The Press., 1917-04-05
UNION.

with his mother, Mrs L. Miller.
 Miss Evangeline Lawson of Bates college is at home for the Easter vaca- tion.
 Mrs. Ella Scranton and Mrs. Edith Bogue visited relatives in Southbridge recently.
 Andie7 'RiznerSa of Stafford. .s! high school is spending this week at his home here.
 Mrs. Lyman Moore has been spend ing week with her daughter, Mrs. P. B. Williams, of Worcester.
 MT. and Mrs. Albert Miller of Southbridge visited his mother, Mrs L. Miller, the first of the week.
 Fairman Howard is spending part of his vacation with his grandmother, Mrs. M. H. Soule, at Hydeville.
 A meeting will be held in the town hall on Saturday at p. m. to consider the advisability of forming home guard unit.
 Mrs. Hattie Phillips and niece, Miss Louise Burnham, of Southbridge were at the inn on Marcy hill the first of the week.
 Fred V. Horsman, town fire warden, has appointed the following deputies |: Myron Heck, H. R. Howard, R. O. BarroWs, George Thayer and MT. Knowles.
 Mrs. T. A. Williams, who is at the Johnson hospital, was not as we'll Saturday and Sunday, but is better at this writing. The little daughter is growing nicely.
 H. R. Howard was at Vernon Mon day and reported some of the roads which he encountered about the worst ever. We do not mean to insinuate that these roads were all in Vernon, however
 Miss Helen Baldwin made brief visit at her home here last week and returned to Hartford Friday to be ready for her school duties this week. Miss Baldwin recently graduated from course of training in Red Cross work.
 The schools, with the exception of the Rock Meadow school, closed last Friday for a vacation of one week. The latter school had a vacation a short time ago. MT. Sterry is spend. ing his vacation in Willimantio and Miss Dorothy Best has gone to her home in Dorchester, Mass.
 Henry Lefingwell and family are moving onto the Everett Mathews farm now owned by Raymond Towne on the Staffordville road. Mrs. Lefingwell and little daughter are with Mrs. R. B. Horton for a few days Glad to see empty houses filling up with the right kind of families
 The pruning and grafting demon stration, held at Nelson Horton's orchard last Friday, was not as we'll attended as it would have been if the roads had not been so muddy and the maple syrup business so pressing County Agent Clifford hopes to come out to Union little later in the interest of boys and girls club work
 The maple season seems to be about over, although the freeze Tuesday night started the sap to running again yesterday. The season has not been very favorable to large production of syrup, but a goodly number of gallons have been manufactured in town. Among the largest producers are Rev. H. M. Lawson, Wm. Horsman, Adel. bert Agard, L. M. Reed and Oscar Willis.
 One of the largest focks of wild geese seen in recent years started across town Monday night headed for Mashapaug. The birds were flying very low and nun mbered at least 8 hundred. After flying directly over one or two dwellings they ran into B fog cloud and became confused, then they turned about and spent the night
 
 after 5 o'clock the following morning to resume their journey northward.
 Fred " Horsman has been appointed by Governor Holoomb to the position of recruiting officer for the home guard of Union. Our little town has done it's share in past years. At a large patriotic meeting held on Holland green in 1876, the poet of the day used these words: 'No town more Frelly sent her sons to that old bloody fray, And little Union kindly gives )ur orator to-day" The orator, to W hioh reference was made, was Rev. Charles Hammond, at that time principal of Monson academy. If Union was patriotic in the stirring lays of the Revolution, she was not less helpful, according to her strength n the 6O's. Let the men and boys | If Union fall into line and form a 1 nome guard of which we may all be proud.
 Rock Meadow.
 Samuel Heck has been in Spring field for two weeks.
 Glare Heck recently found dande. ion blossom on Shady Brook farm in ull bloom.
 Mrs. Olin Newell, who has been in Monson for a few weeks, returned lome Tuesday.
 The Bradway Bros. will soon finish heir work saving on Geo. Bradway's ot and will move their mill onto My on Heck s lot.
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 Crystal Lake.
 Miss Frances Downes is employed t Bert Ourtis's in Stafford Springs.
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