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Clothes for Every No. 38. iPrice Five Cents

You have some idea about the appearance your clothes should make for you. Maybe you couldn't describe it in words—but you know -when you see it.

You'll find a variety of styles here when you come; models in suits for quiet tas tes as well as for ultra fashionable men. I fs part of our service to ,the commu­nity to sei-ve all of you men, whatever your preference in style or fabric may be.

Hart. S6!iallD6r & Marx Gloies are made in so many variations of pat terns , designs and measuremexits, that we are able to fit and satisfy every man who comes here. Money bacfe if vou are not satisfied. :, ••'' '

PRICES FROM S538 TO $ 4 5 " ' • ' ' ' Other Makes f rom $ 2 0 to $ 3 5

If you prefer a Custom-Made Suit, drop in and we will measm-e you for either a Hart, Schaffner & Marx or a Royal Tailor Suit. Hundreds of patterns to choose from. Made in any style you want, from $ 2 7 . 5 0 up.

Copyrijht 1921 Hart Sebiltaiit & Mart

Men s Straw Hgits Here are the very finest the marke t affords. Every wanted style is here—

Sailor styles, made in coarse, medium or fine braid, with the famous Bpn Ton Ivy Sweat Bands. We also have several styles of genuine Panamas foi-ihose who prefer a soft hat . i:

MEN'S DRESS HATS FROM $ 2 TO $ 6 MEN'S WORK HATS FROM 2 5 ^ to $ 1 . 5 0 ; ;

When a man or woman dresses up they look at their shoes. What do you think when you look at yours—the pair you have on now? Are they making good? Do you like to wear them? Try WALK-OVER next time, and months afterward notice how they keep their shape and stand the wear.

All Mail Orders Carefully Attended to

Telephone 209-4

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Fletcher Bros. Opposite Depot

The Home of Hart , Schaffner & Marx Clothes and Dutchess Trousers

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A, G. Pollard Co. T H E S T O R E FOR T H R I F T Y PEOPLE LOWELL, MASS.

- " Merr imack, Palmer and Middle Streets

OUR ANNUAL SALE OF SLIGHTLY DAMAGED

Sheets and Pillow Gases

This sale includes the past three months ' accumulation of the largest sheet and pillow case manufacturers in the United States. The gra,des of cotton rank f i rst in the market for family use; the sizes are suitable for cots, single, three quarter and large beds. The imperfections are tnostly stains which rnay be easily removed and wi l i not impair the wear. We of­for tho <- ntiro lo l at i)ricos fully ono-third loss than regular goods.

SHEETS •

About '•>() dozen I'nbloachod Slioots mado of good hoavy cotton, mostly 72x90 inclies. A bargain for eominon uso. In tliis salo, oach 79(^

Singlo <,^\-/.p Shoots, fi-l and CVP, inches wido by ."4 inclies long, for canips or tho seashore. Value of regular goods $1.50. Sale price, oach 98<^

Full size Shoots. Tho greater part of them made from "Dwiglit Anchor," Pioneer, Whitohorn, Glenwood and similar cottons. Regular values sell from .$1.79 to .$1.98. Salo price, oach $ 1 . 2 9

Hemstitched Sheets, usually made from the finest grades of cotton; about twenty-five dozen, in all sizes. Regular values from ^1.98 to $2.25. Sale pj'ice, each ' $ 1 . 4 9

PILLOW CASES

We're going to make just two jiricos on jiillow cases this yoar, one foi- tiie Iilain and one for the hemstitched. The .same grades of cotton such as tho shoots aro made of, and size to fit ordinary pillows. ' Plain CasoK. now selling a t 45c. Sale price, each 25(^ Ilemslitc 1,0(1 Cases, now selling al .55c. Sale price, eacli 29c^

Tliis is the best lot of Damaged Sheets and Pillow Cases we've had for several years.

PalniQr Stroet Store

LITTLETON

i . \c \ \ s I te ins . j Tho . lames .\ Wciod f.imih- havo I re turned to thei r .summer home on

Xew Es ta te road. Dr. E d w a r d .-\. . \ d a m s has bought

{ .Mrs. Mary Marshal l ' s pl<ice ov. Kinc street and will make ropair.s a;ui i:n-liroveiner.ts on the bulldinps. They hope to move into their new home within a few w-eeks.

(;iles .\. Harlier has houffht tl-.e An­drew Johnsoji place on K i n s street f. r his daugh te r , who will soon b.-vnavviefl.

The I.;tt!et(in .-\. A. will cross bats with tl-.e Herhn nil..- on the lat ter 's lii-ld or. .--Saturday afternoon.

Mrs. I.izzi.- .--Jtone-s home on Creat road v,-as enter.-d last Sa tu rdav morn-ir.K while all the f;:mily were in tl-.e barn tmd a suin of moncv was taken from tl i)oi-ketbook.

Ther.- will be tb.e .isual progrtm-. f.rr M.-morial day and a call for tL.wers t.. decora te the .itrav.-s of soldi.-rs.

Miss .Ma:-fc-aret i 'onant '21. Kins street. liK.k the p,-i;; of a p raverman m th.- pat-.-ant xxxv. n at .Mt. Holvoke coIlCK.- m hon.-r - f .Miss .Mary F, \VooIle\-'s tw-.-nii.-t;-, anniversarv as president of th.- ollCKe, .Saturdav .May LM.

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A Different Style for Each Man To express your persbhah'ty properly requires a distinctive style suited to your individuality—in both fashion and fabric. There is just one way—

TAILORING —to Your Individual Measure

affords you the opportunity to select and specify that personal style, while this great organization of specialsts and the highest standard of quality insure your satisfaction

—THE BEST POSSIBLE VALUE FOR THE MONEY

Let us show you our newest fashions and fine all-wool fabrics for your spring and summer suit.

PRICES $ 3 5 . 0 0 and Upwards

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Men's and Boys' Hats and Caps for Spring

New Ailveiti.-jcnicnt.s

Dance AVER TOWN HALL

THURSDAY EVENING

May 2 6

TINKER'S SINGING

ORCHESTRA

1 0 Musirians—10

THE ODD 2 5 If, (111! .•:' i'\-ory one liuntlrod

peopip Villi 1 t (in fho street, .sov-onty-fi\ i- Wire ininu.'^ n foot or a liand. ynu w-oiiId tnnrvol groatly.

Ypl i) is an .-slalili.shnd faet that at, the pres-111 time seventy-fivp IH'OpIc in eirvy liundred throujjh-oiit tiie w.irli i are defeetivp in tlie preeions aibl imiiortnnt fuculty ol' .sight.

That l(-.i..s only twcnty.five people in every hundred who liave pi'i-lci-i \;si(in. The remain­der are -ir shonld he—weariii!,' ill.nsses tn c.-.-e.-t oxistinp: crror.s"

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New ('.-trloy Block

Cnll .-VA-er 82-11 for nppoIntmcnV

The New Spring Style Soft Hats in all the new colors and new shapes. Tlie new Spring Caps are very snappy in style and colors. * Better take a look.at the new things in Hats and Caps we are now offering for the coming season.

Men's Soft Hats S3 .50 and ? 5 . 0 0 Men's Caps $ 1 . 0 0 to $ 2 . 5 0 Men's Stiff Hats S5 .00 Boys' Caps 7 5 ^ to $ 1 . 0 0

? 2 . 5 0 to $4 .50 Children's Hats 50?J to $ 1 . 0 0 •^len's Cloth Hats

BOYS' BLOUSE WAISTS

How tho boy likes a Blouse that fits; that ' s right in sloevc length, neck and body size. Our Blouses are good-fitting and the patterns aro pleasing too. A good quality porcalo and blue cham­bray Blouse at a special price. Ages 6 to 16 75<^

TREAT 'EM ROUGH BLOUSE Military cut, two iiockets. More

woight and morc sorvice. Woven through patterns and colors guaranteed or a now Blouse. Look for the cut on fickot. Agos 6 to IG $ 1 . 0 0

SPRING SHIRTS • A complete showing of Shirts for

Spring. Materials are percales, printpd and woven madras, silk stripes and all silks. You will find a -wide range of nea t and attractive pat terns . Prices 9 5 ^ , $ 1 . 4 5 , $1. '95 and $ 2 . 5 0

LIGHT-WEIGHT UNDERWEAR Our Underwear stock is complete.

Many kinds of materials and styles of cut both for men and boys. Men's Nainsook Union Suits

$ 1 . 0 0 , $ 1 . 2 5 and $ 1 . 5 0 Men's Balbriggan Union Suits

$ 1 . 0 0 , $ 1 . 5 0 and $ 1 . 7 5 IMen's Two-Piece Balbriggan, Under­

wear, each 5 0 ^ and $l.l0& Men's Two-Piece Nainsook

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Boys' Union Suits, 5 0 ^ , 6 5 ^ and $ 1 . 0 0 »

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G E O R G E n . B . TVKSER, P u b l l s h o r

W o publ is l i t h e foliowlngr P a p e r s : T u r n e r ' s P u b U c Spi r i t , Ayer , Miiss. T h e G r o t o u L a n d r o a r k T h o P c p p c r e U Clnr lon-AdTert lser T h b I / l tUcton Guidon T h e Weetf o r d W a r d s n i u n T h o H a r v u r d HUIsido T h c Shi r ley Oruelc T h e Tow-nsend Tocsin T h e Brook l ino (N. H.) Beacon T h e HolUs (N. H.) H o m e s t e a d

E a t e r e d a s eecond-class ma t t e r a t th« postofflce a t Aycr, Mass.

S o t u r d a y , Mny 2 1 , J02I

WESTFORD Center .

Mrs . G e r t r u d e C. Sk idmore and fami ly a r r i v e d In Wes t ford th i s week a f te r s p e n d i n g tho win t e r In F lo r ida .

J . H e r b e r t F l e t c h e r h a s c h a n g e d h i s D o d s e a u t o m o b i l e for a H u p m o -bile. •

Georgo F . Whi te , of Wes t ford and Lowell, haa recent ly been ' appo in t ed lirst vice pres ident of t h e newly or­ganized Automobi le Dea le r s ' Associ­a t ion ot Lowell . ,

The J o h n P. Wr igh t s of C a m b r i d g e were a t tlielr sumnie r h o m e for over t h e week-end . *

WllUam C. Roudenbush was in a t ­t e n d a n c e on Tuesday evening a t thfr

• M a s s a c h u s e t t s Conference of Congre ­g a t i o n a l c h u r c h e s ut I j iwrence , Ac-c o m p a n y i n s h im were four of t h e youngr p e o p l e of the Y, P, L., who a t -

. t e n d e d t h e - y o u n g people 's conference h e l d a t i h e . s a m e t ime. Those who •went -were: Misses • R u t h und E d n a Sa rgon t , M a b e r ^ r e s c o t t , and P a u l K h o d c s . •. T h e Indl.es of t h e - U n l t a r l a n ^ c h u r c h

•will ho ld a . sa le a n d -entet ' ta lnmeri t In t h e c h u r c h ves t ry , d n ' S a t u r d a y af­t e rnoon . T h e r e will b e a ' p r o n . - f a n c y , food a n d c a n d y tables^, a n d a g r a b t ab lo for t h e ch i ld ren . M r s . -Tiuby F e l c h S m i t h , of F i t c h b u r g . -will be t h e soloist , and t h e r e wil l b e -aolo dances by Miss Be t ty P resco t t ,

T h e u n i o n m e m o r i a l services wil l b e held t h i s yea r w i t h the U n i t a r i a n c h n r c h on Sunday , May 29, a t e leven o'clock. I t i s hoped th i s np t lce m a y c o r r e c t t h e Impress ion t h a t t he se se rv ices w e r e to be he ld t h i s coming S u n d ay .

Mrs . G r e t c h e n S a r g e n t e n t e r t a i n e d h e r . s e w i n g c lass a t her h o m e on last Treek T h u r s d a y evening. These c lasses h a v e been held a t Fo rge Vil­l a g e d u r i n g t h e winter and t h e social

. ia t Mrs . Sa rgen t ' s home closed the sea-eon. T h e r e were about forty In a t ­t e n d a n c e . Re f r e shmen t s were served a n d Mrs . A. M. Wells and Mlss Be t ty E a s t m a n assis ted In serving.

T h e May social a t the Congrega­t i o n a l c h u r c h comes next week T h u r s ­d a y evening . Mrs . A. H. S u t h e r l a n d la tn c h a r g e a n d will p rovide a d ra ­m a t i c a n d mus ica l e n t e r t a i n m e n t , fol­lowed by r e f r e shmen t s .

Serv ices will be held as u sua l a t b o t h c h u r c h e s this coming Sunday .

A p l e a s a n t a f t e r m a t h ot the r e c e n t successfu l mins t r e l shows under t h e a u s p i c e s of the republ ican league of t h i s d i s t r ic t and held In , the va r ious t o w n s • w a s the banquet and e n t e r ­t a i n m e n t given in Odd Fello-ws' ha l l , Chelmsford, "VV'ednesday evening . Rep re sen t a t i ve and Mrs. A. W, H a r t ­ford , Mr. and Mrs. 'Warren H a n s ­com, Mrs. A. M, Wells a n d Mr, a n d

: Mrs . E d w a r d Clement w e r e a m o n g t h o s e p r e s e n t f rom 'Westford.

T h e play, "The b lack d i a m o n d . " given by the senior class of the a c a d ­e m y on 'Wednesday evening, was very well a t t e n d e d and well received.

' F u r t h e r deta i ls concern ing the play a n d t h e cas t will be given next week .

A n In te res t ing even t u n d e r t h e di­rec t ion of t h e se lec tmen t a k e s p lace n e x t M o n d a y evening a t t h e t o w n h a l l a t e ight o'clock, w h e n t h e town will p r e s e n t the Amer ican LeRion wi th a s t a n d of colors . This was voted a t t h e a n n u a l meet ing . Hon. H e r b e r t B . F l e t c h e r will p resen t the colors in behalf of t h e town, and Mrs. F . L, R o b e r t s will .sing, Evervbody cor­dial ly Invitod.

The danc ing pa r ly givon by the ladies ' degree staff of Wes t ford G r a n g e last weok Fr iday evening was ve ry m u c h of a success, both in a t ­t e n d a n c e a n d enjoyment and goood niusic. H l b b a r d ' s o r ches t r a playod a n d all t h e old-fashioned dances were on the p r o g r a m , . \ bou t 100 couples were p re sen t from this and su r -

' r o u n d i n g town.s.

P l a n s a r e not wholly comple ted for Memor ia l day exercises. A more de­tai led not ice will be given next week . Under the direction of t h e Legion ve t e r ans and the cO-operat lon of the G. A, R. ve t e r ans t h e usua l inspi r ­ing exercises will t ake place. Rev. Xelson A. Niles will be the s p e a k e r of the day. All service men a r e r e ­quested to r e p o r t a t the Caval ry As­sociat ion bui lding a t nine o'clock In the morn ing . There will be the cus­t o m a r y services at the soldiers ' mon­u m e n t and later a t the town hall . The re will be the usual band concer t a t the co inmon in the af ternoon,

Ono day last weck a delegat ion from the Amer ican Legion PQst wont to tho convalescent hospi ta ls in Gro­ton and I 'epperei l on a friondlv visi­ta t ion to t h e pat ients there , ' W i t h the co-opera t ion of some of the townspeople they did not go e m p t y handed , but carr ied smokes , candy, cakes , cookies and reading ma t t e r . Th is flne mani fes ta t ion of friendly good fel lowship w,i.s much appreol '-a t ed by the men whose da>-s a t best a r e p re t ty dull . At the s a m e t ime they expressed themselves s t rong ly t ha t where they a r e i.s an ide.il spot for a convalescent homo .ind very much hope tha t thoy will not be ro"-moved as has boen tallied of some­wha t .

The Cen te r cor respondent . Mrs L. W. Wheeler , expects to be nway for a tew weeks , and dur ing her absence Miss May E. Day. a t the library, will a t t end to t h e correspondence , k i n d l y Khow MIS.S Day the plea.sant co-opor­a t ion ynn do the regular corrospond­en t and sond all i tems to hor .it tho libr.irv-.

a possible h a l t c rop or a t h i rd of a c rop .

'We. r ead of tho dea th of F r a n k Cory, of Worces te r , Hc was a native of Westford , bu t little known in town. Jn pas t yea r s hc was active In busi­ness .In Lowoll, For several years the family, we th ink , must have re­sided In t h e sou th par t of the town, as several -of tho Cory family are bur led In a family lot on Carlisle road. His nea re s t relative is Wallace Cory, of Worces te r , a piujt master of Ancient York lodge, Lowell.

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GranltPVlIIc. The mission services that havt heen

hold in iit. Cather ine 's church for tho Fronch speak ing people of the jiiirish ciime to a close on la«t Sunday. Thi-sorvlcos were largoly attendod am! lho mission was a groat succoss.

John K. Curt is , w-ho formerly roKlU-od in Groton, bu t has made bis iiomt-In Ihls vicinity for the past oightoon years, died a f te r 'aT brief Illnoss at tho home ot Mr. and Mr».-i l . J. Healy horo on Tuesday morning. His ago was about llfty years .

At the Sunday morning services hold in the M. K. church , here Mns. Helen l iarber Clark, a cont ra l to singer ot goat merit, was -heard in two plea,sln»; solos, "Alone with Thee" and "O. Lord romembor me."

The annual services on Memorial will be held this yea r a t the Unitarian church In Westford on May 29 at 10,4 5 o'clock, .^t fhat t ime the sermon wlll bc proiichod by .the pastor , Rcv. Kran-k B. Crandall . Other c lergymen In tho town will ass is t a t this • service.

Tho body of P r iva te Alda t J. Lang­ley of tho ninety-flfth ae ro squadron, who died in France dur ing tho World war. will a r r ive in New York on or about May 21. • P'rivate Langley. who was thc son of Mr. and Mrs. Josoph Langley. w-as- a Granitevii le boy und was onc of the first men from Wost­ford to volunteer hla services in tho grea t conlllot.- He was also the tirst Westford man to m a k e t h e . supremo sacrllico. A r r a n g e m e n t s havo boon mado by Westford Poat, A. L,, to ac­cord full mi l i ta ry honors a t the burial ot Private Langley upon the arr ival ot the body here.

Many people from this village a t ­tended the social dance given by the dogroe staff of Westford Grange In tb.e town hall on last Friday evening.

Harold and Henry Harr ington have recently i-oturned from xixx enjoyable visit spetit w-ith thoir cousin, C, Leo Healy, in \S'orcostor.

The baseball fans want to see the local club in action and are hoping for fair weathor on noxt Saturday. May 21.. when tho .\.bbot Worsted Co. club will meet tho fast Saxonville team In wha,t promises to-be a grea t game. The Abbot 'Worsted Co. band of thirty-flve pieces will furnish musio dur ing the afternoon. Fans from all the sur rounding towns will take in this game.

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Issue, unde r Popperell i tems, was thc news of tho death of J a m e s A. Davis, of IhinBtahlc. We recall t h a t hc wns a former ofticer In Troop F. Spa ld ing Light Cavalry , in its pa lmy days, when t h e old Dunstable c o m e t band .-ind thc only mounted band In thc s t a t e , was a t t a c h e d to tho company . W c h.avc c.-imped .it sever.il m u s t e r s wi th Sorgt. Davis, where he clearly showed his civil war t ra in ing . He is still r e m e m b e r e d In Westford by m e m b o r s o t thc Cavalry associat ion. Wo c i n recal l but one m e m b e r l iving of tho or ig inal Duns tab le band.

The c o n t r a c t for bui ld ing t h e M. E. chu rch In West Chelmsford has heen a w a r d e d to thc wel l -known firm of E d w a r d s A .Monahan. of Wes t ford Corner nnd West Chelmsford, Thc c h u r c h Is expected to be comple ted by N'ovcmber first.

Seth \V. Banis ter , ono ot thc p r o -(trfsslvc young f a rmer s of the Stony Brook valley, h a s b o u g h t an I n t e r -nnt lonnl t r a c t o r of tho Montgomery H a r d w a r e Co., Aycr.

J . WlUard F le t che r lost a va luab le horse , Monday, one of thc pa i r of t h e m a t c h e d mouse span .

I Tho f rcc ic on T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g o t last 'week scorched t h o h a r d y pens ao t h a t t h e y pos tppned t h e u s u a l d a t * of ea r ly harvestlntr . S t r a w b e r r i e s of t h« early-blossomlniT v a r i e t y g o t h i t so h a r d t h a t t hey will b e u n a b l e t o a n s w e r tta* roll cal l a t p l c k l o s t ime . Aaparagrus,- t e n d e r by n a t u r e , receiv­ed rouRh t r e a t m e n t , b u t ea s i l r ra l l ies •with w a r m e r w e a t h e r . T h e p rospec t tor B a l d w i n app le s Is m u i h b e t t e r .tban e a r l y r e p o r t s — I t now looks l ike

PEPPERELL

Xcws I tc jns . Mr. and Mrs . J o h n Stone, Mr. and

Mrs. Kar le E. Stom;. Edwin Messer and A r t h u r Stone, all of Manches ter , N. H., spen t Sunday a t t h e h o m e of Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Ford a n d . Mr. and Mrs. Ber t Blood. A very en­joyable t ime Is repor ted . T h e y r e ­tu rned home late in the evening by auto .

Messrs, K e m p and Shepardson s ta r ted Sunday for a week 's fishing nea r D u r h a m , N. H. Mrs, K e m p and Mrs. Shepardson accompanied them, the pa r t y going by auto .

The food sa le held on last weck F r i d a y by the May commit tee of the Communi ty C h u r c h Worke r s , Mrs. Qua, Mrs. J . O. Bennet t , Mrs. A. P. Wr igh t , Mrs . A. G. P ike , Mrs. Ly­m a n Robbins a n d Mrs. A r t h u r Bart-, lett, was very successful and r e m u ­nerat ive , the s u m of J40 being rea l ­ized.

Troop 2 of the Boy Scouts held a mee t ing on T h u r s d a y evening of last week In t h e sma l l vestry of the Meth­odist c h u r c h . Rev . Mr, Taylor is to be appo in ted scou tmas te r , and a t present t hey a r e mee t ing u n d e r the direct ion of Ass is tant Scou tmas te r Ha r r i s .

Mrs. L y m a n Robbins suffered a n acu te a t t a c k of spasmodic risthma on last S a t u r d a y , w,Jilch left he r very weak af te r t h e t rouble yielded'- to t r e a t m e n t . She h a s had slight .it-tacks before, bu t noth ing as severe as this'^onc, . Tho Men's club hold- the annua l

meet ing on Monday evening, w-ith election of odlcers,

Mr. and Mrs. F , B. Kaulbeek, from .\llston, w-ere week-ond guests in low-n.

Tuesday ovoning tho membors ol tho Wonian ' s club cast in the coniing club dr.ini.i w-ont to Brookl ine, X. ll.. to see the play they "have chosen, staged by the young people of the Rollstone church , F i t chburg , This is one of the popular plays, and was re­cently given by the same society in thei r own city, wi th great, success.

Fr iends of Mrs. B r u m b y (Miss Lil­lian Dunton) aro pleased to receive greet ings fi;om he r In her new home at Flushing, L. I.> in which she spoaks of hor soc ia l pleasures , op-porlunitioe for niusic and o the r ad­vantages, all of w-hich a re combin­ing to m a k e her very happy .

Repor ts of the condlt ldn of Mrs, F rank Hall , who has been quite ill in a hospital in hc r own city (Nash­u a ) , a rc now m o r e encouraging , and he has regained he r hea l th sufncient­

ly to re turn to he r home. ,-\n invitat ion h a s been extended to

the ^Voman's Auxiliary, F r a n k Wost post, to be presen t a t tho meet ing of tho \Vom.in's Auxil iaries. Dopart­mont of Ma.s.saohusetts, to bc hold in Ayer on Sa tu rday . May 21. a t 2,30, The subject of welfare w-ork will be discussed.

Mr. and Mrs. A. H, Har r i s ontor­tainod over Sunday Mrs. Har r i s ' fathor, (loorgo Pat te rson , Horace Pa t ­terson and sister. Mrs. Pa rke r , all from South Merr imack. N. H.; also, Charlos Har r i s , from Lowell, and .Ved Pa t te r son nnd family, and Mr and Mrs. Earlo. all from Klniw-dnn. N. H. Mr. Ear le was formerly assistant s ta­tion agent hero in tow-n.

At tho Commun i ty church on Mon­day evening the benoflt for the F r a n k West post, from the motion pic ture service was well a t t ended . The Aux­iliary a re indebted to thc commit tee for a r r a n g i n g tho mat ter , and to C. .-V. McGraw, who operated the ma­chino for the p ic tures .on that evening. T h a n k s a re also due Miss Mary But­ler for her volunteer sorvices as pian­ist for the ontor tn lnment .

When Clayton .Sinith Pnrke r colo­bratod his th i r t een th bi r thdny with th i r teen guests , Fridny, Ihe 13th, it might have boen regarded by the supers t i t ious ns t empt ing the fates. Hut nothing unlucky happened, and the occasion Is spoken of with .i g rea t doal of ploasviro. Tho guests w-cre Invitod to the homo of his paron ts . Mr, and .Mrs. A. F. Pa rker . F r idav af ternoon, aftor school, Aftor g a m e s and delicious ref reshmonts of .sand­wiches, cake and ice crenm. a t a pret t i ly decoratod table, games nnd music wero enjoyed and tho evening was flnished very satisfactorily by an Invitation by the host to tho mot ion pic ture service a t the Communi ty church .

Mrs. B. J . Mllroy is oxpoctod h o m c this woek froin Saratoga Springs, X. Y.. whore she was recently cnlleti by news of the Illnoss of hor son Ed ­ward . H c h a s been a t tending thc Delcwarc and Hudson Telegr. iph school a t Sa ra toga Springs, s ince Apri l 18, t nk ing up commercial s tud ­ies. His condit ion Is reported some­wha t Improved. Mrs. .Mllroy hna hc r youngest d a u g h t e r with her .

Mock congress, followed by a dance a t Presco t t hall thlg week F r i d a y evening by the pupils of thc h igh school, for tho beneflt of the new h igh school basebal l tenm.

Are you "Outside t h e l a w r ' If eo, you a re aummoned t o appear a t Tbe Sl"^"** Theater . Ayor, Tueaday and Wednesday, a tay 23 and 34,

l e t t e r f rom IVanoe . „ ' ^ ? to l lowlng le t ter f rom Mlss H a r r i e t Dow, w h o joined t h e Serb ian Commission In N e w York and w a s one of the g r o u p detailed for woi-k

In t h e d«Va«tatea region w a s recent ly received h e r e t lves :

(My doy s t a r t s at" seven o'clock and a t e ight my camion calls for -mc. ^Ye drive abou t 19 kll., and collect two loads of children for their day In our barrack, garden and playground." Tho chlldron a re poorlv fed. Tho bread Is still all da rk bread, and they have no bu t t e r or milk. Tbo cow-a were all driven into Germany und the onea re­turned nei ther milcii <ow-s nor beef. There aro not moro than tw-enty cows in all Nelppo now-. The horses re­turned -were all iiifootod and not able to work, and no ono bas yet many chickens or ducks or geese, w-hcre bo­fore, the w a r tJiey h.ad huge tlocks, -

My chlldron come from collar homes, fi-oin s tables whore a thin parti t ion of cid boards divides tbe horse stal ls from the kitchen or trom loan-tos built uf old boards agains t a ruined w-all of b i i c k .

