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Ayer Hardware Co. Park Street Pholie 531

DISTRIBLTORS AND AGENTS FOR

Interiuiflonal Tractors and Plows.

Syracnso. P lows

'McCormlck and I>ecrlng Hny Tools .

•'Weber Wagons

"W. A. Wood Farm Tools

F i e l d Spray bntflts

•Prlend Spray Ontflts •

• Arlington Spray Ontflts

insoct ic ldcs .

Bredt 's Seeds ' ,

.'Qnoen Incubators nnd Brooders

Buffalo Fcrtllzcr

Star B a r n Eaulpment

:Sharplcs Milkers

;Planet j r . Garden Tools

Iron-Age Garden Tools . •

Merry Garden Motor Cultivators

Derby Hoiiso Paints. . . ; ,'

Rooflnga and Shln,glcs-

'Yalo & Towne Hardware v.

Keen Kuttcr Cutlery Tools .

. Robeson Cutlery .- . .

Baldwin Refrigerators

. Lyons Stoc* Trailers -

U. S. Tires

MichcUn Tires

Raclno. Tires

Federal Tiros •; ';'.

MoblloUs and-Gi*ascs

Auto Supplies

Auto Enamel s

Bicycles ^

SHIRLEY News Items,

Word was received on Thursday of the death of Mrs. Fremont Ferguson, ot Norwalk.vConn., January 26, wife of Sergt. Ferguson, formerly of Camp Devens, who received h b discharge on his return from Frahce. While liv­ing In -Shirley they made their home with Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Miner. Mrs, Ferguson leaves besides her fius-band; a daughter one week old.. . The. ^ grammar school pupils, :wltb

their teachers, enjoyed a slelgb-rlde to Ayer thU week. Tho fifth and sixth grades went- Wednesday afternoon, and the seventli and eighth grades went on.Thursday afternoon." -. The Ladles' circle of the Congre­

gational church win serve a supper .next Wednesday evening at seven o'clock In the vestry. Menu, cold boiled ham, hot mashed potatoes, bak­ed beans, , rolls, plcklos, fancy, pics, cake and cofteO. 'Entertainment will follow.

The • President Suspender Company posted a notice this week Friday morn­ing at their .factory giving a general Increase ot wages to all Its etnployees .of 10%, to take'effect Monday, Febru­ary 2. . " .

Staiido Mnk-A Tractors .

Any inquiry on ?ibovo l ines wi l l .receive prompt nnd courteous attention,

-WE AJRE E Q U I P P E D F O R PROMPT DELriTERIES

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Just ring up 238—we will do the rest Soxpn Wheat Food l i e pkg. Cream of R y e U o pkg. Soups, CtunpbcU's, nil kinds 12c Sal4ul Dressing, in igc t>ottle 25c .Ralsdns, Fancy: Seedless 22c Raisins, Fancy Seeded 25c Cocoa, Royal,- large can 23c-

Cottoc, Good Quality 38c Ib. Tea, Choice.Oolong e o c l b . Sodp, PoImoUvd 10c Soap, Milady 8c Onjona, none better 8c lb . Pork and Beans, Commander

B m n d , No . 3 can 15c

Our Show Window on 'West Street is where we have our SPECIALS. Watch it—it will be to yonr advantage .

I. G. OSjvriiries 11 - GBOOEKEES AKD'HABI>WABE

Main Street Depot Square AYEB, MASS.

LITTLETON News Items.

The Odd -Ladlca 'will run a wlilst party In the town .hall on Saturdaj^ evening, January 31, and the two first prizes will "bo thorough-bred Rhode Island roosters.

• The Boy .Scouts hope for a full house on Friday, evening, January 30, ' at their entertainment In the town hall.

There will bo o^ valentine party In the Unitarian vestry" on tlie evening ot'February 14. . .Theleadlng features will consist of a suppcr and an en­tertainment."" The proceeds will be placed -In the flower^und for the church,

Richard Conant, ot Passaic, N. J., and Margaret Conant, olJ^Mt. Holyoke "college, are expected hoihe this week-end to Join the birthday celebration ot the three Conant lirothers, W. E . Cohanti E, H, Conant and J. G. Co; nant, whose blrthda^ Is the same. The brothers and their wives -will be en­tertained this year at "wr, Conant's on Saturday, January 31. ,

There will be a citizens' meeting in the town hall on next Thursday even­ing at 7.4S -sharp to discuss the arti­cles in the town warrant. • • '

Mr. Eames, ot Foster street, who was thrown out of his sleigh Into, .a snowdrift, has been at home reco-ver-. Ing from sprains and lameness sus­tained In the accident a week ago.

Raymond Wilcox, ot King street, was very pleasantly surprised Thurs­day evening by a company of friends who catae to his home by Invitation o^ other members- of the famliy and helped celebrate his birthday. • George. Ayers haa been at h o m e . a

few daiys this week. Mrs. Cornelius Coughlin, one of the

oldest residents in town, passed.away -very—suddenly, .on, iMonday._ morjilng; Death was 'fy'robably'dile to heart dl*i ease. ",.

George Sargent, of Boston, son of the late Samuel Sargent, died from effects ot a shock the middle ot the

This is the Overcoat Store Right no-w everyone is interested in heavy. Winter Overcoats, We have lots \r-'i^

of them; large, burly Ulsters, double-breasted belters,^ waist-line and plan models;*. ' ^ HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX make, guaranteed all pure wool and well tailoi^edL WAIST-SEAM MODELS " BELTED MODELS PLAIN MODELS '

$40 - ^ ?46 ? 2 0 t o ? 4 a BIG, WARM ULSTERS $ 3 8

STORM COATS - ; Sheep-skin Uned Coats with Moleskin shell, some with Wombat Collars—

. ^ $12 to $36.50 V V OVERSHOES AND RUBBERS

rJrWe have Overshoes for all the family CHILDREN'S LADIES' MEN'S

$1.50 to $2.25 $3;50 $2.25 to $4 .50 Rubbers from 60^ for the little folkis to $2.00 for Men's Heavy Work Ones

WE GIVE VOTES IN THE SHETLAND PONY .'CONTEST

Fletcher Bros. The home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes ahd Walk-Over Shoes

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A. G. Pollard THE STORE FOR THRIFTY P E O P L E ' LOWELL, MASS.

Merrimack, Palmer and Middlesex Streets.V

Blankets and .Comfortables

AT SPECIAL PRICES / •

Warm bedding makes our winter night's sleep a real " pleasure. We specialize on blanketsvthat are high class, products of the best mills. Cotton or woolen—they aTe made of good material carefuUy woven into large, soft , blankets. _ * .

-We have two excellent numbers just now—either of which will be fine for that extra cover always-needed dur­ing a cold spell. - . •

Double Wool Blanke.ts, size 70x80, white, with fancy pink or blue borders, per pair $10 .00 . Wool Finish Cotton Blankets, in fancy plaids; also, white, gray or tan with borders. For regular or extra large size

\ ' beds. Regular-$6.00 value, a t . . . . . , , . . , . . . . . . . . $4.39

COMFORTERS Large bed puffs, made of soh, sanitaiy cotton, covered with

• gqod wearing sateen. Choice of light or dark colors, pretty designs, with or without borders. Worth from $6.00 to $7.50. A special value at, e ach . . . . > •. $4.50

The Great Underpriced Basement-Dry Goods'Section -

week. He .was .fOurid In his room In 'a^partiaiiy un-consijjsns con'ainb"n~a' few d'ays prevlous;Apd had gradually failed from that time. He had been' a truant offlcer In'^ifccent years. He Is survived by. his brpther Albert, also a truant officer- in (Boston, and two sisters. Mr. Sargent'jwas born In Lit­tleton and spent hisjfcarly years here, where he Is pleasantly remembered as. a fine fcllow-.of'mar]ked musical abili­ty. Ho was unmarried. ' • ' - A t a taee'tliiff of \the local branci. of the N. B.MUlj^pi'Oducers''associa­t i o n . h e l d on' Mdnday evening', P. S. Kimball was eleot<|a -president, and Langdon Prouty, setretary and'treas­urer,: ,. - --xi^yx,;':.:^: :

Littleton pcdple,<*|li be Interested to attend-the a n n u t i ^ i e e t l n g of the Ayer Farmers' -.CO-openRlve" Exchange at Hardy's liali,' Ayeiy?^uesday afternoon, .February -3, at' twi 'o'c lock; .

There have beei^inany pupils absent from school the i M t ' t w o w'oeks, due to severe colds aniSinclement weather.

Mrs. Harold .W." Conant and son Frank came home Tuesday night from New York, where:-'they spent two weeks. They were-teuests ot Mr. ahd Mrs. Brigham.:', >-.',. . ' .•

Mrs. E. A. Flag^ plans to accom­pany her daught^iV Mrs. Burtt, and child, to New .Yortt next week/: and hopes to remain for;'about,two weeks, when Mr. Flagg wl|!; Join t h e family there for a short visit, and return with

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Grass stains on clothing should be soaked In paraflln. The garment may then be washed as usual.

To clean unvarnished wall papers, .rub them with a dough made from flour and water kneaded, together.

Tinsel embroidery is a very frequent feature among trimmings.

In Greeland all the riegotations for a marriage are transacted between ^ e parents ot the interested parties,

A favored combination of furs is caracul and Australian oppossum.

It is said that American womeri will take t o t h e ne'w^ shorter skirts.

New Advortlsenients

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OF EVERY KIND FQR MEN AND BOYS

You will find a. very large stock of handsome and desirable Overcoats; every man will find here a-style;?-,, of. Overcoat thai will be sure to please him'.' ^ -'-'.vi

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, We have the (iressy Overcoat in Black~or Oxford '/% in the regular cut for the conservative man; also, the~ latest waist-iine Overcoat for the young fellow :wlio' desires something stylish and snappy. - '"

We also have the long Storm Ulsters witli laiige storm collars which are storm said wind-proof. ' •• • > - i^If in--Heed. of aa^yef j^^ Mnd come-jaiii^^- ^ -look us over. All piiees" on oUr stock of clothing atBc -rVif? considerably imder the. riiarket prices. ^ ^ %

MEN'S BLACK KERSEY '. :. MEN'S OXFORD FREIZE MEN'S OXFORD VICUNA YOUNG MEN'S WAIST-LINE . BOYS' and YOUTHS'—New Styles

$30.00 to $45.00 $30.00 to $40.oa> $30.00 to $50.oor $30.(^ to $40.00

$5.00 to $18.00

Merrimack River Savings Bank

LOWELL, MASS.

for 49 years at 417 Merri­mack St., near Depot, has

REMOVED TO ITS NEW BUILDING

228 Central Stt-eet

about a half mile down town from the old quar­ters, where we shall wel­come both old and new de­positors.

DRIVING AND' STORM ULSTERS ^ Made of hea-s y Astrakhan Cloth,

Montana Buffalo Cloth and Chase Black Bear Cloth. All with storm collars and heavy Imings.

Prleps—$30,00 to $40.00

FUR ULSTERS

Long Fjzr Goats made of Dogskin -with heavy quUted linings. Some have Coon Skin collars and. some blended Muskrat.

