The Press., 1905-09-06
s. CONN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER g. 1906 4s. No g.
MONSON.

William O. Moulton will open an
automobile garage and general repair
shop on the Palmer road.
The flower show, under the au-
spices of the schools, will be held in
Memorial hall Sept. 10th. .....
George HI. Lewis has bought a tract
OF land and two houses near Pearl
street of Mrs. O'Brien of Groton.
The annual reunion of the 9th
Regt., Mass. Vols, will be held in
Memorial hall Sept 20. A dinner
will be served by Marcus Keep Wom-
ans Relief Corps.
Mrs. Susan Tupper, aged 81 years
old, died Tuesday night at the home
of her son, James Tupper, ON Wales
street. She recently sustained a stroke
of apoplexy. The funeral was held
Thursday afternoon.
A. D. Ellis and family have re-
turned to Monson, where they will
make their home in future. A house
at South Monson owned by Mr.. Ellis
will be occupied by the family until
the house which is now under con-
struction is completed.
Miss Jessie Young has been engaged
to take the school taught by Miss
Stevenson, as the latter has a position
as teacher in high school in Maine.
Miss Frances E. Reardon of Wor-
cester, graduate of the Worcester
normal school, has been engaged to
take the East Hill district.
A. J. Purinton of the Springfield
& Eastern street railway filed the
formal application asking the select
men for a franchise for the proposed
new electric line to Brimfield and
Fiskdale, Wednesday. W. H. Brain
erd of Palmer has commenced to take
the preliminary survey of this line.
A calf owned by Hector Aldrich,
which was pastured on land owned
by Merrill Stebbins, was killed by
dogs Tuesday. The calf was attacked,
and the dogs were kept at bay by the
mother until she was completely ex-
hausted, when the calf was killed.
The COW is so exhausted from her ef-
forts as to be practically worthless.
The electric railroad company will
on pleasant afternoons in future run
double-truck cars upon the Monson
line. Tt has been found that the
krn GSn hn %A1
by the use of small cars, and the COM
pany expresses a desire to give such a
service as shall be entirely satisfac-
tory.
Mrs. Mary McInerney, II, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. D.
ID. Meaney, August 28th, after an ILL
mess of about a year. Besides her
daughter, she leaves one son, John,
who also resides here. The funeral
was held from St. Patrick's church
Wednesday morning at $50 and the
burial was in St. Patrick's cemetery.
Michael O'Keefe, aged 76 years,
died at his home on Main street
August Goth. His death was due to
old age. He was born in Ireland.
He was the sexton of st. Mary's GEM
etery, and was a landscape gardener.
He had been a resident of Monson
over 20 years. Besides his widow
he leaves one daughter, Mrs. Elmer
Bowler, of Springfield and one son,
Michael J. O'Keefe, of Hyde Park.
The funeral was from St. Patrick s
church Tuesday morning at $50
O'Clock.
Rich of Easthampton will play first
base for the Monsons in place of En-
erson in future. At a special meet
ing of the baseball association, called
Thursday evening, the melancholy
fact that the association was short of
money was made public. There were
81 stockholders present at the meet
ing, and it was the unanimous desire
that the season be finished. 1t was
voted that the directors take charge
of subscription paper to raise money
enough to finish the schedule, which
included four games with Ludlow,
two of which we're played Labor
day. At the meeting $31 was raised,
and no trouble is anticipated in get
ting enough more to finish the season.
The academy opened last Tues
day with a partially new corps of
teachers. L. B. Hulsman, a grad
uate of Boston university, will teach
mathematics in Mr.. Lester's place
Miss Charlotte W. Frye of Newton, a
graduate of Boston university and for
two years teacher at Wrentham will
teach French and German in Miss
Thrall's place; Miss Clara M. Bur-
leigh of South Berwick, Me-, a grad
uate of Smith college and who was a
teacher in the public schools in the
town last year, will teach in Miss
Parker's place. There will also be a
change in the matrons at Oushman
hall, as Mrs. Chapman has position
and Mrs. Viola Haskell of
Boston will be the new matron.
Principal Butterworth reports that
Cushman hall is practically filled al
ready, and every indication points to
a successful year.
1t has been suggested that a fair be
held this winter to raise funds for
supporting a ball team the coming
season. The plan will receive con-
sideration at the next meeting of the |
which is to be held the |
second Thursday evening in October. |