The Press., 1915-02-24
The public schools were closed on Monday and the banks, library and post office also observed the holiday.

The pubic schools were closed on Monday and the banks, library and post office also observed the holiday.
 Mrs. Wilfred Black burn and daugh. ter, Alice, of Potter Hill, R. T., spent the first part of the week in town visiting friends.
 The Junior League of the Metho- dist church are preparing to give on the evening of March 9th wedding in high-cast in Japan.
 Arthur Fraizer has accepted posi- : tion with A. B. Snow, who has recently rented the old H udson garage for an automobile paint shop.
 Louis Chaffee attended the post office clerk 66uMention at New Haven on Monday. MT. Chaffee was the delegate from the local post office.
 The Hudson Garage company has filed certificate showing an increase of it's capital stock from $5,OOO to $1O,OOO. This represents fifty shares at $1OO each
 The Rev. MT. Potter, one of the officers of the Connecticut Temperance union, will give an address at the union service next Sunday evening in the Methodist church.
 The Woman's Missionary society of the Congregational church will meet with Mrs. J. H. Valentine next Tues day afternoon at 3 o'clock A bori zines who are not Red Men, will be the subject considered.
 The Red Men held their anniversary on last Friday evening at the German club, and they had fine time. An oyster and baked bean supper was served in the early evening and the decks were cleared for action. Ed ward Finley proved himself an en- tertainer extraordinary, his com position and rendition of song be- ing the peach of the evening. There were dialogues and songs by the other which were appreciated by an audience of about 75 The district deputy of Rockville was the guest of the evening.
 Florence Parsons Taylor, AZ, wife of ex-Mayor Albert E Taylor, died at her home in Chicopee Falls, just before midnight, last week Tuesday night. She was born in Westfield, the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Dwight H. Parsons, who now live at 12 Bush street in that town. Mrs. Taylor was educated in Stafford Springs where she lived with her parents for mum Der of years She was married to MT. Taylor in Westfield on June 27, 1895, andahas lived in Chicopee Falls since then. Besides her husband and parents. she leaves one daughter, Marjorie Brooks Taylor. The funeral Nas held at her home Friday after. noon at 2.3o o'clock. Rev. 0. A Wight, pastor of the Second Congre- gational church conducted the service The burial was in the family lot in Fairview cemetery Chieopee.
 Thomas O'Clare, 10 years old, had a miraculous escape from drowning on Monday in Warren's pond It was just about noon time, and he was taking a short cut across the ice and his mother stood in the doorway watching him, when just as he was about half way across the ice broke and he went down. Charles Mayo, ST., attracted by the frantic cries of the mother, rushed to the house and grabbing a clothes pole ran out on the ice to attempt to rescue the boy. He had not proceeded very far when he also went through the ice, but with presence ot mind, shot out his arms and was thus prevented from going under. Juan Brown and William Gale were in that vicinity and seeing the predicament of MT. Mayo, immediate ly went to his rescue, using the pole MT. Mayo brought with intention of rescuing young O'Clare. Brown laid on his stomach with Gale holding on his heels and worked their way to ward Mayo until he could take hold of the pole. He was gradually pulled out and was rushed to nearby house, while gale and Brown proceeded to rescue the boy in the same way. Both Mayo and ynung O'Clare had narrow escape as the current is quite swift at this point and the courage and presence of mind displayed by Gale and Brown is envoking considerable praise.
 Nelson Towne, 69, died at his home on Westford avenue, on Friday morn ing, after an illness of several days from pneumonia. Mr. Towne had been confined to the house for more than year with rheumatism. He was born in Union, December 25, 1845, the son of Rejoice Foster and Chloe (Sessions) Towne, the second child in a family of seven boys. He came to Stafford in his early life and went to work for W. H. Smith, now smith E COoley, as DOokkeeper. lie was reputed to be worth some money in his younger days, and built and occupied large wooden building in the same business as W. H. Smith. He continued in the shoddy business for some time, but met with business reserves and he disposed of the property. He started in the real estate Business and was instrumental in the Building up of the section of the borough at the upper end of Westford avenue, building quite number of shouses on the street, but he again met with financial difficulties, and thereafter devoted his time to the selling of farm property and wood lots, being associated with F. H.