Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-12-30

Ice from eight to IL o'clock Friday eve
nfng, OF community service and recep-
ton OF members next Sunday and OF tina
annual church dinner and annual meeting
January s. A furnace for heating The
lower rooms has been installed in the
church and that together with the new
one-plpe furnace for heating the audit
tortum made the church very comfort
able. Notwithstanding the zero weather
OF the day. Christmas exercises were
carried ont at the church by the Sunday
school Friday evening. There were songs
by thes primary classes and the girls
classes and a little play. ON Christmas
Eve" was given In which, real Santa
| took part and which ended ny strip
ping the presents from large Christ
n,aS tree and their distribution by mem
beers of the young mems class. Among
The gifts on The tree was a sum of money
presented to Miss Marjorie Watts In APP
prsc'ation OF her faithful work ga or
gen1st.--Over 50 -shut ine'' and people
| over 80 years Of age were remembered
| with boxes Of candy and nuts, or other
gifts by the Community Church az
Chris tnaas tlnie.-Mr. and Mrs Rufus
II Gale were given surprise
reception Saturday afternoon and
! evening at the home AZ Mr.. Gales
brother and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs. r.. r.
! Gale, on West Branch, in honor OF the
18th anniversary of their marriage. Mr..
| Gale Is the of Mrs Presson r. Gale.
and native of Stowe Mrs. Grace
Double Gale is the daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. r. Double OF Florida They were
married December %. 1885, by the Rev
e. r. Davis In Melrose Mass They
have, lived IN Duluth, Minneapolis, ST.
Paul. Boston. stowe and Cleveland. They
came to Stowe last summer. for Mr.
Gales health. having purchased Mrs
| Louise Rsuelow's house on West Branch
where they now live. Their older daugh-
tes. Miss Virginia. is attending school
in Cleveland while little Grace Clara,
their other child. Is with her parents
Among those present al the reception
were Mr.. Gales brother In law and sis
| ter Mr. and Mrs n. u Houston of Cadv's
Fails
| The funeral of Howard A. Butts was
held Tuesday afternoon al the home Of
his son. Harry c. Butts. in Elmore where
he died At an early hour Sunday morning
The three sons. Harry G. and Leon S. and
Dwight M. Butts. and grandson. Clyde
Butts. acted as bearers. and the Rev
George r. Forter of Morrisville conducted
the service. The body was brought to
Stowe and the burial was made in the
River Bank cemetery. Mr.. Butts had been
ill for a long time with heart trouble
and cancer but was well as usual and
about the house Saturday. and died very
suddenly about one o'clock Besides his
three sons and two grandsons. Mr.. Butts
WAS the last survivor of the children of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Noah Butts. for
fnerly weli-known residents. His wife
Mrs. Deetto Towne Butts. died in 1905
Mr.. Butts was veteran of the Civil War
.l~>-
Of the H. II. Smith Post, q. A. r. He was
in his 18th year. He was born and passed
tho most of his life in Stowe.
Mr.. and Mrs Elmer l.. Barrows had
a narrow escape from a serious fire at
their home Thursday night. After the
family had retired and gono to sleep
Mrs. Barrpws awakening about II O'Clock
discovered q blaze on the veranda. Rous-
ing Mr.. Barrows. they found that the
straw which had been filled in for bank
Ing under the veranda was on fire and
flames were coming up through the
spaces in the flooring in IA threatening
manner. Others of the household were
called and the boards torn up and
the straw hauled out and water thrown
on until the flames were subdued. II
was necessary to keep a watch for some
time as there was high wind and
| IlaIneS kept breaking out. ASneS nau
been taken up before five O'Clock that
morning and put into an iron pail which
had been placed on the veranda and il ia
supposed that the high wind blew spark
from the pail into the straw through a
space in the flooring. The under side of
the flooring was considerably burned.
Fearing that they could not handle the
fire alone, q call for help was telephoned
! and the central Office gave the alarm on
adjacent telephone lines. A load of men
from West Branch responded but found
the fire under control. Mr.. and Mrs.
Barrows appreciate their response. how =
ever, as much as IF they had been need
ed. as il al first appeared--A fast game
OF basketball at the local 3 mnasium
Thursday evening between tile Stowe
high school alumni and the Stove regu-
lar teams resulted in a score of as to II in
favor OF the alumni Following was
the line up: Alumni Mum Boardman
r. e.. Walter Morgan. l. f.; John Board
man, center; Edwin Sralley, r. g.; Gale
Shaw. |. g.. regulars. Neil Robinson. T.
f.; Dalton Wells, l. f.; Dennis Kaiser
center; Glenn Kaiser, r. e.; Clitus Tom
) linson and Gordon Bull. l. g.: Leroy Hol-
den. time keeper Raeburn Mcmahon
, referee,-There were about 81 couples IN
attendance at the grange dance at the
l. Akeley Memorial building Thursday eve
ming. Music was furnished by Chase and
Shacketts orchestra and an oyster sup
per was served. Lewis Latuch was tbs
committee in charge.-Miss Katherine
, Smalley and pupils of the North Hollow
school had a Christmas tree and exer-
discs at the school house Thursday after
, noon The exercises included speaking
singing and a little farce a real Santa
was impersonatcd by Nina Davis. About
40 visitors were present.-Among the
holiday visitors here are George +
Moody of Burlington with his aunts. Mrs
Almira Slayton and Mrs. Jane Howe a
Mrs. Saytor's; Miss Grace Bigelow o
, Springfield. Mass. at the home of he
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin n. Bige
, low: Melvin Wilson of Newfelds, n II,
, with his mother. Mrs. T. r.. Bailey; Mis-
Beatrice Gale and Miss Lucy Latuch o
the burlington Business College: Mis-
q Hildegarde Smalley of the Plattsburgh
y. y, Normal School, the Misses Rebecc:
Buron, Kathryn Recor aud EfIe Sleepe
and Floyd Sleeper of the University q
Vermont.-M Elsie Hastings went L
her home in Calais TO spend Christmas.
= Mrs G.. n. Ilosmer has returned TO Bos
: ton after coming account OF the i'll
" ness OF her little grandson, Richard Hos
: mer, who is recovering Miss Heller
> Houston aud Ernest Foster have return
u err after attending short course in ayr,
v culture at the University OF Vermont -
+, Alonzo r. Alexander and Miss Ethel Ma
II Brink Of Stowe were married by the Rev