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Forty-Eighth Year Ayer, Mass., Saturday. April 22;i916 No. 33. Price Four Cents

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That's just what thfey call the new S E R i s S 17 STUDEBAKERS —Mas­ters of the mils . And why? POWER is the answer. The FOUR at ? 8 7 5 has FULL 40 h. p.—more than any other 4-cylinder car within hundreds

' of dollars of the price. The SIX a t ? 1 0 8 5 has.full 50 h. p.—more than any other 6-cylinder car within hun-clreds of dollars of its price. Come in to­day and let us give a demonstration.

Ayer Auto Station SALESROOM-^PARK STREET

Telephone 86-i AYER, MASS.

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HAY Car of good STOCK HAY now in.

Will be sold at a low price.

Delivery made if desired..

Call us up and get your order in before it is all sold.

Prices are steadily advancing.

Shavings Car arriving in a short time.

Balance unsold to go to those who get their orders in first.

Price on application. Delivery made if de­sired.

Ayer Farmers' Co-operafe Exchange BOWEN BARKER, Mgr.

Office and Warehouse, Flanagan's Crossing, Ayer, Mass.

Telephone 113 -•\yer

LITTLETON

y. ot Iioston, cf hor b ro th -

N'civs I t e m s . Mrs. E m m a K. Ix'inl

was the mid-week guci'. er. A. T. Klmbull .

Mr. Turnbul l , of the Common, is t ak ing init iat ive steii.s in house bui ld­ing on his lol of land on New E s t a t e road, which he i)urclia.st'(l of F , C. HartwoU several months ago.

Desirable par t i es have been in town this weelt looking for a. s ix ty-acre farm within (be water and electric l ight ing distr ict and conta ining land adap ted to peach r.-iising. One of our iarge mlik con t rac tors has sought in vain recent ly to h i r e ' a h u n d r e d - a c r e fa rm In town. Xot all people of m e a n s a r c seeking the tax dodger 's parad ise It s eems . %

The subjecl of an electric line from-stat ion lo commori and connection with . \yer and l.owell was revived by the Hoard of Trade at the first meeting, and the Increasing call for such a con­venience is urouslng'dtscuKsloii, People •'t the cornnHtii are takitig auto t r ips to Ixiwell In larKO numbers every pleas­ant Saturday. Thoy shop and at tend the moving jjicturo eTilertalnments, and rbcn re tur i rbomo. W e r o t h e r e an elec­tric line direct to the city the supposi­tion Is that shopping In Lowoll would become an Increasing; practice with our townspeople, and the expense that bars some now would bu much less than aulo faros.

.-V reminder—the rhUathoa sale in the Congregat ional vestry on Wednes­day afternoon, . \prll liC, from two to tlve o'clock. Food, fancy and useful art icles, candy. May baskets .

Herbert Whitcomb, Boston Tech "10, lias accepted a position in Meriden, f.'onn,. and left-home last Sunday. Ho has electrical W-ork which offers an op­por tuni ty for advancement .

Schools were closed on Wednesday for thc holiday, and ihe children en­joyed various out-of-door sports .

F. W. Chase of thc Union Tea service •IS Kiven up his position here to thc

I'oKret of many pa t rons and friends in I IttH'ton. He has accepted a pbstllon as suitei 'lntondenl of the Burbank hos-"ital farm In Fi tchburg .

.\ bird talk will be given In thc Uni­tar ian vest ry next Tuesday evening at 7,4:1 o'clock bv James I 'eters, of H.ar-

iird. He has Just relurned froin San Domingo, whero he bas been bn a sur­vev for the I iarvard college museum. He Is verv conversant with the subject of birds and will Interest his audlenco, '.Men. women and children are all in­vited. •

The Hoston Post of .\prll 15 contains a short s torv of merit wrll ton by our l ibrarian. Miss Jun i a t a Falrlleld.

John F,. Gardner and Mlss Klizabeth W. Thacher were chosen delegates to the ConKroc.atlonal conference In Shir­lev on Wednesday. There were twelve from the society who at tended.

A KOOd deloKatlon of young people ••ent to the C, E. union meeting In

South F ramlngham on Wednesday, The a t t endance at the morninK

service of the Congregat ional church on last Sunday surpassed thai of all .111 special meet ings In thir teen year.s

-—1:15 in number . From Clarence D. Klngslev of the

Massachuset ts Board of Kducatlon. Supt. m n has received thc following eommun.cat ion: "I take pleasure In InforminK you tha t the Littleton high school has been approved ' for the prlvi-< 'f of certification to s la te normal

schools for the year 191S, and has been .'iced In Clas i A on the ground that .

Tn my- juagmentr f t ' - f fubs tan t tany iiiuuui thc reciuirements for high schools In •lass .\. as given In the enclosed cir­

cular of information." Thc superintendency dl.strlct meeting

was held at Supt. Hill 's on Wodnosday ,'xeiiiMi;. B. F.. Hall of .\cton, C. O. Prescott and John Wr i sh t of West­furd. I-;. H. Woodbury and A. H. Conant of I.itl'<'toii wore present. K. F,. Hall wa^ rf'-elected chairman of tho joint commilt.M.. and Charlos o. I'ro.'^oott was ehost-n s .e re tary . in whicii capacity he lias sotv.-'i sinco liJOil.

Mrs Lewis Peterson relurned Mon­dav to lier home in Port land. .Me., aftor a ploasant visit with her sister. Mrs. F. ! I . 'Hl l l .

The home credit systom adopted In Litt leton schools a month aKO is doing much to assist in the accomplishment of daily t asks at home.

I'.chearsals for the May festival will h.'Kln soon. Mrs. Christie and Mrs. :la;.'er will assis t In preparat ions.

Several from Lit t leton at tended the .\' F.. conference in Concord on Thurs ­day.

,\ vorv pleasant party was hold hy tho liack Log club In town hall Wed­nesdav aftornoon and evening. Then ' was a largo number present and the mnslc for the dancing waa thoroughly

nioved. .\s usual a splendid suppor was sirved and every feature was woll larr lod out.

At Easter Tima When you l lossom out at Easter time with the rest of the people, and the rest of the world, you had better do it in a

1 HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX VARSITY FIFTY FIVE SUIT

Heire'|they are in the different variations, two and three button models, plain and patch pockets, nifty stripes and fancy y^eaves. .

\ | Plenty of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Suits at ?18 , $20, $22 and .$24 ' T Other Makes • $ l0 , - $112 an'd'^lS,".""' j; We also have a new and complete line of

HATS, CA.^S and SHOES GUYER HATS WALKOVER and CROSSETT SHOES

Opposite Depot

AYER - MASS. but Iltt lc over *lz months of a t t a in ing Ills three score and ten years. He spent pract ical ly hU , and In hla actl.v\ in fa rming . Tba marr ied; first, td of Natihua, N. H;>j occurred In -IS^S .•Miss Emma Bentl away In 190T. ' I q

Everything Eledtrical

Robert Murpliu's Sons Co, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS

Lighting Fixtures and Electric Supplies

Headquarters for MAZDA Lamps for Household and Automobile

Eveready Flashlights and Batteries

Salesroom—Park Street AYBR, MASS.

6l6drdn66 §ai6 ot U§60 6drs If you are in the market for a Used Oar bear in mind that we

have a large assortment. We have customers who have placed cars in our hands to be sold as they are to purchase new Studebakers. Oars of most every make at reasonable prices.

From $175 Up'wards

n m e srjuiire. ana iruaieti • to'.tio the samp -by him a.th,Atm to u t ter a harsh p t o j i n unmanly act.

Ay er Auto Station AYER, MASS. SALESROOM—PABK STBEET

Telephone 86-4

King's UauKlitt-rs' Coiivoiition. The .Mitialesox County org.anization

of Kind's I)ai}i,'htors hold a most suc­cessful conven'.i.m in the Uni ta r ian church Thur.'-day Many, bul not ail the circles of the county, were r ep re ­sented and gaye inti re>ting rnpor ts of their actiyi l ies. The state and county nlllcers were j i resint and too!< the par ts assigned thom on tho p r o g r a m . .Mrs. Helen A. •Whitcoml]. pres ident of the I-'orgot-not r l r . l e . cordial ly wel­comed thc conipany. a reception com­mit tee a t tended t" their comforts , and an alile conimit tee seryed a too thsome lunch to .seyOMt,\-liyo ladies at 12.SO o'olock. .Mr.-;. Str.ardon, ex-pres ldent of the county oritanization, in I rac -iuK the ra inhow, discussed the var ious interests tha t claim and receive finan­cial suppor t frotn our circles, dwell ing par t icular ly on the ohjecl for which the county shoulil concen t ra te t hough t and efforts - t h e fund fur a home for aged couples to tie established in otir country,, and several pledges toward the fund were made, the Forge t -no t circle contriliutin;, ' Iifty dol lars .

F o r m e r ollicers were re-elected and Mrr.. Smardon w-as chosen to till t he vacancy on the lioard of d i rectors .

Denlh. In tho e.'irlv morning of Monday,

.\pr11 IT. .lorenitah Tutt le War ren clos­od his eartiilv career and Joined th..' mul t i tudes who have entered Into their heavenly rcveard, Hepeated pers is tent .'Unrts to restore the body to heal th prnved of no avai l ; the hear t was weak and uneciual to longer service. Thin life was complete, and thc spiri t lied to seek Its new abode.

Prom the late home a beautiful serv­ice was held on Wednesday afternoon, when Mr. War ren ' s pastor . Rev. Oliver .1 Fairneld. offlclated, read ing scr ip­tural passaKOs especially appropr ia te , ronnyson'^ "Crossing the bar, ' ' and one of Ixiwell's sonnets, and paying a Just and wor thy t r ibute to his memory. .Mrs. J. M. Har twel l . with sympathet ic voice, sang a t the opening of thc serv-i<'o. 'i liere were many choice floral Iriouies, g iving expression to the love, sympathy and high esteem of neigh­bors and other friends.

In the family lot a t Wes t lawn ceme­tery all tha t was mortal was laid to rest beside •the two wives and two chil­dren who had blessed thc home.

Mr. War ren Is survived by a daugh­ter. Miss Cora Warren", of Boston, who ministered lovingly and unt i r ingly to the comforts oi her . father. Two sls-tors mourn a d is t inc t loss. Mrs. Ar thur W. D r e w of Lit t leton, and Mrs. KIbert M. F lagg . of Westford.

Mr. War r en w a s the son of T.'uther and Mar tha (Tu t t l e ) War ren . He was born In Li t t le ton In 1S46, and lacked

ole life In j . i t t lcton years was engaged

oocoased .was twice ^liss I.uile .Stevens, hose untimely death and af terwards to

of Stow, who passed . _ the ' lot by their re­

spective mothemjt tw'O Utile boys wero laid away, one a|J/the age of two day». the other a t the. / ige of live months.

For several '..year.s Mr.- Warren ' s household has ' boen in the care of his cousin. Mrs. LucsS A. I*ickard. who han been most fa l thfw to her t rust and re-linonsltjlllty. ;/J

To do the subr tc t of this sketch Jus­tice Is the smal l lspacc allotted Is im-tiosslble. He WW' one of thc best of luisb.ands,' fa ther t , neighbors, friends. Faithful , loyal, davoted. and exceedlng-y thoughtful . Itaicemed as though he eft no good wlul ln his power undone.

-J.-eing :tn opportunity for a kind, neij^hboriy ac(,'-'!le promptly r e n d e r c ' his willing services, nol let t ing his left hand know whati j l is right hand doeth.

. \ t the churcll-and Sunday achool ho -.vas a lways In, his placo, and his char­acter and life reflected the teachings to which he* atteiJtiyely listened.

. \s a good .BbWier he endured the hardships that 'ca^ne to his lot. and un­compla in ing ly-mat the misfortunes of 'Ife. When fortune smiled he was ready to share It* Joys, and In all cir­cumstances . h e . ^ a s the same calm-minded. 'considerate , hopeful man,

HonesLv and. Integrity were clearly imorlnted upon U s character . He did

.everything on the snuare. and Irualed fn everybody to^ " It was benea " word or stoop

The loss to a niftlghborhood and com­munity of such.a4tnan-ls beyond w.ords to cxoress. but ma gentle Inliuence will remain with ua-.to bless hla memory a lways. '. i',

.MlMlooarr C o a n g ^ c e . . , ' --The—sBUrt^aTrsSS'-TneSffnr - o r " t i l s ' ' Nor th ' Middlesex Branch of the Wo­man's Board of Missions will he held In the Congregational church. Xorth Leominster, . Tuesday. April 'I'l. The following progr;im meri ts a largo a t ­tendance: 10.'io, openmg devotions, -Mrs. Virginia I.. Tewksbury, Concord; minutes uf annu.al meeting. Mrs, ^K-o. l'l. Woodman, .^liirloy, r-'C. s e c ; tre.as-uror'.'J s ta tement , .Miss .luli.a S. Con.-int, l.iitloton. tre.is.: 10..'iO. "Wher. ' our money i^oes," Mrs. I- . I'. Miller. Fitch-S.tr;^; 10,50, mission.ary ;t(lriress. "Con-t ras t s in the IJaliiuns." Mrs. IV B. Ken­nedy. Albania; II..'lO, solo; .Mrs. H. \V. Hole; "Our sharo in tiio Jubilee in­crease' campaign," Mrs. .1. C. .\lyord, l . i t l l"lon. president: KM.'i. lunciio'iii, usual price;- l.l.V devotional sei'vlco. Uev. W, W. McLane, North Leominster: 1.2r., roll call of auxiliaries, .Mrs. F. H. \ ' iots. cor. s e c ; l.::0, "Our share in tiu' golden anniyorsarv gift." golden exHx commit tee: solo, .Mrs. H. W. Dole: I'.OO, •''f-'e.aiit. "Voiocs of woni-'n." In cllar^i; of Mrs. C. W. rtolilei.gh. l''itchburK. of­fering: :i.30. missionary address. "In riirkey today. ' Mrs. R. S. M. Kmrlch, Mardin, Turkey . ::.S0, tnislness: ::.4.i. closing hymn. .N'otlce, of the .\!oha itanrjuot at fi..10 in the evening in the Calvlnistic Concr. 'gational church of l-'itchburg. on tho samo rlate. This is for all our gir is and younj; women,-

.\n excellent program of af ter-dinner speakers Is planned, witli .Moha songs and cheers, Mrs. .Stanley Kmrlch. .Mrs. Phineas Kenne<ly and Miss Elizalieth ru l l en of Korwicli, Conn., will speak, and the evenini.' will closo with tho pa;reant. "Voices of the women." Tickets at popular price will be sent In advance to .all our churches.

Knoourag lng tlte Uoys. When It becomes necos.s.ary for

the president to come out and warn the public throui-'h an announcement in the newspapers of thc country not to believe the stories sent out from the Mexican front an the}- are mostly got ten Up by interested iiarties who desire and have been long workin for Inlervontion it shows tliore Is someth ing mighty "ri^itton In Den m a r k " and Is lUso s t rong circumstan lial evidence that whole Villa's raid w-as inspired ari'l flnance<i by the same interests . If this is nol t reason, w-hat is i t? .Mnn-.' a man has liecn executed for less.

Wha teve r may ho the president 's failings mak ing careless and unwar­ranted s t a tements is not nne of them and he would n i t have issued tho warn ing he did if he had not had proof beyond :i reasonable douht of thc facts in the . i s e . It is hut one more proof of tii'- socialists ' conten­tion that men w::i do anylhin.;; and commit any crime for prolit. And yet these .same iiC"i>!e proclai.ni their pat r iot ism from the housetops and yell for tireparoiinoss to defend our count ry ' s honf'r.

W h a t possible conception of honor can any gang of robbers have who would trv to force t h c count ry Into war for the s.iko of Increasing their pr ivate Income. Could .anything show-up more clearly 'lie Inherent rot ten­ness of the capitalist system that m a k e s such things posslhlc.

The president must have the proof to hack his s t a t ements or he would not have made Ihem. Will he uso It lo punish those t ra i tors to the i r coun­t ry? W e fear nol. T h e r e Is too much weal th Involved and the persons con­cerned a re too powerful because of tha t B.ame wealth. Whllo more guilty than Villa, hecause thcy know more, they will probably go seot t t ree and no soldiers or other oflicers of the government will bother t h e m . If they werc mere worklnvr men thcy would be doing t ime in r.hort o r d e r and got IJO sympa thy from any one

T h e president 's wa rn ing , toge the r with his declarat ion In h i s recent mes­sage to congress to t h e effect t ha t If the pa t r io t i sm of tho y o u n g men of tho count ry prompted t h e m to enlist In defence ot their coun t ry It would

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Easter Time Easter will soon be here. This is the day that iriarks the be­

ginning of the Spring Season. Most meri will want something new to torie up his appearance for Easter Suhday. Ypu will find this store full of new things—Handsome Spring ideas greeting you on every side. -

We are ready with Easter Clothing'whether you desirl^a tiew-Suit or a new Ovetcoat, or both. Our clothing is correct iri every detail—in style, pattern and fabric—and comes frbm the? leading makers of good clothing.

SUIT PRICES—^10, $15, $18 , $20^ $ 2 2

' • Eiaster "Neckwe|or' " We have a splendid display of Easter Neckwear-^-Styles and

Silks never so beautiful. We ask men who appreciate Choice Neckwear to come and see our showing/

You will also find a most complete line of the following goods to supply your Easter needs;

NBW' SHIRTS > -' - ,NEW SHOES NEW GLOVES ' NEW HOSIERY

Easter

LAMSON AND

HUBBARD

BEST IN 1 AMERICA J

Store Open Monday, Friday Saturday Evenings

For a correct Hat—cor-rect in style and becoming to you—come to this store to do your choosing. We have the Hats that fashion says are correct and our new Spring •• ^^^ Hats are certainly very handsome and attractive. We carry that leader of good style and good quality made by

one of the best makers of high-grade Hats in the countryiw^

This undoubtedly will be a Soft.Hat Seaib^iWd we \\ have a good assortment of the new shapes in all the popu- '*'" lar colors.

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We make a special feature of btiir $1;98 Hat in both ~;^ Soft and Stiff Hats. It is of unusual qusdity 'foir the price *" asked. <

Prices—STIFF HATS $1.98 and $ 3 . 9 6 p SOFT HATS $1.98 and $3.da;^^

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be chiefly In the interests of the c m -ploying cl.ass, serves to clear up t h e s i tuat ion and any young man of ordi ­na ry sense who is th ink ing o t en ­listing, ought to bo great ly encourag­ed to go ahead—th.at Is If he feels tho sa feguard ing the proflts of these p a t r i ­otic gent lemen Is a causo wor thy of t h c sacrlflce of his life.

It will be somewhat surpr i s ing If the work ingmen when they unde r s t and thc sacrcdne.sa of thc cause do no t fall over each othor In the i r efforts to reach t h e nearest rec ru i t ing s ta t ion, " b u t you can never tell ." V. T. E .

T h a t it is moro cosily c leaned la t h e c la im of tho English inven tor ,o t a t o r k wi th t ines d iamond shaped In section Instead ot flat.

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Here is a safe lead to fol­low in buying paint. Order

lead and oU, hand-mixed' to suit all conditions—the paint that skilled painters choose

for their own property. Most painters hereabouts prefer

lead and oil paint coinposed of

butch Boy Red Seal

White Lead a n d p a r e l i n s e e d o i l . T h e y k n o w i t l o o k s w e l l , l a s t s l o n g a n d c o s t s l e a s t .

A l l t h i n g s n e e d e d f o r p a i n t i n g ' a n d 15 t h i s w e l l - k n o w n b r a n d o f s t r i c t l y

p u r e l e a d a l w a y s o n h a n d . • C o u r t e o u s s e r v i c e . D e l i v e r i e s p r o m p t

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Groton, Mass.

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T h c b a b y s o n o f M r . a n d M r s . J o h n S . G r e i g 1."* s e r l o u j i l y . « i c k w i t h b r o n ­c h i a l p n e u m o n i a .