Prices—$45.00 to $75.00

WINTER CAPS Every kihd of wann Winter Caps and

also Yam Toques for Men and Boys and Children; __ : ;:. .-• : Heavy Winter Golfs " 7 5 ^ to $2 .50 Regular Witfter Caps $1.50 to $2.50 Boys'Winter Golfs ' 5 0 ^ to $2 .00 Yarn Toques, aU colors 50^ to $1.50

If you 'syant an assured welcome, drop ilion your way, and take hef a box of Lowney's, -

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WINTER UNDERWEAR Every kind of Winter Underwear that

is needed by Men or Boys. Heavy Derby Ribbed and Heavy Wool in both Union Suits or Two Piece. Heavy Cotton and Wool $1.50 Heavy Pleece-Uned $1.39 Heavy Wool $2.00 to $3.50

Union Suits Heavy Derby Ribbed $1.89 to $2.50 Heavy Wool $3.50 to $5.50 B03-S' Derby Ribbed 9 5 ^ to $1.75 Boys'Wool . $2.15 to $3.00

SHEEP-LINED:COATS AND U t S T ^ R a Sheep-lined Coats and Ulsters made

of heavy Moleskin outside and heavy^ sheep pelts for lining. The collars "are beaverized sbeep and Wombat. J i ^ \ th6 , thing for this kind of weather—^armr''*^ and serviceable. ; ; « „ „ ' . " " " " ^^'^Ao to $20.00

Ulsters—ankl© length $30.00 to $3?.l»6

Duck-CoatSi Blanket-lineft ~ . $6.50 to $8.50

SWEATERS Every style and kind of Sweater fotv

Men and Bojrs. All the regular colors.,^ Cpat style and V-neck style; sonie ^tiiL collar and, pockets, in both heavy and" light weights. Also, Slip-on Sweater* with and Withoiit sleeves. - s Coat Style $2 .00 to $10.00^ V-neck Style, $7.50 to $10.00 Army Style $3 .50 to $8.50 Siip-on Style $3.50 to $8>50 Boys' $1.50 to $7 .50

WINTER GLOVES AND MnTI^NS An extra large stock of -warm Oloves

and Mittens of every Mnd, both for dress and working, in either leather or wooL Dress Gloves, unlined $2 .50 t o _ ^ l 0 O Dress Gloves, lined $2.50 t b l ^ ^ Working Gloves, lined 7S^* to' f &.SO Wool Gloves dnd Mittens 5 0 ^ to ^ . 0 0

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RUBBER FOOTWEAR We have everything you need in Rubber Footweiar to keep youT feet wip*ii\fv^l

and dry. We carry the best qualities of Rubber Footwear that is made &i th«r v^ country, such as ,-' - ; ' - ,

GOLD SEAL, RED SEAL (BaU-Band) and GOODYEAR GLOVB*'-The largest stock, the best qualities and all a t extremely iQW'prices.

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Onio Westford Wonlsmnn >Tbe Jaarrard.ni l l s iao T b o Shlrioy Orado T b e Xownscnd T^ocsin T b o BrookUno (N. 'H. ) Beacon T b o HoUls (N . H.) Homcstcaa .

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WESTFORD Center.

Master- William Carver had the e ighth .anniversary of his birth matlc Very plea.sant for him' v/lth a "birth­day party arranged by' his paronts last Saturday aftornoon.' Twenty of h i s little friends and playmates wcre Invited from three until flve In the afternoon. There -n'ere t a m e s which •woro m u c h enjoyed and .-i birthday suppcr -with Ico cre.im and c.ikc; also; a birthday cake and other fjood things, A / a c k Horner pie was a featur(rthat t h o little people, verj- much appreci­ated, T h o boys' favors were watch fobs of Boy Scout design and for the-Eirls t i n y ' s e t s of dishes. Eaoh gu i s t a lso had p:iper hats and baskets of candies. "The young host pf the ,<lay .was the recipient of. many birthday

e i f i s . February 20 , i s the date set for the

m e n ' s supper and old-fashioned con-c e r t . a t t h » Congregational churCh.

opublican—caucus-on Mon­d a y .evening, weather and triivelling

,._*fero not conducive to a large attend­ance . In the absence of H. E . F i e t ch -«r . moderator, , Sherman H. Fletcher -was choscn chairman and A. •W..jaart-ford; secretary. Tho following bfflcers -were nominated and wlli be voted for a t the 'annual town meeting on Mon­day, February 9: Oscar R: Spalding, se lectman 3 years; Wesley O. Hawkes , overseer o t the poor 3 years; Will iam' E . 'Wright, . assessor;,. Harwood „L.

• W r i g i t , treasurer; Leonard W. Whccl ­cr, collector of taxes; John Spinner. A r t h u r E . Day, .school committee 3 •ycfrs; 'Williara R. Taylor, .2 years, to, flu out the unexpired term of John P. "Wright; Charles W. Robinson, con­stable; Frederic Smith, auditor 1 year ; Charles O. Prescott, commis­sioner public biirying grounds; Alice M. Howard," trustee p u b l i c library 3 years; Board of health, Alexander A.

and,-*irtho mld-wlt\,tcr meet ing of the Stato Kcdoration, February 11, In Re­vere. , Tho speaker of tKe afternoon, Mrs,

Charics Briggs, ot 'Norwood, .disap­pointed tlie ci\'Ics committee and a substitute program ^was .-irr.-xrifeed and onc'e again we're the reaources of home talent ably demonstrated. Mips Alice -M. Howdrd review most intelllKcntly and entertainingly John Urlnkw-ater's "Abraham Lincoln."

Miss 'Emily F. Fletcher added to thc intere.st of the meet ing with a picture and account of .in unusual pliint of the mallow family. From nn article In the Itliodora magazine conccrninK Ihia discovei-y of Miss Fletcher, says thfs plant was not known- to ,sciencc until 190C,' and even now is known by only three collections. This plant* W.'IS found growing in some wool waste and In Imiuii-y at the mill it was ascer­tained' that, iunong the various shecp-ralsing distrlets from which wool was imported thc l;ust two years to West­ford Was .Souili . \merica as far south as Chili and . \rgentinc. This is evi­dence which help.-i to explain thc pres­ence of this unusual plant In M;is.'--a-chusetts.

- Mrs. Charics 11. Pickering Is break­ing up her home here and wi l l return witli her daughter, Mrs: Smith, to Al-bany;'.N". Y,, to make her. home with the latter.

Oscar H, Spalding has had his teams.and men busy taking advantapo of the .i;oud sledding to move ' some extra la'rge. fine chestnut logs from some swamp. land to his homo place.

Mrs. Lucy A Keyes, .one of the town's most aged ladle?, was quite sick last weck, but is reported much Improved.

There, will bo another social 'and good time for the young_peoplc ot thc community Saturday evening at the Congregational vestry In charge of Mrs.' Charles H. Wright ' and Mrs. Harry M. Gumb.

Much hard -work has been done by ppad- Superintendent McDonald and

-his men' to ; make the Toads- l tn ivore passable condition on .iccount of the bulk ot snow lately.

jJamQrpn. 3 years, SdwariJ T. Hanloy . t l a ' appeals f ^ years , T . Henry JHarringtbii 1 year.'^ih.which wo .-ire supposed to live,

About Town. The next meet ing of the Grang;e will

be held on Thursday evening!^ Feb­ruary 5. This will be a valentine eve­ning in charge of the lady oflicei-s ot the Grange.

The ReadrDrew farm .have been loading apples' onto the cars at West­tord tor Boston. T h e . a u t o truck to Bostoij has been crippled In-- its" usual daily trips by snow storms and blow storms. This Is the longest delay since auto truck service to Boston started.

The next meeting of Middlesex--Xorth Pomona Grange will be held at Odd Fellows' hall. Bridge stroet, l .ow­cll, noxt ^yeek Frid.-iy. The l^pturer has prepared a real snappy progr.am that appeals to the issues Pf thc day

Massaehusetis QirilScouts ai2n on Thts Week

Six Thousand Troop Members Take Part in Demonstra­tions ih Many Communities in State

.MASSACHUSETTS GIRL SCOUTS ENGAGEI> IN LEARNING A FUL O C C O P A T I O N

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W. M. Wright Is acting as janitor of the J. "V.Fletcher library.

Thursday evening, February 12, is tho date set for the firemin's dance •with, the Colonial orchestra' ot Wal --tham In attendance.

Alfred W. Tuttle Is oiit again aftor "being: sick and has beei i-asslst ing on tho R. P. D. route. Before he was able to be out Arthur Walker helped -with the route.

"Warren E . Carkln has been at h o m e •with an Injured hand. His mother, 2Ir^ Nell ie Carkln, has been on thc aick UsL - Mrs, 'WlUitim F. Sargent and two children a r e . all reported sick with luLzd colds.

S o s t b s . The. community has been saddened

th i s -week with the passing of Charles H e n r y Pickering, aged 72 yrs. 9 mos. and S days. Mr. Pickering had not been In the best of health for some t ime , but at the last was only, sick but a few days. Death resulted from a s troke of paralysis^) For many years h o w a s a railroad man, being a con-

—^ductbr'^on t h e N: Y.. N, "H, and H. rail­road, but after retiring from that long

\ s c r v l c o he moved to Westford about e ight years ago and where ho has been a most useful and respected ad­dition to . the community.-' He had acted as caretaker, the word being nsed in its best s inse, of the J. V. Fletcher library and tor a t ime ot Westford town hall; also, he was a special police officer and many tinies he lped out most capably at the pump­ing station.

Mr. Pickering was n. man of fine hear ing and innate courtesy, capable, cfHcient and kindly and he will he jnuch missed In the community. He •wasa devoted husband and tather .and t o h i s wife, Mrs. Emma Tower Picker­ing, the sympathy ot a wide circle of relati-ires and frionds is extended, .-us -well aa to thc others of the family circle—^hia son Leon and family of Cambridge and daughter. Mrs, Marie P icker ing Smith of Albany, N, T, There were threo grandchildren.

Funoral sorvices were held trom his l a to h o m e Monday at two p. m., Rcv. O. IA Brownsey was tho ofTlcIating c lergyman and tho bearers wcre Fred Burbeck, Robert Proscott, H. L. "Wright and O. .R Spaulding. and in-'torment w a s in Fairview cemctcrj*.

Frederick A. .Hanscom, the success­ful poultry man, has moved trom the residence of Mrs.- Charles D. Colburn to Charles H. Blcknell's at the Center. He is planning to move soon after the weather gets over its zero fits to some of the superb subtirbs of Boston. Wo are sorry to loose so much .well-bal­anced, workable intelligence.

Almon S. Downing, the recent ar­rival on the old Walker farm, is as­sisting David L, Grelg with his work.

Seth W. Banister has fmlshed as census enumerator and has slnCe tak­en the census ot the snowdrifts on the Stony Brook road.

Mr. Pitkin and youngest boy, living In the John • H. Decatur cottage on the Lowell road, are doing some night walking work in Ayer.

William J. Parfltt, at thc Whidden house at Westford station, is sleigh­ing to and from night work at the mills in Xorth Chelmsford.

More than six thousand Massachu­setts Girl Scouts are engaged this week in raising a fund ot '^100,000 to be used in the extension ot their 'work -which does ao much for their development. ' They need additional money iu order to register thousands of girls -who wish to Join the'organ­ization, for summer camps, scout leaders- and other 'worth'whilo pur­poses. . . A s it is against the rule's of the Girl Scouts for the members to collect money they are ask ing , the ir friends to pledge fontributions for the work. Each Scout Is responsible for ten one dollar pledges. The Girls are being

•assisted by a .campaign committee in each community -which -will raise enough more money- than the girls collect to bring tbe quota up tq the marlc - . .

The Girl Scouta' movement has the endorsement of Payson Smith, Mas­sachusetts Commissioner cf Educa­tion, which says: "In my judgment there are no organizations more use­ful in promoting the -welfare of our youth than the Boy and Girl Scouts' organizations. Tbey are distinctly, enlarging the educational opportun­it ies of boys and girls in practical.

and efficient "ways. It has been m]| observation that young peo]?le con* nected with thesQ..organizations have received grea t . beneBt."

