The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-04
GRAFTON.
List of Teachers Selected for the Town
Schools.

Schools.
Grafton, Mass, Sept. S.-The Graf
tons will play base ball in Baskerville
tomorrow morning and in the after
noon they will meet the NIillbury team
on Hassanimsco park. The personnel
of the team will be: Mason c, Hughes
p, Smith 1b, Grove 3D. Vondell Sb,
Finn IS, Sheehan If, ]. Bourassa CT, and
G. BouraSsa IF.
Pastoral helps" was used as a to-
pic by Miss Sarah Axtell in leading the
B. Y. P. L. meeting this afternoon.
Miss Anna Griffin is the guest of NJ
f. Hickey and wife on South street
Miss Eliza Brown of Sutton is spend
ing few days as the guest of rela-
tives on Oak street.
Robert Purie and wife returned today
from a two weeks visit at Lake Suna-'
pee.
| Miss Mamie Morse, a recent guest at
her parents home on Oak street, has
returned to Hyde Park to assume
charge of a school there.
| The special town meeting Monday
evening, Sept. IL, promises to be the
hottest one in years and without doubt
will be largely attended. The public
! sentiment seems to be for settling the
1
opinion or preference is gathering him
1 self for the meeting.
Miss Jewett has returned to her De-
/ troit house after a stay of several weeks
/ with relatives here.
/ Wood piles and potato fields still
| suffer from the attacks of sneak
| thieves.
Hughes, pitcher for the Creations,
i scored another IL strikeouts in the
loo - Txyh CO
i holding the record for the Blackstone
4 Valley league.
i There are still several unlicensed dogs
Iabou5 Grafton, and Dog Officer Carney
i says that unless the funds are forth
i coming the owners will be in court
i Miss Lena Wood has returned from a
visit in Westfeld
Jeffrey Potter and wife went TO Nan
tasket Beach on a visit today
i Miss Phoebe Pigeon, who has spent
the summer months in Grafton, returns
! today to her duties in Somerville.
l. James Mckenzie of Pasco, Cal, a
Hong distance Wheelman, en- route to
I Boston, spent a short time in Grafton
today.
Joseph Harper and wife of Barre are
the guests Of North street relatives.
Frank Gibbs, who has for some time
been on the sick list, shows signs of
his many friends.
Tho Congregational and Urit THH
4 Tho Congregational and Unitarian
churches resumed services today after
the annual summer recess.
Farmers report an unusual scarcity
of APPLES in this section.
Many members of the local grange
intended to attend the annual meeting
of the Middlesex- wv Forester Pomona
Grange, held in Aslby, Sept IS.
Joseph Ailaire of Leominster, form
er resident, was a guest in town today
Rev. Ivan Fannie has returned from 8
visit in South birmingham and tonight
addressed a gathering of Christian
friends on Salem street, Worcester.
Mrs. Mcntimer Hood is in WillimantiC
for few days.
Mary Scanned of Northampton is Wis
iting relatives on Church square
Members Of the Grafton Gun Clui
will attend the shoot by the Upton Cur
Club, in Upton, Labor day.
A. A. Howe, ex-town clerk, is tbs
guest of ], A. Dodge.
The public schools will reopen Mon
day, Sept. II, with the following list O.
teachers At the high school, Prof
Rugg will again serve as principal, and
will have as assistants Miss Elmira S
Nelson Of Portland and Miss Dora B
Gibbons Of Franklin N. Y. In tn,
centre schools, Miss Sadie D. Varne,
of Wiscasset, Me-, will teach grades
l and s; Miss Mary A. Carr grades
and g.; Miss Elizabeth Smith of Am
, herst, grades 2 and g. Miss Annie Long
grade /; Miss Harriet O~-Paul. VIII,
2 taught grade for two years, has re
: lsigned to become assistant teacher il
the Upton high, and her position is still
+ vacant Miss Edith Wallace, teacher ii
grades and 8, resigned to accept
more lucrative position in Mount Clair
: N. J. In North Grafton, the teacher!
will be: Miss Charlotte j. Young grade,
and 8; Miss Cynthia Halves, grade 6
Anna T. guile, grade 8; Miss Luthers
M. Leach Of Braintree, grade 8: Mis-
Ada M. Tenney. grade q Miss Emma
Scoff and Miss Lucy j. Mitchell, grad,
! T. Miss Ida Eames, who taught grad
! last year. will be an assistant in tn,
Upton high school; Miss Halves i
advanced TO grade from grade 5, an,
, her position is filled by Miss Anns
guile, who is transferred from Far
huntsville. AT Farnumsyille, the teach
ers will be: Miss Carrie S. Worthing
ton, grades 4 and 5; Miss Elizabeth l.
Z Merrill Of Newburyport, grade 3: Ann;
2 M. Marble, grade o; Miss Flora Frost
/, grade /. In Saundersville, Miss Pa
( tienee Breck will teach grades s, an,
$ s; Miss Mabel Mcintosh of Hoyoke
t grades 4 and s; Miss ida Pratt, grade
h and 3; Miss Ella Banister, grade
: Miss Flora M. Randall has been re
4 elected teacher Of music and drawinl
In all Of the public schools Of Graftoi
, and Upton.