The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-09-28
WATERBURY,

Friday evening at the Methoaist
4 Episcopal church, Theron S. Dean OF
Burlington will give his illustrated
"Ten Days Tramp on the Long Trail, :,
For several years Mr. Dean has been
an active member of the Green Noun
tain club and assisted in locating and
building the famous Monroe skyline
trail. His lecture will cover 70 miles
of the most scenic bit of the Long
Trail from Middlebury Gap north to
Smugglers' Notch. He will show over
100 lantern slides, many OF which are
colored illustrating the scenery, trail
building, snowshoeing and various
shelter houses along the way.
In the lecture Friday evening, this
community will expect that Camel $
Hump will have a prominent place and
some inter%ting facts relative to the
work there for the summer have been
brought out by A. j. Read, the state
fire warden, who has been located
there. There have been 100 people
there this summer, representing p
states in the union. also Nova Scotia
and Canada. Mr. Read staes that the
general opinion is that the view from
this mountain excels the view from
| Mt. Mansfield, as ii is unmolested Tor
65 to 100 miles on every point OF the
compass. The greatest fnare of the
mixers on the Long Trail were from
New York City and have gone to their
homes thrilled with their experience
and determined to come next year and
bring friends with them.
Speaking of scenery, one of the I'M
est mountain views in this vicinity
which does not include Cancels Hump
and Mt Mansfield is the one to be
had from the Butler and Phillips
farms in South Duxburyr where a cut
through the Green mountains shows in
the indistinct distance the White mo un-
! tains.
Miss Eta Graves left yesterday
morning for Middlebury, where she at
tends the state meeting of the wom-
ans missionary soGety of the Congre-
gational churches. Monday evening, a
motor party stayed at the inn en- route
from st. Johnsbury to Middlehury. In
this party was Mrs. Poole, wife OF
Rev. Francis Poole, D. D., and Mrs.
Rebecca Fairbanks, who is attending
her 39th annual meeting.
With the other good events of rally
week at the Congregational church last
week, it was the pleasure of several 20
hear DR.. Harriet Parker, who told
such wonderful things about her work
in India Refreshments were served
and social time enjoyed, at which
games were played Before going to
the church, DR.. Parker was entertained
at tea at the Tea Cup inn, several
of the ladies of the missionary society
attending.
This evening members viii enjoy a
supper before the regular meeting OF
Queen Esther chapter, No. 7, o. f. ).
Those who knew Burton Pierce, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Pierce of Dux-
bury, will be glad to hear that his
determination for an education has led
| him to take a course at the Vermont
academy, Saxtons River.
Rev. William L. Boicourt spent last
Sunday at the Kurn Hattin homes,
speaking twice to the boys.
Home for the week end were Healey.
A. Randall and Robert Donovan of the
L. V. NJ. and Cadets Leander Bassett
and E. Huntley Palmer from Norwich
university.
At the Congregational church Sun
day, Rev. w. Vernon Lyle OF Boston
gave fine address on THE StrStegic
Importance of Religious Education"
| Mr.. Lytle made a strong point that
/ Al, Ia ha min r
would be the one in which character
was built and urged all to use rightly
the agencies for character building, the
| church., home and state through its
schools. An inspiring part of the serv-
ice were the organ solos, Samson and
Delllah." "The Rosary" (by request
and a "Marche" by Miss Dorothy
Parker of Boston, who was here for
the Parker Perkins wedding. Miss
Parker was for five years organist at
the College street church, Burlington,
and is now in Boston doing solo work
both in that city and in New York.
Beginning next Sunday afternoon,
there will be a vesper service at the
congregational church at least once a
month.
Mrs. Marcus Gorham, who was tax
en- to the Heaton hospital Monday, is
much improved.
Mrs. Jessie Butler Ward is teaching
the school at Duxbury Corner and Miss
/ Melba Abbott of Essex Junction on
Scrabble hill.
The condition Of Otis Cotton is very
favorable for an early return home.
Mrs. Hazel Gilbert from Burlington
came Friday TO spend the week end
with her mother, Mrs. Hattie Dens-
more.
| Mr.. and Mrs. n. A. Parcher, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. +. Densmore and Mrs. Hazel
Gilbert motored to Chelsea Sunday
TO visit Mrs. Densmore's sons, George
and Theodore Taylor. Bert Z. Taylor
came back with them in his car.