Scout T f o o p s - l n many ci t ies aro givlDJg demonstrations of their sklU In various l ines of endeavor 'which they are taught arid in w h i c h they must e x c e U i n order to win the varlou« 'mei'll badges - that7are~awarded . , —

The Massachusetts Girl Scouts won an enviable reputation during the 'war. They aided tho Ked Cross in making supp l i e s ' for soldiers, they sold Thrift Stamps, and solicited sub­scriptions tb the Liberty l o a n s .

There are In the United States , b«-twieen thirty and forty thousand girls, froDj ten to eighteen, •who. are growing into husky, (Jielptul little Scouts. They are •^a.^^trlotic, every bit, as their brothers t h e Boy Scouts, and the numbers of quarts ol jam they have jamed,. and jelly they have jelled to send to the boys abroad would earn them a cheer.

They can cook a meal, cut and s ew a garment, bathe and' tend a baby, light a lire in the-open, make and read m a p s , ' s i g n a l - and semaphore, tie sailors' itnots, swim im their clpthejs, oibey military orders.

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Mrs..Nclllo Felch Hlnton, aged thlr­ty-s lx years, died in Philadelphia Sat­urday of last weck. Death camc sud­denly aftor only about two d.ays" Ill­n e s s from pneumonia and heart fail­ure!, Tho body was brought to her nat ive Westtord and funeral services •wero held from tho homo of her sis­tor , Mrs. Ralph Brldgford, Wednesday • f t c m o o n at l.SO o'clock. She was -tho daughter of thc lato Mr. and Mrs. Jolfn P. Folch, being born at the Felch bomcstoad at thc north part of tho -Cown. Hor death causes tho flrst-brcak In the • circle ot eleven brothers 'and s is ters and' thoy keenly rrjourn hcr Vasstng.

At^ the funeral services hor hus - I n n d ' s brother. Rev. Robert Hlnton,

« f HolIIston was tho ofllciating clergy­m a n . Four brothers, Frank. Charles Kred and Harry Felch, acted ns bear­ers ; also, Mr. Hlnton, sr., a n d ' R a l p h Bridgford, brother-in-law. There w a s A p r o f ^ i o n of beautiful floral offerings SLtld Intarmcnt was in F.airvlow Com «tory. * . - : ' • •

GronltCTiUc. Thc members of Cameron circle, C.

of F, of A., held a well attended meet­ing in its rootiis on Tuesday evening. Much business of importance -ft'-is transacted and several applications for membership were received.

Thomas Hughes, w-ho has been a. valued employee of the Abbot Wor­sted Company for o_\-er thirty ye.-\rs, has recently left their employ to en­gage in business in Boston,

The members of Court Westford. M, C, O, F„ held a largely attended and interesting nieeting in the rooms last week Thursday evening, with Mrs. l.ena Monahan, chief r.-inger, in the chair. It was decided at this time to have the,now-ly-elected ofTicei-s install­ed on Sunday afternoon, Februarj- 15, if suit.ible arran.gements can be made. •The year Just p.issed shows tt substan­tial sum in the hands of the treasurer and everything points to a very proF-perous year. All the members are urged to attend the meetings -when dues will be collected, thereby lessen­ing thc duties of the flnanci.al offlcers.

Many from here attended the grand ball Riven by the Abbot Worsted Soc­cer Football club, held In Forge Vil­lage last week Friday night.

A horse owned by William Tousig­nant, driven by his son Joel, fell down in thc car tracks near Abbot's cor­ner, Wednesd.ay morning. Several men w-ho were closeby removed tho harness and .a.ssisted the horse to Its feet. 'No damage w.as done and After again being hitched up the boy drove the horse away ns though nothing had happened. ,

Many from here attended tho w-el-como homc celebration that was held In tho town hall, Westford, Thursday afternoon and evening.

All Enjoyable Event. The .^bbot Worsted .soccer team

held their first annual ball in Abbot's hall on last week Friday evening. Many were present from all the near­by towns. It was the first ball to be given in the new hall. The committee in charge were Jamos Kelly, man­ager; Alexander Scott, John Mann, John Beaver, Wilii.am Blott, William Kelly. John Kavanugh, Joseph Cos^ telle and-Thomas May, Joseph Blott and Everett Scott were in charge, of the.checking and cloak room. Poole's orchcsti-a ot Boston furnished the music,, starting with a concert pro­gram from eight to nine. The rest of the evening was given to dancing, ^ t 10.30 refreshments .were served in thc new dining hall. Mrs. Thomas Mon­ohan was in charge o f t h e supper com­mittee, .assisted by Mrs. John Mann, Miss Mary Merrick, Miss Margaret Kavanaugh and Mrs, Thos. May. A late car speciaUy for the ball took care of thc out-of-town guests.

The affair was ver>' successful, so ­cially and financially, and great credit is due the committee for the manner in which their program w.aa arran.ecd .and carried out.

^,nidinnoIc Club. J- T h e second meeting ot the Tad-l ^ t t e k club tor January took place, at ^ U b r a r y hall at 2.30, Tuesday after­

n o o n . Tho prculdont, Mrs. Roudon b i ^ h , gave a report of the educational c«nferenee ' I n Wakefleld it the

fj3?rlnooim theatre under the auspices • tho 'Cosmos 'c lub . This report 'was

t>y: Mrs. Amesbury, a former ttanber o f the Tadmuck club. Mrs.

li,-4fat:'Wr,; Hlldreth *ead the letter of tho ^ ."i ift'crainre department in tho bulletin. '" ^ i fot lco wag given of the millinery class

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Forgo 'Village. Mr.s. Eva P. Courchalne has recciv-

her commls.^lon an postmi.s-tress ed She has been acting for Mr.«. Elmer Nutting, thc .fjjrmor clerk, Mrs, Courch.-ilno took ihc civil servico ex­amination somo time ago .and passed with a high mark, but h.as only re­cently received her commission. Wil-Ilam Courchalne will act as assistant postmaster.

Mrs, John Edwards, who has been .seriously ill with an attack of the grippo, is now on the road to recovery, Mrs. How-ard Woodbrldge, / formerly Miss -Marion Blodgett, ot this village, has been in attendance, but has now returned to her honio In Wc,<!t Med­ford.

Tho mnny friends of Bernard J. O'Hara will regret to learn of his death In tho. North Ad.ams hospital after nn illness ot ten days, follow­ing' pneumoni.a, January 25. ' A fu­noral m a s ; V n s celebrated at St. Frances church, at nine o'clock on, ,Tanuary 27, only the members of hi."! family being present at the funeral. The body wa«_plnced i n ' t h e tomb at« North Adams. Miss Margaret O'Hara returned to N e w Hampshiro after thc funeral o f her .brother , who sho at­tended.

XCHS Itcm-s. Citizens who attended the . lecture

last week Friday e\-cning on "I^ight and shade in the land of v.alor," piven hy ,iohn Kendrlck Bangs, er.joycd .an intellectual, feast such p.s is not often w-ont to be had, Mr. Bangs -w-as o-.er-seas with the 'i'. M. C. .\-. f9r fifteer; weeks in 191". His recital of his im­pressions w-ore both witty and serious. His speed of utterance was startling as he told of his roncl'Jsions of what he saw while abroad. He spoke of the valor of the BrltLsh. of the mor.ale and bravery of thc French, and of the grand conduct ot our own troops, Hc took advantage of these- occasions to take a rap at the Wilson administra­tion, to speak d word of praise for the work of the Y. M, C, A;, and judging from the response of the audience his remarks were gener.ally approved. The hnll was well filled and It is safe to say that none who attended had any cause to regret their efCorl,

The Grange will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday. February 3. The literary program w-lll consist of a dir-cus.-slon on "The plift:c of the Grange in Harvard." Grangers are urged to give suggestions oa to how the Grange docs or should Justify, its existence in our present multiplicity of clubs. The women of the Grange will also present the subject, "How we would run tho town,"

On Monday morning, at 6,46, the polls will be open for the annual elec­tion of the town offlcers."- At . ten o'clock the town meeting will be call­ed to order by the moderator.' Thcrc are nineteen articles in tlic warr.ant. In thc list for town offlccrs there aro a few contests as follows: Selectman, three years, Ebon F. Corey, thc cau­cus nominee, who Is opposed by S, M, Farnsworth on nopiiniition p.apers; tor assessor, three years. Fred Wrangham, caucus nominee, oppcsed by A. W-Bryant, nomination pajiers; board ot health, onc year, Wilii.am Hanna, cau­cus nominee, and Bilns B. Haynes, nomination papers. In the t own w.ar-rant there seems to bc littlo to start much argument. Perhaps tho article to take tho mnnagbnient of our .roads out of the hands of a highway sur­veyor and give them over t o t h e con­trol of thft Ma-sisachusetts highway coinmlssion is the most important. Tho ladles ot thc Benevolent society will serve dinner in the .lower toivn hall to all who wish.

Rcv. Arthur W. Dycer, pastor-elect of the 'Congregational church, has taken u p ' a work ot construction ot employment for ex-scrVIco men under tho Y. M. C. A. Thc e?cpendlturca ot about throe million dollars Is Involved. This work will' occupy Mr. Dyccr's t ime about ton weeks, nnd during tho .Sundays thnt he will be out of touch

'.vith our town the pulpit will be sup­plied. The church committee very gladly consented to Mr. Dycer's plan for such a gobd work. Ho will be fettled here as pastor about May first. L<ast Sunday 'the service at the Con­gregational church was held In the vestry. There were thirty-four pres­ent. Th'e pulp'lt will be supplied on Sunday.

The senior class of the Bromfleld school are to give a beneflt ,dance on Friday evening, February, 6. Miisic by the Camp 'Devens orchestra. Everybody lnvlted<»> participate.

Tho Harvard' Junior orchestra met this week Thursday tor rchear.sal with Francis Hirs'ch.

The King's Daughters will meet on Thursday, February 5, w-lth Mrs, George Maynard, •

The Unitarian Men's club will hold •-heir next regular meeting on Sunday evening. Supper will be served at .=even o'clock. Th^ speaker at eight o'clock is to be announced.

Mrs. George Kavanagh started Mon-d.ay for a few days' visit with hor son. Waiter B,agstcf and family iii Port­land. Mc,

Kdw-, McLauc-hlin, still at thc Gro­ton hospital, is reported as improving .as fast as can be expected.

Mr. .and Mrr. John Lee returned on Wednesday f ; o m , their honeymoon trip to their hcim'o hero in town.

The next star at tho moving picture show Saturday evening at to-»'n hall will be Alice Brady; Pathf- News and a comedy. *

At the Unitarian church Sunday morning Rev. H. C. Merrill w-ill preach on "Tho law of grow-th." • K. M. McCiell.an. proprietor ot the

Park street garago, Ayer, authorized Ford agent, has secured the services of Winthrop P.attce of Groton to assist him in the .s-ales ond of his busines.s. including all models ot Ford cars, trucks and Fordsom tractor.s. Mr.

'' Pattec will be pleased to call on any­body interested to buy new- or second hand Ford cars, trucks or a new tractor, tei, Ayer 338, Groton 214-2, •

Fresh Air—and Comfort A portable Perfection Oil Heater will make the chill room comfortable in no time. I t brings heat to the spot in just the aiftount needed. Glowing warmth at the touch of a match— that 's the -whole story of the Perfection.

- I .. T h e Perfection O i l , H e a t e r is c lean , safe, odorless^ I t ' creates no soot or ashes—is easily .filled and re-wickcd. It is remarkably ectinomical—bums'lO hours on a gallon • o f kerosene. Over S,00(5,000 in use.

