The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-02-18
NORTH ScIrUArE.


Mrs Alice Walker, for some time an
invalid, is reported falling.
William E. Horkins is planning a trip
TO Florida, at an early date.
sunday services at the three churches
were omitted Sunday on account OF the
storm.
Mrs. Dora Whitford, NJ Luidneck, visit.
ed her aunt, Mss. G. NJ. ID. Wright, on
Sunday.
Special for Saturday oniv at the North
Scituate Public Market, 40 cent Tea at 29
cents per pound
Twenty degrees below zero w's reported
from the Rockland Power House last
Monday night.
Flag Day exercises of merit were given
by the village schools last Friday. Ihey
were attended by officers and friends
Mail carriers Samuel Hopkins and John
Davis were not able to cover the whole OF
their routes Monday on account OF the
snow.
William Spencer, of the Scitua'e Public
Marke, has moved to the Spencer Farm,
Rocky Hill District, to live with his
widowed mother.
Iohn I. S,ubbert found a chimney hre
needing his attention on arriving home
from the city last Tuesday night. Prompt
work on his part aver,ed he danger.
Rev Charles Parker, a respected resi-
dent in this village, is c"nh"ed TO MS
home by disease incident to old age. tie
will be o3 years old next month, II he lives
to that time.
The Perry Literary Society of the
Institute postponed their public meeting
announced for last Saturday night, on
account of the death of Philip Webber, one
of the students.
Tohn M. Battey, the well known business
and fra,ernal man, who died Monday 1T his
home in the city, spent his boyhood days
in Scituate on his fathers farm, near the
old Town House.
The stormy weather OF last Friday and
Saturday affected the attendance to the
Rair held in Hohlei's Casino The
Orpheus Orchestra furnished music Tor
dancing both evenings.
Mrs. Grace Ford is improving after her
serious illness with pneumonia. Her
husband, Capt. r. l. Ford, arrived here
last week from Philadelphia, where he
made port, after having been delayed
several days on his voyage.
Mrs. Walter Stokes Irons, Of the West
ern part of the town, is one ot the COM
mittee having charge of the Pure Food
Fair now going on at Infantry Hall. Provi-
deuce. She is chairman of the State
Federation Of Woman's Clubs
Miss Zelotta Comm. a resident here
who has been teaching school in Johnston,
was taken sick last Friday AID conveyed to
the Blackstone Hospital, Pawtucket, on
Monday Thursday morning she was re-
ported as having double pneumonia.
Rev. Aaron Hartt, pastor of the Pente.
costal Church, observed his 18th birthday
at his home last Tuesday night. About
thirty were present, including Rev. G.. B.
Cutler of the Baptist lhurch, Rev. George
Noble of the Advent Church, and students
from the Institute.
Miss Gladys Duston of Rehobotb, Mass,
gave Valentine Party last Saturday even.
ing at the home of her sister, Mrs Harry
Fiske. Many enjoyable games fitting the
occasion were played, after which buffet
lunch was served. The host, Mrs. Harry
Fske, poured.
The ground hog has come to disrepute
/, this G. tction since the severe Winter
weather following Candlemas Day, when
he is supposed to tell ms whether the
backbone of the cold weather is broken or
not. A Scituate citizen says the ground
hog is nothing but sausage, anyway.
A public Temperance Rally will be held
in the Blptst Church next Monday night
at s O'Clock. The program will consist Of
drills and recitstions by the children, ad-
dress by Louis A. Read, demonstration by
10 young ladies', entitled 1.-The Dry
States" Quartette and soloist and in
strumental music. The public is invited.
A Patriotic Service will be held at the
Free Baptist Church next Sunday. February
10th. AHA. NJ. The James {. Nichols
Post. C. A. Commodore Perry Council.
Order of American Mechanics, The
Womans' Relief Corps, and the T. J.
Leonard Camp, Sons Of Veterans, Will
attend the service in body. special
address aud music will be given. The
several visiting bodies will march from
Cards Corners to the church at II A. NJ.
and Ali friends are invited to fall in lire
and attend this interesting service.
The indiscriminate sale of candies
from village stores and its needs OF
stringent legislation has been publicly
noted by a Boston physician and Is in
accord with advanced thought OF the
profession and of government experts