The Press., 1907-03-06
MONsON.

HAOSSONs
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Coy, former
lily of Wales, have moved here.
Gilbert Tobey has returned to town
and has taken a position at the Cush
man mill.
Miss Mollie Fitzgerald of Belmont
avenue has accepted a position as
milliner in an establishment at Law
renee.
Benjamin Hastings of Monson and
Lille Gilbert of Worcester were mar
ried Tuesday, Feb. 26, by Town Olerk
q. L. Peck at his Office. They will
live in Monson.
New suits have been purchased for
the Monson baseball team. The suits
will be. black, with white letters and
white worsted belt. The stockings
will be Dutch belted-black, with a
white band four inches wide on the
calf of the leg. The caps will be
black with white cord.
Henry Girard will leave Monday to
take a course in the automobile school
at Boston, and will become ohauf
feur. Mr.. Girard has plenty of
nerve, is steady in his habits and is
an extra good man for a position of
this kind. Regret will be felt by
his many local friends that he is to
leave Monson.
Mrs. Arthur L. Noyes was pleas
antly surprised Wednesday night at
her home on the Hampden road by
a party of about so of her neighbors
and friends, the occasion being her
birthday. She was presented with a
handsome piano chair and fur scarf,
the presentation being made by James
Burdick. Remarks were also made
by O. @. Keep and John F. CLARK.
Refreshments were served and a gen.
eral good time enjoyed. Several were
present from Springfield.
The merchants are not pleased with
the change in the trolley express
company's time of arrival in Monson,
as it is now impossible to have fruit
shipped from Springfield. AS the car
goes to Ware in the morning and does
not reach Monson until the middle
of the afternoon, being on the road
practically all day, the service is lit
tie better than sending by freight.
The merchants feel that the company
should send it's car to Monson before
going to Ware, as more business is
done on this end of Ghe line, and if
there is any choice of time Of deliv-
cry it is due at the Monson end.
Rufus CLARK Pease, 65, died at his
home on Washington street late We'd
nesday night of double pneumonia,
having been i'll but few days. Mr..
Pease was born on the old Pease
homestead in the west part of the
town, and has been a resident of the
town all his life. For many years
he worked in the straw hat factory
and was at work there until taken ill.
A man of few words, he was highly
respected by his fellow employees and
wide circle of friends throughout
the town. He leaves a widow, a
daughter, Mrs. 81. w. Miller, of Co.
lumbus, O., and a sister, Mrs. A. H.
Day of Columbus, O.. also one BROTH
er, Edwin s. Pease, of Washington
street. The funeral will be held at
the residence this afternoon at 2
O'Clock, and the burial will be in the
No. l cemetery.
John Howard st. Clair, so, secre-
tary of the civil-service board of the
United States armory at Springfield,
died at his home, % Pleasant street,
in that city, at ii O'Clock Tuesday,
March 26th, as result of paralytio
shock. He was taken suddenly i'll
while working at his desk at the
armory. DR.. F. B. Sweet responded
to a telephone call, and at once pro-
nounoed the case hopeless. Mr.. st.
Clair was removed to his home, and
died without regaining consciousness.
He was born in Windsor, Ct., May 20,
1846, and was the SON of Norman
and Mary (Hollar) st. CLAIR. He at
tended school at Monson academy and
Fort Edward institute, New York.