The Press., 1902-06-05
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STAFFORD SPRINGS.

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. l.. Crawford of Wor- cester were guests of his parents over Sunday.
 Mrs. Frank Mercy of Westford Is the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. w. F. Bidwell.
 Miss Eva Mercy will entertain party of fourteen of her young friends to-mor- row afternoon.
 Miss M. D. Harris of Bridgeton. Me-, was the guest of MT. and Mrs. Reuben Converse over Sunday.
 Joseph Le Valley has returned to his home in Leominster, Mass, after brief visit with friends in town.
 Carl and Miss Mena Adams returned the first of the week from visit with friends in Bondsville, Mass.
 Miss l.. M. Gale has gone to Spring field, Mass, and will spend several weeks there with her aunt, Mrs. L. E. Roberts.
 L. K. Lord, president of the First Ma. tional bank of Parker, South Dakota, has been elected president of the South Dakota Bankers association. MT. Lords many friends in this vicinity are pleased to hear of his being so honored.
 w. E. Hanley has hired an attractive store in Palmer and will open 8 branch shoe store in about two weeks. The Pal mer store will be under the management of his son, W. J. Hanley, who has been with wholesale house in Boston for the past two years.
 Devine Bolieau, 26, died Saturday, after an illness of several years of consump. tion. A widow and one daughter survive him. His parents, MT. and Mrs. Henry Bolieau, three sisters and two brothers also survive him. The funeral was held Monday forenoon from St. Edwards church and the burial was In the Catholic cemetery.
 Patriotic exercises were held In the public schools last Thursday appropriate to Memorial day. On Friday the usual program was carried out, and everything passed off in a smooth and pleasing man. ner. In the procession that formed for the march to the local cemetery in the afternoon there were about 30 grand army veterans in line. The number Is growing less each year, but there are still enough left to make good showing. The weath- CT was threatening in the afternoon and a few drops of rain fell, but, notwithstand- ing this condition, there was good sized audience present to hear the address by Rev. J. T. Marvin, pastor of the Uni- veIsalist church at Stafford and the speaker of the day. The address proved instructive and interesting, and was 8 strong feature in an unusually expressive observance of the day. The Citizens band furnished excellent music for the occa. sion. A feature of the exercises at the cemeteries was the reading of Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg by Rev. c. s. Davis pastor of the Methodist church, who ac companied the detachment in charge O. the decorative exercises. School chil dren assisted at the exercises at eacf cemetery. Dr. Otis Mann, a we'll known veterinar. surgeon, died at his home near Ell thorpe's crossing Tuesday evening at th' age of seventy. He has been i'll for tn past five years, but has only been con fined to his room since last August Complications of heart and kidney trou bles caused his death. The doctor wa well known in Springfield, where he prac ticed his profession for ten years. Fl was born in Chester, Vt. The decease, had resided on his place at Ellithorpe' for the past thirteen years, carrying ol the farm and attending to considerabl professional business in his line. Dr Mann at one time owned the StafIor hotel property and traded if for the prop erty at Ellithorpe's. He was bluff hearty character, we'll liked by all wh knew him, and thoroughly understood hi business. Besides widow he leaves tw brothers and two sisters, Harry Mann c Grafton, Mass., Captain Samuel Mann o Natick, Mass, Mrs. D. s. Perkins o Holderness, N. H., and Mrs. N. M. Mor rison of Boston. The funeral and buria was held this afternoon at Forest Hil cemetery, Boston. A prayer at the hous preceded the removal of the body. Rev E. A. Burnham of the Congregations | church officiated.