Hore tho families s t rugg le on w-ait-iiig for Germany to pay. And Gormany nuist pay. W-c know- -w-horoof w-e si'oak .and wo cannot soo why the i-ooiile a t homo cannot realize tho need l„ re instead -of reading thc pro-Ger­man p ropaganda of the March "The w-«»rld tomorrow," and an krticle w-e hoard about but did not eoo. in tbe --.Sat ion." I t 'Vlvlanl's visit is only a suo<-osHt Hc -has gone to try to make .Mnorioa see poor debt-l.-vdon France as sho IS, and It s eems a s If bi« mission must prosper.

Annua l Meeting. -The annua l m e e t i n g of the ^Vom-

an ' s club was held a t Saunders ' hall on Tuesday a f t e rnoon wi th a large a t t endance . Tho r e p o r t s of the var i ­ous oflicers and commi t t ees ot the club -were road . and l is tened to wi th m u c h interest . . T h e repor t of the c h a i r m a n of tho p r o g r a m conuni t tee was par t icu la r ly en te r ta in ing , a s the h a p s and mi shaps -of t h e p r o g r a m commi t t ee du r ing t h e yea r in ad jus t ­i n g t h e unavoidable changes wCre set fo r th In a m a n n e r or iginal and a m u s ­ing. T h e r e was no r e p o r t f rom the legislative commit tee as t h e cha i r ­man w a s absent . The c h a i r m a n of the civics commit tee r epor t ed tho sot­t ing of a -tree on Arbo r day. Thc r epo r t of the t reasure r , Mrs. Qua, was sat is factory, and the sec re t a ry ' s re­por t was read by Mrs. Mabel P a r k ­er, e lected sec re ta ry p ro t em. In the absence of Mrs. D u r a n t .

The resu l t of the election ot offlcers for the club year was a s follows: Mrs. F lo rence W. Pik'e, p res , : Mrs, G e r t r u d e S, Towcr and Mrs . Nata l ie E. Car ter , vice pres . ; Mrs . E. Ger­t r u d e Duran t , rec . s e c ; Mrs . Bernico L. .Wood, cor. soc.; Mrs. Minnie Qua, -treas.; Mrs. Bessie DtSware. c u s t ! Mrs. AUce W. Miller, • aud . Mrs . I da E. J ewe t t . Mrs, F a n n i e Benne t t a n d Mrs. A n n a G, W r i g h t were chosen direc­to rs for two years , and Mrs. L u r a R. Wes ton was chosen to fill t h e vacancy on t h e b o a r d ; o f d i rec tors , caused by Mrs. E d n a Rus t ' s r es igna t ion on leav­ing town. The full list of club com­mi t t ees a re yet to be a r r a n g e d , and will be announced later ,

. A t the' conclusion of t h e business the May picnic, In cha rge o t the pro­g r a m and hospi ta l i ty commi t t ees , oc­cur red . E a c h one a t t e n d i n g had been reques ted to provide su i table picnic ar t ic les , and the commi t t ee provided sa l ads and tonics, and a special "Joke c o m m i t t e e " provided enough of tha t a r t i c le to m a k e the picnic a feast of t u n a n d pleasure .

Meet ings a re not to be held du r ing the s u m m e r , the first mee t ing of the club year, unde r tho newly-elected board , t ak ing place in October,

Communi ty C h u r c h Notes. Morn ing service a t 10.30 wi th ser­

mon by the pas tor . Church school a t noon . Visi tors a ro very welcome in a l l depa r tmen t s . Even ing service a t six o'clock for young people. Serv­ice a t seven o'clock wi th serr.'.on by the pas tor .

R e g u l a r mee t ing of the Communi ty C h u r c h W o r k e r s in the vestrj- on Tuesday af te rnoon a t 2.30 o'clock. C h u r c h n ight social a t 7.30.

R e g u l a r mot ion p ic tu re service on F r i d a y evening;"-May 27, a t eight o'clock, wi th Mi ld red Chap lan in "Wiza rd of Oz" ; B r a y p ic tograph , " T h e enchan ted g a r d e n " ; i i r ay comic, " S h i m m y Rivers , " a n d D e p a r t m e n t of Agr icul ture . "Marehal l app le o rchard , F i t c h b u r g . " Thei'^attention of f a r m e r s is especially called to th i s last pic­ture . ''

'Die delegate? appo in t ed from this church to attend': t he a n n u a l meet ing of the Amorican "Uni ta r ian and o ther ohristi.in churches , Boston, May 22-27, inclusive, we re Mrs. M, G. Green and Mrs, E. D. Walke r ,

T h e congregat ion woro onco moro privileged to listen to Mrs. Doris Nash W'ortman last Sunday n torning, w-hoso stay had beon ex tended unti l th is w-eek. With Mrs. , D r a w b r i d g e she rende red the duot, " P e a c e be to God," and she also sang the solo pa r t in the ainthem by the choir , " T h e sun shal l be no more thy light, "

E . V. S. C. Meet ing. T h e E a s t Vil lage club were pleas­

an t ly en te r t a ined on Wednesday af­t e rnoon of last week a t t h e h o m e of .Mrs, Wil l iam Jowet t , Ple . isant s t ree t . At the businoss session t h r e e new m e m b e r s were voted in, Mrs. Th i ­baul t , Mrs. Olive H e r m o n and Mrs, WaUer C h a p m a n , Owing to thc dea th of a member , Mrs. Luc re t i a .Martin, who was the t r e a s u r e r of the elub. Miss Berth. i P ierce was asked to serve as t r e a su r e r for the romain ­dor of thc club yoar. . \ l so , in m e m o ­r i am. .1 poom, composed by Mrs. Anna Nut t ing , was road in h o n o r of Mrs. Mar t in . It w-as voted to pl.ice tho s a m e on the records of the club. Several o ther selections wore road by different m e m b e r s on .1 var ie ty ot subjects . A guest ot thc af tornoon w-as Mrs, Gerry .N'utting, from Woon­socket, It. I. .\ p re sen ta t ion was m a d e the prosidont. Mrs. Alice Ray­mond, for the club, of a handsomely carved g,-ivol. Th is w a s the hand i ­work of Gorry Nut t ing , and hia g rand-mothor . .Mrs, Anna Nut t ing , m.ide the presenta t ion, whioh %v.is ple.isingly acknow-lodged. The hos tess served flno rofroshmonts of ice c roam and c i k e at the closo of the meet ing .

The noxt mee t ing ot t h e club will bo hold in J u n e , which will be tho nnnual meeting, the da t e to bo an­nounced later.

Te lephone O p e r a t o r s ' P . i r ty . It w-as es t imated tha t about 600

people onjoycd the te iephono opor.a-tors ' danc ing pa r t y on l.ist week T h u r s d a y evening at the Opera House, e i ther as p a r t i c i p a n t s or in­direct ly as spec ta to r s . Sulflce it to say. the space on t h e floor and In the gjiUery seemed well t.ikon before thc concort p r o g r a m by Miner & Doyle 's orchestr . i wns flnlshed.

"The renov.ited Ope ra House c i m e In for its s h a r e of praise , .lnd the dec­ora t ions , from Ellis, F,ost(in, were a novelty and should receive more than .1 p.isslng w-ord of praise . The selec­tion and a r r a n g e m o n t w-oro the work of Mlss M.irgaret Now-ell. from Wol­lnston, t o rmer ly of this town, .ind he r a r t i s t i c nbllity wns especially noWce-ab le . The prevai l ing colors wc rc lav­e n d e r nnd pale pink, mingled wi th t h e green of laurel and p a l m s . The s tnge W.IS banked a t t ho hose wi th these , with smnll bay t rees , two l a rge r shrubs , with p ink flowers, s t a n d i n g on e i ther side o t t h c s tage , wh ich w-aa occupied by t h e o rches t r a . A s t a n d of huge pink popples was placed a t the side ot thc p iano . At each exit nnd en t r ance t h e f r a m e w o r k of la t t ice nnd r a m b l e r roses w a s a t ­t rac t ive . More n a t u r a l t h a n a n y oth­er flowers were thc con t en t s of tho window boxes, yellow Jonqul js- and par t l -colorod na.«iturtlums, thcso be­ing par t icu la r ly admi red . T h e dec­o r a t i o n s across the en t i r e ba lcony d r e w the a t ten t ion o t all . be ing en­t i re ly o t wisteria and a t r a i l i n g pink flowered vine, aga in s t t h e green laure l ,

•With thc new sys tem ot Ught lng t h e effect du r ing t h e even ing w a s fine, and all c o m m e n d e d t ho a d m i r ­ab l e tasto ot t h e deco ra to r .

,A p re t ty featuro of t h e even ing 'veas tJ^o exhibi t ion danc ing by l i t t le Mlss Bever ly O'Brien, given o n t h e m a i n noo r of the hall . Just In f ron t of the s t age , a t the conclusion of t h o con­cer t . H e r " S u n b e a m d a n c e " w a s a p -

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plauded to ;lie echo, a n d she r e spond­ed to thc repeated encore by a p p e a r ­ing in hor c h a r a c t e r of t h e "l i t t le F r e n c h doll." a n d giving a da in ty dance in cos tume a n d p a n t o m i n e . She was recalled to accep t a flne bou­quet givon by the t e l ephone ope ra to r s .

Dur ing dancing t h e r e were p rob­ably 200 couples on t h e floor, t he mus ic by tlie seven-piece o r c h e s t r a being ideal. The re wcre m a n y of the ope ra to r s inosent f rom s u r r o u n d i n g towns, and guests t r o m Boston, Wor­cester , Lawronce, MUtord and Nash ­ua, X. H., Wollaston. F i t c h b u r g , Alls-ton and .-\yor. The local ope ra to r s w-ore ablo to a t tend t h r o u g h t h e kind­ness of a fornier opera tor , Mrs. Eliz­abe th Reagan Morrissey, w h o offlci­a ted at the exchange d u r i n g t h e even­ing.

At intermission the " I d e a l " ice creani , furni>hed t h r o u g h At t r idge Bros., w-ius so ved in the lower hal l W'ith da in ty envelope wafers . Much praise was given t h e newly fitted up "res t room." in tho t r o n t p a r t of tho upper hall, w-here t h e lad les were pleasod to rocf-ive a t t en t ion , a s to the ex t ras in tiio line o t pins, needles and tbe lil<o from Mrs. W. A. D r u m ­mey. who acted as m a t r o n .

The comnii t tee In c h a r g e of a r ­r a n g e m e n t s surely le t t no th ing un­provided for in t h e way o t enter ­t a inment , and by tho n u m b e r a t t end ­ing and their expressed .sentiments tho event w-as a huge success.

r o m m l t t a l fkT\-lcc. A commi t ta l service was held a t

Woodla-wn cemetery on T h u r s d a y af­t e rnoon of Inst week for Mrs. Mary ( H u r k i n s h a w ) Scrvey, whose body w-as b r o u g h t oast f rom Chicago, whore hor doath occurred on F e b r u a r y 2S. by her dat ighter , Mrs. J e n n i e Corn-dine, A brief c o m m i t t a l service was rendered hy Rov. H. P . Tay lor of the .Methodist c h u r c h . T h c relat ives presont besides t h e d a u g h t e r , .Mrs. Corndine, were Mrs. A n n a Burkin­shaw, Xashua . X. H. ; Mrs . F r a n k Ab­bott, husband and d a u g h t e r , of this tow-n; Mrs. J a m e s Melkle. J a m a i c a Pla in; Mrs. G. L. Gil let te , Xashua, N. H ; Mrs. Ha r ry Powers , Brookllne, X. H.; Mr. and Mrs . C. G, Willev. J. fi. Willey and Mrs . Lil l ian Rodier , all of th is town,

Mrs Servey was for m a n y years a resident here, bu t h a s lived In Chi­cago wi th her d a u g h t e r t o r abou t eighteen yearii. She w a s seventy- two yoars of age, and t h c causo of dea th was pneumonia .

Dentil by DrownlnfT. The body of H e n r y B l a c k m e r was

recovered from t h c Nlsslt lssi t t r iver about noon last Sunday , nftcr an al l -night search directed by Chief Dex­ter. The verdict Ot Medical E x a m i ­ner Bulkeley, called on the case t rom Aycr. was of acc iden ta l d rowning . Tho remains wcre t a k e n In c h a r g e by U n d e r t a k e r Mahony a n d car r ied to his unde r t ak ing r o o m s In Aycr, and t rom there wero to bo t a k e n to Mr. B lackmer ' s fo rmer h o m e In Modford to r burial ,

Mr, B lackmer c a m e h e r e m o r c t h a n two yea r* ago, and h a s a c t e d a s cus­todian of p roper ty a t E a s t Village, a bui ld ing and con ten t s , u n d e r his bro thor , Herbe r t C. B l a c k m e r , dep­u ty sheriff ot Middlesex county . He 'was about forty-one y e a r s of ago and unmar r i ed , and res ided -With his m o t h e r In the SulUvan c&tUge on N a s h u a street . On l a s t Sa tu rday , When ho did not r e t u r n a t t h e usual

t ime for supper, she became a l a r m e d and went to the shop . Fa i l ing to flnd him sho secured help to sear.ch the buildings. An open w-indow was found, and on the roof of the smal l building, w-hich Jut ted o u t - w e l l into the river, some tools w e r e ' foijnd.- a s though Mr. B l a c k m e r liG,d s t a r t ed to repa i r the root. Unques t ionab ly he slipped, and in fall ing t h e fifteen or twenty feet to the wa te r below, he received injuries, as t h e bed o t t h e river a t this point, is very rocky. Chief Dexter was notifled abou t nine o'clock tha t evening and search o t the banks of the r iver w a s -made , and later the r iver bed was dragged . His body w-as found on the n o r t h shore, in one of the deep pockets , in about twelve feet of wa te r . F r o m the fact tha t his w a t c h had s topped shor t ly after two o'clock the t ime of the accident is es tabl ished.

.Mr. B lackmer was very m u c h liked by all who m e t h im, a n d his ear ly dea th was shock ing to al l concerned . Sheriff B l a c k m e r a r r ived from his home in .Melrose abou t one o'clock on Sunday m o r n i n g a n d assisted In tho work of rescu ing t h c body. The mothor , Mrs. B lackmer . was much af­fected by the .accident, a s hc r son was vory tender ly devoted to her . She will p robably r e t u r n n t once to he r former h o m e in Medford,

NtMv AdvcrtLsements

. < \ w n f S T FOR SALB.—W, CHEV-RKTTB. Shirley Center. Mass. 30tf

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that thc subscriber has been duly appointed ox­ocutor of thc will of MARY I,. W. \R-KK.V late of Groton In the County ot i l iddlesex, dccensed. tes ta te , and has takon upon hlmeelf thnt truat by giv­ing bond, as the la-w directs .

All persons having demands upon the r*"tate of said deceased are hereby rc-rinired to exhibit the pame; .md nil por­sons Indebted to said estato nro called upon to mako paymont to

FRANK I>AWRE,NCE BIXJOD. 3137 Executor . Groton. Mass, May 7, 1921.

i ^ ENOftAVED WEDDING-iNVi.T;^iONs ^dAMHouHCBMEHm 5en4/°'',STY"i:;B CARD.

and P R I C E LISY.

P l a t o a n d 50 Ocata »3.2B

P l a t o a n d I M C a r d s , $2.7B

Call at

TUKTTER'S P t l B U O S P m i T O F F I C E

Ayer , Mam,

And SCO otir Uno of Samptos

J O H N A. F I N I G . \ N , AucUonccr Te lephone -lO-l-W Concord, Mus.s.

Clearance Sale by

AUCTION Household Furniture and

Furnishings

Antiques and Garden Tools P E R S O X A L P R O P E R T Y O F

SIRS. M A R T H A W. J O X E S K I N G S T R E E T , LITTI iETOX, M. \SS . Only a shor t d i s tance from t h e L i t t l e ­

ton Rnl i rond Stat ion

Saturday, May 2 8 BI-XilXXIXG AT T E X O C L O C K

I.V T H E F O R E X O O X

T h s roal es tate is sold and every ar t ic le Is to bc sold, as Mrs. J o n e s Is leaving Lit t leton, This is an excep­t ionally nice lot of household goods in excellent condit ion.

Ant ique Mahogany Sideboard , c law and ball foot, in excellent cond i t ion ; 6 Mahogany Dining Chairs , M a h o g ­any Dining Table, claw and bal l toot on cha i r s and tab le ; Serving Table , Or ien ta l Rug, Brass Andirons , Shovel , Tongs and F l re Screen. C a s h m e r e Rug , Mahogany Llbuary Tnble, O a k L i b r a r y Table . Dinner Set, Blue W a r e , Davenpor t , 2 Large Upho l s t e r ­ed Cha i r s to ma tch , Morr is Chai r , M a h o g a n y Music Cabinet , L e a t h e r Covered Couch, several R o c k e r s , m a h o g a n y and oak, l ight a n d d a r k Oak Book Cnses. 2 single Brass Beds , 2 s ingle Whi t e E n a m e l Beds, 2 full-size Enamel . Beds, Oak B u r e a u s , Dress ing Table, Chlftonlores, a n t i q u e a n d m o d e r n Chairs , Bra ided R u g s , A r t Square , Che r ry Bureau , "Wash S tands . H ya rds Bra ided R a g Car ­pet, set o t Black F l re I rons . P i c t u r c s , Cooking Dishes, severa l Mat t resses . Hall S tand , C h e r r y Wood Box, old-fashioned Mir ro r wi th cand les t i cks . V e r a n d a Tablo and Chairs , lot of S tono J a r s nnd m a n y ar t ic les not m e n ­t ioned.

G a r d e n Tools ' and Pou l t ry E q u i p ­men t , E g g Boxes, 2 Brooder Stoves , D r i n k i n g F o u n U l n s , Mash H o p p e r s , Brooder , Incuba to r , Fork , R a k e s , •Wheelbarrow. L a w n , Mower, G r i n d ­s tone a n d m a n y m o r e nseful a r t l -olee ueed In a ga rden .

a a i * H a l n o r Shine . P lon ty of r o o m insld« If s to rmy.

T e r m s Cosh. L u n e h served by a c a t e r e r .

DinlDC-room F D m l t n r e a n d A n t i q u e s BoU a t a P . M.

B y o r d e r of

M R S . M A R T H A 'W, J O K E S . 2t87 K i n g S t , U t t l e t o n , Mass .

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, ss. P roba te Court.

To the heirs-at-la-cv. noxt of kin, creditors, and all o the r persons inter­ested in the es ta te of LUCRETIA MARTIN late of Pepporoll in said County, deceased intostato.

Whereas a peti t ion has beon pre­sented to said Court to g r an t a le t te r of adminis t ra t ion on the ostate of sa id deceased to JOHN MARTIN of Pepper­ell, in the County of Middlesex, wi thout g iving a eure ty on his bond.

You are hereby cited to appear at a. Probate Court to be held a t Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on tho thlr ty-flrst day of May A. D. 1921, a t nine o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause if any you hnvo. why the ea-me should not be granted .

And the pet i t ioner is horeby direc­ted to give public notice t-hereof, by publ ishing this clt.itlon once in oach -week, for three successive w-eeke. in Turner ' s Public Spirit, a now-spajper published in Aycr, the last publication to be one day, a t least , before said Court.

Witness, Goorge F, Lawton, Esquire, F i r s t Judge 5f said Court, this sixth day of i l ay in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one .

3t37 F. M. ESTT, Register ,

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, ss. P r o b a t e Court.

To the he i rs -a t - law. next of kin. creditorB. and all o ther pereons intor­ostod in thc oetato of JONATHAN A. LAWRBiN'CE lato of Pepperoll in said County, deceased, In tes ta te .

Whcreni! a peti t ion hns been pre­sented to eald Court to g r an t a le t te r ot ndminls t ra t lon on tho es ta te of said deceased t* JONATHAN A. LAW­RENCE the Junior ot t h a t name ot Pepperell In tho County of Middlesex, wi thout giving a eure ty on hin bond.

Yoa nre hereby cited t o appear a t a Probnte Court to b« h e l d a t Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on the thir ty-f irs t day of Mny A. D. 1921, a t nine o'clock in the foronoon. to ehow cauee if nny you have, why tho fwrao should not be granted.

And thc pet i t ioner is horeby direc­ted to glvo public notice thereof, by publ ishing this ci tat ion once In oach weck, for three succCBSiva weeks, in Turner ' s Public Spirit , a newspaper published in Ayer. the lnst publlcntion to be one day, .it least, before snld Court.

tVltness. George F. Lnwton. Bsqulre. F i r s t Judge of said Court, this s ixth dny of May In tho yea r one thousand nine hundred nnd twanty-one .

3t37 F . M. BSTT, Register .

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSXCHU-SETTS. Middlesox, «s. Proba to Cotirt.

To all persons Interested In thc os­tate of EMMA M. BLAKE late of r e p ­perell In said County, dccea-«cd.

.Whereas, WALTER O. P A R K E R tho t rus tee under thc will of said decensod, has preeented for a l lowance, the 9th, 10th. nnd U t h nccount of his t rus t un­der snld wil l : for the benefit of IDA B. KENDRICK.

Tou are hereby cltod to nppear a t ft P roba te Oourt, to be held a t Cambrldgo In said County, on the thlr ty-f lrs t day of May A ; D . 1921, nt nine o'olock In tho forenoon, to show cjiuse. If any you have, wby tbo samo should ao t be allowed.

And Bald t rus tee In ordered to se'rvn th i s c i ta t ion by d«llverlng a cocy thereof to all peroons lntere«t«d l a Ibt e s t a t e fourteen days a t l««u>t be ­fore said Court, or by publlshlDg tlie s a m e once In each week, for thr»e successive weoks. In T h e Pepperel l Clarion-Advert iser , a newspape r pub­lished In aald County, the laet cubl t -ea t lon to be one dny a t leas t beforo •a id Courl, and by mai l ing, p o s f ^ a l d a copy of • this c i t a t ion to al l k n o w s persons Interested In the e s t a t e seven days a t least before isaid Court.

Wl tMsy. Goorge F . LAwton. Bsqulre. P^rst .Judge of said Court . t \ i l T i l n i S ; day of May In the y e a r one thousand nlns_ h u n d r e d ' a n d twsn ty -one . " " " " "

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SHIRLEY News Itonis

Thc body ot John Frledrlch was brought- to town on Tuesday for burial. Mr. Frledrlch waa a lormor, townsman and. worked as a weaver In the President Suspet^der Company factory. Ho had been sick for some time with cancer of tho stomach and death came early Sunday morning at his home In Greenfield, N- H. Services were held aC the grave by a German lodge of Fitcliburg. - Mr. Frledrlch was sixty-two years old and leaves a widow and eight children— Frank of this towij, Charles ,0f Little­ton, Mrs. John D. Carney, John and William Frledrlch ot Ayer, and Mrs. Elmer C. Skinner,- Ferdinand and Henry Frledrlch ot Greenfleld, and six grandchildren.

Mrs. Fred Scott, ot Buftalo, N. T., arrived at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Goozey on Monday and tbo flnal transfer of the Scott house was made. Mrs, Scott sold her home In Rotter­dam and bought In Buffalo to be near her daughter, who had settled there.

Marriage intentions havo been tiled by Theodore B. Rust, ot Fitchburg, and Mtss Mary E. Thomas, of this town.

Starck Bros., of- Boston, are mak­ing repairs arid building new bath houses at- Fort pond. The Inn will be open for tho summer on Saturday, May 28.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Amadon spont the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles. Miner.

Mlss Christine Sutherland, of Mai­den, and Mr. Weigher.' o f Dedham, spent last Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Allen. Mlss Sutherland will be remembered as the nurse who cared for Mr. Allen at the time ot his In-Jury a tew years ago.^ Miss Charlotte .Ward- spent tho week-end, and Dr. and Mrs. Eetrl McMlchael, ot Maiden, were also Sunday euests of Mr. and Mrs. Alien.

At a meeting held on Tuesday even­ing In the -Legion -rooms, Edward Harkins resigned as- inanager o f t h e Athletic association'and "Walter Bad­stUbner 'was elected to -fill that posi­t ion. C. RusseU Miner remains as assistant manager. The sum of J167 has . been collected, and turned over to the treasurer, Alfred Quinty.

Mr. and Mrs. John Conant have lett California and are <3zi>ected to ar­rive home soon. They will visit in Chicago, -where-their daughter, Mrs. •Walter Mtiniilng, and son WUUs live.

As the weaving room of the sus­pender factory Is- practically closed dowii, thus causing a shut-down In the spooling and warping room, sev­eral of the employees Itave started working in the C o h a n f l H o u g h t o n '& Company webbing factory In Little­ton this week. .'Miss Jessie Love, Miss Margaret Lynch, John ,Wl l l . Michael Cotter and -Walter ---Knowles are among t h e - l a t e s t - t o : - s t a r t work la Littleton, abput twenty-flve going to that place .'each day.;- '

The many friends of Mrs. C. W. MarshaU, WlU be pleased to learri that she has so far recovered from her illness as to be able to take her dally rides; arid' has been fltty miles on several occasions and hiis had no bad result. She is very fortunate in hav­ing the services of a careful and efflclent Back Bay chauffeur, one who has had several years', experience In trafllc In Bbstbn.'and that gives Mrs, Marshall confldence,'and she says she d o e s . n o t feei*. to go any place now and Is •gettlfig:' Sack her good nerve. There Is but slight traces of paralysis left and s h e walks very well. She StiU has to be Very, careful about ex­citement and so goes nowhere but out to ride. " ,

Mrs. Clarence Taylor, who lived for some time at the Industrial sohool and now lives In Southboro, Is In a hospital In Marlboro, where It has been found necessary to operate upon her, removing parts :of several ribs.

T h e , Junior Athletics' pla'yed the Pepperell high school second team on last Sunday afternoon In PeppereU and were defeated by the score of 9

Mtitry-s^C'-Ayeiron^Vaesdtxy evening in Shirley and were defeated by the score of 7 to 2.

The C. B. B. club omitted their weekly meeting to attond "The time of his life" in Ayer on Monday even­ing.

Thomas Gateiy is having a coat of paint put on his house. .Mr. Gatelv and Orville Cutter were in Winchcs'-tor, N. H.. last week, helping Mathew Gateiy with his planting.

The whist party at the • Legion rooms on ^Vednesday evening was a pleasant affair. There were sixteen tables. First prize went to Mrs. N'el­lie-Cotter, Mrs, Lillian Provost, John Stevenson and Lester James, with 9 7 points, Sterno stoves with tray. The lowest score. 21 points, were made by .Mrs. Anne Desmond, Misses Eliza­beth Desmond, Madeline Logue and Myra Crodit, who "wore awarded choc­olate dolls. Ico croam was sorved, followod by dancing.

