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HABVAED ;New8 Items, ''

Joseph Holden et als. trustees of the

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society, of- Belleversr^'-cai Shakers,—have filed a-petltlon -In the -supreme courti for permission to seU

- land^'l'ri Harvard T and "Ayer tb Fiske - Warren, of .this town, for,?60,000,

-At his residence In Brookline on last week'^Friday evening. Rev. Abbot

.iPetersbn united tn marriage Miss Edith - Lydia;-Montgomery,: of Lancaster, ahd Carleton-Josoph • Crothers, son of Mr, and Mrs. Joseph J. Crother8."*of CUn-

. ton. The ceremony: was performed at 7.3?.b'clock; there were no attendanu

.«nd , . the single,ring service was jused. The bride wore a traveling ault of h|iie -^nda black hat-. Mr. Crothers Is well-known here In town, as he was for two -saiiions ohttUffsBtfor F, W. Meses.

Thorndike, soh of Dr. Thorndlke, ot Harvard-and.Boston, colUded.wIth-on Overland touring car going In the op­posite direction, containing the fahll-

• ' rleyr-Vrba child In thelCI.emenfle.car_wasthro^-n out "by the force' of the compact. A settlement—has—been— m a d e - by I>r;: Thorndlke. Both machines were dam­aged -SO badly that they had to be left by the roadside. • • , . Walter A. Dickson entertained Capt. John M. .Taylor.'ofl Capt. Canfleld's staff af Camp Devens at his summer home at Sheep Island oyer tbe weekr end- , , 'William /i. Brlggs and famliy, of

Arlington Heights, retiirnea home.this week after a month's wcatldri at the t"arwell lodge.

Charles Cahlle and family, of Gedar m i l ' farm, Wultliaii

Dickson and Wallace Bryant; rejected, Wlillam Eortl.^-Edw. Murphy,.Walter Bagster, Walter Dickson and Louis Savage, .

At 'abuuf 4-50 Monday nronrtng .George-Hyan was notlfled ot a flreat hl8_lCfeho_us_e_at Hell pond, discovered by ctimpers. The cause la not known. The bulldlne w-as entirely destroyed and the i^e s o saturated with, smoke as-(o b'S'useless for commercial pur­poses.

Blanche Dadmun. with Mrs, t>ad-mun. Mrs. George Maynard and Mrs. Rhonstock, enjoyed an auto trip to Concord. N. H.. Monday; going In Mlss Dadmun's car.

MisjT Emily Hildreth Is enjoying g visit from her sister, Mrs- Molina El­well, for .'a. few days. —At LliM dlBiriut cuurt in Clinton on last -week Friday, In the case of Has-keU vs. Sammorlan, 'Peter -Sammorl-an, on his 'plea of guilty for assaiiitT was flned' flve dollars. i

George Hartwell, of Littleton, was a gueat last - Sunday of Mlas Doris Houghton at nhe home of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Houghton, . The Misses Bertha and Florence

Hero are.guests this week with, A. T. West; their uncle, and family. -—Gaptr-and-Mrs;—Landes-and—famllyr 'of the Ayer camp, took dinner. on last ^Tuesday at the Red Cross tea­room. .., , .

At the meeting ot the-Grange last Tuesday evening;, - the lecturer's hour W-JIS given over to ihe young people; who.jnjqyed a social dance,- At the business nieeting hntlce was given of ,tho_ahnual field-day of_the.-atat6. Grange, to be held at Lake Chauncy Park on Wednesday, August 16. The day will be given over to speaking by then of ability In Grange work, sports, dancing hi -the pavilion, etc. Basket lunch and all welcome to attend. It was voted to extend an Invitation to all members -of the Qraiige at Camp Devens to attend the regular meetings ot Harvard "Grange. Plans for a dra­matic entertainment, to be given about October 10; for the bertefi.t of the an­nual fruit and poiiltry show, w a s a l s o •madC; The play Is to be repeated tor the entertainrrient df the boys at Camp Devens. either, at the town hall or-at the camp, dejafls-- to" be worked out later. .'...•

.There w-lll .be no^session ot the Con­gregational Sunday school during the month of August, As Mr. Mason Is taking his annual v-acation, the pulpit is to be supplied- Last "SuTrday. Rev. L. H. Morse preached an eloquent ser­mon;—fnll ot—praotleal—good. M Herta Maret, ot Yonkers. N. Y,. gave a soprano solo. Several soldier boys from the camp were present Mrs. Madeline Sargent will sing with Mr, •West at the morning ser\-ice on Sun­day. It Is expectetd'that Rev. Mr. Grey, well-known here, will preach.

Dr- How-ard P. Rogers, of Framing­ham, one of the best known veteri­nary surgeons in this section, died at the Framingham hospital. He leaves a wife: a son, Tyler Rogers, graduate of Massachusetts Agrlcultral college: a'son, Homer Rogers, graduate of M,

Style Leaders for Summer YOUNG MEN LIKE TO DRESS WELL, BUT NOT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE—

THEY WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT—EXCLUSIVE. INDIVIDUAL

Hart Schaffner & Marx 1917 Varsity Fifty Fives ARE DIFFERENT StIITS•,:WStHAVgA BIG VARIETY TO CHOOSE FROM; ^ LOTS OF NEW ,IDEAS; LOTS OF SMART DESIGNS, ALL WOOL

FABRICS, COLORS,' MODELS

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. Mr,' and Mrs. Henry Chapman are - among the well-Ifnown &nd regular -sumraer-visitors now slaying at .the I'Xuriey.-tiotae. : , -—'"'^ T7~"^~"

'".Friends of Mlss-Emily Whitney -will •fae pleased to learn of her 'marriage to Albert Huse In CoIumbus.^Ohlo.

' , "While driving his Hudson Super Six Tn the direction of-Bolton about nine x-o'clock last Sunday. evening, , Paul

I'uLuiiied huiue this week, having occupied the Gale Cottage for the month of-July.

Miss Marlon H. Dlpkson has re'-turned.home after her three-weeks' stay at Chocorua Lake, Chocorua, N . ' H . : , . •• - • . , , "

' Examinations for the draft have r.Sr suited in the selection of the. fdllow-Ing' from Harvard: Paul ' Sheehan, Wllmur Brown,. C. B. Abbot, Herbert

The N-e ^~Straw~Hatsr:

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i^UKMlSHED p k UHiHlKJ^iskidji) HOUSES TORrKeNyftlr^ IN ATE&, OBOTON,-SmSLSir-OB) H ^

';• • • "We • have many applitiatioiis for houses fcom responsible and-respectable families forjCamp Officials.. If-you wish to rent your

-house"for the winter list it with us naw. Tely)lione aiid we will eall -and look your hous? over., " . —,- . '- -

NECKWEAR, OXFORDS, ETC., ARE HERE IN WIDE SELECTIONS AND HIGH­EST QUALITIES

YOUR SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

Q.ppos4t€-^ Depot, Ayer

-STORE" CLOSED TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY-EVENINGS 6;3d

Pattee i& Pottetf '68 pcvonshire Sti, Boston

Tel. 715'Main Besidence, Groton, Mass.

Tel. 8005 Groton

T T H E R E - A R E R U M O R S O F R O O M E R S ^ rgalore-oti aceount oi the plllitary activities at Ayer. - Do

you'waht to buy, build or enlarge your house? •' ' • perhaps we.can help.

F I T C H B U R G - C O - O P E R A T I V E B A N K 2 9 8 Main Street ' . FITCHBURG, MASS.

Or call at the store of J.. J. Bany & Co., Blain Street, Ayer

XOWBLTS BIGGEST AND BEST DEJPABTMENT STOBE

HDJE-THESE.SPLENDID MONEY SAVING OPPORTUNITIES ASv PRE­SENTED IN OUR-GREAT UNDER-PRICE BASEMENT. SEASON^lgLE MERCHANDISE IN WHICH ECONOMICAL PURCHASERS CAH^NOT

fAlL TO BE INTERESTED.

_ __ _—^.. . DRV GOODS SECTION -BLEACHED C'OTTON—Mill remnants of Bleached Cotton, assorted quali­

ties, 36 inches wide; worth from 10c. to I2V2C. yard, at. BVa UNFINISHED BLEACHED CLOTH—8000 yards of Unfinished Bleach­

ed Cloth, assorted weaves and qualities; 10c. to 12y2C. value, at 6^ yard _ PERCALE REMNANTS—Twq cases of gpod quality of Percale, 36 inches

'wide, dark colors,, all ne'w. patterns for dresses and aprons, 15c. value on thQ piece, at ' — ." 10^ yard

CRASH TO'WELING—One case of Crash Toweling, in. remnants, linen fin­ish, with fast color border; 10c. value, at 5^ yard

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READY-TO-WEAR SECTION - 4 0 0 LADIES' and MISSES' HOUSE, PORCH AND STREET DRESSES-

SAMPLES $1.<>0" ''• , .

400 Ladies' Dresses and Misses' Hpuse, Porch and Street Dresses, made in all the new siimmer styles dnd nicely trimmed; fine gingham, chambray, percale; voile, linene and serges; $1.50 to $3.00 values, a t — $1.00 each

MEN'S FURNISHING SECTION 200 DOZEN MEN'S MERCERIZED LISLE HOSE 10< pair, 3 pairs for 25<^ 200 dozen Men's Black .Hose, fine mercerized lisle, double sole, high spliced

heel and toe;'seconds of the 2Sc. quality, at. lOif pair, 3 pairs fpr 25^

I. T., and a.,,dangbt4r, Jeannette Rog­ers.- Dr. RogersCSWaS for several years a'resident of..oauj-tdwn.'-llrlhg on the farm In old'jm^U-district,-.now owned by C. C. Doer". He has inahy friends hero wlio fourvd In Mr. and Mrs. Rogers and' -famllx, neighbors and friends of splendid character. He was forty-eight xears^-tflfi.

.Mrs. r . E ; Hirsch, with her house­hold, spent-last--w«ek at Miss Put­ter's cottage a t Sandy pond, returning to-Ker home-here on last week Friday, .Master Francis Hirsch is visiting with friends in. Xew.-York this w-eek-

Mlss Harriet: Farwell, whose home was destroyed- by. the ftre. is staying w-lth Mrs. Benlamin Houck.

more, meihbera of .l'ncle Sam's naval force, on the Cruiser Salem,.spent the week-en'd with' their grandfather, Abel Willard. Prospect hill, '

Emmy Wehlen, one of the real stars ot the ?creen, >wiU be seen In the fea­ture picture o f flve reels, "Vanity," at the motion picture show- this Satur­day evening. This is another one ot the-Metro pictures and will be sure to please everybody. A Travelogue and Figman comedy completes what should be the t>est ^how ot the season.

Pttbllu Safety Committee: •The sub-coimnitiee appointed to

.consider the sale, of farm produce to _.i.-. . £ a m p J)ew«tiB.:,^irf. the- purchase ot

coal; reported •::tl»mos'h P. H. Bab­cock at the meeting -on Wednesday, evening a t the low-er town ha'-l. While the supply of vegetables did not seem

.tQ. be of_ani' .amount adequate to the needs of the cam.p, tbe* question of apples came up for discussion. It was voted to instruct the committee to make a canvass of the town as "to the supply of apples ahd to arrange through thc Ayer Farmers' Co-opera­tive Exchange, as the general agent, to handle the crops at the camp.

Tho committee also reported on the coal situation, and on the advice of Mr. Storrow, chairman of the Massa­chusetts coal committee, with whom they conferred, they recommended the_buying of coal this month to re­lieve the congested condition that is sure to be found during the winter months. —The—meeting—adjourned—until—ne^*-Wednesday evening at eight o'clock. w-hen-the commUtee will be ready to furnish a more detailed report.

Sheep ^ a n d Notes. Mr. and Mrs. John Murdock. of

Sprlngfleld, are occupying .the Far­w-ell lodge through the tnonth-of Au­gust. . They eptertalned. Mr. and Mrs. !E1IIS Miner, of "Sprlngfleld, over the w-eek-end.

George A. M-\thirs and family, of Cambridge, are at the Gale cottage. which thcj- will occupy until after La bor day.

George E. Howe, buyer for J. R. AInsley & Co.. Hoston, returned to his work after a short vacation with hi family, w h o arc occupying Ixion l.odce for the season. He will be with the over the week-ends.

'William Mathirs and family, nf CamhridKC__aj:£._sj)eiiding their_ two weeks' vacation at the Sawyer cot­tage. • Rev. H. C. Merrill and familv spent the day with -Mr. and -Mr,>. W. V. Dickson On .Monday.

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HotWeather Clothing y

' '• We are well prepared with suitable and seasonable garments for Hot Weather -Wear, --Whatever you plan for"the Summer j ^u will find the necessary and the right kind of things to wear here. Whether for- vacation time or for regular business wear we will fit you out in the proper manner and at low prices.

Two-piece Suits—just coat and t^users. Coats have only the shoulders lined. Some coats are cut plain biack and some are cut pinch back style. Very cool and comfortable suits for vacationor for business wear. Many suits are from the house of A. SHUMAN 6-CO.,'of Boston.

§10.00, $12.50 and §15.00 S12.50, $15.00, $18.00 and $20.00

Two'-p'iece Suits Blue Serge Suits

FoutJffen.Out of Five Wear

Belts C:)me here and liuy your New

Belt. We havo a plenty.

25<, 56<'765<

If You Should Need a You May Need a Pair of

Battling Smt Tennis Oxfords

straw Hats are now

MARKED DOWN

BOYS' CLOTHING SECTION—Basement

20 DOZEN BOYS' WASH SUITS AT 75^ A SUIT 20 dozen Boys' Wash Suits, Norfolk style, sizes 2V2 to 10 years; made of fine

gingh^, white linene, crash and chambray; $1.00 to $1.50 value, at 7 5 ^

Obituary. It was with a feeling of relief,

mingled w-ith sorrow and a sincere sympathy that the news reached town on Monday of the death of Mrs. Georgletta mil, beloved w-lfe of N". A. DIII, residents of our town for-the past ten years. She bas been seriously 111 for several months and hcr recovery haa been despaired ot for some time. Why one so devoted to her tamiiy cares, so Intensely Interested in tho ao­clal and religious life of the town, and with such a lov.ible and .attractive dis­position should be taken, even in thc strength of her health Is one of the un-accpuntablo events ot lite. It does not E^em to those who knew her that her place can be fliled. Her sister, Mi.« Tufts, .ind her bereaved husband, both cf whom have left nothing wlthir the power of mortal skill undone for hcr comfort and recovery, have the sincere sympathy ot the townspeople.

Funeral scr\-ices wero from the Con­gregational church on Thursday, Rev, H, B. Mason In chargo of the service. A mixed quartet, Mlss Raker, -Miss Cleaves, Mr, Turner and Mr. Thayer, sang favorite selections.

Interment was In Everett. Thc de­ceased w a s aKOd Hi years, " months, •1 day.

Stin lUvcr . " Charles Hoiighton, of Newton, !s a

guest of his cousin, Mr. and .Nfrs. H, D. Stone. • Mlss Van Dyke, of Hollls, N. H., and Mrs. Harrison, ot Pepperell. were guests of Mlss Alice Marshall, Thurs­day.

Y o u will cer ta in ly noed aiioth.-r

Strau- Hat for this .season. Ytm can get it now at a redncod prico-

$3.00 Sennit Sailors § 2 . 0 0 $2.50 Sennit Sailors . . . $ 2 . 0 0 $2.00 Sennit Sailors . . . . $ 1 . 0 0 $2.50 Fancy Straws ^ 1 . 5 0 $3.00 Leghorns ? 2 . 0 0 $4.00 Leghorns . . . . $ 3 . 0 0

for yourself or one of the boys you will find them ht-re. Some are one-piece suits and some are two-piece suits

M e n s $ 1 . 0 0 to ? 3 . 5 0 Boys' 5 0 c to ? 1 . 0 0

Or How About

Cool IlnderweaL M e n ' s I'liion Sui t s in .Vainsook

or the Dorhy Ribbed, in ha l f

s lee\ 'es or sloevcle.ss,

Sl.OO ? 1 . 1 5 , S I . 2 5 , S l - 3 0 •Mhletie or Balbrignan Shirts

and Drawers in th-> leadinit inakes —two.piece suits,

50C and 60C

We have them in several grades for Men. Women and Children- In white or black. -\Iso. high ent Tennis and Canvas.

Oxfords for Ksn . S S c to S l - 5 0 Oxfords for Women

, 8 5 < to ? 1 . 7 5

Vou Will-Certainly-Need a Few-

Shirts t'.ir your vacation. You w-ill find them right here in fine assortment —all handsome patterns and fast eolors.

e5C, S l O O , ? 1 . 2 5 , S l . 5 0

store Closes Wednesdays During July and August at 12 o'clock Noon LEWANDO'S

Agent for Laundry and Dyehouse

Mlss Kdna Flanders has returned from h<'r vl-iit at Asbury I'ark. N J.

Mis.s i„iur.-i A. Ilrown. of West .Vcton, is a fcrue.-^t r.f her sifter. Mrs. .Tennie Willard.

Kenneth Russeil got serio'.;siy poi-oned -Aith ivy or doitwond .-xnd has

beot; a creat sufferer, but i;* now bet­ter.

Owir.tr X'^ the heat \Vo,inesd.a%- niKht Andrew- Walker was sleeping on a couch down st.airs. with the outside door open, but the screen door fasten­ed, Mr. Walkor was awakened by «omeonc forcing the screen door open during the night, . nd a man entering the houso, Mr. Wnlker struck him over thc head with a chair and the intruder turned and ran. Mr. Waiker fsiling to get him.

Mr. and Mrs. Ttoberts, of fVtmor\-llle, called on friends here Inst Sattirday.

J. C. Noone, of G.ardner, has been

acting station agent thi" week, substit-luiinc for S. Ii. Havnes, who has been taking his vncatlon

Miss I'atherine Ri. h-'rd.'-.in. -.f Wost Acton, w.is .-1 gil'o*' o\ 'tr anrt -Mrs. Vilos a fow- (lays this wt k.

M r s . J r .Ua Koyos . M r s . Alico D a y a n d Mr . arT.i .(lr?, S, t l . l l a > n o s t o o k a t r i p t o E.ast T ' r incoton on Tiio>J<l.-iy. t h o h o m o of Mr'*. Koyos . lnd Mrs , H a \ n e s t w o : x t \ - f l \ o yo?'-s a g o .

SHIRLEY

Ncmii Itcm.«i, fhnrlos Thorndike, «o.n of Dr. Paul

Thorndikp. ot Hoslon and Har\-ard, who was drivihi; his father'.s big Hud­son sedan whon it crashed into Alex­ander Clomflnzio's Overhand car, ne.ar l/incasier, li.st .Sunday night, wns In town on Monday to settle tor damages to

rocoived by tho Utter, his wife and ohii<l, are not serious, though more or loss painful. Tho c«>mpact of the two . cars w. s such n.s to throw tho child out of the car.

Thoro w.as i\ largo numbor out on Tuosday ovonintt to bear tbo band con­cort, l-'r.-ink J. Glossa. of Roston, sang

Kmerson, of Provi-*rly of t h i s t o w n , Ifl

homo of Mrs. Zella

Miss Hilm:> T (lonoo, U. I., t o , v i s i t i n g a t t h o liichardson.

Mitchell Sibley, sovontoon yoars of aKO. was in court on Tuosday morn­ing charged with roaming around his homo In Shirloy insulTlciontly clad. N-umoroiis complaints from neighbors woro rocoivod by i'hief Itiley. Sibley was sontonced to thc Industrial nchool.

Mr. and Mrs. Shipley W. Ricker loft town Mond.ay for .a visit at York

Mr. Glcipcniic's car. Thc Injuries I Beach ot two weeka

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VEB, X £ A K I K ADVANCQE)

- e E O H e B - H . - B . T V n . \ E U I » - PnbUaher

W e p n b U s b t h e f o l l o n i n s P a p e r s :

X i m e r ' a IPnbUd -Spirit , A r e r , H a a s . D i e G r o t o n TainrtmiiHt , !

' I K e f ^ p e r e U ' C l a r i e n - i Q T e r t l s e r X b e Xdtue ton . G n l d o n T b e W e s t f o r d W a r d s m a n T b e H a r v a r d H U I s l d e . . n > e . S b i r l e y O r a c l e T h e T o w n s e n d T o c s i n '

n t E T K ^ i a E e T S r t t r B ^ r o f f - " i n w H o U l a (If.' B . ) H o m e a t e a d

E n t e r e d aa u c o n d - c l a s s m a t t e r at the poatofllce a t A y e r , U a s s <

Sat t i rday , Augtteit I I , lUlT.

n c a a — c a m o w i t h h i s a u t o , w h i c h - w a a s t a n d i n g by t h e postoff lce , a n d t o o k in Mrs , M c C o y a n d f o l l o w e d u p t h e r u n ­a w a y - . — T h e - h o r s e - l s - u - l a r g ^ - a n d tvow^-e r f u l f a r m h o r s e a n d h a s b e e n o w n e d by Mr, M c C o y for a b o u t flve y e a r e and A l w a y s f o u n d r e l i a b l e a n d k ind . J u s t w h a t f r i g h t e n e d t h e a n i m a l s o thor -o u g h l y Is not knowr | .

A. b a d l y d e m o l i s h e d h a r n e s s a n d t h e r a r w t r g o n T i o b e t t e r ror t h e ea-

p e r l e n c e , and t h e n e r v o u s s h o c k to t h o s e r i d i n g In It w a s t h e resul t of w h u t m i g h t h a v e b e e n very m u c h ihore s e r i o u s injury .

nii-tlMlffc'yiPnr(j-.

WESTFOED Center .

. M r . a n d Mrs. W i l l i a m A. P e r k i n s -.-were g u e s t s o n . W e d n e s d a y of M l s s l o o k e r a n d Miss B u n c e , a n d „d.uriO£_ t n e i r s t a y m e t a nuni'ber of t o r m e r "Westford tr iends .

O n o of t h e p r e t t i e s t of children':) p a r t i e s w a s g i v e n ' W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n by Mrs. P r e s t o n H. t5Kldiiiorc a t her s u m m e r h o m e o n D e p o t s t r e e t , t h e o c ­c a s i o n b e i n g in h o n o r o f h e r l i t t le d a u g h t e r Kla lne ' s f o u r t h b i r t h d a y a n ­niver.sary, A f e w o l d e r g u e s t s w e r e a l so i n v i t e d to e n j o y t h o c h i l d r e n ' s good t i m e . T h c g a t h e r i n g t o o k p l a c e at t h r e e o 'c lock a n d g a m e s w e r e pro­v i d e d that , w-ere e n t e r e d Into w i t h al l t h e s p o n t a n e o u s sp ir i t ' of h a p p y c h i l d ­h o o d . K i n g toss , d r o p t h e h a n d k e r ­c h i e f and p i n n i n g t h e ' t a l l o n t h e d o n ­k e y « e r u especiarry e n j o y e d . '"

T h e "birthday s u p p e r t a b l e w-as very

T h e S p a l d i n g L i g h t , C a v a l r y a s s o ­c i a t i o n he ld Its a n n u d l m e e t i n g o n

' T h u r s d a j - a t t e r n o o n , A u g u s j j S , a t 4.30 ^ . ^ o ' c l o c k - T h e m e e t i r i g w a s t o r t h e ' e l e c -

l lo i i "of o m c e r s f o r t h e e n s u i n g year^ • a n d f o r t h e a d o p t i o n o f a n a m e n d m e n t

-; t o t h e b y - l a w s w h e r e b y m e m b e r s a c t u -' B.Uy In t h e . U n i t e d S t a t e s s e r v i c e ,

•whether In t h e m i l i t a r y or n a v a l b r a n c h , i n a y b e e x c u s e d f r o m p a y i n g

, d u e s , a n d f o r t h e t r a n s a c t i o n of s u c h : — o t h e r - b u s i n e a r - a s "came—before" t h e

. . m e e t i n g . A t t h e . s p e c i a l m e e t i n g held' '.'.oxi J u n e 15, It- w a s v o t e d t h a t t h e

s e n t i m e n t w a s t h a t o n accou'nt ot t h e w a r t h e ' a n n u a l o u t i n g f o r t h e c u r r e n t y e a r be o m i t t e d . .

E d m u n d 'Baker: w h n hn« tnken «iioh fa i th fu l c a r e o t t h e g r o u n d s a t W h i t

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m e t ; tu d.etegate m u c h T J f T t r e ' w o r l r t o J a m e s Scot t , w h o Is h i s h e l p e r .

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h a s b e e n a r e c e n t v i s i t o r a t the h o m e o f h e r a u n t , Mlss M a r y P, B u n c e .

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— f a r m h o m e s t e a d of h e r a u n t , Mrs . J. W- B l o d g e t t . M i s s B l a n c h a r d h o l d s a n a d v a n c e d t e a c h i n g pos i t i on in Xew-York- Mrs- B l o d g e t t a n d s o n , F r e d A. B l o d g e t t , h a v e r e c e n t l y r e t u r n e d t r o m a very- p l e a s a n t t r ip to X e w York ,

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t r y - o u t on Tufsd- iy e v e n i n g . T h e n e w ­ly ins ta l l ed h y d r a n t ni-ai- Georite F. W h i t e ' s w a s o p e n e d a n d te.-tt-d; .Uso. o n e on D e p o t s t ree t .

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Word o a m e th i s w-eek to the W e s t ­for.l re la t ives ,,f t h e d e a l h of D i m o c k .•<utherlan<l at the h o s p i t a l in F h i l a d o l -p h i a . w h e r e he- had (.-one f rom his h o m e m X e w t o n for s p e c i a l t r e a t m e n t . D e a t h ftas caused I.y a b s c e s s (tf Ihe brain . .Mr, S u t h e r l a n d h e l d a re--sponsible p. is it ion m the J o h n H a n ­c o c k I n s u r a n c o Co. in B o s t o n , a pos l ­tlbn he had a t t a i n e d hv fa i thfu l and c o m p e t e n t work a n d repea ted p r o m o ­t ion. Ho was in t h e p r i m e of life, be­ing f o r t y - t h r e e yoars of a g e and is surv ivod by his w i d o w an.l one d a u g h ­ter T h e l m n , Tho f u n e r a l w a s hel. l at h i s h o m o in -Nowton F r i d a v nnd thc body w n s b r o u g h t to W e s t f o r d for in -l e r m o n t in F a i r v i e w c e m e t e r y m t h e

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J a s t w e e k T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n Mrs. J o h n X a r o c k l , a P o l i s h w o m a n a t B r o o k s l d e , w h i l e In t h e field h e l p i n g t o l o a d ' - h a y , .was Ins tant ly k i l l ed bv l i g h t n i n g . Dr . W e l l s , of W e s t f o r d , and D r . B u l k e l e y , of A y e r , m e d i c a l e x a m i ­n e r for t h e d i s tr i c t , w-cre s u m m o n e d , b u t t h e e l ec t r i ea l bo l t p r o v e d fatal . •The real s h o w e r w a s s ix m i l e s r e m o v ­e d to the n o r t h e a s t a n d t h e sun but b a r e l y c l o u d e d in, a n d d a n g e r ' I s s u p ­p o s e d to be r e d u c e d to i ts l owes t , hut t h e r e w a s a b l a c k o v e r h a n g i n g e lec tr ic c l oud- Mrs. X a r o c k i w-as a n Idea l 'w i f e a n d m o t h e r a n d t h e real w i s d o m ^ V k -i n g force o t t h e f a r m , k n o w n a s the B u s s e y farm. S h e l o a v e s a h u s b a n d a n d si-\- c h i l d r e n , o n e of w h o m g r a d u ­a t e d t r o m W e s t f o r d a c a d e m y last J u n e a n d w a s c o n t e s t a n t In t h e pr ize s p e a k ­ing- T h e f a m i l y c a m e to B r o o k s i d e f r o m I-owell a t e w y e a r s a g o . T h e f u -

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y e a r s of a g e .

T h e F l e t c h e r Cold S p r i n g f a r m h a v e b e e n u s i n g a t h r e s h i n g m a c h i n e a n d h a v e t h r e s h e d o u t a b o u t t e n a c r e s w o r t h ot w h e a t a n d r.ve for t h e f a r m ­e r s in the S t o n y B r o o k v a l l e v . T h e m a c h i n e c a m e f r o m t h e MlltVn Fox-f a r m In D r a c u t . W i t h h a y s e l l i n g at s ix d o l l a r s a t o n it w-ould t a k e tifteen t o n s of h.ay to b u y o n e ton of m e a l at t h e p r e s e n t pr ice . Isn't it aboi i t t i m e t h a t w-e w a k e up to tho n e c e s s i t y of a t h r e s h i n g m a c h i n e ?

