The Press., 1913-05-28
MONSON.


 Mrs. Wiles A. King has bought the Truesdell house on Green street.
 Jesse Carew has purchased a tract of land on Wood Hill of A. D. Nor cross. D..
 Mrs. Manuel Foizie has bought a house on Bridge street of the Hatch estate
 The Cook place and the Maxwell place on Moulton hill have been sold to Polish residents of Rockville.
 Invitation are out for the marriage of Miss Mary Murphy of this town and William F. Langan of Northampton.
 The survey for the macadam on the Palmer road has been made, and the stakes showing the grade have been placed.
 F. s. Chapman has leased the tene- ment on Lincoln street now occupied by Bert P. Anderson. Mr. Anderson will remove to the Homer house on High street which he recently pur- chased.
 Principal H. F. Dewing of the academy announced at the close of chapel exercises Tuesday morning those who ranked the highest in the graduating class. Miss Mary Ellis of Monson stood first, with an average of S9. 55; Alexander Bates was second with 85.74; Miss Margaret Guihan was third with 93.79; Miss Ruth Hubbard, fourth, S3. 69; David Beale, fifth, with 83.47 Miss Ellis, as result of her standing, will have the honor of being valedictorian of her class, and MT. Bates will be the salu- tatorian. The other speakers at the graduating exercises, which will be held in Memorial hall, June 10, will be Donald Francis, Vassalin Kirov, Miss Ruth Hubbard and David Beale. These four were selected by the fac ulty. #...
 The committee on the new hall for the Foresters made long report and after much questioning and explaining it was voted to have the committee, consisting of R. s. Hughes, E. J. Lyons and William Bowden, make the necessary arrangements for leas- ing the large Heimann & Lichten building on Main street and remodel ing it for lodge and club purposes. The building will, it is expected, make excellent quarters for the fast growing organization. The plan in it's present state calls for a main lodge room, with stage, which will be suitable for entertainment and dance purposes. On the same floor there will be spacious regalia and reception rooms. On the ground floor it is planned to have a fine suite of club rooms, Foresters to be eligible to membership. It is expected that it will be one of the best appointed lodge and club rooms in this section
 Marcus Keep post, G. A. R., at their meeting Monday evening made the necessary arrangements for the observ. ance of Memorial day. In the morn ing a delegation of the A. A. Gage camp, Sons of Veterans, will visit the Pearl street cemetery to decorate the graves there. They will then go to the two old cemeteries on Main street to decorate the graves of two Revolu- tionary soldiers. At o'clock in the morning a delegation of the Sons of Veterans and the Grand Army post will go to the Moulton Hill cemetery and decorate the graves there. The regular Memorial day exercises will be held in the Memorial town hall at l.. 30 in the afternoon. The speaker for the afternoon will be Lawyer Charles I. Smith of Boston, former student of the Monson academy Fol- lowing the hall exercises the old soldiers will be taken in carriages, escorted by the Sons of Veterans and school children, to the No. ceme- tery. The procession will be led by the Thorndike brass band. On the way to the cemetery they will stop and decorate the monument. Fol- lowing the exercises the party will re- turn to Memorial hall and partake of collation. prepared by the Woman $ Relief Corps. The memorial Sunday