Beginning Sunday, the owning sorvice at the Congregational ciiurch will begin at 7.30 o'clock. The sub­jects ot the sermons on Sunday will be "The tinal inquiry and tho answer," in the morning; childron's. "Each

-shal was also present After the reg­ular meeting Mrs Helen McCoy^ P N Q presided whllo an Interesting program -was given Mles-Altle Howo BH\o nn Interesting history ot tho for­mation and Institution of tho lodgo, bl Inging forword many Incidents that at this time were moro amusing than they were - flttetfn years ago, Mies Howe Is a past noblo grand and for many years hao beon aecretary. Tho only charter TOontbor loft In tho lodge. Mrs. Ida M. Warron ot Boston, was not able to bo presont.

Kubensteln's "Wanderer's night song" was sung by Misses Hazel O. Ballou and Gladys B. G. Phelpa, oocompanled by Mlss Esther Amsdon, also, ''whla-nerlng hope" by AUco Hawthorne. Readings by Mrs. Syiiil Holden and Mrs. Alice Burchstead. Rotreshmeats ot wafers ond fruit punch wore served nnd every one received a Maybasket S?, 5'""..^"^ ^'A"""- .i^" lodge colors, fllled with candy. During the social hour whlst was playod.

The lodge was Instituted -with sixty membera April 8. 1906. and now has a memhershlp of ninety-seven. Mrs E Louise Adama, noblo grand, plans to have an ontertalnment aftor eaoh meeting this season. Mrs. Beulah B. Wamboldt, a ipaat noble grand, to­gether -with MI.8 Howe a n f iiSxe, Mo-t^°/'..i?,?i„S.'"""^* °' "" 6«rclsea of the evening.

Wedding. Miss Josephine Lovo. youngest

daughter of Mrs. Alvina Love, of Concord, well-known in Shirley, and Stanley Conant, youngtst son ot Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Conant. of Llttle-

-ton, were—united In marriage on last Saturday afternoon at the home of the bride's mot.her In Concord. Rev. Gail Cleland, .pastor ot the Congrega­tional church; pfflplated, the double ring sorvice being tised.

The bride was gowned In white crepe georgette and wore a corsage bouquet ot orchids and lilies-of-the-valloy. The couple were unatteded arid only the nearest relatives were present.

During the reception which tol­lowed, the bride cut the bridal cake which contained a piece of money, thimble, button and ring. The money dropped out In the cutting, the ring went to Mlss Janet Dunning, the thimble to Uttle 'Virginia Conant, and the button to Richard Conant. a brother of the groom.

The bride Is a arraduate ot Concord high school and Fitchburg Normal school, and taught school before tak­ing up the work of, buyer and effl­clency director at the Gilchrist store In.Boaton, The grOom Is head of the flnlshing room In the webbing factory ot Conant. Houghton & Company at Littleton.

Many beautitul and usetuT preaent wero received by the couple, who are to start housekeeping, the house be­ing in readiness for them.

Fiftieth Anniversary. ifr. and Mrs. Charles W. Marshall

celebrated thc flftieth anniversary ot their marriage at their home on Cen­ter road, Sunday, May 15. The af­fair was very quiet on account of Mrs. Marshall's health, although she Is getting along' very nicely, but haa to be caretul ond avoid all excite­ment. The only guests present were those close to her and they were with her during her Illness as much as they were allowed.

Dinner was served In the "Shelter" to twelve, the table used being one tormerly vised as the taniiiy dining table of the Harvard Shakers. .The table cloth was one preparetl especial­ly tor the occasion and was ot plain white Unen with odge crocheted In plcal stitch In pink, the ends covered with large branches ot aM>le blos­soms, hand-painted, as were the nap­kins and dollies,''. ' The decorations were ot apple blossoms and dogwood. The "Shelter" looked -a bower of bloom. The teaspoons used were a gift to the bride fifty years ago.

Mrs. Marahall wore a small enam­eled bracelet worn by her at her marriage: It was also worn by her mother at her marriage.

The wedding cako wtis beautifully decorated, made in Brookllne,. and presented by friends. The gifts wero cut glass decorated with gold; also, large sums of money in gold and checks, and large bouquets ot violets, -'''1J'^X-°I?'-S -5<?wer. o i Mrs^ JklarshaU. • The -ttrhole-. affair •«•&• -c&rrled ^but

under the direction ot Mlss "Annie M. Gorse, ot Xeedham Heights, a very close friend of Mrs, • .Marshall. Friends were present trcFm Boston and Littleton, two of whom attended the aame school as Mrs. Marshall In Boston.

MASON, N. H.

one at his work": evening. "The cry of the children." .- cordinl invita­tion Is o.\tondO(! to all to attend thoso sorvicos. • !

Rov. and Mrs, Goodheart and Mrs. I ('•- A, Grooiiloat visited Mi-s. ^V. H. Coddington, Tuesday, at tho station hospital, Camp Devons. Mrs. Cod­dington remains about the same, but hopes to leave the hospital in two weeks. I

Announcements have been received I In town of the marriage of Miss Mabel '. llildroth Minor, oldest daughtor of .Mr. and Mrs. Charics H. Miner of this If.wn to flo-ivard John Amadon on Thlnsduy. .May 12. at Koone. N. H .Mrs. .-Vmadon is a graduate of Fltch-l)urg high school and Kitchburg Busi­r.ess collogo and for soveral ye.irs has t,een priv.ite secretary for C. P. Perry. the hoad of an insurance company of iroone.

.lohn Chals.son has sold his horrie on l-'redonlan stroot to-Richard Murray. Mr. Chnlsaon .ind his son-in-law, Ath-1,100 Ijondry, h.ivo le.ised tho houso .and store owned by Joseph Cassavoy. l-'rodonian siroot, .md will occupy at onco and cirry a lino of grocorlo.-^ and dry goods. ]

Mrs, Arthur HorKom .md son. Ralph, ! expect to loavo (^.irtogcna soiiif timo i r.oxt month, Thoy will return Ii. ro, j hilt Mr. Horsonl experts to roniain In Cartogona, ;

Ttio distrio; niiri o has a tolophono. | nunibor 69-2.

Tho flro .ilarn-i Sunday morning .it 11..10 was for .1 chimney lire at tbo homo of John E. Adams, Leominster load. No damage.

The women's biblo class will mcot noxt Monday evening at the home of

. athorino Hooper, Miss Elaine Love left Tuesday for

fialon hall, Wernersvllle, Penn., where she has a po.iition for thc aummer.

Mlss Anna M. Mnnlon, ohairman ot .Mldddlesex County councll, has called a mooting of thc women's nuxlllnrlcs of the Amerlcnn Ivoglon tn tho town h.ill. Ayer. on Saturday, Mny 21, at U.SO p. m. All onicnra nnd members Hhould mnke -a spoclal effort to attend tills mooting,

Charlos Frledrlch has moved his .f.inilly to l.ltjloton, whore he has so­om od work.

Tn tho third gnme of the soason Shirloy .\. A. boat the Samson Cordage Works in a slow, uninteresting gnmo by the scoro of 13-4. Shirley A. A. pllod up eight runs off Bedell, who lasted but ono Inning, being replaced hy Wilfro,1 Quinty, who pitched a very good gamo, Tho foatures ot tho game More a runnlnir citch by Norkus, and n fast doublo pl.iv hy Joynl and Bedell.

Are you "tiutsldo tho Inw?" If so. you .ire summonod to nppoar nt Tho Strand Thotiior. .\yor. Tuesday and Wednesday, .M.iy --'3 and 2t.

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Tlehcknh Lodge .tiinl^-ersnry. MAry A. Llvormoro Uebekah lodge

celebrated Iheir (Iftoonth anniversary nt thetr regulnr meeting Ia.it Friday night. Mrs. Louise 15. Downs of Fitch­burg, tho new district deputy presi­dent, paid her nrst o m d n r visit. Mrs. Julia R, Cadwell, deputy grand mar-

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-Vciv."* Itema. .\ meeting of the Old Home Day as-

.socnuion was hold in the town hall luit JSaturday evening wfth President John T. fcmith as Che presiding ofllcer. The same ollicers that had last vear's cele­bration in chargo were re-elected for this year. The executive committoe, consisting of Samuol H. Davis. Jamos 1-- Wilson and Almus P.ussell, were given full power to mako necessarv plans and to decide tho date for thi's yo.ir's ovont. Tho conimittoe doslros the co-operation of ail the citizens in order to make this dav one long to be remembered hy all who attend the ex­ercises,

.Members of Fruitdale Orange attend­ed service at the Congregational cliuroh last Sunday in a body and listened to ;in ablo sermon delivered by the regii-iar pastor, Mr, llunbar. The now choir w-hioli was recently formed, sang -iov-•:-;il nnmbors In a vory nlea.sing man-.er, Mlss liorothv I-io.Ud was tho

.- oioi.'it. I-'rank Ro\-nolds aiul children and Mv.

Mn.'ewon of I.ow-oil wero \-isitors in :ov.-;i ?u!iday,

Mr. an.l Mrs. John r.obicbaiul and ohiidre,, of West (-tloton. Mass,, mo-toied 10 Iho homo of Mia. c,a-;;o\'s par-iiits. Mr. and Mrs, U. S, dailey, Sunday.

\\'lth tho heavy rainfnll of last weok .Ilul alsu much niitoniohilo :ia\-eling on the "-ook-ond the roads remain in a bad condition.

I .iissolt oB\-inn is hiiilcliiic: a g.-trasro for Station Agent Frod W, Hill.

Harold Miller has Iioon visitintr In Sulli^m.

Herbert Kimball of Northboro. Mass., has beon visiting .it tlit home of his niothor, .Mrs. Goorge Kimball, in Sunnv ^ alley,

A .Miss Jolly of I-'i tchburg, ivho hoards at the home of Honrv 11. Babb. Is roportod aa holng oulte sick.

Collins Dunn of Hoston spont tho w-ook-ond with hla niothor. Mrs. Dunn. .\ daughter. Mrs. Dunn, has hoon living with hor mothor sinoo thoy haro re-siiiod in tlio Claflln bouse noar the dopot,

Mrs, rtuy Washburn underwent n vo-\- suocoaafiil oiioratlon for appendi-• ilis at the TIomoopaMiio hospital In l:o...:.>n last Saturda>-, Pho Is improv-.-u; i-apitlly and expects to bo ablo to he luimo snon. This Is vorv pleasing i.-'wi lo hor friends In town" of which pho haa many.

I'morson Smith, a student of N'ow-Hainpahiro .'itato collogo ts in Wash­ington. N. II.. with the forestry class of the sonior yoar. It Is understood this Is to put on tho finishing touches or get tho llnal training before becom­ing forestry exjiorta.

Mrs. ^\*a.1lllulrn has -purchased a now piano,

Sevoral persons in tow-n have availed themsolvea of tbo free JItnev ridea to I-'llohburg. furnished by the merchants of thnt city, . Mrs. .James .tingleton and son. Gil­bert, of Braintroo. -Mass.. alao. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barrett of Worcestor \oero recent visitors nt tho Smith fnrm.

Among the wook-ond visitors In town were Rathor Amadon. Dorothy Hoald nnd Lew-Is Warren .it their roapoctlve homos.

Mr. Schmetzer nnd son of Billorica, Maas.. have beon picking laurel in dis­trict • nnd boarding with Mr, nnd Mra, C. L. Bnrnea.

Albert Hancock, who boards at the homo of Ktnnley Flngg. has had a h.id attack of rheumntlsm.

Jamea R. Wllaon la making oxtonsivo repairs nt his place at thc Center. Ho la hnvlng a wood-.<ihcd built nlso.

itr. nnd Mrs. George ,\dama and son, Hruco, of Leominster, Mass., and Mlss Beelop'bf Fitchburg wero nt tho Adams farm Sundny.

Goorgo D'unhnm of Qulncv, Masa.. apent the week-end end with bis wife In Sunny Valley.

The next meeting of. Fruitdnlo Ornngo will- be held May SI. The fourth degree will be- worked for Deputy Inspector Kdward HoU of

-Greenfleld, who aUo Is master of thc Hlllsboro County Pomona Grange Topic flfr dlscusaion "Is tt better for tho farmer to mako a epocLiltj of aomo particular crop, or to mako far-nln.j Ills oolv business? Opened . b> s.tte-keeper. Program In chargo of Slster Itathbun. Songs,selected by steward.

LITTLETON News^ Items.

Tho bazaar and dance of tho Wom­en's Catholic club woa a great suc­cess. The aum ot |2<9 w a s realizoa and tho proceeds go for t h e n e w rectory at Aycr. The .I2.C0 gold'-plece givon as a door prize was won by John Hutchin­son, Mlss Margaret Kllllon of Brighton the ihatj Mrs. Mary Neagle, a basket-Miss JEsther -McEnnls,- a lamp-shade-Mrs. William Neagle of Everett, a sofa oiJshlon and MlsS"Anna O'Day of Fitch­burg a candy Jar. A victory waltz led by Fostor Kimball, G. Edw-.ird I'routy Onarles Ifapp, WJlliam Cousens Will­iam Curley and John Noligan was a very enjoyable feature; streamers be­ing thrown nt thla time, mado a very protty effect. The club Is now at work on an old-fojshloned dance to be held ' i l"A.^' J^^t o,««nmltteo ia in charge of Mlas Kathorino Neagle.

The synopathy "of the community goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard P. Rob-orta (nee Ethel E. Smi thi of Brockton In the, death ot their little aon John Blatchford Roberts. The funeral was h e l d a t the home of tho grandparents Mr. and Mra. Charle* I,. .« mlth on King street Saturday afternoon, Rfey Carl Q. Horat conducted the servico. read­ing among other helpful selections, two poems. "Resignation" and "An Infant's death." The body was laid In the fam­ily lo t , in Westlawn cemetery.

IMIss Ella Peabody was successfully operated upon Tueaday.

Miss Laurlce. Flagg, who had ade­noids nnd tonslis removed recently re­turned -to echool duties in Quincy last Tuesday. * . Hon. Arthur Peck is conducting his first party of the season though Eu­ropean countries. Mrs. Peck will spend the summer with her home people and In New London.

An audience that taxed the capacity of the Whistler House, Lowell, on Sat­urday, heard an Interesting talk on yonicc. Its shrines and ort treasures by Mlss Gertrude Sanderson ot Little­ton. Tho talk wos Illustrated by watercolor and pen sketches by Mlss Sanderson and also .by musical selec­t ions suggestlv-e of gondolier life. Miss Sanderson and her sister. Miss Fannie Sanderson, were also week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tuttle of Andovor street. ' Several members of the efllclency Chias attended a meeting In Aycr Wod­nosday,

Eight or ton Littleton men went to the big auction at thfe Whipple estate in }few Boston Wednesday.

Everett Kimball and G. A. Cook are shingl ing their buildings.

Mlss Emma E. Tenney. attended the Sagamore-Northfleld Christian En­deavor Institute reunion In Boston, i n ­cluding the banquet, and toasts by offl­cers and Invited guests Saturday eren-Ing. She was also present at the C. E. moira meeting in Park Street church. Sunday afternoon and dhe sunrls---meeting at eight o'clock that morning In the International building of Chris-' tian Endeavor. Mlss Tonney was the guest of her sister. Mrs. Peck, in Brookllne throughout her stay in greater Boston.

A son •was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Lund May 3.

The Woman's club luncheon last week was served by Mrs. W. E. Conant and Iher efllclent corps of assistants and the decorations were in charge of Mrs. Alice Hartweli,

Qeorge Whitcomb tS'irlght of Lowell has announced the .engagement of his daughter, Kathleen; to Ralph Lewis Shepard.

Nicholas Pace and his motor racer came to grief- Sunday while he was giving some of ihls friends a ride on tihe Great road. In an attempt to pass -an auto they met another car and as there was not room enough in the street they steered Into a gatew-ay. w-hen the seat came .off and all threo occupatils w-ere thrown out. Parker Ogllvle was considerably injured, his side receiving a deep gash and the right leg a bad bruise. He Is making good recovery and wi l l probably be about soon. Irving Hunt came out with a facial bruise and Nicholas Pace had nothing more than a shaking up.

Richard G. Conant of Passaic, N. J,, came home for the Conant-Love wed­ding-and a little week-end visit with -b is,-pc o iUe^ -^--.I'^j-. .- r,-- - ;4.- -• - -V-~-

•EUziibeth Robinson ot New 'tork !s with, her bome people for a while.

Littleton A. A. met defeat In a good game at Chelmsford Saturday. Tho score was 7-6.

About eight or nine new cases ot measles .have been reported in town this week.

The schools re-opened Monday. Eugene R. Urioly of Littleton iiiea.I-

ed not guilty to an Indlctmo'nt oli.n:,--Ing him with the murder of his strf,-son. Vincent'Paul Planclcti. March '.:•,. -According to the police Drioly at the timo of his arrest confessed thai lie had struck Plancich over the head w-i-.h an .ixe while he lay asleep because of threats he said the bov had iiuide against him and -Mrs. Drioly.

Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, W. Perkins and Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Barkoi of Exeter. N. H,, and Mr. and Mrs -Al­bert P. Fletcher .lnd Mr. and Mrs. Ru.s-soll B. Fletcher and daughter Virginia of Charlestown. were entertained bv tho Daniol C. Fletchers on Sunday.

Are M>u "Outside the law?" It so. ,you are summoned to appoar at The Strand Theater, Ayer. Tuesdav and Wednesday, Jlay 23 and 24.

\A'eddlug. An Informal but very pretty homo

v.oddliig took placo in Concord Satur­day, .May 11, nt throe o'clock, w-hon .Miss .losoplilno Lovo nnd Stanlov F. Conant of I.ittieton w-ore united in inar!ia>;o liy Rev. Gail Cleland of Lit­tloton, Tho i-:piscopal double ring ser­vico w-as followod in the main w-lth ,1 personal adaptation, tho marriago \ow-s liaving boon committed to mem­ory and pledged directly by bride and groom to oach other, making the cere-n-.ony very Impi-ossivo, nlthough infor­mal. .\iioui tifty w-ere present. Includ­ing the noar rolativos of bride and groom and tho most Intimate frlentls of Miss I.OV0,

The brido w-as attractively gowned in w-hlle and oarriod .1 bouquet of lilies Of tho valioy and orchids. The house was prettily decoi-atod with cut flow--oi-s of different \-ariotlos. Miss Kath­loon \\'i-ighl. violinist, played ensemble niiisic,

Mr, ami Mrs,' Conant wcre gcner-ousl\- rotnomliorod w-ith be.iutlful nnd usoful presents, w-hich they wlll enjo>-In thoir new- homo at thc Common.

Following the very plonsnnt recep­tion to thoir frionds the newly weds took an automobile trip nnd wero later heard from at Lako Jfohawk. where they havo made Ihoir ho.ldquarters.

Congratulations and .1 hoarty wel­come from .111 thoir i.ittloton friends aw-ait thom on thoir return.

t'nllnrinn Notes. Tbo church ha.s made Mlsa Alice

Howard nnd .Mrs. Cnrtis llrow life mombora of the .-\merloan L'nitnrlnn aaaocl.itlon.

Rev. Cnrl O. Horst. Mrs, W. C. Brown and ^Trs. Horbort I-*. I'roctor w-lli of­ficially represent our church at tbo an­nual mooting of tho .\niorican ITnlt.ir-i.in Association.

The men's claas is studying the chnp-tera "Tbo Scriptures and tbe prophets" and "The beginnings, tho rise .ind the divisions of Christianity" in H. G. WoU.s' "Outline of history."

Rev, Carl G. Horat omclated nt two funernla Inat wock. ' thnt of John Blntchford Roberts, and Charles F. Stone.

The Isles of Shonls. Summor Institute for Religious Education, will be held July 23 to Auguat C. Another Institute will bo held nt Andover, N. H., June 27 to July 2.

Tho T'nltnrlnn Mny meetings will bo hold In Boston Mny 22-27.

nnpttat Society Noten. Rev. Mr. Dunbar's sermon snbloct

Sundny morning will bc "The Invisible kingdom."

The Lincoln cl.iss topic will ho "Tho Christian view of the fnmlly, or whnt a CJirlstlnn hbme ahould bo."

Tho Junior meeting will bc omittod this Sunday os the Juniors w-lll join with the seniors In a union mooting nt seyen o'clock Sunday evening. Mrs. F.dith Sauler wll bo tho lo.idor. Sub­ject. "My fnvorlte snylng of Cbriat'a nnd why." .' There wlll he a choir robonrBnl nt 7.30 Saturday evening.

The repairing and painting of tbe parsonage wns started this jvoek. The cementing Is completed and everything in .the way of Improvemont Is well un­der w.iy. Thc palming ot tho church w-lll begin next week.

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ConjcrrsatlanaL QUsali^Ka. bunday mprnlng "The sign of Jonah

the prophet will tei the paator s sub­ject i.*^

Tho Christian Eoienror mooting In the evening will b<i|led by Cathorino rickard. , ' j , . ' ;

Next week Mondayv'evcnlng the men of tho Cojusregatlenal. club are invit­ing tho other meti--'bli the to>»-n to a supper In the vosjr}T'<>t seven o'clock and an address afterword by Prot. Vau'ghan of Boaton aiWvjrai ty on -The -ivorld aweop of dewworacy."

Tho mid-week meeting will bo held next week Tbursdayrst 7,<5 p. m.

Sunday mornlng.'May 29, Mlsa Caro­line Sewall, the coUdrens missionary, serving undor tbo Board at Tlensln will occupy the pulpit and toll of hor thrilling experiences in China, Mlas Sewall is the ' daughter of Rev. and Mrs. John L. Sewall «uid granddaugh­ter ot .Kov. WllUaro Sewall, a former pastor of our church. The children and young people are especially urged to bo present and hear Miss Sewall.

June 12, Children's day, thero will bo the ti'aptism ot chlidren and all peoplo w4io have- children to be bap­tized at that time should confer with tho minister a s -soon as possible. Teachors are now working on the pro­gram tor that day.

At the Sunday sehool lost Sunday contributions were nJade to the Chi­nese relief fund. The total amount of the presont contribution Is jeo.55. of that sum twelve dollars was given by tho Sunday stAool- A few contribu­tions 'have yet to be paid in, A previ­ous collection for tiho'cause was taken a fow months ago and forwarded to head.quarters. . . - .-

A Problem In Perce»t»*e. •A statement l8sued;from Washington

and published ..In. t h v B o s t o n Post of May H says among-other thinga, "The average decrease,Jn pay per employee in - the leading •-Indastrlal plants throughout the country during the past year, was 6,4 -percent'^&ccordiug to th© results ot a. genoral-ifurvey of the to be fleld announced b:r,the Federal Re­serve Board." - - -- .:r] -

We are very muoh .Jiuzzled to under­stand how. the august board Hgured the matter out.- We h ive watched with more or less care thrpreas announce­ment of cuts in -Wages from time to time and the'smallest wc have noted was the ton. percent >e<it of the build­ing trades of-Boston find the heaviest cut that of the Gr^nt Yarn Co. of Fitchburg. of fifty p ^ e n t .

The general-but k>f the textile work-ers-wOs In most cades-22Vi percent as we recall I t -and fioW.-any mathema­tician can ad*;: up-, to'lise flgures and strike an averoge .of i>.4 Is more than w e can comprehena.'<iThis matter of percontago'seenui toSie a rather flex­ible affair at;bost . -Jt has been very noticeable In the announcements as to Itie cost of living ana' the percentage bf decrease that have been publlshod frequently since the to-called liquida­tion set In that tbegyesuIts obtained seem In each -case tOTflt the desire of the flgures. We reoaU'two statements that appeared within-* day or two of each other, wherein.'the results ob­tained varied something llko flfty per­cent. - .--.-j-t

It figures cannot~lle ihey surely seem to bo able to tell ver»,.dltf6r6nt otorlca under different management and an ex­pert In the flgurlhg.> of percentage seems to be able to inr^ke out almost any kind of a case' be may choose. For Instance, figurrng-,.outs In w a g e s It would seem It one's ..-wages had been raised lOQ percent: dating the war ho ought to be able to atond a cut-of fifty till you stop to figure It out and think a bit and flnd tbaf'f l f ty percent cut p-Jts him back just wtiere he waa be­fore and he. Is the Icier by the differ­ence between the^reytous cost of liv­ing and the prcsoht ;dost. Figuring from the top .do:w.n'Hi;by- percentage things always come; ddWn faster than thoy go up. . --^l'

In the anxiety to' fait wages and bring our affairs."bticlC'to "normally" most of the plondingSEfor acceptance of cuts by tho works sjfem to lay great stress on tbe reductioi&la the cost of Uvlng and to imply S e l e a s t - A h a t the ordinary workman; Isfflitltled to noth­ing more than enougln,to provide him' with food and shelter .sufflcient to keep him in condition to Trork for his em-ploycrs'-profit. 'Vi

-At least -wo have noticed no effort on the part of our-niathematlcal wiz­ards to -figure out ihoAWmuch above a bare subsistence .the' worker ought to have tor bis labor, wKlch is his only naset. It would be Interesting to soe some figures on this Idljiortant matter.

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To the owner of a Harley-Davidson, summer's heat

does not mean confinement in the stuffy, smelly city, n'of yet riding in slow, crowded street cars. He has the key to cool retreats, where the clea» breezes blow. He takes Her with him in the sidecar ond thui-pves pleasure and doubles his own.

For year 'round outdoor sport that never loses its hold on you, get • Harley-Dnvidson Motorcyde.

We invite you to drop in and talk i t over.

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FIRST thing you do next — go get some makin's

papers and some Prince Albert tobacco and puff away on a home made cigarette that will hit on all your smoke cylinders!

No use sitting-by and say­ing maybe you'll cash this hunch tomorrow. Do it while the going's good, for man-o-man, you can't figure out whatyou'repassingby! Such flavor, such coolness, such more-ish-ness—^well,the only, way to get the words em­phatic enough is to go to it and know yourself I

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C0.\tM0mVEAI7rH OF MASSAOHC-SKTTS. Middlesex, BS. Probate Court.

To the helrs-at-law, next ot kin, creditors, and all other porsone Inter­ested In tho estate ot HELEN M. MOORE, lato ot Qroton In said County, deceased. Intestate.

Whereas a petition has been present­ed to said Court to grant a,lettor ot ad­ministration on tho estate of nald do-cea.>N>d to HA'ROLD H. 'WOODS .of Oro­ton In tho County of Middlesex, 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, o n . t h e twenty-third day ot May A.D. 1921, at nine o 'c lockln the torcnoon, to ehow cause It any you have, why -the samo Bhouid not Ub granted.- '

And the petitioner Is hereby dlreeted to give publle notice'thereof, by pub­llahlng this clUitlon onco In each week, for threo ijuccesslve weeks. In the Oro­ton I.-\ndmnrk. a newspaper publlahed s.tid County, ^the Inst publication to be one day, at least, before sBid Court.- '

Witness. Gcorge K Lawton, Esquire,-Pirst .Tndgc of enld Oourt, this second day of May In the year ono thounand nine- hundred nnd twenty-one'.-

3136 - P. MtESTY, Register.

COMMONWEAtWH OF MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, ss. Probate Court.

To the helrB-at-la'w, next of kin knd all other persona Interested In tbo es­tate ot MART E. AD'AMS late Of Shir­ley In said Coun-ty. deceased.

.fVhereas, » oertaln >n«lrament pur­porting to be the-, last 'will and teata-mont of isald deceased, bas beon pre­sented to oold Court, for Probate, by ED'VVTARD a. AO/Htis and ALMOND M. WINO- -who pray that letters tes ta­mentary may be Issued to them, the executors therein named, without g i v ­ing ai surety on their offlclal botia.