D w i g h t H. .Mead h a s so ld h is farm o n t h e Concord road, P a r k e r v i l l e , to W a l t e r S a n d i l a n d s , -Mr, a n d Mrs, M e a d w-ore g i v e n a soc ia l farewe l l bv t h e B a p t i s t c h u r c h , l - i t t l e ton . Tho'y h a v e m o v e d to C h e l m s f o r d c'cnter.

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p l a n t i n g h a s pu l l ed by, a n d hv earl'v I -^Ir. a n d Mrs. J o h n K a v a n a u g h re -wo m e a n e a r l y e n o u g h to co-Cer th'o I turned S u n d a y from a woek^s visit in sood w i th snow-, hai l a n d i c ic les . Tho ' ' ' r o v i d o n c o . R, J.

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m a d e fish, s n a k e s aiid s n a p p i n g t u r t l e s hus t l e w i t h t h c t ide or be t ied.

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X o i n j n a t l o n p a p e r s for Gov, McCal l a r e .In t o w n f o r t h e usual s i g n a t u r e s .

T h e Old O a k e n B u c k e t f a r m f o l k s w e r e r e c e n t .v i s i tors a t t h e G r e e n l e a f c a m p at H a r t p o n d . S o u t h C h e l m s t o r d , and a r e t u r n v is i t on M o n d a y by. t h e G r c e n l c a f s to the Old O a k e n B u c k e t tarm:^ :

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Mrs. H a r r y X. F l e t c h e r , w h o h a s b e e n s p e n d i n g . a t e w d a y s at the h o m e of h i s p a r e n t s h e r e , hi ted a g o v e r n m e n t pos i t ion in t h e o r d n a n c e d e p a r t m e n t a t t h e S p r i n g ­field a r s e n a l , a n d l e f t ' h e r e to a s s u m e his n e w d i i t l e s o n A u g u s t - 1 ;

Lydia W a l s h Is s p e h d i n g a f e w d a y s at t h e h o m e o t Mr. a n d Mrs. C. E . DujJej^OJr.

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Mlss A l t a L lnsco t t , o t D r a c u t , w h o is c o n n e c t e d "with the offlce staft o t the C. G. S a r g e n t Sons ' Corpora t ion , wa^ t a k e n s u d d e n l y III w-hile In t h e p e r f o r m a n c e o t h e r dut i e s o n - l a s t Sat ­urday m o r n i n g . S h e w a s t a k e n to t h e h o m e o f Mr. a n d Mrs. W."- J . H e a l y . c l o s e by, a n d Dr . C. A. B l a n e y s u m ­m o n e d . T h e p h y s i c i a n a d v i s e d a b s o -Jute rest f o r a t i m e , a n d tis M i s s L i n s -c o t t W a s f e e l i n g s l i g h t l y be t t er on S u n ­day h e r Jjarents , w;ho had b e e n i n ­formed a n d a r r i v e d s h o r t l y a f t e r h e r Illness, a c c o m p a n i e d h e r h o m e by a u t o ­m o b i l e o n S u n d a y . - M i s s L lnsco t t h a s m a n y t r i e n d s h e r e w h o a r c h o p i n g for hor s p e e d y a n d c o m p l e t e recovery .

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Mr. a n d Mrs. W i l l i a m Gi lson, of New-York c i ty , a r e v i s i t i n g r e l a t i v e s h o r e .

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Quite a fow frtim hero h a v e b e e n at Kevere B e a c h th i s w e e k .

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2.- N o f ru i t , v e g e t a b l e s Or o t h e r a r ­t i c l e of f o o d stuff, w h i c h m k y b'e- tued f o r "human food w i t h o u t c o o k i n g o r f e e l i n g , - s h a l l - J l i e - k e p t - o r - e x p o s e d - f o F . s a l e , in a n y s tree t , o r p u b l i c p l a c e , Ih o c o o t e l d e a n y s h o p or s t o r e , o r In t h e o p e n - w i n d o w s thereof , u n l e s s t h e y - b e k e p t c o v e r e d s o t h a t t h e y s h a l l b e p r o ­t e c t e d . f r o m i n f e c t i o n , a n d - I n j u r y b y dust , d ir t a n d flies.

s idewalk ," p l a t f o r m , %or l a n d i n g u p o n w h i c h s u c h r e c e p t a c l e s "fest. . 4. N o p e r s o n s h a l l u s e a p y o ld

p a p e r o r ; n e w s p a p e r a s a w r a p p e r for a n y a r t i c l e o r f o o d .

5. A l l g l a s s e s .or o t h e r drlnklnJE u t e n s i l s u s e d at s o d a touhtialns , r e s ­t a u r a n t s , or o t h e r r e f r e s h m e n t places,^ s h a l l b e s ter i l i zed In b o i l i n g w a t e r a t l e a s t o n c e a day , and s h a l l be' w a s h e d a n d r i n s e d In r u n n i n g w a t e r " bef ore e a c h s e p a r a t e use thereo f .

6. N o f o o d stuffs I n t e n d e d f o r s a l e s h a l l ' b e k e p t In a n y r o o m u s e d for l i v i n g or s l e e p i n g p u r p o s e s .

I C E C R E A M . 1. N o i c e c r e a m s h a l l b e m a n u ­

f a c t u r e d o r s tored in a n y p o r t i o n o f a b u i l d i n g w h i c h Is u s e d f o r t h e s t a b l i n g

r o o m u s e d In w h o l e or in- p a r t for d o m e s t i c or s t e e p i n g p u r p o s e s u n l e s s t h e m a n u f a c t u r i n g br s t o r a g e r o o m for. Ice c r e a m Ii s e p a r a t e d "from- o t h e r p a r t s of t h e b u i l d i n g to t h e s a t i s f a c t i o n of ^ t h c - b o a r d o t - h e a l t h . - '

2- A l l r o o m s in w h i c h Ice c r e a m Is m a n u f a c t u r e d or s t o r e d m u s t b e s u c h t h a t t h e y "may b e k e p t c l e a n at all t i m e s , a n d s h a l l b e e q u i p p e d w i t h a p ­p l i a n c e s for w a s h i n g , or s t e r i l i z i n g al l u t e n s l l s ' e m p l o y e d In t h e m i x i n g , f r e e z ­ing , s t o r a g e , sa le , or d i s t r i b u t i o n of i c e c r e a m , a n d all s u c h u t e n s i l s a f t e r u s e s h a l l b e t h o r o u g h l y w a s h e d w i t h boi l in w a t e r , or s ter i l i zed b y s t e a m .

Z. N o person s h a l l e m p l o y a s a c o n ­t a i n e r f o r o t h e r s u b s t a n c e s t h a n ice creara , a n y ves se l u s o d in t h e m a n u ­f a c t u r e a a d s a l e of iCe c r e a m .

4, Al l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s In w h i c h Ice c r e a m Is m a n u f a c t u r e d s h a l l be e q u i p p e d w i t h fac i l i t i e s tor t h e p r o p e r c l e a n s i n g o t the h a n d s of o p e r a t i v e s , and al l p e r s o n s i m m e d i a t e l y b e t o r e e n ­g a g i n g in t h e m i x i n g tjf t h e ingredi^ e n t s e n t e r i n g in to t'he co"m"p"bsitIon" o t i c e c r e a m , or Its s u b s e q u e n t f r e e z i n g and h.andllng, sha l l t h o r o u g h l y ' w a s h a n d c l e a n h i s or h c r h a n d s , a n d k e e p t h e m e'-e.an d u r i n g s u c h m a n u f a c t u r e a n d h a n d l i n g . All p e r s o n s s o e n g a g e d m u s t b e d r e s s e d in c l e a n o u t e r g a r ­m e n t s ,

5. N o ur inal , w a t e r c lo se t , or p r i v y sha l l b e l o c a t e d In t h e r o o m s m e n t i o n ­ed in t h e p r e c e d i n g - r e g u l a t i o n , or s o l o c a t e d a s to p o l l u t e t h e a t m o s p h e r e of said r o o m s .

6. I c e c r e a m for s a l e In a n y s h o p , r e s t a u r a n t , or o t h e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t s h a l l b e s t o r e d in a c o v e r e d b o x or r e f r i g e r a t o r . S u c h b o x o r r e f r i g e r a t o r shal l be d r a i n e d to t h e s a t i s f a c t i o n of t h e b o a r d o t h e a l t h , a n d s h a l l b e k e p t c l e a n a n d t i g h t l y c l o s e d , e x c e p t d u r i n g s u c h I n t e r v a l s a s "are n e c e s s a r y f o r t h e I n t r o d u c t i o n or r e m o v a l of i c e c r e a m or ice . Sa id b o x or r e f r i g e r a t o r s h a l l be k e p t o n l y In s u c h l o c a t i o n s a n d u n ­d e r s u c h c o n d l t l o n s a s s h a l l m e e t w i t h t h e a p p r o v a l of t h e b o a r d of h e a l t h ,

7, E v e r y p e r s o n e n g a g e d In t h e m a n u f a c t u r e , s t o r a g e , t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , s a l e o r d i s t r i b u t i o n ^of Ice c r e a m . I m ­m e d i a t e l y o n t h e o c c u r r e n c e o f a n y c a s e or c a s e s o t i n f e c t i o u s d i s e a s e , e i t h e r In h i m s e l f or In h i s f a m i l y , or a m o n g h i s e m p l o y e e s , o r w i t h i n t h e b u i l d i n g o r p r e m i s e s w h e r e Ice c r e a m Is m a n u f a c t u r e d , s t o r e d , s o l d , o r d i s ­t r ibuted , ^ a l l n o t i f y the- b o a r d of h o a l t h , a n d at t h e s a m e t i m e s u s p e n d t h e s a l o a-nd^ d i s t r ibut ion of iue c i e a m unti l a u t h o r i z e d to r e s u m e t h c s a m e by t h c b o a r d o f h e a l t h .

S. Al l c r e a m , - m i l k o r s k i m m e d j mi lk , e m p l o y e d in t h c m a n u f a c t u r e o t Icc c r e a m - . s h a i r h s f o r e " Dse b e k c p r a t a t e m p e r a t u r e not h i g h e r t h a n 50 d e ­g r e e s F.

9. Ko m e l t e d or old Ice c r e a m , or ico c r e a m r e t u r n e d to a m a n u f a c t u r e r f r o m w-hatever c a u s e , s h a l l b o u s e d nga in in t h c p r e p a r a t i o n o t Ice c r e a m ,

Tow-nsend B o a r d o t H e a l t h . A u g u s t 10, 1917, 2149

CO.MMONWEALTH OF -MASSACHU-SBTTS. Middlesex , ss . P r o b a t e Court.

To the h c l r s - a t - l a w , n e x t of k i n and all o l h e r p e r s o n s Interes ted In the e s ­tate of .TOSBPH W A R R E N S H A T T U C K late of Groton In sa id C o u n t y , d e c e a s e d .

W h e r e a s , a c er ta in I n s t r u m e n t pur­por t ing to I>e the l a s t w i l l a n d t e s t a ­m e n t of sa id d e c e a s e d h a * b e e h 'pre ­sen ted to sa id Court , f o r P r o b a t e , by OEOROE D . S H A T T C C K who- p r a y s that l e t t e r s t e s t a m e n t a r y m a y b e Issued t o " h l m r t h e • e x e c u t o r ' there ln - l ramed . -w l t h o u t g i v i n g a s u r e t y on h i s official bond.

Ypu a r e hereby c i t e d l o a p p e a r - a t S Pro b a te Court , to be held a t C a m b r i d g e In said C o u n t y o t Middlesex , o n the e l e v e n t h day o t S e p t e m b e r A. D. 1»17, at n ine o'clock In tho forenoon , to s b o w c a u s e . If a n y y o u have , w h y , the s a m e ehou ld not bc granted .

' And sa id p e t i t i o n er i s h e r e b y d i r e c t e d to g i v e publ ic not i ce thereof , b y p u b ­l i s h i n g t h i s c l l a t l o n o n c e In e a c h w e e k , ;?''J."''?.* ,«uccc«slve w e e k s , - I h T u r n e r ' s P u b l l c Spirit , a n e w s p a p e r , p u b l i s h e d In Aycr , the Inst pub l i ca t ion to b e o n * day, at l eas t , before sa id C o u r t , and ^ ^ - ' " " . " I W P.ostpatd, or d e n v e r l n s - a copy of t h i s c i t a t i o n to a l l k n o w n p e r ­s o n s . Interes ted In the e s t a t e , s e v e n d a y s a t l e a s t betore s a i d Court .

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU­SETTS, .Middlesex, sa. Pro b a te Court.

To tho h e i r s - a t - l a w , n e x t o t k in a n d all o ther persons In teres ted In tbe e s ­ta te ot JULIUS L. T H E R R I E N la te of Peppere l l In sa id County , deceased .

n i iereai i , a c e n a i i i inatrument p u f J p o r t i n g to be the . la s t w i l l and t e a t a -men< of sa id d e c e a s e d h a s been p r e s e n t ­ed to said Court, for P r o b a t e , by J E : R E -M I A H U T H B R R I E N w h o p r a y s that '" l e t t e r s t e s t a m e n t a r y m a y be Issued t o _

Tilni, th-e e x e c u t o r there in named, w i t h ­o u t g i v l n g ' a sure ty on h i s official bond.

Yon are hereby c i ted to appear a t a Probate Court, to" be he ld a t C a m b r i d g e In said Couiity .of Middlesex , on t h e t e n t h day of S e p t e m b e r A. D. 1917, a t n ine o'clock In tho torenoon , to s h o w c a u s e . If a n y y o u have , w h y the s a m e should not be g r a n t e d -

•And sa id p e t i t i o n er Is hereby d i r e c t e d ' to g i v e publ lc not i ce thereof , by p u b ­l i s h i n g th i s c i ta t ion once In each w e e k , for three s u c c e s s i v e Weeks , In Turner ' s Pub l l c Spirit , a n e w s p a p e r publ i shed In Ayer , the las t publ i ca t ion to be ono day , a t l e a s t , before sa id Court , and by m a l l -Ino: postpaid , or d e l i v e r i n g a copy o t th i s c i ta t ion to al l k n o w n persons i n t e r ­es ted In the e s ta te , s e v e n d a y s a t l e a s t -b e t o r e - s a l d Court, • ^ . W i t n e s s , Charles 3. (Mclnt lre , Esqulre,-P l r s t J u d g e o r s a l d Court , t b i s t h i r t i e t h d a y of Jf i iy I n . t h e y e a r o n e t h o u s a n d -n i n e . h u n d r e d s n d s e v e n t e e n .

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The KaffirSingiiK-Bow ^ct upon Everett .Page, u boy -hfteen-years ot age, residing in -N'orth Leom­inster. Colby belnt: unable to obtain ball,_remalned^Jn. the Shirley .lojCkv'P-ov'cr night and on-*Wednesday morning was arraigned in the district court at

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age, was arrested Tuesilay evening by Chief Rlley " on a warrant charging 'htm wltn'an"unnaturar3nd""la"gclvn3Tnr

/T^HESB boys bavo come from tbe beart of Africa,'from KsjOlrlanil, wbere tbey wer» fotmd by J. H. Balmer, ; y_ taught tbe Tadlmenta of speech and In time trained .as.alaKers. .Tbey:,bare made,a great'nam^ for them-

•elres No other such company has come ont of -Africa. Tbey were. Idolized In t,ondon~and In Liverpool, •where they tang to tfaonsands. A receptltm 'was given In-tbelr bonor on the steps of tbe Honse of Parliament, the flrst tecepaon oi its kma m au tne history or urttam. j . u . maimer was anengUieer, a tnemoer oi tne colonial en^ glneers' corps.": rHe went Into Africa for lils health, became Interested in teaching the niatlTe boys .to sing, organ-ized'a singing band aiid;becaine famons tbe, wcfrld over.- Tlie. boys •will appear here on tbe closing day of tbe Oban-.•tau'qtia.:--TbeIr'prtigraiia:»Ur.be.a'80ng and'stwr demonstration of native "African scenes.. Thfer will weftt-nstlve costumes roade oftbe sldns of. African "Bnlmal>^tlie lion, cheetah, leopard and other animals.

i-J.*-^j-^s^.-. - >••• .•,r---.:-Ji--:v,'jL'^T,-.-L.,j-: >ag- ...v, charges against hlui. Atty. George •U'ilson","of Ayer. Vepresented the de-tendant-amd-Chlef-Riley the prosecu­tion, Thd case wos argued at length and Its- loathsome features are cer­tainly to be deplored. The presiding Judge, Warren H., Atwood, found prob­able cause and placed Colby under JIOOO bonds-"for h i s appearance at the superior court In "Cambridge the llrst week In Septeniber. Being unable to obtain ball Colby w-as taken to the house of correction In Cambridge to await- t r ial . ---'— - •

iby ICas . resided tn and uruutid Shirley for the past fifteen years. He Is .a music teacher and every summer

Miss Burnett, who la, lnterest<»d In the work of t.Te girls' eiubs ttTncinn-F to be organized In connection with the training camp, nas been a guest at the home ot Rev. und Mrs. H. A. Bridgman,

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New-« ItA.-ni.s. Herbe r t E, Whitney recently visited

two' nephews In Revere and' Salem, who leave next week for France .

J>l£«itand^iMn>.=.KamBH^«niiMtaliifcd.

'imii t'liturtmiieu a t n u camp lufgtf IKirtles of boys from Boston and other lilaces. , ,,-^<-f.

Chief Rfjey has had a number ot Ltiiiiplaints ot various kinds abOuc COI-by and the poiice In Boston have had Colby nnder obsiryation. However, much credit l» due Chlet Rlley, who has spent much tlifle in obuilnlng evi­dence to bring Colby ib the bar ot Justice..

Center. ~ - Mrs. Carrie Mllne. who has been

visiting relatives' In Vermont, has re­turned to the home of Mr.' and Mrs. M. W. Carey.

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gtiC'Sts f rom. Maiden over Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Linwood Newell are

spending the week with his parents at the eommon, and Belmont Gould, a nephew ot Mrs. Newell, Is also a guest ot t h e Wililam Newells,-

Lindsley Day has been spending the week wllh relatives at Medtord Hill­side.

T h e boys in training at Plat tsburg awai t with great Interest the i r com-, mission, which will be. received Just be to re they leave camp next- week; • ^ - R u l p h Hin nTOt5re"d HorHe froiii" Por t land, Me., with Edwin Esten. on the la t ter ' s motorcycle, Monday, to be m reauiness on iuesaay lor oxamina-tlon by the medical board in Ayer.'

• Mr. and Mrs, Lyman W. Chase have enter tained thla week h i . , ! . ,» , . \ T „ Swlnamer and daughter, and a grand­child, from Neponset.

Mrs. F rank Smith and children visit­ed relatives In New Ipswich, N. H., last w-eek. ' Mr- and Mrs- J . , W- Dodds, with

Mr. and Mrs. W- E- Conant, motored to Northfield on Tu^da 'y apd remain­ed unti l Thursday.

Mlss" Clara Peters, ot Swansea, R. I., h a s - b e e n the guest ot Miss Mabel Yapp.

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It's 'worth | 2 j the price of the whole Chautauqua, to hear theae -two men who appear as a part of this immense five day program.

One i i John Kendrick Bangs; the other i» Dr; E. L. 'Wmiamg

of Chicago.

They are not alike in any particular »en«e. One it a literary man; the other is a: "lighting Fanon." One has won fame through his writingi, the Other as an enemy of vice, .

'jfut these men side by side, and we see tbe diversified Interests -ot the Cihautauqna. -Th^ whole program of mnsic, of entertainment, oiiooniey_sjwiU\.a.mMap[.celebriiy,_of;accotinU ot reform or wb^it-'

"eve'r It may'WrOvery ntiniberB'oflnfSiiB'iiiteresC"'''''* 1 -3*ngt.btt.'?s4nl>rities;'VWillij^ on "The City and the - Boil}" JKnoit on- "Community Kifioienoy;" Sh!allenbe^f on ."P&triotiim;" Josephine Chilton i » her negro dialect stories and the great musical festival—*11 this for ^2.

• > Hve days under canvas, a joyous; out of doors musical and intel-

<', lectual feastl" ~ > ' " ^ ' .They-can all he heard for $2, and they are

eaoh worth it. •

nKB-<it.ASS

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JARS

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Quarts 0 5 < - -

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• AYER, AUGUST 18—22

JELt-,Y TUMIJLERS 36^^ doz6ii Parowax and Frtdt Jar Rings

Stbre Closed Wednesday After­

noons.

{!!:| ATER TiRIETY STORE Telephone Connection

spendiner. a feyr days at the home of his gran.dinolher,;Mrdi. John C, Ayers,

Mrs. H. A. Brld£'man weat Tuesday to Ashburnham for a few days to care rOr her's!3r$l^, Mrs. 'RobertsI^Mrg. KoF-erts was formerly Miss Klizabeth Bry­ant, who was a frequent visitor a t the BridgTnan home,

Johji .Grout h a s taken a position as clerk in Brockelman Brothers ' d rug store a t the vUlagre.

The next meet ing of the Matrons' Aid socl<ity will be held on Tuesday afterrioon, August 14. at the home of Mrs. Llda Wood. Wornlsville.

AUa Graves returned home on Mon­day after a two-weeks" vacation spent with her sister, Mr^;. Clarence Clark, in Springfield.

Edwin Bridgman left this week to spend a few weeks in a boys' camp near Mt. Morladhock.

Mr. and Mrs. /Horace C. Harr is a re receivings a viSit thi.s week from Mr. Harris* grandmother . Mrs. Rice.

Miss. Palmer, whn has been takiiig a ahort course a t M issachusetts Agrl--t'WH«Ftt4—eo?tego,-' poiut^ed—laat ;W'eek-to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W, E. Barnard.

The regular meeting of the Grango was held, on Tuesdav evening, but the program for the^ lecturer's hour was^ omitted. Mrs. irai'-;aret Harr is w-as elected lecturer to till the place of Thonias H. -Kvans. who entered serv­ice some time ago. A committee of seven was appointed lo take charge of the supper for neighbors* night, August 21. wheri Pci)perell and Little-ion^ will be invited to neighbor with Shirley. Those on the committee are Henry K. Grout. 'Hovace C. Harris. Mr. dnd Mrs. Ar thu r G.'Dunn, Mrs. Free­man, Mrs. Lida Wo H: and Mrs. Mabel Graves,

From all reports, nobody from thi.'* part of the town has yet been .'ccepte-J for service under th^ urart. alt i'ai'.ir.^ on the physical examination.

Kev. and Mrs. Arthur I-. BumpiK. of New York, arrived Ia.«t Saturday a: the home of Mr. and Mrs. \V, E. Bar­nard for a few weeks.

Elmer \ll,ilkins., of, Woodsviile. has purchased the Ford tourin,:: car form­erly owned by Mr. Porter at the t i l ­lage.

Uev. Oliver J. Fairfield will pre.ich at the Unitarian church on Sunday morning at eleven o'clock; subject. •"The progress that comes thro'jtih -net­t ing one's face toward God."

Mr. ana Mrs. Hall and two dau^h-ters. of West Acton, have been **pend-ing a few davs at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hradford.

James Mackaye. of Cambridge. spent the week-end at the home of h:s mother, Mrs. Steele Mackaye.

Fred E, Snell. of Greenfleld, visited Robert H. J. Holden last Saturday. .. Rev._ Francis K. Webster, of Wal­tham, conducte.l the .«iorvice at Trinity j^hapel last Sunday afternoon and wi'l have charge of the service aijain on Sunday afterno.-r. at 3.15.

About thirty men. members of Com­pany B, from C.itnp Devens. were en­tertained on Monday evening by Rev. an^ Mrs. H. A Bridgman at Frank J. Lawton's hotne on Hazen rnad. A good. JIU mber of people from about tlie Center wer.^ present and enjoyed the singing and the company cheers given by tho men. Refreshments were servod. The evening wa-* some­what shortened on account of trans­portation ditlionitie.4 due to an ord'T issued thsLt day which deprived the men" of :hc"*tT~r -f t h t army rnick?:,'

Mr. and >trs. Charles Dustin. M;ss Carrie Dustin. H.irry Brown of Road­ing, and Knink Reiser of <'onnori:cut were visitors Sund..av at the hoir.e of W. E. l?a"rn,"iTd aftd Mrs. Kat t le V. Holden.

A very succc"---fu] social danoe w.is held In the town hall last week Kriday evening under the manasement of Harry N. Brown, with a good crowd present. On account of the inability of the managemti ' t to obtain ice cream the Center store had to .*!ervo a--* a refreshment ,stat:on.

A meeting was held in the town hall last Saturday evoning with a large number proKcnt. t'> discuss methods of community ser\ ice in connection with Camp Deven.s. t'. E, Goodspeed pre­sided over the moeting. Mr. Hubbarjl. who Is active in the work of outride recreation for the camp, outlined the situation, and Miss Burnet t said a few words in regard to the girls' clubs' .work... An opportunity was given fur all who desired to a.'ik questions. U was decided lo appoint an executive committee of nine members to take charge of thc work to be done In the Center. The members of the commit-too are Mrs. C. K. BoUon, Rev. H. A. Brldgman, Mrs. Anna F . Dakin. Mrs. H. K. Grout. Robert H. J. Holden. FYank J. Lawtnn Mr^t. Howard M. Longley. Mlss Hazel Mackaye and Henr>' Ware.

Audrey Manktelow has taken ,i po-flltton as clerk in the Center storo to fill the place of Lewis H. Bradford.

Tho annual livwn pa r ty under the auspices of the First Parish Alianlco will bo held on tho church lawn on Thursday afternoon August Ifi. from three to flve o'clock. Thore will be myatery, food an<l fancy tables, home­made candy, ice cream and cake. All aro welcome.

this visited Mlss Florence Whitcomb week.

L e a n d e r Fisher 's daughte r Alma went to. Lowell Sunday to visit Mr. and MrsTHHarry Ari'thbriy two weeks.

Mrs. H. B. Priest and son Houghton, of Ayer;~caTne t o Littleton last Satur­day to make their home with her par­ents, Mr, and Mrs. D. .G. Houghton, d u r i n g the doctor's service for Uncle S a m In the medical corps.

Oliver Humphries, of Chelsea, visit­ed last week a t Charles H. Yapp's.

Miss Leonore Flint, who is asso­ciated with the Peace league, having an office at Copley square, Boston, was a guest of her former schoolmate, Mrs. F. S. Kimball. Safurday. • •

Miss Dorothy Blodgett. who is stay­ing In Ashburnham this summer . :]Btime h o m e on Monday for a few days 'with her parents .

Miss Ida I>ow. of Boston, visited the George HaU family and called on some of h e r former mu^ic pupils the lirsi of ^he-w^ck.

Mlss Marion I-awson, of Greater : Boston, is vlgltiu.! htjr slsttfr. .Mrs. Al-bert Shedd.

Miss Olive Flagg has been spending the week with friends in Danvers and at Bass P.oint. _ T h e George W.. Whltcombs recently enter ta ined Mrs. Whitcomb's sister. Mrs. polbrobk, and daughter Char­lotte, from Arlington. During their s tay in town they, motored with their hos : and hostess in Mr. Whitcomb'.s MaxweU car to NVT- Hampshire towns.

Mr. and Mrs. Steven-- and Mrs. I 'ross. aU of Lexington, were ...ve:-Sunday guest.< of Mr. ar.d Mrs. I'aul Brown.

Auirustus Hosmer has returned from Berlin,

Mrs. J. •'.v. Anu-s and dauchte r Edith spent la.-t week with relatives in Me'.-.-••se. Mr-. A Hits retuiTied homo on Fr iday and Miss Antes remained until the firs: uf this week.

Mr. an i Mrj*. Vincent, of Fitchburg, have beon at the George Newcombs, a.nd wilh iheir hy.-i and ho-^:css en­joyed a trip to the shore.

Mr.-. Wiil;am Wright has lieen .-ipenfiin^'a. f-w da\^ at W. E. »"Mnunt'« lately.

Misn Mary .Marshall return^-d on S'judav. and the F. B. Priest,* un .-^at-Lirday from their vacation.--.

Th._- .1. H. K:nibgii:s motored to West , I^ind.;-e. N. H.. where'^thes" spent the <iay with rel-iiives, Mr.s. Harold Ric^-and children accompanying them.

Several Littleton people attende»d the service i.n the U-ni tarian church at Ayer last Sunday morning and later vi'^ited Camp Devens. There was an unusually large number present at the catholic church Sunday morning, as the other churches in town were closed.

The" Ci-n^regaTTohal church wiH be open on Sunday and a representative of the Anti-Saloon leatrue will preach. P!verybody Is welcome.

Frar.k Farmer has recently taken an an to trrjr into ( 'anada and returned.

Go.ir;;e H. Moore and family arrive'! frorr I'hicair,;) at the home of his fath­er. J ames F. MoL-re, the tirst of the week.

The West l^nd Rranch of the Sur^-i-cal Dres-sinirs Workers postponed their meet ing one weok because of the op­pressive heat last woek.

The Grant,'o will meet on Wodno-:-d a y eveni v. u. .-V u E;u;it 15. wher; a p r. > -

-CJiam nia^—Lfc- .expetjicd- . ihai . *>—lii. Chari,'o ..f lh--- music coinmittoe

Ml-ss Helen Sm.vv. of

.^rong- . Fislc Sundries are Fisk Emergency Patckes, Pure Fine Para Gement in tuTaeg -and cana,.and Fisk Repuc MateriaL'

Fhk Tins For Sale Bu .^.

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Ayer, Mass.

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TUESDAY and THURSDAY EVGS., AUGUST 1 4 and 1 6

Two Nights Only—At 8.15

Au.v My.a haviuiT :>. L'oui;in;re;ul Cheeking Account, and

w!io dill ii"t r> ••,-ivc an invitatinn by mail, may st-cure one

i'i'i't- rriim ti'.e ('a.^llieI' ni' !!i.> own liank.

I'nme an.i s' e ".Jim tlic Pi.-nman" at work; "'J^cratelier'"

and llis iranii ot" Mail Hox Tlii<-vp.<: ^eo wliat liapp.-ns to your

riiecks aft.T you vriv.- tlu-m t.i " i'.?spons,ible people."' See the

wond-rt'ul "'('ioNeups"' ot word.s and fisurt-s Ijeing changed

liv skiilul fi'VUQT^—sonietliinL' tliat has aroused thc wonder

of liankfivs and {>•

to ^ an Frani.-isco.

•lie- officials in every Ijif; eity from l!iiston

TODD I'ROTECTOCRAPH Co..

Rochester. X. Y.

O. S. Rice & Co. 387 Main Street Fitchburg, Mass.

h . i -•Vr l i r iL ' t i ' been tho Kuest of Mis.s U'uth }l.i

Th'^ Thornti^n f.imilv. fr.-rn Wi-ro' s i r . have Hrokf»n cnmp nr rhp q i i n n r r:r;t? an.l Ipft for home on T':*s.l i\

t.r.t- h'ln'ireii oiL'ht,\-:i;:;o shoe wer.- shipper! t..r Wi-con.Niii from :h 'ln.ir:int;no on Tu,'Sil;i.\ ; -'••. eiiT\-• w mor, ' .ire expectoii at the 'in ir.oitui

Everything in

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OUR SPECIALTY—Bracelet Watches $ 3 . 5 0 to ? 4 0

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from r.n«l.in'l. f Mr, Kinch.

Thoy aro the if \V\ . .ni ini . : .

property

N'cvr AdvertliomcTit'*

SKTTS To th.*

all oth* t.i to of

'N\VS:.\T.TH o r M\SSA*! i r - I Mi(Mles.>x. !.s . rr..ti.i:.' '•oiji:, ht'irK*at-l.i%\-, lu.xt of k:;i ,i:i<l) pfTsons intt*rof*torl in th

<;i-:oi:r,K L. \VIM.ARI> iat- ..r i < ;'"oion In s:\i(] County, deceased. i

Whereas a certain fnf^tniment pur- | portinjc to h>> tho last will nrnl testa - i ment of sap) dfceast^'l has hren pr»'-xontfd to S.T.itl ("ourt. for fVohate. hv HOFIATIO 1-, WH.IiAJiH an<I AKTfU'U f!. KII-RttrTlX whn pray thnt letter.'; t»fit»mttntnry mav be iMRuetl to them, tho exeeutora therein named, without srlvinp a s u r e t y on their nfilclal honrt.

You nif hereby cit**<l to appear at a i^rohat" <"'ourt. to he held at ("an^.hridKo in said Countv of Middle s tx . on the l.-plh day of Sf'plemher A. 1 •. liilT. at nine o'eiock in the forenoon, to show f.iUs". if any you lia\e, why th. sam>^ should not In' pratvtrd

And «aid potltit>ners a rt Ii.--rel)\- dlr^'C-tfd to iiflvt' public noti.'.' th-l".'Of, by publlshinK 1hi« citation on*.' in t';<ch week, for thrt'.^ sucre.s(<i\ e w^M-ks. in the Oroton T-anduiark, a n-'wspaiier puhllshed in said CouTity, th.- last pub-lic.^iion to ll." ont> da \ , ,n t If^.ist. befortv Haid Court, .iiid by niailiiiK postpa or dellverlns: n ropy of thi? rltntton< all known per,-*ons in teT ested in thy estate, seven d.ivs ni If^ast before sal«i 1 Court I

Witness, Char'es J. >rclntirc, Ksciuire. First .IndKe of -said Court, thts elRhth day of AuRust in Ihe year one thousand i nine hundred and seventeen. I

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OWE D O I J A 6 A J O ) F I F T r C E N T S P £ B y E A B IS ADVANCE

All AdTertiaements Appear In AH the 'r^r, •Pi%p<.ra Xg« 'PnWIali

^turda}-, Angnst 11, 1917.'

GROTON -Nei«i»-ltewBr

-O. Willard Smith has purchased, a Ford truck with which he distributes fals milk to his rdaily customers.'

The next rcKUlar meetintr of tho E. 8. Clark W. R. C. -wni be held on

BAXUE.DAY, -4^UaUST -Air i O l ^ V ; t " ? ' " "^vv-

JiJyr^jwul Mrs. JFreiPorter , J i t Schoo: street, will spend the day tomorrow •with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Porter, ot Leoniinster.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Raddln,- of •Hoiaen. spenOhc week-end In Groton, visiting with Mr. and Mrs. George L. Moison.

Mr. and Mrs. J, J, Briggs and family. of Brighton, were In town on Wednes­day on a visit to"^Ir8. John gTTrayne.

•1 I e" 1ar«. . Th^ chargft will he flpnred at cost. - 'In order to be sure" that your supplies are put up without-serious de-

I'ney are t>reeUer8 of prize Boston ter Hers and have the Toss strain so highly advertised. They brought one of their famous dogs with ^hcjn,_"P.ug-master Toss." Mrs. Trayne has had her little dog bred to "Sporty Toss." «—doe -that'- Mr.—Brlggs haa refuaed JW.OO^Xor. --: . . George .W. Woods, who'recently re­turned tb Jils home from Chester, Pa., passed the physical- exsumlnatlon «lvon .him In .Ayec on Wednesday;

Joseph 3road Raddln, son of Qeorge a. Raddin, of- Bea'vei', Pa., Is visiting his grandfatber^,-Bi 'Kad<Un.

Mlss Clara Bordman'Robinson and Frank Henry Woods, of Groton. were united In,-marrtege on July 18 at the Parspnage In Pepperell by Rev. J. B. Lewis. They -were unattended.'

There will bei- a''special meet ing.of the Boy Scouts at the home of Dr. Branlgan on next Tuesday eteujiii; al

supplies are put up without-serious de-lay you should telephone to Mr. Wood at the school and make arrangements ^6 »<i time Wfore -ploklng-the-orop. is very probable that the echool will have a surplus of corn and tomatoes, which'can be bought, put up, by those who have no supply.

The food committee has considered

celved word ori Tuesday of the illness of his daughter Helen and left ort

Itr^-^A^^nesday—moHJinw- for—Pawtucket, N o further particulars have been learned.

lH6"^estion of hanuirng surplus Kar-urn-proaucts, tmi—has rouwr-mai present tho demand Is too slight and the supply to uneven to warrant the handling of perishable produse. The committee stands ready, however, if there Is need later, to handle less ^>w.lshable—foods, eueh—as boans—a.r.^

and daughters,' .iccompanied Mrs, [spend the fln^t -jfeejxiOt . ' " ~ Northfleld^ and. tJie rest of the time In

New Hampshire. TTn >rppct« to rMii,-p Slaney, Mr. Blood.'s sister, to her home in Pawtucket. "R. I. Mr. Blood re

Doatha. Mrs. Edmund Blood, tho notico of

whose decease appeared In this col umn last week, pasTon-ffn' years of seml-invalkli.sni, during which time sho had remained closely ut home with only.an-occasionurcull on nearest neighbors.

Louise Wright Cro«.»inan w.os born In -Shirloy on June^ 16. 1S3S, the duuglt— ler ot Ablsha and Kezlah (Johnson) Crossman, and at her death was aged eighty-four j-ears. Jn October, 1864, she was married to Edmund Blood of this place, and came to the home which she has occupied for more than sixty yiears.

Nine children were born to Mr. arijl Mrs. Blo.odi.flve.bf whom still survive, two dying in eacly childhood, and a' d^ugh'terAnnie AJ.the age ofjilneteen. Thoso:SUrvlvjn'g are Mrs.- Harry. Slahey of Pawtucket;-R. r., Mrs. WlUard Bal­com "of Mnford.'"N. H;,, Cha'ines E. g . ±iIood of West Grotoii, Frank C. Blood of Fitchburg, and Kred L. Blood of Wtst Oroton, She" le also aurvlved by

to the parsonage aorlng the Jast week in August, and the Sunday morning service»-«Hl-be-restimed on the flrst Sunday In September.

The annual lawn party of the Ladles' Missionary (ociety and the cradle roll will bo held on Wednesday afternooh AtiSUBt 15 . . ,nt . th • • • hreo o'clock—on tiie church lawn, i t is hoped that a l l thfi_

the community, with their mothers-and friends will be present.

Tho weekly prayer meeting was held last 'Tuesday night with Mrs. Lewis Richardson. These meetings will ba discontinued until the flrst Tiie>.dRV In ijoptember.

-lTEU<K^AG%BESm€HGpB8ET^ NothingHyritributes liiore to bodily! poise than the new Bask'-, _ _ ?l.?*j°6 Neiao Corsets^ which are made'with elastic Auttf •

Massage Straps, Low Top.sLong Skirt. ...•.::....,..,,., .' S.OO*.-Other Nemo Styles a t . . . , i , , , . . . . .•. '-..:fa.00 and^".flO'

Ha-ve been especially modeled to meet all the demands of fashion, btit'not a single fpatnrp e.sspntial

Tuesday afternoon, August 21 Alberr Blarikinshlp, of Brockton,

•'^aa a week-end visitor at-the home of Mrs. S. P. McKean, Chicopee row.

Lawrence Boynton la assisting in the store of Hajrry P. Tainter. ' H. E . Farnum and family, of Ayer,

'-'had-a narrow escape from death last Saturday evening, about' $.i&-- on Elm street, -near'the old cemetery, when thejr. met a Ford car. containing' two young naen who were, coming across

. Xrom Hollls street on the road which' ^-run&HParallel—with-the-eemetery—walli-

It was on the'sharp bend wh'ere this . road^ unites with :Elm street that the

potatoes. In the,meantime it begs to. call attention once more to the infprm­al exchange conducted by Mrs. Frank Torrey. If you have too much or too little, call up Mrs. Torrey. . She may know of someone who can take your surplus or supply your need.

Note for beginners—Vegetables ma­ture rapidly In this hot, dry weather. Watch them closely and' pick them in time. If you water them, soak the ground thoroughly. A light sprinkling only settles the dust mulch and doesn't reach the roots. ^^_

W. S. Hlnchman. Chairman.

ftCeld'eBt ha&Ptrifed. Mr. Farnum and the young-men kept to the same side of the street, bringing the cars together with a' crash, 'Which alarmed the people

IHaltli. : Little Edward Klmbali Collier, son

of Mr., and Mrs. .Edmund Coilier, forineriy of G^ton, was suddenly tak­en III-last-week-Wednesdoyr-beeomlng-uncbnsclous during, thc Intense heat of the day. - A phj-slclan was imme­diately summoned, who did all in his power to restore hlm-to consciousness. After,lying thirty hours in this leth­argic . condition, ,~under . the constant care of'-physioian—and—trained -nurse, the little fellow rapidly grew .worse, his sickness taking the form of men­ingitis, and on Friday the little fel­low, without opening his eyes to earth­ly scenes, peacefully fell asleep in Jesus. He was 3 years and 9 months •old, tho youngost ot a family ot tour

SHIEtEY News Itotus. . . . '. ,

Raymond. Harris Idi enjoying -a (wo-wceks' yftpa.tlon,-' , .

Mrs.' EttaNeylan'-and son ls.vIsUIn» nt the home Of her brother, Joseph Gately. ... , . , . . . . . •

John Grout Is assisting;at-the'drug store of Brockelman Bros. —Otto TA-T,ondoni of-<^inbr4dger-spentr the first of tho week at . the home of Mr. and Mrsi. James L.^lo l land

to health- and comfort has been sacrificed.'"'"" • V^'^ ,7 :

..Prljises" .. •.„,,'' '..', $1.00^ $1.60, ^Z.W, 92^.50

Store Open -Monday,' Tuesdaj ' Eriatfy.,-:aii4 ; Satn»day—Evening^

,. Warner; Sj^le'and Wai-ner Fit-are'well-known-or can-Quickly bfr' "*' discpveredi;, "Warner Quality isuh-SBrpajssedi^jj '.r ''. - .',. '.'. ' ..,'..., WarnerjiiaBis,,;:; • ••

turning hume uu Munday wllll ma wlta and daughtej-, who have-beeii here for two weeks, ' ' ; ''

Center.! :- In-the—realdeoeea—iteqr by, bringtitg- 'Oeneral hospli

7.30 o'clock. Frank H. Woods, Who has been un­

der treatment at the Massachusetts

them at once' to their assistance. As both parties were ~ running their cars slowly they,were fortunate In-escap-

. ing a serious accident. Beers' garage •was liotifted and the cars wiere towed there where the necessary repairs will

, be made. . . - . ' —: -Charles.J. "Wright Is. recovering from

ail operat'fon which" was performed -last -week "Wednesday at St. Joseph's hospi­tal, Nashua.

Hardly a nation in the world equals .Scotland In Its fund of folk s'bns."; At tne oana concert iast Baturday even-ing, the second number; on the prdgram

. ; , contained "the-fainniai^'songs of Robin •• - Adair, Blue Bells of Scotland, Comin' r-rr^—glwonfeh—tho Rye, -Anni«;-Laurle—and -/-"-' Auld Lang Syne, all of which received

. hea'rty applause. The march, "'Na-~- • tioiial emblem," has an interesting-hli-;" ^ ->- t6ry. It is said that after the'COmpo-.. •-, eltion was. flnlshed It lay o n , dusty

shelves for some time, the-composer, - r "Mr. Bagley. casting it-a^Ide. as ui»-.'• worthy^ to be printed:- he finally ac­

cepted flve dollars for It. l a ter , ft was .. ' published, when it met .with Instant

success and.Is now played all over the country.

Some of the parly from" here who visited the Grotoh boys in camp at

- . *^ cBoxford fast Surrdsy •wer^Mrs. W. It^ ; . " Bruce, Mrs. Frank Woods. Mrs. H. H,

Gay and Dr. E. B.,Branlgan.' Gilbert A. Durant left" Groton last

'Week Wednesday for-'South Hero. Vt.. -where he Joined his -jvlfe and friends

• lh c a m p . ^ George Tuttle, who has been In poor health for some time, has been confin-

' e d t o t h p hO"^*^ ? '^v<'^l dny,S thf paaT

to Dr. Ayres' private hospital In Gro­ton,- where he is. kept very quiet, his temperature which "was up to 103. is -at last reports, nearly normal. His, trouble, which has mystified the phy­.slcians. Is thought to be an ahscess bacXof the kidneys.

There was a very, pleasant gathering at the home of Mr. and "Mrs. Mc-Phers9n on Tuesday evening, in honor of his birthday, .^Refreshments were served on t,h6.,!,awn, only the family and a few Intimate friends being pres-.eiitj

ten grandcl^Ildren 'and nine great­grandchildren.' .A brothor also sur­vives, Alfred,W. Crossman, of Pitts-fleld, ninety-two, years of age and a rilece aiidTw-o nepTiews. " '

Mrs. Blood had been a member of the Grotbn Congregational church, for more thah fifty years, though unable to attend during, the later years of her membership. • t •.• .- The deceased was.an ardent lover of flowers and fOTiaa -much' ple'asufe~iit the work of herKarden. whiohshe kept up until strength failed. Mrs.' Blood will be greatly missed by thoso near and dear ones.ti'ho through the.many years of her Invalidism have mlnister-ed to her needs and knew her gentle aild kindly dlHpumtlun.

Following is a:llst of floral tributes; Wreath,', husband: pillow, children; spray calla llllesr Mr. and .Mrs. P. C.

.Lewis H. Bradford", who enlisted sev-eral weeks ago, has resigned from his office as town clerk and the selectmen havo apt)ointed Arthur G. Dunn, town clerk pro tem, to flll the vacaricy until the election of a new town clerk at a sp_e£iam>wn_meettnK to be held. soon. . . .

Herbert Thompson, at theNorth. has purchased an- Indian - twin , cylliider liiotorcycle from Qeorge I<ewes.,

Frank Sherman, of pittsfield,-who" made his home In Shirley some years .ago, was a visitor Thursday at the. JKHj>e- -et—

vorth, W » - SiJtudfather; Qeorge

Farnsworth. . "The committee "appointed to repre­

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. week, Miss Elizabeth Blood, who fell from

her bicycle on Schooi street, trying to avoid the dust of a p a c i n g auto.moblle, hurting her arm" and neck, is about

'— again as weir'as" ever. Walter Floyd has purchased the hay

on the. Henry Shattuck estate, which he has been cutting this week.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ix>uls Sheedy last week "Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Grant W. ^hattuck "and Dr. Albert W. Shattuck- ahd daughter started last Saturday morning on an automobile trip up through the White Mountains. ..

Miss Mary Woods, of New York, daughter of Williaiii "VVoods, visited her home this week and also her father, who is convalescent at the City hospi­ta], Boston.

Mrs. J. H. I>ame, of Somerville, has been a guest of .Mr. an'd Mrs. Wallace Brown the past week. J Frank_ A. Torrey, the oandid_ate_f_or_ the republica.n nomination for repre s--entative to the general court from the twelfth Middlesex district, comprising the towns of Ayer, Ashby, Grotbn, Dunstable, Pepperell. Shirley " and Town.'send, h£is his nomination papers in all the towns where they are meet-

, in.::: with a jfeneral response. Mr. Torrey live.s in Groton, which casts one of the larj;e:5t republican votes in the largest republican town in the dis­trict. .He represented the district ten years ago, which was the last' tim'e Groton furnished the candidate. He has been a member of thji board of selectmen for eighteen years and is now chairman of the council of .select­men of,the camp towns._ On .iccount ot his former memhership In the legis­lature and his necessary knowledge; of the problems arising in the towns be­cause of the establishing of a large military camp in the midst of countr>' villages, he will be pecul.arlly valuable to the district at this time.

Miss M<ideline Brown, of i'amhridKe, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Daniel Crowley.

.The Xeighborhood club enjoyed its annual neighborhood picnic on Tues­day at Whalom Park. The children wero out in full numbers and with the KTown-ups participated in all the at­tractions which the place affords. The best of all, to some perhaps, was the plea.'yint sociability around the festive board, upon which the bountiful innch was spread, to which evervone brouKht_ n good appetite .ind a merry heart. Many thanks are due to one of the member.e. through whose generosity each one wa.<? provided with a bottlb of singei' .lie or birch beer, according 10 hit or her fancy, and it went most assuredly to the risht spot. The club sei)arated. hopins for many h.i;>p\ re­turns of Ihe day.

On August t. Joseph I! l!.-i<l(liii"» seventy-sixth birthday, he tni,k his sons and daughters on an automobile trip t" .'SaUgus and Lynnfield, the birlh. pince and fornier h(»mes of Mr, Had-din"s grandparents. At Lynnfield they spent "Onie time at the quaint old house onre the home of .Joseph and Mercy Hrown. Mrs. Raddin's mater­nal t'randp.'irents. and there they drank Wonderfully clear, oold water from the old well. While there they also visitod the ol<l cemetery. In Xorth Saugus Is the old Raddln home-ste.'td, built more than 200 years ago l>y his great-grandfather, Betijamin Itaddin, a sergeant In the volunteer army which fought in the battle of Lexington. At this time it was par­ticularly interesting to recall that- it was while Mr. Raddin's father, Capt. Samuel'Ua'ddln. of the nillltla, was In camp at Lynnfleld, On the same'spot that the Sth regiment Is now In train­ing, that he met Itoliecca Brown, who later hpcnmo his wife. Mr. Raddin's Ftorles and reminiscences made tho day one of delightful Interest and the trip was over all too soon.

,Miss Klizabeth Whlttemore, who has been visiting her nunt, .Mrs. Thomas Clough, .returned to ^'er home Thtirs­day. :,

Mrs. Herman Black, of Everett. Is" fpending a week with her faiher, J.'B. Ratdln.

Thomas Manning,..chief of jiolice ot Greenfield, with son Frank and'Miss Stearns, visited X " . T- Crowley and -famliy on latt Stinday and —made—o-vislt 16 the Ayer camp! His son Frank passed: successfully in his examination at Sprlngfleld,'and is wailing to be notlfled Ho, go,t<>--the officers' training <;amp'atPlattsburg, .

Miss Florence'-McPherson returned hoine frorh a IhreeiW'eeks' visit at the home of Thoinas Manning, Greenfield, recently.' , ..^, . . ,,

Acepjrdlps: to geneiifti;" brders of the state gtiard board. Company 20, ot Grotori, Is assigned to'the", third bat­talion of the 19th regiment, command­ed by Col. Hai-rj? C. Ypung of Worces­ter,' The third battalion, comprising Company 20, of Groton; Company 97, of Westford, and Company 36, of Con"-co;'d. Is .commanded by MaJ. Frank B. Gilson, "of Fltchburg." T'he regular company drill was hem on Tuesday flight. Drill was held out of doors un­til nine o'clock, consisting of company movements in • open and close order. The flrst platoon drilled for an hour at sklrmisn anil, while tHe second platoon was drilled In 'interior guard duty. . At a mcotlBriri the hall after drill, a letter iwas xfiad" from Capt. Walter Howers.j4hankIng the members of the,cbmpapy and of the Rifle club for the fine field glasses recently sent to him. Dn Wednesday evening, at the lawn party for the benefit of the Red Cross, held on the grounds of Robert Fessenden, Townsend, the Gro­ton company gave an exhibition drill on the tennis court, after which the men were gtven-a rousing cheer of ap-preciatlpr,.

Rev. and. Mrs, Charles B. Ames lett Grpton Friday nvorning for their, sum­mer vaoation. It Is understood that they "tt'iH BO in camp near Mrs, Ames' old home In Belfast, Me.

The next meeting of the Grange will be held on Tuesday evening of next week, which wil! be Chicopee row patrons' nisht. Those on" the commit­tee are -Mr. and Mrs. George L. Knapp and dau.shter Liliian, the Misses Mari­an-and Lena Brcckenriiie and Gerald Breckenridge.

Miss Edna Keycs Is anticipatins a few days' visit as guest ot Mr. and Mrs. Edward Balcom, ot Harvard, She leaves home today and will re­turn next weok.

The band conrert this week will lie given In West Groton. . \s Fred B. Barrows has resigned as director of the Groton cornet band, on account of his enlistment; his father, U. H. Bar­rows, will succeed him.

The gathering which was to have boen held at Chicopee 'schoolhouse on last Saturday evening was postponed on account of the severe hoat.

/Mr. and .Mrs. Everett B, Gerrlsh, who have been in camp at Hell pond. Harvard, for several weeks, are spend­ing a few days at their home on Main street.

Charles H. Berry, commander of E. .S. Clark post. G. A. R.. has been a p , pointed special aid on the department commander's staff, and voting' dele­gate at the convontion to be held in Boston the week beginning August 19.

Warron Clough. son of Mr. and .Mrs. Thomas Clough. returned from thc wost last .Saturday evenins on a visit to his parents.

M the last -meeting of the schnol committee, Tuesday, August 7, Edward P- Fitts, of .stoughton, was elected as superintendent of school.^ for tho com-ing year. .Mr. and .M.!ls_._ Fills »:ill make their home in Groton if satis­factory arrangements can be made.

Howard Sawyer, of West Soniei-v'iUe, boardint- with his pnrenr;). M"r. and

Mrs. .Millard- S. .S.iwyor. while he is engaged in work at'Ayer. I Mrs. K. ('. Hook has been fnlert.-iin-ns her daushter, .Mrs. Georso T. Ham­

mons. who with .Mr. Hammons and their daushtor. and a guest, Mr, Hoppos, left I'hiciKo on .July 10 for III Mutomoiiiie trip oast, Thc Journey w:i~ leisurely taken and immensoly en-.joyed, rrarhins firoton on .Sunday. .Inly 1.1 niirins their stay in town Mrs. Hock enjoyed many antomobilo rides, one of which she especially likes to think of. which was to her old Jiome near Keeiie. X. H.. where aho apd .Mr. Rock used tn go every summer. This was Mr. Heppes' first trip east and on his return to <'hlcago will have passed through ten different states, giving him a good idea of thc country. While In Groton his nine­teenth birthday was cele'brflted. when a birthday cake with nineteen candles waa presented him hy his hostess, .Mrs Rock.

Word has boon received from Uov. G. M. Howe, who has been quite III for tho past- month, that hc reached his destination. .Merepoint. .Me., safely, though was exhausted from fatigue.

Food <"<>mmHIcv Report. It has come to the attontion ot the

food committee tbat a good many peo­ple do not understand thn conditions which govern the canning offer at Gro­ton School. The school Is prepared to pnt op vegetables and fruit after Sep­tember .'!, If thp jars aro- brought with thc vegetables and fruit. It cannot undertake an order of less than a doz-

boys. The body was brought to Gro­ton troni • Somerville, Monday, for burial, when committal sein/lces were held and t h e l i t t l i form wno trenflv iit '. " " ' " W " " , -"r. a i m . j i r s . r . V,. ac i i i u i c . v..eHier in i n e m a t t e r OI C o m -laid to rest in t h i f a m ^ v T o - ? - ^ ^ Blood ;-*ouq«etr^«ramlcWldrent-sweet- imwity-servlCo-for-Camp Devuiis, met'

tp her a visit

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laid to rest in the family lot. Bev L. W. Richardson officiated, who 'ijvas particularly comforting In his^ words of sympathy to the bereaved parent, Edmund Collier, and the three little brothers, Francis, J-orlng and Robert, and the grandparents, Mrs. A. K. Oil­man and Mr, and Mrs. Eugene O. Col­lier, of this town. Mrs, Coilier, •iyho was overwhelmed -with grief, was un­able to attend. The funeral was pri­vate with the exception of a tew in-vlted triends. There was a profusion .of beautiful, fragrant Howers, which by their perfume delivered silent mes­sages of love. Mrs. F. C. Bishop Eang very sweetly, "Rest, darling, rest."

West Groton. The attendance at the Girls' Knit­

ting club has been good, even when the mercury was 97° in the shade, or whgn storms threatened. This week there were preseht Bertha Harrington, ls.ihcll6 Blxby,-Barbara- Lanib.OJellie. Long. Hazel Cronin."- Ella Ganley and Elizabeth LewK Bertha Harrington has flnlshed a muffler and bath mitt; Xellie Long a bath mitt, and Hazel Cronin a muffler.

Mrs. .-Uinie McCallie was a decent guest of Mrs. D. A. Sherwin.

Miss Ruth Snell returned home on last Saturday after with Mrs. F. K. Harrington.

.P.. K. Burgess is confined house with a bad knee.

L. G. Strand spent several day week with relatives in Vermont.

Mrs. Jennie Perrin and daughter, ot Worcestetr, were in town this week as guests of W. F. Lane and tamiiy.

Miss Evelyn Fernald has returned after three woeks at Framingliam Xormal school, demonstrating to a cla.ss of girls the canning of fruits and vegetaliles. Miss Fernald reports the canning of ten bushels of string beans i'y a class of twenty on the '.wo hot­test days of last week. These were not only canned, but had boon planted, hoed and sathered by the class,

I.ee Bixby has roturned to West Groton, where he expects to remain for a time, assisting hi.-i father in his various activities.

Donald Blxby spont the week-end With his friend, Wiiliam *':ark, of i-epperell.

•Mrs. .\. W. Adams recenC'y enter­tained her sistor, ^irs. Clifton Sher­man, of Upton, wltTi her son Wilder.

Mrs. Moore, a former resident, was in town over .Sunday.

Hev. William Garley, going Thur>-day evening, visited friends in Barn­stable, returning on the following Mon­day.