M r s . E i l z a C a r t e r i s a c t i n g a s h o u s e ­k e e p e r i n t b e T u i i i e h o m e . l e c e n t l y b e ­r e a v e d o f i t s h o u s e m o t h e r i n t h e d e a t h o f M r s . T u t t l e .

M r . a n d . M r s . H e n r y I I . W r i g h t h a v e b e e n v i ' s i t o r s i n t o w n d u r i n g t n e w - e e k , ;

W e s l e y H a w k e s . o f . M e l r o s e , v i s i t e d t h e W e a t f o r d r e l a t i v e s o v e r t l i e h o l i d a y .

U e v . U a v i d W a l l a c e , J . 1';. I ' . a f l e r , M i s s i i a r a h AV. I . o k e r a n d I . . W . W i i e v l -e r a l l e n d e d t h e a s s o c i a t i o n n i e e t i n g o f C o n K r e K a t J * > n a i c h u i c h l a . '^ l i i r l . ' .v o n W e d n e s d a y , g o i n g a : i d c o n i u i g m t h e l a t t e r ' s a u t o .

T h c . s e m i - a n n u a l m e e t i r m ' o f t h e N o r t h M i d d l e s e x U r a n c l i • ) : W o t n a n ' . s B o a r d o f M i s s i o n s m e e t s r n . N o i t i i

• L e o m i n s t e r o n . \ p r i i Ur.. . \ m o s t ,-i t-t r a c t l v e p r o g r a m i s g i v e n f o r t i l e d a y .

T h e h o l i d a y w a s a q u i e t o n e i n t o w n . S c h o o l s w e r e c l o s e d a n d M a ^ s w e r e i n

" e v i d e n c e t h r o u g h t h e v i i l a ^ i e . . M a n y h o u s e h o l d . s e n t e r t a i n e d ^ r u ' - s t s a n d o t h ­e r s ' w e n l 10 e n j o y t h e d a y i n o t l i e r p l a c e s .

M i s s e s ' . ^ a r a l i . L i l l i a n a n d M a y . v t ­w o o d a r r i v e d h o m e W e d r i ^ - s d a . v a f t e r a p l e a s i i n t w i n t e r s p e n t m F l ' . r i d a .

i l i s s M a r y U . I t a y u e s a n d . M l s s C r a c e L i t c l i f i e l d h a v e r e - o p e r i e d t h e i r c a m p a t i - o i ' K e p o n d ; a l s o . > I r . a n d - M r s . ( 1 . W . ' G o o d e a r e a t t l u - i r c a m j i f o r t h e . ^ e a i i - j n .

M i s s H > - a t r l c e S . r . l u - r l a n d a n d .Mli-s G r a c e U o b l n s o n ixiivt- in c h a n g e a e o : . -t u m e p a r t y a n d d a n c - , u n d e r t h e a u . - -p i e e s o f t h e t l r a n ; ; e l o r l ' ' r l< l i iy e v e n i n ; ; . . \ p r i l ; > . I ' l i z . s w i : i il,. i - ' iv . -n l o r t l i e b e s t e o s t u t i i e s a n d a y " i : ' i . i : L-.^od t i m . ' i s p i a r i r i e d f o r .

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The International Jury of Award gave Glenwood Coal Ranges; Gas Ranges, Furnaces and Heaters Two Gold Medals, the Highest

Honors at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, 1915.

Glenwood Ranges are Handsome, Convenient and Mechanically Right—no modorn features lacking. Smooth cast, plain design, compact structure, big room.y ovens, easy working grates and countless other features. Call and see for yourself all the good things about them.

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Verification of Savings Bank Books

The aUention of tlio Depositors in the following Savings Banks i.s hereby called to thc provision of Section 43 of Chap­ter 590 of thc Acts of 1908, requiring Verification of thc Books of Deposit during thc present year; and thcy arc respectfully requested to hand or send in their books, for this purpose, dur­ing thc months of March and April.

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* :* \ ' . .los-'pli MacKt ' .m will p r each iMi'iay rnorniuK on t h / topic. ••i:a;n'.'i iiiU'j:hts." and m th*- ev*'niriK the Siin-a;. seiiool wil l Ki\'e an Kast '-r r o n c M t , -' • o t h ' T s i ' rvice bi-ir»< omi t ted .

Mrs, St.-Ha Ha<l!.-y, of Hoston. ha s I" 1: --iH-.'idinu' a few d-'ivs a t the home 1 .%!:•:-;. .lo.scpii inc Hoynton.

^•:-. .Mid Mrs. Wi l l i am Slu'ldon and u . . -ons sp"n t Sunday \\'i::i r>'latlvi n

N.

l ia l l HodK", \ \ ho lia ••'s in . \ye: ' , has r

^ been • turned

AYER, MASS.

F . A . W Y M A N

Automobile and Carriage POINTING

Spec ia l a l l on l ion g iven to . \ u t o m o l ) i l e s

Telopllli 0 .M.3 -VYI'-.R, -M.VS.S.

.\l IS

t.v 'lo.i'"h'oiii.-'. :.;:••, ''lai-'TM'.. I,. Walkor is in <it:ar-

ooitioo at tho homo of iolati\-i'.s in i-'iti'hioiri,-. jiViiVoiiiiK ffoin a mild caso of i l i | . ! l th-!l i i ,

T'l;.. oul»;i<- spiiools clnsc.l oti Friday f.,r , '•.•..•I':- vac-aiioli, foiiowiiiK tlio . :_>.; -v. . ' ; .-rhodulo.

i..l>;; ' • .i.Miili.-:i, wlio ha s ho-tl ijilito : I . . : . . . . I..,100 "{ Ills . l ao rh t . . r . .Mis. . I ; . . J . 1 . . . \ . • in;,', lo r so\'..l.il \\-o..ks. is il.lo to \ . . . .k .111 fill as tho s toro , who io ;ii.: I l l , ' - f t i ' .nds w..;. ' i^'.ioi to Ktoot lilin on .Monday

Mi-s .'. .-iiiolny 1

a f t - t lio.in mont Illy 1 iirtoriK/oi! ihf M.l St.. ,.-111 ho o ..^.avol.

:d is . 1 •

•I .. lofs' 'ill

Mr.- IX ,-!; Ust

1,.,. .<..avor ont . - i ta inod lu-r ii.od d i s s . i!i.. .Ml-Koaily ...1 holll.-, on last .-iatiirday

.md af tor tho roKular iisin,-~s tho fomaindor of tho \\'..s passod in rf'hoarsiiiK for

o<,no,.i'. 'i'lio noxt mootini^ .Mav ., .It tlo- l.olio- of MlsH

t,, .not. Stiolili'-:,. who has rlir.i,' s, voial w....ks wit i l Fitohloii;- ' .\sliloiri,liat!i ami IS r>'tiiinod to hor homo. Ho Hloo'l has heon on tlio or a f'W- days.

New AUvcrlLscmciU.s.

GVain and Feed We still carry a nice line of Grain and Feed in stock. Our Oats

warranted 40-42. Your Horses will appreciate them.

CLIMAX F E E D

GREEN'S CHICK F E E D

PRATT'S CHICK F E E D

FRESH GROUND BONE

Highest Prices Paid for Live Poultry and Fresh Eggs

Nils Peterson Central Avenue 'I'llrplinm ( 'n l l l •t mil AYER, MASS,

Mrs, E, F, Ladies'

TIIO.-.R WHO 1

HIBHO.NS

Chandler Hatter OK Cll.AKOE FOR

RC1I.\SH t l l K l H

IIKHK

w i i r n : ^\ V.VMIOTTI-: i:fi<is i-'im II \ rcm>(i—»i for i.'.i»<i iicr 100. .\t;s-•I'lN I ' I : T I ; U S , Ilni-v,-ird, .Masn, 4 t30 '

I'OU s \ I . I ; , - I iry and F a n c y Ooods •itoio loool locat ion and b u s i n e s s liooiiiuiK m 'ho town. Must sell a n d will m a k o 1,1 ico low. MKS. EV/ \ I.. .M.\1!,-^H. .sth.iioy. Mass. - ^ ' f

<•cl.M.^!o^•^s•|•;-\|.•l'll "F M . \ . S S . \ C ' 1 U ; -.sl.;T'rS .Mid.llo-ox, ss. I ' loba to (.'ourt

i 'o al l li.-rsons la lor ta to ol ,I.\.MKS \V. I'opiiMroil In said I

Whor

ot od In the

Fi:i : i ; .M.\K iat> outiiv, decoased.

( 'H. \ l ; l , l . 'S 11. MIM.KH Ih

BARRY BLOCK Telephone 82-3 AYER, MASS.

SUPERFLUOUS HAIR, WARTS

and MOLES Permanently Remov­

ed by Electric Needle.

MISS BERTHA MOORE Electric • Needle Specialist 149 Tremont St. Boston, Mass.

Boom 421 Lawrence BIdg.

Hours 9 to 5 Tel. Oxford 2057-R

Free Treatments every Thurs­

day afternoon. 3m31«

Chas. Bartz Is Prcpnrcd to do

Electrical Work

I D all Its branches

ATEIt, HASS.

Telephone 47-2

administrator of tl state of said de­ceasoil, has [in sento',1 for tdlowanco, th', llrst account of his administration upon the e s t a t e ol said deceased,

Vou a ro horebv c iwd to a p p e a r a t a I ' r oba t e i ' o u r t , to bo lo ld a t Cambr ldKe ill said C o u n t v . oi: tho n in th day of Mav , \ I> l',*l'", al nino o'clock In the f. i ionoon to show ..i i ise, If any you have , why the sano ' should not be a l -

. \nd sai.l admln i s^ i . i t o r Is o rde red to ^erv.. th i s c i t a t i on h^ delivorinK a copy 111..roof to al l peis- ' i is i n t e r e s t ed In tho e s t i t o fou r toen davs at least bofore said Court, or bv iiiibllshinK thc same .nice in i,ai'h week, for three successive w..oks. In thi> l'..piior.d' ('larlon-,\dvor-tls-r. a iiowspaiier imblished In said Coiinf>' the last i.i]bli<'atlon to be one dav at least before said f.'ourt, and by mailing-, p o s t - p a i d , a copy of t h i s - c i t a ­tion to all kioMvn pe r sons I n t e r e s t e d in the . -s tate sovon da>s a t l eas t before said Cour t .

W i t n e s s , C b a r l o s J. .Mclntlro, Ksqu l re , r i r s t .ludKe of said Conr t , thla foiir-i.-ontli d ay of . \prl l In fhe y o a r one ttiousatHl nliu- hundred nnd s ix t een .

•.XT.?, \V. K. r.oCKK.';. noKla tor ,

v'^^y

:o!

Ho w OFTEN DOES YOURLAMPNEED

C^J T T A " \ T T \ T / ^ ? Y o u r l a m p s , oil c o o k s t o v e

^ ^ J U J C J / T L I ^ I I A V J T i o r oil heater wi l l n o t n e e d

c leaning h a l f s o o f t e n if y o u fill t h e i n w i t h c lean , rel iable

o i l — S o c o n y ( S o - C O - n y ) K e r o s e n e Oi l .

V e r y o f t e n t h e l a m p is b l a m e d for s m o k i n g , s m e l l i n g and

forming w i c k c r u s t , w h e n it is rea l ly d u e t o t h e use o f in ­

ferior oil . • '

K e r o s e n e i s n o t all, a l ike b y a n y m e a n s — a n y m o r e t h a n all

but ter is a l ike . O r a l l flour, or all sugar .

S o c o n y K e r o s e n e Oi l is t h e n a m e o f t h e S t a n d ­

ard Gi l C o m p a n y o f N e w Y o r k ' s l)cst kerosene .

I t is m a n u f a c t u r e d b y i m p r o v e d ref ining m e t h ­

ods, and e v e r y g a l l o n conforms t o cer ta in fixed

standards o f q u a l i t y ,

S a y * ' S o c o n y " t o t h e g r o c ' c r s b o y w h e n h e c o m e s

to take j 'our oil c a n . L o o k for t l ie S o c o n y s i g n

on y o u r g r o c e r ' s w i n d o w . I t is a (i.ualily s i g n

and o n e o f t h e eas i e s t w a y s t o r e c o g n i z e a re­

liable dealer .

We r e c o m m e n d t h e f o l l o w i n g oil b u r n i n g de-

W ^

KEROSENE! O i l

STANDARD QlLC0.5rN.Y.

SAFEST and BEST

vices as the best of their kind: A^eiv Perfection Oil Cookstoves and Water Heaters. Perfection Smokldss Oil Heaters, Rayo Lamps and Lanterns.

Standard Oil Company of N e w York NEW Y O R K - B U F F A L O Principal Offices A L B A N Y - B O S T O N

poles of Coniiia r,y • ittacli' ll itiarkoil iiropoi.il altacliri T. Co .ui.i ,sa. i X'< imp,I ;!>• owitt r • as-L lit.s to .tiol :

said .\yor Electric Li^-ht I tain uiiderKfound conduit.s and nian-ihowii upon tho plan hereto I holes, w i th ' the wires and tables to

11: •nts

d 1-22-lii,

N. I-:. T. .V-;,r l:li 1 trio l.iu-ht atd jioies. hor' li>' ^ m tiie pttitioii

,ros re the streets and referroii to: i Hd herlv from Coittral

1 ' 1 ; T I T I < ) X of the Xow F.nKlnna ToJo-plioiir muI Tolo«Taph Company of Miis.«ii<'liii,s(<tt.s to Attach Its WIre.s iiiKl l''lxtiirc« to thc Kxlst-lii(r I'cilos of tlip Aycr Electric l.lK'it ComiKiny.

To tlir IlonnI of Selectmen of the Town of Aycr, Mii!<.sachUKCtts:

IlospectfiiUy rcprosentR Tho Xew Rntrl.and Telephone and TelCRraph Coinpany of Mas.sachusctt.') that tho Ayer Klectrlc Llshl Company hns heretofore received locations for nnrt hns erected n lino of poles along nnd ncro.«a thc i>tibl!c way or ways herein­after named, and that It Is de.tlrable that tho wires and fixtures of said Thc N'ew England Telephone and Telegraph Company of Ma.'isachusctts be attached to sold poles. .

Wherefore your petitioner prays that without notice or hearing It may

Tht^ followitt ' .:

hi ' . , 'hwit\s tibovt

Ciroton H o a d , ii<

.-Vvenito. s e v e n iiol..s.

T h e .Vow MiiRlatiil 1 'olephone a n d T.-lo-

•-t i p h r'onri>an> nf MasHachusot ts .

l l y C K i i H. Iil'.KS.SlOl;.

,M. S. II.

( i ene ra l .Mana^^er.

. W K I t K L K C T l l K " I.IC.HT C ' i .

Hy U WHlTCfi .MH. Supt'.

D a t e d t h i s lil ' id day ••i . l an t ta ry ,

l l l l l o

••in'ITIOX of till' -Vow Kr.jihuul Tolo­phono und Toh-srapli t'timiMwiy of .Mas.s«ohii.s<'t|s for Polo and Wire I.iK'jitlon.s.

To tlio Board of S<-lo<tnion of the Town of .Ajor, Mus.-<iohusotts:

Respectfully niire.sents The .Vew Knghuid Telephone .ind TclOKraph Company of Massaohnsetts that it de­sires to construct a lino of iioles. wires and tixtures. ineiudinf,' the necessary sustaininir and tirotectint,' tixtures, along and across the public way or ways hereinafter named

Wherefore it or.iys that after due notice and hear-.ni: ns proyldod by law, it may bo itrantod a location for and pormis,slon t" • rect and maintain poles and wires, tou-ethor with such sustaining or protei ting llMiires as tt may nnd neccs.<iar\, said jioles to be erected stibstantaliy in accordance with the lllan lllod herewith marked U. dated 2-19-11. iiroposed pole loca­tions nnd relocations of the N. K T. & T. Co. of Mais-aoliusctts,

I'our petitioio'r .iftroes to reserve space for one cro^—irni at a suitable point on said p..los for thc telephone. lire and iiolice -Ittii.i! wires owned by the town, and iis< 1 for municipal pur­poses.

The followin;; .no the stroots aud highway,^ abovi c ferred to: Oroton Uoad, from the ,\yer-Ciroton town line, southwest! rl>. two locations and forty-one rolncati *. The .Vew Kngland 'i'olephone and Tele­

graph Comjiany of Massachusetts. Hy OKO, 11 DRESSER,

.M S. B, Ceneral Manager.

Dated thi.s ?th day of Fcbrunry, 1916,

THK XKW KX<iI-AXI) TEIiEPHOXK AXD TKI.KCKAPH COMPAXY OP MASSSAfUlSETPTS. Boston. Mass.. March 28, 1916,

To thc ^ n r d of Selectmen o f thc Town of Ayor, Mawwchiutctts:

The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company of Massachusetts

bo Jll,iced thor. Ill, under the surface of tho followiiiu' streot; .Main Streot. from Wost .-'tioot to near \Vasliin;,tton Streot.

. \ lso for jiormission to lay .and maiii-tttiii uniloru'rouiHl c-oiduits. manholes, cables and wires on the above or in-tersoctin'.,' str.et.'ts for tho purpose of making conn<*ctii.ns with such poles and buildinuK as it may desire for dis-tributitig purposes.

I'lans showiim' location of conduit constructed to be tiled jifter comple­tion of the work. The .Vew Kngland Telephone and Tele-

;;r;ipil Company of Mtissachusotts. Bv GEO. H. DHK.S.SKIl,

.\r. ,s, B. General .Manager,

BOARD OP SELECTMEN

Paper Costs More

Hut i'd' thf pi'i'sciit w'f ,sliall sell

at i)t.u'

OLD PRICES

"Our Special" . 1 0 ^ box

"Windmil l" 1 5 ^ box

"French Royale" " W a v e r l y "

"Shet land"

2 5 d box

Got a .supply hpfore prices ad­

vance as they .suroly must unless

ciinditions eluinire.

Aycr, April 3. 1!'16. Ord.red th.it .a public honrliig be

heUl on the foregoing petitions on Monilay. tho twenty-fourth day of .April, 19IB. Ill e lsht o'clock P. M.. in the .'Selectmen's Uoom in tho Town Hall ;n .said Ayor at which tlmo nnd place all persons Interested in said petitions mny njipear nnd will be heard; that tho petitioner give notice of tho timo and placo nf said hearing i'V publishing an attested copy of snid petition and of this order tbore.m in Turner's I'ublic .Spirit nnd the Ayer .Vows, nowsjitipors published in said .\yer, at least sovon days prior there­to; and thnt the cierk of the board mall written notices of thc time and Iilace of said hearlm; at lca,st seven dnys prirtr thereto to all owners of real estate nbuttlnir upon that part of the ways upon, nlong. across or under which tho lines or conduits are to be constructed, ns such ownership Is dc-lerniincd by tho Inst preceding ns-ses;!-mcnt for tnxntion,

.mns D, CARNKY. 1)()1:G1>AS C, S.MITH, l.VMAN K. Cr^ARK.

Selectmen of Ayer. A true copy nf petitions nnd order

thereon. Attest: LYMAN K, CLARK. Clerk.

AYER VARIETY STORE

bo sfrantcd pormliislon to attach Its I respectfully asks your honorable wires and/ fixtures to sftid existing: • Boar* for permission to lay and maln-

OABD OF T H A N K S

•Wc desire to express our deep ap preclntlon to all friends and nolRhbors for their many acts of kindness and words of sympathy rturlnsr the illness and bereavement In,our home.

Mrs. R, Alonzo Blood, Mrs. Charles F. Osgood.

Townsend, Mass., April 19, I t lS .

DR, DANIELS' REMEDIES FOR

HORSES

Wonder Worker Liniment

Renovator

Colic Cure

Carbo-Negus Disinfectant

Oster-Cocus Liniment

Healing Powder for Sores

I sliall bc pleased to show:>o^ my ncn- designs and quote prices. Having lx!cn twenty years In wholesale manufacturing ot HIGH - GRAOK MfaiORIALS I can iTuarantco the b e s t ' m a ­terial and reasonable t>riccs,

Thos. M. Blodgett 'Whitcomb Ave- Uttleton, Moss.