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still niTCr. Mrs. Mary !ircB'rlde, who has been

housekeeper for Michael Coftcy for quite .a number of years, p.asscd away Sunday afternoon, January 18. after .a long illness, -f^r. Coftcy and son o i l m a n have bcent-vefy'Ttlnd to hcr during hcr illness a n d done all thcy could. Thc funeraiw.as held ori last week Wednesday ai ternoon. Rev. Wil-l iam Gussman, paator ot tho Baptist church ofllciating.'- Burial w.aa,^ at Ayor, . \*

I-awrence Bigelow h a i been very 111 with acute bronchitis and while some better Is still a very Sick boy. Although but nine .years old he has trapped seven foxes and .several skunks, selling the skins for over ono hundred dol­lars and tw-enty dollars.

An Enjoyable Evening. -The "big family pttrty" and "com­

munity dance" took place on Frid.ay ovening of last week. It was the first of Its kind, but It was such a decided success, that. It is safe, to say that everyone present jnos t heartily desiro another. In-'spite of the very unfavor­able weather conditions the large hall w-as fllled with an enthusiastic audU ence .that thoroughly enjoyed every number of thc flne program presented. The curtain rose at .eight o'clock and the entertainment began promptly.

The principal stage featuro was a littlo drama, entitled "A ro'mantlc rogue," presented by flve character!-—-Clement Elliott in the title role; -Ar­thur Q. Emerson, .as the sporting doc­tor; Mrs, Clement Eliott, tho doctor's wife: Miss Mildred Parsons, as her sister, of a very romantic disposition, and Mrs. Fred i.. Francis, as house­maid. Thc play w-as'well acted and a credit to each one taking a part, and an honor to Miss Ethel Emerson, who dlre(>t,ed its production. ;

Other numbers veiy pleasing to everyone was a duet, "Sunset," sung by Rev. and Mrsr M. A. Outland, .ac-' companl<^d by pianist. Miss Fannie Graves; two violin solos. Miss Ethel Ferry, w-ith Mrs, Chester-W, Page as accompcanist; three recitations by Mrs, T, C, Martin, "The pilot's story," "Marco Bogrfrris," in school-boy fash­ion, which pleased thc audiences so well that she received an enthusiastic

•encore, to whioh she responded by giving "The wedding fee," after which the .audience received a delightful sur­prise as the next number presented w-as not on the program. It was a song of the war by John Masefield, "Tomorrow," with music by Prof. Kiel of London, and w.as sung by John-1>, Martin, of Westfleld, ,a soldier back from France, and snn ot Rev, .and Mrs, T , C . Martin. He was accompanied by Miss Jessie Bui-ko, of Qnincy. His fine, powerful voice filled the hall, every word being spoken distinctly, and charming the large audience from the flr.st word to the la.st, all ILstening in rapt and almost breathless interest to thc end, when ho received a storm-of hearty and tumultuous applause. He has .a splendid voice, well modulated, and finely .accented, and all Lunenburg will be glad to hear him again.

This number closed tho • program, tho floor was quickly cleared for the old-fashioned dances. Tho old style grand march was led by Edw-ln S. Marshall and Miss Ethel Emerson. C. C, Lane was floor dlroctC(r_until tho closo of the danco at midnight, when tho vast audience returned to thoir homos, tired but happy, everyone fool­ing that each oneJ.had passed a most

.delightful evening, fllled with genuine fun and real enjoyriiont.

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CARD OF THANKS 'Wc, the undersigned, wish to very

sincerely Jhank all friends and neigh-• bora for the many beautiful floral of: fcrings and for thc many manifesta­tions of sympathy and kindness at tho time of the death: of our beloved hus­band and f.ather,

-Mrs. Charles H^ Pickering, Mrs. Mario Pickering Smith,

-. Loon Pickering. 'Westford, Mnas., January 2!i, 1920,

N e w s Itcm.1. The many friends of S. U. Mclntyre

and family will be glad to know thnt they .are rele,a.sed from quar.antlnc uii­dcr which thcy have been tor about tour weeks tor scarlet fcverl a n d best ot .all, .Mrs, Mclntyre seems tp have tully recovered and nb now cases havo developed In the tamlly or olacwherc'

'In town, so far .as heard trom at pres­ent writing.

MIsa JLiralc Hilton, w h o has boon staying with Mrs. I./onglcy since Christ­mas da.y, returned to hcr homo In Now H.ampahiro on Tuesday.

Carl E , Brown, P. M., -who has.been conflned to the 'house with a severe cold, 1st ablo to bo otit again, i

E. 'VV. Birton returned last 'week Friday from a two-months' trip and visit In San Diego, Cal. I^e finds tho cl lmale horo very different and Is now conflned to hU home with a severe

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By virtue of .a power ot sale con­t.aincd in a mortgage deed from' Sigismondo Fimioni to Holen M. Hamel ot Ayor, dated November 6, 1917, and recorded with Middlesex South Registry ot Deeds, book 417_2, page 159. and for .broach of tho con­dition ot said mortgagfi deed, and for tho purpose of foreclosing tlic samo, win bo sold at public auction on thc premises hereinafter described on Saturday, Ecbruary 21, 1980, nt two o'clock in tlie afternoon, all and sin­gular tho real estate coiivoycd by said mortgage deed, namely: . ,A. cortain tract ot land with tho

buildings thoroon situate In Ayor, In that p'ortlon formerly known as the Acre and thus bounded, to wit:

Beginning at tho southwesterly cor­ner of thc promises on tHe northerly side of Shirloy Street at land formerly of Thomas Hurley, thenco northerly by said Hurley land to land now or tormorly ot John Hurley, thonce east­erly by S.ald John Hurley land, laij_d bf Michaol Grlflln and "land formerly of Pholps nnd 'Wood' to .a corner stoile sct..in the ground; thenco southerly.by land tormorly o.f said Phclfw and •Wood to said Shirley ."Jtroct, thenco westerly; by saljj street;-thenco wcst-

Trt-ly by "aald Shirloy Street to tho point ot 'beginning. I

' Tho promises "will )o sold subject to any unpaid taxes or aaSc.ssmonts,

TERMS, J200 In cash at thi t ime and place ot salo; and balance on de­livery ot deod, ln~ten daya. '

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Cards roceiv,cd from MnjV Nellie Hale whllo en route for California, "re­port all trains very late and a great many people travuiing.

The oflicers in,stalled last 'week by Frank Clifton Waters, of Nash^ua, and his assistant. Freeman Hoyt, In C. H. Farley camp, .S. of V„ were 'William K. Lund, com.; Harold E. Hardy, s, v.

•com,; George .Morrill, j.'v.'icom.; 'Wal­ter Flanders, George 'Wilson, Jaaotf I'.eed, camp council; Henry 'WUUon, •••ec, and treas.; Lester Hayden,-chap.; Howard Barnard, guide; Walter Flan­ders, pat. Inst,; Leslie Locke, color guard; Jason Reed. i. g . ; 'Walter Hay­den, o, g. . ^

George H. Stimson'plerced the sido of his knee recently with the end of a rusty^saw, and Is conflned to . the house in conseciuenco.

The flrst .whlst ^j'arty of the season will bo held at Grango hall on Friday night.

Daniel Hayden Is In Concord, at­t tendlng tho constitutional convention.

This Is, the third week he has beeil in attendance. ., •

The ncxt meeting of the Woman's club . will be held with Mrs. Flora Hardy, Wednesday afternoon, .Febru­ary 4. Miss Eaton-Is still conflned.to the house with a cold and could not read her paper, and there w-as no meeting this week as planned.

The Ladles' Heading and'Charitable society will meet at the ladles' parlor on •'Thuraday afternoon'' February, 5. Tea will be served. .

•VVilllam W. Worcester Is restricted to the houso by Illness.

.ilov. R. M. French and George F. Hills wore chosen as dele&iites to at­tend the. installation ot Rev. R. W. Drawbridge as pastor of the Commu­nity church Ih Pepperell this week.

There wil l . be a chur'ch suppcr In charge ot the, men on Friday even­lrig, February G, from 6,30 to 8 o'clock, "An enlcTtsrnfiieiir and--sqclal—ivilt—fol­low the suppcr. '

Miss -Dor i s Smith, local telephone operator, saw- a beautiful deer go byi­the te lephone olllce on Tuesday aftec-noon. *

Miss Bertha Hayden was dow*n tow-n on Tuesday afternoon to attend the funeral of Mrs,' Mary Hildreth, This was the first time Miss Hayden had been out since her accident In the falK

Louis Luirr who was operated upon for appendltlcis l.ast week Wednesday, Is doing as woll as can be expected.

Miss Mildred Rogers, whb has been suffering from . a severe cold, i s . stiil confined to the house.

The W. R. C. held their regular Tneetlng In Grange hall on Tuesday af­ternoon.

Mr. and Mrii. Rodney T, Hardy, •wlth'thelr son; Rodney C, Hardy, and

'a. college friend, came up to their l>ungalow trom Arlington last Satur­day morning. No road had been broken ouT in Love L,anc so they had to go in and out on snowshocs, a sport they all enjoyed, Mr. and Mrs, Hardy and guest went home op Monday af­ternoon, their son staying over for the • B ' c e k , •"'

Erving Simonds and hla room-mate, Charles Dodge, trom New Hampshiro college, -were at' WUllam Simonds' from last week Friday until Monday.

Miss Elizabeth Worcester was home trom Wellesley trom Saturday until -Thursday. . -.

Mr. and Atrs. Ralph Herrick enter­tained Mr. Herrlck's siiiter, MrsT^Phllip Webber, ot Pittsburg, Pa,, Wednesday,

. -Obituary. Funeral sorvices wcre held for Mrs.

' "Mary C. Hildreth, who died last Sat-"urday, at the ladies' parlor. Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, R e \ ^ R , M, French officiated and Mrs. George I.add and Miss Bortha Hayden sang two selections, "Hide me" and "Thc christian's good-night," The W, R. C. attended in a body and there were a large number of triends present. Beautiful floral' offerings were scnt by the Grange, W , C , T, U, and Wr R, C. Burial was in the East cemetery. The bearers w-ere Francis Lovejoy, Charics E. Hardy, C, Ander.son Col­burn .and S, Fred Woods, Mr.s. Hil­dreth has been very feeble since last Xovember and died from a complica­tion ot diseases.

She was buried on thc twcntietlj an­niversary-of hcr husband's death and i.s survived by a son Albert: a grand-ron, Henry Huntingdon Hlldreth. and a large circle pf cousins, among them D-aniel, David and J"rank Haytlcn, of this town, and Ex-Mayor .Albert Shedd of Nashua.

Mrs, Hildreth w-.as the only child ot A b e l a n d Susan (Hayden) Coburn, and

. was born at the place now owned by Henry Hayes, ot Arlington, ns a sum­mer homo, Sho wds born in lS-12 and was 7^ years, 7 months and 17 days old. She ,had been a member of the Congregational church here for sixty-two years. Joining in 185S. Sho Joined the Grange in the flrst class that

'went in nearly forty-six years ago, Sho w-.aa a l s o t h e oldest member of ttie W, R, C, and also belonged to the W. C, T. U. and the Ladies' Reading and Charit.able society. She was an active mehiber in all these .societies. and when the Ked Cross meetings were being held w-as one of the most faithful .attendants, and .always work­ed at h o m c it she w-as unable to at­tend. Hor one hobby and bit of fancy work w a s braiding rug.s. ajid she. had in hor Ufo-tlme mndo many beautiful ones up to tho last and within .a few days of her death she asked for her rug rags that she' might work on them,

' . Mrs. Hildreth was one.of our oldest citizens and will be missed in thc com­munity. ' '

Glrl Scont.s. P lans arc under wny for forming a

. trooij of Girl Scouts, This Is being , brought about through thc eftqrts ot

Mrs, Flora Hardy, who hns received her commission ps capt.ain from head-qu.artcrs in New York, nnd the Tata-tochcn Girls; ot dull of twelve, who are mostly members of Mrs, Hardy's Simday school class, A troop co'mmlt­tee, -who act as an advisory board to

-tho captain, and who .assume Control In case ot hcr illncs,<«, or In any cnso

- ot need, have appointed—Mrs. R. M. French, Mrs. WllUam Sandiers and Harold Hardy. Mrs. Hardy will also bo assisted Jjy Mrs. Philip Baker and Miss Doris Lovejoy, Tho club o t girls will probttbly torm ono patrol and a sct-of younger girls a socond patrol. . Moire than twenty girls have alreody

signified-.their Intention of Joining. Tho meo'tings will bo held tw-lcc a mohth on tho flrst Thursday evening and the third Saturday afternoon, for tho present. They'wil l mo«t at Mrs. Hardy's houso. Tho plans aro not all

y completed as >0t, but It Is hoped to bo In working ordor soon

If Is a step forward In the right di­rection and -wo cong-ratulate Mrs.

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Hardy on I n g ablo to put It through.

Flro. . ^ The-hotjso owned by Almon Adams

In the, north e'nd of tho town was to ta l ly destroyed by fire 'ear ly oil Tuesday morning. ' The hired man was (iwakoncd by thc crackling of the firo! which ho at flrst though was rain.' He soon detected smoke and putting on a-tow clothes aroused Mr. Adams, who Is nearly eighty year.i old, and his housekeeper, Mrs, Sarah Aiken, who Is elgbty-ono, ' T h c . flre, which burned very rapidly, thcy think must have - caught around tho chimney. They, had no telephone and by the timo tho family ot Lester-Hayden was .aroused and help called tor It was too lato to save . the house, and very little in thc hourfo was gotten out. Over 200 Jars ot fruit and--vegetable3. pork and all other winter supplies were loat. Fortunately there was no wind nnd tho barn on the opposite side of thfe road, a shop nnd small old house' were Eiivcd. Thero was a small In­surance. Mrs. Aiken Is an aunt, of Gcorge Dickerman and sho and Mr. Adaraa went right down there>. No future plans havc been made. This was ono pf the oldest places In town.

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There was no work dono at the Ice plant on Monday morning pn account of the extreme cold weather, the mer­cury registering 24° below zero" in .some places In town at .seven in the morning. There Is.an unusually large pile ot ice chips to-be seen trom the brl.dge. . -

Thc regular Sunday services .w-'lll be-'gln at.the Methodist church on Sunday and will be held there for the next two months.

Mr.- and Mrs. Harry- Powers spent the week-end in Pepperell.

Mr. Wyman ahd housekeeper have moved from the Fessenden house to the Gould hoiiso on the.Pcpperell road. Mr w y m a n Is h o w working fo'r Mr. Thompson.

0._D, Fessenden has been attending the constitutional coi^.vcntion in Con­cord the past week,

Mrs. Eva Elliott has been a recent vlaltor In Nashua,

Bert King w-as in Boston the palit weck, .

The many friends of Frank Bailey are pleased to learn that he has opened a store and delicatessen shop in East Ham'pton, Mass, AU wish him tiie best of successr'

Mr. Hawking and Mr. Goldburg, from Harvard university, spent the week-end at the home of Freeman Wright, - , '

Wi l l iam-Bai ley is enjoying a visit with his son Fr.ank.In Eaat Hampton, and was there to thc opening of his son's now business.

Rev, Edward Kellcy and tamlly havc been enjoying a ylsit In Auburndale; Mass.

George Perkins, of Hollls, tormerly o t this place, has been visiting friends In town,

-Mr. and Jlrs. Peter Parkey have been recent, visitors in Boston,

Mr-s. Herbert Corey and daughter Eva recently spent the day In Nashua.

Miss Frances Farnswoi;th and Mrs. Pearl Elliott have been recent visitors in Leominster, Mass.

Mrs, Exzilda Carey" and infant son, from Dorchester, Mass., have bten the guests ot Mrs. Carey's mother, Mrs, Joseph Ouellette.

Miss Frances . Farnsworth has re­turned home from her stay with her sister, Mrs, Mabel Hammond, In Gro­ton,

On .account o t^he bad weather only a few- were out to the celebration com­mittee meeting la.st weel< AVednesday eevning. No business was done.

One of the horses at thc ice plant tell Into the lake, Monday, but was rescued botore any darriagc was done.

On account of the extreme cold weather the South Brbokline Social club did not hold their regular meet­ing this week.

Mr.s..^ldorus Fessenden held a card party at her home in South Brookllne on_Friday evening of last week. Four tables wcre In use and'500 was pla>-ed. During thc evening the hostess sei-ve<l a very dainty-lunch.

Mra. Charics Pingry, of Fitchl.>urg, was thc week-end guest of her mother, Mr-s. Emm.a Dunbar.

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Not a GamWe But a genuine lm.slnc.ss proposition,

and a good ono too

Thc Birch Creek Mining Co. havc taken over the well known Commettl mines, situated at Big Pine, Inyo County, California, These group or mines have produced $100,000 in gold and the production w-as made prac­tically alone by onc man an.^ an Ara.s-tra. Through tho "death of thc late owner. The Birph'Crock Mining Co. was .able to secure this property and in order to corriplcte the cfiuipmcnt tor tho mine a limited amount of shares are' offered to thc public. A new- stamp mill is already erected on thc ground, together with concen­trating tables.

The comp.any controls w.ater rights sufficient to run tho mill the year round, .We need Ju.st a little mon^ capital and as an inducement- w o .arc offering a tew shares at .'SOc.

The mill will bc started April 1st of thLs year and on ^hat date the shares will positively go to Onc Dollar, or just .as soon .as enough capit.al is ralyod tho stock w-IU be withdrawn from the m.arkct.^ »,

Mr. Charles L. Farnsv.-orth of Ayer has Just returned from a visit to the 'mincii, and has accepted the position' of assistant secretary. He will be glad to furnish you fmy iiiformation you desire. -~ •

y AddrcR.s all communlcatlon.s to -CHAS. L. FARNSWORTH, Ayor.

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'HOME RUN KING' PARTNER OF DNCLE SAM

Popular Red Sox Star,^ Presented With Svs ^100. Treasury Savings Certificiates

BABE KUTH. "T^IE HOME RUN KING." IS I'KESE.VTED >Y1TH SI.\ HUNDKED DOLLAR TREASURY SAVINGS- CERTIFICATES—THE WOMAN IS RUTH'S WIFE—YES, HE TURNED THE.M OVER TO HER. ; . ,

Babe": Ruth, the home riin king, and the hardest hitting baseball' player -in the game to­day, •Taecame a stock holder in the United States Government recently, when, in'the:presence of thousands of admiring fans he was presented with six $100 •United States- Treasury Sav­ings Certificates.

Babe Picks Winners. The praa'entatlon was made the last

gtune of tbe season In Boston between tbe Chicago White Sox and tbe Bos­ton Red Soz.

A special' "Babe Ruth Day" was held at Fenway Park and the certifi­cates were presented between the games o t a double header. They were the gltt of the Pere Marquette Council, Knights of Columbus, South Boston. - - t

In becoming a stock bolder in tbe United States Government, Babe Rath becomes a brother stock holder with Jack Dempsey, the • auglllstlc cham­pion who recently invested JlOOO in these securities. The cash value ot the six Treasury Sayings.Certificates when presented to Babe Ruth was $504. In 1924 at maturity they; will be ivo^th $600. .-

Babe Ruth Is a strong believer in Investing his money in safe securities suoh as Treasury Savings Certificates and War Savings Stamps. He has no leanings toward the "get-rlch-iiuick" schemes, and salve oily-tongued peddlers of securities of doubtful value.

PING WONG- WINS IVI EOAL.

PERSHING

Little Miss Ping Wong of Colum­bus, Ohio, does npt wear, the trousen. of the nat ive ' Chinese girl's costume,, but none", of her trousered sohool boj' competitors In the sale of War Sav­ings Stamps- ivas able to surpass hei In |)usln^ss acumen and persever­ance. 7

Miss Ping, who la 13 years oit! and daughter of a.->-ealthy Chinese merchant tms been awarded a "Gen­eral Pershing" medal for having sold more than $25,000 in - War Savings Stamps this year.. Miss P i t g ex­plained that s h e bad sold War Sav­ings Stamps'because her father, had told her she must dqi her very best for America because this country had given him a home, Ciomfort and pros­perity. • "

THRIFT AND SUCCESS

Views of Famous Men Some of our greatest Industrial or­

ganizations have leaiaed their A-B-C's in -waste eltmbtttlon and have found themselves well repaid. The time is coining when every man who lays claim to buslnessi ablilty will kee^ the question of was te .before him constantly.

"Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of Thrift IE limitless."—Thomas A. Edison.

BEE WISE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, .that the subscriber has been duly appointed administrator of tho estate of OEOROE LITTLE lato of Ayor In the County of Middlesex, deceased, intestate, and has taken upon himself th.at trufif by giving: bond, aa tho law directs.

All porsons havlns demands upon tho estate of said deceased arc required to exhibit tho samo; and sail persons in­debted to eald estate aro callod upon to make payment to

THOMAS F. MIH.'LIN; Adm. Aycr, Ma*if„ January 13, 1920, 3t32

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W h e n the sawmills moved out of a certain Northern ^ Woods towh it looked like the finish of biisiness there for everyone—farmers, merchants, banker. Bu t the banker refused to quit^^r-^If I can make dairying and poultry-keeping profitable my bank will make money," said he. The story of his efforts and the rnoney-making prosperity that has come to his community is told in the current issue of '^. -

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IKJ •; nioney; Come to us with your —tfie conv Problepis and let us see if to-tpverywhere Sether we cannot boost your

- b a n k a c c o u n t . A s a s t e p towards that prosperity, 'we urge ycfu to read each weetiTliE^ COUNTRY GENTLEMAN.:"WKatTLf

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ever l ine. Of ferming you are ifoUowing—livestock, dairying, poultry^ grain, fruit, truck, com, bees—there is something for you each week in the many pages of the Great National Fa rm Weekly. If you authorize us^ we shall be glad to charge your account $1.00 for a year's sub': scription. Or, better still, come in; let 's ta lk it over personally and get acquainted. ^

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BURNING MONEY By Walt Mason Life is pay and blithe and isunhy since tho peace dove hit tho breeze;,

everyone is burning: »ioney just a s though it grew on trees, I insist on thrift and savinprs, but there's none to heed my words: johnnies say that I am raving, ahd throw money to the birds. Men are drawing princely wages and their breasts are filled with • mirth, and thoy jeer, foreboding sages whp predict a day of .dearth; but that day will como a r aur«ly a s tomorrow's sun will r ise; things will then be going poorly with tho giddy spending guys. Thingra won't boom along forever a s they'r.o booming no'w,

• my friends; and the man who's truly clever saves as ably as, he spends. It is patent to the knowing In expensive t imes like these, that the kopecks won't be growing a lways on the shrubs and trees. Thore will come a day' of trouble, when this boom is lef t behind, and the kopeck and the roubt« •will be mighty hard t o find; happy . then the lads whoffa wages have beeni safely placed in brine, who obeyed the seers and sages, when the Mving* graft was fine. And how sick 'will bo the mortals 'who like ipendthrUta now behav«, who r t p l y 'with jeers and chortles when we TMU on them to save. I _ •

Left Foot Largest, Your left foot t s larger thnp your

right,—tn 99 cases out of '100. Science » p l a l n s It In mnny w a y s ; but we ac­cept the easiest one, which" Is thnt we are a world of lef r-f ooted loungers. We leonagalDst posts and door Jambs,

.and we do roost of our^ennlng on .tho

.left foot; cbnsequetftly, thi?bugh the ''^/ars It has grown to support the

Thck next time yon buy shoes, have your left foot measured first*

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The Main Point Eve hnd formed the 'bad habit of

running away, Ho to Impress her fully, with the danger of so doing, her fa­ther took her on his knee and told hor the story of fcharllo Rosa—how he was conxcd awny from hla yard ono dny by a mnn who promised him some candy and he never caitte back to his pnrqnt.i. She listened Intently, and at the close of the -s^ory'she looked up' ^^^\!^'^^i^'^'^ -i^ as;;; -^^m^r^^ candy J"

Fresh a.nd Frozen Flsh, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdaj-a and Fridays, Wo ship by parcel Post to neighbor­ing-towns. Tel, or mail orders prompt­ly', attended to. '

, P. DONLOX & CO. Mnln Street Aycr

P E T r n p N To the Honorable Senate and House

of Representatives of Thc Com-nionwcxlth of Massachusetts In General Court assembled.

