The Press., 1916-04-19
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 Miss Maude Sweet entered upon her duties as librarian at the Monson Free Library last week Monday.
 Miss L. s. Cady of Harrison avenue has returned from Stafford where she has been spending several months.
 William Welsh is recovering from an operation for appendicitis per. formed in a Hartford hospital last week.
 Franklin O. Bliss has moved his household effects to New Haven where he and his wife will make their future home.
 MT. and Mrs. R. F. Cushman of Main street are receiving congratu- lations upon the birth of another grandson, second son having been born to MT. and Mrs. Clifford P. Warren at their home in West Rox- bury, Wednesday morning.
 z At joint meeting of the school committees of Monson and Brimfield, o. E. Bradway was chosen chairman and R. s. Fay clerk of the joint board. It was voted that the apport ionment of the superintendent time, salary. expenses, etc., be the same as in past years, Monson paying seven-tenths and Brimfield three -tenths.
 At meeting of the First Parish in the Congregational church Wednes- day evening L. 0 Flynt. R. H. Cush- man, A. R. Brown, A. E. Shaw and F. A. Wheeler were appointed a com mittee to cooperate with the church committee in selecting a new pastor. The church committee is Dea c. c. Keep, Dea. A. M. Reebe, Dea. A. W. Walker, H. E. Kendall and R. s. Fay. A good deal of uneasiness is felt in the south and southwestern part of the town, as it is reported that a black recently. Horace Bumstead and mem bers of F. O. Sherman's family have seen the creature when it was in the vicinity of their homes. It is supposed to be the same animal which has appeared at intervals for the last year or so in different parts of the town.
 The directors of the Foresters base ball team met Tuesday evening to organize for the year. George Pero was elected chairman and R. S. Hughes secretary E. J. Lyons was elected treasurer for the year, and George Pero, manager of the team. A committee was appointed to wait on Superintendent of Schools Wheeler to arrange for the use of the playground field on State street for the season. Provided satisfactory arrang ements can be made, the directors plan to do considerable filling and level up the field. Manager Pero will endeavor to get two or three out of town games for the last of this month, and the first part of May, while the field is being put in condition. Candidates will be called in few days.
 Cornelius W. Bennett, GA, died at his home on Fountain street early Friday, the 7th, of pneumonia. He had been in feeble health for several years, but his last illness was of short duration. He was a native of Monson, the son of the late John w.. and Orilla Bennett, and had lived here, with the exception of a few years spent in Warren and Spring. field, all of his life. October 20, 1874, he married Miss Eva Hatch of Wales, who with daughter, Miss Gertrude, teacher in the Mechanic street school, and a son, George W. Bennett of Springfield, survives him. The funeral was held at the home Sunday afternoon, Rev. Abram Conk lin, pastor of the Universalist church, officiating. The burial took place in the Moultnn Hill cemetery. @
 The sympathy of many friends is extended to MT. and Mrs. Charles O. Keep in the loss of their only son and youngest child. Charles Edward Keep, who died at the home on West street Saturday, the 8th, after a week s | lAAhOso "ith n0 ldu was born in Monson July 2, 9O2, and was pupil in the Sth grade of the public schools. He was of a gentle, affeotionate disposition, lover of nature and had many friends, not only of his own age but of older and maturer years who sincerely mourn his loss. He was member of the Congregational church of which his father is the senior deacon and of the Boy Scouts. He is survived by his parents and two sisters, Marion and Myra. The funeral was held at the home Monday afternoon, Rev. G. A. Andrews officiating. The Sth grade of the public schools closed and the pupils marched in a body to the cem etery, as did also the Boy Scouts. A. M. Beebe, O. W. Carpenter, A. Nj. Walker and Dr. E. W. Capen, deacons of the Congregations oh urch, acted as bearers. Interment was in the No. 1 cemetery.
 One of the larger home weddings of the late Lenten season took place Tuesday, the 11th, in the home of Mir. and Mrs. William Albert Cone on Clarendon street, Springfield, when their daughter, Miss Claribel Cone, became the bride of Marshall Lincoln Moulton, formerly of Monson, and son of Mir. and Mrs. Fl. H. Moulton of