Mr. and .Mrs. Edward Hallett and four children are making a two-weeks' stay with Mr. Hallctt's mother in "i'ar­mouth.

G. H. Bi.xby went by auto to "i'ar­mouth on Sunday, taking as passen­gers .Mr. Hallett and family. He re­turned on Monday, bringing Mr. Gan­ley from Barnstable, and Mrs. Charles Bixby and daughter Ruth from Welles­ley.

Miss Kathleen McGowan spent the week-end at Marbiehead.

Little Arnold Hartwcli has boon in a physician's care during the past week. He Is Improving.

Elizabeth Batos visitod hor grand­mother.—Mr*, Jar-visL,- thu--we»k, where-a cousin, Cynlhia Hunt, of Attleboro. is also a guest.

Mis.s Lizzie Jarvis returned to Attle­boro on Sunday after a -week's stay at her home. She was accompa­nied tiy her sister Miss Hose Jarvi«, who wil! visit her sistor. .Mrs. Hunt.

Mrs, Humphrey is in tho hospital for -insical treatment, undergoing an op­oration on Friday. Her son Amos is staying with friends.

It is reported that Mr. and .Mrs. Carl strand aro moving their soods into the Dean house on >lain street, now owned liy J. T. Shcpldy.

Tho g,i!c last woek did considerable damage to trees in various parts of'the vlllago. Lightning struck neaf the J. T. Shepley house on Townsend road.

Geraldine Wheaton returned homo on Saturflay after a two-weeks* stay with .Mrs. Spauldinff.

About torty from here attended thc Red Cross lawn party at Robert Fes­senden's In Townsend on Wednesday evening, twenty ot thc number being from, thc Groton mllljary company.

A concert is to be given here on Saturday evening by the Groton cor­net band.

An Icc creani sale will bc held by the U A. society on Saturday after­noon and evening at the hall. .Mr.s. E. K. Harrington, chairman.

The Ico cream sale held last week by tho Army and Navy Relief society, under the direction ot Mrs. A, W, Ad­ams, netted eight dollars, a good sum considering thc coolec weather and various other handicaps. A. W._Ad-ams kindly put his time and auto al tho disposal of the committoo.

Going on .Saturday. Mrs. F. L. Blood

peas, grandchildren: spray, great grandchildren:-siyect peas. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Sedley.'Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Kilbourn, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. LIndall. Mrs. and Mlss Tarbell; wreath. Jlichael Cronin; sprays,. Mrs. M. J. Clough of Leominster, Mr.and Mrs. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. G. H, Bijcby, Frank William­son, Mr. and Mrs, A^.-H. Thompson; Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Flarlday, MK and Mrs, Charles Clark of Fltchburg; garden flowers, Mrs. Mellish. Mrs. Everett Small and M(5s Taylor, Mrs. M. E. Wil­liams: bouquet, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Balcom.

" We have to chronicle this woek the death of Joseph Shattuck, of Shat­tuck farm, who 'passed away after a long and Eainful lllnoss. The remains were taken-to Boston on Saturday. In­terment was in Cambridge. Mr. Shat­tuck leaves ' two 'daughters, Mrs, -Franei9-Hayes;-who-live<!-wHh-hlL cared for him devotedly. during his illness, and Mrs. Gerald Flewelling, of Wellesley. A brothor, George Shat­tuck, who made h'ls home at Shattuck farm, also survives. Mr. Shattuck was perhaps little knawn to most West Groton people as he found his greatest pleasures in the quiet of home lite but he will-always be remembered here as one who was glad to help In all .mat­ters pertaining to the betterment of the village. j .

• is visiting in Spring-

BOXBOROUGH News Itcnuji.

A set of pictures'.' "Glimpses ot EiN rope, loaned by the Woman's Educa­tional .association, is on exhibition at the library. *'

Anot'ner little lioy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. .Clarence Braman in Sto'.v last week. Mrs. Charles lOiight has been there for sc.me time and her health is mucli im­proved. - - -

Miss Elsie Giavos is enjoying herself at Oak Bluffs, where she hns a position foi' the summer.

.Mr. and .Mrs. George Braman and two sons spent Sunday at the Bramiin farm.

Mildred Gartn field.

Mr. and Mrs. David Dickson and Mrs. Lund weie Sunday gu'osti of Mrs. Page.

Mrs. Leon Wethorboo entertained her sister and husband, 5Ir.-and Mrs. Gerard, of Waltham, last week.

Mr.s. Irving ciark, who has been staying with her mother in Hrookline for several weeks, surfering from blood poisoning In her hand, has returned, ' DTTrrng the elecrrical storm on last

week Friday Mr. .McCall had rather a narrow escape. He w a s o n a load of hay which was tied on with a large rope. The lightning very- neatly cut the rope, l)ut beyond stunning Mr. Mc­Call for some time, did no othor dam­age.

Miss Sara Richardson has returned froni Anlherst. where she took a course of study in gardening.

The lawn party.given by the Camp Fire Girls last week Thursday even­ing was socially successful, but did not add as much to the treasury as was hoped. I'ndoubtedly the hoavy shower late In the afternoon kept, many away utid^nlerferred "with the out-iioor at-t Tactions.

Charles and John Wilson and James Malloy. of Boston, .were guests of C. B. Robbins last Sundaj-. The Wilsons spent several summors at Blde-'a-Wee and comc back annually to renew old acquaintancps. Charles Wilson is now at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont,

Waldo Livermore, who was dratted, passed his oxamination In Ayor on Wednesday.

William Hraman, who has had a milk route for sevoral years, carrying nillk to Wost Acton, has sold out to ,Iolin Cobieigh. who will take posses­sion the flrst of noxt month.

Mrs. S. P. Dodge, who has beon confined to her room and under the doctor's caro tho past two weeks. Is Iinproving.

I-eon Wetherbee took his first truck load of apples to Boston on Thursday night. This Is about two weeks later than usual.

Mrs. Vlets and daughicrs. formerly of this town, are spending their vaca­tion on the Maine coast, and Paul Vlets Is In lAbrador with Dr. Grenfel. Mr.s. Vlets recently had the misfortune to fall and break her arm.

Church Notcx. The morning services and the Sun­

day school sessions will be discontinued during the remainder of thc month of August, when the church will bo clos­ed. The Young People's society will meet at Its usual hour.on Sunday .ov.on-Ings at seven o'clock, and thc leaders will bc .Miss Sarah Biehardson for August 12, Charles 'Waltt for August m, and n. V. Xelson for August 26.

The pastor, Mr. .Missirian, expects to

on Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Anna F. Dakin'. On account- of tm Girls' club -work Mrs. C. K. Bol­ton Is unable to serve on the commit­tee and C. E. Goodspeed was chosen fo fill her place. Mrs. H. .F. Grout was elected secretary of the cocamlttee, and Frank J. Lawton was made teiri-porary chairman.

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The Boston and Maine railroad htts sent notices to all. its local empjoyees requesting thetn to- claim exemption from the draft. The company claims that if many more leave the employ of the road for military duty thc road cannot continue business In anywhere near an efflcient manner. The com­pany sent similar notices to Its em­ployees a l lover the system. THe large

Ixr of men-already-enHated has already crippled the service, accordf ing to the road officials.

Winthrop Chase, of Groton, Is the new clerk at Gtorge H. Brown's store.

The exemption board of the flfteenth district held all-day sessions in the upper town hall on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week to ex­amine men for military service, many coming from all the towns in ' • dis­trict. Owing to the small percentage of men accopted a now call will be issued, probably t'he first of the week, for more men to appear for exami­nation. In addition to the exemption board and two stenographers, nine physicians assisted In making the physical examinations. They were Drs. Wells of Westford, Avres of Groton, Bulkeley of .\yer. Qua and Heald of I'opporell, Koyal ot Harvard. Kilbourn of Groton. Christie of Littleton and Lilly of Shirley. The tull data of the three days was not available for this wook's issue of this papor. The com­plete story will-appear next week.

Those Bost'on'and Maine snow plows standing on the side-track near the Haynes-Piper cider mill have a psy­chological effect during the hot weath­er, A m.in was heard to remark last week that he actually telt cool in pass-ing them.

Miss Ellen J. Horace, of Brookllne, Is a guest at the home ot hor cousin, .Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bixby.

Tho next paymont of thirty percent on the liberty bonds is due at the local banks on -\ugust 14.

l.ieut. .\. w . Carley, son of Mr. and Mrs^ E. W. Carley, has received or­ders to report at the officers' training camp. Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indi­ana, and will report there on August

Dr. l.uther H. Gulick, president "of the Camp Flre Girls, after consulta­tion with Raymo'nd Fosdick, Mr. Broncker and other members of the commission on military training camps has decided to centralize Camp Fire organizations in the' vicinity of train­ing camps. In accordance with this decision Mrs. J. S.^ Strong, senior guardian ot Ayer Camp Fire Girls, haa been authorized and requested to or­ganize as many camps of girls and' young womeii .between . the ages of twelve and thirty as can possibly be handled. Mrs. Strong will be pleased to make appointments with any group of girls who wish to organize or who wish to learn more of what It mgnn» . to be a Camp Fire Girl.

comod the people and presented the' whole troop of scouts, who "gave the salute to the flag and sang "The Star Spangled Banner," during which the whole assembly rose to their feet and the soldiers stood at attention. The orchestra turnlshed fine music and many excellent vocal selections \^-erc given by a soldier and by Mrs. Ruby Felch. Smith.

The whole evening was a lively and very soclal occasion. The dancing was a little slow in getting under way, but It received n good share ot attentlon-4it. last. The party began' early, and shortly before ten the large number of soldiers made preparations to leave, and gathering in the middle of the lawn they gave their company cry. closing with a tribute to the Girl Scouts, who are very grateful foi the support accorded them by the publlc in general.

At a committee meeting of the girls on Wednesday for the report of thc res'ult, it was found that the proceeds were forty-three dollars.

Unitarian Chnrcli. ~ Sunday service—Regular offices,

moming prayer and sermon at 10,4S. Prelude, "Largo," Handel, violin and organ: "Threefold amen," Young; ""V'enite," Solly; "Te deum." Stalner: "Gloria in excelsis." old chant; offer­tory solo, John J, Crawley: postlude. selected. Preacher, Rev. - Frank B. Crandall, the minister. Subject; "Where do we go "from hore?"

Men from the cariip will have ^n important' part' in'the^mlisicbn"SiTii-day. Mr. Crawley, the soloist. Is a government inspector. C. H, Gassett, violinist, member of Company B, 1st regiment, Engineers, Is from our church in Melrose. The preacher will deal with a nuestlon of perennial con­cern to the human heart—the soul's future. He will draw a parallel be­tween the soldier's attitude to the question contained in the popular song of the training camps and every man's attitude to the same question as applied to the soul's destiny.

St. Andrew's church will hold serv­ice of morning prayer on Sunday at 10.30.

Jamos Blown, of Cambridge, Is vlslt-ing his aunt, Mrs, Thomas Donahue, of Pleasant street.

tJIrl Soouts' First Appcanuicc. Thc flrst appearance of . the Girl

Scouts betore thc 'public was made on last Monday evening 'When Patrol I ot the troop held a tttfr ehampetre on tho grounds of F. S. Bennett at tho head ot Washington street. The grounds were bright with electric lights. The piano was placed on the veranda -where was the orchestra ot members trom thc camp true com­pany and the First Corps Cadets. ^Out-sklc on thc lawn was the food table where Mrs. Alja Hollis and Mrs. Georgo A. Sariderson 'presided; this candy table in c h a r g e o f Mrs. Davl« and Mrs.' Phelps: the ice creiim which was 'Bcrved by-Mrs. -T. "W; Barry,'Mrs.-Frank Pierce ^ n d Miss . Alice ' Mc^ Carthy: the. well p&tronized punch tablo where Mrs. Traqqair held^s'Wiy; the game In charge of several scouts; and In tho rear grounds, In-a dimly lighted bower of green trees, the for­tune-teller. Madon Redga Paum a re­cent arrival ti-om India, was kopt busy opening thc future to a waiting line of lively people.

At /ill thc tables thos* who presided wero the mothers or, near friends of the scouts. Thcy were assisted in all tho n«tivitles_by somo.of.-tbelyti'arixer' scouts of Patrols II and III.- -

Thc festivities were-,opencd by tho scout chaplain, Mrs. Susan M. Barker, attired In the costume of tho recent girl scout training school. She wel-

Oiautauqiia Information. Last year's experience proved that

many people could have saved money for themselves by buying season tickets to the Chautauqua, and also would. have saved the men who had guaranv teed tho sale of -500 season adult tickets about flve dollars each, which they had to pky as a result of being unable to sell the full number.

This year's sale ot tickets hais begun. For two dollars one can obtain a ticket which will admit himself or anyone »-ho may present the-tlcket-to the Hen-entertainments at an average price of twenty cents per enteralnment. Sev­eral of these erttertalnments will have an admission fee of seventy-flve cents . Citizens, save money for yourselves ai^^-the guarantors by btiying season, tickets. They are transferable.

The ticket committee ot the Chau--lauqua-ask-that all-tickets Iiv the hands ot guarantors be returned td them not later than We"dnesday, August I'S. They do not promise to accept, any after that date. - ; -.— On Wednesday—evenlrigr-Auguet 16; there will be a final meeting of the Chautauqua guarantors at the home of John Traqualr. At this meeting final action will be taken regarding any tickets yet unsold.

New AdvcnLscmcntfl. KORSBS FOR SALE—A Bay Horso, S

years old, sound, weighs 1250; a Black Horse. S years old, weighs 1300, sound and good worker: also, a Chestnut Horse, 11 years old. weighs 1100, good In any place, »0.T1. ADAMS' STABLH:, Oroton, Mass. 2t49

KOR SAT.K—^Bay Horse, weight about 1100', good worker and driver: klso, -3 fine Brood Sows. GEOROE A. OIL-BERT, N'ashua Road;- East Pepperell, Mass. Phone-111-3, Pepperell;

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On l a s t ' w e e k F r i d a y P r i v a t e R o b e r t J. L a w s o n , of C o m p a n y G, L o w e l l , w a s tried a t a c o u r t m a r t i a l s e s s i o n a t the c a m p g r o u n d s "for l e a v i n g h i s p o s t a t P e n a c o o k , N . H. , o n J u n e 15 , 'without p e r m i s s i o n arid for a p p e a r i n g In c iv i l -lan's c l u t h u s . — L a w s o n w a s dOiilg gUard d u t y a t x t h e t i m e bf t h e a l l e g e d i n ­fract ion o t t h e ru les . H e w a s f o u n d s u i l t y a n d s e n t e n c e w i l l be p r o n o u n c - . e d later . T h e f o l l o w i n g offlcers c o m ­pr i sed t h e c o u r t : L ieut , Col. H. W . D a m o n , pres , r M a j . W i l l i a m H, D o l a n , Capt, J. J: M c D o w e l l of Co, G. Capt, A r t h u r H; P a i n e of Co, F , Capt. M. J. D e e ot Co. -1, Capt . E . J. Conne l ly of Co; A, Capt . T h o m a s E . Ire land o t Co. H. Lieut . P a r k e r o t Co. E , Lieut . Corkum of Co. B . a n d J u d g e A d v o c a t e Lieut . J a m e s F . C o b u r n of Co. D,

T h e r e c e n t h o t spe l l and par t i cu lar ­ly t h e w e a t h e r of las t w e e k , w a s a severe , s e t b a c k to c o n s t r u c t i o n ac t iv i ­t ies . D u r i n g s u c h w e a t h e r m e n are unable to d o but a f r a c t i o n of the work that , is d o n e in n o r m a l t e m p e r a t u r e s . T h e most s e r i o u s d e t r i m e n t t ^ the work lay in t h e fact t h a t m a n v met i were ob l iged to qui t w o r k a l t o g e t h e r to prevent I'lrostrtttions. T h e s m a l l n u m ­b e r . o v e r c o m e b y t h e h e a t w. is a g r e a t

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T h e e x t r e m e h o t w e a t h e r of "last w e e k had a v e r y d e p r e s s i n g effect upon s o m e of t h e m e m b e r s of the niotor truck c o m p a n y . O n o of the men, ha i l ­i n g f r o m t h e s o u t h , w h e r e the w e a t h e r is a t T T m e s v e r y w a r m , s a y s that" Tast w e e k ' s w e a t h e r w a s a record-breaker . He" "hoped It w o u l d rain seven davs a n d n i g h t s , "

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5Iany~TiTQies a r e used in d o i n g the work a t the c a m p . A t the quarters ot t h e 6th r e g i m e n t t w o of the a n i m a l s , w h o b e c a u s e o t t h e i r d e c i d e d v i c ious t endenc ies , a r e ca l l ed " D y n a m i t e " a n d "Xl tro -Glycer lne ." T h e la t ter m u l e , a s its n a m e w o u l d i m p l y . Is t h e w-orst of t h e pair a n d s o far h a s s u c c e s s f u l l y res isted b e i n g s h o d by t h e c a m p b lack­smi th , a l t h o u g h the " S m i t h " h a s been ass is ted by t h e s o l d i e r s in th i s w o r k .

A fact , p e r h a p s not g e n e r a l y k n o w n , is that a s o l d i e r in w-ar t i m e i s not a l ­l o w e d to. w e a r c iv i l i an c l o t h e s at any t ime . It m a k e s n o di f ference w h e r e a n y . of t h e s e m e n g o , he is obl iged to w e a r the r e g u l a r o l i ve d r a b un i form. T h i s rule is not b r o k e n e v e n w h e n the m e n a t t end c h i i r c h s e r v i c e s .

Socretary of W a r B a k e r , w-ho spont the w e e k - e n d at X a n t u c k e t , a p p e a r e d m u c h in teres ted Iri t h e Ayor c a m p and m a d e severa l inqu ir i e s as to how- to reach here .

W h e n C a m p D e v e n s is finished and the fine r o a d s w h i c h are to be laid out t h e r e a r e c o m p l e t e d , it wil l prob­ab ly be w i t h o u t a n equal in t h e c o u n ­try In a p p e a r a n c e .

P r e p a r a t i o n s a r e b e i n g m a d e for the large conscr ip t a r m y w h i c h is soon to arrive at the c a m p . A long" l ine of st .orehonsos ,for s u p p l i e s is b e i n g bui l t . Reser\-o oflflcers of the . q u a r t e r m a s t e r corps are e x p e c t e d to arr ive s o o n , by ordor of the w a r d e p a r t m e n t .

T h e work of c o n s t r u c t i o n g o e s on w i th great s p e e d . S e w e r s are rapidly be ing c o n s t r u c t e d , r o a d s m a p p e d out, and all ot t h e m a n y o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s InVident to the c a m p work a r e be ing rushed.

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A w h i s t l e h a s b e e n Ins ta l l ed a t ' t h e m a i n b u U d l n g of t h e c a n t o n m e n t a s a flro a l a r m to s u m m o n a l l a v a i l a b l e n ion . i n c l u d i n g c a m p flremen. In case Qf e m e r g e n c y a l l m e n e m p l o y e d a t "the c a m p . Inc lud ing Soldiers , a r e pi 'e ised Into s e r v i c e . T h e w a t c h m e n c o n s t a n t ­ly o n d u t y a t - t h e t o w e r , o n a k n o l l o v e r l o o k i n g t h e c a n t o n m e n t , e q u i p p e d With; t i l 'o 'psr' f lerd-glasses , a r e e n a b l e d t o iee.it flre a s , s o o n a s It s t a r t s . W o r d Is 80"on s e n t . t a t h e roVnln c h a r g e of the: . f l re a laxiu -and j b e m e n a r e a l l h u r r i e d l y s u m m o n e d . A t n i g h t . t h e m i l i t a r y . g u a r d s s t a t i o n e d ' a t m a n y poirtts o v e r the v a s t a r e a g i v e the' flro aJiirtn: hy flrln'g t w o j b b i s J - a a > e - m e r H e o f t h b system'^are s u c h t h a t very , ( e w flres'.are a l l o w e d to got u n d e r h e a d -wt iy ; T h e flrcs; s o far , haVe b e e n c o n ­flned'to t h e Ifrush a n d h a v e d o n e Uttlo o r rto d a m a g t . . 'Whi le t h e o t h e r c a m p a c t i v i t i e s a r e c a r e f u l l y w a t c h e d , t h e m M t e r _ o f flre.-Jirotection' i s , of p r i m e i m p b r t a n c e , A t a d flre a t t h o c a n i p Wotild; b c a c a l a m i t y .under t h o p r e s e n t coridlt ions." T h o ' d e s t r u c t i o n o t t h o b u l i d l n g s w o u l d resu l t in t h e u n d o i n g o f a v a s t a m o u n t of t i m e a n d l a b o r d e ­v o t e d t o t h e i r c o n s t r u c t i o n , a s wel l a s s e r i o u s l y d e l a y i n g t h e w b r k o t g e t t i n g

Br igadier G e n e r a l E d w a r d s m a d e an Inspection of t h e c a m p this w e e k . H e is wel l p l eased at the p r o g r e s s m a d e and s a y s t h a t 20,000 recru i t s wi l l be at the c a m p by S e p t e m b e r 1.

C o m p a n y M of t h e Sth r e g i m e n t , of H u d s o n , v i s i ted the 6 t h r e g i m e n t on W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n n o n . T h e ' H u d s o n b o y s ' m a d e the trip in a u t o m o b i l e s and carried the ir band a l o n g .

Mayor J a m e s E . O'Donpel l , of l . o w ­ell, vis i ted the c a m p on W e d n e s d a y .

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T h e n ine Y. M. C, A. hui ld ings . Icinrwn B S "huts, a r e ' c o m p l e t e d . — ' I ' h e y will be used for rccroat ion "centers for thc men . T h e r e wil l be a wri t ing-rpom, ha l l s for l e c t u r e s and- concer t s , and a large a u d i t o r i u m c a p a b l e of s e a t l n g - s e v e r a l - t h o u s a n d s . — -

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A pol ice s t a t i o n hns Itoon bui l t at the main c a n t o n m e n t w h e r o v io la tors of the law a r e conf ined betore be ing taken to t h e dis tr ic t cpurt at Ayor tor trial. Mi l i tary c o u r t ' h a s a l so been e s tab l i shed a t t h e so ld iers ' quar ters , w h e r e a s e s s i o n Is he ld every m o r n ­ing at n ine o'cloc'k. Mo.it of t h c of­fenses for w h j c h the m e n are tried arc m i n o r inti^actlons of the ru le s of t h e camp, .

B o x i n g m a t c h e s a r e a favor i te t o r m o£ 4-ecreatlon a t the mi l i tary c a m p , w h e r o soveral good b o u t s a r c . w i t n e s s ­ed dai ly . ^

-Tho slbrlciT In c i r c u l a t i o n in regard to the d e p a r t u r e of t h e so ld i er s f o r a s o u t h e r n t r a i n i n g c a m p -are c a u s i n g m u c h s p e c u l a t i o n a m o n g t h e - m e n a s to the t i m e t h e y w l l l _ j e a y c . . _ j b e y p r o b a b l y - w i l l n o t l e a v e "Ayer be fore A u g u s t 20.

P l a n s for a r e c r e a t i o n c e n t e r at S a n d y pond for t h e s o l d i e r s w e r o pre ­sen ted and a c c e p t e d a t a m e e t i n g he ld a t St. A n d r e w ' s vicera'ge las t w e e k F r i ­day a f tornoon . A b o u t tSO.OOJ) •will be required t o r t f io 'Work. T h e c o m m i t ­tee In c h a r g e of t h e w o r k c o m p r i s e p r o m i n e n t c i t i z e n s t h r b u g h o u t t h e s ta te , w h o a r c f a m i l i a r w i t h t h i s k ind of work . It Is e x p e c t e d t h a t t h o task * l l l beg in at o n c e .

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thc hoard. C h a r l e s K e y c s represented t h e c o m p a n y ,

Tho c o m p l a i n t Is m a d e undor Sec ­tion 2. C h a p t e r 347 , of the publ ic s ta t ­utes , w h i c h p r o v i d e s that emplo.vers of labor w h e n t h e r e i s a s tr ike at the ir p lace of b u s i n e s s sha l l not advert i se for h e l p to fill t h e s tr ikers ' p laces un­less s u c h a d v e r t i s e m e n t s ta te s t h a t there is a s t r i k e there . It Is a l l eged that t h e d e f e n d a n t c o m p a n y v io la ted t h i s law in n e g l e c t i n g to s ta te that t h e r e w e r e l abor t roub le s at its mill In adver t i s ing for h e l p . The c o m p l a i n t w a s m a d e a f t e r a n inves t iga t ion by tho State Board, J o h n M, -Maloney, w h o represented t h e d e f e n d a n t a s counse l . m a d e a mot ion to ,quash, the c o m p l a i n t o n the g r o u n d tha t It w a s v a g u e a n d defec t ive . B d w a r d F. Wallace^ of !;jos-ton. a t torney for the c o m p l a i n a n t , ob­jec ted . J u d g e A t w o o d overru led tho mot ion . Mr. M.aloney t h e n m a d e a m o t i o n for a bill of par t i cu lars f rom the c^implainant. w h i c h t h e court rul­ed favor;ibly upon .

- .a t torney W a l l a c e .stated to the oourt that he w a n t e d to havo t h e caso tested out and s u g g e s t e d more t i m e in l o o k i n c u p the law and a u t h o r i t i e s be g iven h i m . B y a g r e e m e n t of b o t h s ides the c a s e w a s cont inued unt i l .Saturday morn ing . .August IS.

T h e c.'ise -.vas the first of itn kiiul to ever o o m e before tho local ccniri. T h e r e h a s been labor t roub le s at the d e f e n d a n t ' s mil l in PeppereU tor .-iev-eral w e e k s , c a u s i n g more or less di.-;-order.

Chiarles K. S t e v e n s ot Wakefiel . i . J o h n R o s e n of Boston aud J e s s e Glenn of Lowel l w e r e arra igned Monday m o r n i n g on c o m p l a i n t for shof>ting c r a p s on the Lord's da.v. .Stevens and Ro.scn were found not g u i l t y and dis­c h a r g e d . Glenn w a s found gui l ty and his c a s e w a s filed. T h e t h r e e men woro arres ted at C a m p D e v e n s last Stinday, w h e r e it is allege<l they i n d u l g e d ' i n the abovo g a m b l i n g g a m e . T h e y wore p laced in c h a r g e of c h i e f ^ B e a t t y whi le a w a i t i n g trial. Glenn a d m i t t e d he played tho g a m e earl ier in the dav. but w a s not engagod in the g a m e w h e n t h e c a m p otflcers arrivod on tho scene . G lenn s a i d tha t t h e reason h e quit w a s b e c a u s e he had lost ten dol lars , which b e t h o u g h t w a s e n o u g h f o r one dav. T h c o a m p officers st.itod that the la­borers about the' c a m p frequent ly in­d u l g e in g a m t i l i n g and In othor th ings c o n t r a r y to law. T w o officers are as a rosult o t those c o n d i t i o n s constt int ly e n g a g o d In w a t c h i n g a b ig tent w h o r e t h a j n e t L c o i i g r e g a l c . A l l t h e m e n _ w h o a p p e a r e d ir, court on M o n d a y m a d e great efforts to opcapo as the otficers a p p r o a c h e d .

Mitchol .Sibilo.i'ii. nf .»;hIrloy. a youth o.t_ s e v e n t e e n years , w a s found , gu i l t j of indecent e x p o s u r e and s e n t e n c e d to the Industr ia l sohool at Shirlei' . Tuosday m o r n i n g .

Oliver Hebert . of T o w n s e n d , pleaded gu i l ty to se t t ing his house on flro in thnt place . An e x a m i n a t i o n of tho d e f e n d a n t s h o w e d cle . ir ly that ho w a s m e n t a l l y Irrjsponsible for his a n i o n s Kire w a s discovorod iu tho houso at o n e o'clock T u e s d a y morn ing , IIel>ort. w h o w a s s u s p e c t e d of tho act . hur­r iedly left town, g o i n g In the direc­t ion of F l t c h b u r g . off lcer Edw.ir,1 T e m p l e I m m e d i a t e l y got In touch with t h e po l ice d e p a r t m e n t of that city. w h i c h waa a s k e d to be on the look-o n t for the fugi t ive . Heber t waa ar­res ted a t e w h o u r s later by Ofiicer Moran . o t F l t c h b u r g , In L u n e n b u r g . A n Inves t igat ion ot Iho fire s h o w e d t h a t ,n' s m a l l p l nce w a s burned "abjiut a s b ig a s your hat ," a s thc Towncond offlcer put It. Officer T e m p l e a l s o , I n ­f o r m e d thc c o u r t that p a p e r s wero f o u n d W'here thc firo 'Was set a'nd w e r e s a t u r a t e d w i t h a l c o h o l . Several b u r n e d m a t c h e s wero a l s o found . _ Heber t . t e s t i f y ing In hl» o w n . b e h a l t , ' s a l d r i h a t ' Tie w a s a v e t e r a n of tho civi l w a r and w a s a t o p p l n g a t the so ld iers ' h o m e In T o g u s . Mc. H e re­c e i v e d w o r d t r o m thc tenant o c c u p y ­i n g h is h o u s e t h a t repa I r-t w e r e n e c e s ­sary and c a m e to T o w n a e n d to h a v e t h e w o r k d o n e . H e ahowed the court a p a p e r f r o m t h e Togun Instltullor. w h i c h s ta ted t h a t ho had b e e n g iven a f u r l o u g h o f s ix ty days ,

H e b e r t to ld t h e court t h a t h e had b e e n In p o o r h e a l t h at different per iods for t h e paat six ycar.a.- Ho sa id he had t w o shooka w h i c h m a d e h i m m e n t a l l y Irrespons ible at t imes .