Baby Qblcks WHITE KOCKS—FI60H£ii STRAm Special attention glTcn to Custom

Hatching E. M. TOUNG, Uttleton,, Uass.

Agent for Buitalo Incubators and Brooders 3m23

Harlow & Parsons Tel 130 AYER, MASS/

Established IStS

ORCHARDS, OBNAMENTAL TBiEES and WOODS ;

Pmned nod Cleaned' Vp by UederB Mclhoda .

. Browntails Removed Contmet Work • Spcclaltr '

ALFRED C . S M i r a , Arer. Mas*. 'Box SM . SmlT

Union Gash; Market Ayer, Mass.

F A X C r POTATOES .88c. pcdc

PAT SAiyr P O R K 13c. Tb,

SIRIiOIN ROAST 20o. lb .

CANNED SPINACH 10c. tian

FANCY D R I E D APPLES l O c pkf .

GOOD P E A S . '* cans mc

GOOD W A X B E A N S 8c. c a a

VAN CAMP'S MHiK 8c. c a n

VAN CAMP'S SOITPS . 2 for I S c

VAN CAMP'S BEANS, l arse I S c o u t

VAN CAMP'S OATST7P, largO

I S c bott le

SNIDER'S KETCH UP, largo bot. 18&

FANCT COOKIES 10«, tb.'

GOOD C O F F E E i d c Vb, ' RUMFORD'S BAKINO P O I I D E R ^

••Xjutieti'.'talai^ DRV YEAST BAKINO POtTiDBR •.'^,^

''lJui6'.«»tO.'~Vi^l • - • ' .-.'.- ' 'tW'*^^- ' s ' '

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v .

IT 18 A PACT that tha 'Wait Qroton Blacksmith saves you nioney ott Farm 'Waftons a|id. lip Carts. 'We build Wheela ly»T

B. P. Books'and B,'l..>Sedx BOOS POR HATCHIRO ftottrV hearr ' ; r.

laylttK-atraln Of B . F.-lUflt% nJ» i Mttlav. 98 a a « » « > « r I f T ' • I S » * r 1««| a f a w * W » . l , o t .R. I..R«<%.kMiM«v«r-«j

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•^AQK FOUB S A T.U E D A ' Y , A - P B I L 2 2 ; 1916

O N K D O I i l i A B A N D F I F T Y C B N T S -., E B B Y E A B Df A D V A N C E

'GEORGB H. . O. T i m N E B . PabllsIieT V - JOHN H. TURNER, Ed i to r

Subaorlbers a re urgred to keep the t r . •ubsorlpUons paid in advance.

' "The dal ly - labors ot the Bee, A w a k e m y ' soul to indus t ry ; W h o can observe the care tu i Ant . Aad ao t provide tor future •wrantf

Sa tu rday , April 22. IBIG.

QBOTON

-Jtetttrm Item*. Those from the Groton Conercza -

tlonal church a t tending thc Middlesex .Union Association of ConKreKatlonal 'churches a t Shirley on Wednesday were Dea. and Mrs. Ansel .Shat tuck and daughte r . Mlss Jessie Shat tuck. Mr, a n d Mrs, Marshall Swallow, Mrs. Grant W. Shat tuck , Mrs. Frank Lewis. Mlss Gibbs, All report a. line meet ing with pver 200 In at tendance.

The' "proKresslvt party will hold a meetlnK In the lower town hall Sa tur ­day eveninK. April 22. a t 7.30 o'clock, to choose deleKates lo the Hoston con-

-vent lon. . . . . . , ' . The P a s t Grand Rebekah association

o t this dis t r ic t met In Odd Fel lows' hall 'oh Tueaday afternoon from 3 to 5,30, T h e r e was a business .meetlnK. an en-' te r ta lnment and a supper. An enjoy­able time to the forty wno were In a t ­tendance.

.. The Groton sewlnR school closes this week Sa tu rday afternoon for the sea­aon. f Mrs. F. F. Waters Is away on a t r ip "to 'WashlnKton. V. C„ KoIng with a p a r t y ot out of town friends. ; : The holy week services have been of ^ u c h Interest and wel! at tended on the eveninKS of fair weather. •' Clarence Hemenway is kept frora work , and Is slek In bed at home with the srlppaa

Mlss Constance Parker , of Pepperell . coming Thursday, spent until Sa turday with her grandmother . Mrs. Mason.

The G r a n s e will hold a sale In .the lower town hall on Wednesday af te r ­noon. April 26, a t 2.30 o'clock. Differ­ent kinds ot food such as are usual ly offered-, also.' useful household a r t ic les win be on sale,

Amos L. Ames, James W, Wilson and Mrs. Norah Folkins attended the Odd Fellows' Kathering In Leominster on Pa t r io t s ' day.

Mrs. Alice Miller, who has been soendlng the winter with relat ives In New Hampshire , has been 111 the pas t •hree weeks with nervous exhaustion.^ She re turned home. on Monday, a l ; though not feeling In the best of heal th .

Mrs. Mary May, of Willow Dale, who Is far advanced in age, Is very poorly, being conflned to her bed.

Edmund D. Collier and Francis, h i s eldest son, were up to see Mr, Collins -parents^ on Patriots* day.

Mrs. Wi lson , principal of the Bout­well school, and teacHer of the .seventh and elKhth grades, went to Concord on Pa t r io t s ' dav with a number ot her pupils to observe the historic grounds and the monuments.

The presidential primaries will be held next week Tuesday, open nK at , . 1.30 In the afternoon and closing at-seven o'clock In the evening.

At a meeting of the Groton Rornet band on last Saturday evening the fol­lowing otllcers were elected: Char les Shat tuck . Jr.. manager ; Henry . \dama. sec. and treas . ; Frank M, Blood. Geo. H. Blood. Amos L. Ames, executive committee,

Groton School Is to take up tennis on a la rger scale than In previous years and a schedule of six matches has been arranged. Last year a match wi th Middlesex was the only one played. The tennis commUtee, which has Mr. Grlswold as faculty adviser. Includes Wlllett . chairman; .1, 'J'^-l,r>', Davison. L"l Foster and A, Geary. The first match will he staged after the lln­al baspbaasgame with St, Mark. The schedule SgJllow.H: June 2. Hunt ington .it Groton.

. June 3, Browne & .Vichols at Groton. June 6. Kngllsh High at Groton. June 7. Worcester .\cademy at t iroton. June 10, Jliddlesex at Groton. June 12. Concord High at (Jroton.

Tile enter ta inment for chil 'lren-s day . given bv the Woman-s club will be

held in the town hall on Saturday, April 2;<. a t three p. m. All memb.-rs of the club are .-nmii-rl to one t-xav.t. t icket which may be given lo any child betw-een thc iiges of ,•> and Is. .Ml members who have children l)e;»-.;en these agr,s are ,'tllowed one ticket for each child, fith-r t ickets may be pro­cured at the pric- of t.-n c„n;,s i-rich. .Ml tick.-ts must be oblaincil from -Mrs. Burton or from Miss Alma Gr,-iy hefore •Wednesday. .Vi.ril 2'X.

Dr. II. I'.. .Steere, of Provnii-ni-'-, H. I.. was in town last .Saturday on busin-jKS and call ing on fri'-nds.

One (lay h-ist week the Boston .lour­nal had ,'i very natural picture of Kx-Mayor Woods of Somerville, a past commander of thc Massachusetts de­par tment , G. .\, 1'.., and also his fiancee In a coming matrimonial all iance. This lady w-lll be his third wife. Mr, Woods was the orator at the tow-n hall last year on Memorial day and gave a fine address .

The W. R. <'. met for their usual work on Monday afternoon, .Vpril 17. Instead of on Tuesday afternoon.

Mrs, F. C. Bishop underwent an op­erat ion a t the Groton hospital Tuesday for an abscess behind the air drum. Dr. Ki t t r edge of Xashua and Dr. Kil­bourn were the surgeons in the opera­tion. At last reports Mrs, Bishop was res t ing comfortably.

Mlss Elizabeth Whitehlll and Mlss Alma Gray of this town, teachers In Ayer. visited the schools in .Springfield on Monday, going to Springfield. Sun­day, fttternoon.

A'* Suffrage tea was given by Mrs. Eversole a t her home on Thurs.lay af­ternoon, April 20. Speaker at 2.30.

A meet ing of the Groton Branch of esDcclal aid for American Prepared­ness will be held at Mrs. Grant W. Sha t tuck ' s on Wedneaday, .\l)rll 26. at three o'clock in the afternoon. This Is to be .an Informal meeting and .all members of the society and those In­terested to become members a re most cordial ly invited to attend.

George I* Molson has his n'len at work paint ing and let tering all sign­boards, gviide and mile posts In tow-n. heglnning the work Tuesday. The work has not been don.; for forty years ,

John Forcino. the fruit man, b-is bought out the flsh bu.slness of Mr. Beaulleti at the matkei in p.-vlmer's hlock, Thc fish business will be run hy S.amtiel Forcino, - Mrs. ll*-nry Woods is ax the Massa­chuse t t s General hospltiil for some op­era t ion .

It Is untlcrntood that tw-o men from Aycr have leased of Capt, I 'almer the bui ld ing on Willowdale r t reet formerly a blacksmith shop. This Is to be en­larged and converted Into a garage and automobile repair shop. This build­ing has of late been used by thc moth depar tment ,

F r a n k and Wllllnm Woods, sons of George H. Woods, left April 13, going for a t r ip to New York. Philadelphia and •Washington. T>, C, William, who Is a s tudent a t the Lowell Textile, went wi th twelve other textile boys to a t ­tend the three days ' convention of the Phi SI fraterni ty a t Philadelphia, his

• 'brother meanwhile visi t ing fr iends In New 'i'ork. af terwards going to Wash­ington.

Mrs., Estel le Collier, feeling sulTl-r len t ly Improved In health. Is expcot-Inn to r e tu rn and resume housekeeping

' t o r J. B. Raddln about the flrat ot May. A. danc ing and whist par ty , all be­

ing mar r ied people, to t h e - n u m b o r of dlxt*. had a most enjoyable, t ime a t Oddtel lows ' hall last week F r iday cve­nlntr. Mr., and Mrs. Charles Raddln led the grand march. Ice cream and r a k e were turnlshed and served by Char les Har r ing ton . Thayer ' s o rches t ra

• o t Peppere l l ta rn ished the music.

Announcement has been made In New York of thc wedding ot Mlss Helen Morgan Hamil ton and Police Commissioner Ar thu r . Woods, formerly of Oroton School, on June 10, It will take place In tne pr ivate chapel a t Table Rock, the country es ta te a l Ster-llngton, N. J,, of the pa ren t s of the brlde-olcct, Mr. and Mrs. William Plcr-son Hamilton.

On Saturday, April 10, a daugh te r was born to Mr. ami .Mrs. Charles Unrtz (Mlss Inabellc Woods) a t Ayer. The Ilttlc baby g i r l s Is a g randdaugh te r of Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge H; Woods of Common s t reet , this town,

W, P, Whar ton has a new farm su­perintendent.

In the report of the Grange meet ing last wetk the name of the s inger Mbould have been Mrs, Montgomery of Worcester, a guest and relative of the Gibsons,

Boston l.atin plays Groton School this ba turday afternoon a t Groton,

It Is next week Thursday that "Dad­dy long legs" will be given under the auspices ol the Ladies' Benevolent so­ciety of the Congregat ional church by Mlss Marlon Hei tha Clarke.

The household goods and personal .-iiopertv of the "late Mrs. M, K, Moore, Groton, will be sold by public auction on Saturday, April 22. at one o'clock p, m, J. W. \ \ ilaon, auctioneer.

The . \ l l lance v.ili meet with Ml.ss Boutwell on T h u r s d a y af ternoon. April 27. a t 2,30 o'clock, Mls.s Boutwell will read a paper on the history of Groton Firs t I 'ar ish.

team, Thayer ' s o rches t ra will furnish music. I t Is hoped that people will show their Interest In tho team by pat-ronl i lng the dance. The academy has a s t rong schedule a r ranged . Including games w-lth Groton School, Worcester academy. Harvard P rc shmcn . Manches­ter high and other teams of equal s t rength as follows, all games being played on the home grounds unlesii stated otherwise: April 20—Worcester academy, at Wor­

cester. 20—Stone school.

May 3—LowcTl high. C—Fltchburg high.

10—Worcester Classical high. ]3—Worcester South high, 17—Tufts college .second, •JO—Harvard Freshmen, a t Cam­

bridge, 24—^Boston college, at Boston, 27—Groton School.

jxine 3—Holv Cross Freshmen, 7—.Manchester high,

17—Cushing academy, -at .\sh-burnham,

'>\—Commencement, game, l.ynn high school.

GnsCer Concert. There will bc an Master concert In

the auditorium ot thc Congregat ional church on Sunday evening a t seven o'clock. Thc program, under the ar ­rangement and direction of Mlss Klute B. bhat tuck. Is as follows:

Organ voluntary; chorus,. "Awake, O earth "; trio, "Awake, glad soul." Misses Doretha Gleason, Carr ie Davis, Elsie Shattuck-. prayer , Suot. H, W. Taylor ; solo. Mfss Ha'zei Gibson: exercise. "The birthday of hope": address . "Hope." by Itev, G, M, Howe; trio. "Love's redeem­ing w-ork Is done,'-- Misses Doretha Gleason, Carr ie Davis, Elsie Sha t iuck ; chorus, "Christ Is r isen"; benediction, Itev. G'. M. Howe.

The exercise, "The b i r thday of hope." comprises the following charca te r s : Hope. Dorothy Tyrre l l : Joy. .Mice Knapp: Grief. Florence Folkins . Joy's a t t endants—Dorotha Gleason. Kuth Gleason. Lillian Knapp. Miriam Knapp. Ruth Flanders , Carr ie Davis, Ethel Green. Jessie Shat tuck. Genoleve Har­rington. Blanche Kra/.ee,

The program to this exercise con­tains the following numbers :

Dialogues. Hope. Joy. Grief; Bible readings. Misses Miriam Knapp. Jessie Shat tuck. Genelve Har r ing ton ; chorus. "Hosanna." wi th solo by Mlss Doretha Gleason and Ethel Green; solo, "Why wecpest thou." Mlss Carrfe Davis; chous. "Lift your glad voices": duet. "He lives and changes not." Hoi)e and Joy: enorus, "Christ t r iumphant" w-lth solo by Mlss Doretha Gleason,

Neighborhood Meeting. Notwi ths tanding the storm of last

week Fr iday afternoon the Woman's club w-as given a large a t tendance at the neighborhood afternoon, Mlss Boutwell. the president, w=as In the chair for the first time for months , having b e e n k e p t a-.vay by illness. The afternoon opened w-ith a short business meeting, and follow-ing this w-as the club song by the music section. Next In order .came an Il lustrated mono-'oguo bv Wal te r Pow-ers, In thla Mr, Pow-ers gave a sketch of his college jife as w-ritteri in a let ter . Ho told of manv old swee thear t s of those, bye-gone" days, and as these young ladles were commented on thei r pic tures w-ere show-n, Mrs. .-\mes appeared and gave a vocal selection as the reminls-censes alluded to the swee thear t w-ho became a noted singe.r. Attr.iln as an­other w-'as spoken of Mlss Brida Holmes sang an«l then a t a-notber's mention. Miss Cl:ira Kobinson respond­ed with fancy dancing; still another , and Mrs. Sabine appeared as a picture was show-n, and gave violin selections. Then Mrs, Farwell was the married ladv of a pret ty family group. There w-as a lullaby song by the music sec­tion after the reafling of Kugene Fields' "Wvnkin. blykln and nod," by Mrs. Farw-ell,

Club tea closed the meeting. There w-ere present guf.K-^s from the neigh­boring clubs of I'epjier.-ll and Shirley, The a r . s .-ind craf ts df-i-a rlnieiit htirl on exhibition most be;M:tif'il jiieces ot em­broidery .-md other hari'liwork durinir the afternoon. Tliese attr . icted much at tent ion tind were itreatly admir.-'l.

-Speelnl Town .Heeling. The specia: towii in. e t ing h-.'.d i;i the

town hall ou last we.-k Thufsday ev>-n-iiig was ,'1 full iTieetlng, s(jtnew h.-re abotit 200 beltii^ in at tendani-.-. but orily ;went>-tive votes c is t , H. \\-. \\-hitiiig was chost.n as moderator .

l 'nder . \ i t ic le 2 th-- inattei* of s torage s-ieils arid iock-up which lltiil b,-en v,il-.-d at the annual town meeting' in l-'.-b-luary to leave witli the sel.-ettiu-n lor inv>.-sti;t.ition and afterw.-ir<ls to report, was taken up. Th.- report ol investi-i;ationH by the ^,-lectmen wa.s read. Thereu;,on a ien^-thy discussion was .-ntf-r.d into which didn't amiiUnt to a L-reat deal. The mat te r vvas tlnttlly left that the cominitte,- ascertain the cost of a piece of land in the retir of the electric light s tat ion tind of the cost of I pi.-e.- in the r.-ar of the town hail, having in view the building of s torage sheds, tiremen's head ' iuar ters and lock­up,

. \rt . ". It was voted that peddlers hawking fruit or vt-get,-ibles, other than those engaged In the [uirsuit of agr icul ture shall be re'iuired to pay .a license fee of not more than eight titti-lars to contiii.je in force on year from Its issue.

r.alph T. Howe, of Lewlston. Me., a r -rlvefl in tJroton on Monclay to sjiend-the week with his fathet-'. Itev. G. M; Howe.

Mnvelopes were distr ibuted at the 'oFigregatlona! church last Sunday for

the usual Eas ter offering. This offer-ing is for the local work of the church.

Those w-ho will Join the Congrega­tional church on Sunday are Carrie F. Uavis, Harry K. Davis. .Mfred F. Gay. .Mice ,M. Knapp. Miriam F. Knapp. ,\lary I,ew-is. Klizabeth I.ewis. Dorothy t: Tyrrell , David I'. .Sargent. l lalph K Sargent.

llnpllHl Church. , Morning worship at 10.-',0. .^iibjert,'

••|-;aster—immort,al life'". Sunday school at twelve, evt-ning jiraise service at seven, "The nower of Ihe risen Chris t" , special music. I ' rayer meet lnf Wed-M.'sday evening at 7.30; subject, '-The great con'iuercr."

The ratnp-flre ga the r ing for the boys was be,d on .Mondav evening a t the parsonage. These ga ther ings have grown in a t tendance and Interest, there being Ihe l,argf-st number of the sea­son [.resent. , \ r te r a social time aroupd the c.-iinji-fire the boys jolne<l in sing­ing iiatriotlc songs, with brief remarks by .Mr. Tucker on patr iot ism. .Mr. M.a­son then enter ta ined the boys with a number of Interes t ing tricks. The lights were then removed from the room and In the glow of the camp-fire the boys united In a camp-fire service, which opened with the s inging of the hvmns, -'Yield not to tempta t ion" and "Onward chr is t ian soldiers"; the twen­ty-third psalm; solo, boys Joining In he chorus. "Oh where Is my . -^y to­

night." .Mr. Tucker then spoke'-'to^the 'loys on the subject. "1 ought. 1 c.in. I will, 1 have," The meet ing closed with prayer .

The Girls' clnb are planning on a .M.ay baske t sale.

West (jroton. Harold Strand spent last Sunday at

his home. Dr! Samuel Bowthrope has returned

to his home after a, protracted absence. Mr.s.j-M. K. Williams, who- has spent

the win ter a t the home of her mother. Mrs. Tarbell . has re lurned to her own residence,

Mlss Kvelvn Fernald of l-'romlngham is spending the week with her sister. .Mrs, Webber.

