The Press., 1910-01-05
UNION.

Joseph Szabo has gone to Bridge port to work.
 Regular meeting of Mashapau Lake Grange this evening.
 George Towne has returned to hi forestry work in Swansea. N. H.
 Miss Florence l.. BarroWs return to Smith college to-day after 8 vaoa tion of two weeks.
 Ralph Towne has resumed hi studies at Clark college, returning t Worcester Sunday evening.
 Friends of Alvarado Howard are re joioed to hear of his improved health and that he will be able to return east soon.
 There was a special meeting O Mashapaug Lake Grange last week After the regular program an oysteI supper and a social sime were enjoyed
 This zero weather has brought tho English sparrows around. They have been conspicuous for their absence' during December, and everybody wal we'll pleased.
 Raymond Barrows went to Provi. denoe Monday to attend the funeral oi his grandfather, William O. Bar. rows, and from thence to Amherst at Svn kho
 There were about thirty at the so '. cial last week, notwithstanding the short time that there had been for making paths after the big storm. The story telling was an interesting feature of the occasion and some wonderful anecdotes were related. '.< The snow drifts and bare ground make a variety, to be sure. Ie you go from here to Stafford Springs with a sleigh. you wish you had taken a wagon. If you go with a wagon, you may long for sleigh. The sleigh ing from Mashapaug to Southbridge is prime most of the way. while from Union Center to Mashapaug it is 
 The following clipping from the Missionary Herald for December will be. of much interest to Union and Sta ffordville people. Mrs. Beard was Miss Ellen L. Kinney, a native of Union, and MT. Beard supplied the church while he was a student at the Hartford Theological MT. and Ms Beard have an interesting family of six children, all born in China. They will prob. ably live in a suburb of New York, where there are good educational "We are pleased to am nounoe that Rev. W. l. Beard of Foochow, China. has accepted the ,all of the prudential committee 10 jake up the work laid down by Dr. Jreegan as secretary of the middle district, with headquarters at New York We bespesk for him a hea, ty welcome on the part of the pastors md constituents in that immense Id, embracing Connecticut, New r oIk, Ohio, New Jersey. Pennsylva. lia, Maryland, District of Columb bia md the states to the south along the Atlantic coast. Mr. Beard va5 ap. pointed a missionary of the board at Foochow in 1894. During the past i've years he has been a general secre. ;ary under the international commit ee of the Young Mems Christian association. John R Mott ranks Jim among the most efficient of their secretaries abroad, but knowing the treat need of missionary advocates lmong the church at home he cheer ully releases MT. Beard for the New York position ''
 Mashapaug.
 F. A Moore has been harvesting ce the past week.
 School will open the 10th after a wrWeeks' vacation.
 Mrs. Lyman Moore is recov ering rom severe attack of grip.
 Peter Thompson and Harry Ryder attended chu oh at Holland Sunday.
 Wm. Ferry has a large gang of pen at woik rutting up ice at his 1otel property
 Eugene Walker filled his foe house ast week with six hundred cakes of inc eight-inoh ice.
 Mrs, G. W. Crawford returned rom Boston Friday after a short visit with relatives in that city. s Merrick Vinton has sold one of his pair of gray horses and twe bob sled ;o Mr. Beasaw of Kinney Hollow.
 So far this winter we have not hsg my contagious diseases spreadine arnong the children in this district.
 Miss Blanche soule returned to Stafford Sunday after spending week with her sister, Mrs. H R Howard.
 The timbers for the screen at the ake have been sawed out, and will oe placed over the present outlet ihis week.
 All available teams are at work moving the lumber sawed on the Reed lot last winter across the ice on inc lake to Ferry's landing. ..e.,,.,.
 
 Rock Meadow.
 Everett Mathews is quite ill.
 Charles Snow, who has been laid up 'or few weeks with a lame ankle, s able to be out again.
 Henry Booth has been visiting his Ion, Clarence, in Hartford and Burt n Springfield the past week.
 Adelbert Agard, Charles Webster md Wesley Bradway have harvested ;heir ice, about twelve inches thick.
 Sam Heck has returned to his