The Press., 1916-05-03
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Thomas Hillard has entered the employ of Gage Bros.
 Mrs. Charles Callahan was taken to g Springfield hospital Wednesday for treatment.
 The marriage engagement of Miss Annie MoMahon and Postmaster F. J. Sullivan is announced.
 Herbert Aldrich has moved his family from the Meacham house on Harrison avenue to the E P. Newton house on Main street.
 A company of men from the gov ern- ment entomology station at Melrose is scouting the north part of the town for gipsy moth nests. A few isolated ones have been found.
 Mrs. Jennie A Norcross of North Main street. accompanied by her brother and wife, MT. and Mrs. Frank E. Gleason. of Warren, are on trip to Washington, D. o.
 John Cross, who for some time has been manager of the A. H. Phillips store in Palmer, has been transferred to their store in Norcross block here. taking the place of George Dane, who has resigned the position to accept one with the Dexter bakery, Springfield.
 The seleotmen have recently made the following appointments: Fire engineers, A. B. Norcross, N. A. Bugbee, w T. Lewis; weighers of hay and coal, R K. Squier: milk inspector, Dr. E. ". Capen; lookup keeper and special officer, R. A.. Beokwith; soldiers burial agent, Frank N. Wood.
 Edgar R. Sisson of South Monson has been appointed by the selectmen to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Franklin O. Bliss who has moved to New Haven, Conn. MT. Sisson has served on the board and is thoroughly copversant with the duties of this office. He will fill the office until the next annual town meeting.
 The body of Joseph Sumter, who died in the Worcester state hospital the 24th ult., Wal brought here for burial iD the No. cemetery, Rev. Abram Conklin, pastor of the Universalis, church, conducting the pommittal ser vice. MT. Sumter formerly owned t farm on East hill and did quite busi ness in raising and selling vegetables He had also been employed at times in the mills of the town.
 The selectmen last week Monday in speoted the premises for which applications for liquor licenses had been made and on Wednesday granted them as follows: First-olass licenses were granted to Richard Ritter & Go. at the Century hotel on North Main street, Joel Marceau in the Monsor house block on Main street. and George T. Haggerty at the Gilmore house on Cushman street. The whole sale license was granted to John J. Purcell 6 Go in the Purcell block on the west side of Main street. A druggist license was granted to Bert P. Anderson nf Main street. The price of the wholesale license was in. creased $1OO, making the price for this license 5000.
 Rev. F. K. Gamble, who was re- cently transferred to the local pastorate of the Methodist church from East Maine conference, preached his first sermon Easter morning. Rev. MT. Gamble ia a native of Ohio. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan uni. versity in 1895, and Boston university in 1899, following which he was general secretary of the Young Men's Christian association at Marion, O. Following this he was for seven years in the New Hampshire confer ence, having churches at Amesbury, Mass and Manchester, N. H. From there he was transferred to the East Maine conference, preaching at Pres. que Isle, Calais, and at the Grace church, Bangor, the latter being the largest church in the East Maine con ference. Rev. MT. Gamble desired te be transferred to Massachusetts con. ference, and was sent to Monson by the bishop He is married and has two children. He has moved his household effects to the parsonage or Green street.