Mlss Kuth Blxby spent the week-end w-lth relatives In Wellesley, She was .accompanied by.her mother, Mrs. ( ha s , Blxby, who will remain until next Sun­day,

liorn on Monday, April 17, a 7^4 lb, son, Thomas Francis , to Mr, and .Mrs, Patr ick Mullcy,

Scarlet fever seems In no haste to leave us. It has appeared recently In opposite p a n of the village. The vic­t ims a re Marian Blood, younger daugh­ter of Mr. and Mrs. C, E, Blood, and lit­tle Kobert Ludden on Kemp road,

Mlss Bertha Blxby Is enjoying a week's vacation from her duties at Tl.adcllffc. Her room mate, Mlss Lsther Bigger, of Ohio, visited her for o day dur ing the mld-i\'cek,

W. M, Kimball of-Marlboro spent thc holiday at his home here.

Mrs, Pa rke r of Pepperell Is with her daughter , Mrs, Malley, coming for the newly arrived l i t t le grandson.

Don't forget that .1 Ladles' .\ld sup­per, candy and May basket sale will be held on this Fr iday evening.

An enter ta inment Is In preparation to be given under the auspices of the Improvement society on May 5,

The old-fashioned "sing" of March 31 gave so much enjoyment that an­other Is contemplated for the evening of .May I.

The L. A. society will meet on Thurs­day afternoon w-lth Mrs, A, W, I.amb,

,\ "sunrise Eas ter service" w-lll be held a t the chapel at CIO on Kaster morning. A service of prayer and song, of praise and thanksgiving. The regular morning service appropriate to Eas te r will be held at the usual time. The new silver bapt ismal bowl, the gift of church members, will be used tor the flrst time at this service. Five voung people will be welcomed to church membership. Miss Irene Hlxliy^ Donald Bixby, Kalph l^w-reiice, Kobert Bixbv and Kobert Bales, The C. h, meeting on Sunday evening, continuing the Eiister thought, will be led by .Miss Edith Wright ,

Through the kind Interest of Mrs, John Uaw-rence, one of the Hbrary trustees, a loan of twenty-five books in the Polish language has heen made to our branch l ibrary by thc Free Library Commission at thc State House, It Is known as the t rave l ing Polish library. The books may be renewed or ex­changed for o thers at thc ..-.\piratlon of six- months. The ept i re list Is not availabre. but it contains inuch <if vaiue to a s t ranger in a s t r ange land—advice to the immigrant ,-how to get naturaliz­ed, meals for UC'. days, civics for .\inerl-cans In the making, self help, care of th" child being among the subjects treated. There is something of I'oliah life Its historv a n d . bat t les , and good tk-tion is sprinkled in iiuiie plentifully, one of the last named beir.ir the w-ell-lov.-d •'Uebecca of Sunny Ktook farm." It IS hoped thai th.- Polish people in om c-.inmunltv will l>-coin<- interested in th.'-e books and deri",-.- ii'-nx xii'in n-.lKh le-:iefit and lileasur- .

A lecture on bir'ls with st.-i .oinleoii illilbliations will !ie.}--ive.i hy the Im-I.l-ov,-tneiit societv during' the B-CO'i'l week ill .Mav. The poli.ie are nol on.y -..ordiallv invjt.-d, l .ufai . - tiiged to avail tlienus.-lves" uf this otipott iiiity to •n-jov au evening witll the birds, d neiib-.,.l' an.l illiksiiated by on- who thor-oughlv ufideislands iiis subjeet. Tlie l....ture will 1... fie., to .--etybody, alt .-xpens,. betng met by th- society.

The tirst vv,., k of .Mav is geiietally recogti.ited as "•|-leaii-iiii w'-ek."^ Fl leis on th- subject will he distributed by xilt- sani tary ,!,-i>:.rtment of the Im­provement soi-iet.v. D o n ; i.ei-'lect to i-.-ad Ih-iii It will lie wortli while. All families of West Groton who have no means for the di-^posal of rubbish are reijuest-d to place It In barrels oi piles near lhe road and teams will lie fur­nished bv the society to s,-e tn its dis­posal. This offer does not include. the removal of coal ashes, and does not applv to the tenants of Holllngsw-orth .t Vose Co., who are provided for by the company. Those desiring thts service are asked to notify the sani tary committee. Provost Thompson, chair­man, Mr. Trow-bridge, Mr. Lamb, The da tes on which the teams w-ill be sent out will be given on the fliers. The society asks that all who need this l i t t le service will ask for it ami ac-ceiit it in the same -'glad" spirit that It is offered,

Thc following offlcers were elected at the annual meeting of the Improve­ment soelet yon Tuesday evening: .Mrs, C. T, Spauldlng. pres.; A, H. Thomp­son, V, p.: John Koblnson. ,«ec.; C, Ii, Dudley, treas.; George Lee Blxby. ex, com 3 yrs.; Miss Marian Mellish. chair­man of Junior dept,; .Miss Edith Wright, aud.

M. Nickless homestead and gone to re­side a t the home ot Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Cohant.

At the annua l meeting of the Shirley Co-operative i>ank held on April H*. the following ottlces w-ere elected: D, C. Parsons , pres . : C. W. Marshall, v. p,; Harry H. Lynch . , clerk: William H, Wilbur, t reas . ; C. H, Hart, director. 1 year; G. P. Buxton, D, C, I 'arsons, Frank Gregory, T. F, Mullln, J, T, Sinlth, directors , i yenrs.

Thu public schools of the town closed thls-week Fr iday for one week In com­pliance with tho rule recently Inaugu­rated, one week 's vacation at the close of eight weeks ot school,

.Mrs, Fremont W. Keyes. of Auburn­dale, is vis i t ing ut the nome of her parents . Mr. ant^ Mrs, Ernest Harris ,

Mrs, 1, B. Nelson, with daughter r.uth. Is spending a few days with friends In Lynn.

The Ladles ' felrcle will meet In the church vest ry on Wednesday afternoon, .vpril 26, a t three o'clock.

.Mr, and Mrs, George W, Balch leave this Sa turday for a two-weeks ' sight-s .e lng t r ip to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D. C.

Mlss Hazel Ruggles. of Topsfield, a former high school teacher in Shlriey. spent a couple of days this week as the guest of Mlss Gertrude L, Conant.

The Per ley Hocquard family have oc­cupied the house vacated by Mr, and .Mrs, Babb, opposite the leather s tore of the Pres ident Suspender Co,

Thomas Rlley, who has accepted the poslllon o t chief of police of Shirley.

-Ks-rented the house vacated by I'er­ley Hocduard on Mill s treet .

The Sunday school of the Congrega­tional church will hold an Etister con­cert on Sunday evening a t the church which promises to be most enjoyable. It will commence a t seven o'clock.

The presidential pr imaries will be held In the engine hall on Tuesday evening: polls open a t 6,30 and vvlll close a t 8,30.

Mrs. Timothy Thomas was taken to the Clinton hospital on Monday to un­dergo observation and -In al! proba­bility .an operation, for abscess on the kidney.

Mrs, Wol ter Know-les. who has been 111 for some time, la somewhat bettor.

had been'ia resident of Shirloy for; the past th i r ty years , and was the widow of the la le John L. Nickless.

In early Ilfe Mrs, Nickless was a suc­cessful school teacher, leaching school In the far wost, and later for a number of years ot the grammar school In this town. She w a s a char ter member anU past president and t reasurer of the Altrur lan club, a char ter member and past noble grand of Mary A, Livermore Kebekah lodge, holding ofilce since the lodge was Inst i tuted In H'OO, Mrs, Nick­less being the flrst noble g rand ; a char te r member and t reasurer of the Shirley Hospital Board; a meinber and olso t r easure r of the I'nivers.-tll.at church and a member of the I.iidles' Aid: t rus tee of the publlc l ibrary, and a meinber of the Alliance of-the Flrat Parish Cni ta r ian church of the Center,

Mrs, Nickless was the broad-minded type of w-oman vvith practical ideas and Jofty Ide.als of charac ter and a friend and helper to all mankind, Iler advice and counsel w-erc sought by all, t-n all •probability no w-oman from the town of Shirley has ever passed on to the .•eat beyond who will be more missed '»v the ownspeople In general . How­ever, sho hua - left legacy of loving memories, the fragrance of which w-lll be an Incentive to emulate her life.

The deceased leaves no survivors, having no known relat ives living,

Thc funeral vvas held on Thutnday afternoon from her late home, serv­ices being-held a t two.o 'clock. Uev, E, L. Halfacre. paSlor of the Cnivertialiiit church, olllclatlng. A large number of friends were- present to pay a linai tr ibute of respect, Mr. Halfacre gave a splendid eplogy which fitted ber life, Mrs, K, H. Softard, of Leominster, ren­dered two vocol solos, "1 cannot ,-iI-w-avs trace the w-ay" and "I.eatl kindly light," Thc lloral t r ibutes were rich and beautiful. Including set pieces from tho various organizat ions of w-hlch the deceased was a member, and JLISO a piece, from thc pupils of the high and g r a m m a r .ichools,. The bear­ers were Gilbert M. Ballou. Frank H, Wheeler. William H. Wilbur and ,1, Ed­win Pomfret. Burlai w-as in tlie famlly lot a t the Village cemetery.

The high and g rammar school;!, of the village closed at 1,15 on the 'lay nf the funeral, out of respect to Mrs. Nickless who formerly served the town as a. member Of tlie school committee.

•ATBR.MAaS.

W O M E N ' S S E E I N G A N D S U M M E R H O S I E R Y

Finn Silk Fiiii,sh Lisle Hose, full fashioned in eommon and out jiizos. E x t r a Qual i ty a t SOo.

S P E O I A L A T 3 7 y 2 <

3 pa i r s ? 1

l .nwrrnce .Icndemjr Note*. Five boys have entered the academy

this term and these represent flve dlf-'•^renl s ta tes . New York, Connecticut, Massachuset ts , Wisconsin and Ver­mont.

Theoron Culver, a g radua te of Mld­dlebury College, has tnken the place made vacant by the res ignat ion of Mr. Miner.

This week a t the Gamma Bcl.a meet ­ing exercises were held . ippropriate to -tt- t r i -centenary anniversa ry -ot Wil­

liam Shakespeare , . On Monday, evening. April 2<. the

academy will give a dance In thc town -nil to r the beaeflt o t the baseball

S H I R L E Y

I tems. Samson <":ordage Works post*

.Sevrs The Samson <":ordage Works posted

notlres at its works last .Saturday an­nouncing that a rise in wages,of live m d ten percent would be granted all their employees, thc raise to take ef­fect on M.-VV I, The advance In wages will affect about I'.OO hands, being the number generally employed by the ompnnv. This Is thn second time

within the past six months that the -ompany has advanced wages.

.Mr and ,Mrs. ,\llen H. Weeks and child have rented and occuplc-l the up­ner Ilat in the lesldence of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. P.allou. .Mr. Weeks Is me­chanical d raughtsman at the Samson -'n-(iage Works, succeeding K. tX. Wil­

son, Mrs. George H. B. .Clark and son

Kenneth spent last Sunday ,->nd .Mon­day at thc home of her sister In .N'ew­ton I.'pper Falls, Mrs. Herbert V. Mar­tin,

,Mr ,ind Mrs, Joseph Collard nnd len rhildren have arr ived In Shirley from "anada and have rertted the house oc-

- ipled by the la tc Mr. Sibley, near Shaker road, Mrs, Collard Is a sister of .Mrs. Daniel Credit.

Mr, and Mrs, Ernes t Freeman, with laughter Beverly, of Maiden, arrived last Saturdav In their au to al the home -.f Albe Annls, uncle of the former. Mr. Freeman re turned to his business In Boston last Monday, but arrived In Shirley on Tuesday evening to spend the holiday,

El i rer H, Allen left this week Friday night to Join hln wife In Baltimore, They will then r e tu rn to Now York city, where Ihey will remain for one w-cck before r e tu rn ing to Shirley,

Mr, and Mrs, R, C, Pevear , of Swamp­scott. and daugh te r Ruth . In company with Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k J. Edwards. ->f I vnn. paid n visi t to .Shirley on Wednesday to visit the i r parents . Mr, ind >'-s Joi-T. o . Conant , and to a t -'"r»d th" /•*i"-.,h conference.

Miss Alice Flynn hos lett thc Mary

Churcll Contercnce. The spr ing meeting o f t h e Middlesex

l 'nlon Association of Congregational churches, composed of- twenty-flve churches, was hold In the Congrega­tional church on •'Wednesday, About ',100 delegates were present from the out of town churches connected with the association, and about 75 were present who a re members and a t tend­an ts of the home church. The pro­gram, which was prepared by the pas-tor, Kev. CI, E , Woodman, was one of unusual merit . - The whole affair w-as a labor of love Into w-hlch the several

. commi t t ees of the home ohurch entered with much enthuslosm and tcrmlnfited with cha rming results.

The s t rong addresses of the day w-crc given by C, C, Merrill, secretory of the .S'evv England Ijtymon's, Missionary .Movement, on the subject of, ".Men wanted." and by Rev, James P. Mc­Naughton, for thir ty-eight years a mis­sionary In Turkey under the direction of the American Board, who aroused his audience to a pitch of r ighteous in­dignation a s he related his experiences of life In. Turkev and the awful tor­ture and massacre of the Americans by the Tujks , His address was of special Interest, owing to the fact that it com­manded the r ing of t ruth, vvith no coloring or theories to sustain it.

Thc morning session opened at !i,30 with devotional exercises led by Kev, liavid Wallace, of Westford, The moderator. Frederick T, I ' latt, preiiid-u and the report of the scribe and

treasurer P.ev, .\. F, Newton, of Dun­stable, was read and accepted, Mr. Newton a t this lime also tendered hi:i resignation after fifteen years of aerv-ee which was reluctant ly accepted

and Kev. G. K, Woodman of Shirley. P.ev .1 B. I.ewLs of I'epperell. and Mr. Swallow of Groton were appointed a nominat ing committee to select, a suc­cessor to Mr, Newton, The commit-

" presented the name of Frederick TIngley of .\cton, who was accepted by the association.

The report of the committee on syr-lematic giving, consisting of Rev. I'.eorge Tewksbury of Concord, l>r, Chalmers of Fl tchburg, He-.-, George .'t. Gordon of L.Tneasier, Waldo K. Conan; of Lit t leton and Frank <'- .lohnton cf , \ver vvas accepted.

"Vo special report was given on t.-e snbj(.ct of temperance, owing to tlie absence of Ilon Frederick K-.-dick, of Fitciibiiig, who vvas scheduled to izivt ll lifleen-rhinute talk on that siibi-ct. Th.' ne.\t addre.'-s vvas giv ' i i by iXtv. \ .1 Covell of Hoston. who-e sut)j-et was confined mostly to reiuiniscenci s of 1.as;-.ral supiily,

"Tlie relation of thc churcll to joe . navedness" vvas the discourse given ny It'ev. J. S. Strong of Aver. Kev-, ,\t:-drew Gioop, of the Finnish churcn, Fitchljurg g,ave a most inlerenting pa-p.,r trom the subject. ••I'reparing new .Mnerlcalis," which gave an insight Into the work being done by Mr. Gr-ioj) and others for the Finnish peo-Me In tbis-aml other localities. 'I-hls vvas fol-'..vveil bv the singing of a couple of Fin-iisb songs by the young jieopb . w-ho bad accompanied .vlr. Groop lo Shli^ev. Kev. P.oy Lundgren, of the Swedish cliurch In FItchburK, was the next speaker, who gave a mlsceua-

efiiis tslk on the various problenis which seemed to confront him in the gospel work among his own people.

A bountiful dinner vvas then served S-- the Shirley church under the direc­tion of the following committee: .Mrs. Vellle W. Holbrook, Mrs. G. G. Connnt, Mrs H E, iJiwrence, Mrs. C. H, Tewks­bury. -Mrs, C, H. Miner, Mrs. A. Hersom. Mrs. Mary C. Park, Mrs. H. M. James, Mrs. A. Phelps, Mrs, G, S, Wells. Mrs. \ Cram. Mrs, R, Pomfret, Mrs. (.. c.reenleaf. Miss Arline Wilbur. Mlss Marv A Park Mlss Nina Holbrook and Miss Lena Tew-ksbury, The servers were MiJs Margaret Love, chairman, psslsted by I.eonard. Hooper, Chester llooper. Kaymond Har r i s . Kenneth Horton. Lester James and the .Misses Corn James. Sarnh S, Stevenson. Ruth S, Knowles, Evelyn .Miner, Gladys I'helps, Arline Wilbur, Grace Tewks-bip-v and Ruth Woodman,

Durlnf the noon 'hour a brief meet-- g was held of thc Junior Ixiokouts of

the North .Middlesex Branch of tne Woman's Board of Home Missions un­der the direction of Mrs. Alvord of Littleton. It was a preparat ion meet­ing for the big meeting In North Leom­inster on April 26, .Notice vvas aiso - iven of the gir ls ' banqiiet the same •lav at the C. C, church, Fl tchburg, at 5.31 In the evening,

Ccurer. Forrest B. Wing: of Hsrva rd nnlvor-

• llv. Is ."pending a week's vacation a t the homo of. his grandfather , -Mbert Adams,

Mlss Kuth JI, Graves comes home on Saturdav for a ' week's ' vacation from her duties .as school teacher In Lan­caster,

Lewis H. Bradford. Horace C. Har--ts. ,Vrthur K. Holden and Kobert II. -1. Holden at tended the I, O, O, F, rally day In Leominster on Wednesday.

Miss Flori-nce Adams, ins t ructor a t Mt. Holyoke college, has purchased a Ford automobile for use the coming se.ason,

. \ r thl l r K. Holden and William Free­man, of Francestown. N. H,. spent sev­eral davs at home this week, r e tu rn ing to Frances town on Thursday,

The Center orlmary and g rammar schools will be closed next week for a vacation, opening again on Monday. •May 1.

Nineteen from' Shirley a t tended neighbors ' night at Lunenburg .Grange on Wednesdav evening, when Towns-end Giange w a s the invited Grange.

Mrs. Tanner , of New Vork. is spend­ing a few davs with iter sister, .Miss Elsie Kirbv. .Miss Kirby's brother, John Kirby, of New Jersey, has also been o visitor this week.

Earl Graves had the misfortiine to have his bicvcle stolen on Wednesday evening while he was a t tending the Grange meet ing at I .unenburg The bicvcle was left out.slde and disappear­ed "late in the evening. Tbe I .unenburg police vvere notified, but no trace of the bicycle lias been found as yet,

.Misses Carrie and ' Helen Bradford Mougli attended at FrHniingbam

c. K Wcd-

,nil ,Iohn coiiveiitioi nesilay.

.Mrs. Clifton lie.hy an.l little daugh­ter of l.eoininster arc spending the week at the home -if .Mr, and .Mrs. tleorge Holden,

Shirlev Giange held a very enter­taining and w-ell at tended nieeting on Tiiesdav evenluL'. The occasion wa;: •'I 'alriotic night" and the eommitl.-e in charge was .Thomas II. I-:valis, Wil­liam .lubl) anil lif-an llevves. .\n -tixx-(...lient piograin was given, consis t ing o: III- loll- 'wing nunibe-K .Sonir "Stat - .iin-'leil Banner," by al l : leadlni.-,

S U M M E R U N D E R W E A R FOR

W O M E N

Fores t Mills P l y m o u t h Mills

Berksh i re

IJiiioi) Sui ts 50t^ and ? 1

Cumfy (.'ut Vests 25<J

Kinu weave Vests and Tights 50<J

All s tvles ill Vests und Pan t s

S t r a i g h t Vests . 13-i/2<J, 15<J and 2 5 <

What a Premium! ISUIT CASES

FREE! SAVE a.-^ Green Stamps

and get travellers needs of all kinds -withoal a cent of cott. 'We give thc stamps FREE with every ctish ptirchase—a dlseouDt

no tbrlfly shopper falls to eet.

Be xVIse! Get your discount for cash!

K N I T TO F I T W I T H O U T A S E A M

Lisle and C o t t o n ; light .ind medium w e i g h t s ; rib and ffarter t o p s ; eoiniiion and out sizes.

