The Press., 1914-05-13
1910 CHARLES BOLIEAU 191

Charles Bolieau died at Salem,
 Mass last Friday morning from the effects of a shock sustained some time ago and from weakness incidental to old age. If MT. Bolieau had lived until November he would have been 1O4 years of age His wonderful vii
 tality was such that mp to the age of 100 he was active and worked nearly
 every day. Some years ago he broke
 his leg. The bone grew together
 all right and he was around as usual aft ter a short time. MT. Bolieau was
 born in La Point o. Rouville, Canada,
 in IS1U. He attended school in his native town until he was ? years old and then went to work on farm. When he was 17 years of age he se- cured work in sawmill and became
 an expert sawyer. In 1888 he mar
 ried Miss Zoa Fregeau and went to live in St. Cesaire, Canada. He next went to Franklin, Vt., and after about
 three years there moved to Thorndike. He arrived in Stafford Springs in 1850 the same year that the first passenger train on the old New London North
 ern went through. For ten years he
 worked for George M.. Ives. His next employment was with Wm. Smith in
 the flock shop in 1861, later the firm of Smith & Cooley, and continued
 with them until he was hundred
 years old. when he went to Salem to live with his daughter. Up to the
 time he was % years old MT. Bolieau was a regular attendant at St. Ed wards, making it point to attend
 first mass. The deceased had the op portunity of watching 60 years growth of the town and saw it increase from
 a small beginning to nearly it's present
 proportions. His wife died about ] 5. years ago. Of the 13 children born to them, seven survive. They are
 Marshall, Jean Baptiste, Joseph, George, Henry F., John T., Napoleon
 and Mrs. Amelia Larive. The body
 was brought, here Saturday evening
 on the boat train, and the funeral
 was held from St. Edwards Sunday
 afternoon at o'clock. The burial
 was in St. Edwards s cemetery. .= A special civil service examination will be held at 9 a. m. on May 23, to
 establish register of eligibles for postoffice clerk, from which one or
 more male appointments for substi-
 tutes are expected to immediately follow. Application forms may be
 obtained of G. H. Perry, local secre-
 tary, at the post office, and must be
 filed not later than 4.3O p. m., May IS, if possible. Applicants must be
 between 8 and 45 years of age, of
 not less than five feet and four inches
 in height and must not weigh less
 than 125 pounds.
 The play, "In Old New England, <" given at St. Edward s hall last Thurs day evening by the Stafford grange for the benefit of the Johnson hospital
 had crowded house and was presented in the same finished and pleasing
 manner as at the first presentation.
 The specialties between the acts also
 added much to the evenings entertain A ment. Rural plays of this claractef
 are always pleasing when presented
 by strong cast. Lynch's orchestra
 furnished the music for dancing after
 the play. The Ladies Aid society oil the hospital will receive $51 as theirI share of the evenings entertainment. No charge was made for the use oil the hall, and Rev. F. J. O'Neil1I stated that the hall would be free tol any entertainment for the benefit ot, the Johnson hospital, an institution
 that was of so much benefit to the community. <,