The Press., 1913-04-02
MoNsoN.

Robert Bennett is convalescent from an attack of diphtheria.
 Charles Whiton is moving hi ] household goods to Stafford, where hc
 will make his home in future. Mrs. Roy Adams, son, Harold, and
 daughter, Helen, who have beer
 spending three motnhs at Greesboro, N. O., returned Thursday to thei1
 home on Washington street. About 30 friends of Leonard Meu'
 risse gave him a surprise at his home
 on the Stafford road Tuesday evening,
 the party going from the village to
 the farm on straw ride. MT. Meu'
 risse was presented with fine music
 stand. The party enjoyed music and
 singing, as we'll as dancing.
 z. H. Wade, who has been warden
 of the town farm for the past year,
 has been appointed by the selectmen
 to that position for another year.
 MT. Wade has made very good record
 while at the farm. His accounts, as
 
 account, etc., show that the inmates
 have been boarded this past year at
 an expense to the town of 86 cents a
 week as compared with $1.98 last
 year. The inmates interviewed state
 that their treatment relative to board,
 clothing, etc., has been very satis-
 factory.
 William s. Crowley, 80, died at
 the home of his brother, Michael
 Crowley, on Highland avenue, Satur-
 day, the 22d, at 1915 of acute Bright's disease. MT. Crowley had
 been in poor health for several months. He had spent the greater part of his life in Monson. He worked for some time at Palmer, but was last employed at Greenfield. He leaves, besides his father, Patrick Crowley, four brothers and three sisters, Thomas, John, Patrick, Mi chael and Anna of Monson, Mary and Mrs. Edward Roache of Hartford, Ct. The funeral was held from his broth CTS home Monday morning at 9 o'clock, with requiem mass at St. Patrick's church at 9.3O o'clock. Burial was in the Pearl street ceme- tery.
 In the democratic caucus held in Memorial hall Tuesday, 25th, nomi- nations were made as follows: Town clerk, Carlos l.. Peck; treasurer, Thaddeus l.. Cushman; tax collector, H. F. Miller; selectmen and overseers of the poor, John P. Herlihy, R. D. Tucker, E. F. Hewlett; assessor for three years, Timothy Foley; school committee for B years, Patrick Lyons water commissioner for 3 years, Dennis Nelligan; cemetery commissioner for three years, George B. Fuller; con- stables, Herbert A. Aldrich, Eugene F. How lett, Edmund Heneault, Wal ter J. McDonald, John Royce; fence viewers, Horace Bumstead, Cornelius Foley, James Tupper; auditors, AL len J. Burlington, Frank O. Parke. D. D. Meaney was chairman of the caucus and Edward Madelle clerk.
 The body of Michael Rafftery, aged | S8, who died at his home in Mystic, Ct., Saturday, the 22d, was brought here for burial in the family lot in the Pearl street cemetery Tuesday, the 25th. MT. Rafftery, who for many years was a well-known contractor in the vicinity of Watch Hill, Block Is- land, Westerly, R. l., and other we'll known summer resorts in that locality, | was for over 60 years a resident of Mystic and was one of it's most reli- | able, respected aed prominent citi- zens He was twice married, his first | wife, who died about ] 9 years ago, while with the younger daughter, Mrs John Leahy, was buried here. Besides his widow, who was Mrs. Ellen Lukeman, MT. Ratffery leaves a son, John H. Ratffery, of Jackson vile, Fla, and two daughters, Mrs. | M. O'Brien of Groton, Ct., and Mrs. John Leahy of this town, and several grandchildren and great-grandchil- dren.
 Maurice Welch, A, employed by Holbrook, Cabot & Daly as an in- spector on the new Hampden railroad, received injuries Tuesday, the 25th, by being run over by train of dirt | cars and died two hours later at the Ludlow hospital from internal in- 10h ho1 one of the cars, when an engine came along from the rear and pushed the seven cars over him. His left leg was nearly severed from the body and his right foot badly mangled. He was removed to the Ludlow hospital, | where he was taken care of by Dr. l A. J. Treichler. Medical Examiner | Gallagher viewed the body later and | gave permission for it's removal to his | home. MT. Welch was a native of | Monson and is survived by a widow and three children, Leroy, William and Angelina, also two brothers, Thomas and Michael, and one sister, Nellie, all of Monson. The funeral was held at the home Thursday morn ing at 8.3O o'clock, with services in St. Patrick's church at 9 o'clock. | Burial was in the Pearl street ceme- tery.
 As expected, there was a large turn out at the republican caucus held at Memorial hall Monday, the 25th. It came within one of being a record breaker, that one being held many years ago. R. H. Cushman was elected moderator and E. R. Cook clerk. The whole number of votes cast was 193. The only contest was for the head of the ticket, the vote being as follows: Charles l.. Rick