Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-30
Lamoille County
STOWE

More than 100 of their friends at
tended the supper given to Mr.. and
Mrs. o. Z. Luce and Miss Ruth NC
Mahon at the Akeley banquet hall
Thursday evening. The hall was dec
Grated with bouquets OF hydrangea
blossoms, asters and other autumn
flowers. seventy-five people sat down
at the first tables which were loaded
with good things to eat and two
tables were served later. The affair
which was entirely informal was car
ried out very successfully. Mr.. and
Mrs. Luce. who will go aboyt October
l to Burlington where they VIII re-
side at 2O3 Pearl street have been
identified with all the public interests
of Stowe and will be much missed Mr..
Luce's home has always been here. He
was for many years a partner in the
Miles, Mcmahon & Company and has
had other business interests here. He
represented the town in the Legisla-
ture of 1898. Served as town treas
urer twenty-six years and was post
master four years. He is now chair
man of the Vermont State Fair Price
Commission and has been secretary
and treasurer of the Lake Mansfield
Trout club for some years Mrs.
lLuCe, VINO was DeIOTe neT
Miss Joanna Mcmahon. was also a
native of Stowe. She was for 20 years
employed in business In Burlington,
returning to Stowe upon her marriage
to Mr.. Luce in 1904. She has been ac-
tive In the social life of Stowe and
was the efficient president of the
Stowe Red Cross Branch for two
years after it's organization. The best
wishes of all will go with them to
their new home. Miss Ruth Nc
Mahon. also guest Of honor for the
evening and who goes soon to New
York City, where she has a position
in the Wright Oral school is the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Nc
Mahon and has many friends here
who wish her success in her new
work. which will consist In part of
teaching in aesthetic dancing in which
she has had special training.
There were about 200 present at the
joint reception given to the Rev. and
Mrs. c. E. Hayward of the Community
Church and the teachers of the Stowe
high and graded schools at the Akeley
Memorial building Friday evening. Among
those in the receiving line were the senior
class president, Robert Cleveland, Com
munity Church President H. e. Shaw,
II. w. Ravlin, the Rev. and Mrs. Hay
ward. Superintendent and Mrs. C. ID.
Howe, Prin. and Mrs. C. j. Strand. Miss
Jessie Southland. Miss Ella Sargent, Miss
Susan A. Bigelow. Miss Johnson. Miss
McDonough, Miss Edith Duby. Miss Mar
garet Keefe. Mr.. Cleveland acted as mas
ter of ceremonies. The evening program
included selections of the Boy Scouts
orchestra of Hardwick solos by Mre
A. D. Lynch and Donald Douglass. a
duet by F'loy Collins and Mabel Sleeper
Miss Dorothy Barrows accompanst, a
| farcial organ recital by the high school
pupils. an Egyptian solo dance by Mary
| Bailey and addresses by Messrs. Shaw
Hayward. Howe. Strand. F. E. Stafford
| and A. r. Straw. Cake and Ice cream
| were served in the banquet hall and the
| evening closed with dancing for the
pupils and their friends, with music b,
the scouts orchestra. Among the alumni
| present was Winford Heath of Middlebury
College, who was accompanied by Miss
Brown Of st. Johnsbury.-Horace Der
trand Faunce died about three O'Clock
Saturday morning after a long illness
Mr. Faunca was born in East Fairfield
| September %. 1888, and passed most OF
his life in Stowe. He was a teamstel
\ for many years for the late J. T. Par
| IRISH. He drove the Stowe Waterbur,
stage for Is years and drove the stage
to Mt. Mansfield for some time. HI
leaves his second wife, Mrs. Emmett
owen Faunce, a daughter. Mrs. f. A
Dillingham; of Saxtons River; two sons
| Henry 3. Faunce of Morristown ant
| Harry F. Faunce of Stowe: six grand
| children and two great-gra ndchildren. A
| son, Lucius, died several years ago. TIL.
Funeral was held at the house at on,
&C lock Monday aftern o o n
Miss Ida Harris went Saturday to Mont
pelier, where she has employment TO
the winter.-A. p. Lynch and P. A. Ray
mond returned Friday night from tn,
Eastern States Exposition at Springfield
The Club House, Lake Mansfield. close,
Sa turday after the most successful sea
son in its history. DIR. II. c. Brigham
of Grand Rapids president of the club
to whose efforts much of the success o
the club as a summer resort Is due. an,
Mr.. Brigham Went to Montpelier Satur
day and Mrs. Lucy Hawkins. the cool
at the club house. also went to Morrisvil
Saturday.-The Rev. l. p. Booth Of STAN
ford, Conn, called on friends in Stow
Saturday.
| Among the directors of the Mt. Mans
field Hotel company, who attended al
Informal meeting on Mt. Mansfield
Sunday were Max L. Powell of Burlins
ton. l.. p. Munson, DIR. w. T. Slaytol
and G. A. wilkins Of Morrisville, G
l.. Mcmahon, Fl. f. Shaw. c. o. Burt
II. c. Mcmahon. w. NJ. Adams
Miss Beatrice Gale went Monday T.
Swanton where she has employmen
in the office of the Webster Lumbe
company.--Mss Sadie Hart Of vii
, Jamestown visited her parents, MI
and Mrs, George Hart, over the week
end.-The subject of the pastors ser
mon at the Community Church seryic
Sunday morning. "The Church an
Amusements." At the Sunday schoo
session Mr.. G. f. Hayward and Mario,
Pike were elected delegates to tn
Sunday school convention at st. Johns
bury Thursday.-An important meet
ing of the Community Church board o
directors is called for Thursday eve
ning.-Mrs. S. C. Wheeler has re
turned to Waterbury after a wee
with her mother. Mrs. Eunice Pottle.--
Miss Ellen Stearns of Burlington
passing two weeks vacation with Mis-
Marjorie Watts and other stow
, friends.-The Misses Hazel and In
, Hamel and Evelyn Backus of Water
, bury passed the Weekend with NJ
, and Mrs. Walter Shepard.
Miss Allen entertained several of Il
ladies of the village at FIVE O'Clock t,
Saturday afternoon at Seven Springs
Miss Pettibone, who has passed the sun
mer at Seven Springs" left Monday fl
: New York to resume her work at Il
:, Wright Oral School. The house at "Sev'
Springs will close this week.-The fir
and second degrees were conferred on
y class of six candidates at the meetir