The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-27

Funeral Of Mrs. S. L. Bigelow Held at
Late Home Saturday.

FuueTaI OF MIS-. - II. DiBcioW AASAu -
Late Home Saturday.
The funeral Of Mrs. Sarah Louise
Bigelow was held Saturday afternoon
at her home on Maple street, Rev y
Il. Hayward officiating. The bearers
were four of Mrs. Bigelpw's nephews,
r. L. Barrows, Il. G. Barrows. A. r.
Bigelow and w. A.. Sears. There were
beautiful flowers from the village and
west branch neighbors and friends,
friends in Burlington, Springfield,
Mass. Morrisvilc and other places.
The burial was made in the family lot
in the River Bank cemetery.
Friends from out OF town to attend
the funeral were Miss Addie Bigelow
of Franklin, n. H., r. L. Barrows, MIR.
and Mrs Il. G.. Barrows, Mrs. I. M.
Mould, Miss Belle Barrows and Miss
Susan Downer of Morrisviile, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. p. Bigelow OF Middlesex and
Mrs. j. i. Hedge Of Waterbury Center.
One daughter, Miss Mary Bigelow OF
Salem. Mass. was unable to come on
account of illness.
"The Nativity Story was very well
carried out at the Christmas exercises
OF the Community church school FRI
day evening, with Mrs. Janet Adams
reader; Mrs. Elvira Forbes, Mary
Ralph Tatro, Joseph; Mrs. 9. i. u.
Tomlinson, the angel; I. A. Douglas,
c. j. Strand and HI. w. Burnham, the
three wise men Children of the junior
school took the parts of the shepherds
and angels. Mrs II. w. .Barrows rem
dered two solos and A. w. Christian
sons orchestra, including Messrs.
Christianson, Sears and Stafford. and
the Misses Daley, Asquith and Wright,
furnished music. The decorations were
very effective and included Christmas
greens and seven electric lights, with
a background Of green's, as stars and
above them "the star" the stars fur
nisIling the light during the exercises.
At the close of the program Santa
Claus came in with little maiden sit
ting astride his neck, personated by A.
r. Straw and his tiny granddaughter,
Eleanor Wright, apd gifts were dis
tribnted from large Christmas tree.
The committee in charge OF the en-
tertainmcnt was composed Of Miss
Ruth Mcmahon, Mrs. Edith Simonean,
Mrs. C. f. Hayward and Mrs. c. 4.
Nelson, who deserve much credit for
the success Of the evening.
About G5 baskets and boxes Of fruit
and candy were distributed to the
shut -ins and older people of the COM
munity by the Community church and
United Aid society, the committee in
charge being Miss Nellie Sargent, Mrs.
Hattie Douglass, Mrs. Edwina Harris
and Mrs. Ida Culver. Gifts of warm
garments, toys, fruit and candy have
been distributed Co about 80 poor
children from the proceeds Of the Sun
day evening moving pictures provided
by the Black Theatre company. G, g.
Stafford, theatre manager, was chair
man and other members of the com
mittee were Mrs. NJ C. Tinkham, Mrs.
II. +. Jenney, Rev. G. Il. Hayward, IL.
4. Straw and Representative ]. b. Nc
kinley.
Mrs. L. II. Straw, who went 10 Bur
linAton Saturday morning, was accom-
panied home by Mr.. Straw, who Is
making favorable recovery from an
operation for appendicitis.
Miss Mildred Smith of Boston is at
home for the holidays.
r. r. Mcmahon passed the Christ
mas holidays with Mrs. Mcmahon at
the home of her parents in Montreal.
William p. Kaiser, who died this
week at Craftsbury, was brother of 5.
II. Kaiser Of Stowe. The funeral was
held at Craftsburv Friday.
Miss Jane Tomlinson is passing the
holidays at the home of her sister.
Mrs. w. r. Alger, and family in North
field
Miss Nadine Boardman Of Yer
gennes came Saturday to pass Christ
mas with her father. r S. Boardman,
and brothers, after visiting her mother
at the Fanny Allen hospital.
Dance. CAROLS orchestra, seven
pieces, at auditorium Thursday, Dec.
20. s to /. Good wheeling on all roads
to Stowe. Warm storage at McMshon's
garage. adv.
A Joint service in honor Of the Tooth
anniversary of Clara Barton was car
ried out at the Community church
Sunday evening by the church and the
III. II. Smith Woman's Relief corps. The
program included music by the Chris
tianson orchestra; a solo by Mrs. H.
Nj. Barrows; a sketch of Miss Barton's