The Press., 1916-03-22
Fred Royce Of Lebanon was a re-

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cent visitor here.
The f. B. L. had well attended
meeting last evening.
Meeting of the L. A.. A. o. H
Thursday evening a 8 O'Clock.
Mrs A. D. Bramble of Palmer il
visiting Mrs. Geo. L. Dennis.
Miss Irene Donohue of Springfield
was a week end guest of Miss Mildred
Hanley.
A game of unusual interest is
scheduled to come off this evening il
the s. Y. M. q. The All Rockville''
will be the attraction against the
Athletic association basketball repre-
sentatives.
Mrs. Exhilda (Ballado) Canton.
AZ, wife of NIFTY Canton, died in the
Mercy hospital in Springfield Thurs
day. She leaves besides her husband,
four-weeks' baby boy, her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ballado of this
place, five sisters, Mrs. Wilifred
Dickey, Mrs. Minnie Roe, Miss Rose
Ballado, Miss Louise Ballado, all OF
this place, and Mrs. Mary WILDER OF
Monson, and four brothers, Felix OF
Chioopee Falls, Peter, Napolian and
Arthur, all residing in Monson.
Funeral services were conducted in
a Chicopee Catholic church on Satur.
day. Burial was in Chioopee. The
funeralwas attended by local relatives
and many friends.
Certain people. not all young at
that, persisted in ooasting down East
Main street roadway despite posted
warnings against such practice and
in open defiance of repeated warnings
from Chief of Police Thomas Hayes.
So officer Hayes Monday took down
the names of the "sliders" preparatory
to seeing what should be done in a
case where people try to bluntly
''slide on the law The coasters, a
number of them not men, came
whizzing down the hill ignorant of
the presence in the vicinity of Offiuer
Hayes. On seeing brass buttons
glinting beneath an arc light they de.
serted the Strip which was sub.
sequently taken by Officer Hayes to
the ground floor of the borough hall
building The law machinery at once
got into motion, bringing the male
offenders to count this morning before
Acting Judge Willis Fl. Reed, Cited
IN by Prosecuting Attorney R. H.
Fisk. Nine came before Judge Reed
and after proceedings had been con
cluded there rested beneath a paper
weight $21 paid in fines, the costs
being remitted in every instance.
There was one fine of s. and eight
drew a fine of 90 All entered plea
of guilty.
Friday evening last. at 6 O'Clock,
the Junior Epworth League enjoyed
John Wesley tea in the parlors OF
the Methodist church. The tables
were prettily decorated with daffodils
and pussy willows, the. same deco
ration being carried out in the nap
kins and dainty individual baskets
filed with nut meats Forty two
boys and girls sat at the tables, wear
ing pretty caps Dutch caps and
Napoleon caps all made by the girls
of the league. Following a merry
feast responses were given to the fol-
lowing toasts: "Our First Bishop,
Francis Asbury," Percy Parkhurst:
"John Wesley" William Ellis; "Su.
sannah Wesley Dorothy Stevens;
Barbara Heck Alberta Eaton !;
"Our Methodism," W. P. Buck "Our
Junior League, what it has done for
u.s." Hildreth Whitaker The presi-
dent, Hildreth Whitaker, in behalf
of the Juniors, presented a pretty
picture to Rev. and Mrs. Buck as a
souvenir of the occasion.
In a duckpin league match on Tuft g
alleys Wednesday evening Navy nosed
out Princeton 2 to /. Score: