The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
NORTH SCITUATE.

The City OF W orcesteT has hau near.
ten weeks OF good sleighing this winter
The Academy School held no session
on Thursday, it being visiting day ioF
the teachers.
Using What We Have" Is the Chris
tian Endeavor topic for next Sunda!
night at the Free Baptist Church.
Miss Alice NJ Farrow, the assistant
in the post Office, has been on the sick
hss this week with tonsilitis.
The weather man says The backbone
of Winter is broken;' so Is about every
body's else, carrying fuel 10 keep warm.
The +. b. Church choir met lhursda!
night at the home OF the director, Nh
Edward Hughes, TO practice sunda!
music.
Mrs. Frances Conan fell OH the ice one
day last week, bruIsng one Of her arms
quite badly. Mrs. Rollin A. Harris l.
caring for her.
Miss Clementine Folsom of Providence,
spent the weekend with Miss lsat el HaI-
lis aud attended the Masquerade social o.
Waldron's Corners.
A special meeting OF the Woman 3
Christian Temperance Union viii b,
held at Mrs. Mary Austin's this Sat.
urday afternoon.
Joseph Allen OF Newport, forme.
resident OF this vicinity, has been visit
ing this week with has daughter, Alrs
Nniired Congdon.
Sixteen degrees below zero was re.
ported from "Peeptoad' last MonGaJ
morning. 1t is a question whether til.
frogs ever peep there again.
The date for holding the entertain
ment for the benefit OF the Public Lib
rary has been changed to Thursday ana
Friday nights, March lst and 2nd.
The Goss hawk, which was recently
shot by Rev. G. p. Rowell, has been
mounted and is on exhibition at T.. NJ.
Spencer's store. 1T is worth seeing.
Senator Cutler has received an III
vitation from United States ScnatoI
Gerry to be one OF his guests III WASH.
ington for the Inauguration OF Presl.
dent Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. /. Stubbert of PrOyi.
dence visited their summer home her
on Wednesday and called on friends.
They will return here TO live as soon
as the season permits
Mrs. ,Linwood Chase, a former resi-
dent while her husband was employed
with the City Water Survey, has been
the guest OF DIR. and Mrs. III. W. omItu
this week. Mr.. Chase is now located
in New Jersey.
The possibility of the National Guard
being called out in case OF war Is caus-
ing considerable interest here on ac-
count of several OF the young men OF
the town being members OF that or
ganization.
A meeting of the Boy Scouts was
held at the Police Station last Lues
day night Scout Master Robert Spen-
Ger was the instructor for the evening
An~sAer meeting will be held Tuesday
night, when State Chief Scout Donal1-
North, will be present, and ratlons Will
be served.
Miss Elizabeth Upham Yates, tn
Woman Suffrage Leader, OF Providence
will speak in the Baptist Church this
Saturday night, and other interesting
exercises will be given. The public are
invited to attend. Miss Yates is an
eloquent orator and worth hearing.
The big ice house at Lake Moswansl-
cut has been filled to its capacity OF
$1,000 tons with ice OF fine quality, aver
aging over l3 inches thick. The work
was directed by Walter Barstow. lhis
house has only been filled five times IN
II years. l.. G. Hohler the local deal
er, has housed sufficient amount Tor
summer demand.
Among the contestants In the medal
contest in oratory given IN the Round
Top Church last Sunday night were
Miss Ruth Taft and Robert Spencer
Miss Taft's subject was What Matters
1t to Nou?" Mr.. Spencer spoke on
prohibition, a Civic Necessity
Mrs. Chester L. Smith received a let
ter recently from her aunt at Tacoma
Florida, saying the orange groves had
been severely injured by the colo
weather there, and in some places IT
would take fifteen years for them to
get DaCk 10 the Dtdlih 'piiAA'''H N'''s
were in before the freeze.
Sylvester Cole, for many years a well.
known resident OF Saundersvllle, near
this place, died Wednesday night at h.-
home in his S5th year. He was Veter-
an of the Civil War, and member OF
J. c. Nichols Post, G. A r., OF Rock
land He served in Company n, l2th
Rhode Island Regiment. The funeral
will be held from the Free Baptist
Church this Saturday at o'clock.
Word has reached this place that
Frank Trask, who sold his property here
and went to Maine to live, does not
like there as well as he thought he
would He has to get up early in the
morning with the thermometer Il de
rrees below zero and walk two miles
through snow two feet deep 10 his work
at saw mill. Franks friends here say
that he would like 10 get back here
in Little Rhody," where things are not
go bad as they seem
The Valentine Whist held at the