I 'rank Herbert , of L e o m i n s t e r , one ot, t h e n u m b e r , w a s foiind gu i l ty of. g i v i n g l iquor to a s o l d i e r in u n i f o r m , 'Tuesday. an'd~was ne iu t o r a hear ing ' bo foro U n i t e d S t a t e s C o m m i s s i o n e r H a y e s , B o s t o n . T h i s i s a v e r y t e r i o u s of fense a g a i n s t t h c Uni ted S ta tes l a w s . Chief B o w e n o t ^he c a m p s e c r e t s e r v ­ice force , r e q u e s t e d tha t Her':>ert be h e l d .

T h r e e y o u n g f e l l o w s w e r e a l l e g e d to h a v e c o m m i t t e d larceny . Charge,>--of v a g r a n c y w a s preferred a g a i n s t t h e m o n w h i c h t h e y w e r e t o u n d gui l ty . T h e l a r c e n y c h a r g e s were not p r o v e n ,

A l b e r t Trcssy , J o h n J o h n s o n , Michae l—Gerry:—Artht i i—Shrtr ;—r'anT F i n n , T h o i n a s Scu l l ey , CharleL C a t h ­a m , • F r a n k Cor iaughton a n d 'Walter Morey , b o y s r a n g i n g In a g e f r o m fif-tefen t o n i n e t e e n years , c l a i m i n g t h e i r r e s i d e n c e s In S o m e r v i l l e , w e r e a r ­r a i g n e d o n c o m p l a i n t s tor l a r c e n y cf a n a u t o m o b i l e truck a t C a m p De'ven.s-T h e ev idence - discloSfed t h e fact tha t t h e y w e r e not gu i l ty of t h e c h a r g e s , a l t h o u g h J u d g e A t w o o d said t h e y w e r e g u i l t y o f s t e a l i n g a ride in t h e m a c h i n e . T h e b o y s all w o r k at t h e canvp arid took o n e o t t h e c o n t r a c t o r ' s a u t o t r u c k s for a joy ride.

T h r e e o t h e r v a g r a n t s , w h o said t h e y Were.^ l o o k i n g for jobs at the c a m p w e r e a l l o w e d to depart , the ir c e s e s b e i n g flled.

J a m e s H u n t , of Peppere l l , w a s f o u n d not g u i l t y of a s s a u l t and bat tery on J o s e p h S m i t h , of tha t p lace , a n d w a s d i s c h a r g e d f r o m c u s t o d y on T h u r h -d^y m o r n i n g . S m i t h c l a i m e d tha t H u n t h i t h l m wi thout the le-ast p . -ovo-c a t i o n a t H u n t ' s f o r m e r h o m e , w h e r e h e h a d b e e n boarding . H u r t c l a i m e d t h a t t h e c o m p l a i n a n t tried to "butt in" to h i s d o m e s t i c affairs, for w h j f h the l a t t e r . w a s oa-Hed-d^jwm- but -no-blow- w-as s t ruck ,

A c o m p l a i n t a g a i n s t J a m e s H c r a n , 0 / P e p p e r e l l , tor larceny, w a s diKmi^s-ed. I t wa.s-statcd by Chief S m i t h tha t the l a r c e n y c h a r g e w a s basod on t h e fact t h a t t h e d e f e n d a n t had b o - r o w e d his b r o t h e r ' s su i t o t c l o t h e s '.vl-.hou; t h e o w n e r ' s c o n s e n t . J u d g e At-Aood ruled t h a t t h i s w a s not lareer.-,' and or­dered • t h e c o m p l a i n t diy in:s ,«d w i t h the c o n s e n t of t h e d e f e n d a n t .

Sovera l c a m p d r u n k s "were f o u n d g u i l t y a n d o r d e r e d to i),-.y t h e expen!-c>. of the p r o s e c u t i o n .

An I ta l i a n c a m p laborer w.i> c h a r g ­ed w i th c a r r y i n g a conceale-J :ev(: lver T h e revo lver , a 32-ca l ibre , and c a - t -r idges w e r e conf i scated by the cour t .

L o u i s .Sa.vers. of B o s t o n , at tho re ­quest of Chie f B o w e n of xhe c a n . p -•( ^ cret s e r v i c e i iol ice , w a s held for trial unti l nex t T u e s d a y on susp ic ion of h a v . ing put po ison In the su.car used at t h e o a m p commrs.-saiy. T h e c u ^ t p l a c e d the bail a t $1000, w h i c h S a v er - w a s u n a b l e to furn i sh . He w a s t.'iken to t h e l . owo l l jail to awai t trial. Tho coffeo c o n t a i n i n g the su|,p.--s. i pr,.>.-;-. is to be a n a l y z e d . .ludfie .Jitwoo.l told Otficoi' J o h n s o n , wlui ha.l t h e - e taken into custod.v. tha; horea: c a h i p ofl lcors h a v i n g c-implair.t' m a d e m u s t l>c at tho office of th of court at e ight o 'c lo ik m xht 111 . in ortler that tho iir'-per p la int s m a y be prop.lred ',\.t!.o l.iyin.g tho oiionlni.' or c...:: i lieen the caso on sev- ; . . l - jc l.itel.v.

.Io>ei)h 1,. Colby. ..f r;i;^'ned W e d n e s d a y c o m p l a i n t for c o m m i t t i n g an ur.niitur.il .md l . i s c iv ious act . T h o court f o u r d p r o b a b l e cauae to boMeve h im ;,Ti:lt-,-and orderc<l h im held for the ;l<'^t '<-.'. s lon of tho g r a n d jurv ir JIOOO ball B e i n g unaC'Io to furnish theso Miretlos Colby w a s c o m m i t t e d to the Lo-woll jail to a w a i t trial. Ho w a s reprc- 'ente , ' by . \ t t y . G o o r g e 1.. Wi l son . i'o'l,>' p l eaded not guilt.v.

J o h n J. Gear}-. V. J. Col l ins . WriM.-ini .L C a l l a h a n . T h o m a s F. .^tiilllv.in. Goorge Gibson . J o b n Calla and .\Ianuoi D t i g a m w o r e f o u n d not gu i l ty of k e e p ­ing and e x p o s i n g In tox ica t ing l iquors for .sale t h i s wock Fr iday m r r n i n g liy J o h n M. M a l o n e y . . issocl . i te j u . t i c t . T h e c h a r g e s a g a i n s t thoso m e n . w h o are all c a m p laborers , wore that thc> tried to run thc guard b l o c k a d e at t h e c a m p e n t r a n c e w i th l iquor ' in t h e i r posse.nslon. l iquor holng c r n s i d e t f d

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h<^st r e s i d e n t i a l t o w n s in the C o m m o n -w o n l l h . A handf lomo h o m e pinro for a s m a l l a m o u n t of m o n o y . Ono t o n -r o o m KOHM. w i t h B n t h . Set Tu b s , opon F i r o - p l a c o , H o t Wator Hontor . Klootrlo Lljrhts: a l so . Barn , p lenty of r o o m for pardon , a n i i m h r r of F r u i t Trees , a b o u t % a e r o of land w i t h p lace . F*or par t i cu lars inquire of J A M K S n U N ' r i l K Y , Groton . MnRs.. or T H O M A S K. MULT-IN, Ay<r.

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Master Howard Oarrlsan. of Now­ton, Is visiting 'his grandmother, Mrs, A. D. Turner,

:*al50Ti—!mtl~twtr~cWt^ -flren;—who, • liuve—beuii speudiiit;—tttf

nionth of July with Mr. and Mrs. George K. Clark, returned to their liome In Chicago last Saturday.

Fred N. Davis, o'f Boston, spent the weok-end and over Sunday with his

I^avts- -tier -the Leon Marshall,-only-son of Mr. and

Mrs. Irving K. Marshall, has enlisted In Conipany TC, 2d regiment, 3d bat­talion, stationed at Xew Haven', Conn,

H, B, HUdreth has a new tlag pole erected on his lawn and a beautiful new flag swung to the breeze,

Mlss Mildred BalloU Is employed at the home o( Mrs. Alice Powell, Towns-end hlll. and Mlss Mildred Stearns Is employed In the homo of John N.' Going.

George Davl», of Boston, spent the -n,tt»lf-pn.l with his pnrpnta.' Mr. and Mrs. George Davis.

T nv Mr tVnterhnuaa ritntor nf the Maple street Methodist church. Lynn, Is spending a portion of his vacation In town. . .

service'on the cum~ mon. on Sunday everiing,-n'hlch wtis .•well attended, was very Impressive, including the , sacred concert by the band. Scripture was read by Rev, Bollan Tuttle and prayer oftered by Rev.- Mr. 'Waterhouse. Mr, Tuttle erave .a forceful sermon talk on "A militant church In a warring world." JI^'sald^-ln part , that the church of Christ In-the. world represented chris­tian soldiers marching as to war against evil and wrong and that It ttlwaya stands for righteousness, peace and universal orotnernooa, . 'Lhe service closed with the singing of '"The Star Spangled Banner" by the con­gregation, the band accompanying,

Mr;-and ^ r g . Ralph O, Rocd. of-Manchester, N. H., were over Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. HU­dreth.

Mr. and Sirs. C. B. Carrigan, of Newton, are recelvins congratulations upon the blrfh of a daughter, Satur­day,. August 4.

George H, Kendall has gone to Kludge, N, H..' for a week with a party, of friends on a flshlng trip.

Many ot the school childreti are just now passing through the ordeal of vaccination,

Mrs. Elizabeth "Woods ' and t-wo - daughters, .Gertrude and Bernlce, left

town Tuesday for Lowell, where Mrs» "Woods has secured employmetjt.

Oliver J. Hebert, a . fornier black­smith -In tow-n, a veteran of the civil war, aged seventy-two, now an in­mate of the national soldiers' home in

. Togus, Me;, while vfslting his son, Louis Hebert, Fltchburg, drove from there Slonday

the following helpers: Mrs, F. Bal­lou. Mls« Carrio Walker, Mlss Downey. Mrs. Hiltz, Mrs, A, Swicker, Mrs. f. Piper, Mrs', G, Clarke, Mrs, F, Woods, wllh twelve waitresses In charge of Miss Marlon Streeter as head waitress.

A Christmas mystery tree, in charge "of "Tn-s: -"JoTi"r."-Ptper-!nitf-Mrs,~w«bTir l{riii'*,".ittracted much attention from the children.

In the evening the grounds w-ere tastefully lighted by electric Ilghts and Japanese lanlerns. • Both the decora­tions and light arrangements were un-

'ision of Chrtrlcs Pack. ard, asiiisted by Herbert Wilson and Oliver Clark.

The plea8;int .ind varied entertain­ment, which consisted o f a concert by the band, songs by Winifred , Flagg Symonds, readings by Marguerite Sher­lock and .a flne drill by Company 20,-regiment 19, of Groton, was much en-Joyed by the large audience. The concert, songs and readings w-ere given from a bandstand erected for the oc­casion, w-hlle the drill took place on the tennis court, . During the latter part of the evening dancing was par­ticipated lh by many couples, the music being furnished.by the band.

It is not known as y e f how much was reallzua fi;t>iri ilie lawn pany, but a substantial amount Is assumed and the Red Crdss workers feel well re-

jiald and- thank everyone who In any waycontrlbuted or helped to m"iQse. tKe undertaking so successful. "Much credit Is due Mr. and Mrs.. Robert Fessenden for th«r untiring efforts to make '' he affair a success.

Irving Kendal of Fltchburg, brdthor of Mrs. WlUlam Mills and Mrs. Warren Tucker, and a recent visitor at their homes here, met with a serious acci­dent Monday, falling from a team he was driving on the Princeton road'and Injuring his hand so badly that one of ttte flngers has already-been-'uiiipu-tated and It is feared ho will lose oth­crs. His fall was caused by falntness as a result of thc heat and thc wheels of the blg.wti^on went over Ms'left hand. He was taken at once to Bur­bank hospital, where ho is undergoing irnafment,—^ „ _ .

W e s t Little Margaret, daughter of Mr..and

Mrs. George Roebuck, returned last week Thursday from a week's visit to relatives In Worcester.

W. A. Boiitwell and family motored to Barre to spend Sunday. Mrs, Har-wuud, of that town, whu lias Ueeu vlsU-

evenlng about 9,30 o'clock to Townsend, and after mak­ing careful preparations set flre- to the house he owns at the end of School street. ls'el.shbors were arous­ed and Chlet John Temple notified. Meantime, as Mr. Hebert was driving back to Fitchburg. he was arrested and on Tuesday morning the agred man wa^ taken to Ayer district court, and .after being arraigned ..before Judge Atwood he was judged as men­tally alfected and ordered returned to the Togus institution. His son of­fered to see that his father w,is taken back to Togus and watched closely ir. the future. He could not understand why the aged man should attempt the burninK of his house except that his mind was unbalanced temporarily.

The Misses Edna and Edith Mer­rick (twins) of Leominster, for.nierly of this town, have been the guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. John Arlin.

Mrs. John Powell, of -\mesbury. is the guest of her niece, Mrs. Hattie Pow-ell Misner. this week.

Mrs. John D. Finnegan. who has been spending a couple of months at -the home of her son, Herbert Finne­gan. in Milton, X, H,, returned to her home here this week.

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Ing'them, returned 'ast week. Mrs.' Alexander Reed substituted at

. the library reading-room last Satur-.4aj^'foc-Mlsis-SeaAferHWbo-is on-the.slclciiTugt 14 and I'i. l i s t . . ' • . . '

Mrs, Charles T. Mcjpormond Is en-joyiTig~a visit "from .her daughtei^ and Ilttle child, trom Lynn.

A merry party of girls from the "Va­cation camp at Ylnton pond, through the kindness ot a triend In the vll-, lage, were conveyed by the village' stable-keeper, Charles 'E , Patch, to .-Vshby to attend the lawn party. They all heartily enjoyed .the prlvUego and report a good time,

•The Ladies' War Relief Workers cleared abo'ut sixty dollars as a result of the little sale at the lawn party on last Tuesday afternooh,

Mrs, Alexander Reed'has returned to her home on Main street a'fter sev­eral-weeks' vacation.^parl o f -n'hlch was spent in Florida.

Mrs. Ernest Kaddy has returned to her home In Revere, but her children are remaining for a time with Mr. and •sTrsr-w

. Raymond Desnault .of Hollls, N. H., has been spending a w.eek at the home ot Mr, and Mrs. McNayr. His mother. Mrs. Albert Denault, joined him on Thursday and on their return they were accompanied by Freeman Mc­N'ayr tor" a brief visit. Mrs. Leroy Whlttemore ot Fitciibtirg has also beeii a recetit guest ot Mr. and Mrs. McNayr.

Mrs. Charles T. McDormond .en­joyed a week-end visit from her sis­ter and family from Lynn,

Mlss Emily Ciittlng> now occupying the west tenement In'thC'cottage .be­side the Baptist church, has purchased the round housa, the home of the late Sarah Warner. • - 'x— • The Ladles' War Relief Workers cleared about sixt>' dollars as result of their sale and lawn party last week.'

F, H. Ormsby ot the Belgrade Rug Company with his son Daniel Is spend-ing- his vacation In Maine.

Mrs. Nichols from Chestnut Hlll Is a guest ot i l l ss Ada Clark.

"BLACK ART" FILM PrlTOtc Exhibition' of Chock Frauds

for I«<ail Business 'Mesi Something neyer betore seen on the

screen or stage' Is the graphic exoosure. of the methods ot "Professional" forgers and check crooks, as brought out In file mystery pnoio-piay, "K Black Art," which will be exhibited prh-ately In Page's HaU Theatre on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, Au-

Church as acting trusteed In their ot-, flclal capacity and by thelr^uccessors. In said office and trust forever," as Is more fully set forth In the "Shaker Church Covenant" annexed to the original petition marked "A." ' .

That your petltlonors have beemduly "appointed, authorized and quauned as acting "truilees .as provided "In'Sectlon 1, Article I l r of .-aid Covenant and In accordance with the provisions' of-sald section " are - the successors In right, title and claim.to their predecessors In' ofllce to whom was conveyed the cer- lalp-parools Ot roal cotate-horolnaftor described to- hold "in the c^opaclty. above mentioned and to thetr-sUcces-sors and-assigns In f u s t for the ex­press and only uses and purposes of supporting tho gospel and the poor and for' the 'education ot the children ot said' Church and Society and all other that believe.and unite with them, and also tor tho .'benefit ot the Poor, ^he Widows.and IFatherless ot the Earth as the Gospel requlreth all at the di­rection o t - ^ I d Deacons ahd Church and their successors tor the time being as.they:.sh411,.airect ahd appoint.from .tlmo. to .time-forever hereafter." •

That said'Seal -estate was conveyed to waM"BOClatyi by tho sovoral grantors each without exception, reservation or reversion. ' •

"Vour petitioners further represent , „ , . . . , , , -that-«aId-Uttlted-Soclety-^f-^B«Uevers;-end otla. w.ttltTrthBitci In Harvard and al^o the United Society ot Believers in the town of Shirley In the Cduntyot Middlesex and Coiilmon-weaUh of Massachusetts held large tracts of landin the towns of Harvard, Laiicaster, Shirley, Ayer and.Littleton In the GountlesjOf Worcesterjind Mld-dlesex "and Co^irTonwealth of Massa­chusetts, In. trust tor the uses a:nd pur­poses herelnhetore set forth and that a large number of conveyances had been made at various times to.dllterent peo­ple by tho 'trustees, ot said societies and their. pfedeccaoorsMn. oBlcdi that

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I.,auii Party. The lawn party conducted l-y t'ne

Ited I "roas .\uxtliary al Wyndecrest. the home uf Mr. aud Mrs. Robert Fes-eenden. Wednesiiay afternoon and evening, was a great success, socially and financially. It is estimated tha: about 1200 people were in attend.ance.

Booths were placed on the lawa in various places, where different articles were for sale. The booths were attra^--tively decorated with red, while and blue crepe paper and Red Cross de­signs, and tliey were presided over as follows' At the entrance ot the grounds Mr-. .M. 1.. While had c'narge

• of a tabie where some of tSie -.vork done by the .-ociet.v w.as on ex'nil>:ti'in: Strn. J. 11. Sn\ith had charge •'•t x'ne information bureau .at the left ot' the entrance of the grounds: itx xhe l-a'.iir. garden were four booths. Mrs I-'.. M. Warren and Mi.ss Alice H. Eastni.'in having charge of the table from which Red *'roHs bag's .-ind knitting hags were sold. The Misses Caroline and Klsie Wood sold shell combs, hair pms and knitting needles. Samples of war cake attractively tied with red. white .ind blue ribbon, with accompanying re­cipe, were soid by Miss M' atrico Haynes. Peanuts .and f'rarkerjack were .sold b\- Mi.ss He'cn TUo".son .in'i Miss Kthel ispofford. The -r.ys-.>r.\ packa.gc.s that were hung from :he br.a.nches of a tree were m char,.-e (,f .Mrs, .1. I'liier and .Mrs W Urure. Soft drinks wore s.>ld bv .Mrs. 1'. I .\tw.>od. Mrs. .1 Livingston. .Mrs, T. K Klari'y and .Mrs. J. King The Wiir.e Kle-phanl booth was a novelty and was decorated with gteen orepe ;>tin-r and white paper e]ei)hants. and pre-id'*'! over bv .Mrs, A, ll. l-'.-s-enderi. . Ilss Ahre liay and...Miss Klla Wilder .Mrs W. .-leaver ao'i .Miss I.izzie Whrcorii'-s<dd an attraitive line of jams joi. lies and canned frtiit. and Mrs. I'ick­ard. .Mrs. l.,ancey and .Mrs. K. Wiisoti -" r\'eii the ice creani The candy tablo w.i.s in ch.arge of .Mrs. .Merrill .ind the .Miss.'.s' G. Higgin.s. F. l.ancey. .M. .Streeter and H. Wilder, and Itev P.ol­lan Tuttle. Mrs. M. .'Jpring an.i Mrs. (I l'pham sold popcorn. .Mrs. r . W. Hildreth had charge of the ll.nvers which were sold by four little girls. prettily drci«icd in pink. Florence Hig­gins. .M,abel ('lenient, l.iliian .Swicker and Florence .Misner. Mr. and .Mrs Koy Hrown sold frnnkturtcrs ami the .Mi.sses Ruth and Mildred Stearns nnd Kdna SmUh disposed of white l>al-lons decomted with the Red Cross design. Mrs. Karl Miller ard Miss Tin r"r7el' -Miller"" "presTiTcTT 'a.s lioTT. e matrons, and Mtss Emm.a Adams nnd Mrs. Kly ncted as ticket clerks.

During the 'afternoon thc children played gamrs under tho direction of Mrs. lUtdson Hra.\' and Miss Alberta. ll'.\rlie/y Much 'enjoyment was derived frnn-'TTic potato r.ace In which Fred Wi' >r won. Much Interest was also Hi .vn when WaUcr Jennerson won In • J iie.anut hunt.

' /i\t six o'clock a fine supper was served on tho European plan at tables set on thc ,wlde veranda nnd lawn. Mrs. Vernal Barber and Mrs. Elmer Wallace had charge of the supper with

w, Webster in"~Jo3seIynviTie She was accompanied by her husband's sister, Mrs, - Benjamin Hodgman, w-ho has been visiting relatives In town, and ivho will return to her home in Maine the last of this week.

During the extrem.e heat last week t'nere were two prostrations recorded —Thomas Welch, w-ho collapsed on the law-n at C. S. Homer's and was taken xo his home. Wednesday aftei-noon. and Aiber: Wilson, who had to^be carried home from his henhouses on Slain street, Wednesday niorning. Both re­covered in a few hours, A horse be­longing to Emi! P.ajala was taken sick while down in the village and required treatment l y Veterinary Shaw for sev­eral hours, Thursday afternoon, before it could i)e driven home to the farm in the north part of the town. .The Be!'.rrade rug faclory closed for the day Thursday morning on account of the hea:. Fortunately the thunder shower ar.d gale v.-hich came up about si.x o'clock in the evening cleared the atmo:?phere without doing any dam­age, although the heat was record-breaking, ranging from 102 to 110 much of the time for three days.

The many friends of Perry W. Saw­telle, who has been very ill with pneu­monia, arc plea.- ed to learn that he is convalescing and is aiile to be about :he house.

Carl B. Willac i spen; several nights recentiy wit'n a p.irty of friends in camp at Mt. Watatic.

George Harwood of Barre has been visiting his daughter. Mrs. W. . \ . Bout-wei;. this week.

Mrs. l-aura Sanders of Xew Ipswich. X. H.. is a '.luest a: the home of Miss

1 Emily *'ut:i,r.g. Mrs. Wheeler of Winchendon is vis­

iting Rev, and Mr.s. Joseph McKean at t'ne Biiptist i)ars,'tnage this week.

Mr, and Mrs, Albert Moore of .\1-"oaiiy. X. v.. and Mr. and Mrs. Fred W.ll rer. of Fitcliburg have been recent ^•'jests ol" .Mr. and Mrs. Fred . \ . Patch.

Ml.ss Bertha Reid. a former teacher III the grade schools here with a friend motored from her home in Xorth Re.idmg on .Sunday and called upon frien.ls in town.

.Iohn McKlligott of Boston and his daughter. Miss Esther -McKlligott, are enj<)ying their vacation at the home '>f I'.ichar.l McKlligott.

W, . \ Shel'ion en.ioye 1 a day's I'ac.i--.I'lr. tr"'xxi ill- duties -at V. -A, Bout­well's - : .re on Wednesday and with ht^ rtrnii.'. visited in Temple.

William W Wooster h-as given up his SI- ;ar;-Mi .i: the papermlll in \"nse an.l entere.l '.he employ .,f F. H. Orms­by a*, t'ne rug fact...-.%,

Fre.i Dw-nel'. ..f X.'.rtheastern is at present Wi'h his Wife and family at Sir. iir.il Mrs, Alexander Reed's. .Mrs. Dwiijeii. w'h.i .s f]uite ill. IS reported as somewhat iinprtive-i this week. Mi.ss

jl-iura I'litin fr.jm Milton spent the w.'.'k-end witil hei' siste--. .Mrs. .A.ex-,.l;.l..r Ito.-.l.

W .\ B-.utwe:! an.l family and Wil-l.,it.. Sh..;.!..!', .-inri f.iMiily motored t.i Itarr,^ n S iiid,iy, wh.ere they spent the .la.\ w,->i .Mr- HoiiI-AeU's parents. Mrs.-H.iutweiL. returned l.ast week to Barre

.Mrs .s Louise McKlligott and her daugh:.ir Inez, from .s.imerville. form­er residents here, are visiling at the home of -Mr. ,ind .\lrs ("'has. E. I'atch.

.Ml.ss .Maud Ho.ls.in ..f Heading has been spending a few- .i.v\s w-ith -Mrs, Piisan Mi.rgar:,'

Miss l-imim 11. Adair.s Is enjoying a motor trip through the Berkshires and oyer thc -Mohawk trail with a iiartv of relatives from Providence. R. I.

The community picnic, which was postponed last Tuesday, will he heid :n Thty-grovc-ln thc rmr nf xhe pnr-sonage next Tuesday and the village is Invited To join In m.aking this aff.air one lit the most enjoyable .and success­ful of Its kind The sports nre In chnrge of the All-ready class, seating ar-'-'ingemerfts nnd tables In charge of .Mrs. .Mibott Hodgman's class nnd the dinner arrangements In charge of the seni.-ir class.

Rev. Joseph .McKean will preach on Sunda.v morning on the topic. "Why men make failure.^ t-r. religious and secular lite." and lii the evening his subject w;lll bc "The! sin of gospel and scandal."'

This unusual film play. In four reels, is brought, to Ayer by the educational department of the Todd Protectograph Co., ot Rochester, X. Y. it is ^ i d to be the most elaborate and costly educational film ever made. It was produced by the Essanay Studios, un-

-filer-th^-supervislon of Jack W Spoare,-ot the Todd Company, who wroto .the scenario,

Mr. Speare will accompany his fllm at the Ayer exhibition with a brief talk • describing the different "crooks" who appear in the picture. It is said that all the characters and check In­cidents in the picture are taken from life, direct from the police records ot Boston, New York and Chicago,

Xo admission fee is charged, but at­tendance is restricted to farm owners and business men holding cards of admission. These cards have been mailed to a selected list in Ayer and vicinity, and mav also be secured at the First X'ational bank, Ayer, ' Chil­dren, or young people who do' not have commercial bank accounts, can not be admitted.

W. E. Cook, 101 Milk street, Boston, who has represented the Todd Com­pany in Eastern Massachusetts for .the past twelve year.s, is in charge of the exhibition.--

no power to sell any tit said.real estate' conveyed to eald societies by the sev eral. grantors;-was given by them In their' conveyances aforesaid: that the trustees of said societies ot Harvard and Shlrley-Jolntly petitions this Su preme-JudloIal-Gourt:-; r-—

1, That'tl iey be granted leave, by a decree ot'sald Court, to confirm 'and make valla all ot the conveyances which -they aJstrustees as aforesaid, or their predecessors In said offlce, have made ot ariy ot tho real estate afore­said; •'••:--.•'•'• • ,.

