The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-03-09
NORTH SCITUATE.

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Elsie, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Ballou, is reported better III her
critical illness.
Letters are advertised at the Post
Office for N. j. Casey, Erwin Hopkins
and Brookside Farm.
Miss Cora Dexter entertained a mum
Der of friends at her home with musi'
cal last week, Wednesday night.
Elwood Milliken, formerly of Maine,
now located at Danielson, was a Sunday
guest OF Mr. and Mrs. +. b. Dexter.
Auctioneer Coomer S. Ford sold the
personal property of the late Sylvester
Cole at Saundersyille at public sale
tAis week.
Ernest NJ. Reynolds of Manchester,
y. H., visited his father, NJ. L Reynolds,
during business trip to this State
last week.
Henry S. Turner of Greenville, and
well-known here, has been reelected
President Of the X. j. Milk Dealers
Association.
This week Saturday will be the goth
anniversary of the great blizzard for
this vicinity, when everything was
blocked for days.
Mrs. +. B. Dexter, Master of North
Scituate Grange, attended the session
of Providence Pomona Grange, held last
Tuesday in the city.
No service was held at the +. b.
Church Sunday, on account OF storm
Rev. Mr.. Cutler will preach on the Ma
tionai Crisis next Sunday.
The mid-week prayer and song ser
vice of the Free Baptist Church was
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
Shippee Wednesday night.
The Ford Farm in Foster, near Hop
kins Crossing, owned by ID. l.. Clarke,
has been sold under mortgage sale
to +. o. Card of Providence.
James A. Hopkins has bought a large
wood lot of Elisha Winsor near Slack's
Pond, Greenville, which will yield
large quantity of railroad ties.
f. L. Chandler, in behalf OF the
Needle Club presented Mrs. Caldwell
and Mrs. Holway with hand bouquets
of flowers in appreciation OF their work
Three well-known elderly residents OF
this town had birthdays last month.
Mrs. Abby Dexter, age S5; Mrs. Laura
Dexter, age SO; and Mrs. Frank Oarpen-
ter, age 81 years.
Mrs. Edith tTourtellotte) Weeden
LIipnr Eart rilHa
and her sister, Elinor, were at home
with their mother, Mrs. Elinor Tourtel-
lotte, over Sunday.
Mrs. Harry w. Smith, Mrs. Everett
Adams and Mrs Eugenia Gates attend
ed the farewell performances OF the
great tragedienne, Nine. Sarah Bern
hardt, Monday night in the city.
Mrs. Josie Bates has another granH"'
son, Richard Dexter Bates, son of Mr.,
and Mrs. Charles Bates of Pawtuxet,
where she is staying for the winter
with her mother and sister, Clara
Mrs. II. NJ. Brown of Chopmist has
been seriously will with pneumonia at
the home of her brother in East Green
wich. DR.. Heald, who buried his wife
recently, and has been sick since the
funeral.
A large chorus assisted the end men,
Harry Wright, Harry Bartlett, Ernest
Shippee, Robert Spencer, James Turner
and Arthur Hudson. f. l.. Chandler was
interlocutor par excellence. The chorus
was we'll trained and tuneful, the song
catchy and the local hits witty.
Mrs Walter Stokes Irons OF this
town delivered the first of a series OF
lectures upon, "Great Questions and
Great Events" at Churchill House, in
Providence, last Monday forenoon. Her
subject was: "The European War III
was heard by a large audience.
The funeral of Lloyd Tinkham, thc
three -year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Tinkham, was held from the home
of his parents on Friday Of last week
Rev G.. P. Rowell officiated. The bear
ers were Nelson Tinkham and stephen
Dexter Burial took place in the Eagle
district.
Miss Emily A. Brown, daughter OF
W. s. Brown of the Eagle district was
unanimously reelected 1Iesluth' VI VIZ
C. f. Society of Trinity Baptist Church
in the city this week. William D.
Steere, formerly of this place, was
chosen Vice. President and Chairman OF
the Music Committee.
A course of nine illustrated lectures on
"The Worlds Great Empires" will b.
given BY Mrs. VI McKinstry of Lisbon
\ H. in the Congregational Church
commencing next Sunday afternoon at
| 40 o'clock. These lecturs are histori'
cal and propheticsl illustrated by large
mans and charts of symbols and are
highly indorsed by those who have heard
them all over the country.
The minstrel show given for the bene'
AZ Of the Public Library was complete
success from start to finish. II was an
enjoyable depletion Of dsrkey melody and
mirth. and reflected credit 70 all taking
part and especially 10 the coaches, Mrs
Mary Caldwell and Mrs. Will Holway.
II va. given under the auspices Of the
Needle Club and won hearty applause
and encores from large audiences.
The Library Needle Club met with
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