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Forty-Ninth Year Ayer, M^ss., Saturday; December 16,^^916 NO. 15. Price Four Cents

Everything ElecStrical Headquarters for

Vuluo $1.00 S . \ t | i S PRICIT 89c.

Ever-Re ady

Flashlights & Batteries and

Electric SuDDlles

$1.33 Value $1.50

SAIJE.S PRICK

Row • ELECTRICAL

SALESROOM PAEK STREET

Wiring and Repairinj

s sons 60. CONTRACTORS

Telephone 86-4

AYER, MASS.

First) National Banil 0! flyer Savings and Thrift Club Thrift Club starts Tuesday, Dec.

26, 1916, at 8 a. m., when First ^ment will be Due Payi

50 WeeKs SAVE 25 CENTS PER WEEK FOR SAVE 50 CENTS PER WEEK FOR SAVE ?1.00 PER WEEK FOR SAVE ?2.00 PER WEEK FOR

CALL AND LET US EXPLAIN Banking Hours—8 to 3 - - - Saturdays, 8 to 1

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF AYER

Early Shopping GIVES YOU A BETTER SELECTION OF GOODS

Our Store is Now Prepared for Those Who Want Smart, Sensible, Up-to-the-Minute Gifts .

A Fcu' I'l'Jicticjil Siigpri'stions: F.v.Ncv (;HIX.\ HornoiR L.VMPS (JI:T (;LASS CIIAFIXO DISHKS SLIA-KRKRAFT WAKI': (.'LOCKS TEA WAGONS VICTROLAS SMOKER STAXDS MI'SIC CAI5IXETS SEWING TABLES PIANOS

CIIILDREX'S I'TRXITUKE

^S'e invite you to do your Christ inns Shopping at our store and get the benefit of our anniversary 1 0 Percent Discount on all pur-cha.sps during tlie month of December.

TOWNSEND

West. . . . C. S. Homcr'.s ChilHtnian tr<'t' fur the

childron attending thc public NchuoU will bo held, nl thc rcadlng-rooin on I'^rlday afternoon, Dccfmljcr 22. The vrlinary flchool will be etuertalnud from t w o . till 2.30; tho Interincdlafe from 2.45 to 3.15 anil thc Krammar jiupllE from 3.30 to four'o'clock. Ke-slde the preaentation of the Kifts each child will receive i c e c i e a t n and cake, which i.s the gift of Mi-». Homer.

Uev. Jo.soph MacKean. will preach Sunday morninK upon the topic. "Hon­ey as a diet, or too tnuch of a KOod thlnK," and In thc evenliiK hln subject will bo "How can a christian brlnK all things to all men." Thc Y. I', S. C. K. meetlnK will be in charge of Kstella Tucker and the topic is "Biff jobs awaiting us."

Mrs. Henry B. Hathaway was taken to the Kmerson hospital, Korest Hlll street, Jamaica Plain, on Suiiday and underwent a serious operation -on Mon-'f'.ay mornlpK. At last reports she w'as as comfortable as could be expected. Mlss Esther Lane of the Fltchburs Noritial school has been substitutinK until a permanent teacher for the Krammar school can be supplied to take her place for thc winter.

-Mr. and Mr.s. Herbert Wise went to Boston Saturday to attend the weddinK of their daughter I^ls to Krederick \Vllllam Swindells of Entleld, (-'onn. The ceremony took place ut the C'op-Icy-Plaza and the happy couple left that evening for a wedding trip- to N«w York, after which they, will be at home tb their friends after February first at their home In Enftcld. Conn.

Thc I.adlcs' Auxiliary of the Broth­erhood,met at the parsonaRC on Mon­day afternoon for their regular ihonth-ly business meeting. Tho president, Mrs. Harriet Stickney. presided and a nominating committee, composed of Itev. Joseph MacKean, Mrs. E. J. l.ees and Mrs. H. I.. Stickney. w:as ap­pointed to nominate the ofilcers for the ensuing year. At the close of the mectinff a soclal hour was enjoyed.

Thc Brotherhood have appointed a committee to make some changes in the arranKements of their mcctingH. which 'win be acted upon next Sunday. The committee consists of H. B. Hflth-awawy, H. 1.. Stickney, Duncan Itusk, H; B . Boynton ahd G. A. .Seaver.

.Miss Alice Seaver has retuined from a. visit to relatives In Belmont and vicinity.

The l.adles' Liberal Aid society held a very successful sale at the rcadln'i-room Tuesday afternoon and - eveninK which was largely attended In spite of thc Inclement weather. The fancy work table was In charge of Mrs. Mae Stetson, Mrs. Emily J. Loos and Mn<. Herbort Wise. Thc apron tabli-. Mr.s. Geoi-ge Adams and Mrs. Oeorgo Upton, and ice cream was served by Mr.s. Alexander Heed and MLss Emma . \dams. The social in the evi^nlng was well attended and much enjoyed' and t'he affair a complete success both financially and socially.

Kred G. Smith has been on the sick list for a few days this week.

Mr. and Mrw. Andrew J. Manchester have returned from a. few weeks' vjsit t o relatives in Kranklin, X. H.

Sir. Wythe has been on the sick list the liast week at the home ot his dauKhtcr. Mrs. >\4dle I;]vans.

The Ladies' Study cluli will hold Its rr-KUlar fortniKhtI.\- meetinK on Mun­day eveninK at xho re.'idinK-rudiii; tile tiipic nf the ineetiiiK will be a review "f "'nio fni:: of tree." by .Mr.s. Kdith Wharton. .Kive.i by .Miss .Mice' Soaver.

.Mrs. ivers I'. Slierwin and son KoKor si»ont tlio wook-ond with reiativos i;'. .N'aslui.-i, X: i l .

HarlKir. .Stillman .-\ndorson loft

farm last .Monday to bo Ki'oater part of the winter.

.\Il.s.s It'uth Doran and .Miss .Mildred Conant spent tho week-end wit'n friends in I*'itchIiurK.

.Mrs. . \nnie Stacy, molhor of Mrs. Ernest Iloavy. is eonlined to tho lied from.an abscess on her ankle.

Little Kenneth Kilbourn CumminKs. aged two nionths. is recovering fr<»in a well do\-elOiie<l caso of measles.

The fourth card social of the ('. (', Whist chib was hold - at I'inehurst. .Mrs. GeorKe Jones, the ofllclal .score keeper, announced Mrs. Klorenco Co­nant with 03 counters and Major Jonos with 48. the winners of the eve­ninK. .Miss .Myra Morris and GenrKC .lones show-ed a store of 5 .and 7. The gnosis of tho dull wore .Mr. and Mrs. Irving .So.avor. Mr. .and Mrs. 11. C. ('iin>minK>-. Mrs. Alliert Morris. .Miss Myra -Morris. .Mrs. .\d;ini.s and Major Jones.

Tho As You I.iko It dul l held Its reKuI.a'r bi-weeklj- mooting at Sachem Villa. .Mis. Charles .Noyes. hostess. A delightful, program was presented, thc banner nuinber of whldi was n piano solo playod without notes liy .Mrs. Han­nah Foss. elKhty-three years of age.

SUGGESTIONS FOR

Gifts that are PracStical and Have Lastirig Va^ Our store is a Christmas Store—it is full of gifts suitable for a Man's or Boy's Christmas. ' If you are look­

ing for. a Christmas Gift for "Him" you will find any number of choice and suitable things here that will,; be;appfp^ priate and sure to be appreciated by the receiver. You will also find many .things,'sui:h ais. 5//ppers, UmbreUdSi Toques and, Sc(2r/s which are suitable for "Her." , . • « . , ; . . .7 ^ ^

Outside our regular Holiday stock there is not an article or garipent in this.store.that;would not make a handsome aind acceptable Christmas Gift—exactly the sort of gift that men like best. ' .' . . ' . I ' ' ' ' ; - .

HAlTDKEiEtCHIEFS FOR CHBISTMAS QIFTS

Men's Linen Henistitched, plain . . ; . ; . . . 1 5 ^ , 25<> and 50<> Meii's Embroidfered. Initial -. 1 0 ^ arid, 1 5 ^ each Men's initial,.Linen 2 5 ^ and 50f> each Men's Initial,-Sillc 2 5 ^ and 50^ eaeh

Men's Linen Llandkcrcliiefs. plain-

6 iri Handsome (.'liri.stinas Bi).\ $ 1 . 5 0 to ? 3 . 0 0 4 iri' Handsdinc Christmas Uo.\ $ 1 . 0 0 to $ 2 . 0 0

-Men's Fine,Cambric IlaiulkcTchiefs, G in Handsciine Christ-inas-Bo.x 7 5 ^ . a n d $ 1 . 0 0

i5(iys' Handkerchiefs, plain wliite, or fancy bordeicd. '.i in pretty Chri.stmas Box 1 0 ^ ami 2 0 ^ per box

Hicliory :. I nli-'-the

SWEATERS FOB CHEISTMAS

.N'othing could be more ateeptable for a gift than a good Sweater. We have Sweaters for tivery member of the family. They pome in Gray. Navy, Crimson and Brown eolors. Some are plain Coat style, and some have a eollar and .some have pockets.

Men's Coat Sweaters, all colors $ 1 . 2 5 to $ 7 . 0 0 Boys' Coat Sweaters, all eolors. '.. 98^ to $ 3 . 0 0 Woiiieii 's Coat Sweaters' '. $ 3 . 0 0 to $ 6 . 0 0 Girls' Coat Sweaiei's ' $ 1 . 5 0 to $ 2 . 5 0 Children's SwCiker-s 5 0 ^ tp $ 1 . 5 0

OIPTP $3L<M^|io.''.f2.Q0

. GLOVES FOB CHBISTMAS

Men's Kid Gloves, unlined, for dress wear. Men's Kid Gloves, lined, for dress wear ' . ' . . . . . ; i ^ l i I 5 WfalBfO Men's Mocha' Gloves, f leeee- l ined ' . , . . . ; . . . . ; . ; ' 5 0 ^ to' ifilXtSS Men's Moeha Gloves, silk "or kriit-lined.. . , ; $ 1 . 5 0 to. $2«5€ Men's ilocha Gloves, Hare or Squirrel lined.

3I««'s Working Gloves iand Mittens Men's Woolen Gloves and i l i t t e n s . ' . . . . Boys' Woolen Oloves and Mittens . . . . Boys' Mocha Gloves and Mittens Children's Mocha Gloves and Mittens . . Children's'Woolen Gloves and Mittens

$ 4 : 0 0 to $9,9(i ttOf 'and':9[l.fM]

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. 50i^;;and- <if^J^ .--•;/254^-abd-^5^

MEN'S HQSIBB'Sr FOB, OKRKr|MMiS^: • Fine Cotton H o s e ^ pair in Cifistmas B i x •;',.;

.'::'-•,y-/•''.•^.•-y,:i]'l'y:--SO(^:^ TripletoS arid Shawknit -Eose,, iri Blaoki.'or i ' : • v

Colors, fine quality, four •pair/in-v^vjt,; ChrMmas Box , 1 B 5 ^ pair. ^ ^ i i W i w :

Everwear Hose, iguaranteed for six mpntfeft;^? V. —six pair iri-box, fo r . . v . . . ; •$2.O05W''

Silk Hose, in Black or Colors^ . . . . . . . , v jSQ^'pai Children's Hose, "Black;Oa*"'TOake;* •::::"^;

-.-••:' ';:. ..;'i5f;ito-'35< Men's ^Vooljen^HQse, fine; jgrade;" ZSf^' to - ^ ^

~r. A FEW SUGGESTIONS FROM OUE FUENISHING GOODS DEPABTMENT

NECK'WEAR—.Men'.s phiin cnlorril and fancy Xeckwear. latesi styles ;iinl cdlni-s. Owiiii: to an oarly pur­chas- we arc jriviii!.' xahics ciinal tn that of last year

2 5 ^ and 50<J

AEM BANDS^l-'ancy .\i'm iiiimis. cacli i)air in Cliristmas Hox

liandsiiinc . 2 5 ^ and 50<J

COMBINATION SETS—In a Handsome Christmas Box

Pail- Suspenders, a pair <if Ann Hands and a pair (if i;artcrs 50p and 7 5 ^

I'air of Suspenders, pair of Garters and a paii*-'(if , • .\i'in Hands, three pii'ces 7 5 0 and $ 1 . 0 0

J'air lif Garters and a pair of -\rin Hands in Christ­inas Box . . ; 25^ a n d . 5 0 0

MUFFLERS- In Mercerized Cdttnn. Wool <ir Silk, in great variety of c(il(irin<:s and fabrics.. 7 5 0 to $ 4 . 5 0

iiitiiht'i* of t h o ho.stoHH.

J. J. Barry & Co. Barry Building Main Street A'TER, HASS.

3 0 BEBCENT OF THE '7ALUE OF THE HOUSE

You want to buy is generally all you need, for the

FITCHBURG CO-OPERATIVE BANK -Can often lend you the balance

At the Store of J. J. Barry, Main Street, Ayer

FBIOAT EVENINO, DEOEMBEB 2 2 — 5 to 8 o'clock

HARVAED Sllll Uivcr.

.MLss Alice Marsh.ili i.s ontortaininj? .Mrs. John.son of .Molro.so.

10(1 n.i Flandor.s npent Sunday with .Miss I'Jsther .Stone at Ayer.

.Mr. and .Mrs. A. H. .MfNall siiciit Sunday with relatives In Gardner.

.Mm, .lennie Willaid attendeil tho cn-tcilainment liy the union fair in Ayer Ia.st week Kriday eveninir.

.Nir.'". Wade, liiother of Mrs. Vlles, is ill and .Miss Klora Murchle is carln.i< for her.

.Mr.s. Jennie Willard entertained a cou.sln from Aycr over Sunday.

f;hester Willard has had three large c i r s of coal come In this, weok, HO th.it for tho present has a (food supply.

.Mr. and Mr.s.. Rlckor and two chil-dren spent a couple ot days In Gard­ner this week.

. The Ijidlcs' Mission circle of thc B.iiitlst church m c t . w l t h Mrs. Alible Dadmun Thursday afternoon.

The snow and freezing qt this week has mado thc roads slippery for horses and as a rcsult business has bccnv rush­ing at Harrod's shop. Twenty-five horses were shod Thursday.

Capt. Cheney was up from Arling­ton Monday to tako a look al his prop­erty .here.

The Harvard Woman's club Is solic­iting funds to contribute to the Wo­man's Supply T^eague pt which' Mrs. John Hayes Hatnmond is president, tor thc purchase ot. a motorbus to bc used In carrying victims of infantile paralysis t o t h e clinic, where they will receive electrical treatment.

BELTS—Hny a Leather Helt in a iiretty Cliristmas Hox. 5 0 0

BATH EOBES—Make a most appropriate Christmas G j f t , . , ; and one that is always appreciated. A good assort- "; v-ment of colorings $ 3 . 5 0 ' to .$6.5.<

NIGHT ROBES—For Men, made of a jgood quality .of •..<'.:•; • Domet Flannel . . . . - . . . • . , . 5O0''-.tp ,$ i i2a

For Boys', made of Domet Flannel. . . i : . . . 50()^to|»Q^

PAJAMAS—Men's and Hoys', made of Domet 'Maniel--- . . . 'Cj-good quality; fancy trimtned $ 1 . 0 0 to $ l i5<

SUSI'ENDERS—A great variety of styles, each pair in a . " ij'-J^ Handsome Christmas Box . . . . ' . . ' 2 5 0 and:50^

JE'WELRY—Cuff Buttons and Scarf Pin, each ia a Hand- -; ;'y: some Christmas Box. - " " • :• ; \ ''.

Cuff Buttons ; ...:.:....'.- 25(^ to ^I ' .W Scarf Pins 25(0 to $1.18! A Watch.for the Boy, in Nickel or Gilt, guaran­

teed for one year .,;• $1>2'

GARTERS—In Boston, Paris and Brighton makes, in single or double grip, all in a Christmas Box 25<

CAPS AND TOQUES .Men's Clotli ( aps 5 0 0 to $ 1 . 2 5 .Men's Fur Caps $ 2 . 5 0 to $ 5 . 5 0 Hoys' Clotli ( aps 2 5 0 and 5 0 0 Hoys' Toipics 5 0 0 Misses' and Cliildren's T(i(|iics

2 5 0 and 5 0 0 Scarf and TIM pie Sets—

For Oirls , . 5 0 0 and $ 1 . 0 0 For Wdtiicn $ 1 . 0 0 and $ 2 . 0 0

UMBEELLAS. FOE CHBISTMAS GIFTS

Always an acceptable gift. "We have them for ^len. Women and Children. JIany' new and beautiful designs in Mission and Sterling Silver Trimmed Handles. The bet­ter grades are Silk covered.

Men's rmbrellas $ 1 . 0 0 to $ 3 , 0 0 Women's- Umbrellas . . . $ 1 . 0 0 to $ 4 . 5 0 . (Hiildren's Umbrellas ' . . 7 5 0

LEATHEB BAGS AND SUIT CASES * . ' • - * '

Suit Cases, madie of Fibre Board ^ $ 1 . 2 S t o ^ . S

Suit Cases, made of Leather < -S 6 . 0 O to $ 8 . 0

Suit Cases, made of Japanese Matting'«';

9 1 . 2 5 to ^ < »

Hand Ba^, Leather $ 3 . 0 0 to ^ l i O

School Lunch Boxes for Children 2 S

CHEISTMAS SLIPPEES FOE MEN. In a great variety of styles, in Black and Tan Leathers, or in warm Felt Goods • • • • 7 5 0 to" $ 1 . 7 5

CHBISTMAS SLIPPEES FOE GIBLS AND OHILDBEN.. In Patent Leathers and also in Avarm Felt .Go.pds in fancv colors 5 0 0 to $ 1 . 2 5

High Buckle Arctics for Men and Boys . x High Buckie Arctics for "Women and Children

Eubber Boots for Boys and Chydren

Holiday Foo twear for Bvery Meinber of tlie Family, t: C B I t l S i m S SUPFEBS FOBr^W( ;.':-.MkN[/;.Ih a great v ^ e ^ j r f | , | i • : warm PeH €tood8,'':&ii{£a»5; -. ' colors, some vrith BVilf.

minfpss'also, Kid ancT,^! Leathers . . . . • 1 ^ 6 " ' '

Indian Mo«casini forlfito^aad

Indian Mocoasins for Women (fXid Ohiubea ..< ^'-t SaghOui-SkfttfaDV-S^oea for tiut;. .

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YAiSS TWO SATUBDAT, DEOEMBEE 16", 191« ^W^^^^?ls^^7^?y:

The New Series 18 Cars With Seven New and Exclusive Features

STUDEBAKER NEW SERIES 18 CARS, with seven new. We believe these cars represent the greatest automobile concede that these Studebakers equal any such cars in

fine cars has passed.

SE^TEN NEW IMPEOVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS - • • . >

GUN-METAL FINISH. Original; rich and exclusive finish of deep luster -and pernianency, applied in TWENTY-FIVE OPERATIONS. Np finer iinisn is possible than that of the Series 18 Cars. A pernianeiit body fin­ish depends largely on the slow and careful building up of the difl'ei-ent coats of color and varnish—the Studebaker waj'. Fenders and aprons are rich, black enamel.

NEW. AUXILIARY CHAIRS. Arm-chairs, original and exclusive with Studebaker (patent applied for). These large, roomy and comfortable chairs fold up and slide under rear seat when not in use. Thcy dispense with the unsightly recesses in the tonneau floor and -with slit carpets, commonly used in other cars. When these chairs are underneath the back seat, the Studebaker is a rooniy, beautiful FIVE-PASSENGER CAR^ns tead of tHe regular seven-passenger car.

RE"VERSIBLE FRONT SEAT. Original and exclusive with Studebaker, the front passenger seat is reversible so that passenger can sit facing ton­neau or facing forwhrd. Both front seats are covered with leather, have . large and handsome robe strap, and are adjustable to all leg lengths. No more comfortable seats are.found'in any car, regardless of price.

NEW STORM CURTAINS. Of the recent Blackmore design and patent, opening with the doors and thereby preventing crouching and crushed hats. • Studebaker, we believe, is the first maker to offer this improve­ment as standard equipment.

special and exclusive improvements, are fine cars, warranted by us to completely satisfy the most particular and fastidious persons, values ever offered to the buying public, and that persons accustomed to paying $2000 or $3000 for cars will, upon examination, quality of material, design, workmanship and finish, and also con cede the truth of our statement that the day of high prices for

IMPROVED BODY AND UPHOLSTERY. Tho body is elegantly finish­ed and equipped—inside and out. The handsome foot rail, wide scuff plates, wide cioors, handsome door trim, carpeting, etc., all demonstrate quality and refinement. The upholstery is semi-glazed, straight-grain­ed, genuine leather, made to special SUidcbakcr forms, with the best curled hair and long coil spi'ings. Tonneau carpet all wool,.bound with leather instead of cheap, raveling thread-stitch. The top is made of the finest grade silk mohair, bound with leather edging, a feature found on few cars at any pi'ice. The body materials, upholstery and workman­ship of Studebaker cars are unsurpassed, and the interior finish and de­tail of the bodies are LUXURIOUS and COMFORTABLE.

Y'ALE SWITCH LOCK, of pin tumbler type, Studebaker design, insuring convenient and safe protection against theft or unauthorized iise of car.

NEW WINTER TOP made exclusively for Studebaker cars. Noiseless. Quickly and easily put on or taken oil', and fitting perfectly.

MECHANICAL IMPEOVEMENTS

Improvements have been made in the Series 18 Motor, insuring greater smoothness, flexibility, quietness and economy. All noticeable vibration has been eliminated by superior piston design and the stiffening of the motor frame. ' ;

The Studebaker-Sc]iel)ler carburetion svstem has been developed so that both the FOUR and SIX are the most ECONOMICAL motors on the market; in ratio to power.

Studebaker lubrication has been further improved. The system is posi­tive and eliminates all lubriciition troubles. Waste through tlie exhaust Is overcome and practically no surplus oil reaches the combustion cliani­ber lo burn and form carbon.

The cliassis frame is the same strong light construction which has char­acterized all Studebaker cars. The perleclion of onr chassis design is convincingly proved by satisfaction given in over 285,000 Studebakers produced and sold.

Thc full floating rear axle construction remains the same in principle.as heretofore, but has been further improved and strengthened. This type of axle is used practically by all lcadin.g manufacturers, thereby prov­ing ils mechanical superiority.

The best quality of steel and allov is used throughout. Every gear is of CHROME'NICKEL STEEL, specially cut by Studebaker.

In the difl'crcntial, which has four bevel gears, Timken bearings are used Ihroughout. Only eleven of the three hundred dilTerent cars on the market use as many Timken bearings-as SUidebaker, and the average price of these cars is -$2000,

The Wagner Lighting and Starting Syslem is individual to Studebaker cars and has been further improved by increasing the cranking jjower 12%. - • Thc Willard Storage Batterj' is absolute assurance against ignition, light­ing and starting failure. Studebakei' uses a 100-AMPERE-hour battery.

FOUE-CYLINDEE MODELS POUE Chassis $850.00 FOUE Boadster $930 .00 POUE Tonring Car $940:00 POUE Every-Weather Car $1 ,140 .00 iPOUE Landau Boadster $1 ,150 .00

All Priees F. 0. B. Detroit

ONE MINUTE FEOM EAILEOAD STATION

Ayer Auto Station Distributors for

Ayer, Groton, Shirley, Littleton, Harvard. Pepperell, Westford a n d Dunstable

Salesroom, Park S t ree t Phone 86-4, Ayer< Mass.

SIX-CYLINDEE MODELS SIX Chassis $ l j 0 9 0 . 0 0 SIX Boadster $1 ,170 .00 SIX Touring Car .,. $1 ,180 .00 SIX Landau Boadster $1 ,350 .00 SIX Every-Weather Car $1 ,380 .00 SIX Touring Sedan $1 ,700 .00 SIX Coupe $1 ,750 .00 SIX Limousine $2 ,600 .00

.Ml P r i c e s F . O. B . D e t r o i t

Sa turday , December 18, 1910.

WESTFOED <X;ntcr.

Electr ic IlKhts a r e being Installed In t h e <lownstalrs rooms of the Uni tar ian c h u r c h . The work Is expected to be finished and in readiness for the Chrlstma-s festivities.

Rev. Oscar Wells, of Rochester , Vt.. h a s been vlsltlnK his brother , Dr. O. V. Wells, th is week.

Mr. and Mrs. Wa l t e r J. Merrl t t a re p r e p a r l n s to move to Bedford, hav ln s sold the farni where they have lived for e ight years , ear l ier in the season.

Cather ino A. SulUvan. aged twenty-t h r e e y«ars. died Mond.iy a t he r home on Bo.ston road. She had been In fail­ing hea l th for a Ions t ime from tuber ­culosis, her illness coverlnK a period of two year.s. She is survived by - a sister, several b r o t h e r s and her par ­ent-s. who mourn he r unt imely dea th . T h e deceased was a g r a d u a t e of West ­ford academy and of the I.oweU Com-mei-cial college. The funeral was held from .St. ( ra ther lne ' s chu rch , Gran l te ­vlHe. Wedne.sday morning , w i th . In t e r ­ment in thc ca thol ic cemetery .

The regular meet ing of the Tad­muck club will t ake place on next Tuesday afterrioon at the Uni ta r ian church . It will be in charge of the commi t t ee on indust r ia l and .social condi t ions and a good address will be given. -Mrs. I.ouis H. Buckshorn is the hoste.ss of the afternorm and a Christ­m a s tea will be .served.

All Interested In the Chr is tmas ' ca ro ls will meet for rehearsa l on .Mon­

day evening at the Congregat ional vestry. T i e s e carols will be sung on the common Chr i s tmas eve .and will bo a ple.a.sant fea ture of the Chr i s tmas-tide. Books conta in ing the music can be obtained of Mrs. W. R. Taylor for a nominal sum.

Tho flrst snow of the season, coniing .after the especially ttne weather , was not especially welcome. Howevei-,_ it was not severe enough to .affect the schedule of tho b ranch i'ine eloctrlcs.

The devebipment of the droadeil in­fantile par,'ily?is in )Ur midst c.iuses much apiirohension. espocifilly to par­ents , pariicul.'irly lis the wido-preftd t roub le 'w i th it dur ing the s u m m e r find a u t u m n h.'id .-thated.

The coniniittee in cha rge arc busy with thoir tirop.-ir.'itions for the junior class flrama of the ara<lomy to t ake pl.ace at tho town hall . Friday evening. Decembor I.',. Hlbbard ' s o rches t ra will furnish niusic for dancing.

Kvorott Miller of this town and Miss Kdna Smith of . \yor were marr ied .at Aycr December i. The ceromony w a s performed by Hev. ,1. S. Strong. pa s to r of the l*'oderated church , at his res idence. -Mr. .Miller was accompanied by his bro ther . Char les .Miller, and thc br ide by tin In t imate girl friend. Tho y'oung couple will reside in Ayer, where Mr. Miller is enifiloyed by a local express company .

A good delegat ion of Westford G r a n g e r s were In' a t t endance at thc mee t ing of I . l t t leton G r a n g e Decem­ber 6'v when tho th i rd and fourth degrees werc confer red upon a good-sized class, followed by tho harvest supper .

Rcv. ,L. H. B u c k s h o r n gavc a va lua­ble t a lk on good re. idlng a t t h e Froirt school December 6. T h i s was given to t h e pupi ls In t h o u p p e r trradcs and Mr. Buckshorn was -welt qualified to

• a d d r e s s young people a s th i s subjltct •was a p p r o p r l a t o to U b r a r y week be ­ing observed a t th i s t ime. Mr. Buck-s h o r n also gave a dellbtful r ender ing of one of J o e l Chand le r H a r r i s ' " U n d o R e m u s " stories.

and thei r iissistants. Thla commit tee was the one in cha rge for December and cooslstctl of Mrs, Joseph K, Knight , Mr.s. F r a n k C. Bannis ter , i l r s . Samuel 1.. Taylor .and Mrs. - rhonsle Isles. Those who assisted Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln In receiving were Deacon and Mrs. A r t h u r E. Day. Deacon Houghton G. Osgood and Miss Sarah W. I.oker. The' ushe r s were Harwood I.. Wright . Will iam R. Taylor, Seth W. Bannister .and Fred ('. Meyer.

.\ p rogram of readings and music were given dur ing the evening, read­ings by Mrs. I 'erley K. W r i g h t : violin solos. .Miss Lott ie I.. Dunn ; vocal so­los. Mrs. Char les D. Colburn. accom­panied by her daugh te r , .Miss Klinor Colburn. Ref reshments were served later in the evening. Mrs. F r a n k C. Bannis ter and .Miss Kiln F. Hildreth presided at the tea .-ind coffee urns. There were <lecnrations of carnat ions, ferns and other greenery.

Mr. Lincoln s ta r t s bis new pastorate most auspiciously, l ir inging to tho work a good equipment of ability, ex­perience and person.ality. and a sym­pathet ic co-operat ion between jiastor and Iieople seems asjsured.