Seven numbers a t

Fine Lisle a t :i pa i r s for ? 1

S P E C I A L H.xtra out size Lisle, ex t ra long

ami wide 50^

25<J 3 5 ^

M E N ' S G L O V E S

M a d e from E i s e n d e a t h ' s i lo r se

Hide lA'ather of Special tan­

nage , short and gaun t l e t

wr is t 5 0 ^

Subjec t to sl ight imperfection.s^

N E W S P R I N G N E C K W E A R

2 5 ^ sj id 5 0 d

Medium Weigh t J e r s e y Rib and Iiai't Wool Shii ' ts and Draw­ers 50<^

Geo. B. Turner & Son

H i •.f t h . bt

Bux-.d

Thc afternoon scfslon opened at 1.1,. -1 th praise servic- being led hy Uev. fJeorgc A. Gordoil, of Lancaster, which was followed bv- the rending of reso-iitlnns. expressing thanks and appre­

ciation to the .Shirley church for the r-eeption and hosoltall ty accorded tbe visitors. Resolutions of gratefulness and appreciat ion on the resignation of the scribe and t reasurer . Itev;. A. I-_ Newton, who has rendered etlicient nnd faithful service to the association w-as -ead and voted to be spread upon the records of the association and a copy forwarded to Mr. .Vewton.

This was followed by the addresses of C C. Merrill nnd .lames 1". McNaugh­ton. Holy communion was then ob­served, nev. WIlliRm W, Mcl.nnc. of N'orth Leominster, and Rev, George H, Ounlnp. of ,\shby. omciating. assisted by Deacons Todd of Concord. Whit ­comb of Townsend. Waldo R, Conant of Lit t leton nnd Balley of F l tchburg .

The committee on resolutions con­sisted of nev, George Tew-ksbury of Concord, and Rev. J, C. Alvord of Lit­tleton. The receotlon committee w-ho rendered prnctlcal service to thc visi­tors were Mrs, B, H, Coiinnt. Mrs, Ixiuisc Holler, Mrs, W, H. Wilbur. Mrs. Mlce-L, Wright and Mlss Margre ta .S, Has t ings , ^ _ _ _ ^ _

Drn<h. Mrs, Marv Maria (Gossl Nickless

nissed awav on Monday .afternoon at three o'clnck ftt Jicr home on Lancaster road from the effects.of pneumonl.'i af­ter a brief Illness of only (Ive days. Her death came fls a shock lo her many friends, as up to Inst week W cd--•"sday evening uho was nppnreiitly In

•'cr usual good henlth. Mrs. Nickless was born In Wntdolph, "vt,. on Mnv z<. 'S43, helng nt Ihl' t ime of her death "5 years. 10 months, SO days old. She

lltiu' - ileorgi-Inst le-foie th

"ci.t'.,-,- toano solo. Helen Wo, t-.ol.iur "Tlie .Mnerleaii lltiu-," Miis ll-'tii M Gi.iv.-s; violm inandolili and •,;a-io .Mts In-.', l.vnch, Mlss . \gne: ' l.vncli and William Tracy; tablenii ••Te'-tlng '••' the old i-amn groiirid": •i-adlng "B;illi,-ira l-'ili-lcliie," Miss Svlill St'irei . talilean.-"( 'oiiiinbia. the 'f m of the oce.in"; i-.-ailing, ..Mrs, Hor­

ace (-. Ha t r i s talk illiistialed by nic-ture J.o-t '-ifii-. William ,lilbb. reading. ••'I'h' -nan vvilnoiit a conntiy." ,Iohn 'I i^'li inttsical readln:.' and laliU-ao "i^h,. soldi,-r's farewell." Miss Mildred rV,-ans. Mis, Waldo I-'arnsvvortb. l iean 11, we,- and Hoiac," ('. Harr is ; soiii,-•'.Vni'i ica " bv all. P.efrfshnienls of coffei,. cake. ' sandwiches and toasted •aisiii-. vveie served by tbe comlnitloe.

BOXBOROUOH News Items.

.N'earlv everv evening on which thc i l range has met since thc new ollicers were installed has been s tormy and on last week Friday evening it was no (-xception. Wilfred Wheeler, of Con­cord, was to have given a lecture, but be telephoned in the afternoon that as the weather conditions were so unfav­orable he thought best to postpone his address. It is uncertain when he w-ill come as there a re no oi>en dates at presest .

On last Saturday afternoon a cere-monlsl meet ing of tho Camp-flre <;irls was held at the home of Mlss Marlon Burroughs,

,\ speeial meeting of the , \delphlan rluh vvlll be held at the vest ry on Sat­urday evening.

At a business meeting of the (^on-"-•egational church held on April IB rien. Martin I-l. Wood was elected dea­con emeri tus, and a new deacon. Bur-nee <' Steele, w-as elected, Kmil Swanson and Frank Coblelgh were ap­pointed ass is tant collectors of thc Sun-

-V morning offering; the pastor. Mr, .Mlsslrian, church clerk and super ln-•endeiit of the Sunday school; Mrs, Simon Ii. Hager. Mrs, Lewis Richard­son .-ind C. F.. Wood, appointed dele­gates to' Ihe spr ing conference held In Shirley on Wednesday,

There was a good a t tendance at the v-evi.-v last Sundav eveninvr to listen to Mr .Mlsslrian's lecture. The third and last one of the serie.-i will be omitted on Snn.lav, but will bc given on the Sun.lay after Kaster,

The Fas te r concert by the Sunday school will be held at 10.30 Sunday morning and the preaching serv-ice and '•-undav school omitted. The subject nf tbe p.-istor's talk will be "The message of Kaster,"

Mrs, Charles LIhhIe Is spending thc week In N'ew York,

Quite a par ty of young people from - " went «• 8l»w on Thursday even­

ing to at tend Orccn's dancing school, Mrs. Por ter Is en te r ta in ing her

dn lighter. Mrs, McAllister, nnd four children, from Lexington, this week,

Mrs. Barber, of Wal tham. has re­cently visited her s is ter . Mrs, Liver­more,

Mrs, Albert Walker ' s heal th Is still very poor w-lth the doctor In frequent .attendance.

Mlss Annie Sherry Is teaching In Hol­yoke, and her sister Ka ther lne haa rc-cently gone to Maine to leach,

Mr. and Mrs, Gould and young son nre vis i t ing Mrs, 8, B. Hngcr, Mrs Gould was well-known here as .icssle .\Idred before her marr iage , and wns n freoucnt gues t of her sister . Mro, Hager,

Mr, MIsslrInn and his sister were en­tertained by Mrs. Hage r over Sundav.

Tho poUn win be open next Tuesday &venlng from six to eight o'clock for he pr imar ies .

I'.alph Smith spent several days thiti woek vvith relat ives in Kaston,

Several cases of chlckcti-pox have to.eared In No. 3 district , Mr. and Mrs. F rank Dodge are now

located at .Marigold cottage.

I T K T I K OF l.N'TKKKST.

.\ watn i b lunder ing man doci; in'ire for tlie world than a frii-id wise man

A man brct i thes about tw-enty tirm;, a minute , or 1200 t i tues an hour.

The lirst ra i lway in MoiUeiif-'ro vvti.s opened in UiOS,

Two thousand five hundred squaro inchcH may be es t imated as the sur­face of a n ' o r d i n a r y sized man ' s body,

KMieriments in lowland r i ' e cult ure ret-entlv s tar ted in I 'orto Uieo ,-il (• a rous ing much interest there, bectiiise rice is the chief food consumed in the island, I 'orto I'.ico han spent ai iproxi-mately ,«:'.,000.000 annual ly dur ing the past font- years for this grain the lar-,'est cxiiort con.sumer of can-grown ricC,

KOK S,%I.K.—Four good business Horses that I have worked In my sta­ble all -vvlnter. Will sell cheap for cash, as. 1 have no use for them dur ing thc summer. ADAMS' STABLK, C.ro­ton, i l a ss , ' • lw'33

I-'OK S.VI.I-;—I wish to turn Into cash 'J N'ew Kxjiress \Vagonh, New Democrat Wagon. New i:anoi»y Surrey; also. Trap, I 'anopv Sui-r,-y and Truck Wagon that have been used, and a fevv New Har­ness. If you intend to buy Farm Im-jilenients this season now is the time to onier them, as vou may not be able­to g.-t tlieni later. F. li. FKI.CH, Car-liagi-, Harness and Implement Dealer. , \ver. .Mass. Telephone llfl-'J,

and i 1 Ameri

I-'OK S.VI.I".—<lne i spr ing Wagon with I'i-foot body and side s i a t s , which can be iiut on, malt ing a good open ba rge , one covered ll-borse Top Wagon with rolling side l u r t a i n t . The above have been used by us in the grocery and gr,aiii business. Also, a Uubber-tired (Joddard Carr iage, one shift ing pole; a iiair of rubber- t r immed Driving Harnesses . .\I1 are in good conditfon. For fur ther par t icu la rs Inquire of (J,V1.|.: H.tdS., Harvard . Mass. 4t31

SiiLVt.NG T H E I'HOBLE.M I leaching his subu rban home one

afternoon he found thc stroet block­aded and a heap of ea r th piled against his doors tep. Observing a workman digging nea r by, be accosted a pass­ing pol iceman and complained tha t the laborer wa.s trcspa.sslng upon pri­vate proper ty .

" W h a t do yez mean by t rowing d l i t on the g in t l cman ' s steps'?" demanded the policeman,

"Sure, an ' t he re ' s no other place t t row It, d'ye m i n d ! " replied thc work­man Indifferently,

"Well ," said the ofllcer, " thin In thot ease you had bet tor dig ano the r hole and trow It In t h e r e ! "

Xew Advert toementa .

FOR SALE IN GHOTON—7-room Cottage and Stable, Inquire of CHANT W, SHATTUCK, Groton.

COW KOR S.\I.B—A Good Cow- 3 ' t years old; will be fresh about May 1, .•uernscy and Holsteln, Gave H quar t s v;-lth first calf, CLINTON T, HOL'-TKLl.B, West C.roton. Mass, 2133

KOR SAI.E—Buick Runabout, 1911; model. In good condition, H, H. ItlCH.VRDS, GrotOn. Mass, i i l L _

KOU S.Vl.K—Four extra nice Helferii about to freshen. Inquire of C, 11. SMtGKNT, f>ld Ayer Road. Groton.

KOU S.Vl.K—.\ F l rs t -c lass Top Hug-In good condition. I'rice reasonable C.KOr.GE .\, SHATTUCK. Kast I'eDper-ell, M.ass. Telephono 29, 3t32

CARD O F T H A N K S '

Wc inkc this opportuni ty to cxpresa our deep ftliprcclntlon and sincere t hanks to all our good neighbors and friends for their many kind nets, beau­tiful floral t r ibu tes and w-ords of sym-pa th r . „ „ , , .

Cora F. Warren . Lucy A. PIckard,

LUtleton, Mass,. April 20, 1.16.

Wanted

H.ivc You Seen t h e Now

A L A D D I N M A N T L E L A M P ?

W . F . G L E A S O N , Agen t Groton , Mans.

. \ I)cinon,straUon will be (rlvcn on rcquoMt. 3m30

Parly to hire and run in a flrst-class manner our fully equipped and modem boarding-house. In­quire of W. E. CONANT of Co-nant, Houghton & Cq., Inc., Little­ton, Mass. 2t33

Seasonable Snggestions WATER GLASS

(Kull strength)

1 5 ^ for Quart Boltle

KREST An efllclent d is infectant t ha t should he In every home du r ing tho Spr ing Cleaning Season

4 0 ^ for Pint BotUe

RED CEDAR COMPOUND A moth preventa t ive , tho odor of w-hlch Is more .-igree-ablo than t h a t of mo th balls. It is also c h e a p e r In price and iTiorc economical to use,

1 5 ^ tlic Package FORMALDEHYDE SOLUTION

ThlH prepar.itlon is highly recommended im a preventa­tive of "scab" on potatoes. Soak your «ecd potatoes In a weak solution of this Formr aldehyde and have good, clean potatoes next fall.

5 0 ^ for Pint Bottle One pint makes 30 gallons ot (lolutton.

WILLIAM BROWN DEUadlST

Main Street Ayer, Mass

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Items ot local Interest are solicited and must a lways be accompanied by the name ot the writer, net tor publi­cation, but as a suarantee ot Boofl lal th: and will a lways be cOBsldere4 • tr lct ly conildentlaL Kindly mall Items •son af te r the day ot occurrence and

" 'TIs tc the Pon and P re s s we mortal* do not -waW unnecessari ly.

Sa tu rduy , Apri l •-ii!, JOIO.

Of the order , H. H a r d l n s Hale, of Hudson, division counsellor, has been invited to be p resen t . P rominen t of­ficials of t h e o the r organizat ion will be a sk jd to attcnd.-

J . -vr, Murry, cieslgner of ladles and gent lemen 's ga rmen t s , h a s a very nice a s so r tmen t of eijrlng goods to select from. Cleaning', pressing and dyeing done In a nea t manne r , and promptly a t tended to, Tel. connection. •

AYEB

News Itema. H o w a r d B. Whi te , president ot the

Firs t Nat iona l bank of Ayer. Is con­flncd to his house with an a t t ack of bronchi t i s and a tendency to p n e u m o ­nia. He Is be t te r and on thc way to recovery from the a t t ack .

At the a n n u a l meet ing of the Wood­lawn Cemete ry associat ion Thu r sday evening these offlcers wore chosen for the coming vear ; O, K. Pierce, pros.; ' W, A. Wr igh t , t reas . ; D, W. Fle tcher , c lerk; P r a n k S. Bennet t , aud . ; Wm, U, .Sherwin, sup t , ; Augus tus Ixivcjoy, F reder ick 'Whitney, E, B, Harlow, Wm; U. Shorwln, directors . Thc of­ficers a r e also ex officio mombers of thc board of di rectors .

T h e r eg i s t r a r s of voters added one name to t h e vot ing list, Wal lace G, Kl t t redge. a l the i r mee t ing Thursday evening, -. .

Joseph H e r o u x of 'Westford was ad ­judged Jnsat^e a t t h e district cour t th is Fr iday m o r n i n g and wtts sent to t h e Worces te r S ta te hospi ta l . Char ics F a r r o w ot Westford w a s found guilty Tuesday morning ot tutsault and ba t ­tery on hin wife, Amel ia M. Fa r row, and was sentenced to th ree m o n t h s In thrf house ot correct ion. F a r r o w pleaded h a r d for a l ighter sentence, but J u d g e Atwood though t , t he sen­tence was a jus t one In view of the defendan t ' s record and thc cha rac t e r of the a s sau l t and refused to change It, .

Twenty-flve m e m h e r s of Kobert B u r n s lodge and Vesta R e b e k a h lodge, I, O. O. F , . a t t ended the big Odd Fel- ' lows' .celebrat ion In l ieominster on Wednesday . Several o ther memher s nf the o rde r In town who a re una t ­tached to the local lodge also .i t tended,

Thc new Amer ican llag recently p r e ­sented to the town by the Woman ' s club was th rown to the breeze for the lirst t i m e Wednesday from the top of thc flag staff on the town hall bui ld­ing,

K, A, AVhltney h a s purchased a seven passenger tou r ing car which will be used in his Hvery business in ca r ry­ing passengers .

T h r e e cases of .scarlet fever have been reported—Mar.v and Kll-/.abeth Cleary. d a u g h t e r s of .Mr, and Mrs, T imothy Cleary. Washington sireet . and H.izel Miller, d a u g h t e r of Mr, and .Mrs, T h o m a s H. .Miller of Pleasant s t ree t .

J u d g e George .\. .Sanderson of thc super ior cour t resumed his duties at Boston .Monday af ter being laid up n i t h injuries received a ,^hi»rt t ime ago in a r u n a w a y accident .

A demons t ra t ion wa^' given Thn r s ­day a t t e r n o o n in a PJl 'l S tudebaker Six- on Columbia street , s t a r t ing at the foot of the hill and tak ing it easily on high.

These m e m b e r s of ;h'.- l ' n i t a r i an W.iinan's Alliance a t tended the ,-i.lI-day mee t ing of the Neu- Kngland .\y-sticiato All iance in Coiiofird Thur-^day; .Mrs. .Susan M. Barker , Mr-. .Mice iliit-torlield. .Miss K m m a 1 M ; : I i lit-ld, Mrs. D. W. F le t che r and .Mr-. \V"<'dwitrd.

T'ne sixth s'icial af ' . rn 'H.n cf tlii-Aliianco will be belli wa VVednt siiii •.. .April 20, a t 2.:iU c/cliH-k with Mn-. Ki-mer Duncklee ,

The high school w.;i b - -.'fon .'•xixfi 'ty a goofl .liaseb-ii'i t'-.ani '.his se.i.-ori. .-icconUiig to those who toy^iix xo 'n'n.v.-. There is enough mater ia l to iitioex a gond team and a stroii .- scl'i*-'li: !'• il.'is alri-a-ly been prepiired fur the .-'-as,.:i. Thc team is schediik-ii t" pluy Cio lnn ;-'chO"l second in O r o f m ti-,;.- H itiinla..-a. ' ternoon.

/ ,-cgul-ir police ollicer h.i- nt-t n tn-g.-v;,-id by Ceorge .S. Po ' ;i 'i- for duty a t hii- moving p ic ture :,ho\v -.vho will ma in ta in order . T h e oiricor b.-.-an his dtitle* I.'.st S a t u r d a y nigh;.

.Missos Klizabeth M. Whitehi l l and Alma Gray, t eacher s In the seventh and e ighth grades , rciiiecti-.ely. ob­served vis i t ing day Monday by visit­ing the seventh and eighth grades in Sprlngfleld,

Some u n k n o w n person removed xx switch point on the I » w e l ! and F i t ch ­burg electr ic road a t the Intersection of thc ma in line and thc Westford b ranch a t Nor th Chelmsford Tuesday night . Had It not been for the slow ra te thc c a r s t ravel a t tha t point and the watchfu lness and quick action of Motorman Albert Hatch , of Ayer, In s topping his car a bad accident might have happened . As it was no one was hu r t or a n y d a m a g e done to thc car. The ml-sslng switch point was found la ter by Conductor J o h n C, Daffy, of Ayer. who was on duty with Mr, Ha tch , a considerable dis tance from the t rack and placed in position. The motive for the act ion in removing the .switch point Is a mystery, Supt. Louis H, Cushing, In behalf of the rai lway company, h a s hnd notices posted offering a reward of lifty dol­lars for thc cap tu re of the culprit ,

Krnes't h u d d y will finish, his duties ns night clerk at Brown's lunch room May 1, His place will be taken by Klliott Bar re t t , who is now- v,-ork;ng for .Mullln Bros,

F rank J. Delano, of Townsend, visited he re last w-cck,

.Mrs, H, C. Harlow- has re turned from a visit to he r pa ren t s in 1... tin.

Mr, and Mrs, Benjamin Taft mov­ed last .S.aturday from Boston to thoir home here .

The local J e w s b e c a " thei r . innua! celebrat ion of tho feast of the pass-over at sunset on Monday night. The celebrat ion will cont inue eight days.

The p r imar ies In which delegates to the different political na t ional con­vent ions win b e chosen will bc held on Tuesday. April 25, t h e polls will be open from live to eight In thc eve­ning.

Mrs, O'Keefe. wife of M. O'Keefe. thc head of a large grocery s tore syn­dicate, one of which Is located here , died In' J a m a i c a I'lain Inst week.

T h e momber s of Capt . George V. Bar re t t c a m p . S. of V., a rc p lann ing for a mons te r distr ict meet ing, or camp-r i re ns It In general ly known In mi l i ta ry circles, which will tako place May 9. Among t h c noted guests will be Kev. A. A, Bronsdon. of Millers Falls , a fo rmer m e m b e r of tho c a m p , who w.as chosen division c o m m a n d e r of the o r d e r a t t hc recen t s ta te con­vention in Boston, for whom a r ous ­ing recept ion will bc given. Another wel l -known and p r o m i n e n t m e m b e r

S t r ike On. Fifty s t r ike breakers- from .N'ew

Vork city were a t work laying the new sjiur t r ack on . the F l t chburg di­vision of the Boston and Maine rail­road Thursday . T h e men were under police guard while here . Chief Beatty, the local police and rai lroad oiflcers being on duty, the rai lroad company re( |uestlng thc town of Ayer to assist in the protect ion of the men from possible violence from thc str ikers . The str ike b r e a k e r s a r e mostly from the Bowery section of N'ow York, They live in four ca r s which a re moved ;ibout from place to place as the work reiiuires. The i r p e r m a n e n t i iuarters a re at West Cambr idge . The mon are employed on the construct ion, t rain w-hlch .usually* runs from .Wal tham .and. . covers the F l t c h b u r g division wherever . it is required. Since the regular men s t ruck for h igher p.ay last Sa tu rday t'he s t r ike b reake r s have been m a k i n g the i r qua r t e r s In railroad cars In West Cambr idge . No trouble lias tut vet been repor ted . Humors of s tr ikes among- thc local section men and o lher employees a p p e a r to have no foundation.

