Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-21
Lam0ile County
STOWE

A0AlNOAAC NVSAAAVy
STOWE
Writings were drawn Friday for the
sale Of the Abial n Slayton farm on the
main road to Waterbury to Robert Harris
from g. f. Moody Of Waterbury. Mr..
Moody purchased the farm from, the
slayton estate last spring. Mr.. Harris.
who came in July was a Stowe boy, but
had lived in Louisiana for IL years. He
had some agricultural experience In
Louisiana raising principally corn. cotton
and sugar cane. Mrs. Harris is Louisiana
lady. Mr.. Harris assumee the manage
ment Of tho farm at once, but win not
have possession Of the house for several
weeks or until Mrs. Slayton's plans for
the future are settled.-Frank e. Ellis
worth has cold the Mushkoday farm to
out-of-town parties Mrs. Ellsworth pur-
chased the farm of A. c. Atkin April l.
There were forty couples In attendance
at the Grange dance at the Akeley Me-
mortal building Friday evening. Music
was furnished by the Scout band Of
Hardwick.-Mrs F.. A. Hill has returned
from a motor trip on which she visited
friends in Monkton, Essex Junction. Bur-
lington and Westford Mrs Abbe War
rem Of West Lebanon. y. H, visited Mrs.
f. A. Hill Saturday-A son. Richard
Albert. was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
E. Stebbins.--Mr and Mrs C. H. Perver
and son, William, of Northfeld were
visitors last week at the home of Mrs
Pervier's parents Mr.. and Mrs Heruert
Mayo The younger man has recently re-
turned from service in France.-Theodore
Mayo Of Schenectady y Y. who is in
-na ". ha ipo L. l,,,,
in New York city.-An electric ringer has
been installed al the Stowe central tele-
phone offce.-George E. Fowlers house
at The Knoll has been connected by
telephone, the number being 15-A.-Mr.
and Mrs. j. A. Douglass were accom-
panied on motor trip to Jeffersonville
by their niece and nephew, Miss Hazel
and Maurice Douglass, who had visited
their grandmother Mrs Hattie Douglass
Mrs. Puma Smith of Waterbury Center
and daughter, Mrs Hurlburt, and two
children Of Worcester, Mass. have visited
their cousin, Cassius p. Scribner this
week helping him celebrate his nth birth
day.-Mr and Mrs L. y. Grout Of Water.
bury and Miss Clara Dewey of New York
have recently visited their brother, Gile
A. Dewey and family--C. A. Riley was
at home from Waterbury Friday night
Mrs. Charles E. McCuen and little
daughter of Burlington and Miss Lois
McCuen. nurse in training in the Mary
Fletcher hospital, are visitors in Stowe
Douglass Barrows and sister. Miss
Dorothy. have passed the week with their
aunt, Mr.. A. A. Emery in St Albans.-
The Misses Beatrice Pike and Mary
Bailey have been visitors in Hardwick
this Week.-Mrs. Lois Waterman Of Bos-
a Of
Mrs. e. A, Riley.--Mrs. NJ. NJ Mum of
Saranac Lake. n. Y, is visiting her sister
Mrs. F. s. Boardman.
There We're 116 or more people in at
tendance at a picnic dinner at the Pail
sades Thursday the occasion being the
nth annual reunion of the Mum family
and the ninth Joint reunion of the Mum
ana Luce families. Five generations of
the Luce family were represented in
Guiding Mrs. Harriet Adams. 50 years of
age, the only survivor Of the children
OF the founders of either family Among
those present we're Charles s. Mum. Mr.
and Mrs. c. j. Mum, Mr. and Mrs. Cleon
f. Mum, Gaylord 4. Num- Mrs Resse
Whiting Of Johnson. Mrs. I. l. Bailey
and Miss Helen Bailey Of Fairfield Mrs
Gladys Stearns and Floyd Stearns Of
North Hyde Park, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ F.
Hutchns, Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Hodge
MI and Mrs F. O. Marshall Of Water
bury Center. Mr., and Mrs V. " Hender-
son, Mrs, Fannie Morse. Mrs. f. T. Fos-
ter, Miss Helen Foster and Carl French
OF Waterbury Miss Maude Woodward of
Brooklyn, y. Y. Mrs Abbie Warren and
Mrs. Elva Warren Lurk Of West Lebanon
y. H., Mr. and Mrs. A. r. Bgelow Miss
Mildred and Paul of Moretown. Prof and
Mrs, c, A. Adams of Tufts College. Mr.
and Mrs. f. X. SeaNer and Miss Doro-
thy Seaver Of Cady's Falls. Miss Vera
Sallies of Hartford, Conn. Mrs. W. W.
Luce and son. Marshall of Miami, Fla .
Mrs. IT, C, Houston and six children Of
| Morristown, Mr.. and Mrs. George A.
Laird OF Calais, Mr. and Mrs Willis r
Hosinston Of Eden Mills. Mrs. Ellen
Lovejoy Hunter Of Lowell. Mass. Miss
Nadine Boardman Of the University of
Vermont. A notable family group pres
ent among the Stowe connections was
that Of Mr.. and Mrs \. C. Cakes their
| son-in-law and married daughter Mr.
and Mrs. Roy n. Robinson, their son,
Ruford W. Cakes Of Boston, and their
II other children. The officers OF the
reunion are; President c. j. Mum; sec
rotary and treasurer, Mrs. Carrie f..
Straw; committee Of arrangements for
| the ensuing year Prof and Mrs c. A.
Adams, Mr. and Mrs. F. NJ. Clair. Mr.
and Mrs. NJ. G. Lovejoy and Mr.. and
Mrs. u. r. Smith. A fund was started
to deposit for the permanent care OF
the Mum family lot in the West Branch
cemetery, which it is hoped each grand
! child will contribute $,Oo.
! community sing" carried out at
unity church Sunday evening was the
| ilrst event in the celebration OF old
| nome week for 1919 in stowe. Miss
Marjorie Gates of Worthwhile played
several beautiful solos and also the
accomplishments for the singing of
familiar hymns Vocal solos were rem
| dered by c. A. Riley and Mrs. Fl, w.
| Barrows. Addresses were given by the
pastor the Rev. NJ F., Bacon and by
the Rev. A. s. Kilbourne of Eddyville,
| iowa There was large attendance.
Al the sunday morning service OF the
| United Church "A selection was rem
! dered by ladies' quartette consist
| ing of Miss Grace Bigelow, Mrs. A. ID.
Lynch, Miss Laura Thomas and Miss
Nefna Stockman. Miss Gates acting as
organist. The sermon was by the Rev
A. s. Kilbourne. Mr. Kilbourne was
visitor in Stowe over Sunday on ms
| way to Maine, coming here to see the