Kcocpt lon . *A recept ion to -welcomo Rev. and

Mrs . . H o w a r d A. Lincoln Into the c h u r c h and communi ty waa held a t t h e Congregat ional chu rch on Tues ­day, evening. The flrst snowstorm of t h e season coming on Tuesday nece.i-

"earlly affoctcd t ho a t t endance , bu t " a s i d e from t h a t t h e affair w a s very

• ..jniicH of a success a n d reflected much , . c e r d i t upon the commi t t ee in cha rge

the E r i e ra i l road , a position he has held for twenty-five years.

Chr i s tmas exercises for the chi ldren of the Uni tar ian Sunday .school will bc held a t t h e vestry of thc c h u r c h on Sa tu rday a t te rnoon . December 1'.'), at four o'clock. Plays, gtimes. social chats and supper , all leading up to the Chr i s tmas t ree at six o't-lock. Kveryliody is welcome, young an<I old.

Amos Polley, of the Pra i r ie fa rm, hjis developed a new type of dove, which he h a s namod "Night Kyes," on account of its proneness to tr.avel nights and r e tu rn for rest a t dayl ight .

The next meet ing of the Grange will be held a t the town hall fin next week Thursday evening. The nieeting will lie in c h a r g e of .losciih Wall , deputy g a m e war(len. An address on g a m e laws and Iish laws, and g.-inie .-ind fish jirotoctifin will lio given by Deput.v Wall or some other stato au thor i ty .

-Mr.s. Campbel l , of Hudson. .V. M.. is vi.-^iting hor fathor. Joseph l-i. Kni;tht . and was jiresent at the recojitioii on Tuosday ovening to Itev. anil .\Ir.>.. Howard .\. Lincoln.

Death . Tho communi ty was inexpressibly

shocked <'in<l saddened this woek to hear of the death of J o h n Fletcher Abbot, which came Wednesday ovon­ing af ter a shor t and severe s truggle with the dreaded infanti le jiaralysis. I-'letcher. as he has a lways lieen called. w,as s t r icken the first of the weok and his seizure assumed very serious .as­pects from the first and all the skill of his loc.'il physician, t ra ined nurses and tho sjiecialists summoned was call­od int<i requisition lo tilleyiato his suf. ferings and save his life. Hut this proved beyond hum.an jiower and death c.ame late Wednesday evening.

John Flotchor Abbot was the old­est son of Mr. .'tnd Mrs. John Canioron Abliot. He was liorn on Xovombor 29. ISliS. whirh mafle bini but rooonily Jiass Ilis eightoonth bir thi iay. just at tho beginning of young manhood. Ilo is survivofl besides his j iarents by his yfiungor l irother. Hfibort . \bbot . and roprosontod tho fifth generat ion to bear tho name of Jfih_n Abbot, dosrond-ing from ono of Westford 's fild ami rcsjiertefl f.imillos. His nuiihor was. boforo her marr ia; ;e . .Miss Anna Mun­roe Fletcher, d a u g h t e r of .1. Honry Flotchor. of Belmont, an' l grainl-daughtor of J. Va rnum l-'lotihor, ilonoi-of our joiblio Ubrar>-.

Fletobor hafl rooontU- ontoro,! tho Abbot Worsted i'omji.'in\- at ( i ranito-villo. tintl Jilanned undor his f.Tthor's direction to loarn tho mill businf-s and had boon Kroatl>- intorostod in bis work. His tragic and untimely death has cast a gbiftm «ivor tho oommunl ty and tho sincorost .-tnfl nuist heartfelt sympath.v gfios out to the bereaved father, mothor. b ro the r ami tf) the g randparen t s , uncles, aun ts and cous­ins.

AlKiut Tou-n. Westford Orango was at Its bpst on

last week Thur.sday evening. It was a .sort of postjioned neighbors ' night and Kome besides. Tho good traveling .and plea-sant evening brought a large number out, West Chelmsford Grange coming in au to barge and present ing "Prec ious pickle ," which hns been In pickle ever since the rain blockade of several weeks ago, and was much en­joyed. Mlss Llla Cole delighted those present with songs to the extent of re­call, and Wal te r O'Xcll and Ju l ius Woe.ssncr, from Lowell, m a d e a hit with piano and violin. Miss R u t h Turne r , from thc s a m e city, gave a clever exempllflcation of recitation. Sho was new to Westford audiences, but it Is hoped she will not remain so long away again . A suppe r was served by Westford Orange . The abid ing t hanks of tho G r a n g e nro due Mlss Oraco Robinson and Mlss Bea­t r ice Suther land for the efflcient^' of th is evening and p r o g r a m .

Mr. and Mrs. F r ed W a y n e and daugh te r , of J e r sey City; spent Thanksg iv ing with his fa ther . John Wayne, a t . t h e old farm on the 6 O R . ton road, n e a r N'ashobah hlll . This Is the flrst Thanksg iv ing In town -for th i r ty years.. . H e Is an eng ineer on

F a r m liiiix'uii Fomieci. Amidst the ra in-snowstorm about

L'OO interested jieojile gathered at tho town hall in old historio Concord fui Tuosday affbrnoon in the Intorest of forming a farm bureau for .Mifidlese.v county. .' . K. Parker , of . \ n ihe r s t .Agricultural college, gave a detailert outl ine of its objects and exjioctations. This .start'Ofl cross-examinatifin fjuos-tions from var ious par ts of the coun­ty, all being answered satisfactfirlly. A commi t t ee was . .nominated from the res idents of the' Iloor to br ing In a list of two directors frtim each ttiwn and eity In the county, of whom shall belong to t h a t o lher humani ty known JIS female hum.anity. Tho following were appoin ted the searching commi t ­tee for fliroctors: John M. Keyes fif <'oncord. Mrs. J. W. lielohor fif Mel-rfiso. Joscj ih W. Amos of Lit t leton. .Mrs. Loon P. Rif-hardsfin fif I'f-jiporell. .Mrs. C. L. Knajip of S toneham. S. H. Tonney of Acton and S. L. Taylfir fif Westford; :it tho afljournniont the cfimmittoo chose S. L. Taylor as cha i r ­man and J o h n M. Koyf-s fif Cfincfirtl a-s secre tary . The next meeting of th is Cfimmittoo will be heUI in the tfiwn hall In Cfincfu-fl fin .^aturflay rifter-nfion. Decembor id. ax one fTcIock. During th i s vacatifin tho commi t t ee are open to receive siiggestifins ;ind [irfijiosals for fliroctors.

The next meoting of tho farm bureau organizat ion wil! bo liold in farly J a n u a r y at tbe oUl stand in Con-forfl. flate to bo givon fiiit. The fee for jfiining is $1. and the annual a s ­sossmenl is $1. Tho Iiureaii Includes hfiusehfilfl economios. . \nlong those Jirominent in this niovemont is .Mrs.

F o r g e VilloRe, The Ladles ' Sewing circle held a

successful supper, and .sale on F r i d a y evening, Decomber s, tollowed by Balontlcon views on the jiresent war . Rev. W. .M. Ford h.ail charge ot the en te r t a inmen t .

The Latiies' .Sewing oircle will inemt on Thursday afternnon at the usual t ime. The .Social club will meet in the evening.

..Mr. and Mrs. Alvah Hicknell, of .*>omervillo. and Mr. antl ^Irs. T h o m a s Fisher, of Lowell, wore recent visi tors hore. -

Mrs. Wa,lter Brooks, of Brockton , is the guest of .Mi-s. II. P.andalL

.Mi.«s Hilda Rtise. tit .Mlllbury. h a s been the guest of ' the .Misses Ward for the Jiast fow tla>'s.

-Mr. .'intl Mrs. Conrge N. Gotido h.-ivo t-lo.^od tbeir oamp and are to sjiend tho wintor in Xf-w Ytirk.

.Mrs. Chester HIndgett, of the Uidgos, has boon a rooon: visittir horo.

A fl.'iughtor M-;t- born on .Monda\- to -Mr. and .Mrs, William Kelley.

W. H. Fernald. of Knopji 's ftirm. received a telognun on last Sunday a n ­nouncing the di-a:h of his oldest son, Anthony, in California.

The Stinchon fainlly. Orchan l stroet. have moved to Lnwell.

was Jiresent and gavo of hor advice.

w. c. T. r. The W. «.'. T. r . stirred up intorost

against the Iit4uor sale intlustr.v tin Frlflay evening of last week by jirize Bpi^aking a t the town hall. T h e r e wei-e six contestant-s. They were full of t he i r subject , which w.-yi to p r e ­vent t ha t fullness, "A destruct ion t h a t was te th a t noonday," or any o t h e r t lmo. of d a y or night . Tho si lver medal was awarded to .Mlss Adela ide Hosmer , of Forge 'Village, The o t h e r con tes tan t s who- received gold p ins . Inscribed "M, C;," were Misses Klva J u d d . -AUce Wrigh t , Helen Bur l and , R u t h Sargent , Rache l Klmbal i . T h c mc<lals werc presented by Rev. L. H . Buckshorn In an empha t i c p ro tes t aga ins t the demoral iza t ion of r u m and r u r a l vl l lago hard cider sdlling, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Carr, of I .ong-Soughl pond, enter ta ined with p iano a n t r violin to all shades of del ight . Mrs. J a n e t Wr igh t , t h e pres ident df the union, pres ided with In t roduc tory r e m a r k s s e t t i ng forth t h e efforts of the W, C, T , U, Tho Judges were RcV, Howard A. Lincoln, Mlss Alice How­ard and F red A, Snow.

Thc \V. C. T. U. sent to the Se t t l e ­ment work In Boston thc largest do ­nation yet of vegetables and fruit for Thanksg iv ing . By the generosi ty of Per ley E. W r i g h t It was delivered In Boston free.

( iranltcvil lc. The Ladies' Aid society of the .\I. K,

'ohurch met with .Mrs. C. l-l. I-^aton on Thursflay aftorntjon.

M. J- . I^affort j . of Cambridge, has boon a recent \'isitor here .

Timothy Sullivan, with his two daughte rs . .Missos Lillian antl .Vora, of .Mjirlboro, havf- been recent guosts flf .Mr. and .Mrs. ,1. A. Healy.

Ktlwiird Huokliigh.am, a wel l -known young man of this village, and Mi.ss Hazol Moss, of Ayer, were unitetl in marr iago in Ayor on last Suntlay af-tornfitm at a bril l iant churoh wedfling that was tittontloi by a largo nuniber of reiativos and f.-ieiids. .\ftoi- a brief hfir.t-ymoon triji .Mr. antl .Mrs. Huck-iiigham will rosi-fe in Ayer.

rho Kpworth I--,aguo ot tho Motho-flist fhurch ht-lfl a business mooting last Sunday evoi ing' and elected the following oflioors for the ensuing six months ; Pt-rcy Harnes. jirtis.; Albort Day. .Misses Lotti.- York. Lena Wilson .'intl Alico M;io (Jiison. vice jirt-s.: Fretl Smith, soo. antl tre.as.

Tho .lunior lo.-ivuo holtl Its jirizo .at­tontlance on last Sund.a.v af ternoon, .Miss Vfirk IS iii'.liillzlng the younger ffilks In the firgan,zatlon of bible stntl.v. Thir ty-e ight wert' present .

The Chr is tmas t ree ontor tainniont will be hold this year tm Sa tu rday

J a m e s J . Storrow. of Hosttm. w h t j ^ r " ' " „ ^ ' ' " « ' " " " " • ' • ^-'t. »'. l he .\I. K, „.„., . . , „„„„ . ..„,i ,.r i,„ 1...... Church.

.Mrs. Maria Wall and .Mlss Rachel Wall have recently returnet l from a brief visit spont with t r iends In Fl toh­burg.

Mrs. J a m e s B. Hc.aly. with her two children, .M.ary and Robert , a r e visit­ing with Mrs. Hea ly ' s pa ren t s In Gro­ton, to remain unlll af ter the holidays.

Hoth maN.ses in- St. Ca ther ine ' s church last Sunday morn ing were cele­brated by Rcv. Henry L. Scott,, who gavo interest ing se rmons a p p r o p r i a t e to thc day. At t h c first m a s s t h c m e m b e r s of thc Holy N a m e society r e -celved holy communion In a body. In tho a f t e rnoon . ' a t t h roe o'clock, a b o u t IBO women met in t h e c h u r c h for the purpose of forming a ladles ' sodali ty. T h e meet ing was addres8):d by t h e p a s ­tor. Rev. Charliyi P . IJeaney, who gave an instruct ive s e r m o n dwell ing on the advan tages of Joining an organizat ion of th is kind, pa r t i cu la r ly the young people. All p re sen t signified the i r will ingness to become m e m b e r s . T h c meet ing-was-fol lowed by t h e benedic­tion of the blessed s ac ramen t , the services being conducted by Rev. C, P. Hcanoy.

On page seven o the r Westford news will be found.

Thc Croton river, which furnishes all New York thc g rea t e r pa r t of the wa­ter consumed In Jis l imits , was named for an Indian chief.

Our pi'cparatioiLs for Cliristmas have been both thorough and coin])lcte, and wc now a.sk tho jirivilcgc of showing vou a BE.-VUTIFLL COLLECTIONS OF C.IFTS sparkling witii thc Brightest and Most Original Productions for lhe Holiday Sea­son of 1910.

You Will Get New Ideas as yoil look through our Holiday Stock, H is a practical demon­stration of POSSIBILITIES in gathering under one roof nearly everything to make people HAPPY at CHRISTMAS time.

The Finest Sight in Town is our BEAUTIFUL stock of GIFTS containing all that is BRKiHT, FRESH, NEW and NOVEL in Holiday (Ioods of genuine worth and uiuiiiestioned value for really desirable presents.

We Can Meet Your Wants Whatever your needs, come and let us show you a

VARIETY of beautiful presents that will AT ONCE appeal to you as 'MUST THE THIN{i," We have gemiine New .\tlraclions for Christmas and wc wanl you lo know it.

Presents to Please Everybody "A .SQUARE DEAL" AND A MERRY CHRI.STMAS TO ALL

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Ayer Variety Store Store Open Evenings, December 20-23, inclu-sive

Telephone Connection

All Winter Millineiy At Reduced Prices

L. D. WOdDS Conant Block East Pepperell, Mass.

NOTICE. The Annual Meeting of the S h a r e - ,

holders of thc F i r s t National Bank of . \yer . will bc held a t the B a n k i n g Rooms, in Ayer. .Mass., on Monday, •Tunuury 8, I t t l " , n t one o'<-lock P . M.,. for the purpose of act ing upon t h e following busines.s:

To choo.se a Board of Direetor.s to serve for the ensuing year, and to t ransac t .any o the r business that moy come before thc meeting.

CUARLK.S A. .N'OHMA.VD. 4tI4 L'asiiicr. Ayer. ^I.'^ss.. l>ecember 8, 1016. ^'

Piano juniRQ TUNING AND K E P A I K I N G

P K O M P T L Y A T T E N D E D TO

J. F. Ctiaffin Co. Tel. 131 F i tchburg , Mass.

PInnos, Plaoo Plnjera, VIetrolna and Full Line of Rfrcordvt Bliulc and

Mnaleal Inatrumenta

AUGUSTUS LOVEJOY

Insurance Agent and Broker F a r m Proper ty wr i t ten i alao all

klnda ot P roper ty placed la- sood, a t rons companlea.

S4 E a s t Main Street , Ayer

COMMONWBAI.TH OV MASSAfUU-.SIvTTK. Middlesex, ss. Probate Court.

To the hel rs -a t - law and all o ther persons interested in thc ostate of .MAT.y M. NICKI>KSS late of Shirley in said County, deceased.

Whereas. THOMAS U U-V/.KS ad­minis t ra tor of the estate ot said de­ceased lias presented to fiald Court hl.s petlilon for license to Hidl at pr iva te sale, In accordance with the offei-named In said petition, or upon such terms as mav he adjudged best, thf re.'il es ta te of said- deceased, for the purpose of distribution.

Yo>i are herehy cited to .ippe.ir at a Probate Court, to be hold at Cambridge, in s.iid <'ounty of Mlddlese-V, on tht; twenty-s ixth day of December A. I >. 1916. at nine o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause. If any you have, why the same should not bc granted.

^\nd • said peti t ioner Is ordered to serve this citation by delivering a cop.v thereof to all persons Interostod, who can bo fotind within tho Common­wealth, fourteen days, at least, before said Court, nnd If nny one can not be so found, by publishing thc same oncc In each week, for three fluccesslvo weeks, in Turner ' s I'ubllo Spirit, a newspaper published in Aycr, thc last publication to be one day, at least, be­fore said Court.

\Vitncs8, Charles J. Mclntlre. Ksquire, F i rs t Judge of said Court, this twen ty -ninth day of November in tho year one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

3 t l3 F. M. ?;STY, Register .

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, s«. Probate Cour t .

iTo tho hcir»-at-la,w, next ot kin, creditors, and all other persons in ter ­ested In thc .es ta te of JUDSON- J, WIL.LOUGHBV Jato of Pcpocrcll, in anid County, deecaned, Intestate,

Whereas a petition has been p re ­sented to said Ceur t «to grant a l e t t e r of adminis t ra t ion on thc estate of said deceased to RAY 'A, WILLOUGHBY of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex, wi thout g iving a sure ty on his bond.

You a re hereby cited to appear n t a . Probate Court to bo held a t Cambridge , In said County of- Middlesex, on the socond day of J anua ry A. D. 1917, a t nine o'clock In tbo forenoon, to s h o w cause If any you have, -why the samo should not be granted.

And the pet i t ioner is hereby directed to give public notice thereof, by pub­l ishing this ci tat ion onee in eaeh week, for three successive weeks. In Turner ' s Public Spirit , a newspaper ' published in Ayer, the last publication to bo ono day, (it least , bofore said Court.

WItnoss, Charles-J , Mclntlrc, Esqui re , F i rs t Judge of said Court, this seventh day of December in the yenr ono thoii-sand nino hundred and sixteen.

3tl< P . M. ESTY, Reglater.

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TOWNSEND CVntor.

At the meet ing of the I'hiclio Wes­ton F a r m e r tent, D. of .Vi, last week Tuesd.-iy evening, the annua l election of ollicers resulted a s follows: Mrs. f l o r a Watkins , pros. ; Mr.s. Ha t t i e C:ook. a. V. p . ; Kvelyn .Sanders, J. v. p . ; Mrs. Kllen Richards , chup, ; Mrs. Kl­nora Smith, trca.s.; Mrs. .Mary Taylor, pat . inst.; Mrs. Pchr l Woods, -Mlss .Mice Dny, Mrs. W. T. McMaster, c a m p council .

.M1H.S Sadie S t o w a r f h a s gono to Bel­mont, where she is employed in the home of Ra lph Wiliard.

Mr. and Mr.s. W a r m a n and son W a l ­ter, from Por t l and . Me., and Rober t Brown and family, from Leominster . v.'ere recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kufus T. . Brown.

Meinbers o f ' t h e l i i r thday club were en te r ta ined on Kriday afternoon, IJe­cember S. nt the home of .Mrs. George Gates , with i l r s . Gates, .Mrs. T. K. Flar i ty and Mrs. ( leorge Haywaid a.s llostesses. On account of impor t an t Iju.lness the hour ' s t ime was t aken t.o the ' 'hr ls tma.s p rogram was omi t ­ted. Beforo depar t ing , however, thc m e m b e r s received their exchange i-lftK .which were showered from a. -.-ar-Ae s tock ing suspended from the eelling. Ref reshments were served iiy t he hostesses. T h e home was a t ­tractively decorated with Chr i s tmas l)ells. and tinsel o rnamen t s .

At the K. A. .Spauldlng Rebekah lodge meet ing on last w e e k Kriday evening thc Rebekah degree was con-

' ferred upon a class of candidates . Af­ter the initiation refi-eshment.s wero .served and a musical farce enjoyed wiiich was presented by eight lodge member.-., entitled "Tho Sweet family." .Mr.-?. Ivanne t te G. White , of Wiuchen-uon. distr ict Instructor , and Mrs. Kol-l;ins. of Groton. deputy pre3l<ient, were the evening guests .

At the Congre'gation.xi chu rch last Sunday ino rn lng- the pastor p reached the second In the scr ies of ch i ldren ' s .sermons, which preceded the r e su l a r veriiion. his .subject being "God 's p lows,"-explaining to t h e children the gradua l jirocesscs going on dur ing 4he ;-'Iac!al period necessary to the prepa­ration of .Mother Kar th for the cul t i ­vation lk.v man. Announcement was m.ade dur ing the service ask ing the chi ldren to como next Sunday with gifts to put in the little s tpckings t ha t a re lieing suiiplied to send at Clirist-ni.-is t ime to the ch i ld ren ' acro.ss the SCO. . \ t Z.-TO in the af ternoon Rev. Andrew- Groop,, of Kltchburg, held a ..ir-rvifi' for thc KInnish peoiile in the I ' onx r ' a a t i ona l chu rch with a goodly inniiber of our Kiiinish peoiile in town iM-iii;,' pi-esent; al.so. a large delegat ion of sixty accompanied the pastor of the I-'-tehbur:,' I-'innlsh church . Kxcellcnt vo(-aI .ir.<l in.strumentat music wa.s rendered by them.

K. I.. Willoby w-lll be jdeased to shf>w- hi.s many Townseiul friends a (Ine ll:ie of watches ; rinii.s. chains , pins. Jewelry, etc.. s te r l ing and plated .silverware, a t I ' a rk hotel. Townsend. every Tnesda.v af ternoon until .ifler the holidays. Te lephone .'!0-j;i. •

.Mrs. . \gnes Woods a t tended the I te-liekah school of in.slruction held in I-'itchburg on .Monday.

Carieton I'. .Mudgett. I'"ranklin II. .T«ft.s.- W. C. Sw-lnir.gton, Gilbert Ksles and Leslie Hurley went in .Mr. Swin-ington'.s au to on Tuesday evening to a t tend the third Odd Kellows' ne igh-liorhor)d meet ing held with the Kre-ilonian lodge In Shirley, They report .'I very pleasing evening 's p rogram and l)rothci-!y ga ther ing , it was a n n o u n c ­ed at this ga the r ing that the final meet ing of the series will be held a t the hall of the Beacon lodge in I 'ep­perell on Tues<la\- e\ ening. J a n u a r y :;0.

-N'orth Star lod^e. I. I). (). I-'., will iiold Its Iiftleth birtli<la\- .-uinivefsary on Tue.'.dity evening. I)P(-(Mnl>er IU. ;it t)d(l l-"e!l(,ws' llall. Invit.-ttions have Iieen e.\t*-nde(I to the ^.-raiul" (,Ulcers and aL'.o :,• Alfred W. l!:in:<-s, d.d.^'.m.. "f .Mt. Roulstone loiluc. F i tchburg . -Aitil his Miite, tiie noble and vice i.'1-ands of I'"i-,;doiiK,r; .-mil H.irvard hidges. Char les I-imerson. p.g.ni.. rep­resent ing ("ustos .Morum lod^e of-.Mil-fiu-d. N. li . . and the meinbers of the K. A. l^pauldlnK Kebekah lod«e of Townsend. The m e m b e r s of .N'orth Star lodge and the i r wives or lady friends .-ire invit(-d; also, resident Odd I-'ellows .and thei r wives or l.-ld.v friends. The i)r<)gram will consist of niuj-ic liy AUiert G. Sea\-er. sojii-.ano .siilos by .Miss Kstelle l-'arrar. and his­tory fit Xor th Star lodge by George A.. Wilder ; also, addresses and speech­es by grand oflicers .and guests.

The littlo d a u g h t e r recently born to Mr., and Mrs. Roliert Copeland. of Townsend hill, h.as been named Uuth Copeland.

Miss l-lllian Hardison. of .Maiden, who is spending the winter with Mrs. <ieorgc Upton a t Kim i.fine farm, w-as tendered a surpr i se l>y twelve o f . h e r .Noung friends ctilling on her Monday evening, her n ine teen th b i r thday a n ­nivers.iry. A social evening was spent w-ith music, games .and the serving of refre.-ihment.s. Before depar t ing the guests presented thei r honored friend w-ith :i purse of nioney.

At the Methodist church on .Sunday morn ing the pastor ' s sermon subject is "1 believe in the holy sjiirit"; even­ing topic. "Thou shal t have no o the r gods iH-fore me."

At the Congregat ional church the pastor ' s m o r n i n g se rmon topic is "Our her i t age . "

Kr.ink Rarber . who w-as chosen delegate hy the Townscind Hlll Im­provement society, and Galen I ' roctor. delegate to represent the Grange , were conveyed liy .Miss All)c(-ta Bar ­ber in her a u t o on Tuosday to a t tend thc meet ing in (;on<-ord called for the purpose of es tabl ishing a Karm Bu­reau In Middlesex county.

The c o m m u n i t y (Christmas tree com­mittoo met in the high school-room on Monday cvonlng to fur ther discuss p lans for the c o m m u n i t y Chr i s tmas ce lebra t ion and hoa r the rciiorts of the var ious commit tees . Thc commi t ­tee voted to hold t h e cxcrclBca In Me­morial hall on Sa tu rday evening, De­cember 23, from 6 to 8.30 o'clock. So­licitor George L. W h i t c o m b reported tha t thc con t r ibu t ions had been very l iberal , a m o u n t i n g to nearly to $160, t h e hea r ty co-opera t ion and c o m m u n i ­ty spir i t t h a t charac te r i zes thc people of Townsend be ing manifested from al l pa r t s of thc town In thla Chr l s tmaa-t lde c o m m u n i t y t ree .

• T h e public grea t ly apprec ia te thc In­teres t of t h e donors In present ing to

, t h e publ lc l ibrary tho following books of mer i t and excel lence: The m a g a ­zine, "Bird love ," 'and the books, " O u r van i sh ing wild life," a n d "Conceal ing colorat ion In tho an ima l k ingdom," h a s been given by the Country c lub; "Sylvia of tho h i l l top" and "Thc prlncoMi a n d tho c l a n " a ro t h e gift of J o h n J , ' P iper , and from Mrs. F , W. Wood, Balt lmoxc, Md., tho l ibrary is Indebted for "Glean ings from old S h a k e r j ou rna l s , " "My home In t h e fleld" of honor , " "School credi t f6r h o m e - w o r k , " "Bockward children," ' "Ris ing t ide ," " E n o c h Crane , " " T h e

circui t r ider 's widow,' " W i t t e a r r ives" and "Tho leatherwood god ."

Mlss Sadie Stewar t h a s gono to Bel­mont , where s h e is, emploved In the home of Ra lph Wllla^rd.

.Miss ."Vlary Hi ldre th h a s rented her place, on Brookl lne s t ree t to .Mrs Kloyd.

Jlor.tluy Club. Tho Monday c lub wore pleasantlv

cntcr ta lncd on Mondny ufternoon a't the home of .Mrs. 'Albort S. Howard! forty-six being present , including club members , lady und gen t l emen guests . Dur ing the af ternoon A. S. Howard gave a lino talk on " H a w a i i , " which was followed with the closest a t t en­tion-. He spoke of its j tnc icn t history, na tu ra l scenery and the life and cus-'°WS» °f 'h'<; people of t h e islands. m§. .ng his talk d_oubly in teres t ing l)y th)»V collection of cur ios which came from Hawaii , displayed on the center tabic, to which .Mr. H o w a r d rtttingly uiade reference t h r o u g h o u t his talk. Incidental ly it is of in teres t to know tha t this large cen te r talile is made from "koa ," or Hawa i i an mahogai iv. and formerly belonged to .Mrs. How­a rd ' s fi i ther, . the latc Mr. Goodale. who was a teacher in the H a w a i i a n Is lands. Dur ing the af te rnoon ' s j i rogram MiSs Annie Griggs played very softly on tho paino the p la in t ive "Aloha oe" (Karewell to t h e e ) , and the Hawai i I'onOl. Hawai i ' s natlon.i l a n t h e m (Hawai i ' s own t r u e s o n s ) . Dur ing tho social hour tho gues t s were given oppor tuni ty to examine the interest ing curios.- Ref reshments wore served liy the liostoss. . ' '

Griiiigc. -Monday evening the G r a n g e cele­

brated the golden Jubilee of the .N'a-ti(mal Grange, an event t h a t was re­cently celebrated by the nat ional or­ganization in Wash ing ton . The pro­g r a m opened with s ing ing by the Gr,ange. the .anniversary s(;iig. Tliis w-;us followed by a read ing by War ren Seaver, who responded »-ith encores. T. K. Klarity, past mas te r , rendered dur ing the evening, severa l (ine liari-tone horn solos, with p iano accompa­niment by Albort G. -Seaver, which were hear t i ly encored. H e also gavc a very instruct ive talk which every Granger should h.-iye hea rd on t h e h f s -tory of the Grange , the founding of the order of the P a t r o n s of Hus ­bandry which was organized Decem­ber -1. 1807. He gavo brief ske tches of the seven ffiundiers <if t h e order and the grea t work tho G r a n g e rcprosehts t h roughou t the nat ion. In closing. W a r r o n Seavor, who m . te rmed thc " C r a n g e poet ," read an ori.ginal pooin.

The Grange Master , !•'. A. Woods, ami Mrs. Woods, the lecttirei-. .Mi.ss .May 5'arker and Mr. and -Mrs. T. K. I-'larit.v, past master.'-, a t t ended the State Gr.-inge meet ings in Boston tiiis w-eek. Before r e t u r n i n g home .Miss I ' a rke r w-ill visit her brot l ier . Genr^'e I ' a rke r . In Haverhi l l .

.-\iininil Sale. The annual .sale, s u p p e r and enter -

tainm'ent by the L. B. S. o t the Con­giegat lonal church; held, in .Memorial liall on Wednesday after i ioon and eve­ning, was a very .successful event . The af ternoon sale opened a t t h r e e o'clock with tables a r ranged a r o u n d the hall a t t ract ively decorated wi th Chr i s tmas green. The fancy tabic w-as in eharge of -Mrs. .-Vnnie Bli.ss, .Mrs. I,. ('. Jefts and .Mrs. George Gates ; (lower table. .Mr.s. .Mary Xorr i s ; ch i ld ren ' s . .Mrs. War ren .Seaver, Mlss Alber ta Barber . .Miss Dorothy Bliss and Mi.ss Rutll .Morse: ice c ream. Mrs. J o s h u a Swick-<-r. .Mrs. Clara Hesel ton; candy. Mrs, .Mary Davis. .Mrs. .Sawyer; ap rons . Mrs. Livingston and Mrs. Downing. .Many par took of the excellent s u p p e r served lu the lianciuot hall a t six o.'clock in ci iarge of .Mrs. l.ila Kstes and ellicient lielpers.

'I'he evening's e n t e r t a i n m e n t w:is ui-:-e(-ti-d by .Mrs. Harr ie t .SpatildiiiK ami npened with a pia:io solo rty .-Mliei-t (1. .-'eaver. followed by a l aughab le fart-,-, '-l-'uii on the Greenvil le br.-iiu-h " Tlic chala(- ters were portr . iyed. .in a very rcali^tie m a n n e r by all tiie passciigcr.-s, from the fussy old la(l>- who feared slie was r,n the wroii^ tr.-iin and s;iid at-ci-dcn t s always hapijened to rear cars, and she didn't see w-hy they d idn ' t lake them off: the women w-ith numerous hiindles and c h a t t e r i n g ch i ld ren , the colored man who was t a k i n g his Iirst ride on the t ra in , school girls, the priiverbiai s l eeper and the fresh youni; man all a long tho c a r aisle to the spooning eouide w-ho .sat on the front :ea t , made interest lni ; and funny im­personat ions t rue to life on a passenger train. The new s ta t ions tha t had sj i rung up on this Greenvi l le Branch, called olf by the port ly b r a k e m a n . the tr ials of the conduc tor w-ith pai-cei and ticket losers, and the lively little newslioy added fun and m e r r i m e n t for the audience. T h c closing numlier on the p rogram was a vocal solo very sweet ly rendered by Mi.s-s Ksther Iftig-Icy. with piano a c c o m p a n i m e n t by .-Vlbert Seaver. A social houi- follow­ed.

West . The l.;idies' Liter.iry and Social cir­

cle met on last week Thui-sday af ter­noon a t the home of .Mrs. Josephine l ioynton. nine being urcsent . and a very interest ing session waa enjoyed. The roll call was answered by (luotn-tions and cur ren t events . A social hour and ref reshments closed the pro­g ram. The next mee t ing will lie with .Mrs. Harr ie t Stickney a n d the topic is "Chr i s tmas stories ."

.Mrs. Clarence Klliott. who Is very sick w-ith pneumonia . Is repor ted as improving;.

Mrs. (Jeorge I'ptort en te r t a ined the Ladies ' Whist club at h e r homo on lower -Main street iast week T h u r s ­day afternoon.

.Mrs. Nellie Ncwall h a s been car ing for a patient In Ashby.

.Mrs. Alexander Rood assis ted at the l ibrary on last .Saturday a f te rnoon and evcnjng.

Alice v . .Seaver has been .a visitor in Belmont and W a l t h a m .

At the Sunday school session on last Sunday it was voted to hold the Chr i s tmas t ree In the even ing and omit the usual d inner . J a m e s and Richard Rusk were appo in t ed to p ro ­cure tho tree and tho o t h o r commi t ­tees .will be appoin ted lator. T h e Chr i s tmas concer t will bc In c h a r g e of t h o te.-ichors o t tho v a r i o u s classcs.-

W a r r e n Ell iot t a n d family werc called to Deerfleld, N, ,H., Sunday, to join Mrs. Elliott and a t t e n d tho fu­neral of he r mothe r , who passed away of hoar t disoaso on last week T h u r s ­day.

Mrs. Henry B. H a t h a w a y went to Boston last Sunday to e n t e r a hospital for t rea tment . Mlss E s t h e r Lane, of Gardner , is substl tutl i^g a s teachoi ' a t thc g r a m m a r school for t h e present .

At thc ou tb reak of the war the world ' s mercan t i l e m a r i n e amoun ted to 48,000,000 tons gross, of wh ich Ger­many claimed 6,082,061 tons . Br i ta in led thc nat ions wi th 20,431,634 tons, of which vessels r e p r e s e n t i n g 609,934 tons were sunk or lost, 327 being de ­s t royed by submar ine , m i n e and o the r w a r operat ions .

PEPPERELL

N'cws I t e m s . A no t ewor thy Thank.sKivlnK celebra­

tion an 'account of which was received too latc for los t ,week ' s jiaper was the d inne r pa r t y of e ighteen relatlve.s who ga the red a t t h e Pierce homestead off tho N a s h u a road. The hiwtess. .Mr.s, Sa rah (P i e r ce ) DOw. who is eighty-two yea r s of age, received inany coiil-p l lments on the bountiful Thanksgiv­ing menu , a s well a s tho fact that she was uble to p r e p a r e - t h e same. The host waa he r bro ther , Calvin i ' ierce. who I s . . e l ^ t y - e l g h t years of age. init well ab le to enjoy the occasion. The guests were Mrs.- Lucy Dow Cushing and .Mlss R u t h Cushing. from West-field; .Miss Har r ie t Dow, frorii I 'a lmer­ton, I 'a . ; Mr. alid Mrs. Isaac I 'ierce and son of Xashua , .N'. H.; .Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Pierce, .Mrs. Cather ine Pierce, Mr. and .Mrs. .Matthew Lane and .Mr. and Mrs. William Chapman and family, all ot this town.

Rev. Mr. Pollard, pastor of the Bap­tist c h u r c h in Boston where I>. H. H.ar­dy a t t ends , has been visiting a t his h o m e in this town.

The P e n n e m a q u a n Camp-dre circle met with the i r guard ian , Mr.s. ^W. H. Beers , on Thur sday evening of last week and held a ccrcm'onial mooting, or council tire, preceded ,by a Chris t­mas luncheon, ' r he hostesses were the -Misses Alice Lawson a n d ' R u t h Clarke, assisted by .Mrs. Beers, who took (he placo of o the r membors who worc out of town. The principal table decora-tion wus a tiny evergreen tree orna­mented with Chr i s tmas t r immings and tinsel. • Tho placo Ciirds, with their a p -prripriate quotat ions , were also adorn­ed with a min ia tu re Christma.s. tree. Besides these decora t ions the supper was u "snow supjier." white food jire-domfnuting. and whi te set t ing for the table. T h e menu included mashed po­tato, c r e a m e d tuna (Ish in jiattie .-iheiis. .--tndwiohcs. snow j iuddlng and pista­chio confect ions, and was jironounccd very .satisfactory both to t h e eyes and ttuste. .V shor t council (ire followed thc suppor. no special busine.ss boing tr-:insiicted.

Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Maynard and Charles Bird spent . Monday in l.owell.

.Mi-s. K. is. Bancroft ha-s lieen ciuite ill with a 'hard cold, being threa tened with congestion of one lung.

Ch r i s tmas is in the air. The shops a re (Illed with all sor ts of a t t rac t ive ar t ic les for gift.s. and what to give at Chr i s tmas t ime is the universal tojiic of conversa t ion. Yet over all broods the sjiirit o t char i ty a s exemiiiilicd in tho t ime and though t given by ini-n and w-omcn in thc pu rchase of the lied <'ro.--s Chr i s tmas seals .

.Ml-s. J o h n H. Lawrence, w-hfi resides alone at t h e old Wal ton Inn. near the Willow-s. on the South road, had an eixhty-second b i r thday on Monday. De­cember 11. which h e r friends did not allow her to forget. She received rai ls from a niece, .Miss Lillian Lovejoy, and a friend. .Miss R u t h Walch. from Hollis. X. H. Hor ntece. .Mrs. L. S. Gilson. from town, was al.so with he r a Jiart of tho -(lay. and a neighhor. .Mrs. Georgo Durgln . Mrs. . Edwin Iten tilso called, a d d i n g to the pleasure ot all by he r musica l abili ty. .Mrs. Lawrence receivetl many reniem-br.^nccs and kind mes.sages from dis--tant friends.

-Mrs. C. K. Bird is still in very poor heal th , bu t was able on the recent Thank.sgiying day to enjoy a dinner par ty a t the h o m e of .her daugh te r . .Ml-s. George Maynard . which includ­ed herself and husband and sister, her ton, Will iam Bird, from Worcester , and the .Maynard faniily.

.Mrs. Clarenco Cook enter ta ined her mother . .Mrs. I-Ijirriet Warner , and her sistei-, .Mrs. Brown, lioth ot l .ancaster, on .Monday.

It is a llajijiy though t which com­plete the Chr i s tmas letter with a Red Cro.ss seal.

The .1. 1*. Hendersons have closed their res idence .-it the i r .suininer jilaee -Uld .Mr. and Mrs. Henderson a|-e at their wintei- home in Boston.

An e n t e r t a i n m e n t is to be Kiven at the brick schoolhouse on the South road by the r tuden t s of the Groton School-on Siitur-day evening. iDecember IU. at 7.,-JO o'clock, under the sujier-vision of thc mas te r s of the srhool who a re interestin,g themselves in the chil­dren of the ' families in this vicinity. THe Jiroceeds a rc to be devoted toward s t a r t ing the enterpr ise .

Thc George T. Keyes family are niovln« into Boston again for this wiur :er. the i r final a r r a n g e m e n t s being completed th i s week.

.Miss Helen H. i r r iman is making a quick recovery from her recent a t t ack of j ineumonla . her s t rong physique lie­ing great ly in her favor.

The .Men's c lub will hold thei r meet ing on this l-'riday evening a t the fJddfeliows' litiniiuet h.ill, where all men over, sixteen years of age a re in­vited to <ittendy •

.Mrs. Klorcnce Willoughby spent par t of last week with relatives at I tay­mond and Smithvil le. X. H. Miss I-'oskett a t t ended to her household dut ies in her a l i sence

Kobert XJ, Coy resumed his duties as s ta t ion agent on the Kltchburg division on Tuesday a t t e r a vacation of several weeks. .Mr. I 'rovost of Leominster subst i tuted for hini.

About liil girls and Iioys formed a procession a t the s tore of W. E. Muz­zey last .S.ilur<lay -afternoon a t two o'cloek and being fltted out with a (lag and tw-o d r u m s marched to S,iunders' corner , e o u n t e r m a r c h e d to Raillroad square, flnally r e t u r n i n g to .Mr. Muz­zey's i.-tore. where each child w-as made hapjiy by the Kift of a package of can­dy, a holiday book and a ( 'h r i s tmas card. The littie company m a d e an unusual and very pre t ty spectacle and a t t rac ted considerable a t tent ion,

Glenis Oreenc . daugh te r of Mrs. .Minnie Green, celebrated her tw-elfth b i r thday on Sa turday af ternoon, Do-cefnlier- 2. Kleven of hor young play­mates ga the red liy Invitation to holp her enjoy the occasion. The color scheme of t h o . decorat ions was pink, thc d in ing-room and lunch table be­ing e laborate ly t r immed with festoons ot cr(^pc paper . Rofroshments were enjoyed. Including p tnk ice c ream and a b i r thday cake, covered wi th .pli^k frosting and conta in ing twelvo prizes, which served a s souvenirs for each Ilt­tlc guest . Those preserit were Betty Hutchlrison, Evelyn and K a t h e r l n e Mal tman, Helen P a r k e r , Hazel Wilson, Marian Buss , J faud Maxwell, Dorothy Soule, Audrey Bancroft , R u t h C h a p ­man and Sybil S tewar t .

On F r i d a y evening of Inst week th ree m e m b e r s of the I. O. O. K., M, U., and one prospect ive member , went to West Groton, to a t t end a meet ing there , ' • i

At the f j iwrence mills of , tho Champion Internnt lont)! Company an Increase of ten percent and an eight hour day was recent ly granted , more than a t housand employees being af­fected by t h e raise. . »

C. F . McConnack from 'West Gro­ton, a f o r m e r res ident ' here , spen t Sunday In t o w n ' wi th his daughte r , Mrs. Oulton,

On Kriday even ing of- last week thc Babbata.ssett Camp-fire Circle with their guardian . Miss Sylvester, met tit the Methodist- pa r sonage to comjilete their scrap b6oks for the Chris tmas ot thi? children in w a r countries. Bight very dainty, a r t i s t ic picture books were completed and packed up nn Saturday to be forwarded to the Belgian chil­dren th rough the Red Cro.ss Relief Statiun in Boston. " The junior circle were so pleased with tho result of their labors that thcy a r e tiyinj,' to Com­plete ano the r set to sund to the chi l ­dren of thc Boston City hospital next week.

Grange Xotes. At thc regu la r mcetiaj: i,f the

Grango on Krlday eveniiiK. Uecember 8, the (Irst and socond tti?grees were worked on a class of candldate.s. The (irst degree was worked by .the reg­ular gdicers o t t h e Granxe and the second degree by rhe men's degree statf, E. H. Bliss, master. The new members a re Mr. and .Mrs. I'", H. (julinby, Mr. and Mrs. Krank G. Ken­nedy, Mrs, K. H. Lawson and Lillian Stewart.

T h e third and fourth devices will be worked a t the next regular meet­ing. F'riday cvonlng, December ii.

A t t h e . r e c e n t meet ing Miss Ellen Miller was appointed a delegate from Prescot t Grange to the nieetlnK of the S ta t e Grange held in Tremont Temple, Boston, December 12, L! und 1-).

O. M. Nash a t t ended t in- ' lecturers ' convention on Wcdnosday.

Several t rom this Granite at tended the State Grange on Wednesday and took the sixth degree .

.MaiTluge. Announcement is made of tiie ni.ar-

rlage of Mi.ss Olive Balmforth. daUKh­ter of Mr. and Mr.s.- Charles I-;. Balm­forth, of Wollaston, to lialph Keith, of Wollaston. on Thursday afternoon, December 7. Thc ceremony wa.s per­formed at thc Jiarsonage of the Kirst Biii>tist church of tha t jihu-e by the pastor of thc churoh , itev. Joseph Walthcrs. . The bride was gowned i n ' a white embroidered silk voile and carried a bouquet of whi te sweet jie.is. She was at tended by -Miss Rheta Keith, a sis­ter of tho groom, who' was also a t -tii-ed in white, and ctirried ycilow-chr.vs<inthemums. The groom \vas a t ­tended by Wesley Ganzel. ut Wollas­ton. as best man .

I-'ollowing thc ceremony a recep­tion was held a t the home of the liride's parents , to the Wollaston Park-Social elub, of which the hriile is a meniber.

.Mr. and .Mrs. Kei th left on the af­ternoon t ra in tor Provjilence, R. I., and will take a t r ip by mjat to New-Vorli. They w-ill reside hi Wollaston till their r e tu rn . Mr. K.-ith is e m ­jiloyed with his father-, who is a 'con­tractor in the city.

'i'he bride is a former Pejijierell Kii-I. a l though she left town with he r Jiarents about- fourteen years- ago. when illll a child. Mi-. Balmforth 's business ' with pape r concerns led to t-heir residence first in Lawrence, from there to Connecticut. West Vir­ginia and again to Lawienco. 'About flve years ago the famliy removed to Boston, where Mr. Balmforth was em­jiloyod liy thc Commonweal th Mfg. Company. • Dur ing the jiast year and a half the family have resided a t the i r jirevent home In Wollaston.

I ' l l i tarian .Supper. The chicken-pie sujijier servetl liy

the L. S. C. of the First i 'ar ish church on Thuisday evoning of last weak had an unusually largo pat ronage consid­ering the advance in the price which was deemed necessary at this tirne. when the prices of mater ials a rc soar­ing. Plates w-ere laid for 120, and more wei-e t aken .by a satislled ci-owd wild did justice to the amjile menu of cliickeii-jiie. hot rnlls. baked beans w-ith r(-li.-hes. and many v.-irieties of (les.sei-t in the I'lirni of pies and jel­lies.

I'lie decorat ions "i festoons of ciejie ILljior witll c l i r is tnia- iiells Ka\e a dis­tinct holidtiy air to ihe vestl:.\-. a fore­runner of Christinas festivities.

The table of CJirlstnias novelties and aiirons also ih.i good pat ronage and brought in .'•-atisfactory returns. -

'The (ine moonllKh: evening and flne jirogr.im offered brmight out a large Kathering to the enter ta lnmei i t ' held at eight o'clock in Central hal-]. Mrs. John O. Bennett n ndered a jiiano solo, .ind a violin snlo was given, by Howard Shattiu-k. accomptinied by .Miss Barbara Bancn.ft: The sketch given by Mrs. Irene .Vttridge. Kussell Wright and Douglas Dow-are as mes­senger, was excellently presented and most enter ta ining. .Vliss Wilson tmd Kather ine Holiart Kavo the short cketch. ^ "The bncliward scholar ." which w-as also enjoyed by all tho audience. The evening JUS a w-hole re-lloct.s much credit on the conimittee.

Death' of F o r m e r Resident. On Kriday of last week Walter W.

Lunt was called to . \ugusta. M e . by .1 mcss.igo announciiiK the serious ill­ness of his mother . -Mrs. Susan Lunt. w-ho hjui suffered fiom diabetls for three yeai-s jiast and had become neariy blind from the effects of tho d i sease loiter, iiew^ announced the death of Mrs. Lunt on Saturday, sorv­icos lieing held on Tuosday. The de­ceased was seventy-six years of ajjo and is survived h\- \V. W. Lunt. of this tow-n; .Vlbert and Linwood Lunt. of AuKUSta, Me., and Mlss Maude Lunt. also of th.it <-ii\-. who cared for her aged mother . Shi- also leaves flve grandchi ldren . An older daughter . Mrs. Jennie Lunt l.'ing. died a few years ago. and the husband of the de­ceased. Wiiliam l.unt. died aliout six years ago in Gardiner, .Me.

Mr. and Mrs. William Lunt were residents here In tnwn for several years, moving here from Gardiner . M c . nbout 1870. lie wns emjiloved In the jiajier mill niidi-r H. C. Winslow. tor I-'airchld Comjiany. and later w-orked in Lelghtnn l?'ros.' shoe fac­tory. Thoy built tlio doulile tene­ment house on I'leasant street now owned by W. H. Annls, this being the Hrst houso built on the street . The younger member s of their family werc born horc. About twohty-elght years ago the fnmlly moved back to Gardi­ner, Me., and since the death ot her husband Mrs. Lunt wont to Augusta to bo with her children. Her dca lh was not une;ipcctcd, following, as it did, a long Illness.

A Goo<l Caiiso. A most commendable and phi lan­

thropic movement Is being made by Rev. Endicot t Peabody, mas ter ot the Qroton School, to s tar t a Sunday school service • in the unused brick schoolhouse on thc South road. F o r several w-^eeks past he ha« had an a s ­sistant, Mlss Andrews, o t Aycr, m a k ­ing a quiet canvass nt tho families where there a re chi ldren; and ot the needc of a Sunday servlco In tha t vl-. clnltp. T h e proposed school will In­clude all, chi ldren and adults, , and will not bc denominat ional . A service -was held there on last Sunday, conducted by Mr. Peabody, assisted by • Mr. •Vanler, a t e a c h e r of the school,' and th ree s tudents , F ro th lnghom, T r u m -

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bull and .Molloy. .Mr. Vanier acted as si iperintendent of the organization of the Sunday sehool and lod the music. assisted by the >-oung gentlemen and those tissemiiled. - T h e r e were about tw('nt.\-live ju-esent. who w-ere divided and graded into live classe.s. 'i'he peo­ple in that vicinity sjie.-ik in praise of the under tak ing from which much :;oo(l IS e.-vjiected.

BOXBOROUGH

News I tems. Mrs. Louisa I'riest. who remains

about the same, was much pleased with the llowers. fruit, postcards and nioney sent her on Kriday. l iecember .S, in remembrance of her ninety-thlril b i r thday.

I-'orty-two niembers of Uoxborough Grange and eleven visitors were pres­ent at the last meeting, prejiared to enjoy t h c , play, "The flrst day the holidays." given by the young men. and to par take of the coffee, dough­nuts and pies served by the young ladies.

-Mr. and Mrs. .S. D. Salmon have gone to Somerville for the winter months .

The success of the annu.al sale of thc Han<licraft ciub a t l^lbr.ary hall last Saturd.ay afternoon and evening was very gratifying to its many friends, many auto par t ies from surrounding towns liei.ng in a t t endance and buying freely.

Mr. and .Mrs. Joseph Poland enjoy­ed the lirst en te r t a inment of tho sea­son given by tho Concord Dramat ic club in Monument hall. F r iday evon­ing. Uecember 8. Thc play was "Arms and the man." a .satirical comedy' by Hern.ard Shaw. Dur ing the intermis­sion music w.as furnished liy the I*hil-ha rmonic orches t ra of Boston.

Mrs. George H. War ron . of -Man­chester. X. H.. gavo a most interest ing description of the t r ip she took to tho Wost Indies. P a n a m a and Venezuela before the West Acton Woman ' s club on .Monday a t te rnoon. She also exhi­bited many curios ga the red at tha t t ime. Vocal solos were rendered by Mlss Elinor Weeks.

Char les Hayward has had a tele­phone Installed—41-13.

Char les H. Wal t t has ordered a Sax­on Six car for May delivery.

.Mrs. Roswell Davis, of Harvard , passed away, a t tho homo of her brother , Mr. Murchle. on Monday.

Zcnas Lovelace has re tu rned from Detroit , Mich., whoro he has recently been employed,

A lot of now books will bc ready for dis t r ibut ion a t the l ibrary on Saturday,

Mr. Ccstello's sistor, Mrs. Fitzgerald, is p lanning to build a new houso on w h a t Is best known ns thc E m e r y Whi tcomb farm.

H. Prescot t Burroughs , mnstor-qlecf of thc Grango, a t tended tho sCKsI6n8, as delegate, ot tho Stato Grange held a t T remon t Temple, Boston, this week.

F r a n k .W. Dodge spont the afternoon nnd evening ot Decomber 12 In Bos­ton and Somorvillo, a t t end ing a par t of the Stato Orange session on Tuesday af ternoon, and In the ovening a t P a u l Hevere lodge of Odd Follows, where a reception was given to t h e grand o t ­flcers. ,

T h e town by-law commi t t ee me t and organized with F r a n k W. Dodgo as c h a i r m a n and Burpee C, Steele a s sec­re ta ry . On Wednesday evening the

Great Annual Mark Down Sale — OF —

Millinery Novelties at One-Half Price

Mrs. E. F. Ghandler Ladies' Hatter

Barry Building Main. Street

Telephone 82-3 AYEB, MASS.

Good First Mortgages on Real. Estate

• Tlie North Middlesex Savings Bank will tate good first mort­

gages on Real Estate at reasonable rates. Application may be made

at its office in Ayer. 3ni6

commi t t ee met for considerat ion o t m a t t e r to be presented a t the a n n u a l mee t ing in, February , and the comiiilt-too would be very glad to receive and-conslder suggestions from any citizen ot tho town,-

Clnireli Xotes. Sunday services—Morning worship

at eleven o'clock; preacher . Rev. G. M. Missirian, the minister ; subject , "The Chr i s tmas gift." Sunday school a t 12.16. C. E. meet ing and evening service a t seven o'clock.

As announced- last Sunday morning, all tho membor s ot tho chu rch a r c r e ­minded to be present a t a special mee t ­ing to h e a r and act on the r epo r t of the commi t t ee which was appoin ted to revise the consti tution and tho by-laws of the church . This meet ing will be held a t the chu rch on Sunday a t 12.OG.

Tho Chr i s tmas t ree ce lebra t ion this year will be held under the ausp ices of the Sunday schpol on t h e evening -of Sa turday , Deccmbef 23, In t h e . v e s t r y of thc c h u r c h . Various commi t tees a re a l ready appointed t o . m a k e the event a s p leasan t a s possible. The Sunday school ex tends a. cordial Invitation to all t h c chi ldren and tho people of our town, ,. , . ' T h e Adclphlan club will hold Its reg­

ular mee t ing on Ihls week Sa tu rday evening'. In Library hal l a t 7.30. All m e m b e r s a r e requested to be^ present .

T h c W o m a n ' s Missionary m e e t l n s w a s . a t Mrs . Lewis W. Richardson ' s , on W e d n e s d a y af ternooh. T h e subject for t h e - m e e t i n g was "Christ-Ian conques t of E u r o p e . " Refroshmchta wero se rv ­ed by tho hostess. ' . ; • ' ' , ' > >•:

Now AdvertUement;'

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F. Loe Sheppy, Sth floor—243 'W. 17th St., New York City, aoneral Sales Manager ot tho largest concern ot Its kind In the world, wantii three or four men In Middlesex Cotinty and several men- In adjoining countlet^ to work for him spare tlmo or all the time. B e can uso only those who have a. rig or auto.. Work Is very pleasant and no previous selling, experience'' is -neces­sary. Work consists of leOi'vlng a- won­derful new household necessity In the homes on free trial. Tests-'at more than thirty of the leading :TJniversities and the Oovernment'Bureau ot Stand­ards 6hoW this new article to be four^ - times as efflcient as article now in gen- < eral use In this secUon< , Article Is needed In every.rural-hbme.and feene-flu every member of the, b'ouseliold, bringing cheer, comfort aiid happiness Into the home. Not necessary to 'be away from home nights, Fay'from 16,00 to )16.00 per day acoordiiag to ability and. number of homes.-visited. , In writing Mr. Sheppy, mention>'wtiAt . townships will bemost'conventeiit for^" youto work in: what-yotirre^la^.oc- ' cupatlon is;- your .age; ;nuirrled ,«tf '' single;, how .long you h&vC Uwd"Jh,'',,: the communKy; what klndiot WtiAr.«»„-auto you.have;'- whether' yoU'i«MC-toC^ work spare time or st(M:^;-be#:<ifia'^ time you. will' have i6V d«v<dl#4 '''' ^ work; .'When you''ca6r'«t»rt '>imd^aM->.«>'r, how many htfmek are MI^li^A^.laU^K^*;

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PAGB FOUB S A T U R D A Y , D E C E M B E R 16 , 1 9 1 6

S a t u r d a y , Dieocsmbcr 16, 1916. *

GROTON N e w s I t e m s .

T h o Gro ton Corne t Bapd announces • t h a t a conce r t a n d dance will be- hold In t h e town ha l l on Monday .evening, J a n u a r y 1. P r o g r a m to be ani iounccd ne,;£t week.

T h e pub l i c ^,chools close with this week F r i d a y for t h e Chr i s tmas vaca ­t ion. Thcy reopen on Tuesday, J a n u ­a ry 2. J a n u a r y 1, being tor the llrst t i m e a ho.llday in th i s s ta te .

An u n u s u a l Inc iden t - tha t happened last week a t t r ac t ed , the a t ten t ion of qu i t e ' a c rowd. A gen t l eman who drove ' into - tho Groton Inn g rounds l e t t h i s l a rge l imousine s t and ing wi th ­oiit p u t t i n g bn the "emergency b rake . T h e m a c h i n e moved leisurely down t h e Incline a n d across Main s t ree t a n d -within a few inches ot r u n n i n g Into t h a t s t u m p or half-a t r e e t ha t is o n Mrs . S o u t h a r d ' s land close to t h e s idewalk , fo rmer ly land of J . H. R o b -

-l>Ins T h e r e w e r e possibilities a b o u t t h i s t h a t m i g h t have been serious.

• M r s E l l a P . Woolley Is cons ldera-" bly h a n d i c a p p e d th i s week as a resul t

f r o m , a mino r operat ion a few days ago on h e r left hand . She had a small

', b u t t r o u b l e s o m e - w a r t taken out which ' .was be tween two ot he r flngers.

. T h e n e x t mee t ing o t the W o m a n ' s c lub- i s nov^ u n t i r Fr iday , December 29.

Mrs . C h a r l e s H. Lucy was called los t week t o t h c funeral of he r second oldes t b r o t h e r , F reder ick F . Pe te r s , of E a s t Bos ton . His dea th was the

' r e su l t of a n accident which he met on -Monday w h i l e ' work ing a t the

• -wharf of t t i c At lant ic works of E.ast Bos ton . H e fdll from a laddfer and su t te red "a f rac tu re .o f the skull , dying a t t h e Relief hospi ta l a t eleven o clock

• t h a t evening . H e was fitty-two y e a r s Old arid a widower . O t h e r re lat ives in Gro ton a r e two other s is ters , Mrs , W h i t n e y a n d Mrs, Berry; -The Inter­m e n t • -was In Woodlawn cemetery ,

' E v e r e t t . T h e final legal pape r s have been

passed, t r an s f e r r i ng t h e la te S. W. R o w e p lace ; c o r n e r of Schciol and Main s t r ee t s , to J , E . Adams, , who h a s t a k e n possession and as soon a s some I m p r o v e m e n t s a r e comple ted t h a t m a y t a k e a week o r so- will move in to oc­cupy wi th h i s tamlly , Mr. A d a m s will also move his business with all s t ab l e e q u i p m e n t s to th i s new s tand . H e Is to r e n t or sell his house on E l m s t ree t , w h i c h t h e tamlly Is p r epa r ing to v a c a t e . ' .

H a r o l d Mil ler r e tu rned to his w o r k in t h e l a rge grocery s tore a t X e e d h a m w h e r e h e h a s been employed since October , a f t e r spend ing Thanksg iv ing d a y wi th h i s a u n t s , Mrs. S immons and Mrs . N'ut t ing In Lowell and then com­i n g to Gro ton to spend the night .

T h e play, "Clover fa rm," was suc­cessfully s t aged m the town hall hero I l o n d a y even ing by member s of the Aye r G r a n g e to r the beneflt of Gro­ton G r a n g e ' s p a y m e n t tor the i r hal l . AU took t h e i r p a r t s well. The publlc, w h o gave a good a t t endance , a p p r e c i ­a t ed t h e en t e r t a inmen t . .The w e a t h e r w-as n o t good, b u t the proce'eds, w h e n r eckoned up , will add some th ing to t h e p a y m e n t tund . • T h e th i rd n u m b e r in the L u t h e r

Blood t r e e lec ture course will be given by t h e Roya l male quar t e t of Boston on T h u r s d a y evening, December 21, a t e igh t o'olock in the town hall .

T h e Ne ighborhood club held its m e e t i n g last week wi th Mrs. Cora Tu t t l e . h a v i n g the usual p leasant sor cial a f te rnoon . T h e secre ta ry ' s r epor t a n d o the r open ing exercises were fol­lowed by t h e comfort s l ipper work. S h a k e s p e a r e ' s "Twelfth n igh t" was t a k e n up. each m e m b e r being assigned a p a r t for h e r reading a t the club mee t ings . T h e closing proceedings of r e f r e s h m e n t s and song were very en­joyable a s usual .

T h c All iance fair of last week T h u r s d a y was in every way a des i rable succes's. F a i r weather , a large a t ­t endance , tab les showing a t t r ac t ive quan t i t i e s of ar t ic les on sale, a good p a t r o n a g e an .M supper , a flne moving p ic ture en t e r t a inmen t , wha t more could lie asked to m a k e a success? T h e c h a i r m e n having the different t ab les in c h a r g e were Mrs. l a w r e n e e P a r k , fancv; Mrs. G. H. Woods, house ­hold a r t ic les ; Miss Helen Dodge, c a n d y ; Mrs. Evere t t Gerrish. ap rons ; Mrs . F r ed G. .May. cake ; .Mrs. W. P. W h a r t o n , ch i ldren ' s : Mrs. George H o d g m a n . Mrs. Gardner Kockwood, s u p p e r : .Miss Alma Gray, en te r t a in -nierit. T h e proceeds a re not all in, h u t s o m e w h e r e around *300 was real ized.

T h e open nieet ing oC the W o m a n ' s c lub on last week Fr iday called out a good n u m b e r to hea r I'rof. V. .\. <". Snil th of Mas.sachusetts . \gr icul tura l col lege. His talk on the impro^-cmenl.s of t h e v a r i o u s plots and small park.s in town- w.as iIluKtrate<I hy pictures of s u c h pieces of iand in other towns, i-le m a d e some very pract icable sUKCes-t ions and pointed out defects and their reniodv. ' T h c pa rk a t Brooks ' comer . w h i c h ' t hc club had a l ready t)egun w o r k on. can l)e made a very beautiful spo t He complimented the town on

side. Then she has had tho old barn taken down and on Ihe space formerly occupied by the ba rn will have a con­ventional old-fashloncd sunken gar­den, all ot which will add to the a t ­tract ive fea tures ot he r old-fashloncd "Dix -House" homo.

The re will bo the usual Sunday school Ch r i s tmas festival ut the Con­gregat ional chu rch ves t ry on Sa tur ­day (&venlng, December 23.

.Mrs. Char les Meade, of West . \c ton, who underwen t a n operat ion a t the Deacone.-ss hospi ta l in Concord, a fcw davs ago. is coni ing out all r ight . Mrs. .Meade is a s is ter ot W. H. Bruce, of this town, a n d - t h e opera t ion was per­formed by the noted surgeon. Ur. Smith, of "N'ashua, a bro ther - in- law of Mr. Bruce . . Groton School s tuden t s leave next Fr iday m o r n i n g for tho holiday \ 'aca-tiori. On next week Wednesday the school gives the i r a n n u a l Chr is tmas par ty to thc employees and their fam-iiie-<. This pie.-isant aftair is a lways h e l d l n t h e g y m n a s i u m . . •

Miss Mundel l , of Ga rdne r ; w a s . t h e week-end gues t of her aiint, Mrs. J a n e Clark.

Thc Bird ciub will meet on Monday evening a t 7.30 In the lower town hall . Mlss Ger t rudo Ger r l rh is to read a paper on " W i n t e r b i rds ." Bird seod w'lll be on salo.

Thc m e m b e r s of the Unitar ian Sun­day school have forwarded Chr i s tmas gifts for d is t r ibut ion ih E u r o p e a n places.

The contr ibut ion a t the Uni ta r ian services on Sunday will be used for thei r own Sunday school Chr i s tmas ga ther ing .

Red Cross seals a r e for sale a t Sha t -tuck.'s, Mlss Miner ' s and Bruce 's .s torcs .

Joseph A. Dunphy , according to a recent a n n o u n c e m e n t in a Boston p a ­per, -has sued Dr. Joseph C. Gene-reaux, of Webs ter , for »15,000 be­cause, a s h e says, following the doc­tor ' s a t t e m p t to • r emove a ch icken bone t r o m D u n p h y ' s th roa t , several hospi ta l ope ra t ions were necessary-.

Savings and Thrif t" club of F i r s t Nat ional B a n k of Ayer s ta r t s Decem­ber 20. See first page . . '

Practical Gifts and ggeStions from •AyBR,MASa.

Gloves for Giving THI-: K I N D YOU WOUI.D L I K E I'O R K C K I V E Y O U I W E L F BKt . \USE YOU K N O W T H K Y ^VRE (JOOD

T h e r e Is a n l i iexplalimblc satisfac­t ion lu giving somctiili 'ig tliut you k n o w Is good, Gootl (JIovcs, a s you k n o w , u re very scnit-e und It Is only b c c n u . * wc bought curly t h a t we can ufford to sell you tl icsc g loves ' a t very Httle .advance over old p i iees . Dix^s Kid Gloves, Heavy W a l k i n g Gloves a n d Fnb r l c Gloves lu ail colors, black a n d w h i t e . ' M a k e you scle<'tlon while s tock Is comple te iind whi le these low pr iees jirevull.

Give an Umbrella

FOR "HER'

Sl.OO to ?4.50

FOR "HIM'

$1.00 to $2.50

Prc fen t Dickens ' P lay . Dickens ' "Chri .stmas carol ." given

bv the high school pupi ls ^n the town hall on last week Fr iday evening-cal l ­ed out m a n y deserved complinients . T h e . aud ience was very good and $17.50 was realized which is to be used in s o m e way for a high school beneflt. Miss Willis, t eacher in Eng­lish, pu t m u c h work into it. helping the pupils and seeing tha t it was given wi th intell igence and expression. They had the i r p a r t s learned perfectly. Miss wnilis. who w a s . t h e p romote r of this , was not so xlesirous for large money results a s for the good in memoriz ing and " t a lk ing on the i r tee t" tha t sho believes conies to pupils from such exercises. The days of commit t ing to memory good selections, " speak ing pieces" bofore a public, has fallen much out ot custom, but a s a good memory drill and a good t ra in ing in self confldence and self control, it had many good points. Then . too. t h e pa r ­ents were invari.ably interested, which is a n o t h e r good point. Some a re "old-fashioned" enough to th ink it would be a good th ing now for pupils of ail

rades to have more -of such exercises.

ALWAYS WELCOME

Dress Kid Gloves $ 1 . 6 5 Hea'vy Walking Gloves-

$ 1 . 2 9 and $ 1 . 6 9 •White Doe SMn Gloves $ 1 . 2 9 Fabric Gloves, black, 'white, tan

and Gray 50^ to 7 5 <

The gift that pleases most is soinethiug useful as well as oi'im-„„,„tal—something that shows thought in its selection. Prepai'e your frieiids for a i-aiii.v-day, give them an umbrella—it "s a welcome gift, indeed. You ean find in this splendid (-olleetjon a snitabl foi' " H i m " or for " U e r " and at the jiriee you want to pay.

Seven out of every Ten Stylish­ly Di-essed Woinen You

Meet Carry a

Nc>v Handbag

The reason thc other three do not carry tliem is because they really do not know how pret ty the new style handbags aro, I t .would not seem possi­ble that any w o m a n could re­sist buying one of the new en­velope, pouch or yoke models in leather, velvet and beaded eirccts. There was never a sea­son when l iandbags were in greater demand.

THE WEEK BEFORE CHRIST­

MAS OUR STORE WILL BE

OPEN EVERY EVENING WITH

THE EXCEPTION of TUESDAY

Ciiristtnas Booklets and

Postcards The Largest Assortment We Have

Ever Shown

Postcards .Ip, 2p and»3<*

Booklets 3<J to 20<J

kind

[CHRISTMffl^S Sea l s and T a g s Narrow Ribbons and Tinsel Cord

for Packioge Decorations

Envelope Purses Handbags Pocketbooks , ,

5 0 ^ to $ 2 . 5 0 5 0 ^ to $ 3 . 9 8 25<* to $ 1 . 0 0

Holiday Stationery

1 5 ^ to $ 2 . 5 0

Colgate's Toilet Articles and

Perfumes

Dcatii of F o r m e r Res ident . Groton relat ives received word by

te legram of tho dea lh at his home in . \ l ameda . Cal.. on Sunday. Decembor 10. of Anthonv H. Ferna ld . son ot .Mr. and .Mrs. W. H. Ferna ld . He w.-is th i r ty-one years oid on August IS, and the cause of dea lh wa-s Br ight ' s dis-ea.«e of long s t and ing„a l t hough his last illness covered a period of only six weeks. He was horn in Earft Boston and was eight years old when the fam­ily came to m a k e thei r home in Gro­ton. He a t t ended the schools here, in­cluding the high school, but later at­tended a pr iva te school in Washington, IJ. ('., from which he graduated , .\txer going to California -Mr. Kernald 's hea l th improved and he became very successful. He h a s been for some years teller of the Saving and Union Trust <''ompany'K l iank. a fine paying position, whicii he fllied with accep­tability. He leaves his wife, who was Miss l -aura Penny, of Naticli. and their son, tive year's old; also, his par ­ents. Mr. and Mrs. ,W. H. Whi teh i l l : two .sisters. Mrs. Oeorge Weljhcr, of West Groton. and Miss Evelyn Fer ­nald. a t eacher a t F r a m i n g h a m N'or­mal. and a younger bro ther . Renald . who with the i r mother , is in Califor­nia. Thc funeral was from his late home in .-Vianieda on Tuesday. Decem­ber 12.

t h e i r h a n d s o m e and .sul>stantial town i Sacred Hear t house . T h e selectmen have a l ready engaged h im to make a survey of the s r o u n d s . which in the near future will be m a d e to tal<e on a siuhtly and not iceably t.-i.steful appearance . He pra i red t h e art is t ic Boutwell srhool hui ld ing . and recommended the pro­c u r i n g of p layeround helps for the pupi ls ' recreat ion moments .

T h e m o r n i n g suliject at tlie Baptl.st c h u r c h on .Sunday will tie "Thc t r ans ­figuration of Christ ." Kvening praise service a t seven o'clock: suliject. " W a t c h your step. " Wednesday eve­n ing , at 7.30, regular priiyer meet ing o t the c h u r c h . The n a m e s of th i r teen h i \ c heen received of those who wish to a t t end thc Billy Sunday services a t t h c t abe rnac l e in Boston. .Ml who wish to go with the par ty a r e kindly i s k c d to give thei r nanies to i l r s . Wal l ace Brown, Mrs. Alice Peabody o r Rev. B. E. Tucker , a s a r r a n g e m e n t s -will soon be m a d e to attond the serv­ices

Mr. n n d Mrs . J a m e s F raze r a r e en­joying, thethselvcs In Woltvllle, X. S., whore thcy went ten days ago. Mr. Krazer hfes no t b<jeh t i t his homo before for twen ty years .

T h e fol lowing Is tho offlcial a r r a n g e ­m e n t s for t h e communi ty Chr i s tmas t r e e given out by the commi t t ee oft T h u r s d a y : T h e r e will bc a c o m m u n i t y ChrlBtmais t ree -on the squa re by t h e b a n d s t a n d on Sunday, December 24, a t 6,30, T h o t reo w i U ^ c l ighted and «a ro l9 s u n g by a largo chorus . The b a n d will p l ay pat r io t ic a i r s and all will Join In s inging "Amer ica ." Every­o n o Is a « k c d ' t o como a n d help sp read t h e C h r i s t i n a s spiri t , it s to rmy Sun­d a y a f t e rnoon t h e t r e e will be l ighted a t t h e raipe t ime on Chr i s tmas day.

Mra. C . Z . S o u t h a r d h a s *iad built r e c e n t l y a wal l on t h e n o r t h ' s ide ot B r o a d M e a d o w road a n d Is p r epa r ing fo r a . -convent ional old-fashioned, ga r ­d e n w i t h a wate i ' ga rden , th i s to be locAted-' a f t h e r e a r a n d sldo bf h e r b u i l d i n g s . T h e g a r d e n w i l l ' h a v e a « u m m e r hou»o a n d a r b o r on Its we i t

Comniuility C l ' r W m a s I ' rec . .-\ m o v e m e m is on foot for a com­

munity Chr i s tmas tree, such as h.-is been sat isfactori ly held in o the r towus m this vicinity .and elsewhere. .\x the Woman ' s clul) l.ist week Fr iday a com­mittee con.-isting of member s of thc difTerent c h u r c h e s In town was chosen. Of these. .Mrs. . lames .\ . Bailey, of the rnitar-inn. is rh.airfiian: others a rc .Mrs. Gr.int .Shattuck of the Congrega­tional. Mi.*s H a n n a h Hallis.sey of the

-Mrs. I., W. Richardson of the B.lptist. .Mrs. Stephen Sabine of the l-;i)isro|>al and .Mrs. Clifford BiNliy of the West Groton ehurch . The idea as at Jiresent enter ta ined is to h.ive .1 tree which shal l lie lighted by elec­tricity, antl lie placed near the liand-stand". He re the townsiiectpie will ga ther and Chr i s tmas carols will be sung. The re a re to be no iiresents and tio r e f r e shmen t s a re lo be servod: there is to lie no th ing sectar ian—it is to be a meet ing of kindly fellowship in honor of ftv.r Saviour 's n.-ital day. .Some fur ther p lans may develop, but these a re wh.it have lieen t.-ilked of Jul f.ir.

leader . 110. Wendel l Oook 105. assist­a n t pa t ro l leader. Gerald Breckenr idge 102 Harold Bur ton 101. R o b e r t J a ­comb 100. l.owell Souther 90, Clifford Fo lk in s 84. Archie McGregor S2. Fred Gale 8-1. Ucster C a r k i n s 82. Wal te r Ja ­c o m b 79, Myron Breckenr idge ^li. Alderson Balley 74.. U o y d Randal l i2. T h e o d o r e W a r e 6.1. Char l ie Murphy 51, Raymond SawTcr 50, Bur ton Roii-Inron 40. .i.ssociate scouts. Oscar Korbes and S>'.dney C a r k i n s : honorary n iember . R. Prescot t Leonard .

T h e evening was devoted to a re­view of t h e tenderfoot tests and the s tudv of first-class first aid.

Tlie following have won lO i Iier-cen t dutv pins for t h e m o n t h : Harold Bur ton and Robe r t J a c o m b . This m a k e s six boys w h o have gained 100 percen t in rank . The rank tor the m o n t h includes rc'port from the home. school . Sunday school, a t t endance nt l .u ther Blood lectures, r eadmg sonic helpful book, a t t e n d a n c e at scout n iee t ing and interest in scouts, the pass ing of scout tests and the doing of good turns dur ing the month .

Dcatl i , -Mrs. Bessie S. Tolles. wife of Xa­

thanie l C. Anderson. J r . . died at the Groton hospital Tuesday afternoon af­ter a long iliness. She was born in Du:istabie on October ^il, ISSC. thc daugh te r of the la te F . N. Tolles and .Mrs. Kdla F. (KemjO Tolles. She mar r ied N. C. Anderson, Jr . . in 190S. and had always made her home in Groton. Always fragile from child­hood one could not help but marvel at t he pleasant home she made, and .--0 dearly loved. It was the joy of her lite and the deepest .sorrow is felt for the husliand and little girl now left to m o u r n her loss. She was a niemjier of Groton Grange and did faithful and apprec ia t ive work on thc ladies' degree t e a m for a long time, .\lv.-a\-s in ter­ested and willing to he lp until failing hea l th kept he r from, its meet ings. Bessie will be long and lovingly re­membered liy her many friends and rela t ives—bv he r mother . Mrs. Kdla I-" Tollcs: two sisters . .Mrs. I.ewis D. Bemis and Mrs. Char les Wright , and t h r e e bro thers . Ha r ry N.. Willard P. and Char les M. Tolles. The funeral will be pr ivate and was held from her h o m e on Fr iday af ternoon .'it two o'clock.

Mil i tary Tra in ing a t <;ix)ton s<-li(Kd. Military t r a in ing at Ciroton Si-hool

will bc on a new basis this year. Capt.

will, r e tu rn to Ma.ssachusetts in a tew weeks to complete several pa in t ings and wiil then probably r e tu rn to Chcvenne. He is seventy years of age and is a veteran of the civii war. H e was in c o m m a n d of the forces tha t suai-ded the presidential mansion dur ­ing the second inaugurat ion of Pres i ­dent Lincoln.

"The list ot those- whose por t r a i t s he has painted includes many nota­bles of the nineteenth century, t

_ but hVportraVt 'of which ho is most p roud

is t ha t ot Ulysses S. Grant . .Mr. Ha r t sho rn made the sketch for this paint ing when General Gran t was president of the United States. It r anks as one of the best po r t r a i t s of the soldier-s ta tesman ever made; He has also painted the por t ra i t s ot many governors of various s ta tes in the union.

"Dur ing "Mr.. Har t shorn ' s career , nine of the famous family of Roths ­childs, the European flnancier.s. havo sat for him and among o the r s he ha.s

.painted were thc Duke of Norfolk, lhe .Marquis of Bute . Lords Howard and Louden. William Cul len Bryant and Senator Simon Cameron .

••Since the war Capt. Ha r t sho rn has made his home in Springfield, spend-i n s much of his t ime in his s tudio m Boston, however, or a t his flne farm in thc ilci-kshires, where he has over 400 acres of valuabl.- land. He has sev­eral commissions and o ther pieces of work tha t he niu.st r e tu rn to .Mas.sa­chuset ts to comjilete, but as soon as these a r e finished ho may re turn to Chcvenne to take up his pe rmanen t abode. Fnl i l his tamiiy is well set­tled he will remain here . "

W e s t (.'TOtOll. . \ s a r a g e recently built for thc

H. C, I 'or ter . the buildin;;

ta-is the latest

of the vil-tion agent addit ion t lage.

Mrs. L. G. Strand has been in care of her physician and is stiil unable to leavo her home.

\ n u m b e r ol West Groto;i s tudents had roles in the high school play re­cently given and were highly compli,-mented for thei:- work.

I tems deal ing with Boy Scout activi ties have been necessarily omitted te lephone line not being order.

.Ml-s. Slocum, ..f N'ew York, recently visited her dauMhtcr. Mr.s. K. F. Sleep-

the workin.ff

er.

Ciroton Mllltnry T ra in ing Scliool. Two new men. Evere t t B. Gerrish

and Howard Gilson. enlisted in the Provisional Conipany on Wednesday evening.- A recent squad ot twclVc men. undor Lieut . Branigan. Sergt. Shaw, and Corp. I ' a rkor , received In­s t ruct ion In t h c lower town hall while tho Provis ional Company was dril l ing overhead.

T h e drill took up rnarchlng to thc r ea r In squad format ion , forming t ron t Into line t r o m co lumn, forming In­ver ted Ilne to t h e (lank from column and dlmlnl.shlng t h e t ron t of a co lumn ot squads . T h e dril l wont off excep­tionally well . After t h e drill . there was t h e ' u s u a l fltteen m i n u t e s o t s o t t l n g - u p exercises, followed, by a ta lk by t h c cap ta in on " C o m o a n y government and , admin i s t r a t i on , "

I t is expected t h a t Capt . Po r t e r B, Chase, t h e senior c o m p a n y c o m m a n d ­er of t h e F i r s t Corps Cadets , -will,ad­dress t ho c o m p a n y •on December 27 on " T e a m w o r k a n d leadership. ' , ' T h e t a l k ' n e x t week will be O'n "Ex tended order ru les a n d , pr inciples ."

I Boy Scouts . "- ; . Troop I, B. S^ A., heid the i r r egu l a r

mooting, on l a s t . Sa tu rday evening. Fo l lowing t h e exercises the b o y s , r e ­ceived t h o i r r a n k s for t h e m o n t h and were ass igned t h e i r p laces In t h e pa t ro l s : , Senior pa t ro l , Roy Benne t t ,

year Shuvler is aca in in c o m m a n d and the work r ema ins voluntary, but the re will lie th ree companies formed a c ­cord ing to size, instead of lower and an upper school company as last year. These companies wiil tie commanded bv fir.st se rgean ts until Capt. Schuy­ler th inks it ftt tha t capta ins and l ieu tenants should lie appoin ted . .M. Sedgwick. F r o t h l n g h a m and H. Scher-er have been elected first ' sersieants. while Whi tnev. Itobb. Havemeyer., Gearv. Wadswor th . Thayer . Borland. Ashluirn and L. ^-oster a re elected sergeants . Later, t h ree captains , six l ieutenants , and the pe r manen t se r . geants will be appointed from '.ho sixth form, and the corpora ls from the fifth. These officers wiil have full oontrol . and Capt. Schuyler wiil mere­ly super in tend and give advice.

The uni forms will be s imilar to those worn last year, except tha t blouses and caps wili somet imes be worn instead of sh i r t s and ha ts . Krag and Springfield rifies will be used. Th i s term will be devoted to the work of OTganiz.ition nnd et iuipment. Thc winter t e rm will be devoted to close ordor work with p rac t i ce in ce remo­nies, such as gua rd m o u n t and even­ing parade . T h e r e will also bc ta rge t pract ice in the cage and p e r h a p s shoot ing on an ou tdoor range .

In the .spring, a s soon a s the wea th ­er permi ts , open o rde r work will bo begun . This will Include prob lems and , very likely, s e v e r a l . s h a m bat t les .

a ipp ln« ; . T h e foliovving is a more comple te

ske tch of the ar t i s t , N. T. H a r t s h o r n , t hnn t h a t given In th i s column a tew weeks ago. T h e Groton fr iends ot his daughte r - ln - law, Mrs. Gladys Mason H a r t s h o r n , will doubt less be Interest­ed In this ske tch , which Is (aken from t h e Cheyenne ( W y o m i n g ) Sta te Lead-e r :

One of tho mos t noted of m o d e r n American po r t r a i t pa in te r s , Newton T. Har t shorn , o t Sprlngfleld, is riow In Cheyenne and m a y m a k e th i s city -his residence for a largo p a r t of the year . H e came he re a tow days ago wi th his wife nnd two d a u g h t e r s , one o t whom, Mlss Rachel H a r t s h o r n . , h a s entered tho high school and will r ema in until t h e close of tho t e r m . Mr. H a r t s h o r n

Little I 'ersis I'.lood. daugh te r of .Mr. a;ul .Mrs. Wilder Blood, is ill with scar­let tever.

Mrs. F. L. Bl lOd and Mrs. Kdward Mellish hiid an iinple.isant experience one dav last week, though fortunately ne i ther was injured. While dr iv ing to Xyer the horse slipped and fell, b reak-ir . '^a shaft . Th;s is thc flfth accident of the s a m e or s;milar na tu re tha t has occurred on the s tate road leading to Ayt r to Iieople ot th is village and vi-<-inity.

Miss K. A. Tnrbell. accompanied by a friend, spent Kriday of last week in Boston.

The Groton Woman ' s elul) kindly ex­tendod an invit.ition to thc West Gro­ton Imjirovement society for thc lec­tu re given bv I'rof. Smith on Fr iday af ternoon of last week. Notiflcatlon cards werc .sent to all members , and all who found it possible availed t h e m ­selves of the oppor tuni ty , feeling well repaid for doing so.

At formal meetings held on Fr iday evening of Uust week, tho resignat ion of the pas tor ot t h c Chris t ian Union churoh . Rev. J . P, Trowbr idge , was ac ­cepted by both c h u r c h and par i sh so-, clctles,»nnd the necessary council was choson. Resolutions express ing a p p r e ­ciat ion o t the pas tor ' s h igh charac tor and faithful, conscientious and suc­cessful service were read and accepted.

At the missionary servlco given at the c h u r c h on F r iday evening of last w»ek, unde r thg ausp ices of the L. A. society, thc speaker , Mlss Greene, of F l t chburg , gavo an ext remely Interest­ing Wlk on he r -previous work In, Smyrna , which, owing t o t h e war , sho was compelled to a b a n d o n th ree years ago. She Is now endeavor ing by he r t a lks In various places to a rouse Inter­est m her pupi ls and the i r needs . As soon as conditions permi t , she expects to r e t u r n to Smyrna,

The Gun club met on last week tVI-day evening and elected the following officers: Fred Reid, p res . and f c a s . ; Ph ineas Parker , v, p . ; P . J . MaUey, s e c : Will iam Kezar, field capt . T'ol-lowlng . the .bus iness mee t ing an oyster suppe r was served, a f t e r which ca rds were enjoyed. TKe evening was p r o ­nounced the most enjoyable tn t h e his­tory of thc club.

On the evening of December 1, Mr. and Mr.s. Charles l .awrencc en te r t a in ­ed several near neighbors, giving them <in oppor tuni ty to meet Mr. and ,Mrs. Jewet t . recent purchasers of tlie Mc­Chlerle farm. The evening w.is passed verv pleasant ly iu social enjoyment . Vocal solos were rendered by .Miss Susie Hill, Miss Sylvia Lawrence and J a m e s Hill: violin .solos. Mr. Robinson, Mrs. Ernes t Will iams accompanis t . .\ substant ia l but dainty lunch was serv­ed by the hostess and her daugh te r s . Others present were Mrs. Mat thew Robinson and .Mr. and Mrs. Bar t eaux . The above item was received from one of the guests too late for publicat ion last week.

.Mr.s. G. S. Weblier received a te le-s r a m on Sunday, giving the, sad intel­ligence of the death of her b ro the r . .Anthonv Ferna ld . of San Francisco. Mr. Ferna ld has been for many year.-, a sufferer- from hear t t rouble and l-iright's disease, and had rallied from soveral iirevious a t tacks . He wont west about seven years ago.

The next meet ing of the Improve­ment .--ociety will be held on Tuesday evening. The j i rogram is in cha rge of tile exociiiive oommit tee. A. 1-'. Cot­trell. cha i rman . There will be read­ing liy .Mrs. c . E. Bixby-and singing tiv .Mrs. .•\. W. Lamb. Thc r ema inde r of the evenin.;; will lie given to social enjovment. tables being provided for -five hundred . " All who enjoy the

game a re invited to particij iatc and to brins; pa r tne r s it possible.

The Ladies' .-Vid Chr is tmas ta i r ojien­cd on Thursday aftornoon. The va r i ­ous booths and tallies wore a gay and festive a p p e a r a n c e befltting the season. . \ t ( igh t o'clock an e n t e r t a i n m e n t was presented in char.i^e of Mrs. C. E. Bixby. in which forty-Hv;e chi idren p.-U'ticijiated. many ot them little ones of the flrst g rade . It was a pleasing program, well car r ied out. and the audience was very generous with its apjilause. Much credit tor the even­ing's success is due Mrs. Char les Bix­bv and .Miss Edi th Wright , who gave "aiile assistance to the c h a i r m a n . , The .Misses Bixby and Mollish rendered a violin duet, accomjianied by Mrs. F. L. Blood, which was greatly enjoyed. The supjier w-ill be held on . F r i d a y evening.

A letter from . \ lbuquerqne . .V. M.. brought welcome tidings to anxious friends and relat ives ot .Miss B e r t h a Bixbv on Thursday , assur ing them tha t the wri ter was well. It was the first received in four weeks. o»-ing to .1 (juarantine imposed on account , of small pox a p p e a r i n g in one ot the school depa r tmen t s .

Roosters if they do

They Your Pullets, must, be not lay when fed on

Town Talk Mash AND

Red Gomb Scratching Small supply, all sizes, COAL on hand.

First come, first served. At the

Old Red Store A. E. Lawrence, Manager Park St., Ayer

Page's Hall Theatre THE ONLY MOTION PICTURE THEATRE IN AYER

A .Motion Picture Theatre that shov/s the BEST in the Motion Picture World—Ask Those who Attend This Theatre Regularly

SHHILEY

Center . .Mrs, Ida r h e l p s of Boston is a KUcst

thi.s- week ot he r sister. -Mrs. Char les .-Andrews, at the North.

The Matron ' s Aid .society met on Tuesday af ternoon with Mrs. D.avid .Marsh on <"entcr road.

.Mrs. J ene t t e I lewes is seriously ill with pneumonia at her home on Clark roa<l.

The al l -dav auction .Monday at thc home ot t h e ' l a t e Charles Andrews a t the Xorth a t t r ac ted a large crowd, there being an unusual ly large a r r a y ot t eams and autos . About two h u n ­dred were served a t noon with lunch .

Uev. Grover Harr ison of Gro ton School will conduct the service a t Trinity chapel Sunday af ternoon a t 3.15. Mr. Harr i son will conduc t the services t h r o u g h o u t Decembor, r e g a r d ­less ot the vacat ion a t Groton School,

Savings and Thr i f t club o t F i r s t National Bank of Ayer s ta r t s D e c e m ­ber 26. See flrst page . - *

New Adver t i sements .

tOST—A la rge Black „and„ Whi t e Hound. Please not i fy ' GEORGE E. LAWRENCE, Groton, Tcl. 39-2. I t

PICTURB 'I-.^XTERN POR SAI.B— Throws postcards nnd o thers p ic tures on a screen and Is run by connection with thc electric l ight system, ^ T h c lantern is easily managed and nlforas pleasant means of en te r ta inment— can bo had at a reasonable price. F o r further Intormat lon apply to MISS M. P. ABBOT, Harvard, Tel. 99-3, ,

J'AIR fiRAY HORSES FOtt »At.B— 9 and 10 yea r s old: weight 3000 lbs . : also, .* good busIncM Horses, young and sound. ADAilS' STABLE, Groton, Masa. , ' t *

-WANTED . \ T OXCEl—Mon t o w o r k In paper mill; s teady work and good pay. Company's boarding house will furnish comfortable quar te r s for men to live, HOI:,LINOS^VORTH & VOSE, Wes t Gro­lon, Mass, . ^ , » t t

S.\Tr'RDAY K-VB.NI.NG, DRCE.MBER 16—at 8.15

MOTHER AGAINST DAUGHTERr-The Great IRENE FENWICK in a Metro Wonderplay which frankly portrays a story that all

mothers and daughters should go to see—5 Tremendous Acts

The Child of Destiny :Mi.ss Fenwick. who is one of tlie ino.st popular stars on Broadway,

Now York, is seen part of the time in the role of a hoy. She had a sin*ilar role in "The Sonjt of Sonps," the notahle play

that enjoyed sueh a loufr run in Xew York and on tour . — 0 — 0 —

A Complete Story in Two Reels -will also be shown of Underworld Life in the famous

Beatrice Fairfax Serial This series is based upon the thousands of letters received by

MISS BEATRICE FAIRFAX, and 'one of the leading Characters in the Series is GEORGE CONNORS, of

of Clinton, who formerly sang in this Theatre

A COMPLETE STORY IN TWO REELS WILL BE SHOWN IN THIS SERIES ON SATURDAY EVENINGS

The Second Story will be " T H E FORBIDDEN ROOM" — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 —

WEDNESDAY.EVENING, DECEMBER 20,-AT EIGHT O'CLOCK

SKELETONS IN CLOSETS WON'T STAY THERE in'

Life's Shadows The Great Metro Wonderplay, 5 acts of Supreme Dram^ with the

Great WILUAM NIGH and IRENE HOWLEY "LIFE'S SHADOWS'' is compelling in its interest, showing life" not

' as i t should be, but as it is '

. Another Lively Episode wi l lbe Shown in the Great Serial,

The Shielding Shadow 2—SPECIAL SHOWS ON; CHRISTMAS DAY—2 T

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SATU^RDAY, D E O E M B E B 16 , 1916 •V- t-'-Vlri. .....

Saturday.'DccCxabcr 10, 1016.

AYER X c n s I tcnis .

.Vycr CJrango gavc the play, "Clover fa rm." in Groton on Monday night t o r tile Ijenellt of Groton Grange. .

.John l.eo Galvin, son of J o h n J, Galvin and the lato Ca ther ine (Fa r - . r<,-;u Galvin, of Camijridgo, died In tho Canibr idge hosjiital on Wednesday . 'i";ic funeral will t ake placo th i s B a t ­urday niorjilng a t nine o'clock f rom the church o t tho Blessed Sac ramen t ir. tiiat city, ' fhe deceased and his ),:irents werc former wel l -known, resi­dents of Ayer.

Mr. and Mrs. Herbe r t H. I ' roctor lia-,-e t aken possession of the s tore fo rmer ly -conduc ted liy -Miss J l a r y L. Brown in P a g e block, and will con­t inue ,to do business there . .Mr.s. P roc ­tor will m a n a g e the s tore .-ind .Mr. I ' roctor will cont inue wilh Geor.ge H. Krown tor the present .

The Uni ta r ian Girls ' club will meet in Ha rdy ' s hall on Tuesday evening. i.iccember 1.9, a t 7.30 o'clock. i l l s s

^ Helen H a r d y Mrs. I.. H. Cushing and - >Ii-.*j. Ed i th Hit.ssam._ arc the -hostesses.

Each m e m b e r Is requested to br ing a pr'esfcnt for t h e Chr i s tmas tree wor th r.ot more t h a n ten cents .

.\ r egu la r convocation nt Bancroft Royal Arch c h a p t e r of Masons will be held on Tuesday evoning at ".SO o'clock. Work—Koya l Arch degree . I.unch.

Tho Special Aid for Amer ican P r c -jiarednees society was represented a t the Allied bazaa r in Boston on Tues -<lay by Mrs. R a c h a e l ' Osgood Barry , who demons t r a t ed thc n-.::kinK of thc moss pads. Othcrs present from this society were Mn:. George A. .Sandcr-.-on, Mrs. Albert C. I ' e rkins , Mrs. I-'. S?. Bennett , Mrs. E l la G. Duncklee, Mrs. Sufan -M. B a r k e r ahd Mrs. Char les 1.. Fa rnswor th . The donat ions tor thc day at this booth were $1300.

The Uni t a r i an chu rch school will have a. Ch r i s tmas ' par ty for the chi l ­d r e n , on Fr iday , December ii2, t rom tive to eight o 'c lock.

On last week Frld.iy evening the union church fair closed w-ith a fine eft ter tainntent in Page hail . The hall -.vas filled to its limit :it an early hour with an expec tan t .audience, and peo­pie w-ere not disappointed. Thc Hak­er Concert Company were "vs-ide aw-ake and kept the i r llstcner.s amused , in­terested and enter ta ined . Mlss Mar­gueri te Pearson Moss, the violinist, is a fine ar t i s t and cha rmed everyone with h e r , line playing. Miss P.eriha Evere t t J lo rgan , the reader , gavc in a very enchan t ing way a very amu.sing series ot r ead ings tha t kept her a u d i ­ence fairly convulsed w-ith I.aughter t h roughou t h e r p rog ram. Percy K. i laker . the bar i tone , well sus ta ined his part , a d d i n g an eieme.-it of s.atisfac-tion t h a t m.-ide the w-holo concer t most excellent. T h e company was .secured by Mrs. W. " E. Murphy, who has b rough t o t h e r good th ings ot like c h a r a c t e r to our people.

The a r t section of tho W o m a n ' s ciuli meets on Tuesday evening, Decemlier 19, with Mlss, Es the r .Stone.

Roger, the yoiing son of Mr. and Slr.s. J o h n M. Wallace, w-ho had a iiad case of the measles, is much betier . Dr. Sullivan is in a t t endance . -

The police have toimd the porsons responsible tor th rowing .acid into tho locomotive cal) of an c-i.'-tbound ex­press t ra in a shor t l ime ago. ser i ­ously in jur ing the eyes of Engineer Tabor and his fireman. The culpr i t s '.-.le two young I-'itchliurg iioys w-ho admit ted the i r gi.ilt a t t e r liein.'? close­ly (luestloned. Thcy s l id they in tend­ed no h a r m . They will be tried in The juveni le session of llie i-'itchliuri; court -within a few- days.

Jolin M. Wall.ace is cou-.oniplating • moving his family t i Peppero!! wiriiin

n short t ime . -•The child ot dest iny." a tale ot tho

j'Wamp count ry , in ti\-e' .icts of ex-Muisito j ihotopiay. present ing lho liril-iiant ht.ago sl.ar. I rene Fcnw-ick. is tlie teatur.e th i s Sa turday evening at the motifin p ic ture show. The re will also lie shown the second episode in the Beatr ice Fa i r f ax scries—a comple te .-tory In tw-o reels. The first story shown last Sa tu rday night was well ;eceivod. On noxt We<inpsd.'»y even-. ing comes the magnet ic ar t is te . I rene Howley. and Wiil iam Xigh. in "Li te ' s sh. tdows," a s t r ik ing play in five pow­erful acts . The eleventh episode ot -'The shie ld ing shadow." the famous seriaii Hea r s t ' s In le rna t iona l Xew-s wiil aiso be show-n.

At the mee t ing ot Caleli BtUIcr lodge of Masons on Monday n igh t the following offlcers were elected for the coming year : C. E. Per r in , m.; Ellis B. Har low, senior w a r d e n : IC^mliall W. Mart in , jun io r warden : I. G. Dwinell. i r eas . : V.. H. Bigelow. s e c : !•;. D; Stone, t rus tee cha r i ty fund. 3 yrs . : E. A. Richardson , memlier of lioard of Masonic h o m e : .-V. ,-\. 'i-'iilc-lu-own. proxy. The rejiorts of com­mit tees w-erc .ilso read. Thoso of­ficers .and thoso ajipointed by the mas­ter wili lie inst.allod on Monday even­ing. J a n u a r y 1. There will bo a spe­cial moct lng on .Monday cvonlng: W(jrk—Entered Apprent ice degree .

E. O. P roc to r and George Donahue were amoi>g those who were invited t<. lie thc gues ts of tho Wiilys-Over-:.->.nd Comjiany in the i r ediication.-il t r ips t h r o u g h the factory of this con­cern and who royally en l e r l a i r cd their agen t s and guest.s in Tolodo. Iihio. Thoy let t Boston Tuesday r.iphi hy special tr.ain and a r c exjiected to re turn this F r iday evening.

Joseph -Mahoney and Mi.ss Juli.a .\. Cal lahan, of Worcester , spent last Sunday a t the home of Mis . .Mary Galvin.

After the mee t ing of Division 7. A. 11. H.. 'Tuesday evening, the re w.-is an enjoyable card par ty and social t ime, followed by refreshment.s. The divi­sion is p l a n n i n g to have a series of card g a m e s d u r i n g the winter , thc liist one to be held on Tuesday evening. De­cember '19.

Because of tho pecul iar and very un­usual condi t ions In connection wi th thc ra i l road m a n a g e m e n t t h e r e a r c a n u m b e r of t r a inmen and engineers on t ra ins whose r u n s cen te r here , work ing on pa r t t ime . T h e s t r a n g e th ing abou t the shor t t i m e Is t h a t 11 Is duo to prosper i ty r a t h e r than to ha rd t imes. Tho reasons advanced for t h e pecul iar condi t ions a r e t h a t the rttllroad m a n ­agemen t h a s Issued o rde r s to the i r employees t o move no th ing but pe r i sh ­ab le freight, a s t h c offlcials c la im the companies a r e overwhe lmed by tho t r e m e n d o u s f re ight business and can­not u n d e r p r e s e n t condi t ions hand le It all a s t hey h a v e t r ied to do In the pact. According ' to r epo r t s some of the men a l o n g the Boston a n d Maine systom liavo been t empora r i ly dlsmiss-

, c<l from thc service, unt i l condi t ions change . O t h c r s a r e work ing on pa r t t i m e tho s a m e a s they a r e he re . Be­tween too m u c h prosper i ty and the high pr ices of living the men a r e get­t ing decidedly t h e wors t of It,

" T h e chrlstli^n's offering" will be the subjeot of tfie m o r n i n g se rmon a t thc Fcdernt-ed chu rch next Sunday. The Sunday school will -meet a t noon

With only a short time to do the Christmas shopping our thoughts naturally turn to Christmas Gifts. What is more practical and more appreciated by the men and boys than some article of wearing apparel? Our Christ­mas Goods are all in, the newest styles and patterns in Men's .and Boys' Clothing, Furnishirfgs, Shoes and Slip­pers. Come in while the variety is good and let us help you make your selections. Here are a few suggestions:

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and the C. K. .it six p. m. Even ing service at seven. -The ."iermon sub­jec! witl lie ':Weixhln6r i)o.s.sil>llifies." -Mill-week service Thurmlay at 7.30 p. nn, The devotional text will be J o h n 2:1.1-25. The C. K. will hold it.s elec­tion of oflicers Tuesday evenins .

A del ishtful meet ing of the Ayer Brunch Alliance was held a t the horne of the president . Mrs. Har ry E. Kisher. and he r mother . Mrs. . Geo. J. Burns , on Thursday aftc'rnoon. They w-ore as.-^ii-ted in entcrtainin.^c by Mrs. \\"i C. Jackson and Mrs. E. A. ."Whitney. . \ t •the clcse of the business meet ins the j i ros ram opened with " E n c h a n t m e n t waltzes" ,'ind "Cradle .son^" by the I,adies' Mandolin • orches t ra , .accom­panied by Ml-s. I-'isher on the piano. Mrs. .•\nita T r u e m a n Picket t of Hud­son presented "The three' Journeys through hel l" in an inspiring address . H e r uplif t ins cur ren t s of thought left only one desire which was the hope tha t the address m i g h t be printed, so that the cult ivation of th::j spirit en-p:rafted upon ;i c lear-sighted intelli­gence w-ouid i)roduce noble, lives ded­icated to high and t rue ideals!- Miss .M.adoiin Whi tney next rendered Scher­zo, by Chopin, after w-hich refresh­ments w-ere served by the hostesses.

I'. H. Hardy has besan work on the cellar of .-i twtj- tonement house to be erected ijy him south of his present :e.-ideMre on l'lea.sant street . The hciuse will have all the modern con­veniences, 'i'his activity on the jiart ol ,\Ii-. Hardy ' is a stop in the r ight direction, as a' present tbe dei-nand t'o;- g.iod tenements greatl.v exceeds t i l * ' ^ i i j i j j l y .

The ]>astor of the Uaptist chu rch wil! preach on '-.Ja(-ob at Penial" on Sunuay morning. Sunday school at t-.v(-ive. Praise meet ing at seven in the

.e\-enins with special miisic. The in­terest is increafing in the meet ings heid at this church .

At the meet ing of Ayer Junc t ion . \er ie . F. fi. E,. Thur sday evenins . '.he follo'.ving otllcers w-ere elected for the coming year : Cragg It. Johnson , w-. p. ; I'. .A. i ' a rker , w-. v. p . : T h o m a s W. McK:iy. w. chai>.; Ch.arles W. E. Force . w. aee.', , \ lfred E. Oikle, w. t reas . ; Er ­nest 1,. Whi tcomb. J o h n E. Sherlock. t rus tees ; J o h n Sherm.an. 1. s.i J o h n l-'allon, o. g.; J. Fred. Coburn. w. con­ductor . Five candida tes were initiated. The installation of tho ohlcers-elect wiil t ake place at the J a n u a r y meet ­ing, followed by a banquet .

Joh i»H. Turner , editor of this paper, passed his eighty-Hrst milest'one on this W-CC'K l-'ri(i,ay. The event w-as celebr.afcd bv a family gatherin.g a t his home in the evening.

.\ w-or'Kman from Fi tchburg . w-hile engaged in sl.ating Edw.-trd (x. I ' roc­tor 's i)arn last .Saturday, fell twenty-feet to the ground, b reak ing a small bone m his hand.

The.se nfTicers of i 'apt . Geor,«e V. r iar re t t camp. ,S. of V., \\-ere chosen Thurs . lay evening: J a m e s M. n o u t ­well. c.; J. .\1. Uolloff. s. V. c ; F r a n k Mason. .). V. c : Holden ('. Har low, 1.. .\. Downing tmd Hitrrison E. Evans , c. c.

There w.rs a very pleasant t imo at the d.•tn^e .it the Sandy i)ond school-llouso on 'i'hur.'^day evening, and a c.jod nitendaiice, Kefreshments were servod at intermission.

N'o t race of i.ouis O. Pelton, who lias boen missing for over three weeks has as yot been found. On last .Sun­day I'hief Beatt.v, Officer J a m e s I.

i.Miils and soveral citizens looked over the tcrrltriry from tho corner of P a r k street .-ind the s ta te road, whero Pel-ton w-as last soon, to White 's bridge at Woods \ ' lIlago, and dowr, 'the Nash­ua river to the Groton School. Chief Beat ty sont out a general a l a r m on Tuesday to all tho police depar tmer i ta th roughout tho s ta te to assist in find­ing tho missing man .

The Firs t Xot lonal bank will s t a r t a thrift club on Tuesday, Uecember 26, a t eight a. m. Those wlshlni? In­formation can obtnin It by apply ing at thc bank.

Repor t s t rom n t c h b u r g sny t h a t Chief .^. Q. Thayer , of t h a t city, fo rm­erly chief of police In Ayer, In tends to ret i re and go to Boston to live wltlv his wife and family, Mr, Thaye r left hero to t ake up h i s dut ies as h e a d of the FItchburK po l i t e d e p a r t m e n t In March, 1909,-and since t ha t t ime ho has flllcd the pos i t ion , to the satl-sfac-tlon of all. T h e Fl tc 'hburg News of Thursday of th i s week printetl an edi­torial on his leaving thc city. In which Chief Thayer was lauded In thc h igh ­est t e rms , both as a n ofllcer and as a mnn.

loss of his r ight hand at thc wrist. After the Jiccidont. he walked back to the engine of his t ra in and his-fel­low- workmen took hlni to the olllco of Dr. Sullivan, where t r e a t m e n t was given him. He was then sent to the Massachuse t t s General hospi ta l in Boston, where he will r emain un<il fully recovered.

Fl int was act ing as b r a k e m a n on extra trairf .\'o." 2654 in c h a r g e of i.'on-, ductoi- T. F. Walsh over t'ne Bellow-s Fal ls line. When .-Vyer was reacho<l. he a t t empled to cl imb off t'ne train before it had come lo a s top. In a t ­t empt ing lo do this, he w-as s t ruck by cjirs on the opposite trac1< and thro">vn, u n d e r the wheels of the car from which he was a l ight ing. Before ho could e.xtrlciite him.self from his pre-,. ca r ious si tuation his r ight hand had been severed from his a r m . Rai l road employes in A y e r a ro of the opinion tha t the cars res t ing on the opposite tr.-ick w-ere not set back sufficiently far onou.gh to allow- the pas.stige of I-'lint's body.

Dl.strlct Court . A r t h u r I.. I^w-.s, of Townsend, was

b rough t into cour t by Chief Michael O'Brien, Thursday , on a compla in t for larceny. The case was one out of thc o rd inary cases of Its kind. The com­pla inant was Mrs. Addi,e Wyeth . for whom Laws workod at var ious xxmef.

l.ast .April .Mrs. Wyeth missed a shee t iron box conta in ing va luable pai>ers. r ings and about fcrt\- floiiarj* in money. , \ l thoujjh her susjjicions rested on l.aws there was no proof of the m a t t e r until Wednesday of this w-eek w-hen all the stolen pr(,perty was recovered throi igh her efforts and the w-ork of ch ief O'Brien, except two valuable nn.gs. which will probably he-recovered.

Counsel l .yman Is. Clark, of Ayer. wh'o »i)peared for t h e defendant , asked for leniency for his client in view of his offer to m a k e rest i tut ion and l)ay thc expen.ses of the case. -

Char les F. Worcester , associate .lus­tice. the pres id ing justice, said tha t the defendan t should have the fact oi the serioiLsness of the cr ime impressed on his mind so that it would not occur again. How-ever. tho cour t placed l.aw-s on probat ion for ^ h r e e months , du r ing which t ime h e is to make rest i ­tution for the stolen goods. He also is to pay the expenses of the case.

The tes t imony of .Mrs. Wyelh re­vealed a very interest ing series of events in connection with the ca.se. .-According to her story someone en­tered her homo in Tow-nsend on Feb­rua ry 3 of this year and stole the box above refori-od to and ils contents , in­cluding flve rings, one set with a dia­mond, silver spoe>ns. flve bank books, mor tgages , one unsecured note for $1500 tind $-10 In-monoy. It was over two mon ths laler . or on .Vpril IS. bo­fore .Mrs. Wyeth discovered her loss. w-hen sho was to deposit her i iroperty in, the Tow-nsend .N'ational bank.

Chief u 'B r i en was apj»oaled to and from tho t imo of the dlscovci-y of the theft he worked hard on the case. w-hich flnally resulted in sticcess. Suspicion fell on f.aw-s. wlio had been employed by .Mrs. Wyeth. In ordor to p rocure evidence sufflcient to ^gel a search w a r r a n t .Mrs. Wyeth. at the suggestion of Chiof O'Brien, obtained a room <al the home eif Laws' j iarents . w-here sho coulel soe what was guing on. .\ short tinie ago someone en­tered i l r s . W y e t h s house and stole a pa i r of field glasses. T'nese glasses Mrs. Wyeth saw- in Laws' room.

On Weelnesday. with a search w-ar­rant . the police searched the home of l.aws. Imt found no th ing except thc field glasses. Afler a severo examina ­tion by the jiolice young Laws con-fosscel to s teal ing the o ther jiroperty, ' w-hich w-as hidden in an old hen coop on tho Laws lane]. Every th ing exccjit the money and one r ing w-as recov­ered.

AccUlcnt. When s t ruck by freight ca rs res t ing

on an opposite t r a c k a n d hur led be nea th the ca r from which he was a l igh t ing In t h e ra i l road ya rds he re ea r ly Thu r sday morning,- 1..- H. Flint, b r akeman , of F i t chburg , sulTerid the

The bride wore a blue t ravel ing suit with a black p ic ture ha t and car ­ried white roses. The maid of honor wore a blue t ravel ing suit and red, Ijicture hat . .She carr ied white roses. Tho iishers were Evere t t .1. Fowlor. .Moyle J ames , E u g e n e Flagg. and Percy Fowler .

.-\ r.ecejjtion w-as held at the hoine oi the bride aftor the ceremony, dur ­ing -w'nich refreshments- were served.

The bride is a well-known young I.ady of th is lown, a grt iduate t>f the high schoed in the class of 1914. She la ter a t tended a Lowell I 'omniercial sc'noui. .'Vfter finishing her course s'ne accejued a position as s tenog-r.ajiher with the Sargent .Machine Shojj Company In Granitevil le. The s r c o m is foreman for the firm.

.After a shor t wedding t r ip they will m a k e their home with thc br ide 's paren ts on' Fau lkne r street.

I ' l iitaiijin Clinrch Notes. Sunday service — Regular oflices.

metrnin.g prayer and sermon at 10.45. Prelude, "Cantieiue," 15t'n Mus

cen tury : "Seven-fold ' amen . " "Stainer; "Veni te ." Boyce; "Te deum." S ta iner : olfortory soiei. "The Lord is my shep­herd ," Bohm, Mr. Hosmer ; post lude, "Bo jioace on ear th . " Crotch. Pre . ich­er-; Hev. Oliver J. Fairt leld; subject . '-The brotherhood of m a n . " e 'hurch school at twelve.

Tho ch'urch has boon under.going a theirough house-clcaning this w-eek.

T h e choir has been rehearsing" the special ( 'h r i s tmas niusic, including the sac-red can ta ta If) bo s-.mg at t'ne even-iiig sorvice.

T h e peojile of tho church will lie ftivea-od on Sunda>- t)\- a visit from the ministf-r of the First Pa r i sh chur-ch. Lit t leton. The minisf-r urges tha t the iieople honor the visitor w-Ith a l.irge at tondiince.

A r t h u r I.. Chcvret tc , of Peppere l l , was n r ra l sncd on a compla in t for fail­ing to ;iay hia board bill to Mrs, E t t a I.. Hlll, of t ha t town, Chcvrot te said he did not intend to dcfrau<< his land­lady, but had left town in tending to r e tu rn la ter to l iquidate his debt . T h e cour t cont inued tho case for t h r e e weeks, dur ing which t ime the defend­a n t must pay the board money a s h e agreed to do.

W'«i<llnB, Miss Hazel E^^Jrle Moss, d a u g h t e r of

Mr, nnd Mrs. Will iam H., Moss, nnd E d w a r d Counte r B u c k i n g h a m , o t Granitevil le, wero mar r i ed In St, An drew ' s chu rch nt 2.80 o'clock last Sundny af ternoon by Rcv. Wllllston M. Ford , the vicar , in t h e presence ot a la rge n u m b e r , o t re la t ives and friends. Mi.ss Marlon E . Young, o t Ayer, acted as maid at honor , and Orrl l P. MOS.S, a b r o t h e r of the brido, was best man , T h o double r i ng se rv­lco was u.sed. T h o br ide -was given nway by he r fa ther .

PAiSTOKAI. L E T T E R Tei .My Peojiie;

Liear Friond,s—We a r e now ajj-jiro.-iching Christinas, the festiv.al of giving, when we coleltrale w-ilh gift.s' lo e'iir frionds God's greatest gift lei m a n ­kind, the babe w-bo grew- to be the grea t p rophe t . m:u-t\r, and hero of t h e chr is t ian reiiginn. It is ajijirojiri-a te , then, at this time to ask yourselves wha t you can give to your church .

Kosu la r a t tendance is a va luable gift tha t morit of you can bring.. It is indeed gratifying that the re a re so many w-ho rarely mlss a Sunday. T h e r e ought , however, to bc a groat many more.

Most Jieople ovorlunk a cer ta in im­i iortant Jioint. It is in.t solely a ejues-tion w-hether tho indi \ idual needs tho service. Each atte-ndant a t divine w-eirshij) adds sonietlung to the value of the .service for ovo:'> o ther ^voi-shiji-j i e r .

To be sure, a great many chr is t ians seem to regard the t hurch .as a par­lor car lo hea\-cn. .\ll they have to do. they think, Is to climb aboard , tlji the regular ly ord.lined jiorter. and take thei r ea.se. of course, chu rch membershi j i and . i t tendance w-oro never a th rough ticket for anyb(*dy. It is not necessary to en- on this side ei ther . One may attend, as most of \-e'ti jir. 'bably do. n<it -lUt of a sense of duty or foar. but sinijily because ye,-.i w-ant and desire to dn .so.

"\'ou .are all asked to br ing as your gift to your church at Chr i s tmas time your jiiodge to attend divine worship regular ly unless prcvi nted by sickness or o ther real ob?tacle. This suggestion may .seem to indicate tha t your m i n ­ister is a severe c h u r c h m a n . Once you have formed lhe habit , however, you w-iJl be glad of it. You have it in your pow-er to double the attend;^nco as w-oll a s tho value of the service to yourself and to others.

Frank B. Cranelall.

Clirlst lnn .Solcnco Swfcty of Aycr. • Service Is held evory Sunday m o r n ­ing in G. A. R. hall nt . 10.30, Subject tor Sundaj', December I", "Is tho uni­verse, including man, evolved by atomic force?" All aro cordially in­vited.

LITTLETON . th i to r tn lnmcnt .

Thc Congregational c lub gavc n very p leas ing en te r ta inment a t the vestry o t the Orthodox church Wednesday evening. Thc old-fashloncd lyceum, confls t lng p t a debntc, a Journa l and music, consti tuted the p r o g r a m . T h e subject discussed was "Should women Adopt a uniform costume?"- AfHrma-tlvo ; N. B, Conant nnd Haro ld Shep­a r d ; negat ive, G, A. Coolt a n d Rev. J . C. Alvord. The d isputants p resen ted some convincing a r g u m e n t s . Inclining to the h u m o r o u s side nt t imes , b u t a d ­vanc ing some very pr,ictical ideas a n d receiving hea r ty applause , , Mrs . O, H. Conant read a Journal of wh ich she was t h e editor. This had a good v.-»rl-

ety of con t r ibu t ions and proved ii vory a m u s i n g and in teres t ing par t of the p rog ram. By no m e a n s the least a p ­preciated n u m b o r of the evening was the s inging of pojiular songs and the impersonat ion of Hai-rv Lauder and o the r wel l -known soloists by A r t h u r .Veison ot Boston, a college mate of A. E. Conant, accompanied at the piano by Ray Somervi l le . also of Boston. Thei r music a n d Jokes we're received with en thus i a sm and all agreed tha t the e n t e r t a i n m e n t and social, which followed, were well up to the s tandard and deserved a large audience.

GROTON c

History of Gro ton Bund, Henry A d a m s c a m e .to Groton and

played ba r i t one with F r a n k Hemen­way. He says t ha t Hemenway was a good player , a n d he found It very agreeable to play beside him. He re­calls how Mr. H e m e n w a y used to .say "Whoop he r up, Adams, I 'm not go- Ing to play th i s piece."

At ter awh i l e , Mr. Adams shifted lo ba.ss with Cha r l e s Eddy, and has play­ed that I n s t rumen t for twenty years' He Is tl ca re tu i and correct player and has a lways been a faithful a t t endan t at rehearsa l s and a willing worker for tho band. On account ot the power and f a r - r each ing quali t ies ot his voice, he has. of lato years , a lways been .se­lected, w-hen occasion roejuirod. to m.ake ' a n n o u n c e m e n t s for the band from tho bands t and and in o ther pub­lic places. In pe r fo rming this duty he never re.sorts to t h e use of a mei jihono.

-Mr. .Adams' niusical ta lents have taken a n o t h e r r a t h e r unusual direc­tion, the Groton band thereby acejuir-ing quite a un ique distinction. A couple ot years ago he wrote a march . Ho showed his a t t a c h m e n t and loyalty to his home town by n a m i n g this com­position "Gro ton . " It w.as a r ranged for full band by his nephew, George .M. Barrows, who is the preseni bass d r u m m e r of the band. It ^yas playod at two of, i;he concer ts dur ing tho summer of 1914, it being rendered the s-econd t ime by request . It was also playod as the oponing piece ii» the last of the season 's open-a i r concerts at Shirley on Sep tember 17. 1914, by the Shirley Cornet band, which was aug ­mented by ext ra men to the number of thirt.v. it being a concer t in commem­oration of the 100th anniversa ry ot the wri t ing of t h e "Star Spangled Ban­ner," which was wri t ten on September IS. 1S14. Vory few town bands can boast of having Included in the i r mem­bership one who has ventured Into the flold of musical composit ion.

On the s a m e day tha t the five men above mentioneei w-ore admit ted to the band. Oren C u m m i n g s was given an honorable d i scharge . On June 27, a comnii t tee wa-s appo in ted to seo about jialnting the bands t and and money was solicited tor th i s purpose . . The band stand had. In 1S86, been moved from thc high school g r o u n d s to its present location. Several contr ibut ions arc mentioned in t ho cash account of this year—Col. X e e d h a m gave $20; Dr. .'Jteoi-o. $5; J . E . Messenger. X. H, Shat tuck. s m a l l e r a m o u n t s . There a re two or threo en t r i es in the cash ac­count tha t road humorous ly . Under May 30. 1SS7, we road, "Paid Charlcs-Hodgman ' for b e a t i n g d rum $2." and on June 13, 1S91. "Pa id Annio Rooney .50. U. H. B a r r o w s $.3." At a glance one would wonde r who .Annie was and why thc lady was engaged with U. H. Barrows, bu t upon second though t we r emember t h a t ".Annie R o o n e ^ ' was thc title ot a song tha t wtis popular Iwonty-five yea r s ago, and probably a copy of th is cost the band fifty cents.

Dur ing tho s u m m e r of 1892 the usu.al concer t s were given, and in the fall a la rge n u m b e r o t to rch l igh t pa ­rades and. ra l l ies were held both In Groton and W e s t Groton at whlch^the band played. In December , X o r m a n Shsittuck -was aga in mado leader, Mr. Bar rows giving up the post because tho pressure o t o the r music business, ns this was- n period when Bulkeley 's d rchcs t ra was k e p t quito busy In the wintor, v.nd Mr . Ba r rows played In tha t .

In 1892, two new names appear , thnt of Wes ley Kidder nnd. Lester C, Adams. Mr. K i d d e r played cornet.jfor one year. Ho lived la te r in Ayer and now resides, w e believe,- in F l tchburg .

I>e»ter Ad'ams began , his musical ca reer ns corne t i s t In t h e West Groton Cornot bnnd In h i s ear ly boyhood. He distinctly r e m e m b e r s the Ilttle - old books which t h e y used to play out of.-conta tning old t u n e s like "Nea re r my God t o thcc , " " 'Vankto Doodle," "My bonnlo ' l i es ovor thc Ocean," .etc. Ho was abou t twelve years o ld .a t t h e l ime and picked u p tho new Ins t rument quickly . ' A sui t w n s m a d e up for h im hnd we a r e told t h a t the people -used to crowd n round h i m to watch h i m p lay-whenever t h e l ^ n d went ou t for a n ongagement . After ho moved to Gror ton wi th his fa ther , H e n r y M, Adams,

he became connected w-lth the Groton band. He cont inued on the cornet a t first; biit when his tath 'er shit ted from barifone to bass, Les ter changed - to bari tone, playing in the treble ClcfC, Soon af ter t h a t ho took up slide' t rom­bone whioh I n s t r u m e n t he played t h e

fcater p a r t of the t ime dur ing his membersh ip in t h e band. He and Leroy Sha t tuck studied with St.anly, o t Xashua , a t the s a m e t ime, fie also took lessons la te r of Carey ot Leomin­ster. Mr. Stanly has often, deplored the fact t h a t Mr. A d a m s d i d not con­t inue on his Ins t rument and develop his na tu ra l t a len ts . H e played with the band every year unti l 1907.

I n .April Mrs. J a m e s Lawrence made a present of t-A-onty dolliirs to the band a n d . t h o records tell of sending her a voto of thari l;.s. T h e usua! concerts were held in the r u m m e r of 1S93, some being given a t , the school grounds and o the r s a t th'e stand nea r Sha t tuck ' s s tore .

On October 14, Pa t r i ck Sullivan, George Luce and J o h n Donahue were given h'onorable discharges , and the namo ot J a m e s F i t ch proposed to r membersh ip . A -inonth la ter he" -was accepted and became a m e m b e r ot the band. Amos Ames has tho credit of s ta r t ing Mr, F i tch In music, bu t tho lat ter had genuine en thus iasm, .as Is shown by the tac t t h a t he walked to Har rv Towles ' h o m e in Dunstable bne Sunday in t h e middle of win te r th rough deep snow In o rde r to get his cornet to s t a r t p laying on. Xorman Shattjick says t h a t J i m used to ' say tha t he liked to play so well t h a t he could hardly wai t for the band mee t ­ings to come a round . Mr. Fi tch recol­lects t h a t one day, a s ho was going through, Ed. Clark't: place ori nis way over to pract ice with .Amos, Mr. Clark seeing his corne t under , his a r m sa}.d "Well , J im, they say It takes Just fourteen years to learn to play one ot thom." Tha t seemed an awful long time to Mr. F i t ch then , but now, be ­littling his own ability, h e says with character is t ic modesty t ha t he has been playing longer t h a n tha t and has not learned yet.

Besides s tudying with Amos Ames, Mr. Fi tch took lessons of U. H. Bar ­rows In Ayer for a tew wintors. He later studied with Hammond , a noted Boston teacher . He became quite proficient and was elected second-lead­er a number of t imes, .and has con­ducted reheai-sals i n , t h e regular lead-er!s absence.

(To be cont inued. )

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I tev. Conlngsby Gordon, A. B., of H a r v a r d divinity school, will occupy

' t h e pulpit of the Congresa t lona l c h u r c h on. Sunday m o r n i n g a t •10.45.

. Mr. Gordon subst i tu tes th i s Sunday • IOI ' Rev. Douglas H. Corley, tho min­is ter recently called to t h e pas to ra te of thla church . Mr. Gordon is a pra-"'

. fe.«»or of a seminary In Melbourn«. ' Aust ra l ia , and is here oh a leave of

absence to do fur ther s tudy. His sub ­j ec t -will be "The \-alue of fa i th ."

T h e Bro therhood of t h e Gon«rexa-t iona l chu rch will hold Its regu la r jnee t lng In the vestry of thc c h u i c h on Tuesday evening, December 19. S u p p e r will be served a t 6.45, follow­ed b y . a businefa session. At eight o 'c lock the meeting will be open to t h e public, when Rev. W. G. Pudde ­foot, of. Boston, the noted, missionary -worker and lecturer, will add res s the jnee t lng on "}Vhy 1 a m an opt imist ." Mr, Puddefoot is one of the best ora t o r s bofore thc_publio today a n d ' h i s subject will bc of interest to all .

T h e Altruria'n ' club will hold Its r e g u l a r meeting next Thu r sday af ter­noon in thc vestry of the Universal is t c h u r c h . The sossion will bc devoted t o a C h r k t m a s program In ch.irge of

. t h e dire'ctor.*;. ,. Each member*,Is re-. ques ted to respond with a Chr is tn ias ciuotatlon, and also to br ing a <'hrist-

. m a s gift for exchange, t h e value not to exceed twenty-flvo cents .

T h e communi ty carol .service . an^l l ight ing of a Chr is tmas t ree will be h e l d ' l u Depot square on Sunday eve­ning, Deceniber 24, a t seven o'clock. Everybody Is cordially Invited to . a t ­tend arid urged to take p a r t In the singing. The following p rog ram will be s u n g : "Silent n ight ," "A Joseph wait XL- walking," "The th ree kings of Or ien t a r e , " '.'O little town of Beth le­h e m , " ' F r e n c h carols, " T h e r e dwelt in Old J u d c a , " Polish carols, " T h e flrst

• noel ," "God res ye merry g e n t l e m e n " a n d "Coronat ion." Res idents in the s q u a r e a re asked to I l luminate . If very s to rmy the exercises will be held Chr i s t inas night a t t hc s a m e hour .

At the regular meet ing held on. last week Fr iday evening of Mary A. Liv­e r m o r e . Rebekah lodge the following ofilcers were nomlnate<l for thc en­su ing year ; Jennie S... Knowles . n. g.; Bessie M. Dadmun, v. g.: Alt ie Howe, u e c : F r ances A, Hersom, t r eas . ; Ag­nes M. Holden. t rustee , 3 yrs . Thc election of officers will t a k e j>lace at t h e n'ext regular me'eting. F r i d a y eve­n ing , December 22. Fol lowing the lodge mee t ing an en t e r t a inmen t was given 'under the direction of Mrs. I.ouise A d a m s and Mrs. Josle Dunn, ent i t led "The village choir ." Mrs. Josle E- Dunn. Mrs. I.ouise Adams . Mr.'J. I .ouise Baker , Mrs. Helen McCoy and

. Mlss Bes-sle Dadmun t ak ing par t .

Mrs. Herber t E. I..awrence left last S a t u r d a y morn ing for a -visit a t the h o m e of Miss Rena Churchil l In Bos­ton , and re tu rned hon^e last Tuesday even ing .

A , daugh te r . Mar tha Po r t e r Moss­m a n , waiif born to Mr. and Mr.s. Leslie .1. Mos.sman. F l tchburg , last Sa turday . Mrs . Mossman was formerly Miss S a r a h Conant of this town.

T h e Church Debt society o t St. An­t h o n y ' s church held its r egu l a r mee t ­i n g on Tuesday evening- a t the home of Mrs. F red S. Brown. Mill s t ree t .

Mrs. E lmer H. Allen a t t ended the luncheon and reception given a t the Algonquin club by 'Mrs. F r a n k D. KUers. s ta te regent of the D, A, R. so­ciety, in- honor of Mrs. George Guer ­ney. s t a t e regent of Kansas . Mrs. T h o m a s L. Hazen and Mrs. George .S. "W elly were present a t . t h e recei>tlon.

Mrs. Wal te r Knowles and Miss Altie F . H o w e at tended the school of in-•struction .at E. Victoria Morse Re­b e k a h lodge Monday af te rnoon. The>-rem.ained dur ing the evening to wit--ness the initiator.v work.

Citizen.s and those h.aving bills aga ins t xhe town will please no te the fact t h a t the selectmen hold the i r last regul . i r meet ing of the yea r on Sat­u rday . Decemher- 23. .and it is the wish of the- Ijoard of selectmen t h a t all Jiarties having bills aga ins t t hc town would have them presented a t that meet ing, as no orders will be d rawn for payment after that date , as the .'iccounrs win. be closeil af ter the or­ders a re drawn at that meet ing.

At t h e remilai- meet ing of J. C. . \yer lodge. .^. (). I'. \V.. held Monday even­ing, the f*iriu-,vin,g oilicers were nomi­nated for the ensuing year, t he re be­ing only one noniin.ation for e.ach of- -(ico. which 1.-; e'lui.-alent to an election: Sylvester <'hesbro. ii. m. w o r k m a n ; i .Tohn Gilin.'irtin. ni.; Morton l-awrence. j fore.; Wi'.liam fTilmartin. o.; Wul ter Knowles . r e c ; Charles W. Wolff, tin.; | J o h n H. Will, receiver; John Simp- [ .Son. guide: Frod Smith, i. w.; nussel l ; Jones , o. W.; .Mbe Annis, t rus tee . 3 i ' rs . : Wal te r Knowles. ropresenrat lve to g r a n d lodge.

Mrs. Elizabeth Billings died at a Boston hosiiital Wednesday af ternoon very suddenly. Thc remains were t;ik-en to Bridgton. Me., for burial . .Mrs. Bill ings was ;i eou.-^in of Mrs il, o . Pea.sle.%- .ini^ was .1 fre'iucnt visitor ;it t h e Peasle\- home.

T h e Universalist chtireh held it.s an­nua l fair, supper ,-uid en te r t a inmen t Iri the church vestry on Wednesday evening, .-md as usual w.-us a big sue- ' cess. The goods fm salo were lliier.al- ! ly patronized and a goodly n u m b e r sat i <lown to supper. The p rog ram of en- • t e r t a inmen t consisted of a two-act i comedy. -'S.-(ii,\- I.unn.-" given under the j <llroctioi, of .Mrs c . It. White , and -w.as the speriai nnd pleasing fentiire of fhe evenin-.;.

P^'rofloniau lodge. T, O, O, I-',, enter­tained the lodges of Townsend. I'eii­perell ,-ind Groton in their main hall on Tuesd.iy evening, .about sovonty. five visiting memliers lieing present. T h e exercises nf the evening ojifnofl with a brief address of welcome by Alvah B. Watton. noble g rand of Vre-<lonI,an lodge, .\ mock init iation was then given and created an abuni lance of fun for all prosont. About a score of visi t ing bro thers m.ade brief r emarks , which includod Charles F. Marshal l , dis t r ic t deput.v grari<l master , of Fi tch­b u r g : Supt. Campbell of tho Shirley Indus t r i a l school, and George F. Bux­ton. A plea-sant feature of the even­i n g occurred when Chnrles V. Bojrart. of F l t chburg , n formor dis tr ic t deputy of Fredonlan lodge, presented thc lodge with a bra.ss knocker for use on t h e lodge-room door. D u r i n g thc even ing lunch was served. ' A soclal h o u r and card games m a r k e d the clos­ing hour .

T h e r e will bc a Chrlstmaii -sale of fano": articles, candles and Chr i s tmas w r e a t h s by the pupils of t ho e ighth <;radc of thc g r a m m a r nchool on T-hureday and Friday, December 21 a n d 22. The, salo will bc open dur ing the noon hour and jit 3,15 In the af­t e r n o o n .

T h o r e will bc rehearsa l s of Chr is t ­m a s carols for the c o m m u n i t y Chris t­m a s . t ree a t the home o t Mr, and Mrs, F r a n k H, "Wheeler on F r i d a y evening, D e c e m b e r IS, and Fr iday evening, De­c e m b e r 22; I t Is the -wish of the com­m i t t e d In c h a r g e t h a t all t h e towjis-p e o p l e , youn«r and old, will a t t end .

T h e churches of thc town will ob­serve Chr i s tmas with the usual Chrls t-m;i.>i t rees and en t e r t a inmen t on. Sat­urday evening, December 23.

The feature picturo a t .the motion Iiicture show oii Monday .evening will be *-Cora," a live-reel d r a m a featur ing the famous screen star.- Emi ly Stevens. The re will also bo two reels of the Beatr ice I-'airfax series—a coniplete story—full of interest and supe rb act­ing.

Annual I 'air, The annua l fair held last week Fr l -

day evening-by the ladles of t h e Bap­tist c h u r c h ' w a s most successful. The ladios netted about eighty dol lars . A number of peoiile sat down to supper and enjoyed the -manyv good things provided. Suppor was sorved frorii '•>.3U to .S o'clock. This was followed by an en te r t a inment , t he following program being given: P iano.so lo . Mao Bradford : song, two little Bolton gir ls; farce. "Throe of a kln<l," Helen and Mae Bradford. .Mllden and Olive Ev­ans. Mary Grout . Horace Harr i s , Elea­nor l .ongley. . The following ure tho cofnmlitees: Mrs. George Balch. Mrs. Henry F. Bur rage . MLss Carr ie Bradford, fancy t.able: Mi.ss Carr ie Har twel l . . .Mrs. Henr.v Maylin^ vegetable; Mrs. Ralph Wheeler . Mlss Helen Bradford, candy; Mrs. David Goochee. fishing pond; MbJ.s Clara .M. Peneseau, cha i rman . Mrs. Kred Peneseau. -Mrs. J o h n Balch. Mrs. George Sibley, s u p p e r : Ml.ss Louise Peneseau. Mrs. Fred Rich. Mis. A r t h u r Dunn, waitres-ses; Mlss -MU-i dred E\ 'ans, Miss Helen Bradford, en-t e n a i n m e n t commit tee .

.\cfO|)t}i Call, Rev. Douglas Hiiar>- Corley, A. M.,

.S. T. B.. of Cambridge, has accepted a Call to become the pas tor of the Con­gregat ional church . Mr. Corley-is now a t t end ing the theological school a t Ha rva rd college, and will come to Shirley week-ends to r ema in over Sunday, and will spend his school holi­days and sumnior vacat ion wi th his Shirley p.arLshloner.s. The par i sh com­mit tee , ac t ing under advice from the m e m b e r s of thc parich. engaged Mr. t 'or ley until IBiy 1, and it Is expected tha t a t the par ish meet ing t o ' b e held next April the action of the parish

-committee will be ratified .and that Mr. (.'orley will then be .perma'nontly engagod :is the pastor of the chiirch.

Itev. Douglas Hilary Corley. wlio is about thi r l>- two yoars of age. was Iiorn in London. Eng.. and received his oarlj- educat ion in the schools there . Ho comes of a family of lawyers and received the n a m e Hilary a s he was born rtn J a n u a r y 11. the first dny of thc Hilary law sittings. After being in bus-ine.-is for ,a few, years Mr. Corley decided tha t ho was called to the min­istry, thus fuUillihg his de terminat ion of chi ldhood years, when h e always said, if asked what he was going to be whon he grew up. ".\ minis ter ." When twenty- th ree years old. by ad­vice of his physician, owing to ill heal th , he went to the Mar i t ime Prov­inces. He then wont to college with the idea of enter ing the ministry, and at the ond of this school year. 1910. m a d e a hurr ied t r ip to Eng land on ac­count of his mother ' s illne.ss. On Sep­tember 2L U'lO. he was marr ied trr -Mi.ss Dorothy Stancliffc. r e t u r n i n g to America In the fall of the same year to a mission parish in Maine. Com­pleting his college education, while do­ing p.astoral work, he g radua ted from Bates college. Lewiston,. Me., g r a d u a t ­ing with the A. B. degree in i y i 3 . and was then oniainod.

Mr. Corley tlien went to Cambr idge and entered . \ i idover divinity school, where he was conferred with the de­gree Bachelor -of Divinity in June , li'l.'i. and after a special examinat ion by the faculty of the Harva rd divinity school was granted tho degree of Biicheloi- of Theology. Continuing. Mr. Corley specialized in the s tudy of the Xew Tes tament and has completed his work for the .\. M. degree, whioh he IS t'l recei\-e in F'ebruar>-, 1917, and h'ljtes to continue liis s tudies for tlie Doctor 's degree in June , 191S,

While s tudying in Cambr idge .\Ir. I'orle.v supplied the chun-hes in Xorth KaliTiijuth and West Gloucester.

Mrs, < •orle,\-. his wife, who is also a Londoner. rece.ived her educat ion in tho schools of London and after g rad-uatin-g received special t ra in ing as a I ihotographic crilor art ist , and w.as em­ployeil in a West End s tudio in Lon­don until her mar r iage . A daugh te r M.-irion was born t'i Mr. and Mrs. Cor­ley on Ajiril 1 <> of this ye.ar. Mr. antl .Mrs. Corley are members of the Xorth Congregatoi.nal ehurch in Camliridge. .Mr. Corley is also a meniber of the .-Suffolk .Vorth .Association of Ministers,

Blr thduy Par ly . The home of -Mr. and .Mrs. Char les

.Mcl>e\-itt. .Main stroot, was the scene of mer r iment on Tuosday when a ;ini-ty w.as given in honor of their daugh te r . .Miss Alice McDevltt. who hail reached her twelfth b i r thday an­niversary. About t-wo score of Alice's >oi:ng friends a.ssembled at the home in response to invitations, and from l.it) xo S.iiO not one dull moment was in evidence. It was one cont inuous roiii-d of fun from s tar t to flnish. A vi-ry long and unique progr.am of en-t ' r t a i nu i en t had lieen prepared and it was carried out In full. Alice's little guests were made to feel finite at homo and they readily entered into the spirit of the occasion. She was the recipient of a large number of presents from the guests, a special one being a large b i r thday cake given her by Mrs Frances Hersom. Games were played anil re f reshments served. The entire part>- disbanded short ly be­fore nine o'clock with memor ies of a ilav long to be remembered .

Those present were ?;dith anil Ru th Auclalr. Oma Wolff. Krnest Wbite . -May Stebblns. .Vnna and Bar ry Fls­settc. Richard Lilly. Albert Dearden. .VinaBni! Warren Birchstead. Kenne th Clark. T h o m a s and William Daly, Ruth Whi taker . I rene Gay, Dolly and Doris Knowles. Annie and .Mabel Par ­menter . Alice and .Myrtle Cole. Vir­ginia and Harr ie t Wheelor. El izabeth Dodge. Moody and -Mllly Parker . Clara and P'rances Hersom. Kath leen .Miner. Ru th Malonson. J o h n . Fred and Edward Will. Vera. F r a n k and Ger t rude Day and Howard Knowles.

C«) tc r . Mrs. Cha r l e s ' Longley has gone to

Townsend to spend tho winter with he r sister.

Mr. and Mrs. A. A. A d a m s a re spending the woek In Boaton with Mr. nnd Mrs. J . FTdward Adam.s. and a t ­tended thc .sessions o t the State Grange .

Mlss Mildred Evans , of Bolton, spent the week-end with her mother . Mrs. . Ida Evans .

Mlss Vera Bradford, w h o Is teach­ing In Ba th . .Me., a r r ives home this week for a two-weeks ' vacat ion,

Mr. and .Mrs. Char les K. Bolton, of Brookllne, spent t h c -week-end a t the i r s u m m e r home on Center road,

T h c Olrls ' Sewing Guild held a pleasant meet ing on last S a t u r d a y af­ternoon v.-Ith Miss Ethel M. Holden.

Mrs. E. J, Adains Is confined to h e r home with a spra ined -wrist.

Thomus H. Kvans . Iccturer-elcct of Shirley Grange , a t tended the lecturers ' convention ot the State Grange this week In Boston.

The services a t the First Par i sh church have been discontinued for the winter.

Mr. and ilrs.- G. L. Snow ente r ta in­ed their son a n d his wife," from Broo.k-lliie. over Sunday.

The next meet ing of Shirley Orange is scheduled for the coininunlty Chr is tmas t ree In charge of the lec­turer, but no definite plans have yet been announced . This meeting oc-cMrs on Tuesday, December 19.

Mrs. Harr io t Brown, a t the .N'orth, who has been ill with pnoumonia, is gett ing tilong nicely.

Raymond F a r n s w o r t h . at Woods­ville. left , last week Thursday for Florida, where he will spend the win­ter with his uncle.

H. F. Grout a t tended the three-day session of the Stato Grange in Boston this week' a s a delegate from Shirley Grango.

The annua l (. 'hristmas treo for the Sunday school of Trinity chapel will be held on Stiturday evenirig. Decem­ber IC, a t tho cha'pel. There will bo music, reci tat ions, etc.. by the .chil­dren, and a shor t talk by Mr. Har r i ­son."

^ H A R V A R D "

Xews ItcnLS. The funeral .services of .Mt-s. (.'ath­

erine Oavia. wife of IloswoU C Davis, whose dea th occurred-on Monday, was held from the home of her brolher . J a m e s A. Murchie, on Wedne.sda>' af­ternoon. Hev. H. B. Maeon conducted tho service. Herbe r t A. Thayer ' san j r two selections. A. W. Hryant. William Hanna. Edwin V. Houg'hton and H. H. Veasie acted a s bearert*. Mr.s, Davis' death came af te r several months of seneral breaking- down rosuUinjf from ills incidental to old ago. She has lived as a resident of this town for up­wards ot" twenty years , a woman of sympathet ic na tu re , whose neishborly kindliness will be a cherl.shed inehriory to her friends. H e r dea th^ removes one who will bc ffreally nUssed in her home and town. Sho leaves a husband and daUKhter. Mi.ss Mary Davi.s; als<). a brother . J a m e s Murchie. to wh'^tm tho loss coines with severity. Mrs. Davis was aijed C6 years and I month. Burial was in Bellevue cemetery.

There will be the regular morning' service a t the Uni tar ian church Sun­day at 10.45 a. m., Uev. H. C. Merrill conductinj; the service. At st-ven p. m.. tho pas tor will conduct an evening serviee. the subjoct beinjj "The broth­erhood 'of m a n . " All a re welcome.

Tho service a t lhe Orthodox chu ich will be in charjye of Hev. H. V.. .Mason. .Music by the chorus choir. Sunday school a t twolvo. »'. K. servico at seven o'clock.

Wi-Iliam H. -Dean, the new owner of the GeorKO Galo farm, is now estai>-lished in his new home. Mr. and Mr.**. Gale a r e a t pre.sent with Mr. and Mr.s. Henry Gale a t the <'enter.

r ' larence Davis, formerly with H. A. Thayer a t I*'rult Acres, haa entered the employ of F red T. Whitney as farm helper .

H. C. Merril l and I'erley Heard wore mombers from h e r e who at tended the meetings of the Stato Grange on Tues­day and Wednesday of this weok.

There will be the regular Granpe meeting on Tuesday evonin.i; next with the en t e r t a inmen t in charpe of tho new members . This i)romisoK to be one of the best meet ings of the year and a 'Aood a t t endance i> loukotl fui.

Mrs. H. J. Pi iest will-hold her an­nual Chr is tmas .^alo of fancy work a t The home of Mr.s. H. U. iloyal on Siit­urday. Decembor 10. from two to M\e ]). m. *

LITTLETON News rtcni-s.

Tho Xorth schoolhouso tonc-inr-iit. ownod hv George V. Stono. and loc;-.!-oil un Groat roud. was totally dc-^troy-oti li\ firo f>u .Monday nipht. About ono o'clock the a l a rm was yiven by ;.'onp and bell, and at that t ime the building was in sheets o? Hame with littlo hope of .savinff even a door or a window. Kew people ventured ou: in tho storm and those fow oould ac ­complish nothing. For tuna te ly tho house v/as unoccujiied, the lato.^t ten­ants having; moved out recently. Tho origin of the tire is unknown.

The three churches will tmite Sun­day evoninp in a moet inp a t the <'on-Kre^ational church , ovor which Hon. r . A. Kimball will j»reside. Tho Mib-ject for di.scussion will bo "Our na­tional ideas." and Mr. .Kimbal! has assipnod lopicrs for Kevs. Caulkins, Fairfield and Alvord. per ta ining to the Koneral subject. Special music has boen Jilanned hy Mrs. Kimball . ^

In the absonco of the pastor, Mrs. J. C. Alvord. president of the Nor th-we^t l)ranch of the W. B. M., jiresont-ed an appeal for mi.ssions to the poo-pie of the ConproKational society. A. I'. Gardner sanp a solo, which was heartily apprec ia ted . Mr. and .Mrs. Gardnor a re arranpinpr a vory olabo-rate p rogram for the Chr is tmas serv­ice. Missos Carolyn <'onant. Mar­garet iTonant, Anna Showo. Klizabeth Hill an<l Mrs. c , A . Kimball consti luto a commit tee for Chr is tmas tree and ontor ta inment .

The in tormedia te dcpar tmont of the c. K. society will decorate the chnrch ;in<l vostry for Chr is tmas . A mission play will J>o piven nndor the diroction of Kobert Woods and Marparct Co­nant.