2, :That an order for the sale of the residue ot said real estate be granted to them by this Court and that they may hold the, proceeds thereot upon the same terms, conditions and trusts as they now hold said real estate.

on In tlils'liutrumetit: thence running North_lfi°-fii^J!ra»t elglrteenrand-l/ao (18.4) teel. to a stone bound which Is on the Westerly side ot said pass-way;' thence running Js'orth 87° 1' West tour hundred ninety-three and 1/10 (493.1) teet by land, ot said-Avery to tlio cor-ner ul a wall; 'thenee Tunning'Worth 58- 66- -W«st -by^and-of said Avery four huhdred-twenty-tour and 66/100 (424.66) feet to the remain's ot an old wall by land now or formerly ot one Pattee: .thejice running North 1° 43', East by land of said Pattee three hun-drertslxtv'-flva nhd fi/in rtlflS-Sl feel to an angle In a.wall; theitce running^

Tforfh -i- -i-i' wes t by the land of saTd Jatteo-^onc-Uiousand—five and 2/10 (1005,2) f e e t t o an angle; thence run­ning North:16*-67' 'West, partly by land ot said Patteeraqd partly by land ot one Davis-seven hundred twerity-aeven and 38/lOp' (727.38) teet - to a stone boUnd;-thence 'running North .31" SS', West by.. land of said Davis four hun­dred seventy-eight and ,9/10 -(478.9) feet to ari angle; thence running North 16° .43' West by land of said Davis one hundred-elghty-elght and 3/10 (188.3) teet to the-.corner of a' wall; thence running North 3' 11' East by land ot said Davis- tour hundred eighty-^tour and 4/iO (484,41 teat to'the corner ot a wall; thence rtinning South,80"! 62' East tour-hundre.d-flfty-orie and 2/10 (451.2) feet to a stone' bound at the

.11°. 15' East tour hundred :twenty-flve and 'S / lO (^26.81' feet to ain angle; thence running North 6° 62' East three hundred ninety-three arid 7/10 (393^7) feet to an" angle: therice'rurinlng North 13° 1' East two hundred torty-seven

at the end ot a stone wall: thence run­ning' North 15° 13' East six hundred thirty-tour (6S4J l e e t t o li'stone bound at-the comer ot a wall; thence.running North 2? 60' East tour hundred twelve atid 4/10 (412.4) teet to the comer, ot a wall; thence fuuulir& OuutU.B.O' 14" East three hundred seventy-eight arid 3/10 .(378.3) teet to the comer o f a wall; thence running North 1° 2B' East

-sevi ' " •" " (722.4) teet to an an'gie In tbe ivaU. thence Tunning North 9°^3' "West twb htmdred arid t ) i g h t j ^ d - S / 1 0 (208.3)-teet to an -angle In a wall; .thence run­ning North 16° 07' West one hundred sixty and 8/10 (160.8) feet to a corner of the wall; thence running South 76° 19'.East-seven.hundred and three and 9/10 :(703,9) teet to a comer-ot a wall; thence running North 3° 39' East by land o f one Archibald eight -hundred .elghty-flve and 8/10 (885.8) teet to a drill hole In the face of a wall on the South Westerlv side of the State Road; runrdng from Ayer to LlttletonL thence nmnhiK by thc South Westerly.slde ot

by liarker, iBateriitui & Chase,, July 1917. .and. tiled In-tho-Rioglstrjc-, o f Deeds, In the Counties ot.Worceater and Middlesex.

Also ariother tract or parcel of Ituid situated.-In - said' Ayer'at the north­easterly corner 'ot the Interseelion of thn SiaiB Road trom 'Aya? to Litileton' and thet'road from Shaker Village to Sandy Pond and bounded beginning at' the southwest coi^ner of, the premises; thence northorly by the'easterly llrie of said Sandy Pond twenty (20) feet moro or liai to land of Levi W. Phelps; Ihenpo aouth Hfl and nne.half '(BO^jj. degrees East one hundred (IQO) feet; thence southerly by "said Phelps. Jand to-said-.-road from-Ayer-to-iUttieton;-thence westeriy bV said Ayer and f.lt-tleton-rbad ahout one hundred (100) tee.t. to the' point o.t beginning. The Spring' furnishing the Rural .^ome Buildings, ab-called. is located' o.n this tract'Of lahd andls'coftveyed herewith together with any right or rights to coJfvey wajer troth said spring to said buildings by-plpe or otherwise over'or under said Ayer arid LitUeton road.' - -Also-another traot ot-lapd-situated-In said Haivard at the "South Family" so-called, and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the north­east, comer at land ot one Chamber-laln; thence. North 38.%° -West orie hundred, fltteen (US) teet; thence Noi-th ^V 10' West to.ur hundred C400)

30" West' two hundred (200) feet; thence South 15°' 26' W^t fo'ur hun­dred twenty-flve'(425)-feet all ot said courses and distance's are on said Chamberlain land; thence South 73° West four hundred ninety (490> feet

.pnnd- -by_laud.ot-i«vl-W;fPheins-t<>-<he-polnt: of beginning. • Also a tract ot iand in said Harvard adjoining land ot Levi W. Phelps and bounded , and described as ."' tollows: Beginning at a corner ot land ot Levi W. Phelps: thence North 10° East tour liuuJind'Blxty-iUuH (499) .tout 16 a comer of land now or. formerly ot heirs ot one Hynes: thence SoiRh 18° 40' West" tour hundred .flfty-seven.

•That by .decree of said Court dated M«rch 17, A-.r). 1906, ll was ordered a i^ decreed:

1, That the petitioners Iri granted leave to confirm and-make valid'all of the. conveyances which they as trustees, or their predefcessors in of-

WII.L PRI'ISE-VT "XHE

HOUSE OF^ H.\PPIXESS"

Merce Commimity Players to Appenr

in Xen- England Comedy nt .\ycr Chautauqua

On the second night ot the Chau­tauqua in Ayer the Pierce Community Players w-ill present "The House of Happiness," a delightful Xew England comedy by a Xew England w-oman, Dorothy Wilcox of Boston, Here are the characters: Judge Abner Merrick,

A typical small tow-n Xew- England law-yer

Miss Phoebe Witham, Merrick's cousin and housekeeper

David His foster son Margie Berkham His ward Mrs. -\scotte de Mi.Ile. . - \ social climber Gerald Her sori

It is presented by a strong cast. The company is headed by Mr. and Mrs, Harry R. Pierce of the Pierce Dra­matic school in Boston, a school that has .turned out some of the letlding en tertalners in the Chautauqua. . It's i goO'l. w-holesome story that will keep the Chautauqua audience in laughter tho greater part of the lime and.^will send each one ot Ihem home to a house of happiness.

And yet It's only one of the big fea­tures of Chautauqua week. . \ $2 sea­son ticket admits, to everything—an -Euure...ave_day. program .

.e-ot-any ot the real -radtus-ot,two-thousandT-two-hundred^ -c«ncer-ned-.wll}^4>e-4>eet-pF<miot'

New Advertisements.

Commonwealth of MiiR-yi<-liu.sclLs

Worcester, ss. Supreme Judicial Coui

in Equity JOSEPH HOl.Dl'lX et als.

vs. THK ATTORNEY GENERAL O

THK CO.MMO-NWEALTM

n-rriTiDX

T* ) THK HONORABLE THK Ji:S-TICKS OF THE Sl-PREME JU­DICIAL COURT.

KK.<^PKCTFULLY R E P R E S E N T y.iiir petitioners. JOSFIPH HOLDEN of Hancock. In thc County of Berkshire and JOSEPHINE C. JILSOX of Har­vard, In tho County of Worcester, and all in tho Commonwealth of Massachu-"ottn, TruBteeo of the United Society of Believers, called Shakers, a voluntary religious association In the town ot Han-ard, aforestild, that certain tracts of land hereinafter described with thc buildings thereon have beon conveyed to them and their prcdcces.'iors In of­fice, to hold In trust for thc uses and p'ur'p^scs "Ti^einftfl^r sPI'TOTtlT

Your petitioners further represent that said United Soclo.ty of Believers In said Harvard Is ,a separate society from any ahd all other societies of "BcUev-ers or Shakers" so far ns relates to temporal concerns and thc appoint­ment and quallflcattOTis of trustees and that "thc general charge and oversight nf nil property, estate nnd interest,' dedicated, devoted, consecrated and given up for the beneflt ot the Church Is gU'cn to superintending Dcticons or Deaconesses appointed and authorized to act .as trustees, to hold in trust the fce of all Isuids bclonjrlng to tho

estate descrlbied in said petition. 2, That the petitionee's be licensed

to sen at public auction the whole ot the residue ot said real estate, first giving notice "hy publication for three successive weeks in "Turner's Public Spirit," a newspaper printed In Ayer, in our Coynty. of Middlesex,

3, That the proceeds of any and all sales, either heretofore made or here­after to be made, be held by the peti­tioners and their successors In offlce, for and upon-the. same trusts as the said real estate is now held.

Your petitioners further represent that ah advantageous offer for the pur­chase of the. parcels hereinafter de­scribed has been made to your peti­tioners by Fiske Warren, ot said Har­vard, to wit, the sum of sixty thousand dollars; that the real estate which the petitioners propose ti> sell consists of tho following;

--A certain tract or parcet~ot"iaTrd-w'ith the buildings thereon situated partly in the Town of Harvard and partly in the Towns of Ayer and Lit­tleton, bounded and described as fol­lows, viz;

Beginning at the North Easterly corner thereof on the Southerly side ot the Stale Road running between Ayer and Littleton; thence running South 54° 19' West two hundred sev­enty-four and 3/10 (274.3) feet to the end of a wall: thence running South 6° 58' East one hundred eighteen and 5/10 (118.6) feet to an angle In a wall; thence running'South 82° 03' West fifty-four and 64/100 (54.64) feet to an angl© In a wall; thence run­ning Xorth 4S° 47' West twenty-three and 7/10 (23.7) teet to an angle In a wall: thence running. South 6° 32' West sev.en hundred thirty-four and 7/10 (734.7) tce.tt.-Si'OsslnK the Town line bcjtsveen Ayee and 'Harvard, to an angle n a wall; -thence running South 2° 17' West nine hundred sixty-one and 2/10 (961.2) feet loan angle in a w-.all; -thence running South 1° 7' West four hundred twenty-flve and 5/10 (425.5) feet to a. corner of a wall; the last seven <7) courses bound on the land of John Pingrect^hencerunning South 10° West one hundred tw-enty-two (122) feet to an angle: thence running South 7° 30' West two hundred thirty-five (2n,T) feet to angle; thence run­ning South 0° 19' West two thousand, eight hundred and twenty-four (2824) feet to an .oak tree on thc Xortherly side of .a Town Road running betw-een Lancaster and t.lttietpn; tho l.ist thr. courses being on land now- or formerly ow-ned in- Farwell, Dickson and Bige­low-; thence running Xorth Westerly by tho said Town Road two hundred seventy-five (276) teet more or less, to an angle; thence running Westerly hy said Town Rbad two hundred (200) feet, more or loss, to an angle; thence running South Westerly by the said road, crossing the Town Road running from Ayer, to Harvard seventeen hun­dred (1700) feet, more or less, to thc South Kasterly corner of^ cemetery;-thence running North- 1° 45' West by the. Easterly side ot the cemetery, two hundred thirty (230) feet, ifiorc or less, to ,a corner; thence running South 88° 16' West by fhe Northerly side of the cemetery one hundred seventy-six and 4/10 (176,'4) feet to a corner; thence running 1° 45' West by the Westerly side ot the cemetery two hun­dred twenty-seven and 1/10 (227,1) feet more or less, to the Xortherly Ride- of tho Town Roid before men­tioned; (Th» last mentioned bound he­lng one hundred seventy-six and 4/10 (176.4) feet Westerly trom the South East corner o f the cemetery;) thence running North "Westerly and South Westerly by tho said Town Road three hundrwl anrt seventy-seven (3771 feet, more or less, to a corner at-land of •tmcJacksoii; thuiice ruiiiiliig North-0°-14' West by land ot said Jackson six hundred and thirteen (613) feet, more or less to a. comer ot a wall; thonce running South 88° 12' West seven hundred and three nnd 4/10 (703.4) feet by land of B&ld Jackson to a cor­ner of a wall;-'thonco mnnlhg South 12° IS' West by-land, ot said Jackson two hundred twonty-thrcc and 3/10 (223.3) feet, to a wall at the end of a pass-w!iy twenty (20) feet wide which leads to the Littleton and Lan­caster Road, crossing tho land ot one Avery; tho rights Of the grantor In this pass-way »re mentioned farther

sixty-one and 56/100 (2261.56) feet, crossing the road to. Shaker Village, a. distance of orie hundred ninety-seven and 69/100 (197,69) teet to a stone bound at the end of a curve; thence runnins South 51° 58' East four hun­dred eighty and 6/10 (480,6) feet to a stone bound at the beginning of a curve; thence on a curve to the left, with a radius of one thousand, two hundred and seventy-three and 94/100 (1273,94) feet, crossing the Town Road from Ayer to Harvard, a distance ol two hundred twenty-three and 82/100 (223.82) feet to a. stone bound at the point of compound curvature; thence on a curve to the left with a radius of two thousand three hundred thirty-one and 5S/100 (2331,58> feet, a' distance of three hundred sixty-three and 9/10 (363,9) feet to a-stone bound at the end of a curve; thence running South

0° 59' East eight hundred fltty-one and 4 10 (851,4) feet to a rtone bound

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cari be enioyed In warm .wea,tber hy. ti,tluft soma of Blodgett &-MatHhanrt»-

• ndUi lee Creaiit which we are handUnst-dtiT--ing thei summer.' 'It is- delicious and',, sure to.pIA&se. We°are still bandlQurl '

. larid-lto -a Ithe hest njf Flour .in "the Ceresota . slate storie bound; thence North 86° brand, 'Which catmot. be bea.t ;Wo,'. 26' West • eight hundred seveiity^slx l iave a complete stock of Qroceries .at

-f876) -feet-to thsripbint of beginning, fnroderate pricea that-arie-kept fresh

;

the said State Road South 53- 40' East eight hundred flfty-erie. and 3/10 (851.3) feet to a stone bound at an angle; thence running South 57° 01' East four.hundred twenty-tvro (422) teet to a stone bound at a,' point ot curvature: thence running South East=-|the rtJStdt e would^Tr6"^greatly Injured eily on a curve to the right with ' " "

Also the perpetual^ right to take water from the Spring on the premises of orie Roberts, now supplying Shaker "Village with wafer; with fulMlberty at all: times to eaterupon said preriiises to repair said spring'ind-.to replace, repair and renew the acqeduct leading, trom said spring to said Shaker 'Village (see dieed' John -'Whiteley et al to (Seor^e.W. Felch. et al dated April 7. 1890-and recorded with Worcester Registry ot beeds, book 1314, page 338).,...

Together wjthany and all real estate now owned by said United Society ot Believers In the said towns of Harvard, Littleton and Ayei: not hereinbefore mentioned or described.

And that by a partial sale thereot

and tha t ' the Interests of all parties

Hf an^aTigi^"ther.c 44' East flve hundred six and 5/10 (606.5) feet to the bound-or place ot beginning, the last eight (8) lines being on the South Westerly side of the State Road aforesaid; .together with the right to pass and repass over a right.of way twenty (.20) feet ^-Ide on the Easterly side ot land of Dora S. Avery, extending trom the land hereby conveyed to the Tow-n Road running from Lancaster to Littleton; excepting and reserving from the above described parcel of land a certain tract ot land ndw 6wned by one Watson 'which Is situated partly in the Town ot Ayer and partlv in the Town of Harvard, lying on both sides of the road" run­ning from Ayer to Harvard arid on the Southerly side ot a road by the Rural Home, so-called, and bounded and de­scribed as tollows, viz,:

Beginning at the Itorth Easterly corner thereot at an iron pipe on the Southerly side of a private road run ning from the Ayer and- Harvard road to the Mill; thence running South 30" 17' West on a line between the land of the grantor's herein and ot. the iaid Watson 'four hundred elgh'tyi-slx and 5/10 (-186^5) feot^to an" Iron pipe; thence ruhnlh^TsTbrth 87* 37'''We"sET)y a Ilne between the land ot tho grantbr's and said Watson, and crossing the road running trom Ayer to Harvard one hundred forty-six and 6/10 (146,6) teet to the end ot a wall on the westerly side of the Pond running from.Ayer to Harvard; thence running South 48° 28' West by a stono wall on the line

n t h e land of the aiautor's and-the said Watson flfty-six and 4/10 (56.4) feet to an angle; -thence running South 35° 55' West by a wall between the land of the said grantor's and tho .said Watson sixty-one and 4/10 (61.4) feet to an angle; thence running South 4 9° 23' West by a wall on the line be­tween the said grantor's and the said Watson one hundred thirteen and 9'/10 (113.9) feet to an angle; thenco run­ning South 36° West on a line between tho land of the grantor's and the said Watrfon ninety-three (93) feet ito a corner; thence rCinnlng North 8° West on a lino between the land ot thc grantor's and the said Watson four hundred ninety (490) feet to an angle; thence running North 12° East on a line bctweon the land of tho grantor's nnd the said Watson twb hundred and five (206) teet to an angle: thonce running North 23° Eaist on a lino be­tween tho land o f t h e grantor's and the said Watson one hundred and flve (105) teet, more or less, to the South­erly sldo'-of'tho'Ttiad'whlclrruns'on thc Southeriy sldo ot the. Rural Homo lot, so-called; thence running. South Easterly and Easterly by the Southerly side ot said road oh the Sbutherly side of the Rural Homo Lot and- crossing the road running trom Ayer, to Har­va rd and on. the Southerly sldo of d privato rottd ruhnlng to the mill six" hundred forty-flvo (645) feet, more or less, to thc placo of beginning;; also ex­cepting nny right which th6 publlo may havo In tho road running frorii Aycr to Harvard and the road on the Westerly and Southerly sldo of the Rural Home lybt and on the road runnlrig'Trbrii Lit­tleton tO'lAncjistor. The area of the above described premises, exclusive of land excepted in this convoyanco and tho highway. Is six hundred, ten (610) acres.

Reference Is hereby made to a plan ot the above described premises made

acceptance 6f said offer. YOUR PETITIONERS, THERE­

FORE PftAY that they may- be llcens--ed to sell at private sale to the said l-'iske Warren tor the sum of sixty thou­sand dollars the real estate herein de­scribed and that they may be author­ized to give good and sufficient deed to the said .Fi-ske Warren conveying the said real estate tree from any and all trusts and that they may hold the proceeds' thereof upon the same terms, ,'ondltions and trusts as they now holci said real estate; that such further and other relief be granted to them as tl;>e nature ot the case may require arid Justice and equity may permit',

. .JOSEPH,HOLDEN, -JOSEPHINE C, JILSON,

We, the Ministry "and Elders of the aforesaid United Society ot Believers, do hereby approve of the foregoing

by '(dally additions. A trial order will convince you.

Onr Spedolty' ls the: Handl ing,of O'" "Vers Beet. , • ..' '

- 'Vermont Bntter and. (Jheese .

EAST MAIN STBEET GBO0EB7 JAMES E . GRU'Jb'Ur, BropzletOP -

East Ualn Street - Ayer,'~Mas8.

-M

SHIRLEY GASH MftRKET

tj-*- petition and-grant the Tiustces atoie-

T35)f HAND W r m — X " FRESH SUPPLY O F

BEEF - ^PORK

VEAL LAMB

SMOKED, PICKLED and CANNED MEATS

At 'Vour Door In Ayer Every Taesday. and Satnrday .

Every- Day' in ,ShlrIey FBESH iraSH F R I D A T S ''

VEGETCABIiES I N THETR SfiASON

CHARLES A. McCiARTHT, Prop..

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said full power and authority to take any andall stcps-necess^y to complete thp proceedings herein begun-

JOSEPH. HOLDEN, WALTER SHEPHERD, SARAH BURGER, M. CATHERINE ALLEN.

' Commonwealth of Massachusotts' Middlesex, ss,

July 30th, 1917, Then personally appeared the named

Joseph Holden and made oath that the statements hereinabove made are true to .the best of his knowledge and belief. Betore me,

D. C, PARSONS, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth ot Moasachuactts Wof c'?sler, ~ ss.," *"'"" " '

Supreme Judicial Court. August 1st. A, D.. 1917.

On the Petition aforesaid. It Is Or­dered. That the Petitioners notify the said Attorney General of the Common-Wealth to appear at this Court, at Worcester, aforesaid on the flrst Mon-day of October next, by publishing an attested copy of said Petition and this Order, In Turner's Publlc Spirit, a newspaper printed In Ayer, In said county, onoe a week, three weeks suc­cessively, the last publication to be thirty days at -least, betore satd flrst Monday ot October, and by serving him with an attested copy of said Peti­tion and this order lourteen days' a; least betore said flrst Monday of Oc­tober, that 'he may, then and there, shew cause why the. prayer of eald Petition should not be granted.

Attest: T. S. JOHNSON. Clerk.

A copy ot the Petition and order. Attest:

3t49 T. S. JOHNSON, Clerk

E, U: yTONE Fire Insnrani^ Agent

AotomoUIa and Cordwood Inanzanoe' Estber A. Stone, Tn>ewrltl]is

Pattffa Blodc Ar**, ttnaa. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

subscriber has been duly appointed ex­ecutor of the will of JOHN PARMER late of Shirley In the County of Mlddle-sex, deceased, -testate, and has t"ak"en upon hlmseif that trust by giving bond, as the law directs.

All persons having demands Upon the estate ot said deceased are hereby re­quired to exhibit the same; and all per­sons Indebted to said estate are called upon to make payiTient to

GEOROE H. FARMER, Executor. Shirley, Mass.. July 16, 1917.. 3t47

<20MM0NWEIA.LTH OF MASSACHU •: SETTS. Middlesex, ss. Probate Court.'

To the helrs-at-Iaw, next of kin, credltors.-and all^ither persons^ inter-ested In the estate of ABBIE B. CLARK late ot Ayer In said County, deceased. Intestate, - "

Whereas a petition has been presented to said Court to grant a letter of ad­ministration on the estate ot said de­ceased to HIRAM S. CLARK ot Ayer In the County ot Mlddlsex, without giving a surety.on his bond.'

You are hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court to be held at Cambridge, • In said County of Middlesex, on the twelfth day ot September A. S. 1917, at nine o'clock.In the forenoon' to show cause It. ariy you have, why tho same should not be granted. —*Ai»d--tfae°petitluuei Is huiuliy dlieuled ' to give publlc notice thereof, .by pub­lishing this citation once In each week," tor three succesalve weeks, in Turner's Publlc Spirit, a newspaper published': In Ayer, the last xmbUcation to be one -day, at least, before sald'Coui-l.""

Witness, Charles J, Mclntlre, Esquire, -First Judge ot said Court, this flrst day ot August In the year one thousand nine hundred and seventeen,

3t48 ' P. M. ESTX, Register.

R: M. G R M M . Millinery

Nnttins's Block . Tel. 209-12

AYER 3ra43

COMMONWEALTH Or MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, as. Probate Court.

To the helrs-at-law, next ot kin, creditors,-and all other peraons Inter­ested In the estate ot ABIGAIL' U. HARWOOD otherwiae known as ABBT M.-HARWOOD-lttte'et-Llttleton'In-said County, deceased, Inteatate. ' '

Whereas a petition has been pre­aented to said Court to grant a letter of admlnlatratlon on the eatate of said dcceaseTI to SARAH P. TAYLOR of Lit­tleton in the County ot Middlesex, without giving a surety on her bond. .

You are hereby cited to appear at a ITolmlB Cuurt'tn bg «eld:g:t CambriaBe: In / \ ld County of Middlesex, on the t e r ' / day ot Sopteriiber A. D. .1917, at nl' / o'eiock In: the torenoon, to show cajae If any you have why the same should not be granted. ' .

And the petitioner Is hereby directed to Rive publle notice thereof, by oub-llshing thiscltatlon oriceln each week, for three auceesslvs weeKs, In tho Lit­tleton' Guidon, a newapaper published In aald County, the last publication to, b o o n s day, at least, before isald Court.'

Witness, Charles J..Melntlre, Enquire, <.lrat Judge of said Court, this 'nine­teenth day ot July In the year one thousand talne hundred and aeventeen.

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We (iarrjr in stock'the following first-clasr^siieeses; '

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-flmoked'ShouldetS" 22^ lb.' ;; .Nice Ba<5on 30<J Ib.-

Boneless^ Sirloin Eoasts. .3- . . Boneless Rib R o a s t s . . . . . . .

F r e ^ Bhoillders 2 i ^ lb.

Hamburg Steak 18f^ lb.

. . . . -" 30<> « n d - 3 2 ^ lb.

28<* and 30^* lb.

f-x,i5nua. Is" a g u e s t at t h e h o m e o f JudKe I 'arker ,

W a l t e r P a r k e r i ind f a m i l y , of I x i w ­el l . h a v e arr ived a t t h e i r sumi i i e r res i ­d e n c e . F o u r P i n e s , f o r the r e m a i n d e r o t t h o seasoni 1 '.

Mr. a n d Mrs. A r t h u r B.'irnabv a n d d a u g h t e r "Vivian, o f ! J a m a i c a , I., I., w i t h Mrs, P r o p e r a h d d a u K h u r H a n ­n a h , o f ' B r o o k l y n , N , Y, , wt-rc ttiteats t h i s w e e k at t h e h o m e o f .Mr. anil Mrs. Clark B a r n a b y .

Mr. a n d Mrs. Ernes t ' N> yr .liul i laugl i -. te ia .—Dnrls and Conatanci- . of .San­d o w n ; Mrs. O s w a l d a n d l l l t le dau i th -t e r . - o t B o a t o i r r - M l s s - t u c y K r a m e r , of SOmer^'lUej M l s s J e n n i e Sy lvcr a n d H o w a r d GUlesple , o f Durc l i c s t er , are g u e s t s a t thif h o m e of -Mr, and Mrs, G e o r g e N y e .

- W h i l e In b a t h i n g - a t - t h e p o n d last w.eek Tuesday,, A n d r e w Ma rsh a l l s t e p ­p e d on s o m e g l a s s , b a d l y cuttinK his r igh t foot . Dr . H o l c o m b e a t t e n d e d t h e Injury, t a k i n g s e v e n .stitches to Close t h e w o u n d .

G e o r g e 'WUIard a n d f a m i l y , o t S o m ­erv lUe . Mass . , a r e a t t h e h o m e of .Mr, a n d Mrs. C h a r l e s W l l k l n s ,

v e r e o t a n y k n o w n h e r e f o r years . If over be fore , e v e n by thtf' oldes-t in ­h a b i t a n t . F r u i t ' t rees .were b l o w n d o w n , upr^>oi<Ml—op titripptd of t h e i r Umbs , o t h e r trees b l o w n acro(,b the s treot , g a r d e n s that b e f o r e the »torm g a v o p r o m i s e o t a b u n d a n t h a r v o t w e r e l a id wa:<ic, corn and potatoe!-b l o w n d o w n llat. One of the j i ld

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-^rr. tnta lura. Kmet-j- G a l e s amT c h i l d r e n a n d Weaton P o r t e r , of W e s t A c t o n , a n d Mr. and Mrs . P e r r v P o r t e r , ot P i t c h b u r g . m o t o r e d , h e r e last S u n ­d a j a n d s p e n t t h e ' d a y at t h e h o m e of D e l b e r t Por ter . . M r s . D e l n o T a y l o r a n d d a u g h t e r M i n n i e , of F l t c h b u r g . a l s o motorej l h e r e w i t h Mr. and Mrs P o r t e r anrt spent t h e - d a v w i t h Mrs Carr ie W h i t c o m b ,

M l s s K a t e O'Heron , of I.*omin.«ter, 'as—In—town—last—week—Wednesd a jT

v l s l t l n g o ld t r l enda a n d np lghbors . . M r s ; S i las W h e e l e r a n d c h i l d r e n a t ­t e n d e d t h e Burns . t a m U - olcnlc- a n d r e u n i o n In Milford A u g u s t 1. ,

Mrs. W i l l i a m S h a t t u c k and d a u g h -t c r T h e l m a s p e n t a few da.vs last w e e k v i s i t i n g re.latlves In 'Dorcht-at^r,' Mass .

T h e Misses E l h e l a n d Vio la A l l en , o t P h i l l p s t o n , Mass . , w e r e g u e s t s last' w e e k , a t t h e h o m e ' o t — M i * — f a u t h e r l - a n ' r e n c c — —I———

Mrs. J o h n W h i t c o m b s p e n t las t .week v i s i t i n g f r i e n d s a n d re la t ives In K e e n e and o t h e r p l a c e s ,

A p l e a s a n t and c o o l e v e u i n j ; b r o u g h t a l a r g e g a t h e r l n g t o t h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t a n d fa ir g i v e n by t h e Loyul W o r k e r s o t t h e Methodi s t c h u r c h last w e e k F r i d a y e v e n i n g , t h e A t a i r b e i n g v e r y s u c c e s s f u l in every -way.

Mr. a n d Mrs. F r e d lU-nnett, o t l i e o m i n s t e r , a r e s t o p p i n g with Mr. a n S M r s . Horaco- Moore.

