The Press., 1920-10-07
Major John Buckley was home the

The StdnulnS LlmDer on the parSOn- age lot will be sold at auction next Monday at 2 p. m. This is one of the best lots of standing timber in Union and consists mostly of pine.
 The town meeting of Monday ad journed to Monday, October 11th, at 9 a. m., for the purpose of voting off the tie vote between l.. M. Reed and A. M. Heck for board of relief, The polls will be open until o'clock.
 The storm of last week did much damage at the Center.Trees were up rooted, large limbs fell on the tele- phone wires putting the lines out of commission. A large amount of fruit was blown off by the high winds.
 The annual town election was held on Monday with the ladies voting the history. A part of the women of the town have already been made voters, and the balance will be on hand on Saturday to take advantage of their rights. At the business meeting the usual appropriations were made re- garding Memorial day and library funds. $2500 was appropriated for highways, $40O0 for support of schools and $4O0 for repair of the town hall, foundation and new floor. The mat ter of the closing the highway over poned. The matter of raising tax to meet town expenses was passed until March. c. T. Rindge - and Myron Heck were elected assessors. There was tie vote between l.. M Reed and A. M. Heck for board of relief F. A. Moore was elected 1st selectman, Nell son Horton and A. M. Heck, being the balance of the board. T. O. New ell won out as tax collector over liar vey Lawson, democrat. R. A. Hatha- way and R. A. Bradway were elected auditors, Harvey Lawson and w. P. Beeching library directors, Harvey Lawson and R. c. Barrows school committee. R. A. Hathaway and George Heck constables, Leon B. Booth and F. Ernest Tyler registrars and F. E. Tyler and o. B. Willis grand jurors. Very few tickets were thrown out in fact the voting seemed to be general scratching or split ballots. One voter attempted to be very fair and voted for all four select men. Merrick A. Marcy was mOdera- tor and Charles A. PrOulx Officiated at the business meeting. Altogether the annual meeting or town election this year was rather quiet affair, and the inhabitants of the town can spend election day with their entire family at the Center, in sort of family picnic in the future, and there need be no driving and hustling to get out the voters The old crowd that used to sneak off around the corner of the church horse sheds, and pass around a ottle (fOr medicinal purpOses) has passed into the unknown. Men came to the town hall on Monday with their wives and sat or stood around very meek, and we judge every man went home with more or less charity in his heart for his fellow man; where in the good old days the crowd dispersed stirred to the boiling pitch over the great questions of the hour. Perhaps we are going to get some good results through the year from each town official added effort so to speak, pride in our town as never before.
 Rock Meadow
 Sam Heck of Springfield was home a, few days last week.
 Mrs. Julia Csatlos has been spending few days in New York.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Webster of Monson, visited a day or two at Charles Webster's last week.
 Adelbert Agard and Mrs. Elvira Snow visited MT. and Mrs. William House in Brookfield last week.
 MT. and Mrs. Edwin Oliver and family of Thompsonville, Waldo Heck and daughter, Eveline, Herbert Heck and sister, Miss Della, all of South bridge, were at Matt Heck's on Sun day.
 Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Agard and daughter Ruth, and Mrs. Elvira Snow attended the annual meeting of the Ashford Baptist association held at the Stafford Baptist church, last Tues day.
 MT. and Mrs. Ralph Bradway and children went to the Beaver Dam" near WestfOrd, on Sunday. The bea- vers have made their homes in brook and have formed dam and made a good sized pond.
 TOLLAND.
 The harvest supper on Friday even ing in the church parlors was success in every way.
 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Morganson and son, of Meriden were the weekend guests of their parents.
 Rev. William c. Rarby attended preachers meeting at Hampton, Mon day and Tuesday of this week.
 Mrs. L. w. Stryker of Youngstown, Ohio, has been spending week with her sister, Mrs. Harry R. Bartlett.
 The missionary meeting of the Fed erated church will be held Friday aft ernoon at the home of Mrs. l.. Ernest Hall.
 Mir and Mrs. John E. Clough and Mrs. Lorenzo R. Sparrow, spent three days last week in Essex as the guests of Mre Eliza Sparrow.
 The schools of the town on Friday afternoon had agricultural exhibits of the vegetables the pupils had raised In the Hicks Memorial school a very excellent exhibit was given of canned fruit, vegetables, and fruits
 At the annual town meeting Mon udy, dll I1C IOpoICS OI IoWh officers were accepted, and it was vo- ted to adjourn the meeting until March to make up a budget for the running expenses of the town. At the election the whole number of votes cast was 133, straight demo- cratic, 60; straight republican, 35, number of women voting. 39. There was a tie between Abial L. Metcalf,r., for assessor and Robert B. Doyle, d. A special election will be held next Monday. The vote was as follows: Assessors, Abial L. Metcalf, r. 63; Robert B. Doyle, d. 63; board of re- lief, Charles S. Hurlburt, r. 53; AL fred Ludwig, d. 75; selectmen, Frank A. Newman, d. 84 George Neff, d.69, JOSanh M Matca1fr r 5Q .auditOr Sam