the son who is serving the
town in the legislature, There are II
grandchildren and four great -grandchil-
dren.
Mr.. Hood has always been a man of
much activity in the affairs of life, and
possessed Of considerable business tact
He has always taken an active part in
politics; has attended every freeman's
meeting and every town meeting since
becoming q years Of age. He has served
the town in all the minor offices; has
been road commissioner, and has been
town grand juror for Is years, and on
the Justice ticket for % consecutive
years. He served the town as represen-
tative to the Legislature in 1902
The subject of our sketch is naturally
POSSESSED Of strong and robust physique,
and, notwithstanding the illness Of two
years ago, is at present in a comfort,
able condition of health, which fact is
shown in that he has this winter drawn
from the wood lot to his door so cords
of four foot wood 1t may be considered
worthy of mention here that the five
sons together tip the scales at 1920
pounds. the oldest being 46 years of age
and the youngest q.
Of those present at Mr.. and Mrs,
Hoods reception 50 years ago, only four
are now living. Two Of those were pres
ent on Monday evening-Mrs. Betsey
Currier, sister of Mrs. Hood, and Elijah
Frost, the other two being Harvey D.
Hood of this town and A. S. Ransom Of
Passumpsic.
Hearty greetings and congratulations
from friends in Topsham and in other
towns are extended to Mr.. and Mrs. w,
V. Hood j. c. ".