The undersigned, citizens of the town of Townsend, respectfully peti­tion for Icgl.s!atloii to authorize thc town of Townsond to supply Itself and Its inhabitants with water, and tor authoclty to borrow nioney for the purpose ot defraying'tho expense of said water supply, substtintially In accordance W i t h a 'b lU presented to thc General Court.

(Signed) 3t21

EVERETT W. SEAVER, GAI.EX ,\, PROCTOR, CUA.RE.VGE L. -WEBSTER,

COMMONWK.\J^TH OF MASSACHU-.SETTS. Middlesex, ss. Probate Court.

To the heirs-at-law, next of kin, and all other persons interested in the es.-tati^ of KLVIl;.\ S. BO"n"MAK late ot Littleton in said County, deceased.

Whereas, a certain instrument pur-portins to be thc iast will and testa­ment of said deceased has been pre­sented to said Court for. probate, by .M.VRC1.\ Rl BOWMAN who prays that letters ot administration with the will annexed may be issued to her, or to some othe'r suitable person, the execu­trix nanu-d in said will having declined to accept the trust,

Vou are hereby cited to appear at a Probat* Court, to bc held at Cambridge In paid Countv of Middlesex, on the ninth day ot February A. D, 1920, at nine o'clocli in the forenoon, to show cause. If any you have, why the same should not be granted.

And said petitioner Is hereby directed to give publle notice thereof, by pub­lishing this citation once in each week, for three successive weeksr In tho Lit­tleton Guidon, .1 newspaper published in said County, thc last publication to be one day, at least, beforo said Court, and by mallinff, postpaid, or delivering a c o p y of this citation to all known persons Interested In the estate, seven d.iys, at Ieaat, before said Court,

Witness, George F, Lawton, Esqulro. Plrst Judge of said Court, this nine­teenth day of January in tho year one thous.ind nine hundred and twenty,

3t'21 F. M, ESTYj, Register.

NOW If yoa are conten^Iatiag buying a etur for next year we s t r o n g

urge you to lUace your order NOW, as J^ indications at present point to a oar.shortage/that will eauie disappointment to those who wait until spring' to place their order.

We have iiad to.disappoint a great inany prospective purchasers during the past seasonHbeeausa ^e r e were not enougli cars to supply the demand. Our entire allotment was absorbed by those who fore-sightedly ordered their cars in advance of, the time when they actually ' needed them. The coming season, in our opinion, will see as great' if not a greater shortage. ^ •

Distributors for

STUDEBAKER-and DODGE BROS. AtTTOUOBILES

YATES' GARAGE-Maple Street Telephone 157-2 AYEB, MASS.'

COMMON"WKALTH., OF. MASSACHU-SETT.S. Middlesex, SS. Probate Court.

To the holrs-atrlaw, noxt of kin and ,'ill other persons Interested in tho es­tate of MINERVA T. WARRK.Nlato ot Groton In said County, deceased.

Whereas, a certain Instrument pur­porting to be tho fast will and testa­ment of said de'ceased' has been pre­sented to said Court, for Probato, by FR.VNK LiAWRBNCE pLOOD Who prays that letter? testamentary may bc issued, to him, t h e executor therein named, withoul"T?lvlng a surety on'his olSciat bond. /

Vou are hereby cItod to appear at a Probalo'Court, to bo hold at Cambridge In said County ot Mldjllesex, on tho second d.ay of February A, D, 1920, at nine o'KJlock in tho forenoon.- to, show cause. If any you h&Vo, why the same should not be'Ttrantod,

And said petitioner Is hereby directed to Klvo publlo notico thereof, by tubp llshing this citation onco In each week, (or throe successive weeks. In the Gro­ton I*indmark. a, now8p.ap«r published In said County, aho last publication to be ono day, at lca«t. before said' Court, and by mailing postpaid, or dollvcrlng a copy of this citation to all known persona Interested In the estato four­teen days at least beforo said Court.

Witness, George F. -Lawton, Ksqulre First Judge ot said Court this thir­teenth day of January In tho year one thousand nine hundred and twenty.

3t20 F. M. EST.y, RegUter.

Ralph H. Wylla DENTIST

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A l l w e believe and almost all we know."

Xteisa ot .local Intereat are soUoIted a n d muat a lways bo aocompanled by t k e name ot the writer, not tor publl-o t U o s . but aa a guarantee of BOOd telth. and will always bo conaldered • t r l c t l y confidential. Kindly mall Items • e o B a t t e r the day ot occurrence and do n o t i r ^ t unnecessarily.

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3)otis Items. : , ' • ' -Winthrop Sheedy has allowed his

namo to go before the public In nomi­nation tor the offlce of electric light «onunlsslonor. 'With, his natural aOdltty and-btisincss training the'.cltl-xena ot Groton would do well to elect

Tbat Eltojiburg young- man evident­ly fared well, tor he stayed over Wed-aiesd(«ij'..-nlKht.and took the ilrst train tbo.next morning.

The Groton boys certainly .like the motto, "X5o -.'West,'; for every night •tlioy'ean'be seen traveling that-way— "Wesi- Groton, ..'Westford and West GraniteviUe—.or la It Swedevlllc, GeorsoT

O ii on IS; soon to lose three ot.lts SUM^ ipopniar young ladles.' They will. a^'.'ifeliljr'-'Hissoa- by their inany Xt^b»o^.-.Such[;-iS'the -work ot jOan

.xrnikia. T b 6 t « are Beveral l ight cases .of the

S i i p p « . about 40WY1. Tho.doctoc-Baya t a k e ' c U e ,6t'your colds while'th.ey a r e StiU l i sht , lest th^y .devfiUw more«eri- . | o o a tirouble. : , i

Koj: eWclency, honesty..and economy Trote t o r Carpenter for'selecttnan. ^

Born ' oil Monday, January i2, a dangliter, Margaret Chase; twelghlng 8% pounds, to Mr. and Mrs. WlUlam O. ..Oreene. ..

.Alfred C. -Woods spent .Sunday with hia inother, Mrs. Augustus Woods. Mr. "Wbbdis .ihteh'ds'to. go abuth about thc first of JJekraiary..

Gntnt 'Berquls t •was operated upon foir aj^p^hdlcltls last Monday at Ur. m i b o n r n ' s hospital.

Mta. EL i t , N e e d i a m continue* t« m a k e such good' progress toward re­coyery that'She i s expected to return] t o .Groton spon>

At ' the Baptist church on Sunday t h o pastor -will take for his subject I h o third in thc scries on the ten commandments , -"The sin o t Irrever­ence.*'' ..,..

Mrs. S..W. Bangs Is alowjy recover­i n g froitt-quUe a severe case o f the s r l p p e since last Saturday,

Groton now .has sixty women regis­tered, on the vot ing l i s t

On Monday, obout noon, the flre a lar m -slsnal •*is sounded for what p r o v ^ - t o ' b e a. chimney fire in the h o u s e owned and occupied by the late S a m u e l L: Blodgett. Th.Ough several a l a r m s - 'were-Kfveft ' 'Ihe flre was con-

— f l n ^ ^ i i b e cWlpney, but when It was

r lngton. ' ' i -An.g . ; E. B. Branigan, l.s.n.g.; Herbert W. Taylor, r.s.v.g.; Lawrenco Blood, l.B.v.g.! .C. M. ToUes, I; g,; C1.,A; 'Durant, o. g. Sidney Davis, flnanclifl secretary, and George'Stev­ens, chaplain, wcre not present, and wl irbe . Insta l led later. After thc In­stallation supper .was served;In thc lower hali. Speeches wcre i v a d e b y memberB of tho InstaUing sJilt? and members of the lodg'e. At the close ot the Installation ceremony George H. Buxton, district doputy gra^ij :>naster,-presented a past grand cpUiir to the retiring noblo grand, George l n w ­rence.'

On Monday. February' 2, at eight o'clock, tho Woman's cIub-wHI give an entertainment at tho towji hall to help pay the expense) ot the two French orphans the club has adopted. The entertainment will consist ot the pre­sentation of "Tho country cousin," a very amusing comedy jbjf. Booth Tar-klngton^ and delightful-, miisic. "The. country cousin" will be given.by Miss Grace Sage, .1 reader ot great charm, and tho muslcale will consist of cornet solos by Mrs. Beers and songs byJtIss Mildred Kemp.

K. M. McClellan, proprietor of the Park street garage. A.yer, authorized Ford agent, has sccUre'cI. the services of 'Winthrop Pattce of Groton to assist him In tho .>«ilca end of his business, including all models of Ford cars, trucks a^d. Fordsonu. tractors., . . i t r . Patteo will be pleased^.to call oh any­body Intore'sfed'to biiy n'ew or second hand Ford cars, trucks or a new tractor, tei. Aycr 336. Groton 214^2. •

A IlttlC a\'er a week ago Mrs. Wil­liam N. Souther returned to her h * n e In .Groton aftor .her stay at the Massa-. chusetts'General hospital arid her sub­sequent visits In Cambrldgo iand In Wilmington. Mra. Souther expresses great satisfaction with the. hospital and found the Chrlstrnas'^ea^on in the con­valescent -ward o n e . ' o t ^ l » s a n t social enjoyment. On ;.ChrIstmtis eve . there were Christmas carols'.ani3 o- Chrlst-maa tree, on wheels', ytat.t'ed the differ­ent patients in hep •wara,,.dlslrlbuUnr

al yef rtr'agOi ' -Ao la surviyed .by twp c'hlldi'*'!^ Lawrence Brooks ot Groton, and Mrs. Richard M. Saltonstall of 99 Bay State road andi Chestnut HIU.

Town 'XVarrani. \ Thc wftrrant tor the annual town

meeting to bo held on February 2 Is. posted ond contains twelve articles. Thc flrst seven articles refer, to the regular annual business; tho remainder are as.follows;..-. .' . ' .

Article 8. ^'T.O'.sco- It tho town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to complete t h e s idewalk .on'the east side of Hollls street; between Champ­ney street to the cemetery entrance.

Art; 9. To see It the town •will vote to ri&> and appropriate the sum of $25()^jr £ome other amount, and elect a dlt*it>r for. demonstrat ion'work In' agriculture and home economics, thc mon?y to bo expended by, and the di­rector-to serve in co-operatlon with tho. County Trustees for Aid to Agri­culture of tho Middlesex County B u ­reau of Agriculture and Home Eco­nomics, under'the provisions of Chap­ter'273, General Acts of 1918,

Art. 10. To see If the town wUl raise and appropriate the sum of $16.00 to extend the street liRhtlng system from the end thereof to the Ayer town

I'ne- '..- "•:i Art. 11 . . To see what action tne

town would'wish to have Ihe lschool committee taka Ih rcg.-ird to: llabil.ity Insurance Jn th^'ti'a:nsporiatIon of the schoor children. ' " ' '

•Art. 12. To see if the to'wn will riflse and .appropriate the ,sum - ftf $1,138.60 tor tlie,.suppression • of the gypsy and,brown-tal l .mothj; . - '

bt-Dalry«rij(le*Ttii^^ Walter H. Pddgror trustee o ^ frei' 'lecture fund, FrahK tA\<roncb'Blood; park coirtmlsslonor, two years, to,.flU vacancy, Shadrach Evans; three years, E. Dexter Howoj^ collector of taxes, Wallace A. Brown, Myron' P,";$vi'allow; auditors, AlmOn L. Call, Q. Cedrl^., Moison; tree warden, Shadrach Evaii*;'- clectrlo light com-mlsssloner; 'V^lnthrop L. Sheedy; Charles "J.JWrlght; constables, Patrick W. Kane; ^eromtr C, Shattuck, WU­lard P. Tollesji appropriation commit­tee,'F.rank Li. BtooJi, George. S. Knapp, Harry P. Talnter, Asa H. Thompson, WUllam-H. AVhltehlll, . .

An Enjoyablo jEvcnlng. Supt. Hj R ; Robblee of Rlverdale

farm entertained, th^ employees tbere and their w.I«;es'At*a dinner on Thurs­day evenlns , •Jiar^uary 22. There -were thirty-two persjnV'present, who en-Joyed the.vocai'i^.iJ instrumental mu­sic,., games tintt'^ifelk-dahclnB,. In ad­dition to thft^lnher, and speeches from several of tTloaa present.. The_ tables •were'.prettily .de<5pratcd with flowers and candles, yelfow befhg the predom­inant color; Among the interesting speakers of the eyenlng •were Jerry iOcnahy ot "ther<^o:^er and shrub de­partment;" Geofe'e 'Wlghl o't the mason aepattment'.nnd.,Robe.rt Forbes ot the i-epalr dep'irtiheht.- I i r . Burdick spoke about the 'heVavdl-.Guernseys on the farm and: ofJlho'frand- r'ecord;.of the teat cows f o r ; t 4 o 4 » s t . y e a r , w h l c h has placed t h e R^^J"^'*''^*'"^ among thc le'adi^lg.,Gueri\sd£tp_t^the statj . •' "^r. - RobbJcs^jSw'essed/hls' apprecia­tion,-of the .,t(^thtulness 3*; the em-ployeieS In;theij5,c'oej)erntlon in keeping the ' s tock an(^ ' th* fa^fii 'In siich good condiUpn. . AvjJfUW-'was.read'-from F. L. Howe"s.«'ijtt6ij'dlftK^.hft .best-wishes to his ' employees'JiiatlHelr.'•families, and thanking tbera * fo'f'iho-interest which they have shown ':!&"" the work of the farm.' Resolutions •were adopted "by. t h e -.ethpJoyecB ; thanking .Mr.. Howes for'.Tils k f r i d n e ^ ' l o them' and their tamiUes 'and for the interest he has shown In-jLHelr spi^lal welfare. Quo

To tho. Editor: '.' , It *ls" amusing to'.seo so many candi­

dates tidying to get'Offlce, and as Mr, Shaw has foUbwed tfie 'Tralj" so well and spiked It down so' thoroughly, why n o t all hands turp 'ta and put Mr. Shaw lli and let him cho'ose two more jsuch as he .wants to servo -with him.as Selectmen.. If he can give Groton aa ._ . ^ ^Od''-roads-«s^VyeriJ^aa^Mnv--tbeJV-.iatlQliaJKirjt.»)t<ttoJ^

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thoi ight ' to- bo extinguished It .started np.icii^x^ m a k l n s It necessary tp call ^9r'iieiilf''akaln. ' ,

Mrs. Cliarles Berry Is quite ill with a .carbuncle . - •

• a?ra. Mllo Harrington and her son Ricl iard are sick with tonsilitis.

Foi ir pheasants have been ^een near t h e Danlelson place, three on Whlt-Inc avenue, and two on the Martin's p o n d road recently.

T h e men's supper and entertainment '^11 be given at the Unitarian church

__ -vestry on Thursday evening, February 5; a t 6.30.

- Mrs. George Crocker, of North l ieomlnster, came last Monday and spent several days with Mrs. Fred porter .

•Miss .El la Reynolds Is sick with a severe cold.

; There will be a military whlst party for ladies and gentlemen at Odd Fal­lows' hall on Tuesday evening, Feb­ruary 10.

T h e meeting ot the Neighborhood d u b which -was to have taken place oh last Wednesday, was postponed on siccount of the extension school on t h a t day. The next meeting will be 3i'eld on February 4, with Mrs. Clough. I t -wlli be an all-day sewing meeting,

••'!Tho ncxt .meeting of the Commu-i( ity club will bo held at the homo •of MfS, Davis on Wednesday, Febru­a r y til when the entertainment wUl bo furnished by several young ladles. T h o moeting last Wednesday was jKJstpohe.doni account ot the Illness of Jitra.' 'Peterson.

vTTio n e x t ' ehtertaimwent In thc X^ood-Blgoloitr lecture course will be «iv^"'l'tf'th6''td«rn'hall on 'Wcahesday «veain8r, February 4, when thc public -irUl havo the opportunity to hear Strickland W. Glllllan, ono of the foremost American humorists, who Is Just a s good In his lino as thoso who h a v e preceded him in this course, have been in theirs. Mr. Glllllan is the a u t h o r of "Including y o u ' and me,'' twhich contains over one hundred of I l l s Joyous poems.

Mr. Lyons and family, who have -tieen living on Brown Loat farm, havo atarted for Maine, where Mr. Lyons

• tota bought a farm. Rev. Arthur 'V. Dlmock will preach

„ xt the Congregational church on Sun-3' d a y . '* ' _ Mr.'and Mrs. Arthur Sargent were

snmmoncd'to'Northfle ld this week on :, AOCOjmt of the Illness ot their son •1 ISalph. !>' Mason Shattuck Iplt town l.ost

Tharsday for Norfolk, 'Va., where he Is , , t o enter , tho merchant marine sorvice.

The . report ot Miss Minerva T. War-xen's bequests In her will, as'glven In thoso columns last weok, has since

J ', b e e n .found to bq nn Incorrect one, ac-sC c o r d i n g ' t o hor executor. ^i." The ' cedar trees near tho home of tjlt" ' - w m i a m Souther arc being visited by 1*1 ,. - ' l i b d a for their berries at this season,

,Kri .. U T O pine grosbeaks,- a blue-jay and a ; ""y ,' iMckcr: have been observed there.

if" ",• Kor efflclency, honesty and economy '^^ TOtcYor'tarpcntcr for selectman.; • W^': ""The- Gi'oton lodito, I; O. 0 . P.,- held

. ^^&'lt» annual lijstallatlon of pfflcers on iJ''"- -^Mwiia.'r evo'nJB*. The' list o l offlccrs

''' iBttalted Is as follows- Harold H ^^Wttedfi, a . is.; Charles B Ames, v. g ,

rlo Hodgman, r e c %oc-, George L. nton, treo^'; £ . H. Moyle, -warden

^ Oi. 1?C. U»a»«r, cond.; Ooorgo Foikins, WlutJki iSxi M e K « ^ tJlEs.; Barnes H a r .

gifts.- Gn.-.Chrlstmas day-.-there was music b y .an Italian orchestra, a big box ot'oranfees;, nuts, raisins, etc., was brought In'for-Ae patients' benefit, an excellent turkey dinner with Ice cream tor dessert was served, and in the af­ternoon visits from friends bringing gifts. The hospital has a nurses 'choir which is a • source of entertainment. It i s not always that one can enjoy skilled treatment and. eifcellent c-vre combined with' pleasant social lite dur­ing sicknces.

• Shattuck's store and H. P. Talnter's store will be closed.on Monday, Feb­ruary 2, from nine a. m. to twelve m,, on account of the annual town meet­ing.

On last "Wedhesday eyenlng at the whlst party,, at Odd Fellows' hall on gentlemen's^ iilgh't the fortu'nate per-

1 sons at the -R-lnnlng table were Apple-ton Torrey. .Georgia Hodgman, Ed-n-ard Roache and 'Roberi; Fyoybes, cach of whom secured a JJOX of cigars for a flrst prize. There- w;ere six tables.

On Wednesday evening Miss Edna Leonard entertained a party of twelve young ladies at whlst. Miss Addle Robblee won the first prize and Miss Ruth Doane the booby prize. Thcy had a pleasant social evening.togeth­er and refreshments -n'ere sei-ved.

On- Monday • evenine, February *•$ under the auspices of the Woroan-s club,' Grace Sage, reader of plays, will present "The . country cousin," by iBooth Tarklngton, In the town-hall.

Mr, and Mrs. James Lawrence itnd Mr. ahd Mrs. Rjchard Lawrence were among the jguests at the suppe.r dance at the Copiey-Plaza, Boston, last weelf. Thursday evening.

The Middlesex Local C. E. 'Union I5. to-have a rousing rally In the Littleton] Baptist church on Thursday evening, February 6, at 7,30, All former mem­bers will be most welcome. A line convention has also been planned, •which is to meet in Maynard on Feb: February- 23. ,«' J

In the accoiirfT^-the-Installation of the offlcers o f the Mldldesex Rebekah

Jodse . -g iven last week, by some over-sight no mention was made of the. fine collation served, which was so ex­cellent as to be well worth special notice.

On last week Friday afternoon the Woman's club held-'-5ts resrular meetr Ing, The speaker oi thcaKJernoon was'' Mrs. Hubbard, of Fitchburs, .who ,«a'C-e a most Interesting paper on oldrtime-music. Mrs. Hubbard's husband w-as at ono tim'e a teacher at L.awrence academy. Miss Susjin P. Hill and Mrs. Charles B. Ames sang some of the songs mentioned by Mrs. Hubbard. The ncxt meeting will be held on Fri­d.iy, February 13, when the speaker will come from the State Federation of Woman's clubs,

Mrs, H. B. Robinson Is to play for' thc Y, M. C. A. In Ayer for the next two weeks.

Thc committee for devast.itcd France which has proved itself so resourceful In gathering funds for the work, is making arrangements to hold a bosaar to be staged In the rooms on Boylston,: street, Boston. A street Is to be ar--rangcd,_ reaching from .one.e.n4^|.t)>e. main room to the other, with shops on each" side, where evc'ryth'lrig new' liT summer wcrtr and in great variety will be sold by young pcofilc In costume. There will be a group in French- peas­ants' dress, selling llowers, the stand arranged with awnings Uke the ffpwcr staUs In Paris. This bazaar will last two day.s, March 1.8 and 19, from-ten in 'the morning, until sl.x o'clock In tho evening.- Mm. James I.awrence Is onc of tho prominent members of the committee In charge pf thc arrange­ments. - '- ' • -

John H. Trayne has resigned his position at .Camp-Devens and has ac­cepted a position with thc Blrcii Creek Mining Co. ot Big:.Pine, Cal. He will start on his new duties. February' 1 and will be thQ eastern representative of the company.

Friends In town will be Interested to learn of-the marriage, of Miss Flor­ence Greene to Charles Coolldge of Walpole. Mrs. Coolidgo lived for many years In Groton, but about five years ago moved to Walpole. Mr. Coolldge at one tlnie resided on the PcppcreU road. They will make their home In Reading, Pn. • Mr. and' Mrs. Elmer Eldrcdge of Manchester, N. H., are rejoicing over thc birth • of a daughter. Mrs. El­drcdge was formerly Isabella BrowVi of this town.