S e r v i c e s w e r e h e l d in the C o n g r e ­g a t i o n a l c h u r c h l a s t S u n d a y , l i e v ; F . D , Sargent , of Putnam' , Conn. , o c c u ­p y i n g t h e pulpit . F o r the m o r n i n g s e r v i c e the c h u r c h wa.-* beaut i fu l l y d e c o r a t e d w i th p6nd.l l l l<-«. Mr. P u t ­n a m , w i th h i s f a m i l y , ' ; s p e n d i n g a f e w w e e k s at their_cpttat-.> on Mi l ford s tree t .

Mr.". Clarence- R u s s e l ! e n t e r t a i n e d 'her i<lB!eT and hushj i i far STf. and .Mrs. E . J. P a t c h , of M a i d e n , . .Mass., o v e r t h e w e e k - e n d ,

Mr, and Mrs. A r t h u r Gordon , w i t h s o m e fr iends, m o t o r e d h c i e t r o m the ir h o m e at R e e d ' s F e r r y la.^; -Sunday and s p e n t the d a y at t h e S - a v e r h o m e ­s t e a d .

ing jv.as n o t so large a s usual , owlr.ty. to \ -ar lous reasons . T h e .war, the draft , g r e a t hcdt , difficulty of t r a n s -

or ta t lon . h a v i n g — m a n y farmpr^-hav­i n g h a y . o u t could not afford to lose t h e day . e v e n for Old, H o m e W e e k — w e r e s o m e .of the r e a s o n s w h i c h con­spired to render the a t t e n d a n c e "-m.-.n. e r t h a n u s u a l . All w h o did c o m e en-Joyed t h e m s e l v e s very m u c h , and ex-p r e s s l o n s o t sa t i s fact ion w e r e heard or.

- a l l - H i d e s . — Q u l t e - a ^ u m b e i c u m e .vhrr had n e v e r a t t e n d e d the ce l ebrat ion o( Old H o m e W e e k betore , and w e r e m u c h p l e a s e d w i th the p r o g r a m , the b a n q u e t , a n d e v e r y t h i n g in genera l .

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-ratrietimr-TrtirbrtlnrleftyBfltt 6f this Ohautanqna, anH'tEe" keynote 'will be sounded on the opening day in a masterly addreis by exrOovemor A C. Shallenberger of Nebraska, speaking on "Ihe-Tme Patriotism."

The music for this day will be patriotic. The Mendelssohn Sextet, a company of six talented girls, will appear in striking costumes in musical programs that will be in harmony with the patriotism of the day.

One-half of the single admissions on this first day will be given by the Chautanqna management to the local Bed Cross or such other patriotic organization as may be designated by the local committee.

The Chaiiiauqua program will be patriotic throughont. It was called a few years ago by Theodore Boosevelt, then presi­dent, "the most. American thing in America." Kow the Chan-taugua is asserting its Americanism!

Qovempr Shallenberger it a member of the military affairs -pbminitteeiircoiigTes^-«jn«gniflcejit orator and 11'man" to difctitt" great international and national issues with immense interest.

w i f e of W i l l i a m S a y l e s , car ly M o n d a y m o r n i n g bf Mrs. D a v i d H o b a r t . Mr, and MT.S. S a y l e s b e l o n g in S o m e r v i l l e , -Mass., but h a v e b e e n s p e n d i n g t h e i r -summers for t h e pas t t h r e e y e a r s h e r e .it t h c h o m e of Mrs. Hobart . Mrs. S-.yles w a s in p o o r h e a l t h w h e n s h e c a m e a b o u t t w o m o n t h s . igo. and r e c e n t l y s h e suf­f e r e d a s h o c k from w h i c h ,-:hc u e v e r ra l l ied . Funera l s e r v i c e s w e r e he ld on W e d n e s d a y .-ifternoon a t t h e M,-thodist chur<»h. ar-d burial w a s in t h e S o u t h c e m e t e r y .

ly p e o p l e , , w a s the a u t o m o b i l e trip nnd t h e v i s i t i n g of farms . F i f t e e n a u t o ­m o b i l e s h a d been secured bv the c o m ­m i t t e e , a n d these were' f l l led hy g u e s t s t r o m o u t o t town and o thers , Am.ong -the f a r m s vis i ted w e r e t h o s e c f w . J F i s h , W . U. Proctor , O e o r g e H. W h i l ­c o m b , C h a r l e s W. Cush ing . Herbe'rt O. M e a d , Mrs . S. C. D i c k i n s o n . G e o r g e P. Grant , Jr. , and other.s.

T h e b a n q u e t w a s ' s e r v e d in t h e t o w n ha l l a t o n e o'clock to 200 p e o p l e , w h o s w e l t e r e d and swea ted and re turned to t h e o p e n air a s quickly a s poss ib le .

On a c c o u n t of the heat it w a s ar ­r a n g e d to h a v e the s p e a k i n g on the l o w e r c o m m o n Instead of in t h e c h u r c h , a n d it w.is a m o - t a g r e e a b l e c h a n g e in the program, fHinton .Gowdy, o f Springfleld, r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e X a t i o n a l Securi ty le.-igue of Nev.-Y o r k w a s tho s p e a k e r and h i s s u b ­j e c t wa."* "Democr.iCN-—its i d e a l s and' r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s . " T h e a d d r e s s w a s m o s t In teres t ing ar.d held the c lo se a t t e n t i o n of his • .ludit-nce for a full hour , in s p i t e of thc w e a t h e r .

T h e r e w-as no ball K-IIUP i-i the af-t e j n o o n , a s had been p lanned , b e c a u s e of . t h e — h e * t . b u x T h ? -'iT^'irpTe'jTasse'd'

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At- the a g e of s ix t .v -seven .ve.irs. W i l l i a m H. French p a s s e d a w a y on J u l y , 31 at the h o m e of Geor.g,^ X y e . Mr. F r e n c h w a s the m o s t i -em.irk, ible i n v a l i d the town has e\'er k n . . w n . S t r i c k e n wi th i l lness m o r e t h a n t w e n ­t y - e i g h t y e a r s ago , t w e n t y - f l v e y e a r s of w h i c h he has' been conf lned to h i s bed, and at t imes suf fer ing s u c h unto ld a g o n i e s that h e begged ,ir.d p r a y e d for e a r t h l y re l ease from h i s suf fer ings , yet h e h a s displ . iyed a c o u r a g e ar.d fort i ­t u d e tha t h a s been an inspirati .»n t.i h i s m o r e for tunate f i i e n d s and re' . i -t ives . A l w a y s cheerfu l , a n d w i t h a p l e a s a n t w e l c o m e for all w h o c a i u e to v is i t h i m . it has been said In his f r i ends that they w e n t t.:> visjit Wil l to ge t c h e e r e d rather t h a n to c h e e r , l ' p to w i t h i n the past c o u p i e of y e a r s h e w a s a b l e to read and he t o l l o w e d nil the n e w s .tnd 'eVenTs ..'{ tfie"'3tays "i'ri l i r e n e w s p a p e r s , be ing ab le to c o n v e r s e on a l m o s t every aubject- A b o u t t h r e e y e a r s ngo . the hea l th ..f Mr.s. K r e n c h fa i l ing , they c losed the ir h o m e h e r e a n d w e n t to l ive at the h o m e of the ir s o n Fred in Xorton . .Mass., arid in May, 1915, the wife , w h o had so t e n ­d e r l y cared for him. p a s s e d awa.v.

G r i e v i n g .s-orely and g r o w i n g m o r e a n d m o r e h o m e s i c k an.l l o n e s o m e for t h e old Brook l lne fr iends , h e b e g g e d to be t a k e n back to thc t o w n , and last S e p t e m b e r he w a s b r o u g h t horc and p laced in thc care .f Mr, a n d Mrs. G e o r g e .Vye, whn h a v e b e e n m o s t fa i th fu l a n d tender to the trust , l-'or

. the past . tew._iveok*-Jj i ,^ c o n d i U o n - h!«-» been m o s t pathet ic , as he suffered a s e r i e s of s h o c k s , an^I most of t h e t i m e cou ld recogn ize no one.

Mr. F r e n c h w a s a na t ive of X a s h u a . but res ided in Bro.>klinc m o s t of h is l i f e . H e w a s a m e m h e r of H o l l i s lo . ige of Odd Fe l lows , and T.. t h e s e n.^l^ie a n d fraternal fr iends b.- o w e d a ,Iebt of g r a t i t u d e for their k i n d n e s s a n d fa i !h fu lnpss - tn a s tr icken bro ther . He w a s a l so a m e m b e r of .Vorton C o m ­m a n d e r y . V. o . o . (-.

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c h u r c h . Rcv. J a m e s S e a v e r . of W o o d - -vi l lc . of l lciating. The h e i r e r s w e r e Al ­bert P i e r c e , i 'har les D u n b a r . F r e e ­m a n W r i g h t and Klmer I t ideout . T h e flowers w e r e m a n y and t .eaut i fu i . He v.-as laid :o rest in thc S .mth c e m e t e r v .

Ii*.>pTe a w a y the t i m e ver> p k a ^ a n t l v c ia l c o n v e r s e , .unti l .six, o'cloci: t h e a t h l e t i c sports and g a i n e s w e r e a n n o u n c e d . T h e y w e t e in ( h a r g e of Loren H. B r o w n and A r t h u r Q. K,-n-erson , .-ind cons i s ted of sack races for t w o c l a s s e s , t h r e e - l e g g e d rare , s t a n d ­i n g broad j u m p , r u n n i n g broad' j u m p , r u n n i n g h j g h Jump, ba.se lal l t h r o w ­ing for d i s t a n c e , e tc . Pr izes were of­fered for e a c h c i a s s and m u c h plea..-ed w e r e the y o u n g peop le w h o w o n then i .

A f t e r t h e .athletics' c a m e a concer t by t h e Militijry band and nxi tures by t h e Unlver.sal thea! a g e m e n t of F i t c h b u r g .

J a m e s A. Litchfleld -.vas in c h a r g e of t h e r e g i s t e r and w e l c o m e d th<» v i s i ­tors a s usual . He rep-.rts luL- s i g n a ­t u r e s — 2 8 from F l t chburg . 11 e a c h f rom l .eomin.s ter and Shir ley . 6 f rom Town.send. 1 f rom V e r m o n t , 2 f rom N'ew J e r s e y and 4 f:,.i.i Ne-.v H-unji-siiire- T h e o ther ''.'J -.veie from 2 0

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Saturdny, .'Vugu.st 11, J917.

i'EPPERELL NowB Iton>8^

Mlss Ethel Cobb - of Melrose, cam^ last Saturday tor a visit with hcr <;oHa-In, -Mls^ Oertrude Raymond r John Bdrti'Spent last frlday and

..Saturday wtth his daughter. Sirs. Mary lOlbbOhs, In tAwrence, .

Mr. and Mrs: Bert Robbins'.'«nd children motored here from Rayniond, N.- H.. Suriday, t.6 spend the d i y wltlj his mother.Itrs; Florerice WlUoughby,

their ^ ! .url llltlfe' Fiossle-'Robblny was' left with -her grandmother'^or a longer visit.

Mlsa Beatrice'Keith is at present'as-^IsUrig Mrs. >Ielyln .Gaskill, Oak hlll.

Mrs.'TamBS Dimn Is nnnftnfrt tn )l>r

the beneflt of thc health of their three children. Mr. .Vaughij found .work jiX rtrat In the Pepperell card shop, but is now employed on the Preecott place by .Mr, White,

Mrs, John Rodier expects her father. H, E, Frewt, from the force at the McLeUn hospital, waverley.. to come to her home this w e e k t o recuperate ior a ahort time.

MIJS. Cheater l- uUer arrived home from her month's atay with a friend in Brooklyn. N. Y.. on. last Saturday. Sho brought back with her for a few

stratlon orchard of Gustaf Anderson on Oak hlll waa visited by.Prof, Sears and Mr. 'Kllliam of the agricultural college and Prof. Ralph Rees of Cornell and l l r . Abbott of the Form Bureau ,on thoir tour of inspection In this part of the state. They fdund the orchard In go'Od' condltion~'-and 'pronuunced-some' of the apple trees to l>» iwrfoot-specl-. niens.

Mra. Alice Oulton and t'wo children went to Fitchburg on Saturday to visit her sister..

Mr. and Mrs. L, B.' Russell came i5~tW5nn

friend, Mrs, Hodklnson. Mrs, Jesse Shattuck has had her

smail niece, Eather Yeo, from Wor­ceater, staying with her, "•'"f

Mrs, Frora Wheeler and son Ber­nard, from Xashua. spent Sunday with her sisler. Mrs. Fannie Lawrenoe, at Burkinshaw Village.

Chester Fuller visited his brother Charles at St. Joseph's hospital, Nash-"ua. Sunday,' finding hlm-somewhat Im­proved, but owing to a condition of the Incision he win probably have to remain there for the full.' three 'w^eks or longer.

\Tr., t ntty rifttv r-tiQVilwg- Iq -, \-t.ttt'

[ fr Trom I>awrence for an uver Sunduy

home and under t&e doctor's care with in-flammatory rheumatism. '..There la quite a Pepperell.cplony at Ocean Park. Me., including the fapi-

—niesb f A. R..Paull. W. W.'Lunt. :ftu^-maa-BIake-And Arthur-Bartletl. Ed-g^r Blake .was a guest at the Lunt cottage last .Sunday.' Donald Jacobs, 'Who Is oS,duty In the (yjast arMUery. stationed in' fbrtlarid. also made them

_ a , call; whfch •was enjoyed on both sides. He had many anecdotes to re­late of his life In theservlce. Mr. a.nd Mrs. L, B.- Harris, 'Who formeriy were. PeppereU xesidentsi also joined the party during the day for a short fa l l .

Officer Smith was called upon last 'Week to locate, John' Horan, the seven-tfeen-year-old s o n o f J. A." Hoiran, MiU

. street. It 'was alleged that he-had en-.-^Sred the camp o r Sherwood Shattuck

at the edge of his garden on HoUIs atreet and helped himself to articles of "clothing. Sbme-of the articles being recovered, and -this .outbreak would pro'bably have been adjusted by pay-m e n t f o r the articles. But on Satur-^ y young,Koran.appropriated,a suit

• «fwo,thea belooging.to hi8 brothenand-

at the home ot her mother, Mrs. Sarah Dow. at the Pl rc^e' Homestead, with a young friend. Miss Falrfleld, -from ^yc tflQ]( MIgg Ht rrl 't -r-*r.tif \B oigr, spending her summer vacation there, from Palnjerton, -Pa,

At the telephone exchange Mlss Mol­lie McDonald is-absent this w-eek, tak­ing her vacation at her home tn Shardn. Conn,, and *n Hartford. Mls^ Dora .LeBean is on duty again at the omce arter. a vacaUon of two weeks with friends in HaverhUI, 'and . the beaches. , . • Airs. Spurgeon Cuthbertson arid son.

Kenneth went Jo Sunapee, N. H., on Tim,<r1nv; fn romnln thrnuifh Allg^lat

visit at her old home, bringing back Kenneth Boulia, who has been visiting there.

William and I.*o Thayer spent Sun­day at their old. home in town with their mother and sisters.

On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reed and t»-o children' with friends from Nashua, N. H.. motored up to the Law. rence homestead for the purpose of swelling the family party.

W. .H. Drury and w-lfe w-ent to Lawronce this week, w-here Mr. Drury has been detained much of the time of Hate .on business.

Qn Tueadas;, "Thomah-—Kennedy—vo-

wUh her siater, Mrs. Thomas. Parker. Mr. ana Mrs; Arthur Bartlett and

dteappeayod.,, A-warrant was then,is sued for 'his arrest, ..aird after quite a deajcch 'bf. the chief and alt; asslsttiht at 't.he \-arIous -places where the boy had sometimes stayed ardund' town.

- h e "was-'locateU Iri hiding at his own ' hbme. The'case may"'be ' settled out

of court, as f{ iS' the''first offence. At most he would probably be" p'at or. probation,

Mrs. A. A. Blood, who came from Gardner to visit Mrs.^Arthur Bartlett last w^eek, remained over a part bf "this week.

Florence Wheeler, of Smithville. N, H., has been visiting her grandmother, Mrs, WlUbughby, On Wednesday, in company'with her cousin, Flossie Rob­bins,- and Mrs. 'Willoughby. she went to "VVhalq^ to meet her parents and return home with them.

Hugh Murphy, now in the navy. came here on a short furlough last

Ing by auto for Nashua, eri route-for Ocean Park, Me.—They—Intended to <ake • the trolley in Nashua for- "" hill andjpl-oceed by_troUey and train through POT.tland to Old Orchard Beach. Me.

, Roger-Robbins spent the week-end at -h is home-in town, returning Mon­day morning to Fltchburg, where he ha« b'een employed in the Wallace pa­per- mills, and. recently promoted -to a position In the chemistry department, :He expects to be called to the service 5rt a Ilne of work for w-hich he has taken examinations.

There will be a business meeting, of the Church Federation in Central hall lOn Tuesday evening, August 14.

Many owners of small grass lots, ^who would have no use. for the hay; 'are giving it away to anyone''«'ho will harvest I,t. rather than to pay. the pres­ent high prices for labor and perhaps

'.ge: only ten to flfteen dollars a ton

cel.ved a kick "from one of his horses, direct, on the muscles of the chest, which It wasfeared at first would pro

uctf serioTH re<iilts.—He wjia-up,." ever, bn Wednesday, about his place, T>ut suffering 'considerable Inconvehl-. ence and lameness.

At the Special Aid rooms the number attending the meetings through the past intense heated spell, surely proved their patriotism. Meetings will be held here.- every. Monday afternoon frpm three'lo flve o'clock, unless somethlrig unforeseen happens, A large amount of work has been accomplished and two large "boxes of knitted articles, pillows and bandages and other com-torts, were . recently packed By tne chairman,'. Blrs, Appleton, In response to a call.from the Boylston street head

two Ilttle daughters .left Sunday morn- '"^;^Ji''""'Vht A ^ ; H O » „ p , n i f n ; in,x h„ „t,tr. fnr w,»h,',n „n rn.ifo fnr Quarters Of the American Fund for

about 6,30, encountered these, break­ing some of'the window^ on that side of the smoking car and causlrig aHlt^ tie panic aniong the passengers foi^ a short time. No one was injured and tho train wag backed a'way-from the spot to allow the trainmen, to chop ^wf^*—th»^^4x>ughw-so-that the—tcalu-could-proceed-to. the atatlpn. A-local freight was detained at the station un-tli section hands cleared .aw-ay the ob­struction on' the westbound -track-Trees were broken off on River and Cross streets which were a detriment to travel and had to be removed, and In several orchards about town, wev-eral gardens "nvere also laid low, the corn and higher crops being broken In many Instances. The rain which fol­lowed was of enough benefit to coun-ter-balanbe, probably, as It was badly needed by the crops In ciry.er localities.

During the severest part of the shower the lightning struck In several places, playing some curious pranks without much actual damage.

A pane .of glass at the residence of E. S, Durant had a neat little hole made In- It, the.shock being quite se­vere to the fainlly, but no damage re­sulted, neither was It apparent w-here; the bolf passed out. "

At the CalYlii Lawrenet place a tree and the fence .were struck, the post supportlpg, the iron rings at the ,en­trance being'shattered.'

Work'of. Examination. -—Examlnatltfti for-aervlce-bjr-Dr.F. -S. Bulkeley of the esemptlbn board at Ayer comriienced on Monday. Less than.ten percent of the number ex­amined, who did- not clalrii exemption, were- found physically fit. If the board -were-ta:acrTavijr?nny~bTi all claims t(rr exemption and -^br-average continued the quo.ta for ih,Is district of 247 could only be obtained by jlraf ting every man in the dlstrftt. Among the first day's examinations on Monday those who passed from Pepperell w-ere Ray Hack-Ptt, Enrl—lavalleyi Leo—Thayer and Walter J. Reed. J^hoae rejected were Rupert Decker,,Deririls Malley. Arthur ToWer-arid J.-Orln-Wllllams, Jr.

As far as -can be ascertained, Tliurs­day, those frPni Pepperell w-he have passed and made nb claim for exemp.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl^P. Miller, of Som-. ervllle, are "visiting A't the home of Mr.

tlon are Leslie Darling, Hpyal Thomp-: 'and Mrs; H. Jliller and Mr. and Mrs; son, Eari Lavalley, Leo Thayer, Ray Hackett; Michael J. .Sullivan, Cornelius Driscoll and Roger Robbins. - Those who passed and claimed exemption on the ground of dependants'are Leroy A. Shattuck, Henry Welton. Thomas Breen,.WaJter Ree<l and-Edward Jten. Those found physically unfit, in addi­tion to the list of Monday are Raymond Tucker.' William- Hanna and Wilfred CftlVfftH*. ~

DeatUs.\ h . .A.1H7....V. ..f TCr .'T i;- n ..,...,.„*, \ The death Of .Hejary'.W. Brown be- , .J,HBS o e s i e wuan, ut r-iiujiieiu, nas T t w I f s ^ X t i ^ l I f ^ J ^ S ' l J i ^ ^ "."""fl ^trMs-trortrts^m-TrsmMll^trffV -5eetraie recent ..feuestrorTgrsr-KcTne "° ' !" l°5^l fL'* l^T»itn? ,„"f ' t . ' r .*1 °"",?'^"^'^y',.^"/"« *' " « had.been in 'weston. .:' :>••:. ; ' -

falling health fpr, some time past, trom hardening of the. arterlesrbut.hls death was no doubt hastened by exhaustion

bolt passing from the telephone wires, where It apparently entered, to a pipe leading from the drip bf the refrigera- „ ^ , „„ ^ „..„.,=„„„ „., .*.„.,.=.,„„ tor. A sectlonof the flooring was torn , ^ ^ot waVe of iast week, during . . . . n n . 1 f 1 , , n a < . « l . m , , o l v fttitt art,. tttA . . . . . . - • . * . - " up and flunglaJaout si^f.feet, and the shock sturined, both Mrs. Bancroft and her daugnter, Jiiss BarDara. tor sSnie time. The r,oom was fliled with an acrid, sulphur smell, which caused some alarm .t,hat the Iiouse was burn­ing, but no dariiage could be discovered beyond th^it.mentloned. — Al Uie, bungalow of Mlas HamUtoft

Mra. Messer. of" Pepperell, and Mrs, Rand, of Ayer,

Mrs. F. -V,-. Lovejoy intends to go to Canaan, N. H., to remain thore with Misa Helen, w-ho has been staying there in company with Mrs, Mason since the visit of the entire family in July, Mrs. Lovejoy and daughter will occupy their cottage through Au„-ust.

Mr. and Mrs. Gustaf Anderson en­tertained their cousin. Laurel .Ander­son, of Burlingame, Cal., over Sunda.v. He i.-; in the east, taking the nava! re-serv-e radio course at the aummer ses­sion at Harv-ard. ' Several members of the lodge of Odd Fellows, of w-hich Charles Fuller Is a member, of "West Groton, visited him at the hospital in N'ashua last Sunday, going over in Roy S>'lve.ster's auto.

Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Lewis are spend­ing their vacation w-ith relatives in Reading. Mr. Ix?wis attendetl the food conservation conference at the Maa.sachU3etts Agrtcultural college in Amherst l.-i'at w-eek.

Rev. R. "\V. Draw-bridge wa,-< the guest of Mrs. ,\nna iC. .Merrill. IClxrt street, on the occasion of his coming hero to preach on Sunday.

F. H. Quimby has recentl.v aoM out hia railroad square drug store to a Mr. Du Pau. of Boston, w-h., t.ikes possession this week.

Miss Ktlna. Klttredge took advant.ige of the Thursday half holiday last week to visit in Ayer. remaining over Fr;-

---day. - ---.-. Oscar Anderson, who was ir.t.?ii.iin^

to p.ass a pari of his summer vac.'ition nt his home in town, was dotnine.d by work connected with the extension service of the Purdue univeraity. w-here ho is instructor of pomolog>-. At pres­ent it looks doubtful if he secures .any vacation east, .as he has been .'appoint­ed to the position of stale lo.ider of marketing In the State of Indiana, and is in a very respiinsible position f.ir so young a m.in. having several w.-.r'K-ora undor his direction.

l>r. and .Mrs. F, "W. Lovejoy ha-l .1 vi.sit over Sund.'iy, ono week ,'»KO, fr.nn their three-year-old granddauKhtor, little Dorothy Dow. She nKlde tho visit alone, coming from Worceater under the protection of one of the young men who works with Mr. Dow in tho K.amo offlce. Harold P'arley. Me spends his Sundays here at his home, usually, and as the little miss had eome acquaintance with him she made tho.trip very, nicely, proving a gbod little traveler,

Mr. and Mrs. Oliver i^erry and In­fant daughter, of Arlington, who have spent a two-weeks' vacation with rela-•Uves in town, w-ent back home Sund.iy. boing taken by Willis Porry by auto.

AK.-1 Burgosa had the misfortune tn loao his f.aithful old family horso on Thursday of l.ast wock, thc heat .-ip-p.arcntly proving too much for him. Mr. Burgess feels tho losa, .as ho has had the .animal a long time, and flnds It hard, with his poor health, to got along without It,

.Mr, nnd Mrs, Ingalls Klttredge •'>n<l d.aughtor, with rej-'tlvos from Leomin­ster, motored to Orcenncid Inst Sun­day for 'ft '\-Islt over Sunday night, roaching home on Monday evening.

Mr. and Mra. "V'.aughn, from Wal­tham, have been occupying the Elijah Miller placo in North Popperell for

sister— The th^3ry-t^hftt-it--hati—oivly--wantit?re<>

h. . oeen visiting hla. relatives, Mr, and Mrs. John Bartz, .In cpmpany with Mr, Bartz, he went to' Ayer on Wed­nesday to thfi new trillltar>- camp, and later to West Gfotpn to call on Mrs. Guy Wright. •

The real estate, including the resi­dence of Edwin .Kemp on the Groton road, near HoUingsworth's, w-hich has been in the hands of Kemp & Bennett, teal estate agents, w-aa reported sold to Boston parties last week. .Mr. Kemp and faniily went to Boston on 'Sunday, pre-^uniably to arrange some details. On their return that evening a call was sent to the police department In tow-n that the horse had been stplen durinK their absence." Chief Smith and an assistant ans\%-ered the call, bu: investigation of the premises fail­ed to reveal any clue other than that the horse had evidently got loose, help­ed iiimself to oats, and disappeared

the_French wnilhded. Mrs. Annlet was the recipient of a mo^t apprecia-

ve note frbm the comiiilttee at head­quarters.

Miss Annie Brown of Oaklawn, R, I., Is a'' gjuest at Blakesmere for a few-weeks w-lth her friend, Miss Jordan.

'Mra. Thp'mas Reaveley;, frorii Lin­coln, Me., came Wednesday' for a short visit at t h c h o m e s of her.a«nts, Mrs, Swasey and Mrs. Gllson.

Mrs.''E:''-F'.' HalrmonilS eiuertalnlng her:sl'st'e*-,'"Itlrs. Edson,' .o,r'Lowell,'at her'home. H i g h street. •", .' '

The all-^day meeting of the East "Vil­lage Social plub held at .Blakesmere on Wednesday was a very pleasant oc­casion. The weather w-aa suitable for an out-door" gathering on the lawn which is tree shaded arid enclosed by hedge. Dinner was served'here alao to the twelve membera and guests and was a quietly pleasant occasion. Men­tion should be made of the little w-ait

on the hill ^nearby, some of the outer sheathlnsoyaa-ripped oft, and at E. A. Reed.'s residence on "Mt. Lebanon street the shingles were torn off the gabie-r.. •'. • . —i^rt^ge maple tree standing between' the pumping statlon^ arid the saw-mlll-of H, W. Shattuck,' on the South Brookllne rosid, was struck and shat­tered, the bbltapparently glancing Into the ground some twelve feet from the base of the tree.

About riooni'Friday, Mr. Nutting, at the pumplnff,station, discovered that the ground, which was covered with pine neeaies,-.was ori. flre and'spread­ing. Help was summoned by tele­phone and.lt 'Was thpught that the flre was under cpntrol. On Saturday It again brpke put and gained such head­way that It was thought necessary-to" call for help from the flre department. Art attempt ^ o s made to ring. in. the alarm, but it resulted only . In two blasts from the whistle, and In an Ir­regular stroke of the -bell. This was explained by .J>Ir. Palmer, one of the engineers, who,was just making "some

for their hoy, next winter. \\-i^,i''r^nx^.°^t^Sn^ t^V.lliT2\''-^:"''Y-^^^^^^^ ' "' ""^ 7oT55r-r,-pfp-st, ot-F-remont.-N,-H7 :"r?w' ; 'H' i : , ;n , :V ,m- '" ISSl'lrH„^i=; s o ^ e of the batteries put jO^TSTthat ceptably and gracefully. Sltfe has.been

much Intereated in* the work for the soldiers'.which has.been accomplished by the <;lub and brought in several ar­ticles which she did herself ver>* neat­ly and perfectly. The members also brought in several articles of finished work and knitting, and sewing were carried on by many during the day.

