The Press., 1907-04-03
MONSON.

MONsON.
Lavator Webber's new house is rap
idly assuming form.
Claude Duncan has moved to his
new house on Pease avenue.
Miss Sarah Sweet is visiting her
sister, Miss Maud, in New York.
Miss Helen Moulton is home from
Norwalk for the Easter vacation.
o. O. McCray is to build a new
residence the coming season.
Maynard, who played with Monson
last season, has signed for the coming
season.
Miss Mrytie Herring of Stafford
Springs has been the guest of Mrs. H.
o. Nelson.
The personal property in the bank
rupt estate of Herbert H Hall will
be sold at public auction Tuesday,
April 9, at IL O'Clock a. m.
Frank Murphy has moved his fami-
ly from DR.. P. W. Soule's tenement
block on North Main street into the
Lambert block on South Main street.
Rev. G. A. Andrews of Holliston
has accepted call to the pastorate of
the Monson Congregational church.
He will begin his work here May 1.
Miss Minnie Hortense Webster of
Easthampton, who was engaged at the
local library for time, is to be mar
ried Wednesday, April II, to Harry
Eele Goss of Boston.
At the meeting of the fourth quart
erly conference held in the Methodist
church Sunday afternoon. it was voted
to ask Rev. A. B. Clifford to remain
as pastor of the church another year.
The annual meeting of the Quaboag
Country club was held at the club
house Wednesday evening. The re-
ports of the officers we're read and ac-
cepted, the treasruer's report being a
favorable one. The following board
of governors was elected: Fred s.
Chapman, j. O. Parsons and L. J.
Brainerd. The other officers will be
elected later by the board of govern
ors.
Twenty-six names were added to
the votres' list at the meeting of the
board of registrars held Saturday,
making the total registration this
spring 43. The total number of
voters now on the list is 8O7, the
largest for several years. Three or
four years ago the number reached
81S, but since that time had fallen
off somewhat.
Henry Lynch, "a, died at his home
at South Monson Oath ult. after few
days. illness, having been taken sick
at the time of his wife's death, which
occurred short time ago. He leaves
10 children and two Lrothers, Will
liam Lynch of Wales and Patrick
Lynch of West Warren. The funeral
was held from st. Patrick's church at
$50 O'Clock Tuesday morning, and
the burial was in the Catholic ceme-
terry on Pearl street.
@. F. Beckwith, the well-known
card clothing manufacturer of Stafford
Springs, has bought the fishing rights
on trout stream just out of Stafford.
Included in the deal were III acres
of land, house, one barn, some
horned cattle, several pigs, a few
hdSs, harness, one hay tedder, some
parlor furniture and a cook stove.
The latter articles are of not much
use to Mr.. Beckwith, but the trans
action shows to what lengths an en-
thusisatio angler will go to secure a
good place to fish.
The Green street whist club closed
their social season Tuesday night.
The members of the club met at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer E.
Thompson and from there went to the
Monson house, where turkey supper
was served them by Landlord William
E. Foley. After supper the party
adjourned to the home of R. f. Brad
way, where the balance of the even
ing was spent in games mad a social
time. The committee of arrange
ments, who kept the entertainment q
secret from the other club mem bers,
was Mrs. E. e. Thopmson, Mrs. D.
B Needham and Mrs. R. E. Brdaway.
The entire squad of the t'Monson
Atlantics' will hold their first prac-
tice of the season this afternoon.
The squad numbers about a dozen
Among the most prominent candidates
for the team are: William Cahill
(capt. @. Miller of Warren, Vt +,
Harry Rourke. Garter, ("Chummy")
Jack Purcell, Howard Giffin, Tihomer
Gradinaroff, "Sawdey" Faulkner and
Everett Mcguire. The 'Atlantics''
are hoping to have an extraordinary
fine team. With such man as Ca
hill behind the bat and Rourke and
Miller in the box, it ought to be q