The Aycr section in common with all the main line sections between Boston and F l t c h b u r g will be patrolled by the police until the .strike Is settled. Chief Beat ty will have all the local constables on duty and will gel other .police ass is tance if such becomes ne­cessary.

A. W. C. The colonial pa r ty held on April

19 under the ausp ices of t he p rogram commit tee of t he Woman ' s club was a delightful occasion. Thc stage was ar t i s t lca l ly^arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, t he decora t ions b e i n g Ameri­can flags. The hall was furnished with furni ture of the colonial iieriod. Tables covered with old-fashioned ar t ic les belonging to club member s were .arr.anged by Miss Blood, as-slsted by Mrs, and Mlsi< Johnson . Tho min­uet was in cha rge of Mrs. Harr ie t Alli­son, drilled by Mlss Caroline Brown; music. Mrs. Kachael Barry . The fol­lowing in teres t ing p rog ram was given: .Solo, "Cousin J cd id l ah . " .Mrs, Evelyn .N', Fai rchi ld ; chorus , club member s ; reading. "Doro thy Q,." Mrs, Alta H, .Hollls; Idcture, Miss Flora Cole: group of songs. Miss Mildred Sanders ; pic­tures, g roup of pioneer women, Pris­cilla Mullln, Miss -Madolin R, Whitney; Hose Standlsh, Mrs. Sar.ah H, Barry; . \nne Hutchinson and daughter , Mrs, Kdith D, , lohnson and Miss Kvelyn ,Iohnson; H a n n a h Dustin, Miss Mary B. Johnson ; reading, "In the days of l^afayette," Mi,ss Sanders ; pictures, w-omen of the revolution, Molly Pi tch­er, .Mrs, Flmma A. Wood; .Dorothy Hancock, .Mrs, Ida C, I 'e rkins; Betsey Koss. .Mrs. CJrace .M, Dickerman; .Mar­tha Washington, Mr.s, Alice F, Butter­tield; grouji of songs, in costume. Miss Sanders : minuet , .Master Theodore Barry. ,>Iiss Kvelyn J\jhnsoiv .Master J a m e s 'I 'raiiuair, Miss Caroline Hop­kins, Masler Donald- Martin, .Miss .Marah- Whitney, .Master Kdw-ard Har­low. .Miss Kiise Dicke rman : picture, Columbia, Mni, Fai rchi ld ; chorus, "Columbia, gem ' of the ocean," club members .

The ref reshments , consisting of old-f.ishioned daint ies , seed cakes, cookies, bread and butler , tea. Hat; root and gin'.:er w-as served by the hosjiitality conimittee, .Mrs. Viola Cole . ' cha i rman, a.s.-ist(d by .M;-s. Carr ie liisolow, .Mrs. i-:di:h John-on . Mrs. AVinifred J'roctor a.id .Mrs. .N'.-llii- Fox, i iouters.

Till- l ivics (iepiirtnu-nt .ir(- ;nT-in-4-in,-; for a cU-i.n-t,;) week tr, b<-giii May 1 Tht-y ho|ie t.i ni'oiote the iiiterest ar.il secure the asMs'.a lici- of every i-iti-z'li and child in town. Di-iinite plans for this week'--, a n i ' . itie- will lie all-lioiiiK-ed later.

(;iiM ( lu l l Shoot. The Ayer ( iun c-liib hei,! an al l-day

shout on Wednesday at tlii-ir i.-rounds a; the old t ro t t ing p.irk. in the m o n i -:ii;,' there was tho Hr'ii-h ovenl in -.vhich W. H. P.eyp.olds w.is the ' win­ner with a score of 20. 'i'he prize was $1. In the af ternoon came the Hoiit-weil hand icap cup contest, the win­ner iiemg Kugone Barry with a sc-orc of 'iit. Walt. ,r ..\. l i lodget;. in the .Vn. 2 c \ont . with a score ot 22. won the prize of 51. .Mr, Kafuse. of Fi tchburg, in .N'o. li event, score 2<i, won the prize of a tobacco pouch, Har ry !{, Drtiper, in .Vo, I event, score 20, w-on the box tii cigars.

The high gun contest for 100 birds re­sulted in a tie betw-een W. A. Blodgett. Klbrldge .M, Kidder and Kverett C. .Sa­bin, w-ho scored 7 4 each, Kidder won the iirize. a .52,50 gold piece, in the shoot-off with a score of 21. Blodgett scored 20 and Sabin 18. Thc scores were very good considering the high w-ind w-hlc'h blew- across the grounds ail day.

.News Kern*. Frank S. Pierce, who returned from

the (lioton hospital last week, is able to be about town, but is still quite w-eak.

Three bovs escaped from the Shirley Industrial 'school on .Monday night. (Ine of the number w-as caught near .Mitchelville. and the others escaped capture,

.Miss Klizabeth Sullivan relurned to her ilutles as teacher In Greenfleld on Sunday, after spending a w-eek-s vaca­tion w-ith her mother. .Mrs. Dennis Sul­livan.

Iianlel O'l,cary, tho famous pedestri­an of forty years ago, when his repu­tation as a w-alker w-ns kno»-n all over thc world, passed through town w-lth tw-o entnpanlons .Monday evening. The .-eteran walker, who Is seventy-four v'-,-irs of age, w-as on his way from Worcester to I,ow-elI by w-ay of Fltch­burg, w-hich distance he w-alked In eleven hours. He arrived In I.ow-ell In excellent condition after his long hike.

Chief Beatty Is after William Hogan. icsidenre unknown, for passing a forg­ed check for four dollars a t Brown's d ing store last w-eek, Hogan Is de-iiciibed as 20 yenrs of age ; height ,1 feel ;i inches; w-olght, IfiO iiounds; w-ore blue suit anil cap, and has dark hair anil rosy compiexlon.

The ,\ycr A. A. defeated the Lan­caster baseball team in a close and In-toreiiting game at the tow-n park on Wednesd.ay afternoon, Thc score w-as ,'-. t o *. <•

Itev. . \ r t hu r 11. Stroud, a former pas­tor of Ihe M, K, church, tvho has been In Ipswich for several years past, was t-ansferred to Hudson through action 1,-iken nt thc recent M, K, conference In Worcester,

The police bowling team which won over Ihc Palace Cafe five tow weeks ago, has declined to meet a team com­posed of thc haggagcroom employees. The railroad hoys say that the s t rong nrm sqiind are afraid ot a contest with them,

.Iohn Connor, an escaped Inmate of the Shirley Industr ia l school, w-nlked up to Chief Beat ty last week FrIdAy morning and gave hlmsolf un. Connor said that he had slept out two nighin and was cold and hungry. Thc chief, after furnishing him with a good breakfast , had him re turned to thc rchool. '

Mrs. A. W. Nut t ing ot Central av<nue went to the Clinton, hospital Monday for an operat ion for appendicitis.

The moving picture show- this Sat­urday evening will be as good as usual. On next Wedneaday evening theie will bc presented the soul-s t l rr ing drarna entitled, "The second In command." In tlve reels, fea tur ing the famous actor. Francis X. Bushman, The famous I 'athe .News, showing the world In mo­tion, and a. farce-comedy will conclude the program. On Wednesday evening 200 fine photographs of Francis X. Bushman,-ixC',4 Inches, will be given away. The llrst to come will be- thc llrsl served.

Miss Jennie Oookin, a trained iiiirse. w-ho has been visiting 'nei- Msf,-r, Mm, T, F , Ward . ' retui ned to itostijii on Tuesday.

Mrs, Alec Anderson, of I.ow-ell. visit­ed relat ives In town over .Sunday,

Mrs, John Deans, of l.ynn, spent Sun­day w-lth her mothci', Mi. ', John Koss,

Harbinger Temple, I 'ytblan Slater.-!, will have a w-hlst party In Hardy 's hall on .Monday evening to w'hlch the publlc Is Invited.

T, F. Ward, who has been confined to-his home by lIliii-ss, Is much, bet ter and a t t end ing to his livery business.

Miss ' Kelley, housekeeper for Pe ter Tarbell, ,w-as called on Tuesday to South- F ramlngham by the death of her father.

Mr. and Mrs. iSraham Whidden. of I-owell. were in tow-n on Wednesday, calling on friends.

Misses Johanna K.-atlng, Mary and Delia Hession , and Howard Taft. of r ' i tcnburg. w-eie gm-sts over Sunday of Str. and .Mrs. l-'iaticis Ta l l on t-iiovc street .

Mrs, a, K, Barrow-, of Manchester! is a guest of .Mrs, Willard Fleet. j

.\ regular meeting of Ida McKlnley chapter, O, K, .S,, will be held on Wed-iiesuay evening. April 2tl. .-it 7,4T, o'clock. .Social hour with cards .after the business meet ing a n d l u n c l i w-ill be served.

Pleasant and Instructive rehearsa ls are being held every Friday evening by the Ayer Military band. Anyone play­ing band Ins t ruments desir ing to play with the band w-|ll please communicate w-lth the director, I*''rank B, Har.-noii, or call at the bandroom,

Mr, and Mrs, Harvey Hipitlngton left on Wednesday morning for a few days ' visit a l their summer cot tage at Plum Island, Newburyport , They roturn on Monday,

The new- nitrogen electric l ights, of w-hlch mention w-as made In our- last w-eek's Issue, are being tried this w*eek in the business section of Main street and a t t r ac t considerable a t tent ion. The electric light company claim that these 'amps w-lll give the same amount of light as the ones-now- in use—with this Important thing In favor of the ni t ro­gen lamps, they will give the light a-one-half thc preseni cost, • In other w-ords the town could by using th'-new lamps procure double the amount nf light at' no " rea te r cost than under the present inadequate system. Bet­ter l ight ing of the s t ree ts could ho ob­tained by placing thc l ights closer to-:--ether. thercbv making a uniformly Mc-hted area. The new- l ights are used cnlv as a demonstrat ion as to w-l-i* thev w-lll do. The new proposition for llirhtinir looks good and it miirht bo well for the tow-n to look Into the matter .

The funeral of John Frank I.cntz took place last Saturday, Kcivices at thc iate home w-ere conduct-ed by Kev. J. Selden Strong, pastor of thc Feder­ated church. The male quartet , con­sis t ing, of Dr, H, H. Hopkins. Holden (', Harlow-, F rank K, Harlow and F r e W Hosmer, sang "Come unto me" and •• | , t h o r l n g hoirie," The remains w-ere ta,.en on the noon tialii to Lancaster, w-here thev w-ere interred in the Kast-w-ood cenietery, .Mr. Strong performed the committal service. There were many beautiful llow-ers. The hearer:; w-ere Daniel W, Fletcher, Austin ' Lawrence, Howard P. Fletcher and Henry G. Turner .

A new- door has beon cut from tli, police station to the room used for i kltctren in the lower town hall. The improvement will en.able the police to have inteiview-s w-lth prisoners or C -ncers in jirlvate If they so desire In the room w-hlch w-lll be separate fron the cellroom w-hcre tho prisoners are contlnod. Since the quar te rs of the ibiof of police and the cellroom wor,-oombined soveral years ago the coniii­tions li:i-,o been incorivenioiu for al: ooncorn.il. Thero w-as no wait ing-room v-n.-ri- Iiersons who wanlf-il to in-torviow- the police could remain wlii', wai t ing to bl- hoard. I 'rivato oonvorsa-llons botwoen thc ollicers w-oro w-ell nigh inipossiblo as thoy could bc hoaro bv the )irlson.-rs in tho colls nearbv The new- ar rangement w-ill aipo i r - -If Iior^siblo to go frotn tlu- lio'iro :-;,i-ftcn from anv T-,art of the l-nnili--vitiioiit Koing'ont of doers, wli'oh w-l" '>.- spp-ecliitod. esnocially in sio-niv -•-••aihe'-. Gocigo .\. Col" liad char,'--, ,'f tho work.

Services at .- t. .\ ml: .-v.'s ohurch o-; }.-:t^'or Sundav will 1,'- al s.-ven ,-^-1 .•iovi.n o'clnck in •»"' morning. foUo'-.-.ll bv baptism of childron at I2.;iO, Tho ,-:iinii,iy school wlil mee: as usual,

\ r t h u r W, (-otion flnishod bis dutios l'l the store of W, Wriirht .-i Son on ..londav evening. On Tuesday morn­ini.' he bettan. his now- dutios,w-lth tin ,\yi-r .Machine Tool Co.

The New- Kngland Conference has -iiipointcd Uev, J, I-l, Bentlev to St, An­drew's Kiilscopal church, Boston,

Ploughing the seven seas on board thc Biiiiordreadnaught .Vevada, one of our newest, most pow-erful and formi­dable fighting ships. Is Charles K, Co-burn of this iilaco. Charles, who Is a «on of Mrs, Katherine Coburn, West .Main street , enlisted in the United States Marine-Corps at its Boston re­crui t ing stat ion on April 23. 1914. Ma­rines w-ear a distinctively mili tary uni­form, and they perform a so ld iers du­ties w-hlle roving the soas aboard ship, The.y are alw-ays first landed when trouble threatens, and thcy bear the brunt of thc Initial flghtlng, Lsually these "soldiers of the sea" are able to cope with any situation that may ar ise abroad -without having to call In the army to assist . Young Cohurn has had many Interes t ing experiences and ad­ventures as a member of that gal lant organization, "the oldest branch of thc service."

. \yer Junct ion .\erie, F. O. F... observ­ed Its tenth anniversary on Tuesday evening. Speeches were delivered by Kred Johnson, president, and Michael K Fitzgerald, past president. There were songs by Charles W, F.. Force nnd Charles Lothrop, both of .Vyer, Charles .McDevltt of Shirley and Phineas Pa rke r of W d t Groton, Rich­ard K, Donovan kept the ga ther ing In ••zood humor bv his funny stories, Mr, Valley of Lancaster, contributed a musical selection which was well re-reived, and John II. Walsh gave the SUI prise of thc evening by his first-eia^s piano seloctlons. The astonish­ment over his efforts was nil the more grea ter a s none had suspected tha t he was proficient in the musical line, .\ll the talent are members pf lhe Acrle, ,\ (Irst-ciass supper was served and w-as In charge of John R, Donlon, Al­fred K, Olkle and Phineas Parker . .Ml declared It was a llrst-elas.i tlmo,

John S. Cole, editor of the Aiidover Townsman, nnd a formor speaker of the Massachuset ts house of representa­tives, nnd Hcrlrcrt K, Fletcher, ot West ­ford. a former councillor, were In town on Tuesday In the Interest of their candidates ns unpledged delegates, nnd of Frank K, Dunbar nnd Wllford O. Gray of l.owell and Worcester , respcc-•Ivelv as unpledged a l t e rna tes to thc republican national convention,

Kaster will be observed a t the Bap­tlsl ehureh next Sunday by a baptismal service nt 10,45 a. m. and by a Sundny school Eas ie r concert at 6.30 p. m.

There will be a May b a s k c t a n d food salo Friday, April 28, a t 3.30 o'clock at Carley's s tore, under thc auspices of tho Uni tar ian Girls ' club. They a re also planning tor a sale, supper and enter ­ta inment tor Thursday evening, May 11.

Born In Aycr, April 20, twin sons to Dr. and Mrs. P. 8. Bulkeley.

At thc Federa ted church Sunday morning service at I0,4C. The pastor will speak on the siibject, "Thc reasonn of our faith." Sunday school a t noon, ,\n E a s i e r concert - will be given by

thc Sunday scbool at six p. m. The meet ing ot the ,C.- K. society will be omitted. Mld-wtek service Thursday at. 7.30 in tho vestry.

There will Be an Kastitr sale o t home-made candy on Saturday at Mar­lon Fa rnswor th ' s , Washington Street, Aycr, - , ; •

Born In Ayer, April 10, a daugh te r 10 Mr. and Mrs. Charles liartz.

Free Lecture and- Moving I'lctares. The Ayer 3oard ot Heulth announces

a free lec ture . Illustrated by lantern' slides In Page's hall at eight o'clock Monday evenlnsr,,May 1. This leclure, entltlod, Man and the microbe," Will bc given by Dr, Walter II, itrow-n ot the Sta te Department of Heallh, and tells w h a t microbes are, how they l i re and grow, w h a t thoy d'l. why some aro good and uefetul and why others a r e harmful and cause disease, and, llnally. what man h a s done to iirotect himself aga ins t them.- In addition to this lec­ture a moving picture llliu on the "F ly" will bc shown, showing Ifi life history from egg to maturiiy, how- It may car ry Indescribable filth to our food, and In this way spread dhi'-ane.

The Ayer Board of Health has a r ­ranged to have this lecture come at the beg inn ing ot "Clean-up Week," with which activity tin- board Is hea r l -

'fly In accord, for ' I t KOCM without say-. Ing' that ' a n y effort to make our town not merely more attraoilve but es­pecially more healthful would receive lis full suppor t . , . .

II Is, hoped • tha t not only the grow-n people bul also the children w-ili a t tend this most Interesting talk bv Dr, Brow-n. and tha t It will be a st imulus toward Individual effort to make our town a Ilttlc cleaner, a little tidier. .and so even more, healthful,

SItlcere acknowledgnient is niade to F„ A, Richardson, tor the free use of Page's hall, to George S, Poulius for the, free use of the iiiovihg picture machine, and to Georg- I, o.igood, who has offered his services m i-uninng the picture machine,

Ayer Board of Health.

Concert I»roirrnmi Thc following concert will be given

hv the John Craig Ktiiey Knter ta ln­ment Company -in th- town hall on Thursday evening, April 27, at 7,1,'j, un­der the auspices ot tin- l.'nltarian Alli­ance:

P a n 1 Overture to the Opera, "The Cld "

Thoman Orchestra

Soprano solo—Bird of the Wilderness Horsman

Mrs. Helen I'ratt Kelley Violin solo-^Polonals., in A major

WIenlaw'skI Dayton -M. Henry

Scott ish ' dances Miss Nellie Klliott

(Accompanied by orchestra) Flute solo—.Saltarello lldw-ard German

Kenneth M. Hlake Trio-for violin, violoncello and piano—

Kcslasy Oanne Messrs, Henry, Amendola and Kelley

= i v . ^

violoncello Dopplcr

.\mendoIa

Well Well

P a n 2 Quartet for llute, vifjllii.

and piano—Noct'jrno .-viessrs, Blake. Henry,

and Keliey Songs for soprano—.\utu:nn

Spring Mrs. Kelley

(Flute obl lgato played by Mr. Blake) -Mandolin solo—Waltz Munlcr

Antonio Amendola Kusslan Win te r Dance

.Mlss Klliott (Accompanied by orchestra)

Whist l ing s o l o ^ t ' B t e Chamlnade Mrs, Ke l ley

Selection from "<, hln Chin" Orchestra

The pubiic Is reminded that the doora w-ill be closed promjitiy at 7,15, and late-comers will bc admitted only be-t-.vooii numbers , Rcst-rved ,l',*at t ickets go on sale a t Hill 's drug store Monday morning, . \prl l 24; at iilne o'clc2l:.

I ' lutar lan Churcb Notes. P^eatlval of I-^aster-

"TIs thc 8prln6r,o( souls today," Olllces;, C'onfesslon, morning prayor,

and divine worship at 10,15, Music: choir hymn, "Come ye faithful," Sulli­van; "Venlte," Boyce: "To Deum," Stalner: offertory- anthem, "Jesus lives," BeioKald. I'reacher. Kev. F rank li. Crandal l , the mlnl,'«ter; subject, "The resiirrecllon of Ilfe."