Amos Humphrey, from "W'est Groton, has been staying with Mrs, William Jewett as Mrs. Humphrey is said to be in the hospital.

The Acme Piiper Co. have lately re­ceived several carloads of stock, but are only running days on account of low water.

. Mr? Chester Gaffney, daughter-ln-law of Mr. and Mrs. William Gaffney of Townsend street, with her little daughter and friend from. Wollaston, aro expected here next week at Maple­shade for a short stay.

which-he became worse, and .on Thiirs

not rally until the end came. JMr. Browh .was a resident of this

town since last October;-coming here with Mr^. Maiici Chicle and family trom Campello. where, they formerly re--sided. He wa« In his 6e\'fe nty "Eighth-year, naving oeen corn in -nanover.

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G. G. Clarke.. ' ^Misa Eva Beotb. who haa been con­

sidered - mentally deranged for some time, was taken in Mr, Hlgglna' auto on "Wednesday to the Worcester sanU tarlum. . ' . '• ' • - "

Orville McKeriil'e' has .gono' tb Fltchi burg, where he Is emplbyed as driver of the mall team from the Fltchburg statibn te the postoffloo

Edgar Wilson has gone tb Tarry vllle. Cppn.,to work." "

jrllss Bessie ^>ash, of Plttsfleld, has

Gerriiany, in. Octdbei-,' 1839'.' -He was the son-of Fredferife Brown-and. Cath­erine "Van Braam', His .mother-was a nitlve-J)f- The Hngite.-^TWillanfl,, .iniT his early distaste fpr.German military authprity ."was prpbably Inherited.trpiii Her. Ha camie tp • New 'TPrk city, in 1859. wcrking In a .cloth^ng store-apd. learning the Ame^llcan ways anS lan­guage. Colrig from '" wew" York to Sprlnigfleld he bpcame interested lo the tobacco industry.. He secured his naturalization papery making him .a citizen of the United "States and pur­chased a farm in Westfleld to carr>' on the ' tpbaccp industry. His inarrlage. to Miss Melissa Bardpn, daughter pf ,Amos and Lucy (Standlsh) BardPn, pf "Sudland, "was in December. 1SS5. Her death^pocurred.abput seven years ago. He is stirvived by brie son. WllUam Oscar Brpwn, of..'Westfield; also, by a granddaughter, Mrs. Ethel (Brown) Bbswpi^th, who, wlth'her-husband, Wil­lis Bosworth, have l-eslded here for nearly a year w-ith Mrs, Chick, and who assisted in his care during his last illness. Mr. Brown also had two broth-

aw.-iy w-a« subst.intiited Monday, when the anima: turned up at the former home of t'ne ow-ner. none the w-orse for its trip.

Mrs. Harriet_Behrens is improving from her recent nervous attack at the aanatorium in • I>anver.s.

Ralph Carlin, traveling salesman for the Xew- England Mfg. Co., spent last week during the heated period with his f.amily at the Varnum place.

On Tuesday morning a man aljout the Boston and Maine station amused himself by jumping on the front of eneines .and different parts of the train u«tii -w-arned off the premises by tho station .agent. , He then betook himself across the y.ird to the New- Prescott hotel, where he made himself con­spicuous and kept things rather too lively to suit -Proprietor Graham, who notified the police to take care of him. He was taken in charge by Special ')fflcer Shepard. At the police station ho £;ave the name of John Barry and cltiimod Providence. R. I., as his home. L'pon o.immittal to the station examin­ation proved him as carrying no w-e.ip-ons and po.ssesaed of but ten cents. Ho enjoyed the hoapitallty of tho town during the day. but waa finally released <as neither of the parties making the ompla ints against him cared to carrj-it into court. Last seen the man was making a hasty exit south. .

Tho members "of the Community Service clult en-Joyed a moat interesting meoting Ia.st Thursday at the home of ^Itss Merriam, Townsend streot. The preside'nt. ili.- a Anna Boynton. "has juat returned from her codrse at .\mherat college and resumed her duties for the romaindei-^of"the sunimtT. Thp fol­lowing committees .are in ch.arge of the pl.' .y. ".A nghting chance." to be given by the ciuh for the Feder.ation fair. August'so and Hli Ellen Miller, Ger­trude ("'arter. Margaret Boynton. Flor­ence Flynn. .Marg.-trot Anderson, gen­eral; Elizabeth Wright, publicity; Ly-di.i W.-iite, program.^; Helen Pond. Mrs.

1 Itiiym.^n.i Carter. Mra. Frank Conant. Nfolly l-'raz*-r. Marian Merrill, ticket.s ,-ii-.<l ushors. Allele Boynton. music; An­na P.oynton, Helen Pond, prompters. The sof ond rohoarsai of the play. coached ity Mrs. Coulter of Manches­ter. .N'. H.. was held Wednesday.

-Mis-i Helen Greenhaigh is as.^Ustlng In the work of thc Y. M. C. A. at Camp Devens ity devoting considerable time and the uso of her car in collecting roading mattor, Ma.gazinos of all sorts are solicitod ,and nno table will he sup­plied with thc latest periodicals. Any­ono willing to donate those aro asked tp road thoni aa promptly as possible and notif,v MNs Orcontinlgh or send thom to her. Miss Greenhaigh doea not intend to return to Pawtucket un­til Soptombor. w-hen tho work w-ill be turr.O'l ovor to somo iiioiiibor of tho I'ommunity Sorvico club.

.Mrs, Charlos [...awrence camo from N'ow "i'.irk laat week with two frionds, .Mrs. Waltm.an .and Mr.<j. Brummer, Thoy will camp out during August In the small o t t a g o on the J. A. Law­rence f.irm. .Nashua road, formorly oc­cupied hy Mr. antl Mrs. Lawronce.

Miss Hopo Davisson la onjoying hor cottage this summor .and has beon en­tertaining two frionds.

Mi.sa Florence Holmes of Bostnn la tho guost of hor aunt, Mrs. J. A. l.aw-ronco. during this woek.

On S,aturday, July 28, thc demon

Mrs. Ernest Nash arrived from Chelsea on Wednesday for a short stay, her daughter -Marjorie having been a visitor for some time, Ernest Nash was in the ftrst draft, but failed to pass the examinations and was re­jected.

Friends of Mrs, Wlnslow- -Parker, w-ho was a resident at East •V''illage for so many years, noted last -week in the Lunenburg items that she had sufCer­ed a second shock. On "VVednesday her son, Fred O. Parker, and family w-ent over by auto to see^ her. Mrs. Parker had not regained her voice entirely and showed the eff ect. of het^ seizure, but ahe w-as up around the home of her daughter, Mrs. Callum, with whom she resides, and much bet­ter than her visitors expected to find her.

Miss Flora Smith, who has been tak-i n g a special course in Spanish at the. Boaton Univeraity summer school in order to teach It next year at the Wln­throp High schooi, is expected here next week at Mapleshade by Mrs? Goo. Durgln. *

Mrs. Johtr R. Shattuck is expected here this w-eek from Lebanon. X. H. She will be the guest of Miss Margaret Blood.

Mlsa Gladys Williams, from Fitch­burg, waa ,a week-ond guest at her homo in town.

Walter S. Shattuck nnd family from Worcester have been visiting his fath­er, Nathaniel Shattuck. -who is not in good health.

Rev. George F. Durgln was called back to Michigan last week by the ne­cessity of arranging tho series of camp meettngs-tn five districts "0T^TI5 "state to be held their during August. He will try for anothor short vacation at home in September.

-Mrs. Irene (Williams) Gould, from Ijincaster, was in town Wednesday, calling on friends, being on her way to vl.sit in Brooklino, N. H.

Automobilists have heen 'unlucky the woek past. John Boynton is detained at homo from Tarbell's store by a mix­up with anothor car, the muscles of his leg strained. Gono Oonnelly. w-lth his father's car came off the victor over tho smaller Ford he encountered, tho other man being the one to be carried home to Ayor, it is understood, minus his car.

Mlss Alice McGrath and friend from Boston havo been in town this w-eek at fhe home of her mothor, .Mrs. Nellie McGrath, .Main street.

Rov. Dr. I/OVejoy nnd family left .Mapleshade farm last week, going from her© tn Bridgewater and Ply­mouth, then to New Vork atate, and from thero back to their home at Detroit, .Mich. They made the trip by autn'

time. , .„ A crew ot;flren,ien resppnded, but

before they could surround the burp­ing district about two acres of.sprout land and oak-growth on land .belong-* ing to L." N. Maxwell and E. E. Tar­bell was burned over. A watch was" left Aturday nisht, although the dan­ger seemed past, but on Sunday morn­ing the flremen were summoned back again. The flre seemed to be smoul­dering in the peaty ground and brush, and would break out In unexpected p l a c ^ suddenly. Several, of the flre-flghtirs worlieil for so'me hours and the llames -ilnished up anpther acre, befpre they again cpntrolled it. At one time the mill Of Mr. Shattuok was In some danger, BS the flre worked that way, but the fbrook and swamp be­tw-een the flre and mill surroundings saved it. Although the territory was about three acres In all, the land was -not—sufficiently—valuable, heavy loss to thfi owners.

heard frpm. He was a veteran pf the civi l war, belpnging to the 43d Mas-, sachusetts regiment and was in active service during: most ef the fptir yeafs.

The rerrialns were taken" to West-field, his former home, for burial, on the noon train, Monday, accompanied by' Mr. and Mrs. Bosworth. Serv-lces were held in the G. A. R. Memoriai chapel, iri charge of the Post, of which he was a meniber.

,We»ton. Mlss Marlon.' See.tbn'.'and' Mfss Grace

Mansfield, of Lbwell, have been guests at' the Seaver homestead. South hill.

Mrs. WaterHbusb -\i-nd claughter, from. Lynn, hjkve loln"e^'Rev. Mr, War-terhquae whi le oii Kis'v-abatiori in town an'd,. tji.ey afe "MofWrig at the Park-hotel."/.' . /..' ' ' ,"":"",'/,'•-" ," • V ' Mr, and'Mra!;W^"^;6?uce, bf Brpok-liri'e,' are en joy Ink.ft..vatfatlo"n visit with Mh and Mrs. Bve'rett Bruce 'Theodore 'Mor;»,.who lives on tne

Hawthorn riieadbwrodd,.fell Monday evening ois; he-.,yfas Ugihttng frera- the train,-breakinsr-two angers. . ' ,,

-ator-4n tho tcjephone-ofllce Is away on-

F. club.are not running these d^inces for the purppse pf piling up gold, .but. for a good time and they certainly at­tained their object Tuesday evenlnsr... Hpwever, the members Pf this enter­prising club cleared ten cents-each and everybody w-ent home, smiling. They plan to . run- two -more dances,-the-nexf in" two .weeks, r -Sjissf-Doroihy Bemls, guest-of Miss Kazel-vWairiwrlgbt f o r - a week, went home tb Charlestown Wednesday..

The Anabat Camp Fire .Oirls'have enjoyed an euting of fwo weeks at Fort ppnd. . ! " '"

Prof, John R. mchol ls . representInK the Anti-Saloon l,easue, wlU-obbupy-tta»---pulpit at'the union seryice In t'heCon- -gregatlp'nal church Sdnday mcrnlng. -Prof. -N'ichpUs' is on «ceptlorialIy able speaker, who is much in demand pn-the tempferance. platforhj.- '*'He "-will' make .a'slx^mpriths* tpur of,. England In the temperance cause, soon. Tha.-" ccmmlttee .f^el that they are very fpr­tunate- in securing Prof. "Nlchblls and hope-for a large congregatlpn.

The" Abbott "brothers, from" Camp' -Devens, menibers of Corripany H; tad-having a home In Stoncfhani, were.Sun-', day guejta of Hie.'Jeaeph Walnwrlght

her.vacatlonJi-Mr.'=an<l Mt^.- C^B.-Hart. of. Brook-,

line, were'the mid-week guests.of l lrs . Abbie Bruce, corning especially at this, time to attend; the .Ked Cross Jawn p a r t y . • •-• - • -,

At -the Mbthbaist • church Sunday morning Rev. 'ITbUan Tuttle's sermon subject wUl be • "The .. second mile." Men's foruin'"4it- 12,10, and' the usual ivnlon ,cspen'-a.rf a'ervltee on the common a t "six oclock, with' music by a special chbirta. A speaker U expected, from-Boitm.S^-Z ••"'>"" ' - "s -

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Much syntip'atliy. Is expresed tor the two Townsend hlulioyB who are neigh­bors-and who jnet. with accidents the same day. TuealJW.forenoon Mrs. Ver-rial Barber-drove tcTtKeCJenter to i t s -sist in prepiP,rlng for-.the Red Cross

fa, who-wofe in Germany When last -lawn party-nand was accoropanled by.

family. Mr. and. Mr* Wainwright.and daughter, Martha ^turned fu the camp -with them fqr a; view bit the plant ';_

will be fnrwar.dftfl thA firat nf nrttet

Autos Collide. Byron Allen, electrician at the Xash­

ua River Paper mills, while driving his small Ford truck on MUl street. Sat­urday afternoon, was struck by a larger touring car at the corner of Mill and Tucker streets. He sustained no serious injuries, but his truck was rather badly damaged.. The axle, front wheels, headlights and radiator w;ere broken and the mudguards twisted. Mr. Allen is' considered a cautious driv­er and on the -evidence of others had sounded his auto signal at the proper time. He was coming up the hUl from the Acme Paper Co. and proceeding slowly. The touring car, which was filled with flve or six workmen, gave no signal and Is said to haVe been driven by a narty from Manchester, X, H.. where the car hailed from. The number was .txiken by Mr. Allen and ia being looked up. The driver W-aa a foreigner. Italian or French, As the car approached the corner, w-hlch is a sharp one, a house standing in the w-ay of any long vision down the hlll, they w-ere going at w-hat was described as a "smart clip," probably thirty or forty miles an hour.

If Mr. Alien had been three feet farther along and struck by the heavier car, it was certain the disaster would have boen much worse and his danger greater, Hia machine w-as loaded on­to the paper mill truck and taken to Smellle'a garago.

Thc touring car stopped vory de­cently to ascertain thc extent of the damage, but the driver was Inclined to shift the responsibility, by saying he was not the owrier of thc car. This will he investigated by the registered numher. The car was not much dam­aged.

I>nnuiji:c from Sliou-er. During the heavy ahnw-or of Thurs­

day evoning of last woek the general feeling w-as ono of relief that tho In­tense heat of the w-eok was to be bj-ok-on. Considerable damage was done, however, hy the wind which preceded tho shower, and Inter by the lightning which struck In several place.s. A large tree was uprooted -and fell across the railroad track, just around thc curv-e tow-ard Groton, Falling across the w-ostbound track, the heavy limbs roachod .across to tho eastbound track, Thc pa-s.aenger train arriving here at

Chur«-h Xou*. Rev. Frank E. Webater, of Wal

tham, will nreach In the Congregation­al church on Sunday mprnlng at 10,46, In thc evening,- Instead of the usual sirtg on tho lawn at seven o'clock, Harry K. White will give a stereoptl­con lecture on "The needs of the navy." Mr. White Is one of our new rcsldenta in town, having recently pur­chased the Prescott cstato. Although a business man he has been closely aa-sociated with the work of the navy yard and haa a position on the staff of the commandant. He has given lectures In different parts of the coun­try and our Popperell peoplo should tnke thla opportunity- to -hear him. This mooting, which Is a rcllglnua sorv. Icc, will bc In the nature of a patrlptlc mnss mooting.

On last Sunday mprnhig. at the one service held In to'wn, at the Congre­gational chul-ch, many gathered to lis­ten to tho excellent addreas by Rev. R. W. Drawbridge, of Belmont,- among thom aeveral former parishioners nnd friends. His-address at tho community .sing on the la-wn In thc cvonlng -w.as also appreciated, and the music w a s good, led byi the organ with clarinet.

The Federallon Of churches will held tlic August mcotlritr noxt Tuesday eve­ning at eight d'clock In Central hall, Tho nomlnatliwr Committee will report names to Serve on tho various commit teea proposed relative to the coming of the soldlorato Aycr. A Bpeei.al com­mittee appointed at the last meeting will also repPrU

The death of Benjamin W. Spooner, of Petersham, occurred at his home on Thuraday morntnsr: Ml". Spooiver has been a frequent visitor here in town a t t h e home of his daughter. Mrs,.H. N, Tower. Mrs. Tower was called te Petersham on Monday by the Iritelli­gence that Mr. Spoorier had been In­jured while at work about his farm on Friday of last week. It was at first thought that he would recover from the accident, but his heart weakened

his condition has—been-serious since Tuesday. He was eighty years of age and w a s a veteran of the civil war, serving in Company F. 53rd Massachusetts regiment. He was a life-long resident of Petersham, where he had held many town pfflces. His wife, who was Miss Fannie Grant, of Westminster, Vt„ died in 1904.

He leaves a son, George Spooner, formerly of this town, now of San Diego, Cal. His four daughters are Miss Mabel Spooner, Boston; Mrs. H. X. Tower, of this town,-and Mrs. Car­rie Harris and Mrs. Edith ToWne, of Petersham.

Mr.'Tow-er and .-*ons expect to go to Petersham Saturday to attend the fu­neral services w-hich w-ill be held on Suijday from his late home.

About Tow-n. Mr, and Mra. Bdward Scott Duffey

and little son Lawrence motored trom" Putnam, Conn,, last Sunday In their runabout to spend a couple of weeks

nat-Church HIU, The executive board of the District

Xurse association held its monthly meeting Monday evening, Augiist S, at the home of Mrs, Pond, Miss Ham­ilton reported number of calls made for July, 107. The sum of $20L28 was received from District Nurse day,

Dr, E, D. Howe and family have rc-turnod home after four weeks' outing at Ogonquit, .Me>, where they occupied thc Charles L, Howo opttage.

The Red Cress branch-will meet .at the grammar school liuilding Tuesday afternoon, August 1^, from three to flve o'clock. Hospital supply work is to be done, also work given out. Tea will be served at the room In the af» ternoon. Come and help the cause. A better grade of Ited" Cross" pin m"ay -be purchased of the branch society for two dollars.

Please boar In mind tho Federation fair August 30 and ^1.

Mrs. John Rodler of Cross street re­ceived a letter this weok from her brother, Edgar W, Frost, who is a wireless operator on one pf the TJ, S. destroyers now In foreign waters. She also received a large embossed card printed with these . words: "A man from this house Is now serving his country at tho front in the U. S. navy." It was signed hy the lieut.-commandcr.

Henry E, Frost, -who has been quite 111 with heart trouble at McLean hos­pital, Waverley, is sponding a few weeks'with his daughter, Mrs. John Rodlcr, before returning to his work.

young 'John Mos'her, 'who" makes his home with "her. Aa she stopped at Mrs, A. D.'.Fesseriden's on an ferrand, the boy In attempting to alight, fell in such a. way as to^break his .left arm near the wrist. Dr. Ely happened'tb be "passing and' h e -was soon conveyed to his offlce In West Townsend and the bone set. Later, a trjj) was made to the Burbank hospital, where the X-iray was applied. Young John has Just re­cently recovered from an attack of diphtheria. Later In the day. Edmund Barber, a son of Mr. and Mts. -Franlf Barber, rtiei with an Injury to his head. While spendirig the day at Arthur Bar-; ber's, and plctylngwlth other boys near the "brick' college" grounds, he fell h.nd struck the baok of his head on a sharp stone, cutting a deep gash. Dr. Holcombe was saJled and after taking several stitches the boy -was made as comfortable as possible, and at present he Is being cared-for by Mrs. Arthur

week to headquarters in Boston." AU w'ho have' articles that can 'be Com­pleted., within a day or. two w,ill please finish' and. send them to. Mris. Hdrt- -well for that.box. The last two boxes'- . sent.to Bostbn have received grateful acknowledgement..

' Anyone. wishing to confer with the-offlcers ot the Special Aid 'Organiza­tion, comprising the ten rtelghtioring towns, .n'ltb Ayer as a center, may like, to know the names of its offlcers: Mts^, George A. . Sanderson, pros.; Mrs, J. . M. HartweU, .Littleton,, ssc.;, . Mi s. Henry F. Bigelow, Lancaster,.7t'rea8". , .

•Dr. J. D. Christie, ef the exemption board, has Hgexi occupied this week with associtSa members of the board* In fhe exan;i^t len of men drafted ^or riailltary service. " Littleton' meri who have been reported as having m e t - ^ e requirements up to date ape- Clarence Brown.'' Herbert'Pronty.v Stanley Go-. nant, Gustave b.'agenplm, st.ruiair A. Liphnes and Martin HoJera.:"i Others e.xamlned, who did net -pass, are'THar-.. '_ bid Cpnant, Ei'nest Stapleford, Her-bert'R. ChUds, Ralph -HUI and" Geerge FuUerton. . . ,' -. yX'n ...-

l . lhe 16 has been out of - comriilsslon •part of this week, causing much In-cbnvenlence. • ^

An automobile driver, blinded by the fearful storm "of last week Thuraday -evening,, ran Into, the large branch of a tree lodged In Great 'road i n d ' waa upset, receiving 'minor injuries .for ^ which he, had medical trevnfent from Dr. Christie. Later, he continued his Journey,

Miss Hazel Walnwrlght has been on the sick list, but Is now In' normal hea.lth.

"The next meeting ef Littleton Grange will be held on Wednesday, August IS, and will be open tb the publlc, with en-

other is-^aWfty—on-«- terrnlnment, In hn fnllnwed hy dancing: 1—

TOWNSEND Centop. •

HarPld Green la taking tho place of Rby Wright In S. A. Woods'" stbre while tho latter Is enjoying a two weeks' vacatlpn from his dutios as clerk.

Mr. and Mra. Potter, of Worcester, apent the mid-week with "their daugh­ter, Mrs, R. G. Fessenden.

Mrs. Blanche "Wheeler, of Bostpn,-onjpyod a brief visit thla week with hof moiher, Mrs. C. 'W.'TnTareth.

Mrs, O, H, Kendall KSh been enjoy­ing a few days' visit thl« week with Mrs. Belle Sawyor in Sterling. -

MI8.S' Arline Clarke has returned to her position In Danvers after a month's vncatlon sperit with her parents, Mr.

I and Mrs. Ocorgo O. CHarke.

t-wo-months' visit at her former west­ern home. Lawrence.-Kansas.

Barbor. Mlss Jennie Taylor has closed her

house for a few weeks and is visiting out of town friends.

Mrs. J., Doherty and Ilttle Elizabeth after a sojourn In this vUlage of two weeks returned to their home in Bps­ton on Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Bennett with Mrs.'and MIss'Bailcy spent the earlier part of the week in Boston and vicinity.

In the garden of Mrs. Daniel Spof­ford le an uncomimon plant belonging to the lily family. The flower known, as the golden ray la of unusual size, beauty and fragrance. On account of its rarity it is claiming much attention.

On Tuesdajr-aftemopn_ the Asyois llkeit" cliib "was cnferfelne J ' a t Pine­hurst, Mrs. Galen Proctbr hostess. The company numbered i^inete.en. Guests were present from Lowell, Cambridge iuid Fltchburg.' 'A delightful program. In charge df -MISs Mysa.-jMorrls, lec­turer, was supplemented by readinga by Mrs. CI- Noyes and Mlss "Vera Aus­tin, a graduate of a Boston school of oratory: I>a'rin^- the afternoon sher­bet, and cake were served. The noxt me'eting of the club will be held on Wednesday, August 22, with Mrs. Charles Warner.

On Tuesday evening, at eight o'clock, at the jmrlsh buUdlng. several of the ladles Irom Cape and Harbor will pre­sent the playlet, "Sewing for the heaths «n." The proceeds are to bo uaed for the building repair fund. . The,two.Jhejf.ers,.a.iearIIng and. a twp-year-Pld, belppging respectively to Frank Conant and Galen Proetor, that have boen running wild for six or eight weeks, and evading all efforts for their capture, have finally been caught, the laat one on Saturday, night.

LrmETOiT Xews Items.

Mr. Ohlson has let one apartment ip his Pingryviile house to a contractor from Pawtucket, R. I., engaged at the Ayor Camp.

Mrs. Jennie G. Nlxon Is conflned to the hMuse with a severe attack pt pleurisy, and in care of her mothor, Mrs. WUIard O. Gibson.

i lrs . Raymond Smith, of Lynn, "was a recent gucal of tho C. -L. Smith famUy. Miss Marion Smith returned wllh hor-fbr tt-vlsltv---—-— - - -—— - -

Benjamin Oould ot Aihol has been the gacst ot hTs sister, Mrs. Joseph Wainwright; a few" days this week,'

Mr. and.Mrs. G. A. Barber and .chil­dren motdrod to Chestei', "Vf, whoro thoy m&do a brief "visit lately.

Mlss SUckney, ^ o has boon visiting Mlss Beulah KImbaU, returned homo Thursday, accompaniod by John Kim ball, who will visit'his cousins-In Aa-burndalo a few days.'

Tho Nowtown . surgical -dressings workers hold a largo .tneeting 'with "Mrs. Rodney .'We'driesaAy. "rhoS-" "'*111 work at Mrs. J. W. 'Amcs' home on Tahattawan road in two weeka

Tho dance Tuesday everiing was an attraction to most" of lhe Littleton young peoplo and several couples from Westford. £Mdy'« orchestra again gave splendid aatlsfactlon. Tho B . 9.

Ice cream- and other refreshments will be on sale. The proceeds -will go tp the liberty bend fund. Everyene Is In­vited,

Wedding. A beautiful wedding of much Inter­

est to Littleton people took place at the- heme of the bride's mpther pn . Pearl street, Fitchburg, at six p'clock Wednesday evening, August. 8, when Miss Blanche Dole, an able member of the Lynn High school teaching staff, and.M. LeRoy Greenfleld.-our popula'r high "achool principal, were united by the double ring service In the holy bonds ot matrimony. Miss Dole was attended by her Mster, Mrs. Norton, as maid of honor, and Mr. Greenfield was attended by his best man. The bridal party entered the parlor to the familiar strains ot Lohengrin's wed- -ding march and stood.within a-bower of spreading palms. 'The bride "was a picture in her s f t^ergown ot -white .sUk voile with p ^ r i trimmings Wear­ing tulle veil" a*^* carrying bride's roses. The matron of ho.>or wore an elegant gown of yellow broca<)ed sUk trimmed with silver Iace, cut en train and carried plnk roses.

A. recepUon followed the ceremony and Mr. and Mrs. Greenfleld were as­sisted In receiving by Mrs, Dole. Mrs. Oreenfleld and the bride's brother and his wife. Mr, and Mrs. Dole. Be­sides the immediate families there were several, friends present, number­ing In all about flfty persona.

Mrs. Amelia Wakefleld, Mlss Mary Marshall, Dr, and Mrs. J. D. Christie, and Mr. and Mrs". jT. M. HartweU, from Littleton, were anibng the-' guests. There was a fine display of beautiful pfe^scnts, chiefly In'sHver and'Culf "

•It Is understooa that 'Mr. and Mrs.' Greenfleld went to his farm in Pep- , perell.

New AdTortlsemeDts

TENEMENT TO LET—On Townicnd street,^ PeppereU Center. Apply to E. L. TARBELL, Pepperell, Mass. 2t<9«

^OST BOOK—In accordance with Chap. B90,-Seo.' 40 of the Acts of' 1908. and amendments thereto, notice is here­by given that Book No. 2562 has been lost and aooUcatlOn haa been roade for the Issuance of a duplicate' book. WORTH MIDDLESEX SA'VINOS BANK.,

Ralph U-lIasttngs, Treasurer. Ayer. Mass., July 25, 1917. St47:

WANTED A * ONCE—Good Strong .riien to work. In- Paper Mill at West Oroton. -Good pay and steady, wbrk to «ol>o*-men-who~oi>e-wllUo"g-t« -worlc-^ Intemperate men need jiot apply. HOL­LINGSWORTH & VOSE COMPANT, West Groton. Mass. . ., - 44tf „

I Want ybiiT Farm ot House to Sell

Becatise I Can Sell It '

I want buyers to'kno'W I have thc largest list of property south' of Boston; Cotne and see me."—

H. e. Greene 417 Middlesex St.. LOWELL

Telephone 2550 or 2547-J .

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