The Press., 1910-01-26
4OMERS
State Master L. Fl. Healey was en. tertained at Kibbe s hotel.

State Master L. H. HeaIey was en- tertained at Kibbe's hotel.
 Miss Anna Wood is councillor of
 Lafayette council, D. of L in place
 of Mrs. Sarah A Gates, deceased.
 School in Center, which has been
 closed for some time on account of
 whooping cough, opened Monday.
 Primary Center school. which has
 been closed on act ount of whooping
 cough, opened again Monday morning.
 The chimney of Miss Alice Lees
 house caught frs Friday morning of
 last week. The prompt aid of friends
 and neighbors saved the house and
 barn nearby from destruction
 Officers of thf Grange. P, of H
 were installed last Thursday evening
 by Worthy State Marshal l. H Healey
 of Woodstock, assisted by Past Mas ter c. F. Kibbe. An oyster supper was served John Hunt was electG d
 chaplain, in place of Mrs Sarah A.
 Gates, deceased.
 At the business meeting of the Con.
 gregational church, held Friday after noon of last week, the following off
 cers were elected: Clerk and treas-
 urer, Charles s. Fuller; treasurer of
 benevolences, Miss Clara Russell {; church committee. Mrs. A. Vail Smith
 and Miss E. l.. Patten; auditor, A.
 Vail Smith. Frank O. Moore was selected for three years as deacon.
 < Albert s. Allen was arrested Satu1- day evening by Constable George F.
 Kibbe in Fuller, Bugbee 6 Co.'S store for being intoxicated. He was Mon- day fined $1. A second count was that of being a common drunkard, and he was given 60 days in the To-.
 land county jail. A fue of BIO and costs was imposed on the chargs of
 having the reputat. O. kaepirg a place where he sold quor thout a license. Being unable to pay his fines, he will have t remain in jail about 92 days, tn whol, amount being $32.
 The funeral of Mrs. Sarah A. Gates was held at the house last Tuesday morning. Among the floral tributes were a large standard wreath from Loyalty council, D. of L., and a beautiful wreath from Somers Grange, P. of H. Rev. H. A c Abbe, pas- tor of the Congregational church, of1ciated. Burial was in the family lot at Monson. The following was, in part, Rev. Mir. Abbe's address Dear friends, we are met this morn- ing to express our respect and appre. our love-for our friend, Mrs. Gates. She was with you for five years in this community. When she came to reside here, al ready she was three.soore years and ten, and yet she entered into the life of the place with youthful interest and fresh vigor. She let the life of the young enter into her life and became herself young again with them. In Cambridge, where she lived just before coming to Somers, she had already held an important position in the temperance work of Massachusetts. So here, also, she bee anne attached to the organization which express the social life of the community, occupying positions of honor in connection with them, and holding those positions with efficiency. Her influence has been widely felt here; the kindly, vivacious spirit has left it's impress on the many who came to know her. But more than that. she has made herself beloved, - beloved widely by large circle who her fine womanly char acser, felt concerned for her in her long sickness, and now hold her in aRectionate remembrance and mourn her loss. Her personal charm and her leadership have been taken away from us and cannot be restored. And there were reasons, deep reasons, for her staying here longer in our midst; and yet we feel that since God has SO ordered. 1t was after all best at last for her, personally, to be re- leased. She had suffered. and her was spent. She had a betsel tabernacle to enter into shan tIiat of the flesh Living many years here on earth has incrta cd the number Cf those who had gathered on the other shore and have awaited her coming. It must be that those many years of experience, of joy. sorrow, gladneas and trial. have been fltting her spirit,