The Press., 1913-02-05
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| from Marlboro.
 The woodwork in the new residence for MT. and Mrs. Dwight Ellis is completed, and in few weeks it will be ready for occupancy.
 Miss Winnie Mcclellan has re- turned to her home in Stafford Springs, Conn.,, after visit to MT. and Mrs. Arthur Curtis.
 Robert Fay, who has been spending 10 days with his parents on Main street, has returned to his studies at the Massachusetts agricultural col lege. The corner store in South Monson has changed ownership again, having been sold by D. F. Pease to 0. w. Robinson of Palmer. The store is one of the landmarks in that section of the town.
 Considerable excitement has been caused near Cushman hall for the past few days by the various classes of the academy endeavoring to place their numerals near the top of the large ICO-foot chimney, opposite the hall. In this endeavor the longest ladders in town, as we'll as various extension ladders, have been employed in the work, and very dangerous posi- tions have been taken by the young men in their endeavor to outstrip other classes; 1913 at present heads the list about halfway up the chim- ney.
 Henry Wallace, 12 years old, was drowned Wednesday noon in l.. 0. Flynt's pond in Colton Hollow. He was a ward of the state and had lived in the family of Fred Waid nearly a year. The pond was covered with thin ice and the boy wanted to go skating, but was forbidden. He ven- tured upon the ice, however, broke through and was drowned. His body was recovered by dragging about o'clock Wednesday afternoon. He was an exceptionally bright boy. He leaves a mother in Windsor, Conn. three brothers and three sisters.
 The mysterious flock of birds seen every afternoon of late lowering about the spire of the Universalist church has been identified. They are Eng fish starlings and are believed to have come here from New York state, hav- ing been imported into that state two years ago. The birds have a call so much like the whistle of a human being that many persons in the street have been deceived. They are of a quarrelsome disposition and will, it is said, drive away the English spar rows It is also feared that they may drive away the native song birds.
 Mrs. Alice W. (sutcliffe) Fletcher, wife of former Mayor Samuel E. Fletcher of Chicopee, died Monday, Jan. 27, at her home, 96 Grape street. Mrs. Fletcher was born in Monson March 3, 1869, the daughter of Thom- as and Caroline (Blodgett) Sutcliffe. She received her early education in the public schools of that town, and in the Monson academy, where she was graduated in 1886. The next year she entered the Massachusetts homeopathic hospital training school for nurses, where she completed the course in 1891. On January 20, 1892, she married Dr. Fletcher re- moving with him soon afterward to Chicopee, where she had since made her home. Mrs. Fletcher had been prominent ill social, intellectual and church circles during all of her resi- dence in the city. Besides her hus- band Mrs. Fletcher is survived by three children, Carolyn, IS, Kenneth, l5, and Margaret, seven; her parents, MT. and Mrs. Thomas Sutcliffe of Monson; five sisters, Mrs. Ellen s. Leach of Palmer, Mrs. Lillian Ward of Athol, Mrs. Flora Bradway of Mon son, Mrs. Edith Blythe of Chicopee and Miss Bessie Sutcliffe of Monson; two brothers, Frank R. Sutcliffe and Edward T. Sutcliffe, both of Monson. The funeral was held at the home Wednesday afternoon at l. 80 o'clock, Rev. Alvin P. Knel of Grace Episco- pal church officiating, assisted by Rev. Newton Black of Needham Heights. Burial was in Fairview cemetery.