The Press., 1912-07-24
NONQON

Miss Winifred Larned of Stafford
 Springs is visiting friends in town. Miss Mamie Sullivan has taken q position with Sprague & Co.,, of Or ange.
 Robert, the nine-years- old son of MT. and Mrs. F. H. Johnson of Sor tn Main street, was badly injured Satur day, the 18th. The boy, while ju IT missed the bar and fell, breaking the bone i'll his right arm below the elbow This is the third time in five years that the boy has so injured himself.
 The Old Home week committee of Wales has organized, with Ansel H. Shaw as chairman, and F. M. Royce as secretary. Old home week begins July 29th, but as usual Saturday, August 3d, and Sunday, August 4th, will be the big days. There will be ball game Saturday and an address
 by Rev. Charles H. Ricketts of Nor
 wich. Sunday there will be ser vice in the old Baptist church at B o'clock, in charge of Rev. H. P. Smith of Dayton, Ohio.
 Rev. F. W. Mcconnell pastor of
 the Methodist church, has resigned,
 to take effect Aug. 15. He has had the Monson pastorate a little more
 than a year and there will be deep regret that he is to leave town, al-
 though his friends will be glad of his
 advancement. His resignation is to
 enable him to accept an appointment
 as an instructor in a girls college in
 Lynchburg, Va, to which he has
 been elected. MT. Mcconnell is
 graduate of Boston Theological uni versity and his pastorate here has | been a successful one.
 The W. N. Flynt Granite company
 has been engaged to remove the ma
 chinery from the ruins of the Hei-
 mann 6 Lichten hat shop and has
 erected a derrick for that purpose.
 The exchange of the property and the
 knowledge that it will not again be
 used for manufacturing purposes has
 caused considerable discussion as to
 the feasibility of acquiring a portion l of it, for the purpose of strengthening Washington street. The street from
 Main to State street is narrow and a
 great improvemnt could be made if
 the town were to acquire a small strip
 of land upon which a portion of the
 hat shop stood.
 It is extremely good news that Heimann 6 Lichten are to remain with us. By the sale of the Cush- man plant there is one industry the less in town and that phase of the sit uatiOn is, of course, to be regretted.
 The Cushman brothers have long and honorable records as business men, and manufacturers, as did their father be- fore them. Good citizens all, they may be entitled to stand from under the woolen game, which is hazardous and trying for the returns that are in it. At any rate the indications are that they propose to do so, and they deserve the best wishes of all of us for the years that their plant has been a factor in the industrial life of the town, as we'll as the public spirit | that has characterized the family in everything that has made for the vel fare of the community. It is quite | possible that we do not always appre- | ciate fully the value of men who have the capacity for large undertakings. If men with ample money for their | needs recognize public duty in con- tinuing their activities for the good of their town, they are entitled to a l large degree of respect and esteem. | The Cushmans have recognized such | duty, and there is another con- spicuous local example in the woolen | business. Of the younger manufac- | turers, it is hoped that they also will reap large rewards equal to their use- fulness. But to return to MT. Hei- mann, while he is not a resident, | he likes the town. There is no doubt whatever that sentimental reasons governed him to a large extent ill de- ciding to continue business here. Since the fire the firm has had all kinds of offers from different places, with various inducements extended. While admitting that sentimental reasons had bearing on his decision, MT. Heimann does not pose as a phil and announces his inten- tion of making some money at the new location. It will serve him just right if that happens. The Register voices the sentiment of a large per ,entage of the townspeople in wishing the firm a continuance of the prosper r. lty they so we'll deserve, By. this purchase the indications are that they will be ready for the next straw 'eason, and preparations are already made for the felt season. Additions md changes will have to be made at he new plant, and this work will be pushed. The purchase includes all he land and buildings on the north tide of Cushman street from the church property on Main treet, as we'll as the water privilege S md the land on the east side of the ,ond, on which is situated four enement building, as well as a one- enement building. The buildings m the north side of the street in- Jude, besides the mill, store-houses md office, the large boarding house, . which is one of Monson's old land marks, as we'll as the four-tenement louse and other small buildings. The and included in the purchase amounts Q about II acres. The Cushman