The Press., 1915-05-05
MONSON.
James Faulkner has been appointed

Rev. w. u. OOlSTOVe, pastor or the IMethodist church, has moved his family here from Worcester.
 l Mrs. J. c. Eaton observed her l9Oth birthday in her home on Washingto ton-st. Monday, April 26th. Dr. Thomas K. Starr has moved his family from Hartford, Conn to the | F. P. Rindge house on North Main
 street.
 Louis Dimook has gone to Spring ! lfeld, where he will take charge of
 the laundry department of the Hotel lKimball.
 S. F. Cushman, Jr., who has taken
 position with the United Fruit Go j, will sail Saturday for Nipe Bay, Cuba, where Ire will be stationed. MT. and Mrs. Frank M. Thompson recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in Amherst MT. Thomp- son is son of the late Needham
 Thompson of Monson.
 MT. and Mrs. George l.. Pero are receiving congratulations upon the
 birth of twelve pound son at the
 House of Mercy maternity hospital, Springfield, Thursday morning. MT. and Mrs. R. A Beckwith of Lincoln street are receiving con- gratulations upon the birth of a granddaughter, the child of MT. and Mrs. Harry l.. Oldfeld of New York city. Mrs. Oldield was formerly Miss Nellie Beckwith of Monson. At the joint meeting of tue school committee of Monson and Brimfield held this week F. A. Wheeler was re- elected as superintendent of the schools of Brimfield and Monson. Relative to the expense to be borne by each town, it was voted to do as in former years, have seven tenths of the ex- pense come upon Monson and three tenths on Brimfeld.
 T he selectmen at special meeting
 Monday evening made the following appointm ents: Board of fire engineers, A. B. Norcross, N. A. Bugbee and
 William T Lewis; board of registrars,
 Thomas Crowley; sealer Of weights
 and measures, W. B. Grout; special
 police officer, Timothy J. Crimmins; ;
 lookup keeper and special police
 officer, Richard A. Beckwith; night
 police officer, Herbert A. Aldrich; !; soldiers burial agent, Frank N. Wood,
 The bids for supplying wood to
 the various schools of the town have
 been received by the school committee
 and that body at their meeting last
 night awarded the contracts as fol-
 lows: To James A. Hoyt, for the
 hard wood and two of chestnut for
 $l7, and for North Monson school,
 three cords of hard wood and one of chestnut for $lS.75; O. c. McCray
 received the contract for Mum dis
 trict school, three cords of hard wood,
 $17.5O; State Line school, two cords of hard wood, $S. 70; Moulton Hill,
 two cords of hard wood, $9.75; No s school three cords of hard wood and one of chestnut, SIS 75, and the Green street school, one cord of chest
 nut, $3. .75; J. G. Carew received the contract for Cotton Hollow, three cords of hard wood, $14 s5, and the Quarry school, one cord of chestnut,
 $4; H. D. Moulton estate is to furnish Childs district school three cords of
 Hard wood at $14.25, and the Pease district school, two cords of hard wood for $9. 50.
 Frank l.. Shaw, 62, died at his home on Main street last Friday, April B, at 2.30 p. III. MT. Shaw was the son of Jason and Hannah (Sumner) Shaw and was born at Foxboro, July 12, 1859. He was married to Miss Mary Eloise Marble of Somerset, November 24, 1883, and came to Monson in 1890 to take charge of the packing room ill Heimann 6 Lichten S hat manrfactory, position which he held until by reason of failing health he was compelled to resign six years ago. For over five years he had been confined to the house, bearing his pain and suffering and uncomplainingly, and facing the inevitable end with bravery and courage, his life without doubt having been prolonged by the faithful care and attention of the devoted wife l by whom he is survived. The funeral services were held at the home Sun day afternoon at o'clock, Rev. Dr. ] George A. Andrews of the Congre- were many beautiful floral tributes, including two from the employees of tue Heimann 6 Lichten hat factory. l The body was taken to Somerset for ! hurial Monday m0rninp