Thoro was a :^ood representat ive nt-ten' lance of citizens at the I5oard of Trade mee t ine on Monday to hear tho oxi)osition of tho new income tax law by Mr. Andrews, of the .slate tax com­mission. He pravc a short in t roduc­tion, showing the roafon for tho pa.*^s-inp of tho law and the hoped-for beno-nis to thc c o m m u n i t y a.s a result of the law. Many quest ions woro askod and to all Mr. Andrews cave ready and clear answers , oxplaininp dlincuK pa-ssapo-s and mater ia l ly a.ssistinK thoso present to a clear undM-stand-inp of thc law. It was an InterestlnK and proHtAblc evening,

Tho M15MCS Faulkn&r. employed a t •the webblnif factory, mnklnsr Ihclr homo with the i r sister, Mrs. Gordon hohncs, have gone now to 'Boston.

Commande r Solon Arnold. U. S. X., retired, and Mrs. Arnold, of Berkeley. Cal.. h a v e announced the cnKaRement of their d a u g h t e r Bernlce. to TJeut. GeorKO X. Ba rke r . U. S. N.. of the Batt leship Michigan.

Rev. I'Vank B. Crandal l , of Ayer, will bc the p r e a c h e r a t thc Unitar ian church on Sunday morn ing In ex­change with Rev. O. J . Fai rneld , t ak ­ing as thc subject for hts sermon one In line with t h o scr ies of subjectA an-, nounced for th i s pulp i t for the mon th of December, "Our du ty of confessing our fa i th ." Mr. Crandal l , w h o is do­ing such excellent w o r k In Ayer , Is a graduate of Cornell universi ty and of the HaT\'ard divinity school , and had his first minis ter ia l p rac t ice In the splendid Second C h u r c h of Bo»ton.

Ben jamin Conant took an auto load io Boston recently to hear Billy Sun­day p reach , in ihe party wore A. F. Conant , Goldsmith H. Conant, Wal­lace Uoblnson and. Uobert Woods.

Mrs. A. F . ponan t visited hor son. Wil l iam V. Conant. and family in ^Jrookllno and attended one of the Hilly Sunday meolir.Ks.

Mrs. Jus t in Merrill is recovering rapidly from tho efreots of hor re-co.'it operat ion- -

Mrs, Shepard is fast returnin;-' lo her n o r m a l hoalih.

Char le s F. Watts has accepted tho Jan i to rsh ip of the Cunprejiat ional c h u r c h and It Is expected tha t the chu rch w.ill bo comfortably warm next Sunday , as ho is Ullin:; tho posi­tion to the eminent .saitisfaction of the worshipper**.

F r o m a recent issue of the Provi­dence Daily Journal we loarn that K*. Corn ing Kdwards . Jr.. of Nov.* Vork and Litt leton attomlod the celebration of the (iftieth bir thday of St. Stephens ' choir in Frovidence. )i. I., which was a t t ended by 300 formor choristers . A large congrcKatiun was iiresent at "the af ternoon service in tho church . Ftrst in the o rde r of tlu- sorvice was the I)rocessional hymn. "Go forward, chr i s t ian soldier." I'. C. Kdwards. Jr:. (orpa'nist 1879-1881). Mr. Kdwards was ono of the after d inner speakers a t the banque t held at Tu rks Head club in the eveninp. Mention was made of former choir membors who had composed hymns now in use by the choir. Amonp thom was the name of l\ C, Kdwards . J r . '

All the «rade schools closed yester­day for Chr i s tmas vacation. The hiph school will cbiso • next week Friday and both e lementa iy and high schools will, open on tlio n'-,Nl day after new year ' s .

The roloctmen ro'pjosi tha t , all bills agains t t he town be brought in l>y Decemher '2'Z, and all repor ts must lie in on or before January 1. or they will not a p p e a r in the jiext annua l report ,

J . H. Hlodpeit'^- " condition is inV-proving. c.. w . Houghton pains a little and seems :o be on thc road to recovery.

Knthiksiaslic Granpors t/t Littleton have re tu rned from the Slate Granpe mootinps in Boston this weok. fcelinp well repaid ftir theii- efforts.

Louis (>. Felton, v.-ho bas been miss-in*.; from his hom*» town of Ayer since .N'ovember 23. i< woll r emembered by Littleton friends, Koi- many years he was a resident ol' this t<iwn' and was employed, a.-: drivor of the coach be­tween Lit t le ton ^•:ation and thc com­mon.

"Henry Kisner has sovered his con-hoclions ^\^th F. " c . Hartwel l . and planned movin--' to Granitevillo the last of this weolc.

(>ii next weok Wod uesday eveninp tho Granpe will havo a Chr i s tmas cel­ebrat ion, and the en te r ta inment will 1)0 in charKO of tho l i terary commi t ­tee. Membors aro remin<led to car ry a pound of somothinp ready to eat.

The lyceum was favored with one of tho mosl satislacKtry of en te r t a in ­ments Tuesclay eveninp. Mrs. Chris^a-bel Whi tney Kidder, tho famou.-f d r a ­mat i c reader , pave a splendid recital of Shakespea re ' s oomedy. "A you like it." In her presontaticm of the play she" a d m i r a b l y sustained her enviable reputa t ion of the past. Mrs. Kidder w;is well sUpporvod by Mrs. Mar tha Atwood Baker , a talented art is t of ch.arminp jjorsonality. who deliphted the aiuHence with the songs of the <lrama.

H. S, Hartwell '> dancinp school re-ropiion, Saturday evening, X)ecember in, at the towK hall. Ueception, T-;J0-9;. peneral dancing, 9-11.:{0: admission 25c. Mus;c, i*»-:ry's orches t ra of .\yer. Informal . *

L. W. <". Tho "a t ii'-iiio" a ft*'rnoon in the

Woman ' s c;ui) calendar was a com­pioto ar.(i happy affair. .Mrs. Ali..-..- ?.L Whitcunil*. as liostoss, had curofuily planned ovt'r\' feature of tho day with tho oxcoptinii -f tho well appointed io;i, which w.i.< .n charge <>f Mrs. Bea-ti ico .-Vmes. Tho room was a t t rac t ive­ly decoratotl w.ih evorpreens. and rod carna tior.s. iMps. easy cha i r s and br ic -a -brac i,'av'' a cozy effect.

Many bu.-ino.--; mattoi.s wero brought bofore the society and recommenda­tions wore pro-^t.-nted by the directors, who had hold a moetinp short ly be­foie the clul) h'-ur.

The i .mprani by home and visitinp ar t i s ts fui-nishe.l a musical t reat which met a hea r ty response from . the <le-liphted audience and 'won repeated app lause : Piano solo. Mrs. Alice F. I ' routy; p roup of fongs. Miss Stone, of Concord Jur.ct ion; vocal duet . Mrs. <'. S. Haper an-i Mrs. K. .M. Hartwell , a<'Companied by Mrs. G. F. Hough­ton; g roup of songs, liev. Mr. Stone, of Concord Junc t ion ; musical mono-lo^-ue, "Tha t *>]i\ sweethear t of mine," .Miss Marion Klagg, Mrs. Houghton accompany ing : proup of sonKS. Mrs. Benjamin Derl.y. of Concord J u n c ­t ion; vocal <luo;. Mr. and :\Iiss Stono.

At tho dainty afternoon toa served from a vory pi ott iiy decomted table. Misses Thornd>ko and Chequer i)our-ed. Much :es:rot was expressed tha t the n u m b e r of club membors present was not prea te i .

New Adver t i sements

WHKN s i i o i ' p i x r ; i \ K i T c u n r K f ; raJl al tho <;irl»«' Frlri idly KxcliniiKC, L'U (.fllvor .Stioot. KitchburK. luid leave youi' Chr is tmas ot-dois for Homo-made Cako and visit onr Tt-a-room. Wo have a larpo lino of MXfUislve Chris tmas Cai<ls and somotliinp new in Dolls.

Teamster Wanted for oiir f.TCtory. .Must bc strictly t e m p e r a t e : fimilly niiin preferred. C O X . W r . HOl'CiHTOX & CO., Inc.

2 t l 5 I.lttleton, Mnss.

Langdon Prouty Insurance Agent and Broker

Flro , Atitomolillc, Liabili ty, F n r m

P r o p e r t y ' nn<i Accident Policies

P laced In tlic Most RcUnlile

ComiHinlcH a t Ix)«rc«t Ha te s

Littleton, Mass.

Telephone 30 Smt4

NOTIOE. The Annii.ll McetlnB of thc Stock­

holders of thc Towniiend Ni^tlonal Rnnk will be held a t the i r Bank ItoomR on Mondny, J a n u a r y 1, 191T, at ten o'clock A. M., to choose a Board of Directors (or the y c a r c n s u i n g , and act upon any o ther business t ha t may legally como befoi'o said meet ing. ' 4 t U C. B. W I L L A R D , Cashier,

Townsend, Mass,, 'Dec, 6, 1916,

Improve Your^ Complexioia Get your blood pure, keep the liver active and the

( bowels regular, and disfiguring pimples and unsightly blotches will disappear from the face. For improving the complexion and putting the blood in good order

BEEGHAM'S P I U S are safer, better and surer than cosmetics. They ehnunate poisonous matters from the system, strength­en the prrans and purify the blood—bring the health-glow to the cheeks, brighten the eyes, improve and

Beautify the Skin Directions of Special Va lue t o W o m e n a r a wi th Every Box.

' Sold by dmsgi j to th roughout tfae world. In boxes , I O c , 2Se.

A Merry Christmas .Vnotlicr .year has near ly p:i.s.sc<l und u v liavo m a d e u vci->- KO<HI .-liowlu;;

in t h e bii.><liH>s.s Mhlcli wc h a v e <^)nallcte^l: hut this i.sn't ciionjili, wc want ;<> do mon.', and with the he lp mul eo-oiH-nitlon of every fa rmer and poul t ry ralst>r In this vicinity we will be ab l e lo do a cccut tical m o r e for o n r iiuiliial advanln ; ;e ,

WK C'.Xl'.HV I.V .STOCK A l''L'I,l. l.l.VI-; OK

Paint and Roofing Materials prltj.;, of which will IK- jiladly •(jiioted ujion reiiiu-st

T h e K . \ t ' l l . \ . \ G K is I., t tn i in iunica t lon with Kcrtll lzer, Niir.s-.Ty .SttK'k, and .•sprayine Material Ilftiiscs a n d wonld ask .vou to Ret In touch tvith iw hcfoi-o pl.-uiiMi yonr oi-dcis cLsinvhere,

W e iKipe to rc<flvc a |>art ol' tin- ti-.idc of every f a r m e r and will apiwc-e la te any ell'ort shown to m a k e this K.'VCII.AXtiF, a .Snc'ceiss.

Ayer Farmers' Co-Operative Exchange F l a n a g a n ' s C r o s s i n g , A y e r

G. B. S.CHULTZ, Manager.

&i66iiri6 Gtirlsinias Gifts MAKE A MERRY CHRISTMAS LAST THE WHOLE YEAR

THROUaH

When Kli-r-ti-i(- Ware cnti-i-s the liomo at Cliri.sfiiias. dista.stei'ul features of i-ookiiiji valiisli and new features .surniuiul the meal time.

The Toaster Stove eook.s Inieon. e<;<;s, {rriddle cakes and many otliei' tliiii!,'.s.

Thc Turnover Toaster turns the toasi at a touch and eaeli JMCUO. erisj) and eveidy hn.wni-il. is ready just when it is wanted.

There are also many other gift articles sueh as

ELECTRIC IRONS SEWING MOTORS VACUUM CLEANERS

HEATING PADS BOUDOIR SETS CURLING IRONS

PERCOLATORS GRILLS, ETC,

I.KT r,'^ HH!.I> Yt)l' SKLKCT VOCR (;JKT.'<

AYER ELEGTRIC

LIGHT CO.

BARRY BUILDI.NG

AYER, M A S S .

Don't Fail

to See Our Ne'w and Up-to-date Christmas Stock of

Diamonds Pendants Brooches Rings

Bracelets Scarf Pins Cuff Links

Gentlemen's Sets of All Kinds

jaS. p. FITCH, Jeweler Next to Postoffice Tel. Con. AYER, MASS.

Millinery Christmas Gifts

R. M. GRAHAM Phelps' Block ATEB, MASS.

Now is Your Chance to Get a Nice, Well-made

very Reasonable. Large stock'to select from; first-class work. Letters cut by Pneumatic Tools. Electric Cars from North Chelmsford and Ayer right to shop.

A. G. LUNDBERG Brookside, Mass.

Oleomargrine Manufactured •

Under Govern­ment Inspection

which Insure ;

PURITY

< CLE A NLI NE.SS

"^n^rni,.^ 4 Cut your Bill in Half

Harlow & Parsons Tel 130 AYER, MASS.

Estab l i shed 1876

Not One-half l>ut pract ical ly .ill the sood things tor the hol idays a re in our store, such us Xuts . Dates , (•aiidy, i-tc. It will lie a p leasure to show you our stock of Kood (hliiKs f,)r you and yuor Kucsti tl) p a r t a k e of at the festive board.

W'e. a re a s e n t s for thc celebrated ( enwota ujid (iold .Me<liil FIOUI 'H—the Hour that s t ands .iccond to none—With' which to m a k e your bread, cookies piuidlnKs, etc. .V trial will convince .v.iu that wc a re up- to -da te In everv hne tha t we c a r r y jn stock.

p u r .Siwelalty Is l h e Uand l l i i s of the Very Bes t

Vermont Butter and Cheese

EAST MAIN STREET GROCERY J.V.MES E . GHIFI'-I.X. P r o p r i e t o r

faist Main S t ree t Ayer, Slass,

L. SHERWIN I CO AYER, MASS.

D E A L E R S IN

Groceries Hardware Paints, Etc.

AMMUNITION

FRUIT

NUTS

PIGS

DATES

CANDY

Always a Good Supply of Staple

Goods on Hand

ELIZABETH PATTERSON .M.\Hi.\i;i.i.() 'I'ou.irr P.\RI.<>U

Shampooln;; , Fae la l a n d Scalp Massage Try the >riirliiell(> Toi le t Water , Pe r ­fumes, I ' e r m a n e n t .Sa<-liets, Civunis of al l kinds, 0 Pleiusant St., .Xyer. 1 y:i i

Piano Tuning WILMOT B. CLEAVES

P h o n e 20 H A R V A R D , MASS. Oraduate N. E. C. of Uusle. Boatoa Ten years w i th AeoUan Co., New York

Agent for Holton Band Ins t rumen t s P I A N O S P O R SAUS l y l 3 «

SHIRLEY GASH MARKET

Cart in Ayer Every Tuesday and

Saturday

with a full line of Beef, Pork, Lamb, Ham, Sausages and Canned Goods of all varieties.

Fresh Vegetables in their Season

Cart in Shirley Eyery Day I

C H A R L E S A. McCARTHT, P rop .

N, A, SPJip & m Wish to call your attention

to their stock of

GEMETERY MEJIIORIALS

which they would be pleas­ed to have intending pur­chasers inspect and obtain prices.

PARK STRBET

Ayer, Mass. T h * a*iT»p«var w U e k imtCkam •

mtei* et I t s ets—t«fl«m kaa • m—€ . uem tem It > • ! lAm teemem la mmem

to " t-fil . I

• (.-> I

t!!>ai,ii^.,.-->A '-.'JZ^^^S^S^^^^^^

j ^^ '^^^^^^^p l^^^^ l^ l^^^^^^pp^^^^p^ S A T U R D A Y , , D E O E M B E B 16, 191.6

W H Y NOT S E E

Thomas F. MuHin T H E REAI; ESTATE AGENT

In Regard to . Investment?

R o o m 3 Bank Bldg, ' Ayer

E. D. STONE Fire Insurance Agent

AntomobUe and Cordwood Inanranoe

Estl ier A. Stone, Typewriting Page's Block Ayer, Mass.

F, EARLAND GILSON Dental Office and Rooms

Frederick G, Pierce, D,.>I,D,, AJ*«'stant I..ady AjBslstant Sml

Page's Block Ayer, Mass. Telephones—Ayer lOG-4, Groton 16S-4

Speedwell Farm Pasteurized

CREAM BUTTER

FANCY CHEESES

^Ve carry in stoek the following first-elass cheeses:

Camembert Pineapple

S.tviss Eoquefort •

Parmesan (Italian) Eoquefort and American

Full Cream (American) No. 1

Young America Chiley Cheese

Club Gifford

Cream Cheese

Mullin Bros 9 Page's Block AYER

FOR SALE—A Younp Holsteln Cow. E. J. LEWIS., Grccii Hlll Farm, Har-vard, MttBS. 2tH*

MOKTG.'VGE FXJRECIXJ.SURE S.'VI.K

— O F —

CUTFLO'WBRS, PLANTS, F L O R A L

DESIGNS, E T C H A R D T O R N A M E N T A L T R E E S ,

S H R U B S A N D V I N E S

H. Huebner Florist

Groton, Uaaa. Greenhousea near Groton Sohool

A Xlco Assortment of

Democra t Wagons

CON'CORD BV(;CiIi:S

Carriages, Butcher

Garts Harnesses

. \ Rood a s s o r t m e n t nnd at all priee.s— cnll and see t h e m

f . \ R R I A G i - : R E P A I R I N G IN AI.I, ITS ftRANCIIKS PROMI>TI,Y DONE

ALSO, H O R S E S H O E I N G AND GEN-E R A L BLACKSMITHING

FREDERICK WHITNEY AYER. MASS.

Union Cash Market Ayer, Mass.

I 'ORE.S O F I.A.MR

n O A S T P O R K

BKST T O P O P ROUND

B E S T SIRIXJIN STEAK

G O O D s m i X ) I N STEAK

R U M P STE.'VK

SM. ILL I L \ M S

P O T nO.-VST

F I R S T B I B ROAST B E E F

S. \LT S P A R E R I B S

F A T SALT P O R K

' C R A N B E R R I E S

H I G H - G R A D E COCOA

a.-Jc. lb. , 5 lb8. $1.00

K E L L O G G ' S C O R N F l i A K E S , 8c. pk .

S H R E D D E D W H E A T , 1 0 c p k .

VAN CAMP'S M I L K lOc, enn

VAN C A M T S SOTJPS 3 for 1 6 c RUMFORD'S BAKINO P O W D E R

Largo OUl 23c,

Union Cash flarket Main street, Arer, Haii.

ISe. 11).

ITe, Ih.

28e. Ih.

SOe. Ih.

a.-K-. Ih.

S,->c, Ih.

22c. lb.

l.'5c. Ib,

20c. Ib.

13c.-lb,

l ec . Ib,

8c, qnnr t

Ey v i r tue of thc power of hale con-t.iliK'd In a mor tgage given by thc I 'epiierell Shoe Company, a jyjrjioVa-tli;n duly e.stabllsheil uncler the laws of lhe (•'oninionwealth of Mas.saehu-aet^.a anti hav ing a utjual pJace of busl­nes.s in r e p p e r e l l , MlddlcKe.\ County. Mawacliu.sett.-i. to the Tremont Trus t C'onipar.y. a corporat ion o.4labli.shetl under t h e law.s of the Commonweal th of .Ma.ssaehUKOtt.s. dated .luly il. lillii. and recorded In tho Middlesex I tcgis-try of Deeds, South D.Utrict. Hook lilli, I 'age 295, and duly assigned to the sMbsern>er. and for breach of the condition.^ of said niortgage. will be sold oil Satnnla.v, De<vnilKT :!0, llIKi, a l t h ree o 'eloek P . .>!., a t public auc ­tion held on the promises, viz:

Th.- land in that part of I 'epperel l Cill.ed Kast Pepporell with the build­ings thoroon. excepting, thc bicycle houso. so-c'illod. which Is t<j be t rea t ­ed as Jiersonal j iroperty and to be re­moved liy the ' grantors , ."ituatod in tho Ka.'-terly j jart of said I 'eppcroll and Ij 'junded and described as fo!I<)V.'.s:

Heglnning at a point on thc Eas te r ­ly and Souther ly sldo of HoUIs and Nashua ."Streets, rosjiectivoly; thenco Kasterly on said Nashua Stroet abou t throo hundred, and llfty (350) feet to an iron jujio sot in the ground lo larid f,( H. A. I ' a rkor ; thence Southerly in a s t r a igh t line about one hundred and t h i r t y t i:!«) feet by land of .said P a r k ­er to the .N'issitti.ssitt Hiver; thence Wester ly by said Nlssitti-ssitt I t ivcr to said Hollis .Street; thence Nor ther ly by Slid Hollis Stroet about one h imdrcd and twenty (120) feet 10 thc point of beginning, toge ther with the wa te r -power from the dam on the premises of thc said grantor.s. excepting ten (lOi horse-i)owcr from said d a m whioh is reserved for the use of the gran tors , the i r heirs and a.s.signs for­ever.

T e r m s ; Cash. Other t e rms a n ­nounced at t ime and place of sjilc;.

K V E R E T T 1,. TUR.VER, .TtU A-ssIgnce ot -Mortgage. i ioston, Mass., Doc. 5, lOlG.

COMMONWEALTH OF .MASSACHU-SKTTS. Middlesex, ss. Probate Court.

To the hel rs -a t - law. next of kin and all other nersons interested In the ea­tate ut J<IHN H. WHITCOMB late of Aver in said County, decoased.

'iWhercas, a certain instrument pur­port ing to be the last will and tes ta­ment of said deceased has been pre­sented to said Court, for Probate, by M.FP.KI) -V. •\VHlTCO-MU who prays that le t ters tes tamentary may be Issued to, him, the executor therein named, wi thout giving, a suroty on his olUclal

' 'YO'U aro hereby cited to appear a t a I 'robate Court, to be held at Cambridge in said Countv of Middlesex, on tbe -.w.-ntv-seventb day of December .\. 1 >. l!tlG. at nine o'clock In the forenoon, to •iiiow cause, if .'iny you have, why the -axnt- should not be granted.

..\nd said peti t ioner is hereby directed IO give pubiic notice thereof, by pub­lishing this citation once in each week, tor ihiee successve weeks. In Turner ' s Public Spirit, a newspaper i>ublishcd In Aver,.the last jiubllcallon to be one day. a; least, before said Court, and by mail­ing postpaid, or doliverinv a copy of this citation to all known persons Inter-.•sted in tile es ta le , seven days a t least before said Court.

Witness, rli.ii-b-s J. Molntlre. Ks'iuire. l-'irst .luilge of said Court, this tifth day of l iecember in th.- ye.ir one lliuusand :;:rie Iiundred ami sixteen.

:!;14' F. .M. KSTV. Keglstor.

.'I i.M.Mii.N'WC.M.TIl CU' MASSACllC-SirrTS. .\Ildi!I-se.\. ss. I ' robat- Court.

T" til.- Iielrs-at-iaw. next of kin. creditors, aii.l all other jn-rson.-' int.-r-..si.,1 in tlie .stii-.e of .lilSlir.X H1.\HV lai.- cf Croton in said County, deceased, iritestiit.-.

Wile:-us a petition lias been jtre-s.iited 10 sai.l Court to grant a let ter ..1 i-.dmiulsuation on lhe estate of said .l.-r-i.s.d to CKOUCK 11. ni.VBV of Croto.-i in said County, or to some ori..-!- sui table person.

V.ju .-lie hereby cited to appear at a i'l I.i.al- Court to be held at Cambridge in suld County of Middles.-x, on the twentv-seventh day of Uecember .\. ll. I'.tlO. at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any you have, why tlie sanie should not bo granted.

And the pet i t ioner Is hereby directed to give riubllc notice thi-reof, hv pub­lisliing this ci tat ion once in each woek. f.ir three successive weeks. In Turner ' s [•ubllc Spirit, a newspajier jiubllshed in .\yer. the last . publication to be one .l.-iv at b a s t before said Court.

Witness. Charl.-s J. Mclntire. Ks.iuire, Kiisl Judge of suld Court, this sixth dav of l iecember in th.- year on- Ih.ju-suiid nin,- hundred and sixteen.

,-,llJ 1'. .M. KSTV. Ueglster.

.'i.MM'i.N'WKAl.TH <IF MASSACllf-SliT'l'S. .Mi.ldlesex, ss. I'l-obate Court.

To th.- l i - i rs-a t - law. u-xt of kin, and Itll .Ither persons Interested in 111*- es-lu;e t't .M.MtV I.II.I.IA.N HHOW.N' late of t\v,-r in said C.iuiUy. deceased.

Wli.-reas. a c.-rlaln Inslrunienl jiur-IK.rling ;o be the last will and tosta-111. Ill of said deceased has been jire-s.nte.l to said Court for probate, by FKANKI.IN' l-'RKKMAN who p iays th.-.l l.'It.-is of adinlnistralion wilh lb*--will .iiin-x.'.l may be Issu.-d to iiim or I.. ...,1110 ..Iber suilalile person. th«- ex-,-c>il:;x ;..inie.l in said will having de-c. asfd.

Vou xirt- herehy cited tb ajipear at a I ' lObal- I 'onrt. to lie held al <'aml)rldge •11 i-alti Countv of Mlddi.'sex, on the iwen ly-sev-n th day of liecember .\. 1). UMl'., at nin.- o'clock In the forenoon, to show ciuise. If any you have, why lhe sumo sho.il.l not be granted.

,\n.l said neti t ioner Is hereby directed tn give public notice thereof, hy pub­lishing this citation once In each .week. fnr three successve weeks. In Turner ' s Public Spirit, a newspaper published In .\yer. the last [lubllcatlon to be one diiy. at leasl. befoie said Court, and hy mailing, jiostnald, or delivering a copy of (his ci tat ion to all known persons Interested In Ihc estate, seven days, a t least, beforo said Court.

Wl tness .Char les J. Mclntlre, Ksiiuirc. First .ludge of said Court, this nfth day of Ueconjhor In thc year one thousand nine hundred and «Ixlcen,

,1tl4 F; M, ESTY, RcBlstcr.

NOTICE IS HBP.BBY OIVEN tha t the subscriber has been duly appointed cx-cxutor of thc tvill of NOAH PAY-SON SMJTH latc of Pcpporcll In thc County of Middlesex, deceased, tes ta te , and has t aken upon himself tha t t rus t by giving bond and ni>poIntln? ANNIE F, SMITH of said Pepperell his agen t as thc law directs .

All persons havinK demands upon tho es ta te of said deceased aro hereby re ­quired to exhibit thc same; and all per­rons Indebted to said es ta te arc called npon to make payment to

WALTER T. SMITH, Executor , Montc la l r , N, J,

Aildress of Agent ANNIE F, SMITH,

Pcppcrcli , Mass, November 25, 1916. 3tl4

IT IS A FACT that the 'West Groton Blacksmith s a v c s y o u money on F a r m Wagons and Tip Cart*. We build •Wheels and mako Stono Drags. Iy27

HOLLIS, N. H, News Itenui,

Mrs. Jess'e T. Munscl re turned to h e r h o m e In .Ar l ington this weok aftor spending several week« with her mothe r . x

Three deer h a v e been »hot this sea-.son, one by thfr Polsinder on tho Kd. Mace place, one by Carl Hrown, and thc o the r by Qeorge Morrill .

The V. \V, S. C. met on Inst week F r iday (ifternoon with JIrs . Haymoml Merrill . The ne.xt meet ing will be the nrst F r iday In J a n u a r y with .Mrs. Char les HlUs.

On next Tuesday ovoning the Orange will hold Its usual meeting. The th i rd and four th degrees will bo worked . .

Oh last week Wodnosday night Mrs. F r a n k Hayden , v,-ho boards -.vuh .Mrs. Andrew; Spaulding. dLsajijioari d. When ,Mrs. Spauld ing went to her inon) on Thursday rnorning she was gone. A search wus m a d e for her evc-i-ywhere n e a r b y ' a n d .at toil o'clock the church hell was r u n g to call out tho men to hell), .^t aiiout foer in the af ternoon sho walked Into Daniel f laydon's yard., and .although s h e had no outer -wraps oxcei>l a knit fascinator and cajio. she received no injury from her exjiosure. She had gone-Into the Charlos .Sjiauld­lng house and siayeil some timo. lying on a mattro:^^. .Mr. Hayden h.'is ro­turnod with her to Andrew .Siiauldlng's to tako ca re of he.r. •

Andrew Jewet t i.s ill with p n e u m o -Ria. The last r e j i o r t 'was tha t he was somo better .

BRboKLINE^ N 7 H, News Itenis .

On last .Sunday Flev. Charic.'^' Dock­rill jrave an interest inj ; discourse on the liilly Sunday meeting's which he a t tended in Hoston last woek.

Mrs. r o r l ey {fierce and Mrs. J o h n Andrews were visi tors in MUford on last wt-ek Tuesday.

Mrs. "WillLirn Pe rk ins , of Nashua , sper,I last \veek Kriday in town, visit­ing Wiiliani Krench at the home of C;eorj,'e Nye.

Mrs. A r t h u r Brown, who has heon qui te seriously ill. Is gradual ly . im­proving-.

The school comni i t tee held a meet ­ing in the town hall las ; Sa turday eveninpT, dur ing which p lans for the chi ldren 's Ch r i s tmas tree were dis-cubse(l. The ch i ldren of t h e three schools in town a r e to have a joint Chr i s tmas t ree this year on Decomber 22, a t the town hall . T h e r e Is to lie an en t e r t a inmen t a t the Kiime t ime by the chi ldren, for which they a r e now being:-prepared by the i r teachers .

