The Press., 1908-03-25
v. R. o. msetinR next wednssday


J Peter Bondville has been confined
10 his home by illness.
Miss Rose Hanley visited friends
In Holyoke over Sunday.
Miss Helen E Leach Is employed
at the local telephone exchange.
| Daniel Burbank of LonRmeadow
visited friends in town yesterday.
Miss Ethel Whitaker returned from
q visit in Providence the first Of the
week.
Mrs. Michael MCCARTHY of the
Stafford House is recovering from an
illness,
Miss Beckwith will hold her MILL
merry opening next week Friday and
Saturday.
Thomas Frazier has taken the house
on East Main street vacated by ]. W.
williams.
Miss Eva l.. Sears, book-keeper for
Brown & Pinney, was at Springfield
over Sunday
Miss d Hope Jacobus of Mt. Kisoo,
N. Y, is guest of her sister. Mrs.
Fred wildey.
The sessions of the night school
this week will complete the three
months term.
]. W. Sweetser, who has charge of
the wiring for the electric road, has
returned to town to finish his work.
The Tuesday club of Palmer have
invited the Current Events club to
be their guests the afternoon of April
7th.
Rev. H. A. Blake will speak at the
Congregational church Sunday even
ing on "John Hus and the Bohe-
mians. "
All of the schools, with the ex-
ception of those in district No. 2,
will close Friday for a two-weeks'
vacation.
A W. r. o. supper will be given
Friday for the benefit of a soldiers
widow, who is i'll and needy. Sup
per, 15o.
Miss Celia Holt and Mrs. Milton
H. Soule of Stafford are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Giddings Pinney in Brook
lyn, N. Y.
The high school graduation honors.
based on scholarship, go to Miss Grace
B Barlow, Miss Anna Weloh and
Miss Bertha Waterman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Suenderhauf
have been in town this week packing
up their household goods preparatory
to removing to Providence. Mr..
Suenderhauf has rented his house to
Henry Grundy, who is to move here
from the Hollow.
There will be a meeting CT the
Business Mems association tomorrow
evening at 8 O'Clock, at the Springs
House, TO appoint committees to con-
fer with the other organizations in
town relative to making the week of
the opening of the new electric road
an occasion for a general celebration.
with "old home" week features.
Charles F. Thomas, q contractor
from Palmer, is in town for the pur-
pose of removing q part of the Min
eral Springs boarding house and a
part of Mr.. Lees residence, which are
inside the right of way for the new
electric line. Three feet will be
taken of the boarding house and Is
inches from the ell of the Lee house.
At the annual meeting of the Con-
gregational Ecclesiastical society, held
last evening, the following officers
were elected: Committee for three
years, Fred Wildey, W. E. Demond
aud B. P. Cooley hold over); clerk,
Lewis Mclaughlin; treasurer. H. E.
Burwell; collector, Maurice Demond
trustees, W. E. Demond for three
years, F. H. Baker for two years,
W. H Heald holds oyer); auditors,
w. H. HeAld and B. P. Cooley; COM
mittee on pledges, R. W. Smith, g.
s. Baker, O. H. Moore and the So
oiety committee; ushers, G. s. Baker,
W. 81. Heald, o. F. Chandler. @. H.
Demond. R. W. Smith, B P. Cooley,
]. L. Burr, R N. Demond.
The prize-speaking contest will he
held in st. Edwards hall to morrow
evening Owing to the limited seat
ing capacity of the hall, admission
will be by ticket only. A few of the
tickets have been left at the store of
F. E. Fitzpatrick, aud can be OBJ
tanned after 4 O'Clock p. m. to-day.
The judges of the contest are Prof
James H. Butterworth of Monson
academy, Rev. R. NJ. D. Adams and
Rev. George j. Donohue. Those
holding the red tickets will be seated
in the section reserved for the pupils
of the high school. Any person not |
planning to use their ticket is request.
ed to leave the same at f. E. Fitz- |
patrick s store, as there are q great |
many more applicants than there are
tickets for.
Stafford.
George H. Beard has been on the
sick list during the past week.
Hezekiah Smeltzer of Pittsfieid, N.
H.. visited friends in town last week
Mrs. Henry Alfred Mathes of Terry
Vile was the guest of her mother last |
week.
Mrs. Eva Whitaker of New Bed
ford, Mass is visiting her daughter,
Mrs Ernest Bassett.
The usual weekly supper will be
held at the ladies' hall of the Uni
versalist church next Wednesday.
Hostesses, Mrs. d. MacCallum and |
Mrs. H. o. Fisk.
Some thirty members of Woloott |
lodge of Masons accepted the invi-
tation of Rev. ] E. Fischer TO attend |
a special service at the Mekhodiat