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the covenant which was administered by
the pastor. The organization was per-
fcctcd by clcctng the following officers:
President, Howard T.. shaw; treasurer.
Mrs. Nctuc Billings; secretary, A. X.
Straw; head usher, Mrs. Agnes Jenney;
trustees, Fred Il. Smith, DR.. II. w.
Barrows and Lucius j.. Harris: wardens,
H. w. RavlM, n. s. Mathews. Mrs.
/ Matte Smith and Mrs. Hattie Douglass.
/ Those officers constitute the board Of
directors Of the Community Church of
Stowc.-Mss Grace Bgelow Of the
Springfield tMass.) high school Of COM
merco came Saturday for weeks vaca-
ton with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. e. r.
Bigelow at The Ledges."-Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Bushey and son OF Richmond have
been visitors at the home of Mrs. Busheys
parents Mr. and Mrs. William Bailey,
at Moscow this week, coming on account
Of the serious Illness of Mrs. Busheys
sister, Mrs. A. T.. Boyea. who is being
cared for by her mother. Mrs. Boyeas
! condition remains about the same.-Roy
/ ". Robinson, who went Friday to Bur-
I ling ton, returned home Saturday with his
! father, Edwin G.. Robinson, who is re-
covering favorably from an operation Of
two weeks ago at the Mary Fletcher hos
! pital-Miss Flora Marshall has returned
to her work in Cambridge, Mass, after
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. c.
, Marshall, at Moscow. Miss Marshall
makes her home with Prof and Mrs.
| conrad A. Adams at Medford. Mass.-Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Aldrich of Warren are
visiting Mr. Aldrich's parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Aldrich. at the lower village.
Harley Camley. who had been recover
ing from rheumatism, is i'll again.-The
( condition of Healy Johnson remains about
Ahx T.xl-. H. .-1 -l,ral
three weeks ago is being cared for at the
home of his daughter and husband, Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Ploof. at Colbyville.-
Mrs. Ada Durgan, who passed the wins
ter with her sister, Mrs. Cornelia McCuen.
went Friday to Burlington to visit her
nephew, Charles f. McCuen. and family
on her way to visit her niece, Mrs. NJ. ..
Powers. at Niagara. y. Y
F. L. and S. C. Mccarthy. who recently
moved here from Essex Center. to farms
purchased of l.. Il. Sneden on Shaw Hill
and Oscar Larson on West Branch, have
purchased of August Peterson the Je-
lift farm on Shaw Hill lying between the
other two farms. Mr.. and Mrs. c. c.
Mccarthy of Essex Center, parents of
+. l.. and s. c. Mccarthy, will occupy
the Jeliff farm after June l. Mr.. Peter
son and family leave Friday for Mnne-
apolis. This is the last OF a Swedish
colony that has lived in Stowe for sew
cra years on these farms.
An agitation for nine-hour day here
has been settled. In view of some Of the
large stocks of hardwood on hand in some
of the mills. 1t has been agreed to open on
nine-hour basis June H.-Nfax l.. Pow
ell. president of the Mt. Mansfield Hotel
company met the directors of the COM
pany here Tuesday. Arrangements were
ms G a RI bo nj
ing the business and issuing stock.--Miss
Katherine Lang and Miss Mary Wells OF
Cambridge were in Stowe Monday-Mrs.
Joseph Boyce and son, Wendell. went
Tuesday to Montpelier to visit Mrs.
Boyces parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f. NJ.
Woodworth.-The ladies of the Lower
Village Circle met with Mrs. w. +.
Harris Wednesday afternoon.-Mrs. c.
I. Robinson of Waterbury is passing a
few days with Mrs. A. w. Collins at the
lower village.-Mr. and Mrs. Clarence La
Rock have returned from Richmond,
where they have visited their brother and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward LaRock.-
Mrs. w. a. Aldrich went Monday to St.
Johnsbury to visit her sister. Mrs En-
ma Farmer and other relatives.-Edward
Douglass has finished work on Mrs. Della
Moody's farm. Mrs. Moody has rented her
farm to Earl Sulham.-The II. H. Smith
Womens Relief Corps will hold an all-day
meeting Saturday. An item Of the routine
work for the forenoon will be the ballot
ing upon the names of nine candidates for
membership. Dinner will be served at
noon, the candidates being especially in
vited to be present. In the afternoon, the
, candidates will be initiated.-The ladies
Of the Community Ladies' Aid will serve
a May supper on May 5. The committee
in charge consists of Miss Ida Harris,
Miss Nellie Sargent, Mrs. Nina Nuttng.
Mrs. Nida Magoon; Mrs. Arlie Adams,
Mrs. Joseph Adams. The annual Maypole
dance by the children will be given at five
o'clock and again after the supper.-AIiss
Susan Downer who has completed her
work in the office of the II. a. Slayton
& company of Morrslville and is passing
some time with her brother, Harry II.
Downer. and family before going to the
home of her brother, John NJ. Downer, in
Schenectady. n. Y.-Mr. and Mrs. Harley
tCamley of Moscow are parents of a daugh.
ter born Monday afternoon. Mrs. Camley
visited her father, Healey johnson
at Colbyvlle Sunday finding that he had
! failed a good deal In a week.-There has
not been much change in the condition
Of Mrs. Abbie Warren since going to
the Mary Fletcher hospital for treatment.
. The son born recently to Mr.. and Mrs.
Arson II. Page has been named Richard
. Alger.-Mrs. Ralph Carter served large
, dish of dandelion greens to her family
: Sunday, the first of the season.-Mrs.
Sias 4. Stebbins, who was taken Ill Mon
day with appendicitis, remains about the
same Tuesday.-Mr. and Mrs. S. NJ. Brush
we're called Monday to Morrisvlle by the
critical condition of their son. George
, f. Brush, who remained about the same
Tuesday mornng.-Mrs Nellie Simonds,
! who has been in Stowe caring for Mrs.
Abbe Warren since tho middle of January.
returned to Waterbury Tuesday-Later
reports from Miss Martha Curry at the
Mary Fletcher hospital state that the leg
, was broken just below the thigh instead
; OF near the ankle as was said at first.
II will require 4 long time for recovery.
Jessie, the siX-year-old daughter of Mr..
: and Mrs. Henry Prescott. was taken to
a hospital in Burlington Monday with an
old-fashioned copper cent lodged in her
throat. An N-ray examination was made
and the penny located, after which ether
was administered and the penny was sue
. cessfully removed. Mr.. and Mrs. Prescott
came to Waterbury with the child Mon-
day night and she was brought homa
Tuesday and is doing as we'll as could be
expected.
The remains Of Mrs. Nancy j. Doying)
Waterbury. where she had been an in
mate OF the state hospital for several
years. The burial was made in the River