The Press., 1914-10-28
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Thomas Sault has moved his family to Springfield.
 Mrs. Fanny Wright of Stafford has been spending a few days with friends in town.
 Thomas McKernan is building a bungalow on the Stafford lower road between the Fred Peck place and H. M. Smiths farm.
 MT. and Mrs. Raymond Taft are receiving congratulations upon the birth of daughter at their home in South Monson.
 MT. and Mrs. Rufus P. Cushman are receiving congratulations, son having been born early last week to MT. and Mrs. Harold Tanner at Providence, R. I.
 The Monson business mems social club held their annual meeting in their rooms in the bank block Satur- day evening. The reports of the officers and directors showed the club to be in very healthy condition. ! President, George H. Seymour; vice. president, E. F. Cushman; secretary, E. R. Cook; treasurer, Charles F. Osborn; directors, L. 0. Flynt, F. E. Cady, N. P. Dempsey and N. A. Bugbee.
 Mrs. William Holdridge, 75, died at the home of her son, Wilbur Holdridge of East Hill, Friday, Octo- ber 9th, of Bright's disease after a years illness. She was born in Mon- son Oct. IA, 1899, and had spent her entire life here. Fifty years ago she married William Holdridge and four children were born of the union. Mrs. Holdridge was a member of the Methodist church. She leaves one brother, Wilbur G. Parker of this town, and three sons, Wilbur, George, H. and Orillus P. Holdridge, all of whom reside here, also four grand children and three greatgrandchil dren. The funeral was held at the home Monday afternoon, Rev. w. A.. Kilmer officiating; burial was in the No. 1 cemetery.
 l Thomas Jefferson Mills, 72, a member of Marcus Keep Grand Army post, died at his home on Thompson street Sunday morning at 12. l 5, the 18th. His death came quite sud denly, as he was ill but two days. He suffered shock Friday evening, the result of the breaking of a blood vessel at the base of the brain, from which he was unable to rally Until Friday MT. Mills had enjoyed good health and worked at his ade as carpenter. He was born in Ludlow August 22, 1912. When three years of age he went to South Wilbraham to live and was educated there in the public schools and at the Wilbraham academy. He enlisted at Wilbra Ina m July 21, 1862. in Co.,. D 37th Massa- chusetts regiment, going to Pittsfield to joln his regiment MT. Mills was in many battles, including Fredericks- burg, Charlottesville, Salem Church, Burnsides campaign and Gettysburg.  He was twice wounded in battle, receiving hayOnett wound iu the knee at Salem Church aid was hit by fragment of a shell at Gettysburg On the march from Gettysburg he received severe sunstroke. He was taken to a hospital in Baltimore, Md, where he remained eight months. He was then transferred to the reserve force at Portsmouth Grove, R. I, where he stayed until he was honor ably discharged, December 29, 1864. He was a charter member of the local Grand Army post, and had held all the positions in the post and the com- mander's position for the last four years. He leaves, besides his widow, one brother in Wilbraham and two brothers and one sister in Cleveland, Ohio The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at the home at o'clock. The services were conducted by the Grand Army, assisted by Rev. G. A. Andrews, pastor of the Congre- gational church.