The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-29
CITY HOSPITAL
WILL BENEFIT
Will Eventually Get Half of
Mrs. FoWler's Real Estate
in Barre
TWO TRUST FUNDS
FIRST STIPULATED
Mrs. Fowler Was Native Of
Barre and Graduate of
the Old Academy

The Barre City hospital, named as a
beneficiary in the win of Mrs. Helen
/ Wood Fowler, late of Worcester, Mass,
will receive, at the expiration of two
trust funds, one-half of the real estate
of the testatrix in the city of Barre. Mrs.
Fowler was a native of Barre, graduate
Of the old Ba1re academy, and one who
had always interested in the af-
fairs of II ", although she had not
been re t for as years
The , < ations of the will are that
the pr y shall be held in trust for
her HI y d, Rufus b. Fowler of Worces-
ter, ~ +, one of the best known patent
ATTIC ~ in New England; that on the
def ~ Mr.. Fowler the income from the
! p' " shall be used for the benefit of
Z - iree grandchildren of the testatrix,
/ they being the children of Mr. and Mrs.
Fowler's only son, who died several years
ago; and that when the children shall
| have become Il years of age the prop
erty shall be divided and that one-half
shall go to the Barre hospital, with
/ specific bequest of 81 900 for the purpose
4
I in memory of the father of the testatrix.
Mrs. Fowlers real estate in Barre con-
! sists of several parcels, the most impor
tant of which is the two-story Wood
block on North Main street, occupied by
! the f. d. Ladd Co.'S store and Emslie's
! florist shop on the first floor and by the
I Ladd Co.'S bakery and Offices on the sec
ond floor. In the old town hall, which
adjoins the Wood block on the north,
! Mrs Fowler owned one-half of the first
/ floor and one-half of the land, the other
half of the lower floor being owned by
! Mrs Ada Taft and Mrs. Agnes Bradford,
while the city Of Barre owns the second
/ story and roof. just back of the town
hall is building formerly used as resi-
dence and now occupied as a'storehouse
/ by G. W. Averill & Co. This was the
property of Mrs. Fowler, together with
/ the contiguous territory. On Elm street,
nearby, she owned the two story wooden
4 building which has two stores on the
/ first floor and two apartments in the
| second story.
These parcels of real estate are as
sessed for taxation in the total amount
of $4,000.
By willing one-half of this property to
1 the Barre City hospital, Mrs, Fowler
gave evidence of her love for her native
place and of her desire to place the be-
quest, when it shall become available in
4 a position where it can do great deal
of good to the old home town. The be-
quest will not become available for a
considerable number Of years, owing to
/ the prospective lengths Of the two trust
funds; but the knowledge that the mon
ey will eventually become available is
/ decidedly heartening to the trustees and
all friends of the institution, who have
| been confronted during the past few
| years with many additional perplexities
/ because of the increased cost of main
/ tanning a hospital on the plane that was
| intended for the Barre institution. To be
sure, the income Of the bequest does not
help to tide over the present exigencies,
but it even now lends a very encourag
| ing influence.
The will was filed for probate in
| Worcester, Mass, Oh Wednesday, Aug,
| 81, and the trustees Of the City hospital
have As yet received no official notifica-
| tion that the institution is an eventual
| legatee.
| Mrs, Fowler passed away on April II,
| 1919, at her home in Worcester, having
reached an advanced age and having been
| i'll for considerable time As already
| stated, she was born in Barre being the
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Stillman Wood,
whose residence was located on the site
of the present Wood block, which build
| ing, by the way, was constructed by
| Henry Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Still
man Wood. An old photograph of the
street shows the trim house setting back
somewhat from the street and fronted
| by several massive pine trees. On the
south side was the old checkered store,
| late the home of the National Bank Of
| Barre, which was razed a few years back
to permit of the erection Of the present
| Aldrich block, while on the north side
was the old town hall, which remains in
general appearance as it then appeared.
! This Wood residence was the home
place of Mrs Fowler during the early
! part of her life and while she was at
| tending the old Barre academy under
! Principal Jacob S. Spaulding. 1t was
while she was attending that institution
| that she became acquainted with the
man who was to become her husband he
being a student in the academy and later
graduate. They were married in 1875
and left Barre, locating permanently in
WORCESTER Mass, in 1881, and there
| Mr. Fowler gained much prestige as q
patent lawyer. During large part of
| her life in Worcester, Mrs. Fowler was
prominent in various activities of good
purpose, until advancing years caused
! her to relinquish active participation.
| Although she had not been a resident
of Barre for As years, Mrs. Fowler had
always retained warm interest in
/ things relating to Barre, and she, with
| her husband, was accustomed to make
| frequent visits to the city, not only to
| look after her real estate holdings, but
also to renew acquaintances with many
of the older residents Of the place Her
| last visit was two years ago, and on that
occasion she spent much time in looking
about and was especially pleased to in
| spect the articles in the collection of the
Barre Historical society in the city hall,
| to which collection Mrs. Fowler herself
had been contributor of valuable arti-
cles, having particularly close assoca
| tion with the Barre of old, She was Il
woman of gentle nature and refinement
and was highly respected by all her ac-
| quaintances.
Besides the splendid bequest TO the
| Barre City hospital Mrs. Fowler be-
queathed $500 each to the Baldwinsyille,
| Mass, Childrens hospital and to the
! Worcester Mass, Young Women's Chris
tian association.