The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-21
MORETOWN

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Irish and tvs
children, Winifred and Robert, visitet
their brother, Edwin Irish, and fam
\ lily in Underhill Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. G. Turner returned
to Montpelier Monday, after a weeks
visit at M. r. Child's.
| Eldon Griffith and Theodore Atkins
were in Springfield the first Of tht
week on business
/ Mrs. Roland Thorpe Of Franklin
| Park, Mass, called on friends Tues
day.
| Miss Edna Waldo attended the
teachers convention at st. Johnsbury
1 last week.
| There was meeting Of the farm
bureau at the town hall Friday eve
! ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. f. Griffith and
daughter. Mildred returned Friday
evening from visit at Waterbury
and Vergennes
| Clyde Church Of Randolph is a
guest Of his sister, Mrs. r, B. Griffith.
I The ladies' aid served chicken pie
supper at the local hall Friday eve
ming, which netted the society about
$50.
The next meeting Of the home dem-
onstration bureau will be held Nov. IA,
instead Of Nov. I. The subject will
be Christmas Gifts
Rev. r. NJ. Sellars returned from
Montreal Wednesday.
F. II. Buckley, T. J. Ferris, M. r.
Child and guest. d. c.ATurner, attend
ed the district meeting Of the /. o. O.
+. at Mortified last week Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Halves Of
Barre recently visited at r. G. At
kins.'
A large number from here attended
the funeral Of Mrs. Phila Spear at the
home OF Lewis Palmer in Waitsfield
Monday afternoon
Charln Howes died Sunday, Oct. s,
after a long illness. Mr. Howes, who
was IS years Of age, was the oldest
son of the late Frank and Flora HAS
eltinel Howes and had always re-
sided in town, being prosperous
farmer on Moretown Common. He
was kind husband. father and neigh
Dor and is survived by his wife, two
sens, Howard and Harold, also one
brother Fred s. Howes. for whom
much sympathy Is felt. Funeral serv
ices were held from his late home on
Tuesday, Oct. TO- The bearers were
W. II. Child, w N. Child, VI. K. Child,
q. III. sleeper. Floyd Fuller and Max
Berno, with burial in the Moretown
Common cemetery.
The death Of Mrs. phila Spear ocr
cured at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Levi Palmer. in Waitsfeld Sat
urday morning, Oct. a. Mrs. Spear |
was born in Shelburne March 10, 1925, /
the daughter Of Josiah Willis and |
Sarah Hollis Seaver, and was the /
Oldest Of a family of fourteen chill I
lren, twelve Of whom lived to man
hood and womanhood Her parents
moved to Moretown when she was
'our years of age, where she has since
'esided with the exception of few
fears spent in Lowell, and the last
wo years in Waitsfield. She marriedd
Martin r. Spear of Charlotte, who
lied May 20. 1896. For the past 81
ears she had made her hsme with her
Idopted daughter. who was very de-
'oted to her mother, being her con-
tant companion and to whom much
is extended. Mrs. Spear
vas unusually active for one Of her
ears, retaining her mental faculties
la al I.t.- .a1r
ond Of reading and did very fine nee
lework until her eyesight failed
ew years ago, one piece OF work be-
ng especially worthy Of mention, a
uilt containing 1926 pieces. She
ad also knit over GOO pair Of socks
or the soldiers and refugees and at
he time she was taken i'll, was knit
ing her 4Sth scarf. In fact, II could
1ell be said of her ~she was 81 years
oung.' Mrs Spear had been a mem
err of the Methodist church in More
own for the past 40 years. Funeral
arvices were held from her late home
/ Waitsfield Monday afternoon, Rev
7. A. Remele officiating, who took
,r his text, Blessed in the sight of
he Lord is the death of his saints
he bearers were Lewis Palmer, j. II.
iddock, H. J. Nelson and w. II. Hath /.
way Burial was at South Duxbury.
hose from away included Mrs Ro-
nd Thorpe of Franklin Park, Mass,
Irs. Alma George, Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. T
iddock and two sons, and Mr.. and
RS. A. II. Cole Of Montpelier, Mrs. f
ouisa Houston and son, George, Of 4
vaterbury Center /