Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-04-16
Bellows Falls Locals.

W. A. Ferguson received Park Flyer
bicycle yesterday.
Miss Della Hobart of North Walpole
has purchased new Bedford wheel.
F. B. Phelps is reftting the store Of G..
A. Leland & Son of Springfield.
DR.. A. J. Parker expects to leave his
present quarters about May 1.
Roswell loves boat appears in a new
spring coat Of paint.
w. S. Durham has vacated the store
in the Farr block which he has used for
some time as storage room.
Miss Mary Mary Dascomb opens the
kindergarten Monday in the old high
school building.
At the teachers meeting Monday even
ing geography in the different grades will
be discussed.
The ladies of Emmanuel church will hold
an afternoo On tea and cake sale in the Par
ish House Saturday, April %, from to 6
o'clock.
George Fitzsimmons has accepted call
to the general secretary ship Of Massa-
chusetts association to take effect May 1.
Exner & Holmes have their window dec
grated in the national colors with Uncle
Sam standing in the center and a cannon
at his feet, which is rather suggestive these
days.
H. d. Aldrich is in Boston hospital
as result of his fall week ago, by which
he fractured his knee. He is able to walk
and expects to return home shortly.
Fred Dennis, who served his time with
Osgood & Barker, is foreman for the Flor
ence Machine company Of Florence, Mass,
manufacturing machine tools.
A special order of music has been pre-
pared tor the services at the Congrega-
tional church tomorrow. In the evening
the pastor will preach on the subject,
''Wanted-A Man"
Bellows Falls Lodge, No. %, 10. O.
F., are to give 79h anniversary enter
tainment in Odd Fellow hall the 29th Of
this month. The exercises will be from
s to $50 and will be followed by music
and progressive whist.
The ladies of the Cuban committee have
packed five barrels of clothing which will
be sent the first Of the week to the Relief
association at New York and forwarded
from there. The contributions from Ches-
ter and other nearby towns went a long
ways towards filling these barrels
The annual meeting of the ladies'society
of Emmanuel church was held at the Parish
House Thursday afternoon and the follow
ing officers elected: President, Mrs. H.
P. Bancroft; vice president, Mrs Charles
w. Butterfeld; treasurer, Miss Kate Will
liams secretary, Mrs. Charles Barker; d.
rectore sses, Mrs. S. R. Wale., Mrs. WI.
Conant, Mrs. d. L. Sanford and Miss
S. Louise Flint. Mrs w. j. Conant was
also elected secretary and treasurer of the
woman's auxiliary. Much regret was ex-
pressed at the resignation of Miss Ann
Hapgood from the Office Of treasurer,a posi-
ton which she has most admirably filled
for the past IL years.
H. H. Davis has purchased house and
lot in North Walpole, formerly known as
the Wilson property and has broken
ground on the front of the lot for the erec-
ton of building to be used by him for a
drug store. 1t is not known whether be
will continue business at his Bellows Falls
stand or not, but it is rumored that he will
move his stock to the new store as soon as
completed and that the Wheeler pharmacy
will occupy his Canal street stand.
Clarence Dennis, who for several years
worked for Osgood & Barker and the
Abenaqui Machine Works, is now foreman
of the tool makers for the Reed & Curtis
Machine Screw company of Worcester.
This is one of the large companies of
Worcester. employing 200 hands, manu-
featuring pedals, bicycle posts, and stand
ard machine screws.
At the annual meeting of Lodge of tn
Temple, No. "a, F. & A. NJ, Thursday
evening, the officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: w. H. Taylor,
w. NJ; j. F. Perez, S. W.; c. III.
Rotb. ]. w; A. l.. Field, treasurer; G.
Whitney, secretary. The third degree
was conferred On one candidate. The
appointive officers have not yet been
and the installation will occur
later.