As far a s we have been able to learn up to da te , the only h u n t e r s <tho have succeeded in Kottlnp a deer a.re War ren Barnaby and H a r r y Cory. althoujjh they were repor ted a s bein;; plentiful before the season c o m m e n c ­ed. The woods seem to be ius t alive with iKirtrldKe. five having been seen In one day on B'md street . Recently (me Hew with t u c h force apainfit Al­bert Pierce 's bunga low tha t it was in­s tant ly killed.

_ Mrs. Clara Rn.«sen a t t ended the meeting' of Hil lsboro <'ounty Pomona Orange which w.as held in Milford on December 5.

The I.adies* Aid held a bu.-ine.^s meet ing on thc a f te rnoon of December 5 a t the home of Mrs. Albert Pierce,

Pa t r ick O'Connell . who has been very sick, has improved enough to be out of bed and be about a l i t t le each day,.

Mrs. Kilen Swett. who is sjiending tho winter in .Milford. made a short visit in town la;st week Thursday ,

On the afiernnfui of December 0 the 1 -o ya I Wo r k ers asse m b I ed at t he h(jnie of Mi.ss Kllen Sawtelle for wha l prx'Veil ll) be one of the :iK>st enjoy­able nu'otings they have had this soa­son. M:. .s .*^aw:ei!e, who is a lways a cha rnun i ; hostes.-:, kejit the worker s highly en ter ta ined with her ready w:i. reci tat ions and rea4ling.'-, and a l though the mascul ine .sex was conspicurajs by its absence it proved to be a spoony limo befurt the af ternoon was over and ;tll because :he futlge wouldn ' t f u d ^ t — t h a t ' s a l l . ,

The rea<Jing-:(>om connet-icd with the town l ibrary does not seem to he patronized by t h e t 'nvnspeople as a placo of tha t --or: .-houkl be. and it is thought tha t pe rhaps ihey d< tn't realize wha t an advan ia^o the place is. not only for the grown f<jlks. but for tho rh i ldren n^ well. The place is . 'ittraclive and well fitted up with lec­tures , a Iar;;e wall map , revolving bookcase, plants , comfor tab le chai rs and a la rge read ing table on which can be found as line and varied a col-lectir.n <»f joui-nals and magazines as one could wi.sh for to spend a comfor­talile hour or two re;tding where it is <\\iU''. :ind restful any Saturday after-liof.ii or even in t .

liov. Thonuuv !•:. t'l-iinier. of Man­ch c- t t-r. districi superinl*.'nde'".i of tho I '<irgrf-;;ationai chiir<-h, wiil r.fcupy Iho pnljiir on Sunday. < tv. Satur ' lay *^-v<'nini'. at th'- Meihoiiisi chi i rch. wiTi b*- h»-bl the fiuartf'.ly confer-nce .

LUNENBURG I-. w . ('.

The Wom.in 's r ' u i . ..li-er\ ,-,; ut nxit-men 's n igh: iiy a "^-..in-neiciai '"iiris:-ina.s p a r : \ " ..n 'r'i<-da> eveninc. The h.all wits vo:\- j i iett i l \ ' (i<-Coi .Ited wilil I ' h r i s tmas ;;rei-ii and -wo t.eautifui Chr i s tmas troos. one in eitlier corner .aiided much lniithlno.'..--- :o the scene. A tahle loaded with itood things Io t empt the apiiet i ie . am! lighted with Chr i s tmas candles, made ano thor cor­ner very a t t rac t ive . A I'lolin solo was the first nunilior on the )>rogram. after which a march was formed a round tho hall, each person rocoiving a jiresent a.s thoy passed one treo. and at thc othor a little ling of hoars , which con­sti tuted thoir sloi-k in t r a d e : also, an Imitation ten-dol lar-hi l l . Then tho stock m a r k e t opened. Kach one w-as expected to huy. sell or t r ade thei r gift, u i ing the hoan.s for money. The ono having tho largost n u m h e r of heans a t a given t ime wa.« to receive a present . Of course It m a d e lots of fun, especially w-hen onft m,in d rew tind put on a lafly's hoop sk i r t ; . tnother fcray-halred .-inrt near ly hald m a n drew a lonK braid of Jet hlack hai r .

Another m a r c h wa.s formed, d u r l n p which streamer."! of red ahd grceh, with boxes of confett i , TVcre th rown , with which everyone w a s l iberal ly spr inkled .

After thl.s "Prof. F n k l n g h a m and his wonderful h u m a n exhibi t" en te r ­tained the c o m p a n y for half a n h o u r or more, du r ing which -were shown " two fairies, Gwcnilolyri niKl Hazel ," reprer^ntcd hy two physicians , and got ten lip to look a s t hough thcy weighed two or t h r e e tons. O the r ex­hibits 'Were shown, including t h e s trongest man , the snake c h a r m e r , the sm,'illest boy In t ho world, the Siamese twins who had a s t rong a t t a c h m e n t for each other , e tc . These exhibits , with the very wi t ty r e m a r k s of thc "professor ," caused a g rea t deal of fun. Dainty r e f r e shmen t s were then

served, includlngr c a k e In variety, pine­app le sherbet , del icious coffee with c ream, and confec t ionery .

T h e gen t l eman who i^'as fortunate enough tci havo m a d e t h e most money in t r ad ing w a s g ive r a toy hank In which to s tore hU wea l th . 'J'ho one who had the least received, after un­doing Innumerab le wrapp ings , a bright now penny with t h e ndvlco thut he m a k e a new s t a r t In life. .Mtogether It w.as a most del ightful ly suicosnful and pletufaht par ty ,

. \nni ial Churel i MoctliiK, The Congregat iona l churc i i liold its

innual husinesw m e e t i n g and election of olllcerh on T h u r s d a y evenin;; of last wook. After t ho usua l preliminary oi>enlng exercise.s W a r r e n Lewis was

looted modera to r , a f t e r whieh reports wero read hy the c lerk and treasurer , showing a very favorable tinancial con­dition of affairs, t h e receipts ot the yoar being S1691,S1, and t h - total ex­pendi tu re $1534.12, leaving a lialanco of $157.(19 in. the t reasury , and out­s tand ing blllM. a m o u n t i n g to a little less than $00. T h e aud i to r reported tha t he had examined t h e t ' n i suror 'n i ccounts and found . them corroot. N o r m a n G. JtJlgelow, of thi- esei-utivo commit tee , gave a n Itemize,! uccount of the expenses, r epa i r s , .-oi. .Miss N'ollio M . ' J e w e t t , a s . p r e s i d . lit .if the ('. E. society, r epor ted receipts' of $122.10, of which $20 had h.-en givon to inlsslons, $6.10 for Armenia i-oliof, a coniilderable s u m contri l iut jd to c h u r c h expenses and a balance now in the t reasury ot $26.47. 1-". Hoyt Har­ter,- collector, repor ted his total re­ceipts from all .^juices, which was very favorable, and Included some un­paid pledges from last year . Thi,s was followed by the repor t of th.- .secretary and t reasure r of t h e Sunilay school; also, tho secre ta ry a n d t reasuror of thc Ladles ' Sewing circle, supor intend­ont of-tho cradle roll department.- the social commit tee , etc.. all jiroving sat ­isfactory, with money In the treasur.v.

After all r epor t s had been read and accepted came the e lec t ion of otllcers for the ensuing yea r wi th the foliow-ing resul ts : Kdmund- S. Krancis. clerk; G to rge C. .lewett, t r ea s . : John H, Davidson, aud . ; K. H . Kai-ter. col.; .N'orman G. Hlgelow, ex. com.. :; yr.s.; .Sidney H. Krancis . 2 y r s . : i 'har les I.. Allon. 1 yr.: Mrs. Xet t ie I". Barter , examining com., 3 yrs . ; Mrs. Mary J.. Bigelow. 2 v r s . ; ' M r s . A. K. l-'rancis. 1 yr.; .Mrs. Will iam H. Adams. .Mrs. Krederick L. FrtJncis, Mrs. I t ich i rd D. Kiold, social com. ; Mlss Kannle f-. Graves. Miss B lanche K. l.ancoy and K. H. Barter , mus ic com. : -Mrs. Carl K. Brow-n, .Mrs. N o r m a n G. Bigelow, call ing and recept ion com.; I-Mniund S. Kranci.s, George C. Jewett,- .Vorman 'G. Bigelow. jiulplt supply com. : .«. f. Mc­lntyre . N. G. Blgelow. Charlos I.. Al­len. .John G. Gilchrist . K. H. Barter , ushors : ollicers for the Sunilay school — J o h n H. Davidson, sup t . : Kdmund S. Krancis. asst. supt . ; Mlss Kdna K. Ad-anir . s e c . t reas. , l i b r a r i an : -Mrs. S.. L'. Mclntyre . supt. c r ad l e roll.

I t was voted, ahd tho cierk in­structed, to o rde r 100 cuiiies of the Congregat ional H a n d Book f.ir 1917. tho t reasure r to p r in t his report In full with list of ofncers and commit­tees, and she Jani tor , S. I'. .Mclntyre. to keep tire in the c h u r c h ' i .n t inuous-ly th roughout the win te r .

News ItcnLS. Hev. Thoma-s A d a m s , of Wes-., I lu t -

lanil. Vt.. i i reached a t th.- i'on'<rer.ta-tional church last Sunda.i inorning. Mr. . \danis is a b r o t h e r of William H. and .Mi.ss .Mary Adarhs of this town and is ono of 275 Bapti.-t ministers who had the g rea t privilege of a t ­tending tho Billy Sunday meetings in B.iston for one whole week. Thc whole 27.'i wore the gues ts of Henry Bond, of Bratt lei ioro. with all ox-lien.ses iiuid. Thoy all enjoyed the meet ings very much and wore lllloil with en thus iasm of wliich Mr. . \ i iams g.tve his congregiition he re a good .-amiilo both morninL- and ovoring. His audience was much j . leased \\:;ii him and interested in what he sani. iinii hojie ho m.ay come .i.:.aln. alt'noiigh tlioy know he wius n.r. ., Candida:..-.

The Ladies ' .S.-winu circle held a most successful fair. .^;ile and social en te r t i i inment .on I-'riilu>'. December S. T h e sale opened in the af ternoon and consisted of fanc>' nml useful articles. many of them vor\' . ijiproiiriate for I ' h r i s tmas . A talil.- ..f fine hoino-in.ailo confoc;ionor\ ' w.is also a \ er.v ;.,'roat a t t rac t ion ami .ill w-ero woi! Jiatronized. In th.- . \-eniiig a lino supper w-as servod l., !;;o peoplo. .This was followed by a p rogram of niusic. vocal ,and ins t rumenta l , reading.^, so­los, songs and duets, fr-.m violin, cor­net, ba r i tone .and piiii.o, the whole combining to m a k e a .l.-llphtful even­ing of niusic, .song and sociahiiity. which netted the circle .>ver fifty dol­iars.

.The m.in.v friends ..f Mr. and .Mrs. Krnest . \kor . now of l-'i-chliurg. form­eriy of this town, will lie pleased tn learn tha t a littlo .son was welcomed at thoir h o m e on Kri.la; morn ing . De­cember .S. Thc litU.'^ man will lie.-u-the name .if Wiliiani i t i vn iond .

.-V tiny haliy boj- was ; . . r n ti- Mr. .ini! Mrs. George Cor inv '.1, Lan . a s t e r avenne . Decembor I I .

I.owls L. H a r i i n g t o : master-e lect , and .-Xniirew .1. Cailini:, lectnror-elect of the Grange , att.-ri-iod the s ta te Grnnge meet ings in ll.isron this week.

Tile Goodrichvilli- .<'.(*!al club will h,.>i a I ' h r i s tmas tr*-.- .iX tho homo of .Mrs. Nellie I 'age on T i.-sday. l i e . en i -l.e;- li». The meoting \' i'i ho in ciiai'ite .1- -Mrs. Mary Nickiev..i .

Tho communi ty Chri-im.as tr.'-e will be at thc Grange hali ..:. Dot-oniiit-i- HO.

WESTFORD Clipping,

Tho following is takon from the Manches ter (N. ll.l l 'n lon of recent da t e .and may interei t :he reader.-- of th is colunin:

Tho homo of .Mr. an.l Mrs. T h o m a s Exley Taylor on I'lno s t ree t presented th i s aftornoon and evening (Novem­ber 2S) ,a splendid i lomonstrnt lon of good old New Knitland hospitali ty, chee r and good fellowship, the occa­sion being thc fiftieth wedding ann i ­versa ry of Mr. and ,Mrs. Taylor .

As Mr, Taylor ' s hea l th dur ing the pns t year h a s not hccn tho best It did not seem expedient to set any special h o u r for thc ga ther ing , and so Instead thcy kept "open houso," All t h e af ter­noon .aniJ evenlnff a s t eady s t r eam of gucst« paid the i r respects to the Jo^ly couple, ex tending thei r congra tu la ­t ions and best wishes for the future, l i lght r e f reshments wer<j,;ser%'cd and each one registered In the gues t book before depar t ing; Mr. .and Mrs, F red A/ Carr , son-In-lnw .and d a u g h t e r , and Samuel L, Taylor , of Westford , Mass., b r o t h e r o t Mr. Taylor, assisted In thc receiving, Thc couple wero mar r ied November 28, 1866, In l.owell, Mass., whoro' thcy resided tor a b o u t ten years , going from there to Suncook, ' After living thc ro but a sho r t t ime they moved lo Nor th Haverhi l l , l iving thc ro until twen ty - two y e a r s ago, when they m a d e Woodsvil lo the i r home . They have had two chi ldren, J a m e s WlUlam, who met dea th by d rown ing a t the ago of four teen yea r s .

and Mrs, -Carrie M, Carr , -wi th whom they m a k e their home. They also have one granddaughte r . Haze l -Ca r r , now In t ra in ing for a nurse In t h e Wot-man ' s hospital at Concord.

T h o m a s Exioy Taylor, or "Uncle Tommy," ak he is generally known, was born In l>owell. .Mass., November 23, 1843, the fiflh of a family of six childron ot William and Mary Exley Taylor, and Is the only one living of the six. Of the three children by a second wife, but one survives, Samuel l.aw Taylor, of Westford, .Muss., who was present a t his brother 's ce lebra­tion today. The fathor was a nat ive of Scotland, and the mothor of Kng­land. 'Mr. Taylor is a ca rpen te r by t rade, having beon employed in the bridge depa r tmen t of »he 'Boston and M a i n e . rai lroad from 1SS4 to wllhin about a year ago. He served nearly two yoars In tho civil .war, enlisting with the United States* Signal Corps. Dep.artment of the Gulf, from Massa­chuset ts .

• Ho U a past post commander of the G. ,\. It., having served throe years as post commander . He Is a momber of thc .Moosehllloek. I. (>. O. K. lodge, boing. a i>a.st noble grand, and has served as chajiiain for the last ten yea'rs. He Is a truo christ ian gent le­man, .and Is an active m o m b o r in the Wood.svlllo Methodist church and .Sab­bath school.

^Irs. Taylor was born in Haverhi l l . in 1S50, she being formerly Mi.ss Mary Alice Glazier, her parents were J a m e s G. anil Almlra K. (El l iot t ) Glazier, o r the four children, two beside .Mrs. Taylor a r e still living, Uev. B. J.' Glazier of Northwood Narrows . N. H., and -Mrs. Kred Aldrlch of Center Hav­erhill, t he la t ter being one of thc guests todaj-. .Mr.s. Taylor Is an act ive and energet ic worker in the Methodist Episcopal church , is a past pres ident of the Ladies ' Aid socioty. and a t Iiresent a member of the commi t t ee in charge of the 'parsonage. P r i m a r i ­ly she Is a home-maker , yet her beau­tiful and ar t is t ic work with embroid­ery needle and paint brush ha.s- won for hor a reputat ion of somewha t more thttn local extent;

. \ l t hough "no presents" was s t ipu­lated In the general Invitation Issuqd hy Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, yet thcy were the recipients of a number of gifts which will be pleas,ant . r e m i n d e r s of thc day.

.'VlM>ut Town. Hen thieves are still a round and

abou t a t the Waiker homestead on Eas t Main street, as ano ther donat ion of probat ion .

Samuel . H. Buii h has been appo in t ­ed Jani tor of the Uni ta r ian ,church .

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Trull, of West­ford Corner, residing at present In Lowell, a r e to build a home on the

'Vacant lot next to the village church in West Chelmsford. - -

Alljert E. Prescott . of Westford And Boston, has aroused the townspeople to sympa the t i c servico in behalf of tho Krench wounded soldiers. In tfie list of .aids kni t ted together in lown are 260 surgical dressings, 41 t rench caps. 10 pa i r s of stockings, 7 mufflers to bc sont to the New England Branch . Thc work Is still being industriously carr ied on. In money contr ibut ions , $46 was cpntr lbuted. Of this sum Ml.ss Keyes. of Concord, gave her lecture before the Tadmuck club. $5, and out of the t r ea su ry of the club $5 .addi­t ional was given. Through the usual generosi ty of thc Abbot Worsted Com­pany, by Ju l i an A. Cameron, manager , thoy contr ibuted thirty pounds of yarn and var ious sums were cont r ibu­ted by Individuals; .-Vside from this .Mrs. J o h n C. .-Vbbot is working for the ("anadian soldiers, and has many as ­s is tants in Westford and Korge A'il­lage.

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T h e i > a s t o r wi l l p t ' e a c h a t t h o m o r n ­i n g . s e r v i c e o n S u n d a y . S u n d a y s c h o o l a t n o o n a n d . J u n i o r m e e t l n j f a t 3 .30 . A t s e v e n i n t h c e v e n l n s t h e n a s t o r w i l l s i v e a s t e r e o p t l c o n l e c t u r e . ' T h e m i n ­i s t r y o f h c a l l n K . " h y S e c r e t a r y B a r t o n of t h e . V m e r l c a n B o a r d . T h e I c c t t i r e wi l l b c I l l u s t r a t e d b y s e v e n t y - t w o c o l o r e d s l i d e s .

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v a c a t i o n of o h e d a y f r o m h e r d u t i o s a s c a s h i e r a t H a y e s ' s t o r e l a s t w e e k , w h i c h s h e s p e n t >v1th r e l a t i v e s in F i t c h b u r g r . .

M l s s A b b l o C a r t e r h a s s o l d m o s t of i i e r h o u s e h o l d e f f e c t s a n d w t t h ' t h c r e m a i n d e r w i l l g o t o ' b o a r d w i t h M r s . L y m a n B l o o d f o r t h e w i n t e r t h i s w e e k .

T h e p u b l i c s c h o o l s c l o s e n e x t w e e k o n F r i d a y f o r a h o l i d a y v a c a t i o n of t w o w e e k s .

A m e e t i n g of t h e G i r l S c o u t s of A m e r i c a , w h i c h w a s r e c e n t l y o r g a n i z ­e d b y M r s . D . R . C h l l d ^ w a s h e l d Un­d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n of s o m e of h e r a s ­s i s t a n t s a t t h e M a i n s t r e e t g r a m m a r i johool b u l l d l n s o n W e d n e s d a y j i f t e r ­n o o n , D e c e m b e r 6. Offlcc'rs w e r c e l e c ­t e d a s f o l l o w s : A m y G e l g e r . p a t r o l l e a d e r ; E l i z a b e t h M c N a y r , C o r p . ; K a t h e r l n e H o b a r t , s c r i b e : X e t t i e K i m ­b a l l , n u r s e : D o r o t h y . l a c o b s . r e p o r t e r . Off lcers o f t h e s e c o n d p a t r o l . M a r i a n B u s s , p a t r o l l e a d e r ; B e t t y H u t c h i n s o n . C o r p . ; G l e n i s G r e e n , s c r i b e . . \ m e e t ­i n g w i l l b e h e l d a t t h e s a m e p l a c e o n ' W e d n e s d a j - . D e c e m b e r 20.

T h e r e g u l a r m e e t i n g of. t h e K: i s t V l l i a g e S o c i a l c l u b , w h i c h w o u l d o c ­c u r o n W e d n e s d a y , D e c e m b e r '20, w i l l b e p o s t p o n e d o n a c c o u n t of t h e a p ­p r o a c h i n g h o I l d a y . s .

• A t t h e r e g u l a r m e e t i n g of B e a c o n l o d g e . I . 0 . ; 0 . F . , o n T h u n s d a y e v e n ­i n g of l a s t w e e k , t h e r e w a s a n i n i t i a ­t i o n of a c l a s s of c a n d i d a t e s .

^ f r s . L . A. J o h n . s o n a n d .Mi.ss A d a W h i t n e y w e r e L o w e l l s h o p p e r s o n W e d n e s d a y .

T h e H o U I s A. A. b a s k e t b a l l t e a m h a v e o r g a n i z e d w i t h R u s s e l l W r i g h t of t h i s tow-n. a s m a n a g e r , t h e t e a m b e . i n g T . O ' N e a l , c a p t . . a n d S p a u l d i n a W . O ' N e a l . G o d d a r d , D e n a u l t . G o o d ­w i n a n d S u l l i v a n o t H o l l l s m a k i n g n]i t h e n u m b e r . T h e y p l a y a t t h e O p e r a H o u s e on F r i d . i y e v e n i n g . D e c e m b e r i i . D a n c i n g w i l l f o l l o w , w i t h g o o d m i j s i r by a n o r o h e s t r a . T h e i r s c h e d ­u l e is fo r i h e F i t c h b u r g Y. M. I ' . I".. D e c e m b e r ? 9 ; t l ; e A s h b u r n h a m t c n m . J a n u a r y fi: : h e F i t c h b u r g P a r k H i l ! l- ' ive. J a n u a r y 12 .

T h e i - e^ idence of B e r t B r a i n e r d ftn P l e a s a n t s t r e e t h a s r e c e n t l y be.-n w i r ­ed fo r e l e c t r i c l i g h t s b y ' i t t o S h a t t u c k .

Mr . nnd .Mrs. W i l l i a m H a n n a h a v e n i o v e d b a c k t o t o w n f r o ^ G r e e n v i l l e . N'. H. . a n d w i l l o c c i i p y o n o of t h e c o t t a g e s n e a r the f ' h a r h p l o n c a r d s h o p . M r . H a n n a h a s o b t a i n e d w o r k on t h e r t i i l r o a d . on t h e s o u t h s e c t i o n .

H e n r y W i l s o n , w h o h a s b e e n a s s i s t ­i n g a t t h e i ,a 'eonh(}Use of h i s u n c l e in D o v e r . h;i.- b e e n a t h j s h o m e on B r o o k U - . e . s t ree t s m c e T h a n k s g i v i n g ; . ei 'pect.< t-> g o to a n o w p o s i t i o n in N e e d h a m on J a n u : i r > - I .

• E i e c t r i - / l i g h t i r . g a r r : i n : , ' e r n e n t s h . i \ ' o b e e n i n - t a i l o d ' .it t l i e r e s i d e n c e s of .M. H . . l o h n s o n . O a k h i l l , xuxd .1. 11. Hender.<o: ' i . j u s t off T o w n s e n d s t r e e t , hy .Mr. -McAl l i s te r , t h e r e j i r e s e n t t i t i v e of t h e D e l c o E l e c t r i c C o m p a n y , w h o IS t h e i r a g e n t f o r M i d d l e s e x ri,nnt.\*. T h e l i g h t i n g i.s e f f e c t e d by a c o m b i n a ­t i on s t o r n g c b a t t e r i e s , a n d is p e c u l i a r ­ly we l l - a d a p t o < l f o r i s o l a t e d p l a c e s . I t h a s i»een f o u n d v e r y s a t i s f a c t o r v by M r . H e i i d e t s o n . w h o h a s gi \ -en it a t r i a l , nrd h a s h a d a l l h i s bu i ld ing?- , iiiciitd-.iiu' '.;ie c o t t a g e , w i r e d fo r i t .

T h e m e e t i n i ; of t h e i-'.irrner.--' anti M e c h a n i c s ' c i t i b . (-tilled for .Mo;id. i \ e v e n i n g of t h i s w e e k , w a s n o t su f ­l l c i e n t l y we l l a t t e n d e d t o w a r r a n t .-m.v t r a n s t t c t i o n of b u s i n e s s .

O. .M. .N'asli w e n t to I ' o n c o r d -m T u e s d a > ' tts t l e l e g a t e f r o m t h e G i - ; u m e t o a t t e n d a c o n v e n t i o n f o r t h e f o r m a ­t i on of .1 F a n n e r s ' B u r e a u . H e w e n t f ro tn T h e r e t o H o s t o n t o . a t t e n d t h e se.Ksuin of t h e S t a t e G r . a n c e on W e d ­n e s d a y . .Mrs. N a s h a l s o w e n t i n t o H o s t o n OI- W e d n e s d a y t o j o i n h i m .

^ f e n l b e r s of He.acon l o d g e , w i t h i n ­v i t ed g i i e s t s to t h o n u m b e r of t h i r t y -five, w-ont to S h i r l e y on Tue?*day e v e n ­i n g t o a t t e n d t h e t h i r d s o c i a l m e e t i n g b y i n v i t t i t i o n of F r e d o n l a n l o d g o of t h a t pl.-ico. O n l y a f e w a t t e n d e d f r o m T o w n s e n d . b u t t h e t o t a l c o m j i a n y w a s a b o u t a s l a r g o ,is u s u a l , n o t w i t h s t a n d ­i n g t h e s n o w y o v e n i n g a n d b a d t r a v e l ­i n g . A t ine e n t e r t a i n m e n t , i n c l u d i n g a m o c k i n i t i a t i o n , w a s g i v e n , f o l l o w e d b y t h c u s u a l c o l l a t i o n .and s m o k e t a l k , w h i c h la .s tcd u p t o m i d n i g h t . B y i n -v i t a t l c n of He.acon l o d g e t h c n e x t m e e t i n g wHl b e h e l d h e r e on T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 23 .

M r s . E . J . D a v i s w e n t t o B o a t o n o n K r l d a y o t l a s t w e e k , w h e r e s h e w i l l vl.sit d u r i n g p a r t o f t h i s w e e k a n d i n -c l d e n t { i l l y . a t t e n d t h c s e s s i o n of t h o S t a t e G r a n g e .

' M r s . L o u i s B e m i s w a s c a l l e d t p G r o ­t o n o n W e d n e . i d a y b y n e w s bf t h e d e a t h of h e r s i s t e r , M r s . B e s s i e ( T o l l c s ) A n d e r s o n , a t t h c G r o t o n h o s ­p i t a l .

Al l t h c c h i l d r e n u n d e r . t h i r t e e n y e a r s o f a g e a t t h e M a i n , G r o t o n a n d T o w n s e n d s t r e e t . s c h o o l b u l l d l n g . n -were t h o g u e s t s o t E . A . J o h n s o n a t t h o A l e t h l a t h e a t r e b y s p e c i a l I n v i t a ­t i o n o n T u e s d a y . i f t e r n o o n . M o r e t h a n 2 0 0 r e s p o n d e d t o h i d K e n e r o u s of fe r o f a " C h r i s t m a s g i f t " h n d w i t h t h e r e s ­u l a r a t t e n d a n c e - t i t l e d t h e h a l l t o a l ­m o s t I t s f u l l s e a t i n g c a p a c i t y o t " I S . T h e o p e n i n g c h a p t e r s of t h e " R e d C i r c l e " w e r e t h e f i l m s d i s p l a y e d .

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I n a l e t t e r r e c e i v e d t h i s w e e k by t h e r e l a t i v e s . x>t M l s s E d i t h l . a w r e n c e . f r o m r h i c a g o , s h e s t a t e s t h a t s h e w a s J u s t l e a v i n g t h a t - c i t y f o r S o u t h e r h C a l i f o r n i a f o r t h e w i n t e r .

T h e E . . H-. B a k e r h o u s e o n K e y e s ' h i l l i s c l o s e d f o r t h e s e a s o n , a s t h e f a m l i y h a v e r e t u r n e d t o t h e i r . B o s t o n h o m e . C o m m o n w e a l t h a v e n u e , f o r t h e w i n t e r .

A l b e r t . F . P a r k e r w a s c o n f i n e d t o h U h o m e a p a r t o t l a s t w e e k a n d t h i s w i t h a h a r d c o l d w i t h s y m p t o m s o t p n e u m o n i a a n d l a t e r a n I n f l a m e d t h r o a t . H i s f a t h e r , D . W . P a r k e r , , a s ­s i s t e d a t h i s s t o r e d u r i n g h i s e n f o r c e d v a c a t i o n .

E . H . Bli.ss i s p l a n n i n g t o b u i l d a n e x t e n s i o n t o h i s b a r n in o r d e r to g o i n t o c a t t l e rn i i s lng m o r e e x t e n s i v e l y . H e a l r e a d y h a s s o m e e x t r a l i ne H o l ­s t e l n s .

J o h n F r o . s s a r d s t a r t e d fo r P h i l a d e l ­p h i a S i i t u r d a y a t t e r n o o n on a s h o r t t i m e b u s i n e s s t r i p . H e r e t u r n e d o n T u e s d a y e v e n i n g .

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