Tou are hereby cited to .appear at a Probate Court, to be held at Cambrldiro In said Coonty of Mlddleaex. on tfe thlrty-flrst day of May A. D. l M t , - « t nine o'elock In the, forenoon, to •nO'ir cauae. It any you have, why the MnM should not tie granted. ; ' ,,^ • And iiald petitioner la hereby dl^ee-' ted to -g ive -publ ic notice'tbereof, Vr publishing thla citation 6ne« In tamsii week, for three «iioce««lre week*. In The .Shirley Oracle.-»., newapaper pub­lished In said County,.Ith*'i»«t publl­cntion to>?be, one day, at- least , betoro said Court,-ftnd by mailing post-paid, or delivering a copy .ot this cltniloit «o all known persons, interested in tn* estate, eev^n days at leRat before sat*

' -•Wlthcs»,' Oeorge;'tvialvlon Eiioulr». First" Judge ,Of WW-Court, th'- -—•"-doy of May ln;,tKe: yea.t on* t.

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. c o u p l o o f s e a t s d e c o r a t e d i n r e a d i n e s s f o r t h e b r i d a l c o u p l e . T h e y a l s o p r e ­s e n t e d t h e m -wi th a s u m of m o n o y . M r . a n d M r s . M a c k l i n t o o k t h e t r a i n g o i n g t o w a r d W o r c e s t o r , a n d a r o e.x-p e e t e d . t o r e t u r n t o t h e h o s p i t a l a f t e r a s h o r t h o n e y m o o n . " - -

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M r . a n d M r s ^ H . H . G a y " h a v e r e ­c e i v e d w o r d t r o m H o b o k e n , N . J . , t h a t t h e b o d y o f t h e i r s o n , L a u r e n c e W . G a y , o f . H e d d q u a r t ' e r s C o m p a n y ,

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J n t h i s t o w n I s e x p e c t e d t h e first o t n e x t w e e k , t w h e n i t I s p l a n n e d t o h a v e a m e m o r i a l s e r v i c e I n t h e C o n ­g r e g a t i o n a l c l j u r c h . .

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- T h u r s d a y , M a y 2 9 , i n t h e C o n g r e g a ­t i o n a l v e s t r y . - T h i s m e e t i n g w i l l b e o b s e r v e d a s l a d l e s ' n i g h t a n d a l a r g e a t t e n d a n c e Is. e x p e c t e d . T h e s p e a k e r

; U t o b e W a r d e n S h a t t u c k o t t h e s t a t e p r i s o n a t C h a r l e s t o w n . H e w i l l b r i n g w i t h h i m o n e , o t h i s c h a p l a i n s a n d w i l l I l l u s t r a t e h i s t a l k w i t h s t e r e o p t i ­c o n v i e w s . A n u n u s u a l l y fine s u p p e r

V I U b e s e r v e d a t s o v e n . o ' c l o c k .

- T h e t h i r d I n t h e s e r i e a ' o f M a y m e e t i n g s , h e l d - I n t h e t o w n h a l l o n l a s t S u n d a y e v e n i n g , w a s a d d r e s s e d J » y } . J l o v . _ - p . F . r S t u r g e s o f G r a c e c h ' u r t h . P r o v i d e n c e , R , I . H i s s u b j e c t • w a s t a k e n f r o m a p o r t i o n o t t h e s c r i p ­t u r e l e s s o n r e a d b y R e v . S h e r r a r d B i l l i n g s o f t h e G r o t o n S c h o o l , h i s - t e x t b e i n g f o u n d i n J o h n 1 4 : 1 7 , " X e K n o w H i m ; f o r H & d w e l l e t h w i t h y o u , a h d s h a l l b e I n y o u . " H e s p o k e o f a n i n t e r e s t i n g b i b l e c l a s s w h i c h h e h a d t a u g h t d u r i n g t h e y e a r , c o m p o s ­e d b f OIHcers t r o m t h e 1 0 3 r d F i e l d A r t i l l e r y o f R h o d e I s l a n d , a n d s a i d o n e o f t h e f e a t u r e s o f t h e c l a s s w o r k w a s t h e p r i v i l e g e s t h e s t u d e n t s h a d o f a s k i n g a n y q u e s t i o n s o f ' t h e i r t e a c h e r . O n e o t t h e flrst q u e r i e s p r e ­s e n t e d t o h i m , h e s a i d , w a s " W h a t I s t h e H o l y G h o s t ? " T h e s p e a k e r d e ­s c r i b e d t h e I n f l u e n c e o t t h e H o l y S p i r i t i n t h e l i t e , a s t h e p r o o f o f I t s p r e s e n c e t h e r e . T h e n e x t m e e t i n g w i l l h a v e t o r t h c s p e a k e r R e v . A l e x ­a n d e r M c C o l l , D . D . , o t P h i l a d e l ­p h i a , P a .

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, a m o n g t h e m a g a i n . M r . a n d M r s . L e e B i x b y a r e t o b e

c o n g r a t u l a t e d o n t h e a r r i v i i l o t t h e i r s o n R i c h a r d , w e i g h i n g 7 i,j p o u n d s , S u n d a y , M a y 15 .

T h e J u n i o r B i r d c l u b w e r e f o r t u ­n a t e in h a v i n g a p l c - i s a n t a t t e r n o o n o n M o n d a y f o r t h e i r b i r d w a l k . T h o u K h t h e a t t e n d a n c e \v.as . s m a l l e r t h a n u s u a l , t h o s e p r e s e n t f o u n d t h e d a y v e r y f a v o r a b l e f o r g e t t i n g a c ­q u a i n t e d w i t h t h e i r f e a t h e r e d f r i e n d s . yive m e m b e r s o t t h e S e n i o r B i r d c l u b w e n t w i t h t h e m , a m o n g t h e m I * « v . ^ I r , A m e s , m u c h t o t h e p l e a s u r e o f t h e p t h e r c l u b m e m b e r s . A b o u t f o u r t e e n b i r d s w e r e i d e n t i f i e d , a n d a n u m b e r of w i l d floivers, A n u m b e r o f t h e s e b i r d s h a d n o t b e e n s e e n o n t h e e a r l i e r w a l k s , s u c h a s t h e b r o w n t h r a s h e r , r e d s t a r t , b a r n s w a l l o w M a r y l a n d y e l l o w - t h r o a t , b l a c k a n d w h i t e w a r b l e r a n d t h e b o b o l i n k .

M r . a n d J l r s . K i m b a l l , of A m e s ­b u r y , w i t h o t h e r s o t t h e i r f a m i l v , c a l l e d u p o n t h e i r s o n , H a r o l d K i n i ­b a i l , l a s t S u n d a y , r e t u r n i n g h o m o t h e s a m e d a y , n n d t a k i n g t h o i r g r a n d ­d a u g h t e r , E r l e n e K i m b a i l , -n-ith t h e m M i s s D o r o t h y J o n e s , w h o h . i s b e e n v i s i t i n s M r , a n d .Mrs. E . C. .Mac­k e n z i e , a l s o w e n t -ivith t h e m o n h e r w a y h o m e ,

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A t t h e B a p t i s t c h u r c h o n . 'Sunday R e v . G e o r g e W, .Vead . c o m m a n d e r of t h e p o s t o t t h e C . A. R . in .N 'o rwood w i l l s p e a k a t a p a t r i o t i c s o r v i c e a t f o u r o ' c l o c k in t h e a f t e r n o o n , a t w h i c h t h e E . S. C l a r k p o s t , G. A R t h e E . S, C l a r k W . R . c , t h e m e m ' ­b e r s of t h e I . . a u r e n c e W . G a y i i o s t A L . , a n d a n y v e t e r a n s of t h e S p a n i s h w a r in t o w n a r e i n v i t e d t o bo p r e s ­e n t .

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• c a t l o n a l m i s s i o n a r y w o r k In T u r k e y , w a s i n t e n s e l y i n t e r e s t i n g . T h e I n c i ­d e n t s r e l a t e d b y h i m o t t h e r e w a r d s w h i c h h e h a d r e c e i v e d f o r h i a w o r k b y m e e t i n K h i s f o r m e r p u p i l s d o i n g s u c c e s s f u l w o r k i n v a r i o u s - l i n e s w e r e m o s t i n i p r e s s i v e . H i s d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e s i t u a t i o n in w-h i ch t h e mlssloi^-;-a r i e s f o u n d t h e m s e l v e s d u r i n g t h e r e ­c e n t w a r g a v e h i s h e a r e r s a r e a l i z a ­t i o n , t o s o m e e x t e n t , o t t h e b i g o t r y o t t h e " u n s p e a k a b l e T u r k , " e s p e c i a l l y i n h i s t r o a t m e n t . o f t h e A r m e n i a n s . T h e a n t h e m b y t h e c h o i r , " S e n d o u t t h y U g h t , " w a s m o s t s u i t a b l e t o r a m i s s i o n a r y s e r v i c e . T h e r e s p o n s e w a s t h c flnal c h o r u s t r o m M e n d e l s s o h n ' s " S t . P a u l , " " K f o w l o v e l y a r e t h e m e s ­s e n g e r s . " b y a t r i o o t l a d i e s ' v o i c e s . T h e d e c o r a t i o n s t o r t h e d a y w e r e o f t h e f r a R r a n t w h i t e l i l a c s a n d t h e p i n k a n d w h i t e b u s h h o n e y s u c k l e . T h e s u b j e c t t o r t h e s t u d y o t t h e m e n ' s t o p i c c l a s s o n S u n d a y w i l l b e " D o i n g t h e I m p o s s i b l e . "

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• H o n r y G. T u r n e r and H o w a r d M. Bover ly r e tu rnod Monday • f rom ; a weok-end mo to r t r i p to Whitcfleld and o t h e r points In tho AVhite Moun­ta ins .

M I B S R u t h Ha r low en t e r t a ined a S i m m o n s collego c lassmate , Mlss G e r t r u d e Holden, of Nat ick , ovor t h e week -end .

Mlsa Evelyn Johnson , H i g h s t ree t , observed her flftecnth b i r t h d a y a n ­n iversa ry wi th a pa r t y a t h e r home, a t t e n d e d by hcr young f r iends . Mlss Prlscll l t i Durgin, a cousin, of W o r ­cester, was arnong t h e gues t s p r e s ­ent . She had been he r gues t for severa l days, Jirrlving In t i m e t o ' a t ­tend the a n n u a l concer t of t h e h igh school .

Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Griffln have moved from the Butterf leld a p a r t ­m e n t s to the u p p e r t e n e m e n t In El lexia D. M a r t e n ' s • house a t t h e corner of Sohool a n d P r o s p e c t s t ree ts .

Mlss Mary Cleary suffered a severe sp ra ined ank le a s she s t a r t ed down a s t a i rcase whilo a t t e n d i n g t h e b i r t h ­day p a r t y given to Mlss Evelyn J o h n s o n lost .Saturday evening.

The g a m e scheduled last S a t u r d a y be tween the high school t e am ^ l i d t h e Gro ton School 2d t eam was can- ' celled.

The flre d e p a r t m e n t was called out lost . S u n d a y af te rnoon for a s l ight blaze a t t h e shop of Alfred E. Tl tus P a r k s t ree t . The fire s t a r t ed from a n oil stove, bu t was ex t inguished be­fore t h e a r r iva l of the firemen.

A m o n g the Ayer and C a m p Dovens Sh r lne r s who a t t ended a ce remonia l of Aleppo Temple In Boston, lost week F r i d a y evening were H a r r y S Bray , Dr. E. B. Butterfleld, ' Lieut ' H a r r y Curry , Capt . H a r r y L. Dief­fenbaugh , Daniel \V. F le t che r , Sergt H e c t o r L a m o t h e , Lieut . G r a e m e G P a r k s , Major H a r r y C. Peavey, Her ­be r t H . P r o c t o r and H e n r y G. T u r n e r Messrs . Bray , Curry , L a m o t h e , P a r k s a n d P r o c t o r were a m o n g those who essayed to follow t h e "Orienta l G u i d e " across the ho t sands . Lieut Cur ry Is a n old college football s t a r a n d was chosen for W a l t e r Camp ' s Al l -Amer lcan eleven of a few years ago .

Mrs. Wa l t e r F le tcher , w h o was called to X a s h u a last week F r i d a y by t h e dea th of a cousin, was h o m e on Sunday , bu t r e t u r n e d aga in to ^ . a s h u a for the funera l on Monday.

A special communica t i on of Caleb Bu t l e r lodge of Masons will be held on Monday evening a t seven o'clock. W o r k — M a s t e r Mason degree . Th i s specia l communica t i on Is compl i ­m e n t a r y to t h e m e m b e r s of t h e craf t ' a t C a m p Devens. A lunch will be served.

T h e following roal e s t a t e t r ans fe r s m th is distr iot have been recent ly re­c o r d e d : Ashby, Louis M. P i p e r to C G obe; Boxborough, George F . Mao-Gl loray to R. E. -Whitcomb; Groton, George F . Maggee to A. F . Miller, J o s e p h O. Marcela is to B . A. Cun­n i n g h a m ; Char les F . Moody to F Blood; Li t t le ton, Alice M. H a r t w e l i et a l to B. W. Lyons ; Li t t le ton and Box-S.°''?,V.f?; Alber t Sa rgen t et al to G. E . Wllklns , t w o ; Peppere l l . Susan L Cal lum et al to F . O. P a r k e r , Minnie L. G r a i i a m et a l to J . L. Sullivan N o r t h Middlesex Savings Bank to E. G. H a m m o n d ; Shirley, H e n r y W. F a r ­r a r et a l to L. M. Colpit ts ; Westford, A. G e r t r u d e Comstock et al to Her ­m a n Langev ln et u s . ; H a r v a r d , Delia F o r d to Jo seph F . Fo rd . E m o g e n c A. Gale e t al to A r t h u r J . W h i t c o m b ; i .ml ly G. T u r n e r to Jesse T. Bo t tom-ley, E m i l y G. T u r n e r to A r t h u r H T u r n e r , Alber t I. H o u g h t o n to J a m e s A. Murch ie , J a m e s A. Murch ie to Ar­t h u r J . Whi tcomb.

¥ ' " -„^" '^ „^^" ' Aust in E. L a w r e n c e a n d Mrs. Grace A. Lentz, who left Ayer eat>ly last week F r i d a y m o r n i n g en r o u t e for Sprlngfleld to a t t e n d a m e e t i n g of t h e g r a n d c h a p t e r of the E a s t e r n Star , were severely s h a k e n up a n d the la t t e r painful ly bruised, when Mr. Lawrence ' s car , a Bulck coupe, sk idded on the wet p a v e m e n t in- t h e subtrrbS'-.-ol "Worcester and criished into a te lephone pole. After the ladles had received flrst a id they were b r o u g h t home by Avery B Smith , who drives a publ ic ca r in Ayer. Mrs. Lentz Is a t the home of he r pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs . George B Turner , E a s t Main s t ree t . At the latest r epo r t .Mrs. Lentz was conflned to hor bed and does not show any improvemen t . While no in te rna l In­ju r ies a r e in.dicated she is still suffer­ing from the shock to he r nerves .

A dee r was seen Sunday a f te rnoon on t h e hlll coming from the George J . B u r n s g rounds , across Wash ing ton street , and going down H o w a r d s t ree t t h r o u g h D. w . F le tcher ' s land to the woods.

.Mrs Rober t F . M u r p h y left last S a t u r d a y to Join her husband in Ber­lin. .Md.-

-Mr. and .Mrs. Eve re t t Young aftd d . iughter Bor tha . of .Medford, and Mrs. H a r r y Archer , of Wes t Med­ford, were Sunday gues ts of Mr. and Mrs. F r anc i s Lovejoy.

The east t enemen t in the double house owned by A r t h u r B . Dykes Eas t .Main s treet , occupied bv J a m e s u a l l a c e , has been wired for electr i ­city.

Will iam S. Ga rdne r is employed a t the c a r b a r n of the Lowcll and F i tch­b u r g ra i l road .

Mrs. F:dwin H. Burkh<irdt and dau.crhtor Beverly of Holvoke .ire visit­ing .Mrs. B u r k h a r d t ' s pa ren t s , Mr. and .Mrs. Samuol H. Proc tor .

'The St. .Mary's A. C. will hold a social dance in H a r d y ' i hnll on F r iday evening. .May 27. Music by Cole­man s o r c h e s t r a of F i t c h b u r g .

The la.it big dance will be held .at city hail, F i t chburg . Tuesday evening .May 24. An exhibit ion will be given by Danny Duggan and Ml.s.q Pierce l .arge ext ra a t t r a c t i on—8 to 1.

The Hale club met Tuesday af ter­noon wi th Mrs. Ba rke r .

Tho Howe cluh mot T h u r s d a v af ter­noon ins tead of Fr iday, In o rde r not to conflict with the indoor picnic.

The percen tage of a t t ondance in the r n i t a r l a n ohurch sohool l.i.st .sJundav was SO.

Goorgo Willi.s i.s makinc; oxt.^n.sive i m p r o v e m e n t s in his residence. Hc Is h.iving a veranda liuilt -and do rmer window.s pu t in. In.side im pro\-cments include a fireplace nnd hardwood lloors. . i , r t

Tho . \yer Tanning Co. has resumed opera t ion of a pnrt of the i r plnnt, which was closed J a n u a r y 1. The flnlshing d e p a r t m e n t is r u n n i n g Thc o the r d e p n r t m e n t s will resume oper ­a t ion and tho force of cmplove*< will bc incrcn-sed accordingly in the near future.

Thero will bo a free lec ture on Chris t ian Science by Willis F . Gross, C. S. H., of Boston, Sunday af ternoon .May 22. at 3.1.1 o'clock in thc town hall, to whieh the public Is invited.

Menioriai day, M.iy 30, the G. A. R. po.st will leave Ayer nt 8.15 nnd will a r r ive nt Harvnrd a t 8.4S. a r r ive nt Bellevue at H.'IS. Shir ley nt 10.15. Shirley I 'enter nt 11.30 w'here dinnei-will he served nt 12. They will a r r ive at .«t Mary 's cemetery , Ayer, nt 3, nt Ayer .'It 4 and Woodlawrt c e m e t e r y nt l.no. Conirndes r e m e m b e r the school exercises at town hnll a t two On F r i ­dny, .May 27 nnd Memorial Sunday. Mny 20. nt Tni ta r lan c h u r c h . H a r v a r d .

Clnrence M. Chij.sc, who hna been omployed nt the Talbot Company ' s c lo th ing s lore. hns entered the employ of the Chandle r Mnchinc Co.

Thc p lnns for the weekly ou t ing Of the J u n i o r Bird club for S a t u r d n y a r c unusua l ly nt t rnct lve. W e a t h e r per­mi t t ing , t hc m e m b e r s will spend t h e day wi th the i r president , Mrs. R a l p h Wylle, a t he r cot tage nt Sandy pond, s tudy ing the birds and wild flowem on tho g r o u n d s and woods nearby . Those p l a n n i n g to go a r c asked to c a r r y a picnic lunch and t a k e tho eleven o'olock cnr a t the foot of Co­lumbia s t ree t .

Mrs. F r a n k W. P a l m e r , of Dorches­ter , Is vis i t ing h c r pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs . S a m u e l J . Andrew.

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Holy, communion and s e r m o n a t St. A n d r e w ' s church on Sunday morning- a t 10.45. Tho S u n d a y school mee t s a t twelve o'clock.

R a l p h W, Nlxoh, of Boston, f o rm­er ly of th i s town, and Mlss Made l ine 0 . Pa r sons , of Tewksbury, were m a r ­r ied In Brookl ino on May 2, Rev . E u g e n e R. Shlppen of the Second c h u r c h of Boston performli jg t h e ce remony. Mr. and Mrs. J I a y n a r d F . Moseley, of Allston. were p resen t a t t h e ceremony^ Mr. Moseley h a v i n g served wi th t h # groom dur ing t h e i r twe lve -mon ths ' aervlce In t h e wor ld war .

. r . ^ r s - Alice Mead and he r niece, -Miss R u t h Hunt ington, went last week F r i d a y to .New Haven, Conn., to vis i t t h e Dr. Arnold School o t Gymnast ics , and Miss Hunt ing ton ex­pects t o - e n t e r th is school on Sep tem­ber 15.

T i m o t h y Cleary, master , and F r a n k A. Cash, senior deacon, of Caleb Bu t ­ler lodgo of Masons, motored to Con­cord on Monday evening to a t t e n d the dedica t ion of the new .Masonic temple erec ted by Corinthian lodgo of Concord. >'%.o>>

Capt. George V. Barre t t c a m p , S. of v., will be guests of Aver Grange at a suppor and social hour next W e d ­nesday evening in HardVs hal l a t 6.30 o'clock.

-Mrs. F r a n k Maxant and son H e n r y have a r r ived from Chicago. They wlll r e t u r n the re in June for thc g r a d -uatloji o t Mlas Lucy .Maxant. They a ro to reside hero permanent ly .

ivt t he r egu l a r convocation of B a n ­croft Roya l Arch chap te r on Tuesday evening a large class received t h e Pas t Mas te r degree, with a la rgo n u m b e r of member s and visi tors present . A d inner was served In t h e banque t ha l l a t abou t 7.30, M r B : E . H. Bigelow, caterer . Fol lowing t h e d inner R. E. Solon Wilder of Ga rd ­ner a n d sui te m a d e the offlclal a n ­nual vis i ta t ion. The Most Excel lent Master degree was then conferred on the class t h a t had reoeived thc P a s t Master degree before the dinner^ Fol lowing t h e work Mr. Wilder , tho distr ict depu ty g rand high priest , spoke briefly. Members of his su i te also m a d e r e m a r k s . Among the o th ­er visi tors f rom out of town w e r e H a r l a n d E. Cate . H. I. Fiske, E u g e n e L. T l n k h a m , Char les F . Merril l a n d Albert H. Woodhead . of Mllford, Levi E. Smith , H. D. B u r n h a m , H e n r y F : Howe, Wil l iam C. A. Herr , George R. Warfleld, H e n r y Leland, H a r r y W. I re land , H. K. Godfrey and M. N. Wr igh t of Gardner .

Caleb Bu t l e r lodge of Masons h a s Just received a handsomely f r amed por t r a i t of a m e m b e r killed overseas du r ing t h e war . The p h o t o g r a p h Is by B a c h r a c h of Boston and bea r s t h e following inscr ip t ion: 'Bro . R i c h ­mond Young, 1st lieut., Co. K, SSth Infantry, 3d Div., U. S. A. Born a t Boston, Mass., Sept. 13, 1891. Raised and becamo a m e m b e r In Caleb Bu t ­ler lodge May 24, 1918. Wounded In Argonne-Meuse flght Oct. 9, 1918. Died a t F leury-sur -AIre Oct. 10, 1918."

Thc Hil ls ide Whis t club me t Tues ­day a f te rnoon a t the home of Mrs F r a n k S. Bulkeley, W a s h i n g t o n street .

T h o m a s H. Miller, George H . Leavit t and H a r r y . S . Allen visited P e n t u c k e t lodge of Lowell on last T h u r s d a y evening, go ing In Mr. Mil­ler 's au tomobi le .

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UiUtarUm Cliurcl i . Sunday service: 10.45—Regular of­

flces and s e rmon . Offertory solo, Mrs. Wal t e r C. Sargent . P reache r , Rev. F r a n k B. Cranda l l . the minister . Sub ­ject, ' C h u r c h abave s ta te or s t a t e above c h u r c h — w h i c h ? "

The mus ic commit tee of t h e Uni­t a r i an c h u r c h met Monday evening a t the c h u r c h to consider the quest ion of a chu rch organ . Theodore W. B a r r y and Rev. F r a n k B. CrandaU a r c to go t o H a s t i n g s to consult wi th offlcials of the Hook & Has t ings Co.

At t h e Un i t a r i an chu rch W h i t s u n ­day was m a d e notable by a service of bapt ism, t h e first to be held in the chu rch In years . Fol lowing t h e p raye r offlce nine cand ida tes were presented , seven chi ldren and two young w o m e n . Using the t r ad i t i ona l ceremony. Rev. F r a n k B. Cranda l l adminis te red- the r i te a t t hc ga t e of the chancel . On a pedesta l Just w i th ­in the ga t e was the old pewte r b a p ­t ismal bowl which belonged to t h e original chu rch , the flrst house of worsh ip to be erected in town. The following received the r i t e : J a m e s , David Robinson and Joseph W a r r e n Bulkeley, Bonjamin F l agg Taft. Ra lph H o w a r d Wylie, Jr., and Mi.sses Pear l May Fle tcher , Helen Auth ie r , I r ene and Mabel McCollester.

On Sunday thc p reacher i\-ill delTl with the question w h e t h e r s t a t e or chu rch shall be supreme nnd indicate .the kind of supremacy tha t should be

• - he goal.

SATl7El)AT„j8IIAY. 21, 19^1 r

s tudied , t h e . course for thrpe years. •One' hou r of t ho p e r i o d -Was devoted to quest ions a n d specia l problems.

The af te rnoon session, from 1 to 3.30, was a genora l c lo th ing confer­ence. The s p e a k e r was Mrs. Ruth Stevens Reed, a n ass i s tan t , home dem­ons t ra t ion leader , of Amhers t , she spoke on t h e sub jec t , "The aims of organized c lo th ing efflclency work." and gavo a. d e m o n s t r a t i o n to indicate how was te mot ion can be eliminated In cut t ing, h a n d l i n g a n d finishing gar­ments . A ques t ion hour followed. Thc addres s a n d dcmonatra t ion show­ed he r hea re r s h o w women can main­ta in a w a r d r o b e a t a great saving of money, t ime, energy and materials.

Tho mee t ing w a s a r r anged by Mlss M. R. Ell ison, of Wal tham, home demons t ra t ion agent , and is supported by the Massachuse t t s Agricul tural college, the U. S. Depa r tmen t ot Agri­cu l tu re and the Middlesex County B u r e a u of Agr i cu l tu re and I lome Economics .

Dis t r ic t Cour t . The case of .Michael J. Cochrane ,

last Sa tu rday , charged with keep ing and exposing for sale in toxicat ing liquors, was cont inued until J u n e 11.

The m a t t e r of the disposal ot l iquor seized in two recent raids will also be considered a t t ha t date .

Stephen Merlaski of Pepperel l was in the Ayer court Tuesdav m o r n i n g charged with selling liquor. He was found guil ty and fined iln. He was al.so charged n-ith keeping and expos­ing for sale intoxicating liquors. He W.IS found guil ty on this charge , nlso. but the case was filed. As the mnn wns unable to pny his fine hc was com­mitted to Jail.

Chief, Dexter of Pepperell assLsted by Chief Dowling of Groton, ra ided Merl.iski 's place tho night hefore. find­ing two conta iners and some "moon­sh ine" in the pnntry. Mcrl.iski hnd. nlso, .nccordlng to the evidence, sold liquor to a s.illor. who Is a pat ient a t the convalescent hospltnl in Groton.

High .School Xcws. Tho Joint exhibit of the Middlesex

i"ounty Home Economics club and tho household a r t s depar tn icnt of Aver high school will be held nt the high school Tuesday. Mny 24, nt 3..'!0. George Far ley , st.ite agent, w-ill give a short t.ilk on cluh work. .Sewing of Ihe high school and grade cla.sses w-ill be exhibited and re f re shmen t s w-i:i i,e served by the cooking ola.s-ae«. The public Is cordiallv invited to a t ­tend.

The honors of thc senior cla.ss hnve been awarded ns follow-s: Dorothy <"arman, l . i w r e n c e Kennlson. EIlz,i-beth Cleary and l lelen Stono,

Mary r*lear>- of the f reshman class Is laid up w-ilh a sprained ank le and l.s unable t.-> a t tend school.

The date of the public speaking hns been set as .lune 3.

The seniors held a ^ I n s s moeling Tuesday to discuss plnns for the grnd-uatlon nnd reception.

Thc nnnual concert , w-hich wns held 'on Fr idny o t last w-eek. wns a t t ended by a large well-pleased audience. The work of the school chorus , directed by Miss Annie H. Pa lmer , .md nccom­panled by ^flss Helen Stone, b rought out mnny fnvornhio comments . The reader , Mrs. I rene Tarbeil At t r idge . was very woll received.

Ayer High wns defentcd In hasehnll Wednesday by Pepperel l high by a decided -oflf form, nnd hunched the i r error.1, while the i r opponents bunched the i r hi ts , a combinat ion which gnve Peppere l l t h c victory.

Orgiiiilzutloii Day ut Canii> Devens. Organizat ion day of the 13th Iiifan-

try was h e l d . a t Cump Devens all day Thursday , .May 19. Beginning a t nine a. m. a p r o g r a m of sj.orts was run oft w-lth all of the contestant.s being from thc 13th regiment . The list of events and the w-lnners' nanu-.s follow-: 50-vd dash, Pvt. Fa l l s , Co. K i»t Pvt Har ­rison, Co. B, 2d. I'vt. .Mitchell Co M, 3d; 100-yd. dash, Cpl. Turn Hu Co.. 1st. P\'t. Storey, Cu. B, 2d Pvt Llndqulst , Co. B, 3d; 1 mile relay racei won by team fi-om Hq. Co. (Corp Turn . Corp. Garis , I 'vts. Haves and Lovel l . ) ; sack r a e . . (.'orp. Blair Co B, 1st, Pvt. Cormeira , Co. K, 2d, Pvt. Rosen. How-ltzer Co, 3d; 3-legsed race, Corp. Bla i r and Pvt. Loftus, Co. B, 1st; Pvts . Gendreau and Cummings COi H. 2d, Pvts , Fos t e r and Wllburni Hq. 2d bn., 3d; shoe race, Dombores-ky, Pvt. Co. A, 1st, Sergt. Clark. Hq. Co., 2d, Pvt. Johnson . Howitzer Co., 3d; equipment race, Pvt. Dnvisgn Co. K, 1st, Pvt. Shea, Co. I., 2d, -Sorgt. -S'lcholson, Hq. Co., 3d; shot-put Pvt. Falls . Co. E, 1st, Pvt . Coke, Howitzer Co., 2d; Pvt . F. Hagger ty , Hq. Co., 3d; distance, 16 ft., 2 > inches; running broad Jump, Pvt . I.lndquist, Co B, 1st Pv t . Fal ls , -Co. E. 2d. I'vt. Upham, Hq! Co., 33. distance. 16 ft., 6 Inches.

Grenade thow-lng (accuracy and dis­t ance ) . All th ree p laces won by mem­bers of Hq, Co. T^vo ranges were used, tw-enty y a r d s and forty yards . 1st Sgt. H. F. J o n e s w-on flrst place with two hits out of t h r e e a t twenty yards, and three out of throe a t forty yards . Pvt. U p h a m took second place with three hits a t forty vards and one a t twenty yard.s, while Sergt. Nich­olson placed th i rd w-lth th ree hits a t twenty yards and one at forty.

The tug of war, the 3d bat ta l ion represented by Co. B, defeated the special units represen ted by the How--itzer (Do. In the semi-final. In the finals the 2d ba t ta l ion represented by Co. F defeated the 3d battal ion team. A special event, a mounted tug-ot -W a r between Cos. H and .JI. w-as won by thc former, main ly by reason of tho fact tha t the mules did not seem to approve of the idea of non-con­struct ive labor.

In the compet i t ive machine gun company drill Co. H, commanded by Capt. H a r r y Curry won over Co. M, commanded by Capt , Wal te r K. Wheelei-, 73 points to 67%. Capt. Wheeler ' s company made p. be t te r appea rance - In the fleld but lost the final decision in the Individual dis­moun t ing and assembl ing of thc Browning gun -when the private se­lected to r ep resen t the company locked his gun when he put it to ­gether .

In the rifie company compet i t ive drill, close order and manua l of a rms , Co. G, commanded by Capt. G. I. Cross, won over Co. K, commanded by 1st Lieut. H. -M. Reedal . 78.5 points to 73.5. Those two companies had been selected previously in elim­ination tr ials a s being the" two best organizat ions in dri l l ing.

. \ t noon, follow-ing the program of sports , holiday d inne r s were held in all of the companies ' mess halls after the o rde r of C h r i s t m a s celebrat ions.

.•\t tw-o o'clock in the afternoon, a ball g a m e w-as held on thc main par­ade ground betw-een t eams represent­ing the 13th and 36th infantries. The 1.1th used five p i t che r s in a futile a t ­tempt to slow up t h e heavy hit ters of the 36th but to no avail. Tho li;i;il score was 3Cth. IS ; 13th, :?.

Follow-ing the g a m e was a haif-mile horse race which was won by I 'enninger of h e a d q u a r t e r s , ,".d liat­talion. At five o'clock came thc reg­imenta l parade w-ith full ceremony.

In Liberty t h e a t r e a t 7.30. ('apt. Judson Hannigan addressed the mem-hei-s of the conim,ind, the i r friemls and families, and outsido guest.s or. the subject of " T h c 13th infantry.— its history and t r ad i t ions . " C.-ipt. Hannigan has been bu t a few- month.s with the 13th infantry , but had much mater ia l at his disposal and spoke in­terest ingly on the his tory of the regi­m e n t from its beg inn ingg in the lat­ter par t of the e igh teen th century. Trophies , medals and o the r prized souvenirs of the 13th infantry wero on display nt thc t h e a t r e . Following the address the usual motion picture show w-as held, p rac t ica l ly all of the audience r ema in ing as the guests of the 13th regiment .

During thc ent i re d.iy and evenins the 13th infantry hand, under the able direction of Sergt . Gene B o m m -hard t . rendered band and orchestr. l l music.

Shanahan , of Arllntrto.D; a son, J o h n J. Rynn, of Erle,'^ P« . ; - a brother , T h o m a s F . Rynn , ' l in . a a sistor, Mrs. Bridget SulUvan, ot- Ayor. •

St. Mary ' s D n u n a t l c Society. "Tho t lmo of h i s l ife," a thrcc-act

farce which k e p t a crowded house In laughte r for t h r e e solid hour.s, was presented a t t h e town hall on last Monday evening by t h e niembers of St. .Mary's D r a m a t i c society. The per­formance , w-hlch m a r k e d the debut of the society In the ' f lo ld of dramatics , was a very c red i t ab le o n t for begln-

•»*r8. Fast id ious gues t s ' a r r ive suddenly

and Mrs. Qrcy pers i iades her brother, Tom Carter , to • Irapcrsoiiute the a b ­sent colored bul ler . Tom' s sweet­hear t , Doro thy Landon , arr ives unex­pectedly with t h e sucs t s , .Mr. and .Mrs. Wydombo. -Mr. Wycombe is a fussy old jK'Sslmist • wi th t h r e e pet hobbies, his heal th , flre . a n d burglar.s. His anxiety abou t the former , during the dinner scene In t h e second act, pro­vides unlimited a m u s e m e n t . The ab ­sent but ler r e t u r n s and many cumpll-cat lons ensue. Mrs , -Grey ' s liuslxind, r e tu rn ing lato f rom a business trip, is a i )p rehended . Jn the l ibrary at two o'clock In t h e m o r n i n g by .\ir. Wy­combe, who m i s t a k e s h im for a burg­lar. T h e ent i re house Is ;iroused and af ter j nany exp lana t ions on all .sides, every th ing is onoo m o r e adjusted. .Ml resolve to be good .friends m the fu­ture a n d to~ forget t h e terrible mixup t h a t h a s occurred.

Leonard Bancrof t , a s the real Uncle To.m, thc colored bljtler, played his pa r t like a professional . H.s make-up was faultless and bis langua^-e and s tage manner i sms shbwed tluu he had a perfect concep t .of tlie cluiracter which he was por t r ay ing .

To Richard McCar thy and .Marv Mc­Car thy fell t h e t I t l e . roKs of .Mrs. Grey and her brothor , T o m Carter . They were involved In nea r ly every incident in the play. T o memor ize their parts was a task in itself. Yet in this re­spect, thcy never e-ven faltered. I 'er-fectly a t ease and wi th wonderful self-composure, they a ided greatlv in car ­rying along thc play with .sm'oothness and precision.

-Upon Dr. J . W a l t e r Desmond tell the bu rden of providing most ot the m e r r i m e n t In the play, in his imper ­sonat ion of the fussy old pessimist, Mr. Wycombe, he acqui t ted himself admirab ly . T ime af ter t ime ho was called upon to In t roduce some now element ot h u m o r Into the situations, and playing upon his th ree hobbies of hea l th , fire and burg lars , he succeed­ed in keeping t h e comedy at a h igh pitch. Each en t r ance was the s ignal for a roar of l a u g h t e r which subsided only when he withdrew-.

H e was ably assisted by Prisci l la Mullin, who took t h e p a r t of Mrs. Wy­combe, a "personage of some; Import ­ance. " Her constant-effort w a s to re­s t ra in the eccentr ici t ies ot her hus ­band. Her c lear enuncia t ion , her ca lm and t ranqui l manne r , and he'r freedorri from a n y t h i n g even resem­bling nervousness m a r k her- a s one po-ssessing cons iderable ability in the line of d ramat ics .

Christ ine WIsmer , a s Doro thy Lan ­don; Joseph B e a d y , as Bob Grey; J o h n Ryan, a s J a m e s L a n d o n ; and Pau l Mullin, a s Officer Hogan m a d e up the balance of t h e cast . The i r favorable - -ork m a d e the cast a w-ell-balanced onc, -as they p l a y e d their re­spective par ts w i t h niiich ea rnes tness and enthusiasm. ;

Special scenery sectired for the oc­casion did much t o e n h a n c e the beauty of the stage, wh ich In its ordi ­nary s tate is un fo r tuna t e ly ent i rely unfitted for such produc t ions . Those w-ho saw the s tage oh; Monday even­ing can realize wha t tlie Judicious ex­pend i tu re ot .1 Uttle- money might m a k e pcwslble In the way of equipping a s tago which Is used so frequently dur ing t h e year fOj- product ions ot yar lous kinds. Between ac t tw-o and ac t three , little Doro thy Donovan, a danseuse of the age ; of five, en ter ­tained with a very graceful exhibition ot toe dancing. Dur ing the evening E m a n u e l P e r r e a u U ass is ted a t the piano. ' - " T * - ' ' -

New Advcr t l scmct i t s

FOIt SAI.K — Two double-seated v.agons and Walter .A. Wood mow-lng ir.achino, two horse, S , ft. cut ter bar ^vith two new knives. All in good con­dition. Tel. 77-22, .\Ter. 2t3S

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R l . P O R T O F T I I E ADVISORY COUIMITTEE

Clothing Efllclency Conference. A c lo th ing efflclency conference, rt

p a r t of t h e co-operat ive extension work in a g r i c u l t u r e and homo, eco­nomics of t h e s ta te , was held n t t h e Board of T r a d e rooms on W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g and af te rnoon, a largo n u m ­be r of w o m e n of Ayer and thb su r -r o u n a i n g t o w n s a t tendlnt r tho sca-Rlons. -

Tho m o r n i n g session, wh ich las ted from nine to twelve o'clock, waa for tho a d v a n c e d clothing- efflclency g r o u p s In Li t t le ton, H a r v a r d a n d F i t c h b u r g ; ladles w h o h a d a l r e a d y

Fodorated Ciiurch Notes . Rev, C. E. .Spaulding. D. D., super­

intendent of the Worces t e r dis t r ic t of the Methodist Episcopa l church , will preach Sundny m o r n i n g a t 10.45. Bible school at twelve. Young peo­ple's meeting at (5.30. Miss R u t h H a r ­low, leader. Evening w-orship a t 7.30. Musio by a giris ' c h o r u s conducted by .Mrs. Wal ter C. Sargent ,

.•\ meeting of the W o m a n ' s Mission­a ry society will be held on Tuesday af ternoon nt 2.30. and will be ad­dressed by Miss M. J. Gllson. formerly of ACricn. The women ' s organizat ions ot the locnl chu rches nre Invited.

( l ir ls ' chorup on Thursd. iy evcnlnir a t seven o'clock. Mid-w-eok service at eight o'clock.

A patr iot ic and niemoria l service will he held on Sund.iy evening. May 29. at 7.30, addressed hy General Hersey.

Don III. The tow-n w-.i.s called this w-eek to

mourn the dea th of a well-known resident when Michael Frnncis Rynn pa.ssed aw-ny very suddenly nt his homc on West Main s t reet . Ho was appa ren t ly very w-ell on Sunday- morn­ing and In the evening he w-,i.s dead.

'The funeral was h e l d - from St. M.iry's church on ^Vednesday m o r n ­ing, a requiem high mass being ob­served by Rcv. T. J. Brennan . The pnll henrers w-ere Joseph SulUvan, F r a n k Culllnan, F r n n k Murphy nnd Jan ies Callahan, of Aycr, Pa t r i ck L. Donahue, of Roxbury , and Goorgc Keat ing, of Lowell.

Mr. Rynn was a scholar ly m a n of nbllity. a business m a n and alw-ays interested in the ques t ions of thc day. He w-ns born in Kl l lmaly , I re land, on .March 27, 1S46. nnd wns only pnst his seventy-fifth b i r thdny . His pnr-ents w-erc Pa t r i ck and Mary ((ion-ncll) Rynn, with w h o m ho camo to Groton In his y o u t h , a n d he re he was educated .

Thc decca-sod w a s a t onc t ime cm-ployed by thc Ames P low Company, in w-hlch hc wns n t one; t ime pny-ninster. Af t e rwards h e "acted In thc capaci ty a s t r ave l ing sa lesman for the Vacuum OU Compnny , a b ranch of the S tandard Oil Company , which had the t e r r i t o ry eas t of thc Hudson river, H e wen t to Sprtogflcld In 1885. whero h e h a d hla homo unti l 1908, w h e n ' hc r e t u r n e d to Ayer, where he h a s since resided.

In 1866, Mr. R y n n wa.? uni ted in m a r r i a g e to Miss M a r y Keat ing, of Lowell, who survives h im. Ho Is nlao survived by four d a u g h t e r s , Mrs. J o h n Vincent , of -New York city, Mrs. B. J . Donnelly, of Lynn, Mrs . Wll l lam l A d -dcn, of Sprlngfleld, a n d Mrs. T. J .

^^'e have examined the w a r r a n t for tho special tow-n nieet ing called for Fr iday. May 20, 1?21 a t 7.30 p. m. and h.ive conferred w i th thc school comnii t tee and selectmen. We make no repor t on articles 2 a n d 3 rela t ing to the equipment of t h e w-ater de-p, i r tment as w-e are informed by the selectmen tha t fur ther t ime for the investigation of cei-tain now bids w-lll be required, .-md tha t no fu r the r ap ­propria t ion will be a.sked for any ad­dit ional equipment t h a t m a y be pur­chased for the pumping s ta t ion .

Article 4 is as follo'ws: To see if the tow-n w-ill raise and

appropr i a t e the sum of $1300 for the purpose of installing su i t ab le toilet f«cilities at the Wash ing ton s t ree t and East .Main stroet school build­ings.

The . school commit tee des i re to re­move the outhouses a t the Wash ing ­ton street and I-;ast Main s t reet schools and install^ m o d e r n toilet facilities in substi't'ution therefor . The re Is no doubt t ha t th i s would be a desirable impro\-ement. Tho only quest ion is whether it shou ld be done at tho pies'-nt timo. The cost of thc equipment is es t imated a t $900. the rest nf the app rop r i a t i on askod for being for the expenso of instal la­tion. We feel thnt wc h a v e n ' t suf­flcient infonnat ion to r e c o m m e n d any spocific amount for this purpose . Wc suggest , hewever. that , if nny money Is appropr ia ted under th i s a r t ic le , it should be in the form of a n add i ­t ional approiir iat ion for "school In­c iden ta l s" ra ther than a specific a p ­propr ia t ion for the Insta l la t ion of toilet facilities This will , enab le the commi t t ee to use nny unMcpended ba lance for general r epa i r s .

Article .') is .ns follows: To tiee if the tow-n wlll ra i se and

a p p r o p r i a t e the sum of $20(50 In o rde r to compensate the school d e p a r t m e n t for the fnilure of t h e expected re­imbursement from tho c o m m o n ­w-ealth.

This art icle is not In p r o p e r form but It la probnbly b r o a d e n o u g h to au thor ize nn addi t ional a p p r o p r i a t i o n for " s c h o o l s ' which Is w h a t Is real ly wan ted .

U n d e r the law In . ex i s t ence nt tho t ime of the annua l m e e t i n g (Genera l Laws, chap te r 70) t h c s t a t e t r e a s u r e r annua l ly on or befor'o N o v e m b e r 15th was r equ i r ed , t o pay to t h o toWn cer­ta in s u m s ns pa r t r e i m b u r s e m e n t for sa la r ies paid to t eachors . Sect ion 2 of said Chap te r la oa fo l lows:

F o r each person Employed "for full t ime service for tho ont i ro 'school year , such rc lmbi i r scmcnt sha l l bo a s follows; . .' •

; (1) Two hundred" tfoilars f o r eve iy pe r son so •^jri'p.l6yciS'yh6 received a s jjalary no t 'loss,' t h i i i i ' e ight ' h u n d r e d and . fifty dol lars arid who Is a g r a d u ­a t e , of a n approved normal school o r coUogo a n d :had ' t a u g h t on full t i m e at-JldOst two . ' yea r s previous to said' y e a r or whbse p repa ra t ion arid t e a c h ­i n g " experlenco a r e accep ted ^-as equivalent^,; . •'

(2) One h u n d r e d and fifty do l l a r s for every persoh so employed no t In.* eluded In p a r a g r a p h (1) who received OS s a l a r y no t less than sevon h u n d r e d Sand flfty dol lars and (a ) has sa t i s ­factor i ly completed one year of p r o ­fessional t r a in ing In an a p p r o v e d n o r m a l school or t eachers ' t r a i n i n g school , and had t augh t on full t i m e i l t least t h r e e yoars previous to sa id y e a r ; .or (b ) Is a g radua te of an-ap-S .proved n o r m a l school or co l l ege , . and had t a u g h t on full t ime for a t leas t jone y e a r previous to said yea r ; o r (c ) iWhoso p repa ra t ion und t e a c h i n g exr per ience a r e accepted as equ iva len t .

(3) One hunc^yed dollars for overy persoh so employed and not i nc luded In p a r a g r a p h s (1) or (2) w h o rece iv­ed OS sa la ry not less than six h u n d r e d and fifty dollars.

The commissioner of . educa t i on r e c o m m e n d e d to the p resen t legisla­t u r e t h a t tho r e imbur semen t shou ld be m a d e $350 instead of $200; $S0O Instead of $150; and $250 Inatead of $100 as provided in said sec t ion 2, a t t he s a m e t ime m a k i n g the s a l a r y r equ i remen t s therein s ta ted $1000 In­stead of $850; $900 instead of $750; and $800 instead of $650.,

If th is r ecommenda t ion w-ero fol­low-ed, the town w-ould receive a n a d ­dit ional r e imbur semen t of $).oO for 14 teachers , or $2100. B u t the c o m m l t ­tco on. educat ion refused to follow the commiss ioner ' s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n and did not Increase the r a t e of r e ­imbursemen t to the town. Th i s is w h a t is m e a n t by " the failuro of the expected r e imbursemen t from t h e Commonw-ealth" as used in th i s a r t i ­c l e

The School Commit tee have a l r e a d y m a d e one Increase In tho t e a c h e r s ' sa lar ies ou t of the money a p p r o p r i ­a t e d a t tho annua l meet ing , wh ich Increase was Included In t h a t a p p r o ­pr ia t ion, so t h a t the m i n i m u m sa la ry of the r egu l a r teachers is n o w $1000. They desire t o m a k e a f u r t h e r in­crease in t h e fall as they s t a t ed a t the a n n u a l meet ing they in tended to do when they received t h e expec ted increase in r e imbursemen t f r o m t h e commonwea l th . We arc In s y m p a t h y wi th this desire, and a r e "wlUlhg to r e c o m m e n d whatever sum Is neces­sa ry for t h a t purpose . But , a s t h e proposed Increase ' will be. effective f rom the beginning of t hS fall t e r m which opens t h e school yfear. It Is only necessary to m a k e an a p p r o p r i a . a t lon which bears the s a m e p r o p o r ­t ion to, t h e tota l proposed increase a s the ba lance of the fiscal yea r b e a r s to the school year, -which Is two-flfths. The remain ing three-f i f ths of such increase would come ou t bf t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s for the next yea r . .An add i t iona l appropr ia t ion of $800 -Will enab le t h e school commi t t ee - to m a k e all increases t ha t they now contetri-p la te and we are unable to r e c o m ­m e n d an addi t ional app rop r i a t i on of more t h a n $500 a t this t ime. Bu t wc a r e will ing to recommend t h a t the town now appropr i a t e two-f l t ths of a n y fu r the r increase which tho school commi t t ee will say t h a t they in tend to m a k e in the teachers ' sa la r ies for the next school year.

Article 6 Is as foH6w-s: To see if the tow-n -will t r ans fe r t h e

unexpended balance of the Mitche l ­vilie br idge special a p p r o p r i a t i o n ' to the h ighways and br idges accoun t .

This special appropr ia t ion of $3300 was. m a d e a t tho special to\VTi m e e t ­ing held April 1, 1921, In a c c o r d a n c e w-ith our recommenda t ion . T h e money was borrow-ed on t h r e e no tes ot $1100 each, payable respect ive ly in one. tw-o and th ree years . T h e w-ork h a s been completed and t h e r e is an unexpended balance of a p p r o x ­imately $700 w-hich the se lec tmen do-sire to t ransfer to the highw-ays a n d bridges appropr ia t ion .

In our opinion, (in w-hlch the s t a t e d i rector ot accounts concurs ) t h i s t ransfer cannot be made legally. T h e only provision of law- au tho r i z ing t h c t ransfer of unexpended a m o u n t s of boi-row-ed money is in Section 20 of Chapte r 4 4 ot the Genera l Law-s which ih pa r t is as follows:

Tho proceeds of any sale of b o n d s or notes, except p remiums , sha l l be used only for the purposes specified in the au thor iza t ion of the loan ; p r o ­vided, t h a t t ransfers of u n e x p e n d e d a m o u n t s m a y bc made to o t h e r a c ­counts to be used for s imi la r p u r ­poses.

There is no decision of our S u p r e m o Judic ia l Court const ruing tho w o r d s "similar purposes"' a s used -..in th i s

s t a tu t e . In our opinion, a s well a s in the opinion of the d i rec tor of a c ­counts , they mean s imilar pu rpose s for which money can be bo r rowed by the town. The appropr ia t ion for h i g h ­w-ays and bridges is for c u r r e n t ex­penses and the town cannot b o r r o w inoney for cur ren t expenses except for ex t reme emergency . ippropr ia t ions In­volving the heal th or safety of t h e people or such o ther emergency a p ­propr ia t ions iis shall bc a p p r o v e d by a board composed of the a t t o r n e y -genera l , the s ta te t r e a su re r a n d t h e di rec tor of accounts .

I t more monoy Is neces-sary for t h e highw-ays. it should be provided by a direct appropr ia t ion .

Respectfully submi t ted , John M. Maloney, How-ard B. Whi te , L y m a n K. Clark,

Advisory Commi t t ee . .May 19. 1921.

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We have a large assortment of Summer Voiles xxi-plain and f&ncy colors; also, the new silk striped voiles'/ Plain and Fancy Voiles - ' T

39<J, 4 9 ^ , 59^ , 7 5 ^ , 89<*, 9 8 ^ SiJk StripQd Voiles ,..93<^,;$1,25, $1.39.^

BATES PLAID GINGHAMS ; If you are looking for the new check ginghams, w^ have them in pink, blue, greien, brown, yellow and lav­ender at the following prices: 27.-inch ginghams .19^, 2 5 ^ , 29<J yard .32-inch ginghams .29^j 35^^ yard Plain chambray ginghams, 2 5 ^ , 29^^, 35<^ yard;

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store. We are receiving new styles every week. Many styles in coUars and ves tees . . . . . . 3 9 ^ to $1 .98

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SATURDAY, MAY; 2 1 ELAINE HAMMERSTEIN in "The Uattghter Pays . " Chester

Compdy with "Snooky." Pathe News.

SUNDAY, MAY 2 2 J . WARREN KERRIGAN in "Come Again Smith." " ^ S ^ t Worn-

en Want , " a Pioneer production. Two shows only, 3 30 and 7.30 P. M.

.MONDAY, MAY 2 3 " . , "TWO KINDS OF LOVE," Universal,"all-star cast. Gentufy Comedy.

• TUESDAY AND* WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 4 AND 2 5 '

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THURSDAY, MAY 2 6

HARRY CAREY in "Hearts U p . " Sennett Comedy.

FRIDAY, MAY 2 7 EUGENE O'BRIEN in "Worlds Apar t ." -Fourteenth episode of

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COMMONWEALTH O F MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex. sS. Probato CourU

T o the he l r s -a t - law, nfcxt of kln< creditors,, and "all o the r 'persons Intor­ested In the es ta te of JAMES A. DAVia, la te of Dunstable in s a i d County, do-ceased, In tes ta te .

Wihercas a pet i t ion h i s beci> presont­ed to said Cour t to g r a n t a l e t t e r o f adminis t ra t ion on th& es ta te of siUd deceased to Fa tEDBRICK ..V, DAVIS o£ Pepperel l In the County o t Middlesex, w i thou t BivlnK a 4surety on his bond. '

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K«w8 Items. Teachers' night ^vas obsorvod on

Tuesday evening at tho meeting of the Orange. The-entertainment was In charge of the Misses- Helen Rowe, BUzabeth Urquhart and Esther Glid­den. A very breezy entortainmont •vraa provided and everybody reports & good time. ^

"Rev. Lyman Greenman Is -with his famliy at their summer canip at •Oreenman's Island, Baro hlU. pond, fpr the season.

Mr.' ahd Mrs. Wallace Bryant at­tended, an evening of fancy and toe dancing given at the Copley-Plaza; Boston, last Saturday evening. Mlss Jessie Cameron, of thla to-wn, .was one ot the entertainers. -An exhibition of Harvard babies,

given a t the town hall last Saturday, i r a s an attractive success all around. Forty-eight babies -wero In attend­ance and kept everybody busy -with their prattle. In the six classes the following prizes were awarded: Class. 1; 1 to 6 months, John Condon, KOld piece; class 2, 8 months to 1 year. Judith Webber, QUUt: class 3, 1 to 2 years, Jean Puffer, sliver cup; class 4, 2 to 3 years, Barbara Bryant, baby ^poon; class 6, 3 to 4 years, Phyllis Whitcomb. bread and milk set- class 6, 4 to D years, Alice WWshti Sliver knife set. The judges were Dr. M-oore, of Winchester; Misses Martin and Ashley, State Department, and Miss Lord, Weatford public hoalth

• rturse, - Tho task of Judging was one of extreme difflculty as the babies -were all an exceptionally healthy lot and the judging was on health points alone. The affair was by all means a huge success. The mothers and -vlsl-tora enjoyed the getting together. "The bachelors of the town were taxed for the cost of the prizes, a very happy Idea of those having the matter in charge., .

Mr.-and Mra. Frank Gale, of Provi­dence. K. L. with Mrs. Gale's nephew. Were guests over the-week-end of Mr. and Mrs. George Oale.-'- Several of the ladies of the-Effi­ciency class went to Ayer on. Wednes­day for an all-day district meeting. Mrs. Reed of the State Department was the speaker for the day.

On Thursday, May 26, the King's Daughters wlll entertain the state president, Mrs. Farley, at the Bap­Ust chiapel. Still River. Members of the circles in the adjoining towna have been invited to join In this meeting from one until five o'clock In the afternoon. Mrs. Gale, Mrs. Priest. , Mrs, .Wetherbee, Mrs. May­nard ahd^ Mrs. Stone wlll be the host-eteea and Mrs. Mary Haskell will pre­sent a -musical program. • -'"rhe following. is the report of Dr. Condon for the dental clinic from March 29 to April 29: Number of patients 117, appointments 117, ex-aihtnations 117, receiving further •work 38, prophyloxes 40, permanent fillings 141, semi-permanent flUIngs 21, tempoirary fllUngs 6, treatment for preventative decay 266, extractions 19, administration of local anesthetic XS, total- operations 628, average cost ol child J6.24, highest individual bill $14.40,. lowest indl-vidual bill $1.20. I>ercentage of children lacking previ­ous dental care 28 plus.

•ailss Celena Craggs. ot her home en Depot road. Harvard, gave a birthday-party to sixteen of her school friends in honor of -her sixteenth birthday on Saturday, -May 14. There were games, music and a spolling-matoh, for which ,two prizes were oltered; Miss Rachel Ryan taking flrst prize and Miss Ger­trude Madigan, taking second iprlie. The hostess served Ice cream and cake. Those -preoent -were from Ayor, Little­ton. Lancaster and Harvard. All had a delightful time.

A meeting of the women's auxiliary ot the American Legion will be held in the Hapgood memorial room on Wednesday, May 25, at three o'clock. All mothers, wives, sisters and daugh­ters of ex-service men are eligible to join and it Is hoped everyone on tho list will bc present.

Rev. George Kent, minister of thc First Congregational Unitarian church, Jias enrolled at -the Har-vard Summer .School of Theology, which will give icoursea In Cambridge from August 15 lo September 2. '•-Next Saturday at to-n-n hall thc fea­ture -will be Alice Brady in "The fear market" from the play by Amelle Elvers.

Are you "Outside the law?" If so, you are summoned to appear at The Strand Theater. .A.yer. Tuesday ""•' Wednesday, -May 23 and 24.

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Ernest L. Barteau recently received word of thc death of his sister, Mrs. Roup, in Nova Scotia. Mrs. Roup and daughter Gortrudo spent several months with the Barteau family la.fi year and mado many friends, who heard the nows ot her death with much sorrow. ^

Last Suhday Mrs. C. T. Wetherbee entertained her son and wife from Lincoln, Ina Wetherbee from Wor­cester, Mr. Skelton from Cummlng­ton, Mr. Graver, Mr. Hennessey, Miss Torroy and Mlss Ryan from North­ampton, who brought with thera Lucy and Royal Wetherbee from Smith's Agricultural school.' Boyal will re­main at home until his graduating exorcises in June. Tho others re­turned Sunday night.

Although the Boys' club has twice been defeated In South Acton by the South Acton Scouts a t baseball, their courage remains good. It was at first arranged to play three games, but tho defeated team asks that the series be flve. which Indicates that defeat does not dishearten them. . At the last meeting of the Orange the expected speaker did not arrive, but a gentleman from Blllerlca waa present to take his place. The mas­tor of Burllngham Grange was also present.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Stanley Duckers, of New York city, aro occupying the Wallace Cunningham house.

Mrs. Addle Lorlng has moved Into Marigold cottage and haa ono lady boarder.

"Tho rights of the child," a pageant written by Prof. Auguslne Smith of Boston university, will be given on Children's day, June 12.

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LUNENBURG

NevTH Itema. A very pleasant social and business

jneeting was held in the Methodist chapel on Thursday evening, May 12, In the Interest of the Kpworth league. Music both vocal and Instrumental, and addresses by Mlss .Vrmstrong of the Fitchburg league and otaiers. mad© a verv Interesting program, atter iwhlch delicious refreshments of cake and ice -cream were served to all in attendance. The new oflicers of the Epworth League arc Ernest Aker, •pres.: Lewis L. Harrington, Miss Fer­nal Brown. Mrs. Krnest Aker, Mlss Hazel Martin, vice pres.; Mrs. Carl Harrington, sec.

A large delegation of the Lunenburg farmers and others attended the poul­try fleld day at Mr. Storer's farm in Grotoh on Wednesday and -n-ere much Interested in the poultry exhibition, the fruit and the farm in general.

WEST ACTON

ScvtH Item. The funeral of Samuel Adams Gull-

ford, one ot the older residents of this village and a veteran of the Civil vrar, who died In the Concord Deaconess hospital Wednesday after a long 111-nees. was held this afternoon in his lato home on Massaehusetts avenue. with Rev. Ralph A. Barker, pastor ot tho South Acton ConKregational churoh, officiating. Isaac Uavis post. G. A. R., ot the Actons and Maynard, of which the deceased was a member, conducted a service. -Mr. Guilford was b o r n J n Ipswich on January D. 1S42, son ot Samuel Peabody Guilford, He had lived In West Acton for flfty-flve yearn, and for many years, until he retired, was -well-known as a black­smith and wheelwright. He leaves his widow, three daughters and a son.

M e m o r i n l D a y P r o c m n i . The Memorial pervicos for this yoar

•will begin on Sunday. May 29. with union services in the Methodist church at •10.4.1 a. m. Sermon by thf pastor, \ Monday mornins. Mny ftt), assembly in the village square at 7.30. At eight o'clock the procession. Including vet­erans ot the three wars. Sons and Daughters of Veterans, school children nnd citizens, led by the military band, -u-ill start for the South cemetery. .\f-ter the aorvice there and decor.allon of graves, the proces-' ion -w-lll return to the hall, where more Ilower.s will bc procured, and then proceed to the north cemetery, where the same exer­cises will be" performed. .\galn. re­turning to the sfiuare. the memorial trees will be decorated. Then will foliow the exercises in the hall. he-Binning with a selection by the band, tollow-ed hv decoration of the tablets by Daughters of Veterans, singing hy the audience and the sohools. prayer by Eev. M. A- Outland and addrcss by Rev. Ho-n-ard M. Tease of Fitchburg. At the close of the exercises a collation •will be served In the lower h.all. con­sisting of sandwiches, cookies, cof­fee, etc.

Tht* printed programs, which wlll be given oirt on Sunday. May 23. and Mon­day,"will contain the names of veterans of all wors, who arc now residents of the town. There are six civil war vet­erans; six Spanish war veterans and thirty-flve soldiers of the world war. -May they be spareil for many Memo­rial days yot to come.

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Towtisond, escort. Anson D Fessen­den earap. Sons of. Veterans, Frank •W. Crown, commander, the Boy Scouts, the Townsend band, T. E. Flarlty, di­rector,

The Townsend Memorial association, assisted by a. detail from Post G, A. R, will ottend tho exercises of decoration at tho bridge and the cemetery at West Townsond at 10.30 a. m. and afternoon exercises at the Center. All soldiers and sailors of the Spanish -American war and members of Franz W. Mliler post. A. L., and Woman's auxiliary are cordially Invitod to assist In the exor­cises of the day.

Klowors are eollclted and may be left at Seminary hall. West Townsend, and Memorial hall at tho Center. Din­ner wlll be aerved In the banquet hall at 11.46 a. m. to the association and to tho organizations that participate in the parade and Invited guests. Tho sons and daughters of veterans, sol­diers and sailors. Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and achool children are cor­dially Invited to participate in the ex-erciiies of, decoration In the cemetery.

.\fternoon program, 1.30, it is ex­pected that the usual exercises held at the bridge at the Center will be omitted and in Its placo tho presenta­tion Mag exercises will bo held.on tho Common at thiij -hour, when an Amer­ican llag will bo presented, to the Kranz Waldo Miller post. A. L.. from tlle Townsend Memorial Associution and allied organizations.

At two o'clock exercises in Memo­rial hall. "Cirand medley memories of the civil war," Townsend band; selec­tion, high sohool chorus; iprayer, Rov. Leroy Lvon. Lincoln's Gettysburg ad­dress, MVB. .-Vlice Lillebridge; address by Mrs. .-viexiindria Carlyle Pfelffer of Bedford: sele<;tlon, high school chorus: "America" (audience Join in singing) Townsend band; foliowed by exei-cises of decoration in the cemetery. In the evening at eight o'olock In Memorial hall the Town.iend Dramatic club will present a drama entitled . '-And BUly disappeared." proceeds of entertain­ment for the Iwjneflt of the sorts and daughters of veterans.

BOXBOROUGH News Items. /•

Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Wetherbee and members of Ralph Whitcomb's f.am­lly attended thc funeral ot their cousin, Lorln Pratt, in South Acton, Tuesday afternoon.

The town meeting which was • scheduled for Tuesday nfternoon waa

postponed until this S.tturday even­ing nt 7.30.

Mr. nnd Mrs. W. 11. Furbuah ar­rived homc last Thursday after trav­eling three months through the south and wcat.

It required eight automobiles to bring thc friends and relatives of Jacob Braman who called on him at his new homc last Stinday. Thcro were parties from Southboro, West­boro andW'altham.

Tho members of thc dressmaking class attended the clothing efflclency conference In Aycr last Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Perry Burna, of Wal­tham, nro visiting ht Ixson Wether bee's.

The shingling nnd general repairing Of the church sheds Is well under way. Saturday Is.expected to bo-the last worldng day there ond a dinner of roast beof, beans and other good things will bo furnished the workmen on that ' dh.y. This should bo attrac-

TOWNSEND Center.

The -Dorcas class of the Methodist church cleared ten dollars at their re­cent food sale held in the church hall.

Rev. Dr. U. G. Lazenby, formorly of Indiana, president of Institute Agnlda de Bernster -Angol. Chile, S. A., gave an Intereatlng lecture at the M. E. church Friday evening on his work at the Institute. Dr. JLazenby. who ac­companied Dr. Spauldlng. the Metho­dist district superintendent to Town-send, was also associated with him up­on the latter's recent trip to South America, -At the close of the lecture the first quarterly conference was held with Dr. Spauldlng, presiding.

At the regular meeting of the E. "X. Spaulding- Rebekah "odge Friday- even­ing Children's night was observed In charge ot Mlss Ella Wilder between thirty and forty -children were present and apwit a happy evening with music and gamea. Refreshments were served by the committee.

John Bacon, superintendent of schools, recently attended the confer­ence, of the Massachusetts school su­perintendents' association held at Framingham.

Mrs. •W. Wing of Maiden, formerlv of this town, has been the guest of Mrs. Mary McMaster,

Mrs. Nancy Longley and Charles Longley of Millbury were Sunday auto guests of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Davis. Mrs. Sarah Longley of Shirley, who ac­companied them, visited with her sis­ter, Mrs. A. M. Adams.

Aimer Hall of Toledo, Ohio, is visit­ing with his i>arents, Mr. and Mrs. HaH, of Main street.

'Announcements have been received by relatives In town of the birth ot a son to Mr. and Mrs. Alton Dodge of Maiden, weight eight pounds, .Mrs. Dodge waa iliss Kdlth Parker fphani, formorLv of this town.

The juniors, sophomores and fresh­men of the high school, with Principal .Tohn Bachelder. gave a reception to the senior class Friday e\''enlng In Memo­rial hall. Members of the Lunenburi.-and Ashby high schools were also hon­ored guests of the evening. A social time -iVith games and dancing was en­joyed and refreshments served, Musjc w.a.s furnished by Claftlin's orchestra of Fitchburg and a prize waltz, in which Mrs. .Iohn • Bachelder and Mar­shall Higgins were the winning couple, was a special feature of tho evening program. Mrs. Clara Heselton. Mrs. Emma Litch anrt Mrs. .<?. H. Ormsbv chaperoned the party, .\bout seventv-flve -w-ere present.

Sixty-tlve dollars was cleared at t.he recent sale, supper and entertainment given by the 1.. B. S. of the Congrega­tional church.

Rev. and Mrs-. .\. L. Struthers and .Mrs. B. H. Savage represented the Townsend ('ongregational church at the M.issachiisotts Congregational con­ference held at Lawrence May 16, 17 and IS. They were the guests of friends of .Mrs. Savage. Rev. and Mrs. B. A. Wiilmott -of Roxbury. who were spending a few days at their summer home on Townsend hill, also attended the conference.

It became necessary after the ar­rlv.al of the audience at the movies S.attirday night to postpone presenting the pictures on account of tlie lack of electricity. It w-ns reported that a pole caught lire anrt burneil in the vi­cinity of Fitchburg. The pictures were Klven Monday evening.

Mi«s Helen Higgins and friend. Miss Dexter, from Marblehead. motored to to-vs-n last Friday .-ind were week-end visitors-at F. B. Higgins-. Miss Doris Cutler of Brookfield w.ap also a guest In the home. Miss Dexter. Miss Cut­ler .and fhe Misses Helen and Clertrurte Higgins enjoyed an auto trip Satur­dny ovev the Mohawk trail, returning to town S.aturday .afternoon.

The l . B. S. of the Jlethodist ehureh held their annual meeting anrt election of officers Wednesd.ay afternoon at the homo of Mrs. Lucy Lawrence, with a good number in attendance. At the btisiness se.ssion the follow-ing ofllcer.s wore elected for the new vear: Mrs. .Mary Spring, pres.; Mrs. Minnie Up­ham. vice pros.: Mr.s. Lucy l>aw-rence. sec. .and tre.as.: Mrs. Albert Scales, as­sist.ant sec. and treas.; Mrs. Scales. .Mrs. Ivora Austin. Mrs. Grace Wright. Mrs. Inez Shepherd and Mrs. M.artha Wells, board of directors. A soclnl af­ternoon followed with the serving of refreshments by the hostess.

Mrs. Elizabeth Beedle of CambrldRe Is visiting with Mrs. .Marv Spring and w-ill remnin for Ihe summer.

Francis Wright had "nshermnn's luck" this -week, w-hen he caught a pound trout.

Tho- To-^vnsend Grange wlll ol>serve Neighljors' night at their regular meet­ing to be hold Mondav evening. May 23. The Shirley Orange wlll provido the evening'.s entertainment program and the local grange the supper.

Thero -was a large attendance at the photo-play presonted In Memorial hall Wednesday evening for the beneflt of tho senior cl.a*s of the Tow-nsend high school. Kdueational picurcs of Thomaa A. Edison's Inventions were presented, also, "Out of the fltorm" and comedy, ".'kihool days." Fine music was fur-nl.'<hed by Bachelder A- HIgglns.

Busebal l . in the most exciting baseball game

played on the local Held In recent years the high school defeated Milford high school Tuesday afternoon. It took eleven innings to turn the trick. Ros-aiter pitohed a g-Jod game for Milford but each Townsend player connected for at least one drive and hits were bunched In. the fourth and eleventh. Domina and Barnejj kept Milford's hits well scattered.

Townsend scored o.ne run in each of the flrst four innings, all but one of them being due to clean hitting. In the third, two Townsend errors with two hlu by Milford gave the latter four runs. After that neither side could score until the tenth, when eaoh scored one. In the eleventh Barnes caught Hutchinson's pop liy and struck out the next two •batters. For Town-send Doran drove a double to left cen­ter but was caught off second when Harttord grounded to third. Hartford went ot second on Lancey's sacrlflce and took third on • Domlna's single. With two out and two on Keefe-singled sharply to center, driving in the winning run.

Townsend 'high school plays Mur­dock high sohool at .Winchendon today, Ayer high school at Townsend on Sat­urday and Nashua -high school at Nashua on Monday.

Exhibition. An exhibition of the Brown Crust

Bread club and the Ten Needle Work­ers club, the two Home EJconomics clubs, was held in Memorial hall on Tuesday evening. May 17. it was Uie largest exhibition.of its kind e\ter held. A fair audience -was present to witness the demonstration work. Robert B. Trask, county , club leader, and Miss Forbes, assista'nt club leader, -»-ere present, Mr. IJrask gave a taik on club work. Illustrated with stereopticon views. The team who did the demon­strating for the Brown Crust Bread club was ^ane Worcester. Marie Mc­Master and Katherine Domina. The Ten Needle ^'orkers' demonstrating team, were Hester' Russell. Gertrude Meade and Helen Stewart.

Miss Rachel Knight was club leader tor the Bread club and Mrs. Harrison Bliss was leader of the Needle Work­ers and the success of the exhibition and vears work was largely due to their efforts. The jirizes were award­ed bv Miss Forbes and were aa follows; for bread, 1st year work, 1st prize. Katherine Domina: 2d prize. Ruth Cowdrv; 3d. Marie McMaster: 3d year work. 1st prize, Rachel Knight: 2d, Ksther Nelson: for sewing, ist year work. 1st -prize, Adeline Conant: 2d. Gortrude Meade: 3d. Edith Thorpe: 2d vear w-ork, 1st prize. Hester Russell; 2ii prize. Mamie Johnaon; 3d prize. Helen .Stewart. The demonstrating of the sewing club-was along the line of caring for wool clothing, cleaning spots, etc. Miss Conant gave an ex­hibition of darning and Miss .lohnson an exliibition of button-hole niaking.

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.Iohn McDonald of Townsend has inoved into the house which he recently purchased, the John Campbell place.

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el«cn In connection with Memorial das' haa been arrangod: Memonnl Sunday •will bo observed -t -lth n union service In Memorial h.-nTat seven p. m. May 29, with the following order ot cxor-cluea: (Munlc. Albert fl. .Se.aver, Belec­tlon, "Our land, O Ix>rd with .wngs of •praise" by a chorus; Scripture read­ing, Hev. A. L. Strtithers: prayer. Rev. Loroy Lyon; selection. "Native land" by choriw; addre.ss, Iiev, .Joseph Mc­Kean; "Amet'ica" (audience join In singing) benediction. Comrades rtnd Sona nnd Daughters -will appear in uniform and-nMcmble at thc Mcmorlal-AMoclatlon room at e..10 o'clock. The BChool Memorial exercises wi l l bo held in Memorial hnll Friday atternoon, May 27, ttt two p. m.

Memorial day. comrades wlll report to Commander Charlea •\\'.'HUdreth at hcadouartcra. Memorial hnll, nt nine o'clock A. m., leaving by outo for "West

mill but flv present.

Mr. Davidson ot .\tlanta. teacher in Spellman seminar lanta. has been the guest of Mrs. Frank Hamilton.

rerrv Sawtelle ot P.oxbury spending a tew days at Town.-ter. was in town Stinday an.l his old place in the cho::- at tlst church.

C. F. Mclnnls has left his position at I>amon & P.ichard^ons niiil and re­moved from tow-n.

William Mills spent the w-eek-end at West Groton.

Octave Richardson, who is in the U. S. navy, stationed In Koston Har­bor, spent the week-end at his home here.

.Mr. Ashley and family spent the week-end at their summer homc here.

Cliarles Hill of Deerfleld. X. H,. has heen spending a few days with his ilaughter. Mrs. •U'arren Elliott.

Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Reed and (laughter ot Rending are spending a few davs at the Reed home. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Reed will retuiji from Florida to their home here soon.

Rev. .Joseph McKean preached-an In­teresting and scholarly sermon Sunday morning upon the subject "The master and tho masterpiece." The evening serviee was led by Mrs. Fred I'atch nnd the subject w-aa "How to enjoy one's work." The pastor also gave a brief talk upon the subject.

John Clark and 'Janet Clark have re­turned tl-om their trip to Montreal. Can., and Vermont. They particularly enloved the visit to Montreal and their rlcie through the White mountains. In Vermont they visited -Mr. and Mrs. Can-, w-ho w-ere formorly residents of I.unenhurg. and they took a trip to West Townsend by automobile and Mr. Clark and .lanet accompanied them trom Vermont to their home here. George Shepherd assisted In the home of Mr. Clark during his absence.

'Fr.ank Adams of Jamaica Plain spent the week-end at his summer home on Bavberry hlM. Mias Carrie Adams ot Jamaica also spent Sunday there.

Benjamin Poor of North Andover spent tho week-end last week at thc home ot Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boutelle. Miss Marion Houteile aceompanled him home to North Andover, where she re­sumed her position in thc high school as teacher.

Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Gates ot Leom­inster were recent guests at the homc of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Houteile.

'Hugo Lalne of Fltchbtirg Is employed at the mill of Damon'& Riehardson and Is rooming nt the home of Hehry Romes.

Topic at the Baptist church Sund.ay morning. "Spending nnd the dlfterent kinds of spenders." Thc pastor -will talk to.the chlidren on "Lessons from the oriole." The evening service will bc led by Mrs. Abbott Hodgman and the subject will bo "My fnvorlte say­ing of Christ's and why."

Thc alarm wan sounded for a brufdi flro Tuesday about 11.30 a. m. for a brush Arc on land owned by Steven Shepherd, It spread from a small pile of brush he w.a.s burning nnd burned over about thrco ncrci of sprout land. It was checked by the aid of flre ex­tinguishers by the (Ire dopartmont. But Iltl-lo damage was done.

Mrs. Georgo Adams and Mlss Emma Adams, who have been spending the winter In rrovidonce, n. I., are ex­pected to arrive nt their homc htfro Thursday night. .

Lester Smith of thc United States navy, who has been on the battleship PonnsylV-inla, which has been-.sta­

tioned in Cuba this winter. Is at the home ot his grandfather, Rodney Rich­ards, on a furlough.

The condition of Mrs. Benjamin Hodgman of Lewiston, Me., a former resident of tihis village, who has been very 111 In the hospital In Augusta, Me., after a serious operation for tumor, is still very iil and her condi­tion is serious. •

Mrs. Frank Parsons has been seri­ously 111, but now is somewhat im­proved.

The public schools are preparing a M e m o r i a l -day p r o g r a m t o b C ' P r e s e n t e d ' in Seminarv hall, next week Friday af­ternoon, to which the public is cord­ially Invited.

Mrs. Ella Faricy is spending a week in Nashua, N. H., and Belmont.

William P,ich.' rdson and famliy mo­tored to Boston Sunday and their son, Octave, who is in the U. S. navy, re­turnea with them and resumed his .du­ties at the naw yard. The Richardson famllv visited the navy yard and other points of Inter.ift. Mns. David Berard took charge of f the home during the absence of .Supt. Richardson and wite.

"William Jaqulth is remodeling the Robert Tliompson house, wltlch he re­cently purchased of Mrs, Lucy Thomp­son, He i.-i niaking It convenient for two families by the addition of a kitchen nnd other Improvements.

Miss 'Lowe'.-* dancing class of Fitch­burg held a .Mav party at the Squan­nlcook Inn Monday evening. Between nftv .and sixt>- were present and twelve automobiles were required lo convey the partv from Fitchburg. • Dancin;

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•Wo knew a man- with an automobile, -who said he waa a careful driver—

•AND HE WASI He said he would never Injure anyone—

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Our friend's lawyer said; "We can beat him In court"—

AND THBY DID! Whereupon our friend said: "Ha, Ha, I win!"—

AND THEN He paid his lawyer a feo of $11)0.00, plus expenses, and

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There woa a cheaper way out, and we had told him about It, but hc would not listen.

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was enjoyed and the music was fur­nished bv Per( V Coleman nnd Mr. Cook ot FItchbur!,'. Refreshments were served and a \-ery enjoyable time was spent by all i-r-sent.

Guests at the liome of Mrs. Lila Hav­tvard Sundav were iHerbort Russell and familv ot Windham. N. H.. Mr. Bur­dette ot Dei rv, .s. H.. Charles Russell of .-Vshburnhani and Miss Isabelle Hay­ward ot Winch, ndon.

.-\. P. Home;- and family have been spending a f.w days in Boston this week.

The I__adi--p' Missionary society met In the vestiv Wednesday atternoon. The meetlnK w.is led by Mrs. Joseph MoKenn. I'ray.-r was ottered by all present. Mi-.s. Samuel Wares had charge ot tho inogram.' Mrs. Charics Hodgman. Mrs. Warren Elliott. Mrs. Joseph McKean. Mrs. Fred Patch and Mrs. Samuel Wares read selections trom the ariick-"Incidents of a flrst visit to the Crow'Indlan Mission." The article. "N'ew developments on thc Big Horn" was read by Rev. Joseph Mc­Kean. <'*:'

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SETTS. Middlesex, ea. Probate Court. To the helra-at-law. next of kin,

creditors, ond all other persons Inter­ested in tho estato of HATTIE L. SHAW late of Pepperell In said County, deceased. Intestate.

•Wihoreas a petition has bcon present­ed to said Court to grant a lettor of ,^dmlnlstratlon on the estato ot said deceased to GEORGK H. SHAW of Pep­porcll in the County ot Middlesex, with­out ,g iv ing a surety on his bond.

You arc hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court to be held at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on tho thirty-ftret day ot May A. D. 1921. at nino o'clock in thc forenoon, to ehow cause if any you have, why the samo should not -be granted.

And the petitioner Is hereby directed to glvo public notice thereof, by pub­lishing this citation onco In cach week, for threo succeasive weeks, in Turner's Public Spirit, a newspaper published in Ayer, the last publication to bo ono dny, at least, beforo said Court.

Wi tney , Georgo P. Lawton. Esquire, First Judge of aald Court, this lifth day of May In the Tear one thousand nino hundred _and twenty-dhe.

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Tke B«-frs|iB»er -wMek anakM a ae-cT«« ot ita •a'hileaitea haa a co«< rea-aoa t»T tt. >at tke reaaaa la aarar <ke one tkat U Ktttm to tke adTerttMr. I

HOLLIS. N. H, Ne-nra Ittmtf, ,.,-*- ' " y P'^^\y shower w a s given to Mliss Bertha Cllnton baturday after­noon a t Mm Hon ard Barnard s In honor of her approaching marriago to Alwyn Carleton MIsa Clinton has mado many friends eince coming to Hollla and a goodly number o£ them gathered Saturday afternoon at Mrs. Barnard's and left as a token of their friendship and good wishes for her, many beautitul and useful articles. In­cluding silver, glass, china, linen, rugs, otc. 'rile W. K. c . of which «he Is a member, presented her with a quilt. Another oullt was given by a member »f her'friends, e.ach of whom mado a (juare. The alTalr was a complete sur-rlse .to MIsa Clinton. After a social'

. .our refrMhmcnts ot cako and punch was served and the company dispersed, wishing Miss Cllnton many years of happiness. v

Miss 'Virginia Bigelow, who was op-crated upon fpr appendicitis at St. Jos­eph's hospital. Nashua, last Saturday, Is reported as doing well. «r"^?' ' T ° " '"i"? freeze of last woek VVednesday night is reported to have damaged the early strawberries to a conslderablo extent. In some parts of tho town the mercury dropped to twen­ty-two and Ice formed a quarter of an Inch or more thick.

Miss Abby B. Flngg was in town over the week-end.

Misa Florence Taite spent Saturday and Sunday at home.

Boi'n to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Truell, ilonday. May 16, a eon.

Mrs. Chester Andrews and two chil­dren of Nashua and Mrs. Carl Shep-herdson and three children ot Athol, Mass., were guests of Miss Kate Hurd Saturday. Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. Shephcrdson wlll be remembered as the Misses Ada a.nd Nellie Britton, formerly of Hollls,

A son, Wllllam Proctor, was born to Mr. and Mra. Harold Frost. Sunday, May 16, .

Mr. and Mrs. George >;oyes enter­tained friends frbm Melrose and Low­ell Sunday.

William Woodin was a week-end gbest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woodin.

Tho Anna Keyes Powers chapter. D. A. R., met with Mrs. Flora Hardy last week Friday afternoon. It was voted to make 100 evergreen wreathe for the graves ot the revolutionary sol­diers Memorial day, as has been the custom ot the chapter since it was formed. This year the Girl Scouts wlil assist the chapter In th'e work. It was. also voted to buy -poppies tor Poppy day. After the routine business several original poems were read in answer to­the roll call, one of them "An August day," by Mlss Van Dyke, was particu­larly worthy of mention. Those who did not have original poems answered with a poem by someone else. The paper for the afternoon. -Sketches of Pilgrim women," was given by Miss Baton, Following this there were in­tereatlng disciisslons. on various sub­jects. Atter the salute to' the flag lunoh v.as served by .Mrs. Elizabeth and Mrs. May T. Worcester.

There was a merry party at Mr. and Mrs. Alojizo Wilson's last Saturday, when they had with them their three sons, Ernest of Los Angeles, and Henry and George of -Hollls, three daughters, Mlss Mary, who lives at home, Sarah, ot North Adams, and Mrs. Eva Marsh of Milford, three grandsons, sona of Ernest and George Wilson, and a. daugrhtcr-in-law, Mrs. Georgo Wilson.

Ernest Wilson has been making a flying trip to visit his parents, arriv­ing here last week Tuesday night and starting for home on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson and two eons, Henry Wilson and Mrs. Eva Marsh mo­tored fo Boston with he and his son Sunday to see them start for home. Miss Sarah Wilson returned to North Adams Sunday.

The flrat alarm for a brush flre this year was sent In last week. It started east of Beaver brook and north of the road. Fortunately It was discovered before It had made much head^vay, so very little damage -was done.

Mra. Augusta Sweetser of X a ^ u a was In town a few days the latter part of last week.

Rev. R. M. French attended the state conference of Congregational churches Tuesday and %'Vlednesday of last week at Somersworth.

Mrs. Alfred F. Baton ot Manohester spent the week-end at Asa B. Eaton's.

Mrs. M. J. Powers spent Sunday -nlth Mr. Powers in Stoneham, Mass,

Among the -Boston women aiding with the Durant, Inc., membership drive, none have -been more active than Mlss Abblo EJ. Flagg, editor of the Teachers' N'ews.^ -Letter and a teacher In the Dearborn school, Rox­bury. Miss Flagg was one ot the In­corporators of the Durant and has boen a member of the club for sixteen years. Born In Hollls and a graduate of tihe Framlngham normal school. Miss Flagg personally carries on a big pro­gram. Living in Cambridge. she teaches in Roxbury and then puts in many leisure hours each -week on the Job of getting out the creditable little magazine, the Boston Teachers' Xews Letter, of which ahe -has been editor for the past nve years. She edits also the Durant Chronicle, a little quarterly which records The activities of the .i>ii-rant Gymnasium olub. She feels confi­dent that it is to the gymnastic courses that she still keeps up that she owes the vigorous health which enables her to work at this rate.

Perley E. Foster, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hardy, is one of the program committee for the State Y. AL C. A. meeting to be held in i lan­chester Friday ot this week.

'Mrs. Walter Bigelow is entertaining her sister/

i lr . and Mrs. Charles Bouiton and i lrs . Elmor Bouiton motored to Spen­cer, i lass. , Saturday to attend tho wedding of a relative. They returned that nfght.

The regular meeting ot the gr,-inge wOjS held Tuesday evening. It was voted to hold Children's night, the same to be in charge ot the lecturer, and the d.ite to 'be announced. Also voted to hold the next meeting June 7 In the town hall. State Master Rog­ers and ot^her guests are expected to be present. The program followed. State topic for discussion. "Our pres­ent tnrlff laws: piano solo. Mrs. Ver­der: recitation. Helen ilercer: song. Grange choir.

Herbert Cameron, son of Herbert Cameron of N.-xshu.a .ind nephew of Mrs. Charles E. H.irdy ot this town. has been promoted from .second lieu­tenant to captain of the cavalrv. r . S. A., stationed at Fort Ripley, K.i'nsas.

Tho parsonage and the house of Charles 'Wtoodln are both receivine c.oats of paint.

Mrs. Margaret Denault still contin­ues very 111.

Wllllam Sanders came home from the Mcmorinl hospital last week much improved by the treatment given his eye.

George Woodin and .Mrs. Willis C. Hardy, members of the local .<iohool board attended the annu.al district meeting held at Hudson last weck Fri­day evening. Lewis Dc Witt Record v a 3 re-slC9l?() superintendent and all other offlcera were also re-elected.

iFrlends of Rodney T. Hardy from Hartford, Conn., wcrc at Mr, Hardv's bungalow from Snturday until i lon­day, Mr. Hardy wns with them Satur­day, returning Sunday morning to .\r-llngton.

Miriam Scott, granddaughter ot Dr. George Hazard, toll and broke hcr .irni a tew Inches ihclow the shoulder, on her wny to school last week Fridav. It proved a very bad break and Dr. Hazard rushed her to the St. Joseph's hospital, Naahua, where she was chloroformed and the nrm set. She is as comfortable as can be expected.

Carrol Louise Is thc name given to thc little dnughter born to .Mr. and Mrs, Perley Foster May 6.

Perley Lund nnd family are to move onto tho Cameron place for t.he present.

Rev. R. M. French hns received from tho war department. Waahlngton^ a 'communication In regard to t-he Amer­ican Victory medal, to which all vet­erans of. the world war arc entitled. It says In .part, "Wlll you earnestly help to correct the erroneous Impres­sion that hns spread abroad that bnly those who wcrc privileged to go over-aean are entitled to the victory medal? Any nvan who -was fully Inducted Into the army and served honorably Is en­titled to the modal. You will render a district service If you will g iro pub­licity to this." -Any world war veteran In town -who wishes to secure one of theao medals mny do so by applying to Harold B. Hardy, commandor of the Sons of Veterans, for Information and Instruction*.

sister, who passed away

Mra ehattuok'a witfr and huaband from Naabuo, -wV* Bunday guests of Mr and Mns. Clarenco Russell.

Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Thuber, -with friends from Broolcllne, Mass , sptnt Sunday at their aummer home

Earl Dodge from Leominster his been visiting his parents, Mr. and llrs. George Dodge.

Addison Gllson Is On the sk-k IJKt, being una'blo to work, -

Mrs. -Mary Hobart Is VISUIMK friends lp Leominster.

Wilfred Ouellette from Low.-'! spent the week-end with his p;ir»i;:y. .M,-, and Mrs. Joseph Ouellette.

Carleton Tower and friend frorn Mel-rOse Highlands woro Sunday K-JCSIS of George itockwood. •

Frank l'Bcuyer_and Addiord Oullette wero Sunday visitors In I-'iichburg.

Mrs. Mary Gerrlsh, who h.is been spending several weeks ,it ihc home of Frank Hall at Nashua, hae returned to her home on Mason etreet.

Mr. and Mrs. 'William Wheeler, who havc been living at the old hotel, have moved to the cottage owned by Mrs, Nancy Sargent,

Mrs. JuUa Barnaby luul tho misfor­tune to sprain hcr ankle iho past week.

MljBS Prlscllla Dodge ha.i been a re­cent visitor at Leoniinsifr.

Mre. Cllntlna Holcomb and daughter, Marlon, attended the funeral ot Mra. Holcomb's elster. Mr.s. .S'elllc Hadlev. a t T e m p l e o n M o n d a y . Mrs . H a d l e V was the widow of -the late H. O. Had­ley and wlll be reniciiibt-red by 'many In t o w n . S h e p a s s e d a w a y on F r i d a y of bronchial pneunioiila.

Horace Robbins of I.eomlnster haa been calling on frit-iids in town liic past week. • James Emerson and a party ot

friends from Ci-.elinsford have been spending a few days at their sununer home. -

The many friends of Miss Kva Corey are glad to know tiuii s-he is able to be out again after her long illness.

Mrs. Minnie Holcomb has beon at Temple helping, care tor her Mrs. Nellie Hadley laet week Friday.

Mrs. Agnes Sterns and children, who have been visiting at Lyndeboro, havc returned home, ' -Mre, Gertrude Powers is quite sick

with a bad. cold. Mr. and Mrs. Albert McCoy of

Melrose, Mass., have been calling on friends in town the past week.

-Mr, and Mrs. Eugene Herrick ot Concord have been the guests of i l rs . T311a Rockwood. .Mr. Herrlck spent the week-end and Mrs. -Herrick remained, longer.

Mrs. Frances Evans, who was called here by the death and burial of her brother, Alfred Cor, has returned to hor home in Boston. " •

The local teachers attended the Teachers' convention at Manchester on Friday, so there were no schools keep­ing.

Mrs. Ella Rockwood and Mrs. Eu­gene, Herrick spent Monday with friends In South Brookline.

Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Gilkey ot Melrose, Mass.. are living at the home ot Luther "Lawrence for the summer months.

The outcome of the strike at the Ice­house Is- that the boarding-house has been opened and a gang ot men sent from Boston and only three of the strikers allowed to return.

Mrs. Lovinia Eddy, who has been spending several months at thc home of her daughter in Xaahua. returned to the homc of her daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Rockwood, on MUtord street on Sunday tor the summer. Her daugh­ter, Mrs. Minnie Hooker, accompanied Ker on her trip.

Th© lecture given at Daniels' acad­emy last Saturday evening was at­tended by a fairly large crowd. The speaker. Dr. J. M. Tibbetts. of Boston, was greatly enjoyed by all, hie subject being ".America's greatest .peril,"

About 125 attended the Grange meet­ing laet Wedneeday evening. It was competitive night between the married .ind single members. Both parties parties gave very fine cntereainments., the single men>bers being under the direction of Harland Whitcomb and Forace Hall, and the married under the direction ot Mrs, Clara Russell snd Mre. Delia Hall. The Judges were George "Stewart from Pepperell, i l . Smith trom Hollle and Mr. Perrin from Chelmsford, It wae decided by these most competent Judges that the youn^ peoplo won, and so the married mem­bers are to furnish them a treat. There were visitors from Holli.s, i l l . Vernon.- Pepperell. Fitchburg, Leomin­ster and Townsend. A social hour was enjoyed at the close of the grange.

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Regular Roofs for Regular Men Y O U want a tegular roof for your house, '' g!(iage, bungalow, collage, barn or factory

and toe'w got that roof.

Bird's Roofs 'will make good for you just as they have made good for thousands of others,) end jusl as tl»;y have made good for us. .

We say Bird's Roofs; will make good for you because we know frcan loiig experience that ihey last for yeare.aiid years, and that folks who own them l i e thrir looks and honest wear; so much that they aire eager to tell their friends what big value they are.'' <

Whether you need Bird's Paroid, Bini's Art-Craft (tile or • shingle design), Bird's Plain Slate Surfaced, Bird's Gram'tized Roofings, or.Bird's Twin Shingles, we can prove that in the iong run Bird's Roofs cost little for the service they give,

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SPECIAL-SIX SEDAN .

The SPECIAL-SDC Sedan makes an instant appeal to those w h o demand the utmost in closed car conyenience, comfort and beauty —it is, indeed, a rare combination of elegance and practiced utility.

SO-H. P. detacIiBble-head motor; 119-iach vrheelba«e, giving max­imum comfort for dye pauengert.

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Tire, and Battery Shop 7 Park Street

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We also Eepair and Paint Tin and Paper Boofs, and

Bepair Slate Boofa

JOHN H. SMITH ...Roofer..*

28 Carson St. Dorches^r, Uass.

CLOTHES THAT ARE MADE TO ORDER

are an economy,'. because thcy last twice as long and cost no more than

"READY-MADES" Also, Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing

and Repairing Neat Workmanship—Reasonable

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Phone 516-2 ATEB, MASS.

Let US do your work as:

Hemstitching, Picot Edging, Buttons Covered, Plaiting

Pinking, Buttor^oles, Etc.

NEW ENGLAND BUTTON & PLAITING CO.

Ayer Mass.

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COMJ£Omvl!AI.'I\H OP MASSACHU­SETTS. MIddlesM, 8». Pro'bttto Court.

To the hclra-at-l&tv, nexl of kin and' all otJier'persona Interrated In the Os­tnto of-EajIZA A. BUCKNAM late ot Ayer In eald County, deceased.

IWihorcAS. a certain Instrument pur-portlner to i>e ttm laet -vrlll and <tcst«-m«nt of said deceased has been pre-: fl«ntcd fo Bald Court, for Probat*. by LOUIS F. UA POINTE and PRANCES K. IiA POINTE -who ipmy that lettArc' testamentary may be Issued to them, tho executors therein named, n-Ithout «l>lnK n. surety on their offlclal bond.

Tou are hereby cited to appear at & Probate Court, to bio held at Cambridtre In said County of Middleses, on tho twenty-OiIrd day of »fay A. D. 1S2]. at nine o'clook In the forenoon, to shoir cause. If any you haTe, why the samer should not 'be sranttd.

Aod atald petitioners are fiereby dlrec-iti to give publle Botics thereof, by publlsblne Mkla eltatlOD onos ia sack wesk, •tor thrs* •uoee«et'»s iresKs^ JB TurssT** Puklla Spirit, a nswripapsr piibllabed In Ayer, ths l a4 t pobllcatltkn (o bs ons day, a t least, bsfors aaVd Court, and t>r xa)iUIID|t post-paid, ot tfs-

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'WItnssB, Gsorcs F. I^-wton, SaaalraO First Judge ot said Oourt, this ssc«tid day ot Kay In t£s year oos thousand Otoe hundred and twSntr-ons.

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Mil ler vrent t o Lowel l l o s t . S a t u r d a y fo r a w e e k - e n d visit w i th a fo rmer associa te , Mrs . E d i t h (Day) Rober ta .

F . H. P a r k e r r e t u r n e d h o m e last Sa tu rday , h a v l n s been released from t h e du t i es of J u r y m a n a t Cambr idge las t . w e e k . F r i d a y .

•We a r e p leased to noto t h a t P e p ­pere l l ' s we l l -known reade r . Mrs . I r e n e AttrldBC, w a s en thus ias t ica l ly received a t t h e a n n u a l concer t of t h e Aye r h igh school last week F r i d a y ovening. In h c r t h r e e se lect ions she kept) hc r aud ionce In an u p r o a r of l augh te r , pa r t i cu l a r ly In "Thc F o r d family t ake a r i d e , " a c c o r d l n s to tho Aycr account .

P r inc ipa l W h i t m a r s h was pa r t i cu ­lar ly in te res t ing In his c u r r e n t events t a l k a t tho l i b ra ry on Monday af tor­noon. - Tho re wcrc Beveral present , a n d a t the close h c received, t h r o u g h ono of the n u m b e r , thc t h a n k s of tho company , and was presented wi th a flne bouque t of Poe t l cus Narcissus .

T h e Shir ley Ath le t ic club played tho Poppere l l c lub he re a t the play­g r o u n d last S u n d a y af ternoon, the vis i tors losing by t h e .score of 9 to 7. Tho t eams were very evenly ma tched .

Mr. and Mrs. S. T h o m p s o n Blood, •with Mrs. J o h n R. Sha t tuck , motored h e r e from Concord J u n c t i o n for txn over-Sunday visit wi th Miss M a r g a r e t Blood.

It Is .stated t h a t a change m a y bc found necessary concern ing Cana l s t reet , which wus to be g r a d e d for t ravel . It Is covored wi th w a t e r In a l l low i)laccs a n d was Hooded du r ­i n g the heavy rains . Near ly all the

' m a t e r i a l used to build up tho l l a u laat win ter has been washed away. A s It Is now ta lked, a re- locat ion m a y

, ' b o t h e only a l t e rna t ive , unlcs.s the r o a d Is to be closed entirely to iralllc.

,' c.„-Jf'^' ^•. ^^ ^°t'' r e tu rned on laat • S?»iVi5' '? ' ' • ° ' " P l t c h b u r g , where ahe

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Mr. and Mrs . Ca r ly s l e Kel ley and Mr . and Mrs: Rice , f r o m I ^ i l L t o n ^ n ^ ^ x V S u n d a y by a u t o t o vte?t^M?' ^ n d Mrs. George P i e r c e , a t W o o d -side, for a few h o u r s . w o o a -

Mrs. E . D. W a l k e r a n d Mrs . M G Greeno were r ecen t ly appo in t ed dele-^ ga t e s f rom the C o m m u n i t y c h u r c h , R r L ^ ^ A , ^ ' ^ ' App le tdn , frora t h e B r a n c h Al l iance , t o a t t end t h e a n ­n u a l mee t ing of t h e U n i t a r i a n a n d o t h e r ch r i s t i an c h u r c h e s , to be he ld In Boston on. M a y 25.

N. W. TarbeU, w i t h s eve ra l w o r k ­m e n , Svere In t o w n from t h e C h a m ­p i o n - I n t e r n a t i o n a l C a r d Shop a t L a w ­r e n c e las t week, r emov ing m u c h of

. t h e belting- t r o m thc p l an t of t h e s a m e c o m p a n y h e r e in town.

Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Nu t t i ng re ­t u r n e d on S u n d a y to the i r h o m c In Woonsocke t , R. I., af ter a week ' s visi t In town w i t h Mr. and Mra, H. L Nu t t i ng . • Mrs . T h o m a a Corad lne , w h o came ea s t las t week f rom Chicago wi th

• t h e r e m a l p s of h e r m o t h e r , Mrs . Mary Servey, for bur ia l , h a s been the gues t ot h e r re la t ives , ^ r . a n d Mrs . C G. •Wllley. She will no t r e t u r n to h e r h o m e In t h e west for a few weeks .

•'•- Mrs . - F r a n k Powel l recen t ly c a m e f rom Somervi l le to occupy t h e P a r k ­e r co t tage , oft Brook l ine s t reet . Mr.

• P o w e l l was a week -end guest he re •wXth his wife a n d child.

Mr. and Mrs. E d g a r Hinca moto red h e r e f rom Somervi l le recently, a s t h e

, gueata of S. R. Merr i l l and family. E. H. Cleveland is a d d i n g a new

piazza to his res idence on Brook l lne s t ree t s t reet , a n d m a k i n g o t h e r im­p rovemen t s .

Miss Hope Davisson h a s been t a k ­ing a shor t res t f rom h e r dut ies as t e a c h e r in Boston, a t h e r co t tage on Townsend s t ree t .

Mrs . J o seph A t t r i d g e e n t e r t a i n e d h e r friend, Mrs. H a r r y Wal ton , last •week, who c a m e f rom Alls'ton to a t ­t e n d t h e t e l ephone ba l l .

P r e m o B o r g a t t l a n d family took a t r i p to "Vermont l a s t week, s t a r t i n g

• Thursday , , In h i s new a u t o t ruck . -'. • At the r egu l a r m e e t i n g of P re sco t t ;<Jrllnse on last week F r i d a y even ing

only two of t h e seven cand ida te s to t a k e the first a n d second degrees -were present . I t is expected t h a t the absen t ones m a y t a k e those degrees

. a t a mee t ing of sonie o thor Grange , a n d join wi th t h e o t h e r s .at t h c next mee t ing for the t h i r d and fou r th de­grees, which is to bc on May 27. Cand ida tes from Shir ley Granpe .aro expected he re a t t h a t t ime to join t h e class. The ladies ' degree st.-iff will confer thc th i rd degree a t th.-xt meet-

, Ing and t h e G r a n g e ofllccrs tlie fou r th .

New m a t e r i a l a n d a p p a r a t u s for t h e vocat ional school a t tho L'. S. Convalescent H o m e hore in town was received the ear ly p a r t of the week. T h e men n u m b e r as m a n y as usual , a n d it is s ta ted on good a u t h o r i t y t h a t -no olllcial notification has yet been received of the a b a n d o n m e n t of t h e home . One of the p. t t ients . Mr. K e e n a n . who has never recovored from severe gass ing over across , h.ad a severe . i t tack of his illness du r ing the past_ji 'eek. T h e closing of the Honiestoad wf>'.iid be regarded a s de t r imenta l , not only to many of the ex-soldiers in point of hea l th .ind comfort , hut to the owner of the bui lding, and to t o w n s m e n and mer­chan t s general ly .

The Misses Annis .-tnd Woldr idce , frbm Bangor, Me., who a re to con­duct thc Convalescent Home at the Donnel ly place, a r c exj-'ected here the l a t t e r i)art of tho wet-k.

Mr. and .Mrs. W. W. Lunt r e tu rned h o m e on Tuesday from their extend­ed visit wi th re la t ives in P.riErhton and .Newton.

Miss .Mildred I.unt, w h o spent her vaca t ion in \ \ ' a sh ing ton , 13. C . came back to her sciiool dut ies last week, visi t ing in Br ighton with her paren ts . She repor ts a wonderful ly p leasant "Visit, anfl a b u n d a n c e of beaut i ful scenes in the pa rks .

A . c h i m n e y fire nt the house o r r n -pled by Dr. N. S. Wood and familv caused an a l a r m to be smnideii ,,f t w o blasts for the flre engine t.-.im and driver. .Mr. Lakin was .-it work -with tho tcai-n on the road, .anr] when h e reached the house . .Mrs. Wood, with t h e .a.ss}stane.- of the neighbors , had t h e flre nearh- s inoothered out. Al­t h o u g h he gave ii some a t ten t ion no ex t inguishers were userl. \ ' e ry little d a m a g e \\-as done to the house"

The high school nine will piny the Groton hich t eam in Groton on Sat­u r d a y af te rnoon.

Waldo SpauldinK arr ived home on Tuesday, a s expected , and w.-is In

' t o w n , dr iving his a u t o on Wednesd.ay. T h e l iquor ra id m a d e by OfHcer

Dex te r on I ' .arker 's hlll resul ted in the convict ion of S t e p h e n Molosky a t the d i s t r ic t cour t In Ayor on Tue'sday of t h e sa le of l iquor, n fine of J75 be-Ing Imposed. .Molosky cla imed ho was .unable to p.ay tho flno a n d was com­mi t t ed to the l o c k - u p ' a n d given throe m o n t h s ' t ime . As the sea rch wan m a d e on evidence furn ished by nn cx-nnvy ' mnn from Gro ton . the of­ficer was nsfllsted by Chief Dowling Of Groton. A sti l l w a s u n e a r t h e d and a smal l quan t i ty of "moonshine" waa found. W h e t h e r th i s discipline will h a v e a b e n c n d n l elToct on somo of tho o the r places In town suspected to be dea l ing out " m o o n s h i n e " r e m a i n s to be seen. Molosky hntt ft wife nnd t h r e e chi ldren, who wlll p robably bo-come s ta te c h a r g e s du r ing his t ime of confinement In Jail,

Mrs. I rene T. At t r idge read at tho o n t e r t a l n m e n t for gtiest n ight a t the m e e t i n g of the Alpha Pns t .Noblo G r a n d n.saoclatlon In F i t c h b u r g on Ttiesday.

Mrs . F r a n k D u n t o n cnme from PortliYnd Mo , Wcdnt ' sdav . to s tav TV Ith h c r mothor , Mrs. H e n r y Lakln,

Mra Amer icua lyawrenre Is vorv low, h a v i n g r ecen t ly sufCered a tlilrd shock .

Georgo G. TarbeU c a m e h o m e from Che l sea th i s week, to roma ln ovor Memor ia l day.

F . J . E r r l n s t o n moved th i s week f rom tho house on Main s t ree t where he h a s lived for somo years . Into half of tho dotfble t enemen t houso on Sartollo stroot.

E . J . Dar l ing Is t ak ing an enforced vaca t ion from his dut ies as foreman of r e p a i r s a t the paper mill. .Mrs. Da r l i ng Is en te r t a in ing a frlond this week, Mrs. L a u r a Fl int , from l-'itch­burg .

At the g a t h e r i n g of the Ali>hu I'ast Noble Grand associat ion a t FI tehburg on gues t day, Tuesday , Acoma Ue­bekah lodge was rep resen ted by eight of Its past noble g r ands . Thc two from this town wero Mrs. Ellle Hob-bins and Mrs. M a r y H e a t h Bloud. and the six who a r e n o w res id ing In other towns wero Mrs. I d a Robblns . of P l t c h b u r g ; Mrs. M a r y L. Blood, of G a r d n e r ; Mrs. Jonn ic Htizen, of P l t c h b u r g ; Mrs. Abble Lawton . of Hudson ; Mrs. S a r a Blood Elliott , of Gardner , and Mrs . May Kidder , of Cllnton. ' Other R e b e k a h oIHcers at­t end ing by lnvlt.atIon f rom th i s lodge were thc noble g r and , Mrs. Car r ie Pi t ­m a n Davis and the vice g r a n d , Mrs. Lott ie Sylvester.

Mlss B a r b a r a Bancrof t wen t Into Boston last Sa tu rday , r e m a i n i n g over with friends In C a m b r i d g e until Monday morning .

Mrs . Henry Lakln . w h o s e illness from neui-algia a n d o t h o r t roub le s was repor ted last week . Is s teadi lv g rowing weaker . She h a s no t been able to rest by lying d o w n for some weeks, and the r e p o r t Is no t encour ­ag ing as we go to press .

.V double feature ot twelve reels will be presented at Tarbel l ' s Opera llousi Sa turday afternoon and evening, Mav

Tom Moore, s t a r of "Hold your ;il. horses." a Goldwyn product ion . .. Kupert Hughes s tory , has long tjeen one of the .screen's most popular .stars and Ills populari ty la sti l l g rowia« . Moore was born In Ireland and he pos­sesses all t h e lovable Celtic t r a i t s . la his latest picture he has the par t of a s treet cleaner who rises to political DOwer in Xc-u- York. A s t r i k ing plot is developed In ''Hia own law." an­other feature. J, C. MacN'elr, a con struction engineer of repute, has an imcaiiuy htLl)lt of s tea l ing away from hi's associates lmmedlatel.\- upon the completion of an engineering project. and burying himself in a d runken s tupor In the tenderloin district, Tues­day evening. May 24. the feature will be ' "Sc ra t ch my back."

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game , who'n tbey regained thoi r cour­age a n d did t h e i r best playing. Ayer also p layed a ' good gamo, bu t P e p ­perel l waa too much for t hem.

Missionary Mcetltig. T h c ladios of tho Missionary society

of the Congregat ional church , who mot with Mrs. Harold Winn on Wed­nesday af ternoon, were privileged to listen to an Interest ing address from a t e t u r n e d missionary. .Mlss H. J, Gil­son. w h o Is In town temporar i ly . Miss Gilson was Ih the missionary Held for th i r teen y e a r s In the Jthodosia distr ict , .-\frlca. She re turned to thla counl ry in 1917. Whi le In the east she had a wide exper ience In many b ranches of miss ionary work and her na r r a ­tions were gra^>hlc and prut-tically eonsidered.

As the oppor tun i ty to listen to a missionary topic from ono su Intl-tiiately connec ted with the work, is mre . t he ladles of thc society were pleased to give up an announced pro­gram to listen to Ati.ss Gilson. whose kindness in giving ui> the afternoon to the society was only known after the p r o g r a m was made out. The ineeting was a. large one tmd all w-ere p'.easiintly enterUiined by fhe hoste.ss, wtio is s ec re t a ry of the society.

M e t h o d i s t Church Xotes . - T h e pas tor . Rev. H a r r y P . Taylor,

Is b e c o m i n g sett led a t the pa r sonage , n e a r t h e church . In Chapel place, oft Mill s t r ee t . His t e l ephone n u m b e r is 38.

At t h e Sunday m o r n i n g service a t 10,45 t h e pas tor -will p r e a c h on " E x ­a m p l e s o t f a l th -keep lng . " C h u r c h school a t noon, wi th classes fo r all g r ades . At 6.30, H o p e Circle mee t ­ing In the chapel , u n d e r t h e leader­sh ip of Miss E l i zabe th McNayr . E v e n i n g service a t 7.30, w i t h s e r m o n by t h e pastor , on "The beau t i e s of s p r i n g t i m e . " Music by t h e c h o r u s choir, Mlss McNayr ' s class.

R e g u l a r meet ing on Tuesday even­ing a t 7.30 in the vestry .

On Wednesday evening, a t 6.30. the Ladies ' Aid society will serve a sa lad s u p p e r In the vestry.

E p w o r t h league n igh t , F r i d a y even­ing, wi th business, devot ional a n d so­cial per iods. Las t Sunday evening t h e E p w o r t h league roll call was well a t ­t ended , and In addi t ion to the a n ­nounced p rog ram, H o r a c e S h e p a r d ­son gave a cornet solo and assis ted In t h e mus ic by o rgan and choir . I t Is h o p e d to secure h im to r S u n d a y even­ing.

Gir l s ' Club Exhib i t . T h e exhibi t of the Girls clubs, un ­

der t h e Home Economic D e p a r t m e n t ot tho County Bureau , was given in G r a n g e hal l on Tuesday evening. The th ree clubs of Gro ton and Main s t ree t schools uni ted. T h e r e was a n excel­lent exhibi t of sewing u n d e r t h e d i rec­t ion of Mlss Sa ra H u b b a r d , and a s m a l l exhib i t of cooking. Thero was a fair a t t e n d a n c e of t h e in te res ted p a r e n t s a n d fr iends, a l t h o u g h not a s l a rge a s m i g h t h a v e r easonab ly been expected , a s a m a t t e r of encourage ­m e n t to the young folks. Miss Mari­an Forbes , of the Middlesex County Bureau , acted as judge , and George Er icson, club agent , a w a r d e d the prizes, .-Vs a comple te list is not ob­t a inab le Just a t th i s t ime . It will be given in full in our next Issue.

The e n t e r t a i n m e n t given "by the girls of the club consisted o t songs by the th ree clubs, or ig inal s tor ies by Mary Drinane, Lo r ra ine Geiger .and Leona Curtis, a l i t t le s k e t c h had been

I wr i t t en by .Margaret Olsen , but liv reason of file illness of two ot the members , was m u c h m a r r e d U.v the necessity of cu t t ing out s o m e of the best features. A d e m o n s t r a t i o n of bak ing ijowder biscui t was m a d e bv -Margaret Olsen, and E d i t h Stew-art"; a table-se t t ing d e m o n s t r a t i o n was given by Ju l ie t te Gi lman a n d Marv Dr inane .

The County club c g e n t , Rober t Tr,ask, came in d u r i n g t h e l a t t e r pa r t of the evening and his i l lus t ra ted falk on wha t some of the o t h e r clubs of the county were accompl i sh ing , was very much aiijireciafed, and will prove an incentive in m a n y cases, to re­newed effort.

.Vniioum-i'incnt of KiiK-.i^-enient. Tile foUow-lng cl ipping taken from

flu- Waketield Dally I tem, will be of interest to Pepporoll people in Kem-ial anil ij.irlicul.lrly the formei- associates uf the >ou:i;i lady ment ioned:

t^i-hool ft-a.ehers and o ther friends of Mids Ger t rude Sullivtin of the l-'ixinklin sehool t each ing staff, ten-dei-ed a surprise miscellaneous shower last evening, fhe ovent being a r i a n g o d by Mlss Elizu V. Coburn, iilso ot t h c Frankl in achool. Dr. nnd .Mrs. Char les K. Moniaguo ox)ened the i r home at 15 Kichardson avenue for the event,

. \n antusin.i.- feature was the imper ­sonat ion of a bride aud br idegroom by MLss Heas E. D.avid, a-i tiie •-gt--jom" and Miss Kmiua \ ' ina l . as tho "br ido ." .Mi.-is David was in gen t leman ' s full evening dress , and carr ied oft the pa r t to j ierfection; .a-tl''<^ Mlss Vinal m a d e

•a"charming ' 'br ide ." She, too, was In "even ing" dress, .and a unique effect was obta ined by using a sheet for the t ra in and folding atid pinning it into a receptac le to r the various gifts. Miss Vance ot t h e Hurd school a t t ended as the "ma id of hor.or." As It was a s t r ic t ly feminine affair, save for the presence of "Sam," the Montague ' s f amous cat , t h e r e was no "best m a n . " At te r the genera l hi lari ty over the b r lde -and-g room stunt , r e f reshments were served from the dtning-roont table, which had a n effective cen te r ­piece of wild roses, fo rming a J a p ­anese umbre l l a . Miss Suillvan Is to marr j - on J u n e 11. Clifford Oing ras s of Ashland, N. H. Tho ce remony will t a k e p lace a t Miss Sullivan's home in Pepperol l .

The homo pape r s a r e pleased to add a word to the above communica t ion . Miss G e r t r u d e Sull ivan Is the younger d a u g h t e r ot Mr. and -Mrs, Daniel T. Sullivan, N a s h u a street, .and one ot the well-l iked and known y o u n g people ot th i s place, formerly. She is a m e m b e r of t h e Popperel l high school, class of 1910. and a g r a d u a t e from the F i t c h b u r g Normal college in 1912. She t a u g h t for a . s h o r t t ime a t Ashland, N. H., where she became a c ­quainted wi th Mr. Gingrass , and la ter wont to Wakefleld to teach wi th h e r sister, .Miss l.ydia. All he r t r iends will uni te to -wish her much happiness in her a p p r o a c h i n g nupt ia ls .

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ranged for church n ight a t the Com­mun i ty chureh , Tuesday ovening, un­der the direction of Dana O. .Merrill, wi th the co-opera t ion ot his Sundav sehool cla.ss. It was called ••,\n even­ing wi th the w-ild flower.«." and pi-izes had been off.-red for a contest for those bringing in fhe larges t collec­tion. The chi ldren took n-iuch in te r ­est in the idea, and have been busv, and the tables w-ere very w-ell flllod on t h e evenini.- of the contest wi th the i r collections The re weve sixty var ie t ies brought in. the largest single collection being the -ivork of K;dw-nrd Durant , who hnd liffy-si.x variet ies . Ho H-as awarded fhe j)rize offered for tho largest collection, a box of flower­ing pansy plants

The re was also a contest nn n a m i n g the variei tos, and paiiers were given f»iit and it w-.as in teres t ing to seo how absorbed tl-.e little peo])Ie w-ero in the work Tho names of those hav ing the largest nnmber of the n a m e s of the llow-ers cannot be secured at th is t ime, as tbe pai)ers have not all been h.anded to the eommit tee . Games fol­low-ed the llower contest , a r r a n g e d by fhe n iembers of .Mr .Merrill's class.

Hllih S<-lio()l Notes, The monk congress and dance fo

be held this weok l-'riday ev.-ning in I ' rescott hall is sure to |ir.-ve inter­est ing. The senate , which is com­posed of the Kirls. w-ill discuss bills on "lohbyin):" and '"daylight sav ing . " The boys, who mako up the houso ot representa t ives , will discuss bills on "compulsory mill tarv t r a in ing" and " Immigra t ion . " Tho proceeds a re for the beneflt of tho basebal l t eam, nnd It Is hoped tbat many people w-lll nt­tond as tbe s thool was very d isap­pointed In their t-oncert.

The seniors aro forming thei r p lans for the i r g r adua t i on exerelses, and m a n y of the pupi ls hnvo their p a r t s .a.sslgnod. Al though this year ' s class is a smal l one, all Intend to go to h i g h e r ins t i tu t ions .

Ano thor basebal l game was iilayod wi th tho basebal l leam from the Homcs toad on T h u r s d a v . resul t ing In a score of 14 to -I, In favor of the high sohool team

T h e high school tenm w-as victori­ous In Its second sciieduled g a m e ot tho soason at the p layground on W ednesday af ternoon by the scoro of 10 to :>. The game was plaved wi th the Ayor high school t aem, who had the lead tip to the e ighth Inning. At tho beginning of r e i )po re l r s half of the seventh Inning the scoro wns 9 to .1. In fnvor of Ayer. but Poppor i l l Ihen bogan to pile up runs , and a t thc close of the e ighth Inning was leading by the score ot in to n. Tho whole toam pl.aycd good bnll. espe­cially d u r i n g the la t te r pa r t of thc

SHIRLEY

News Itoni-s. Mrs. E d w a r d Forc ler , of Fronf

s t reet , was called to St. GuiUaume. Quebec, recen t ly by the serious ill­ness of he r sister, Mrs. Ovid Heroux . W h e n Mrs. Forcler r e t u r n ­ed h e r s is ter was s l ight ly improved, bu t she b r o u g h t * i t h her baby Annie, six m o n t h s old.

The J u n i o r Athle t ic club will play a twi l ight g a m e wi th St. Mary 's .\. C. in Ayer on next T h u r s d a y evening.

On last week F r i d a y evening the jun io r band niet in the vostry of the Congrega t iona l chu rch for a social evening. Tho boys en te r t a ined the girls and this included get t ing the supper and doing the ki tchen work . About twenty-flve chi ldren wore pres ­ent. Mi-s. Goodhear t . J l r s . Goozey. Mai-ioii ,Iubb .and R u t h Hooper wore present to look aftor the younger

.-\rthur Chai rman spent fhe week­end in .- \shburlihani.

.Mrs. Roder ick Cassavoy .and chil­dren itave beet-i \-istting fhe p.-isf w-eek in iiioston, Ro-\bur>' .and W.a\-erley,

The Shii-le\- Br.anch .Vllitince- wili meet in the veatr\- of the U.nifari.an r h u r c h on Fr iday afteri toon of nexf \veek. The change i.s made to Frid.iy so tha t fhe mombers may a t t - n d the impor tan t Ma>- nteofing in Boston.

Mrs. Daniel Credit was oper­ated upon at tho Clinton iiospital lasf Wednesday for tho renlo^•al of a dis-ea.-^ed kidne>--

.•\ large class of children w-ill re-<-eive first cettim-jnion at St. .\n-thon>-"s chu rch on Snr.-lay i-norniticr.

-•\lti-ui-i;iii .Meeting. The a n n u a l nieefintr ..f the .Mtruri-

an club was held at fl.e home of .Mrs. Doro thy C Davis on T h u r s d a y af tornoon with .Miss Ho\\-e jiresiding, .A. new- memlier . .Mrs, .Martha I. .'Sey­mour, was admi t ted , and f.vo naml-s w-ere proposed for member.ship. The pres ident .appointed for fellers Mrs. Bessie C h a p m a n and Mrs. Kiln E. Felch, u-ho repor ted the following of­flcers as electod for the \-eai- 1921-32: Miss Grace .M. Kilburn. pres . ; .Mrs. G e r t r u d e C. Weare , \-iee pres. ; .Mabel B. Watson , s e c : .Miss Lena .M. Tew-ksbury, t roas . ; .Miss Altio P. How-o. 1 year, .Mrs. Joseph ine E. Dunn, 2 >-oars, directors .

Mlss Howe,- the re t i r ing prosidont. t h a n k e d the club for the co-opera t ion of c lub menibers dur ing the past two \-t-.ars, and tho neu-ly-olected presi­dent. Miss Ki lburn . respondetl in .a very apprec ia t ive m a n n e r for the of­fice conferred upon her.

Hepor t s of the seci-etitry. freasnri-r and d i rec to r s ; also, thnie of e;<(-h cotnmlt toe wore ' given ar.d a reepted . If w-as votod to observe gtiest iiiu-lit .'iiid chiUli-en's da>-.

The Iiresident then api-o:nt--'l the following commi t t ee s : .\lr-- l-:n,nia . l .ash. Mrs, Idella A l-'iteh. .Mrs, .Mic.-I'. r.irchsfo.ad, Mrs, i'.essii- Chaiinian. Char lo t t e A. Creenleaf. social; .Mrs Hittle w . Kvans, .Mrs. Kate [-:, Hazen. .Mrs. Clara H. Miner, civics: Mrs I 'annie B. I i . I ' ra t t , .Mrs. J e n m e S. Know-los. .Mrs. Che r ry B. Wells. lei:is-lafive; .Miss Lur.o. A. Whiti-, Mrs. Ca the r ine A. Hooper . Mrs. .Mire L Wright , henl th and household eco­nomics ; Mns. Har r i e t L. t 'onnnt , Mrs. .Minna A. Drake, Mrs. Mary K. Lilly, mus ic : .Mrs. .Martha J. Conanf. .Mrs! Jessie B. Hun to r . .Mrs. Rllon K. Folch. a r t ; Mrs. .Mary \V. Hazen. .Mrs. Doro­thy C. T. Davis, .Mrs. Myra F. P:iy, educa t ion ; Mrs. . \bbio J. \\ 'ells. jiross; .Mrs. .Mary A. I 'ark, I-'ederation secre­tary .

The moet im; was then ad jou rned unti l October . Mlss Altio F. Howe goes to P lymouth next weok as dele­ga t e to tho State Federa t ion n n n u a l mooting. Ico cream and wafers wore served, by the hostess. .Mrs. Davis, ns-slBtcd by .Mrs Thotnas and Mrs, P ra t t .

Ocntor. - MIKS France.^ 11,irley and Mi.ss Bar­

ba ra Har ley of l.:ini-niiurg spent Wod-nc-sdny at tlu home of .Mr. and .Mi«. Uoborl H, ,1. Holden.

.Mr", and Mrs, (-harles K, Holton havo arr ived s:ifely hi Kngland. com­munica t ions ha\-:jii.- i>ccn rocoixod from them with Kngiish poatm.arkR. Mr, Bol ton w.is c h a i r m a n of a benoflt concort heM in the music saloon of tjic . ' 'atiirnia. upon which they croRsod, .^frs. Bolton was one of the membor s of the conr-ert commit tee .

Little Ksthor Kvans, d a u g h t e r , of .Mr, tmd Mrs. Itnlph 1, Kvans, who, is s taying at the homo of .Mr. and :Mrs, David Marsh, is ill w-lth .«oarlct teves.

Forres t B. WIrg of Brookl ino was in ton-n over Ihe w-ook-end.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Charles Morris , -who have bcon occupying the Byram place oii Pa t t e r son road, havc -moved t o t h e vacan t t enemen t at the Bar t le t t p lace on Cla rk road . .Mr and Mrs. Char les Pr ledr lcks , who have also been oc­cupying the Byruni place, huve moved to Lit t le ton.

' .Mrs. Char les l/<ini:l''y and Char l ie l a n g l e y of Millburv are at Mra. Long-ley's house on Center r j ad this week.

Kober t H . J . Holden has recovered frotn his recent ;iti.u-k of the measles und Is now able to be out again.

Mr. and Mrs. .Noini.m K. Graves and son, Clyde, went to Springlield on T h u r s d a y to a t tend the tune la l ot the Infant son of Mr, nod •'^'rs. Clarence Clark of Springlield. which die.d on Tuesday a t one ye:it of ;ige. This was the only remali 'ung child -of -Mr, and Mrs. Clark, anoth.-r having died a few m o n t h s ago.

The Ca tacunemaug Camp Flre Girls will hold an enter tamtnent in the tow-n hall on Sa turday evening, .May 21. T h e r e will be a pla.'-- "Three of a k ind ," severa l sket- hes und musical numbers . FO11OW;T:S,- the p rogram there will be a . - - i a l dance. Icc c ream and cuke M.U be on sale dur ­ing the evening.

Miss Mae Bradf.-r • ..f Wheaton col­lege spen t tho w.-. .. .-r.d af the home of he r paren ts , .M; and .Mrs. Charlea K. Bradford . Sh.- w:is accompanied by t h r e e friends fr a: Wheaton, .Misses Beatr ice West, i:ii/.,ib.-lh -Norris and .Miranda Brooks. Mi.---- Vera Hiadford of Evere t t wa.- ,il-:' home o \ e r the week-end . -

At t h e meeting ut Shirley Grange on Tuesday eveni:..-- tlb- flrst and sec­ond degrees w-ere w n k e d on several candida tes . Ther.- was a sho r t musi­cal p rogran i whi.-h included; pltxno solo, Mrs. Fa i rbanks ; piano duet . Mrs. F a i r b a n k s and JIiss Dorothy Fa i r ­b a n k s ; violin sol.. .N'orman F a r m e r accompan ied by -M:- Gefrudo F a r n s ­worth . Hefreshtn. lit- of .sandwiches, Ice c r e a m and c:ik-- were served.

Boy Scouts . The Boy Scout fC-to held a t the

h o m e of Rev. H. A. Br idgman last S a t u r d a y w.ia very suceesatul, t he re being near ly 200 in a t t endance . The proceeds will probably amoun t to fltty dol lars a n d will be used for the pu rchase of scout uniforms.

A lunch of bacon, doughnuts , cheese, pickles, coffee and chocolate was served In t h e woods by the scouts, ass is ted by a commit tee ot la­dles, Mrs. G. L. Snow. Mlss Ed i th P. Longley, Miss Carr ie G. Bradford, Mrs. E s t h e r W. Goodrich and .Mrs. H. A. Br idgman . After the lunch a Maypole dance was given on the Br idgman lawn by twenty of the C a t a c u n e m a u g Camp Fi re Girls, all ot whom were dressed in whi te .

General M a r k L, Hersey. c o m m a n d ­an t a t C a m p Devons, gave a fine ad­dress, tel l ing of the proposed sum­mer p r o g r a m a t Camp Devens, and speak ing very highly of the work of the Boy Scouts. Another speake r was Captain DIsmukos. c o m m a n d a n t a t the United Sta tes naval t r a in ing s ta­tion at Newpor t . R. I. He descr ibed the to rpedo ing by the G e r m a n s of the T r a n s p o r t Mt. Vernon, of which he was in c o m m a n d a t the t ime.

A group of Boy Scouts from F i t c h ­bu rg gave an exhibition of t roop evolutions, life-saving and fire-mak­ing, and s a n g , sevoral of the i r c a m p ­ing songs. A troop ot s cou t s t r o m .-^yer wore presen t also.

Will iam Cram, a ve teran o t the civil war, who w.as present , was p re ­sented wi th a bouquet of ca rna t ions In honor of his eighty-fifth b i r thday . Will iam J u b b gave several r ead ings and Mr. Jo rgensen ot Groton School gave a very fine exhibi t ion ot s leight-of-hand t r icks .

J u n e 1, -when thoy opon tho i r houso '•^r t h e a n n u a l reunion of t h o Worces-— r family. About the first of Ju ly t h o y win como for tho r e m a i n d e r ot t ho s u m m e r .

Goorgo Dickerman met with a s t range , and painful acc ident Wednes -d a y m o r n i n g while p.iporlng a room "• Georgo W. Hardy's . In somo way -^ fell f r o m ' i i ateii-ladder, his head

s t r i k ing on a china closet with glass doors and the broken glass cut two gashes In his heud, one so long tha t Dr. Haza rd found it necessary to take some st i tches.

W o m a n ' s Club Gucfct .Mght. T h e a n n u a l guest night ot the

W o m a n ' s c lub wjis held in the town hall Wednesduy evening, about 100 a t t end ing . The club and their guests •"ere received Informally by tho presi­

ent, Mrs. Waldo Flagg, and tho sec-Jtary, Mlss R u t h D, Hogers, Mrs. W. r'. W o r c e ^ r , the vice president, be-ig unab le to be preaent on account r Illness. An unusual ly fine musical program

•iis given by Mlss Hazle Stark, vio­linist, and Mrs. Mann, pianist, from .Melrose, Mass., and Mra, Whitney, 'cellolst, from Nashua . The p rogram consisted of six numberij.- of strictly classical music and was a real musi­cal ti-eat to Hollls music-lovers, and each n u m b e r received well-merited app lause . It w-os a dLsappolntment to fho commi t t ee In churge as well as the audience, t ha t Miss Margare t Al-' n ot Manches ter , who was to huve

:inced, failed to keep her engage-lent. After the "concert ref reshmonts of

lce c roam and assorted cakes were served In the lower hull. Dancing "irought t h e evening to a close. The lall w a s pret t i t ly decor.ated with box-I'ood. Mrs. May T. Worces ter having ha rge ot decorat ions .

HARVARD

Xews I tcnts . Rev, George Tomlinson. ot Wor­

cester, will p r each at the L'nitarian church on Sunday, .Miss Elvira Scorgie will sing. At tho whito church Rev. A. W, Dycer will conduct fhe service. Mr. West will s ing a t this sorvice.

The young people of Mr. Dycer ' s class are r ehea r s ing the play, "Look out tor paint ," wh ich is to bo given on Fr iday e\-ening. May 27.

The Jun ior Bird club had a com-pefifioM bird walk on last .Saturday. The group, under the leadership ot .Miss Klvirfi Scorgie. spent fhe a f te r ­noon looking for bi rds . Miss Helen i 'age won with twenty-s ix b i rds to her credit. 1:; all th i r ty birds w-ero identitied

Membi-rs 111' the . \mer i can Legion are tu ir.iVf a benefit dance at the town hall on .Monday evening, Mav 311, for the b.-r.eflt of fheir sick m e m ­bers. Kvery,,lie In town mus t feel it their pU-usiii.- to assist in such a noble eff,irt.

SHII Hlvci". Mr. Dadmnn

picture of tlu-fhe Baptist ,liu sorvice on Sur. fhat fhere will tion. .Mr. Diui: torical re,-l ,,f of the publi,- b special intt-r,-;

The annual Baptist chu:-(li vesfry on n.-xt eight o'clock ed i-irevi.ius tu

Mr. Pai-ni.-::t lone tank :in,! I ' a rker h.iiis. , : to ser\-e (-iist-.n this v.-eek.

is to t ake a mo\-ing Iieople coming out of ;-ch af te r the m o r n i n g day, .and it is hoped be a good congrega-

iiun is m.aking tin his-Harva rd , t ak ing in all a l ldings and places of

l-ari.sh meet ing of the will be held in the T h u r s d a y evening a t

.\ s u p p e r will bo serv-the n-ieeting. .-r is having a gaso-p u m p put in at the

intl hopes to be re.ad\-.-^rs fhe la t tor par t of

.\. .-\. Hufel-.. :,-on and S. B. Haynes w-ent to Wor,- .--cr in .Mr. Hu tche r ­son's au to on Wednesday ovening to .attend a .Mas,mio moet ing.

Morrill Spractio, of Amhers t ..\gri-cul tura l collei;., w.as a t home last Sa tu rday and Sundav.

LITTLETON Death.

The ear thly l::-o of Char les P r a n k Stono cl,is.-.l ,,,.. p--rlday, May IS, at ih.. ripe age of e igh ty-n ine nnd a. half years. Death w-aa a t t r ibu ted to h.-art disease, hnt .Mr, Stono had beon in failing heal th for somo time, a complication of ills b a v i n g sapped his s t rength and rendered h im verv feelile. Throui thout his decline he enjoyed the kin,tly ca re ot his son Louis :ind his wife, and In recent weeks h.. h.-,d rr-qiilred the at tenfinn of a nurse,

l-'uneral servirea wero held from his late home at the coinmon. Ke \ . t 'ar l (;. Hoi-sf oiriclntlng, and tho re-niams were laid to rost beside those of .Mrs. Stone, who was removed by I.oath from his compan ionsh ip nine­teen \ ea r s ago last October .

.Mr s tone w-as born In Groton, now-Ayer. m Octoher, 1831, nnd w-ns mar­ried to Miss Abblo Barna rd , Thev were the paren ts of two .sons, George P.. deceased, a n d . L o u i s J. Tho lat­ter, three g randch i ld ren and throo grea t -grandchl ld ron survive him.

.Mr. Stone hnd mado hla homo In Littleton forty-seven years and had .always pursued t h e occupat ion of farming. He wns na tu r a l l y qulot and ret i r ing In his habi ts , bu t Industr ious and proKressive. enjoying the favor and esteem ,,f ne ighbors and o ther fellow- townsmen.

HOLLIS, N. H. News Items.

.Mr. ;i;:d Mrs. P a r k Woodman of .Milford. ,\l,-s Kenne th Wilson of Pllchliiirg, (;r:ihani Blood nnd Pred ('. l l a rdy w.-r.- in town Wednesday n l sh t to at tend t!i.- eiieiit n ight of the Wom­an ' s ehib.

.Mr. anil Mr- Goorge W. Hardv en-ferlame.i MrK Mann and Mlss I'lazle Stark un Widnesday night .

Mrs, H.-nrv Worces te r nnd Mlss Bortha Worr,---!or of Mnlilen, Mass.. wore at :liii: ..-ummer homo, the Wor­cester hnni, .ie:i,l, for tho day Wed­nes.lay. Th.-y will bc In town again

TOWNSEND Hit rhor .

Tho Harbor was well represented at the P o m o n a Grange In vXshby on Thursday .

The As You Like It c lub wa-s pleas­ant ly en ter ta ined a l Mrs. J a m e s Ben­ne t t ' s on Tuesday.

Born on Tuesday morning; to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barlow, two son», E t h e l b e r t Franc i s and Kenne th Eu< gene. Mother and twins a re doing well. A nurse from Maine is in a t ­t endance .

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^We are painters. We know every angle of the painting business. It would pay you to con­sult one of us—without obligation on your part, of course.

CHESTER A. PARKER

T e l e p h o n e 53-4 Pepperel l , Mass .

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PARKER'S HARDWARE AND PAINT STORE East Pepperell, Mass. •

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