The church school had a w-ell a t t - t id-od ni'onthly party .and yiippor in the vestry last w-eek Friday ovening.

-rii,.- f i i i ture of the servic,- last Siin-tili\ was the use, in plac- of the old doxoiogy, a l , t h o end of tli-' palms 'jl a 'loxology w-hlch tan gi\t- offense :o none and which, at the same tim--. l,-i an adequate vehicle for ib votlonal ex-

1 pri.'ssion, Tho "Glcrl.a Pa ' r i " Is accep-I table only, of course, to those who j have a l iking for doctrinal intruslurni j in devotional foi nis, Th,- "Now- unl-i ] tiie king eternal ." the usual substiliii,-I In I ' l l i tar ian chiistlan services, in

clunisv in form and is a iiit-ce of scii;>- j ciirTimK s tural pa tch-work. TKe n<-w doxoioK> I theatr ical (Hev, 7tl2) Is a s-ilinion of tlie jir-.n-leni of llnding a. doxoIoK-y w-itho-;i fan::. It is scriptatal , strictly catlio,;o In tone and spirit, and, in its scr ip tu ia : context, lias incomiiarably glorious aii-sociation.s.

The w-ork of r,-modeling Is being Iiushed br iskly along, Claience t?hildK, of Aycr, and Morton Law-rence. of Shirley, have been added as workm.on, Tho flnlshed work is now b'-ing pul m, Dr, H, B. Priest , Ueorge H, Hlll, th" minister, and others were among the volunteers .

The men of the parish have taken thc responsibili ty for cleaning the church for Easter , The Alliance will have charge of putting on the flnishing touches of neatness. The Girls ' club h.'ive charge ot decorating,

JVllhough the work of remodeling cannot, on acco-unt of unavoidable de­lays, be completed before Fas te r , the work will be far enough advanced so that the church can be cleaned. Th? unfinished work will bc screened off by evergreens , chancel furnishings will he Improvised, and the service will be held aga in In the church proper. The w-ord whl<-h the minister wishes pass­ed a long Is, "Every I 'nltarlan chris t ian In Ayer and vicinity at the service Eas te r morping,"

The preacher on Sunday w-IU Inter-prete the eternal message of Easter , the spr ingt ime nf nature and the spr ingt ime of the soul.

This week Fr iday evening a school enter ta inment will bo given in Memo­rial hall a t eight o'clock: Selection, orches t ra ; song, high school chorus; tolk dances, grades 1 and 2; selection, orches t ra ; folk dances, grades 3 and 4; song, high school chorus; selection, or­ches t ra ; cantata , "A day In the woods."

•Thursday afternoon Mrs, Elmer Wal­lace gave a pleasant mili tary whlat par ty at her home on Main street . There were six tables represent ing forts with suspended.I lags above each table, the U, S, tort, thc red, blue, yel­low, pink and lavender tor ts . "There were tw-cnly-foor guests stationed a t the six forts, .Mrs. Evelyn Warren. Mlss Grace Seaver. Mrs. Buth Shaul and Mrs. Eunice Bruce captured the highest points at thc pink fort. An army lunchi-on w-as served by the host­ess.

Fred Bent, of l.ynn. was the guest of Mr. and Mrs, John D. Flnnegan this week,

Thursday the youijg ladles of the high school g radua t ing class. Ml>a Helen HIgglns, Mlss Isabelle Hayw-ard, Miss Amy Blxford. Miss Esther Bag-ley, Mlss Agnes Far ra r , .Mlas Louise Arlin and .Mlss Nathalie O'Brien were the auto guests of Mr. Baglev. who kindly conveyed them on a sight-see­ing t r ip to Charlestown. Boston and vicinity. Upon • their return a colla­tion was served by Mr.: and Mrs, Bag-ley, a l Ihclr Tow-nsend Harbor home.

H a r b o r . The Monday club held an enjoyable

meet ing this week a t tho homo of .Mrs. Thomns Harvey, The guests of the afternooii werc .Mrs, John Harvey and Ml,ss Ellen Harvey.

Lester Shear, who Is employed a t P roc to r ' s mill, bare ly escaped a .seri­ous injury, by having one of his feet caugh t by the moving log carr iage. Mr. Spear hopes to resume work next week.

On account of a too in t imate re la­t ion with porcupines the tw-o dogs be­longing to Lawrence Mor,gan were obliged to be killed Thursday morn­ing.

Mr. and M.'.s. Edward Brooks, who have been board ing with Mr. and Mrs, W. Gray, h.ave moved into the tene­ment opposite the mill.

Mlss Myrllc fJray. ot Brockton, is spending Eas ie r with her paren ts . Harold Gray was home for; over the holiday.

After a t h r e e - m o n t h s ' absence Mrs, Ida Keenan has re turned to the H a r ­bor,

In observ-ance of Pat r io ts ' day Ex-Senator Bagley escorted the young la­dies of the ,senior class of the high school on a slghl-seelng lour in Charlestown and vicinily. The places visited Included the navy yard, s ta te prison and Bunker Hill monument ,

Char ics Spauldlng h.as returned lo the H a r b o r for t h e summor.

On last week Thursday evening Wil­liam A, Buckley and Mis-s Alice D, Am.cs were united in m'arriage in Win­th rop . the home of the bride, .\fter,

-a shor t wedding tour Mr. and Mrs.~ Buckley have re turned to Harbor farm where they arc .at home to their many friends, _

George lyouhy h a s entered the em­ploy ot Dudley Bagley.

R. B. Adams, who has been under the doctor 's care, is recovering,

Mrs. Charles Seaver, of South Row, who Is very low, is gradual ly loslhg s t rength .

Mr, Ba teman and family havo mov­ed from the Lane cott.age into the house oiiposite the parish building,

.-Vbout seventy at tended the supper on Thursday evening in the parish liuilding. given under the auspices of, the Social club.

The la,st. meetin.g of thc Whi."! club was held .at Englewood,. . \ s is a lways the case everybody had a flne t ime; The occasion also gave observance to the blrthda^• of tho hostess, Mrs, K. B, . \dams. After the recital of an original jioem b\- F r a n k Cutting, Mrs. . \dams was pros«-nted u-ith a beautiful birthiiay caki ,::arr.ir h c l with cut llow­ers a r d candles.

l-;idw,ird Divi.er, who has ontered thc oniplo.\- of the Gum Ci,:C.td Paper Co., will inoio his f.-ur,ily to .Vashua a t tin carl;- ri.'io. .Mr, D-.vyor was formerly coni'oc-.i I with till- leatheriioard mill,

Mlsti .Mary Kuriirer.i-it is spending Kastor with i-elatives in this village,

.Mr, and .Mis. Pa lmer will nol oc­cupy their s. in.mer home dur ing the cumins st-.t-nn on :tccour.r of their

en;,;a,go:iients extend ini; l!r,ou;^li tiio year.

The sympathy of friend-- in town is expressed for .Mr. and .Mrs. Albert Bumstead. forineriy of the Harbor, now of Washiiigt,on, D. C . m the loss by death of their s:x-ycar-old son, Kd­mund. fro:ii jiiieunionia las! w-eek Fr i -

TOWNSEND Center .

Al a Jury waived session of super ior courl In Cambrld,-e on Tuesday Mrs, Harr ie t L. Sticknoy was granted a de­cree nisi In her p' l i t ion for divorce from Char les .Stickney. .Mrs, Stickney alleged desertion, claiming her hus ­band left her In 'i'ou nsend eight years .ago. They w-ero married in 1891 in F l tchburg , The -aut was uncontested, Walsh k Walsh of I ' i tchburg appea red for Mrs. Stickney,

About forty mombors of the Towns-end Grange w-ero pcasan t ly en ter ta in­ed In I.unenburg by the Lunenburg flrangc on Wedne,«day evening. Fol­lowing a pleasing entertainment an ex­cellent supper was enjoyed by tho patron guests .

Fol lowing is Ihe program for the Grange on Monday evening. April 21: Debate, Resolved. -'That Inventions benefit the laboring classes," Herman C. Knight . Wilbur 11. Scales, afflrm,: Oalen A, Proctor, T. K, Flar l ty . neg.: music, violin nnd mandolin duets . T. E. Flar l ty . Edna Bray: trombone, Fred J, Piper.

Rev. and Mrs, B. A. Wlllmott, of Rox­bury, were In town at their summer home the flrst of the w-cek.

An a u t o , parly "'as conveyed by Frank B. HIgglns to Townsend hlll on Thursday evening to attend thc farce, "Blighted bird," given by tho Townn-cnd Hlll Improvement society at lhe "brick college,"

Thc many friends of Dr. ond Mrs, Charl ton a re glsd to welcome them back to the M, E. church par ish and community. Dr, Charlton will occupy his pulpi t as usual on Sunday morning and will t ake charge o t the evening

•service.

day. In terment was a t Forest Hills cemetery. Boston.

No further developments in the milk business. Some of thc producers dur­ing the Interim are using their separa­tors,

Mrs. Monroe, of Know-lcroft, who w-as severely Injured from the bites of a vicious horse the first of lasl week, has so far recovered as to resume In part his w-ork,

Mrs, George Cummlngs Is gaining rapidly. She Is able to walk short dis­tances w-ithout her crutches and taken dally auto rides,

Mr, Colcord, w-ho recently bought the Ball estate. Is having the house thor­oughly overhauled. Carpenters, paint­ers and paper hangers are busy,

Mrs. E, J. Spencer has accepted a po­sition as private assis tant matron In thc Home tor Aged I'eople In Law­rence.

Miss Ellen Harvey, of Englew-ood, N. J„ Is spending the Easter vacation with hor p.arents.

Miss Elsie May Baidw-ln. of Provi­dence. R, I,. Is a guest of her grand­mother, Mrs, Lizzie Baldw-ln,

Mr. and Mrs. W, F. Blake, of Wol­laston, are spending the week-end al Hickory farm,

Mrs, ,\. F. Glaessncr. who has been a guest of her sister, Mrs. Albert Mor­ris, relurned to her home in Moridcn, Conn., Friday, Mrs, (llaessner w-as ac-lompanicd by her niece. Miss Myra .NIorrls,

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W o i - i l WM^ r f ' C < ' i v . - l i n t-'wn r - - c ' - n t l v o f t l u - n i . t i T i a j , ' * ^ o f y\\ss H - l - n H ; . / i r < l . ! h.- M i d " ^ ; . l . - . u i i r h u - : o f I ' i . -UMI M : S . < ; . - r . r u . - S H a z a r d , u, M i , S r o t l . v.-1; a r n . i d . ' l l i s h o i i v :i f - 'W > •-i r ^ i i i - ' " i i ' U - ' l l i s . i \ l i l t , ' w i l l ! I l l s a i i n ; M r . « . S v l -vfs-oi I * . . . - r n a n M l s i - M.f/.-.irtl h:i^ i r - i . t v i f " i ;t r i ' i r s ' ^ - . i v l h ; i> I n I M . I C -t ! s i ' i K . 1 ' h»-i p i o l ' v s i o T i ;ri A i l ' . i ' . y .

V. . - • • v o :

Geo. H. Brown, Clothier i MAIN STREET AYER, MASS.

HOLLIS, N. H. Nerrn I trma.

Iloliorl I«adfl and sl5t*?r l.ttna spi-nt Sunilay wUh thi-lr iian-nts, .Mr, ami Mrs, fleorgo .\. I«'iilil,

Mrs, WoRlny I.ailil antl chltilri^n, C.eorKe antl Dorothy. Rpi-nt a fow ilayt* thii* wi»ek In Nashua wi th hf-r iiaronts,

Wal tor Batchelor spont a few days In Vermont last wook,

Irene Farley, who In a t tho Memo­rial hosplt,T,l.'Nashua, where she under­went an operation for appendicitis. Is reported a s doinK nicely. Her many Illtlo school friends sont her a post-

'CArd shower du r ing tho week. Mr*. 'William Burbee Is In Towns­

ond. stopping; a t Mrs. Wlil lam J. Gates ' .

F rank Hardy, who formerly clerked •for FlaKK & Worces ter , Is worklnK In Nashua, and Is boardlnB wi th Fred Hoore.

Mary (*..Wiirit. -.ho littU- daiiKht^-r of M r . .111(1 Mr-o. M i i i o n C ' o l m r n . h : i s i*--! u : n ' - ' l IO 'ho h o u i ' - o f l)< 'r p a r e n t s a f t * T ' I ' l i T i ' a ! c n t r ! l i y \ i j< ! t w i t h r c l a t i v o n In N . i . v l i u a . SM'" IM iii ' j u i t*^ p o o r h ' - n l t h ;i m l i K t s n o t i ^ ' i i i f i ' - ' l t o H c h o o l a s y* ' t .

Th<^ m a n y H - . H ' . s f r U - n d f l o f M i s s H'-ih I H e k r r n i a n U . T I * fcrrl<'Vf«l t o h e a r o f h ^ r u n t I r n * ' I y f l o a t h w h l r h o o c u r f d I n M t . V o r i j o n , N . Y , M h ' T f .'*hc w a s l i v i n g . S h o h a d b o o n HI w i t h t h o K r i p p o a n d a f t o r s i i f f o r l n w t w . . r o l a p n o s o f i h o san i f* ! n i r r u : T i I » f d \y\U\ h o a r t d l s o a c o . S h o I c a v o s a f . ' i t h ' T a n d P . - v o r a l P i P t o r s n n d h r o t h o i « , w l m l i v e in. t h e n o r t h p a r t o f t h e t o w n t o n i ' > ! i r i i h f r rtoiith.

M m . \ V o « ; . y A . h n n d a t i d II U i o • » a n i r h l o r h a v f r o t u r n o d t o t h o i r h o m o o n T r o o t o r h l l l a f t ^ r s p e n d l n K a f p w W o o k . * a t t h o l i o m e o f h e r p a r e n t s . M r . n n d M r s - F r a n k S c o t t .

. T i l d a B a r k h o u s o , w h o Ifl fltill a t t h e M e m o r i a l h o s p i t a l . N a n h u n , In d o l n p c n i c e l y a n d I s o x p o c t c d h o m e b e f o r e l o n K .

H f > l i i s C r . ' i r U'f! - , ' i :T . r i do< l -hi-I ' - . ; : i o n : i ' I i . ' i n u ' ' - i t v - t ; t.ic l:i I ' . r o o k .; IH-o n W c d i r Md;»\

' • - . ^ o r c - S t l r k ' i . ' V . o f W a i t l i . p - ; , Mas . - - , . Wi i« I n 1' w n in h i s l - ' o - ' l <A\ - m W o d -r i ' - ^ d a v , ;! »>M:,•-,' a l u i M i n v l-i . M a s s a -. ;,,..«.'its

Mit*s ' .V- : i i - I ' f - n a i i :, t V ' s f ' - n d o l d -*•-! ( l a u K l : i - t o f M r . m d . M ' « A : . - r D ' - n -a u i t h a s l- 'f: t o w n ;i n d i.« :•• l i i i n l i t - r ->.-!r f o r it i i i i r . " " . i n k i n ; . ' a t h i < ' - - y o a r H ' r . M j i s i ' . n - - r i n a n v f i i f n d : ^ w l « h h ^ r :.'••. a t HUCffjiH i n h f - r n « - w w o i k , Sh«^ w i l l b e ni! .«s<-d a T i . n i i i ; t h " y - i n k ' i - o o p l o .

T h f H o r o - i f l i - i id J h i r d d . ' i : r 4 - f s w o r e - o i i f ' - r r o d o n a r i a f s o f nin*> . i t th<-I'.ranK'** moctin:; on Tiiejiday *-vonlnif.

Tho «ec"r.d d"srror. wa.** workod on a rlass at th*' m»'*'tini; of tho odd I-ol-If.ws on WodnoHday r-v.-ninK.

Appropriate Horvlccfl will he hold on V'.nMtor Sunday.

Mis.«» <,'lnra Smith r*'iurnod on Wod-M'-'tilav nf t 'T Mp'-ndinsr nevfral days In '»« tcu and Nashua with relat ives and frlt--nd.<<.

Tho nlco. w a r m days aro bocInnInK' t- hrlnc: tho surnme'r rofildents to town. Tho summtT homf'R of Ilodn«'y Hardy .itid l lonry Hayen have been oponod for :h«- season.

Mr** Daniel Havden has boon nnite tioor iv of la te . beinK afflicted with rhoutr.iitl'*m and hear t trouble.

Mr.s. Flora Ord IB In Wal tham. MnHO., nft.-r spondlriK a week with her pa : -onts and son Allen.

r a r l GiiothlriK. M. T. T. *K, accompa­nied bv a c lassmate from N'ew York

V. spont the week-end In town a I the home of h is mother . Mrs. Mabel GuethlnK.

Harvey Powers Is ftt home from Tufts colloKe for a vacation with his parents , Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Powers .

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h . ' l d : n r n . - I J . i p l i M i n o : i i : n ; ^ \ ^ i ^ l l > ; ( ' - c i a i U H i ^ U M l f .-Hill ;i. s- I m o n i .y i lu- i » ; i ^ ; i n u p - i n I h*-;h* -n ! . - . M a k i n g th*- m n s t o ; I h i s t . - r . " T I K - i ; . i v t e r C ' l i i . ' . - r t w i l l t.*- k ' l v i - n l>y i l l . - S i i T ' d a y s f t i M o l f n l l o w i n ^ th*- i n o i n -i : i ; r >---'*;-;itn m ' t h i . * m a i n . m d i i o r ; ,1111.

.Mr. a n d Mi. '^. W i l i i a n i H . ' ] ' " i i n o y . M i s . - i : r n n ; a i-:. T o n i i > - \ , M i - s . H . H. S a v v ^ ' P , Mi. ' - ' . ' fs U u t h a n r l l O s t J i r r K o b ­i n s o n , Mi.sN M a y . M c < j u a i r j « - a n d W h i t ­n t - y < ' . i ! j : k i ! i s j ' - i n - f K i - i U f c I t h . ' H a p M H l s o < ' i . - ; \ ' o f C l i i i s t l a i i K r i d f a v o r a l t h u M i d d l . - • - • • > : C o u n t y C . K c o n v e n t i o n i n I - ' r a n u n 4 h a m c>n W t ' d : i . . - . « d a y a f t*-: n o o n . m d t -v . -n iPK^ T h i s o v . - m h a s K r o \ \ n l o \if a ' i n o s L . • ' i t i a l t o m a n y s t a t f c o n v . - n -1 i o n . ^ .

K o i . - a w a . s i h o s u b ; . - r ' t o f - t h . - W o -n . a n ' . s I ' . a p t i . n t M i s s i o n a i y s o c i . - t y o n W e d i i . - ' l a y a f t . - r n o o n a t t ! i . - h o r n , ' i f M r s . l . iK 'V .1 . I )odK^e.

C o o d F r i d a v w a s o b s . - r v o d i n .1 Mr-• I ' I K S H i v l c e h o l d I n t h o B a p t i s t v o . ' ^ t r y o n F i i d a v i . v ( . n i n K , a l l t h o l o c a l p a s t ' > t s p i i r l U i p a t i M K . l i e v . J I. I . , C a u l k i t i s - n o l ; . ' u p o n t h o g e n e r a l . - i K n i f l c a n c o o f t h . ' d a v , l : o v . (.y. J, F a i r l i o l d o n tti*-. i p p l i . - a t i o n o f i t s l e s s o n s t o o u r t t m o s . . - .nd K o v . .1, c . A l v o r d o n i t s s p i r i t u a l i n i p o t t

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Our Special ty l.s tho Hand l ing of t i e Very Bes t

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EAST MAIN STREET GROOERY JAMES E. GKIFFIN', Proprietor

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,\ Slim of money has been found by ,1, l{, HlodKett of r o s t e r street , and al-tbiiiiirh he has pHbllshert notices he has bi'i'ti unable to Hnd the owner,

The ie will be special slnRlnK at the Ciinirri'Kailririal church and an Kaster sermon Suiiday momlnR,

The l n l t a r i a n Sunday school will ob­serve i:,isler ^^'lth the Kaster ,sonKs and service, i i e l t a t lons .ind story, and will make their usual Kaster ofterlnx to the childreirH Mission to Children that Is doiiiK such excellent work,

Thi re will be no evenlnB meetlnK nl the I ' l l i tarian church as all nre Invited by the Haplist society to their .lervlce for lhe Install.itlon of the new IlKht­lnK system. •

The celebra t ion 'of the Kaster festi­val will he kept at thc Uni tar ian church toniorrow wi th appropr ia te music ami service and a sermon by the minis ter on "Why we keep the Kaster Joy In the midst of the world's woe," .\n opportuni tv will be Klven to those who desire to join tho church on Eaat -er Sunday and soveral will bc Vvelcom-ed Into membership. At the close of the mornlnB worship the beautiful

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M o r t s T A R e e .

