The Press., 1915-11-03
monsoon.

Frank Brown has moved his family
to Lowell, where he recently took
position as boss weaver.
A. D. Ellis & Sons are building
small addition at their No. plant to
be used as a machine shop.
Miss Evelyn Coonan, teacher at the
Mum district school, was operated
upon for appendicitis at a hospital in
Worcester Wednesday. Miss Ruth
Duncan is substituting.
Town Clerk F. @. Ball has issued
to date 215 hunters licenses, and
expects to add SO more to this number
when the open week on wild deer
begins the ] 9Th of November.
Commander Ralph Needham of the
submarine branch of the United
States navy, spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. A Need
ham, in Monsoon. His fleet is in New
London.
A change in the mail service has
been made which Monson people will
regard as an Improvement. The mail
now leaving by trolly at 8. 45 O'Clock
mornings has been taken off and
pouch will be sent out by trolly at
Gas in the afternoon.
Registration for the season closed
Saturday night The number of
names added to the list was II,
making total of 40 this fall During
the year 40 names have been stricken
from the list, leaving the total num-
Der of voters the same as year ago,
833.
First steps toward home for aged
people in this town were taken Mon
day night The first incorporators
met in Memorial hall and completed
an organization Rev. Abram Conk
lin acted as chairman and @. A.
Broadway as secretary. 1t was voted
to incorporate under the name Mon
son Home for Aged People. A con-
stitution and bylaws were adopted
and an application for charter
signed. Officers were elected as
follows: President, Rev. A BRAN Conk
lin; vice president, Mrs P W. Soule:
treasurer, @. A. Bradway; secretary,
F. L Bliss; board of managers, A
D. Ellis, DR.. P. W. soule, F.Q. Ball,
Mrs. G.. A. Broadway, Mrs, o. g.
McCray, Mrs. Mary E. Burlington.
Miss Ruth Mumford, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Mumford of Tobey
avenue, and Walter Davis, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Davis Of the
Palmer road, were married at the
BRIDES home Wednesday evening at
5 O'Clock. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. q. A. Andrews, pas
tor of the Congregational church.
The home was very prettily decorated,
evergreen, autumn leaves and chrys-
anthemums being used in large
quantities. The bridemaid was M ISIS
Mary Mumford, sister of the bride,
and the best man was Heber Davis,
brother of the bridegroom. Follow
ing the ceremony reception was
was a large amount of costly presents,
including silver, cut glass, furniture
and linen. Following their wedding
trip Mr.. and Mrs. Davis will reside
in MoDsOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Ell. Cushman and
daughter, Carolyn, returned OH Tues
day from Newport News, Va, where
they went last week to attend the
launching of the American Merchant
man, "Stephen R. jones' of the
C1owell and Thurlow steamship COM
pany of Boston, the little daug liter,
Miss Carolyn, acting as sponsor ard
chr listening the vessel as she slid from
the ways into the waters of the James
river The party arrived from Boston
Saturday morning, going by way IF
Old Point Comfort and enjoying a de-
trip, and the launching took
place at the plant of the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Deck c.,
at 8. 20 a. m. On the sponsors stan Il
with M ISIS Cushman and her mother
was Homer L Ferguson, pItsihcnt
and general manager of the con pany.
The Saturday evening edition of the
Times Fl erald (Newport News ga e
a full account of the launching and
also a cut of Miss Cushman, saying
that she made very dainty picture
as she released the cord which allowed
the bottle of champagne to breal
into thousands of pieces upon he bow
of the vessel, and that she was the
recipient of many congratulate s
upon her happy and successful PEI,