The Press., 1915-11-03
Miss Lucy Alden was home from wastf,old Mass ovar Sunday

Miss Lucy Alden was home frol
 Westfield, Mass, over Sunday. Fernando Menchetz of Spring fiel
 has entered the employ of Chris NJ tuschka as a tailor.
 At the annual meeting of tn
 Ladies' Aid society of the M. E
 church, held last Friday, the follow ing officers were elected for tn
 coming year: President, Mrs. W. H
 Reed; vice president, Miss Elit
 Cushman; secretary and treasurer
 Mrs. Morgan Eaton; executive com
 mittee. Mrs Chas. Comins, Miss Mar
 Russell, Misss Ethel Whitaker; mem
 bership solicitor, Mrs. F. B. Willis
 parsonage committee, Mrs. A c
 Eaton, Mrs. Aldrich; oolleotress, Mis
 Marion Lee.
 Walter Richard, three-months-ol
 child of MT. and Mrs. James Fitz
 gerald of Stafford Street, was choke
 to death yesterday morning littl
 before 9 o'clock by swallowing tn
 nipple of his nursing bottle. Hi
 mother had placed cork inside tn
 nipple so the little fellow would no suck air. Both became lodged il
 his throat and, although. pr. F. l.
 Smith was summoned he arrived to- late to give aid. Much sympathy i entertained for MT. and Mrs. Fitz gerald who are grief stricken over tn, peculiar death of their boy.
 Better late than never" seems tt apply to the opening of the footbal season here on Hyde Park Saturday afternoon, when the athletic associ ation eleven will face the Emeral;l of Rockville. The local aggregation acknowledge that they have taken [ rather big bite in booking suoh { classy bunch of pigskin chasers al the Emeralds for the initial contest, but feel that they will be able tc swallow it alright. By virtue of it's not coming under the classification o1 Ia common sport locally" good crowd is expected.
 The annual town business meeting will be held at the town hall next Monday at 30 p. m. The laying of the tax and the appropriation foI the observance of Memorial day are the only articles in the warning Last year the tax rate was reduced from I2 to II mills It was favorable year for the town and it was possible on a 1l-mill tax to pay the town expenses and make a gain of over $500. This year the state tax will be increased $1647 and in order to prevent an increase in the town debt a 1 ? mill tax should be laid. It is a poor policy of the to Sn not to provide for a reduction of the town debt each year.
 Victor Grenier was before the borough court Friday morning to answer to charges preferred by his wife. His case was continued for SO days pending good behavior. It cropped out at the hearing that 1renier had been posted since Septem- per 25 and liquor had been furnished lim by certain persons, one of whom, Krugosky was haled into 'ourt Saturday morning. Krugosky ntered plea of ignorance of Grenier's 'osting. and in consequence Deputy udge M. D. O'Connell imposed the minimum fine of $1O and costs, mak- ng a total of $24.44. Liquor 'rosecuting Agent Willis H. Reed andled both cases.
 Truly smoke is a great conso- ation. Night weavers in the Rhode sland mill are wont in the middle f the night, after they eat "dinner. 0 hop from a certain window and njoy few puffs. One Juhn Lpinsky laving not been close observer topped from the wrong window Mon- lay night and landed in the canal. lis shrieks in his mother tongue, which were later interpreted to mean am drowning" although the water nly reached little above his belt. brought number to the scene. Her. ,ert Hirsch was in the lead and opined hat he would be a hero. Herb tretched himself out on the bank and ave his hands unto Big John. MT. Ipinsky proceeded to withdraw him. elf from the water and, no doubt, Herbert would have had a wet shirt lad not "Highball" Dupre with the ssistanoe of Henry King and Mir ,chetts came to the rescue. John avs he's going to look before he caps hereafter.