A p r i l I S . 1 9 U . MU

Piano Tuning RES>AIBmO, REOITZiATCfO

AYER, MASS.

D E A L E R S IN

Groceries Hardware Paints, Etc.

AMMUNITION

FRUIT

NUTS

TCNIXG AND REPAIRING PROSIPTLY AlTENDED TO

J. F. Cliaffin Co. Tel. 131 Fi tchl jurg, Ma.ss.

Fias DATES

OAND"S

Always a Oood Supply of Staple

Qoods on Hand

WILMOT B. OLEAVES Phone 20 HARVARD, UA8&

OrAdaats N. B. C. of Ktule, Boiton Ten rasri with Aeolian Co.. New Tork

PIANOS FOR SAJLB I7IS*

Walter E. Wilder & Co. Morticians and Funeral

Directors

P l n l I O • ^ P I n n o P l n y e r » , V I c f r o I n B n n d n

F n l l L i n e o f R c c o r i l a , M n « l c a n d '

a f u a l c n l I n a t r u m e n t a

l . ' O . M M O N - W K . M . T l l (^F M , \ S S - \ ( : I 1 U -S K T T , " ! , .MIil<llc,«i 'X, fH. P r o l j a t f ( . V i i i r l .

T o th r? h i ' i r s - , - \ t - l i i w . n i S x t o f k i n I I I K I a l l o l h t M ' i M T s o n H i n t c r v H K M l I n thf* t-n-xaxe ot 1 > , \ T K 1 C K , 1 ( ) S 1 ' ; I ' H S I I U K D V l a t c o f ,\ .v<jr In a a l < l C o u n t y , i k ' C e H s c d ,

\ V l n ' r e : i H . it c » ' r t - ' i l n I n a t r u m o n t p i i r -p o r t i n j , ' t o lit- t i n - l a « t w i l l a n . l t e s t a -i n t - n t o f . s a i d d f - c f a s e d h a s h e o n p r o -s ' ' n t e d t o Mal<l C o u r t , f o r P r o b a t e , li^ J , \ . \ I I ' ; j ; S H K K l i V , S . ' \ R . \ H . \ . S U K K D Y a n d U I ' . I K O K T .M. K H K K U Y . w h o p r a . ' , t h a t h ' t t*M' ,s t e s t a m e n t a r y m a y b o i s ­s u e d t o t h e n i , t h e o x e c u t o r H t h e r e i n n a m e d , w i t h o u t K l v i n K a s u r e t y o n t h e i r <»fl lclal b o n d .

Y o u a r e h e r e b y c i t e d t o a p p e a r a t .1 I ' r o b a t e C o t i r t , 10 b c h e l d a t C a m b r l d K e I n s a i d C o u n t y o f . M i d d l e s e x , o n t h o t h i r d d a v o f . M a y . \ , 1), 1 0 1 6 , a t n i n e o ' c l o c k I n t h e f o r e n o o n , , t o a h o w c a u a e . If a n y y o u h a v e , w h y t h e a a m e a h o u l d n o t b e K r a n t e d .

. \ n i l a a l d ] ) e t l t l o n e r a a r e h e r e b y d i ­r e c t e d t o K l v e p u b l l c n o t i c e t h e r e o f , b y p i i b l l a h l n K t h l a c i t a t i o n o n c c I n e a c h w e e k , f o r t h r e o a u c c e a a l v e w e e k a . I n T u r n e r ' a I ' u b l i c S p i r i t , .1 n e w a p a p e r p u b l l a h e d I n . \ y e r , t h e l a s t p u b l i c a t i o n t o b e o n e < l a y . a t l e a a t , b e f o r e a . a l d C o t i r t . a n d b y m a l l i n K p 0 8 t p . a l d . o r d e ­l l v e r I n K a c o p y o f t h i n c i t a t i o n t o .-xll k n o w n p e r s o n a i n t e r e a t e d i n t h e c a t a l e . a e v e n d a y a a t l e a a t b e f o r e a . l l d C o t i r t ,

W l t n e a a , C h , ' \ r l e B J , M c l n t i r e , K a r i u i r e , K i r s t , h i d K e o f s a i d C o u r t , ( h i a e l e v e n t h d a y o f . \ p r l l I n t h e y e a r o n e t h o u a a n d n i n e h t i n d r e d a n < l s i x t e e n ,

3 t ,12 \ V . E . n O f J K R S . R e K l s t e r ,

Tel. 6tT-3 TOWXSK.VI). M.'VS-S.

liUtest .Approvotl SletlHXls I 'wi l In KmluiUnliiK. Vp-to-ilnto Fqti lpmcil t . I july AwiLstnTit.

We are Furnishing the following for $58

Xo, 561 Black Broadcloth Caakct. IncludlnK onffravod n a m e plato ,an(l four h.indloM nnd outalde box; dlaln-fpctlnK. emb.almlns aiid rtreaalns body; hcar.sc sorvice In town; d l roc t lne fu­noral and mualc If dealred; use of lowerlnK device a t Kravo,

Cnrr lnccs for l'^nloml F'limlsliotl for 9i.tiO cnr i i . .ImSl*

PUBLIO NOTICE.

My 'Wife. N'eUie Cralk, hnvlnB loft my bed and board, I will pay no njorc bills contracted af te r thla daite.

CHAniyES W. CRAia , Ayer, Maaa,, April 4, 1916. 3t3l«

1 COM.MONWK.M.TH f)l'' .M.\SS.\CHI'-SHTT.S. ilkldleaex, sa. I 'robate Court,

To the hr i r s -a t - law, next of kin .an«l all other ijeraona interested In the ca? tate of M.\l : l , \ n. HOYNTON late of I'epperell In said County, deceaaed,

Whereaa, n certain inatrument pur-portlnK to be tbe laat will and teata-ment of ,'''»!d deceased haa been pre­sented to aald Court, for Probate, b.\' M, I.irTHI'll! nnvXTO.V who prnya that let ters tes tamentary may be issued to him, the executor therein named, wi th­out KlvinK a aurety on his ofTlclnl bond.

Vou are hereby cited to appear a t a Probate (^ourt, to be held at CambrklKO In said County of Middlesex, on tho fourth day of May A, D. 1516, at nino o'clock In tJie forenoon, to show cause. If any you have, why thc same sbould not bo Kranted. .

And aald 'pctl t lont-r Is hereby direc­ted to Klvo publlc notice thereof, by publlshinK this citation once In each weok. for throe succftsslvo weeks. In the Pepperell Clarlon-Advcrtlser, a newspaper publlshod In said County, thc last publication to be one clay, a t least, before said Coiirt. and by mall­InK postpaid, or dollvcrlnR a copy of this ci tat ion to all known persons In­terested In thc es ta te fourteen daya a t leaat before said Court.

Wl tness .Char les J. Mclntlrc. Rsqulre, Flra t JudRC of said Court, this twelfth day of April In the year ono thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

3t32 W. E. ROGERS. Register .

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Thomas R Mullin T H E R E A I i E S T A T E A G E X T

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R o o m 3 B a n k B i d ) ; . A y c r

E. D. STONE F i r e Insurance Agent

A u t o m o b i l e a n d C o r d n o o d I n s u r a n n

E s t h e r A . S t o n e , I ' y p o w r l t l n g

P a c e ' s B l o c k A y r r , MOHK.

F . E A E L A N D GILSON

D e n t a l Office a n d Rooms

Lady Assistant Srnl

P a g e ' s Block Ajrer, Mass.

T e l e p h o n e s — A ^ e r lfl6-< G r o t o n B8-4

A N i c e A s s o r t m e n t o f

Democrat Wagons

CONCOED

B U G G I E S

Carriages,. Butcher

Carts Harnesses

A GOOD A S S O E T M E N T A N D

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C A L L A N D S E E T H B M

Car r i age Bepa i r ing in All I t s Branches F r o m p t l 7

Done

A L S O . H O R S E S H O E I N G A N D G E N ­E R A L B L A C K S M I T H I N G

FREDERICK WHITNEY A Y E R , M A S S .

Speedwell Farm Pasteurizeti

C R E A M

B U T T E R

FANCY C H E E S E S

Wf c a r r y in stni'k- thn I'Miluwiiis.'

first-class, chrosi'.s:

Camember t

P ineapp le Swiss

Roquefor t Parmesan ( I t a l i a n '

Roquefor t and American

Fu l l C ream (.Xmcrica:;) No. 1

Y o u n g America Chiley Cheese

Club Gifford

Cream Cheese

Mullin Bros .9 Page's Block AYER

Day Old Chicks F r o m m y B r e d - t o - l J i y I t . I , Itc'<l'-. H n r r t y l a n d W h i t e r i y m o i i ' . I i l l o e k s . S l i IK-r I (to.

O . D . O L S K N

T o w n a e n d H n r b o r . M n s s . T c l , I ' e p p e r e l l r .n-12

Wm, J. Mull in G K . V K H A L J O n n i N C

I t c s l d e n c c : G r o v e S t n - t ' t . . \ y c r Al l o r d e r K f o r JoM)l!iK ' Icmo i i r c i n i i t -

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B A R R E D P L Y M O U T H ROCKS l-'.ltKs tor H a K ' h l i i R f r o m .-i f e " ' iK'n«

of l i n o b r e d . I i c n v y bucr-.—^M.,"•<' I " ' r s e t t i n g . S 8 |>cr i n O : o t l u - r (,'"<>d l i i j i T s . S1.2.-> p e r w t t l n c . SO I X T lOi). , \ few D. iy O l d C h i c k e n s tlil.s s e a h o n . Sl.'> I i e r 1 0 0 .

G. B. SCHULTZ, Ha rva rd , Mass,

LAMSON AND

HUBBARD ,<-y6a{s'>^Gaps

BEST IN

^AMERICAJ

S O L D B Y

O E O E G E H . B E O W N Ayer , Mass.

S H I E L E y

C e n t e r . T h e G i r l s ' .Scv.'ln.-r G u i l d v,','i,>i p lea .s ­

a n t l y e n l o r l u l n e d la.st . S i i t u r d a y u f ' . c r -n o o n u t t^ie h o m e ot Mm. S. H . G r a v e s . A .specia l m e e t i n K of t h e KUlld wi l l b e h e l d o n S a t u n l a v . , \ p r l l 22 . w i t h .Mr.s, C l l i i tu i i U i v e l l a l t h e h o m e of^ MrK. W, K, i i j t j ' i r i r d .

T h e A l l i a n c e w i l l , h o l d it.s i i n n u a l m e e t i n g o " K r i d a y ,'if'.ei';n,(ir:, A p r i l 2S. a t t h e ElrKt I ' a r S l i c h u r i ' h .

I t , G, D o r t . of G r o t o n . s - h n o i . i -on-T r : " : : y c h a p e l

a n d r e a d a f o r I 'a lr j i .Surwlay,

•'•rvieeit wi l l ' i ' h ' - r e "will b e

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• I' '.t.M, in t h e :,1 xt'oM' he ' a :"Weil by S u n -

:"':,' wi l l h o l d „- o n - T u e ' s d a y . , • li Mm. .N. R .

of .- \yer. w a » .

I . l l . I K S . \ M ) I 'K.VIII .S a r c s y n i b o l l c of Ma.ster. . \ r e t h e p e a r l s in y o u r m o u t h ' a l l t h e y s h o u l d b*-'.' H a v e v o u neKli'CK'd v o u r t e e t h t o t h e d e t r i t n e n t of . y o u r a p i ; e a r a n c e , a n d h e a l t h ? T h e n ,

i r V V K I S A'l-f l ' l .M) ' I 'd TI IMM a t o n e e . M a s t e r m e a n s r e s u r r e c t i o n , l ,el it m e a n n e w life f-ir y o n r t e e t h , too . It , w i l l reoni r< o n ; v :• lltt!*' of y o u r t i m e , no t m u e h of y o u r nlon«'V.

DR. C. A. FOX "

Dentist H a r r y n i d « . T e l . C o n . . ' \ y c r . .Mass .

A GOOD ASSORTMENT

— O F —

HORSES FOR SALE

— A T —

Whitney's Stable AYER. MASS.

Te le f ' ho r iG 2'S-?. 3 m l S *

A New Lot of Horses Re­ceived This Week

d u c t e d t h o w.- r \ icc a : lii.'rt S u n d a y : i f tor i i

s o r m o n a p p r o p r i n t O n K a s t e r S u n d i r - xw bf hoJd a t t h e C I K U K ' I . ;i c o l o l > r a t l o n uf th ' - h-w i t h a s e r m o n l>y IU v. \w\v.r>- ot CJ ro toa S/jhu. i m o r n i n g , a n i l M i - r " \ yhnri s o r v i c e a t ;;.!.'>. fn d a y s c h o o l .

T h o Matroii .s* Ai-i n , i t s n o x t rotri i l i ir niootir , A p r i l 'Zt>. a t t h f .h.iii:o G r a v e s .

M r s . T h o n i a i ' .M:irtin a t ; u c s t a t t h o h u i u o uf .Mr. a n d M r s . N. K. G r a v e s i:ist SVit l i r d u y .

M i s s H e l e n H r - t d f o r d si»ent t h c w e e k - e n d in I-'itchlitirE: a t t h o h o m e of Mr , a n d Mr. ' . KarU-s ,

U o b o r t H . J . UuUUn\ ot i i a r v a r d l a w fc-cJiopl, i s siM-niiin^; a v a c a t i o n of o n o w e o k a l t h e l ion i . of h i s n i o t h e r , .Mr.s. H a t t i o I*. HoNicn . '

A n o t h o r p r o ^ r * s.---ivo " 5 0 0 " i i a r t y w a s h e l d a t t h o h o m o o.f M r . a n d M m . ' H . F. G r o u t la.st S a t u r d a v e v o n i n ^ ' f o r t h e b e n e t i t of th-.- GirLs ' Sowin>r G u i l d . M i s s A l a r ) ; a r o t I>>nf^!ey m a d o t h o h i K h o s t s c o r e of t h e <-ven:n;; . U e ­f r o s h m o n t s ut c ' i coa a n d c a k e w o r e s e r v e d .

Mis.-! K m m a l ! u b b a r d . o f K i t c h b u r K N o r m a l ^•.<•ho(^l. s i j ^n t t h o w o o k - e n d a t . t h o h t j m o of .Mr. a n d Mr.s. J , \V. F a f r a r .

H a l p h I. K v a n s it? h o m e f r o m hLs p o r t a b l e rnlll in K r a n c t K t o w : n , N . H . , f o r a f ew davK. A r t h u r F r e e m a n a n d A r t h u r H o l d e n . w h o h a v o b o o n o m ­p l o y o d a t t h e m i l l , a r c e . v p e c t e d h o m e t h i s w e o k a l s o .

M r . a n d -Mrs. .1. E d w a r d A d a m s , w h o h a v o b e e n s p o n d i n ^ ^ t h e w i n t e r in U o s t o n . r e t t j r n e d l a s t w e e k lo t h o i r h o m e on C e n i e r r o a d ,

•Dr. F u l l e r , of U o n n s y l v a n i a . w a s a y:uost Ia«t w e o k n l t h o h o m o of h i s t i r o i h o r . l i o w a r d F u l l e r .

-Mrs. i l . A. i^ : i f ! : ; i ; ian a n d f a m i l y r o ' i i r u f d l.'ist wr-.-l; t o U n t o k l i n " a f l e r s p o n d i n g ;i w*' -k a t t h e i r . n n n m e r h ' l n i o OI; C ' -n to r r o a d .

'r in- ; t i i : d a n n n a l i J a n o " ;,'i\-on li> th*' \V,-)i k * ruri'.niit ;<-f .,f ;)u- I'liiv.-r v;, i i - t -•liiirch \ \ i i l 1M' ici-.t-n i :i I. * *. <'. ]• ha l i I.T' j-'n<!;i-. '-vt-rii:i;-'. .\Tiril '_•*«. ,M.;s:c U\ '. :;(. ! : ! t ' i r^ .\laridoijri d i i l i .

BROOKLiNE, N. H.

\ i * \ \ H I tcniN. I'lld'H'^is r"S. 'Jci]d"ii , ^oIl of ( ' rv i i Jo I).

I-'.-.^.-iTid"!!, li.'ii! f;ivi-n u p h i s p o i i t i o n iti Nf'WtOTi, • M:is«., a t ;d is lo i ' - ina in n t ln' i i i ' ' ;•> riKiiKiH:*- t l i f p f w u a n i ; ; . - wl i ioh •'lis fa t ht-r is h a v i r m e r o o t e d U'-ar hi.--hiouitj in .'^'outh l i i o o k l i i i o ,

f;dv\a:<I LiiMC'V ua'^ ini'Vf d lil;; f . ;ni-• 'v r-or-i Hont] s t ro . ; i buck u, h ; s l a i i ' i **or i h - .'-•un-.m-T r;:Mnth---. tfi;: loft }ian<l. fi-om \v'liich hi'* lia-i th*' fc::y t iuK'-fs r u t I'',- :'.'-ci(iMit sonn- t i m o a;rc». is ^l^.ow-iriir .^•I;,'T:'-- of liiipi'(Vt-nit-r-1.

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NEW ENGLAND

H E R B E R T E . F I / B T C I I J O H N .N. C O U E , A n d o v e r I ' - n . \ \ K E . IX. 'MI.VH, I . o n r l l W I L P O R O D . C R A Y , I V o l i a r u

npHESE MEN pledge themselves to vote,for any candidate in the Republican National Convention who best fulfills the demands of

the hour as a Leader who will unite the Republican Party—who will be Elected in November—who will Stand for Protection to American Life, American Property and American Industry.

ol ' i ' fr..-;

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M" \v!;i'"h t'tv.Ti

Ralph H. Wylie DENTIST

Barry Bldg. AYPIR MASS. T e l e p h o n e C o r . n o c l l o n l imfO

HIGH-GRADE

UPHOLSTERING U p h o l s t e : ' i : i j , ' ; M a t t r o . s s e s . c u a t o m -

m, i ( l e a n d m a d e o v e r ; C i i s l u o n W o r k ; .Slip C o v e r s ; I'JUl r i i r n i t u r e I ' . eMnlsh-ed; C ' l b l i i c t W o r k ; I ' ack i i i ^ - a n d C r a t -I n j ; o f F i i r n i m r e fo r sh ; [ )mei i t , s a . spe­c i a l t y P r o m p t a t t e n t i o n s l v c n t o a l l w o r k

S n t l s f a c t l o i i ( i i m r n n t c w l T w e n t y - t w o y e a r n ' e . \ i ) o r i e n c c a t

y o u r d l , sposa l .

A. E. Titus F o r m e r i y a t E . Q. M o C o I l t - s t e r ' s

T l T r i . i r s l i l . O C ' K M a i n S t . . . \ y e r

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iiJiil .Mr \V;il!:u '„

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C U T F L O W E R S , P L A N T S , F L O R A L

D E S I O N S , 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, Mnas. OrpenhoiidPB near Groton Sehool

A U Q U S T U S L O V E J O Y

I n s u r a n c e Agen t and B r o k e r fmrta P r o p e r t r w r l « » n | a l * * " I l

k ln i l » ot P r o p e r t y p l a c e d I n Kood . • I rut iK c o r a p « B l e » .

S4 E a s t Main Street , Ayer

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Memorial Day

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