GREENSBORO
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Church of Christ
Rev. Kenneth McCrae
10:30 A.M. Divine Service.
The Church School meets each Sunday at 11:30.
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New Doctor Expected about March 1
Dr. Freideric Sharpless of Haverford, Pa., is expected to arrive in Greensboro about March first. Dr. Sharpless will have his office at the hospital.
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Thirteen of our young people accompanied by Rev. and Mrs. McCrae and Mr. and Mrs. Fed. Ling and Mrs. Donald Drown, attended the Caspian Lamoille Youth Rally at Cambridge this Sunday afternoon and evening.
The Women’s Union will observe the World Day of Prayer in a meeting held at the parsonage on Friday, Feb. 9, at 2 P.M. Marjorie Lapierre and Harriette Noyes are hostesses.
A program on “One Great Hour of Sharing” will be broadcasted on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 9 P.M. on N.B.C.
We in the Church of Christ will continue to contribute to this World Observance on Sunday, Feb. 18. A film strip “The Eleventh Hour” will be shown at the Church Auditorium on the evening on Feb. 18.
On Thursday George Willey, P. N. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Drown attended the Food Products Show at Barre. Mr. and Mrs. Drown attended the Vermont Jersey Cattle Club meeting at 4 P.M. Donald Drown was appointed Vice President of the Club. They also attended the banquet held at the Pavillion, Montpelier, the same evening, which was attended by more than 250.
The collections for the Pollo Fund to this date are $57.10.
The auditors, Herbert Potter, Mellie Gebbie and Everett Lyes, began work on the town books on Feb. 1. Everett Lyles took the place of J. I Wilson resigned.
The name of Miss Lois Campbell was omitted last week from the list of those who earned 2nd honors at Greensboro High School.
Mrs. B. M. Willey entered Greensboro Hospital on Saturday. Mrs. Willey’s many freinds are pleased to know she is gaining from her recent illness.
Miss Alice Cowley and friend of Boston spend the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cowley.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blanchard and John were Sunday guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Drown.
Mrs. Alice Tolman spent the weekend at her home in Orleans.
Mr. and Mrs. George Colby were business visitors in Hardwick on Monday and called on Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Barrington. They report Mr. Barrington somewhat improved.
Greensboro Basketball Teams played Hyde Park on Tuesday night. Girls won 42-28. Boys won 29-19.
LOCAL GROWERS PREDOMINATE AT POTATO MEETING
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One would gather from the daily papers of last Thursday that Hardwick stood out as far as potato growing was concerned in this state.
At the annual meeting last week Wednesday of the Vermont Certified Seed Potato Growers association, held in conjunction with the Vermont Farm Products Show at Barre, Commissioner of Agriculture Stanley G. Judd presented certificates to ten growers in the “400 Bushel Club.”
The winners were: W.P. Brow, Albany 844.5 bu. Green Mountains; Joseph brow, Albany, 793 bu. Chippewas; W. S. Hill, Hardwick, 708 bu. Green Mountains; C. J. Batten, East Hardwick, 687.36 bu. Katahdins; Howard Rowe of Guildhall, 682.4 bu. Green Mountains; Rudolph Danforth, Tunbridge, 650.5 bu. Green Mountains; Fred W. Peaslee Estate, Guildhall, 598.2 bu. Green Mountains; Fred W. Peaslee Estate, 559.9 bu. Kennebecs; J. E. Farrell, Middletown Springs, 531.6, by. Houmas; Howard Eastman, Hardwick, 489.44 bu. Katahdins. The figures represent the number of bushels grown per acre on the plot in competition.
The annual meeting was held in the afternoon at the Presbyterian church hall and the banquet at Marios Restaurant in the evening.
At the election of offices the association president, C. E. Cramton of Castleton, was re-elected; C. J. Batten of East Hardwick was named vice president; Harold L. Bailey of Montpelier, secretary-treasurer (re-election); and, Miss Rosemary Sullivan of Montpelier was named assistant secretary. James Farrell of Middletown Springs, William Hill of Hardwick and W. P. Brow of Albany were chosen on the executive committee.
The speakers included Burton Strong of Craftsbury Common, who discussed “Spuds Aross the Sea”, telling of his exchange trip in Europe last summer, where he lived with farm families, as a 4-H club member, under Department of Agriculture and State Department auspices. He attended social functions and farm meetings in England, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland and Scotland. Dr. Ora Smith of Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., talked on “Recent Advances in Potato Research” and John R. MacInnes of Springfield, Mass.; representing the New England Potato Marketing Agreement Administrative committee.
The problems discussed by the potato growers were numerous, but the problem of surplus potatoes was the principal one. There will be no more subsidy payments after this spring, it was predicted. The invariable answer was: Raise quality potatoes.