Peter Chardon Brooks, art collec­tor, died Wednesday morning ar' his homc, 2 Deerfleld street, Boston, He was born In Watertown, May •8,,1831, tho son ot Gorham and Ellen._(Shppf, erd) Brooks. He was .graduated from Harvard in the class of 'S2, and In I860 married Miss Sarah Ijiwrenco, daughter pf Amos A La'wrrcneo While a young man ho traveled In EhiroRC where ho collected thc works of many old masters'. Mrs. Brooks died sever*

N & P crossing up. by the Ne-wTwhlch Were. greAtlr.»PPTeclated. The Met«4d.Laundryr'ir.<!j'coiiId not expect companjr heRalialed at, 0. ^a.tt, hour, the'streets of heaven much,smoother, having spent a most enjoyable even-

H. H."BHBS,''Ayer.

Schok^ N W S ; ' • "•-' Fourteen of the high school girls

attended the mUUncry d a i s In the •lower town hal l on Tuesday afternoon, and Wednesday morning, Thlsj?lass was onfei of those connected with t h e extension school. '• On- Monday the superintendent of schools visited the West Concord schools. "They havc a large new school similar to our Boutwell school. It has a larger- building, which contains an auditorium.

WlUlam H. Foikins. G, H, S., class of '14, has dccepted a position with the .flKO department at Camp Devens,

ing.

Mkldlcsox.Cotmty Bureau. The two days extension school, giv­

en by the Massadhiisetts Agricultural coilege and * the' Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Eco­nomics cooperating, came.to a success­ful conclusion on 'Wednesday aftery npon. -. The attendance w a s not as large as hoped for , -as persons from but of town 'wero handicapped In com­ing owing to thc poor traveling. How­ever, those attending the school were jWBll palfi for their efffirt. Under the leadeKshfp o f ' county horticultural •ag"e'nt,'A'.'B. Jenks, the a'pple gro'wlng and farm crops section 'were treated to'^nob-only Interesting; but very in-; structive lectures by Prof. "W. R. Cole. !Prof. HJ.'A. Van Meter, and J,, B. Ab­bott,.' extension specialists In horticul­tural manufactures, fruit and farm management, respectively.

Our present agricultural agent, Charles B. Tlllson, outlined the com­mercial fertilizer situation, Mr. Ab­bott, who was previously our county agent, is soon to give up his work in this state and return to his farm In Vermont Those wlio have had thc pleasure o t hearing him talk, or prof­ited by his sound advice, will deeply regret his retirement from th i s fleld of endeavor. Besides an exhibition of dICtecent types of orchard equipment, the lectures were Illustrated by charts and pictures.

.•The Home Economics section, un­der the leadership of Miss M.aTgar/?t L, Robinson, had various lectures on useful aind timely subjects, and with 4fie. assistance of Miss Ethel Bruce, a six hour-course In millinery was given. In this course seven woraen trimmed hats, while the audience gave and were given advice.

A delicious dinner was served on tbe first day' by the ladles of the Con­gregational church, and on the second day iiy the Grange, and'-many-thanks are due thcnv-for their efforts toward tli,o a c c e s s of the occasion.

;,liTi-oi;der that Orotpn may again be chosen,.as the town In this section of the-county In which to hold an ex­tension school, and tp help along the invaluable work the Bureau is doing in behalf ot all of our citizens, it is urged tiiat w e give It our heartiest moral and financial support.

Grange. FoUowing the business meeting of

the Grange on Tuesday even ing- the installation of offlcers took place. In­stalling officer' "Willard G. White, as­sisted by Mrs. Bradshaw and four others from Ayer, Installed the fol­lowing offlccrs: Eber J. Kelrstead. m.; Kenh\o Fletcher, o.; Mrs. Addle M. Woods^-- lect; Herbert Foikins, stow.; Raymond P. Sawyer, asst. stew.; Mrs. El la P. Woolley, chaplain; Mrs. Ella GUson, trcas,; Mrs. Effle M. Souther, s e c ; WUUam Sanderson, g. k.; Mrs. Maria Kelrstead, Ceres; Mrs. I.->abel Hlll, Pomona; Mrs. Anna Fo i ­kins, Flora; Mrs. Mary E. Fletcher, 1. a, s.; Miss Helen Barrows, pianist; George S. Knapp, ' executive commit;;, tee 1 year; Georgo H. 'Woods, 3 years.

After the Installation, followed b y , a march, at about ten o'clo'ck, nil re­tired to tho lower hnll and partook ot an oyster stow prepared by 'Wallace A. Brown-and Mrs. Lura Adams. After tlio Topast the new master ca l l ed .on dIfforSKt persons to speak, who -re­sponded with appreciative nnd Inter-csl lngiiemark's. Miss Margaret Rob-Iniiotk and Mrs. Foster, of Ashby, who were-here'"during ittts sc-sslon of thi-bxtc'iyiitin school, were pr'eserit,

Can<Ildetcs for Town Offlocs. The candidates for town offlces to

be fllled « t : t h e nnnual town meeting on Monday are as tollows: Select­man, bvcriscerelt tho poor and asses­sor, Amos L. Ames, Clifford E. Blxby, Fred G. Carpenter, Michael J. Denahy, Carl A. P. Lawrenco, .Richard M. ghaw; treasurer. Grant W. ShattucH: town clerk, Appleton H. torrey ; school committee,- two years, Mabelle O. M. Branleah,' John G Strachan, three ycWs, Everett B Gerrlsh, Clifford S Grlswold,-Ethel P White, trustee of public library, Charles B Ames; bo ird Of health, Arthur G. Kllbourn, trustee

To t h e ' E d l t o r : ' ; ' ' ; - ' • Slnco the announcement of my can­didacy for the board of selectmen at Xho cpmlng town meeting, I have been approached'by F. G. Carpenter with a proposition Uiat-;1 .withdraw In his favor. H e made this request twice. I then submitted, to him my platform and told h im .1 'would gladly withdraw If he would sigri it^'ind publish It so that the voters would know what they were.v.ot$nB-'tor... .1 explained to him that the adoptloii of this platform by any candidate would bind him to work for the only .objects I had in view In .seeking election myself, viz., a better town" t o - i i v e In.'- I told him that . I-believed that the votes I .received at the last .election were votes cast hon­estly for' these principles and not for mo a s nri indlvlduil , and. that any v o t e s I inay receive at this election would be for those principles, and nbt for me personally, so that If he would pub­licly announce h i s adoption of these principles there~ would be "no" need for me to run, and-J would do aU I could to further his election. He refused and stated that he was-wil l ing to sign his name ' t o ' Just, three- words, efficiency, honesty and, economy. '

. There .can bejonly—two j:aason8 for hfs refusal to adopt this, platform; h e Jelther do.Os.beUtfB,.ln theselprlnclples of town management and lacks the backbone and courage t o say so, or he does npt beUeve In them. Either rea­son ought to be enough for the voter who thinks. Here is the platform:

As a candidate for the offlce of se­lectman I wlsh,^brlefly to set forth the principles or piatform upon which I base my candidacy.

Efficiency, honesty and economy are the only factors which will govern ray actions as a- sclectnian.

I will perform-the duties of the of­flce as a faithful -servant of the citi­zens of Groton, and wlll_not allow any political machirie, group or clique to Influence-jme i n a i y way.

1 wUl do all In. my power to obtain for tho town 100 cents' worth for every dollar s p e n t .;

I will not consent to or be.a party to^ any secret meeting of the board of Selectman and -wUl insist on a proper and- true record of every meeting of the board belng'kept and available for the Inspection of any citizen,

I will Insist that every employee ot the town be hired solely on tho merits of his qualiflcatldn and fitness fOr the Job, and that he bo paid a liberal wage, but I will demand full -value service in returnj

I shall demand a clean, open ad­ministration of a l town business, and an absolute square deal for all.

I shaU'constantiy'work for more Im­provements and a lower tax rate.

Candidates Carpenter, Ames, Law­rence, Denahy and Blxby are each be­fore the people fir' election without a single public <Jcciai-ation or promise. If elected they jiah do as thoy pleaso and the people 'hare, no. come-back, oach one wanta to r,uh tho town's af­fairs for the next'three yenrs, and has no plan or program to start with; This has gonorally' been: tho cose In •the past, and Is oiie-i'caiion why wc do not have a betti^ tb^«Ti' go-vemmerit There Is some ta lk:of "Torrey" can­didate being the.' ' logical" winnor. I do not know who he Is, but If this "talk" is true, there Is surely no need Of an election. Hereditary, or'appolnt-atlve selection of i t n p w member to the board would bo, moro "logleal.'l

Following the 'precedent established nt the lost electjon the nfler-electlon celebration should-bo IllUnilnatlrig with flve efflglcs to biim this time.

• Richard M. Shaw.

Sftavey. at Cape'Porpoise, Me,"'--Mla«. Seavey had gone to »pc(id thp .Tytek-ehd at the homo ot her .father, Frank Seavey, As she was not fooling ,y,?ry rwoU she dccldea to stay over Monday. .-Sho. grew worse and died suddenly ori Tuesday. Tho funeral was held In Boston on Friday.. Miss Seavey taught for m a n y years In thc Boston schpols, where sho will bo sadly missed.

Mildred Blood has ieft tho F i tch­burg Business collego and is -working in tho onico at Hollingsworth & Vose papermill. .- , .

Mrs. F . -H. 'Worster of Fitchburg visited her mother, Mrs. M. B. Wil­liams,- on 'Wednesday.

Miss Hazel Thompson Kas been spending a tew days with -her aunt, Mrs. W. F. Lane. -

Arthur Hood'has resigned his posi­tion at HpUIngsworth & Vose paper-mill to take effect on February 1, '

Misses' Suillvan and Culllnan- have resigned their positions at tho. offlce of Holl ingsworth & Vosp mill,' where they have been employed tor several years.

Mrs. Sarah. Bowthorpe has been confined to iier bed during the last two weeks . . . . .

Rev. J. F.-Snyder of Acton preached at tho -Christian Union church lost, Sunday morning and evening as the pastor, Mr. Ganloy, was put ot. town.

F o r efflclency, honesty arid economy vote for Carpenter for selectman. •

Charles Bean of East Jaffrey, N. If., was In ttj-wn'on Sunday visiting friends and kindly., consented to s ing at the morning aiid c^verilng services at the chiirch. In the morning he sang, i t jhe holy city" and ';Face to face" and In the evening led tho praise service and sang three solos. His singing was very much enjoyed. Soyeral. years ago Mr. Bean w a s a member of the Hande l and Hadyn society and he' also sang a t all' the . jheet lngs which b . ; L . Mpt«Jy hrtd In Boston; ' • . . . ., - ' . i j , . . . ; Mr^.,John Downs has .been ill popr hea l th ' for-some time and a tew dolys ago .went to visit her. sistor, who \i\oi In.Maine. Mr. Downs, has been sent

^or-aa-botfa-Mrs.-bowns.nnd her e'lstir, are-IU."- . '•••

If tho town appropriates riioney to make the needed alterations in Squan­nacook Tiall a moving picture machine has been pro.mlscd.'.by Hollingsworth-& Vose Co.; arid in'tiie npt too far dis­tant future' people may see moving pictures without lea-vlng town.

Mrs. E.. K. Harrington h a s been III and jinder the. doctor's care ;(ftirlng the pas't week.

Miss Elsio M. Tarbeil le f t tpwn bri Satiirday tOr HjUiover, N. 'H. , to take u p her' former work as private sec­retary to Hpmcr E. Keyes, business director of Dartmouth college. Miss Tarbeli has ,been at her horae In 'West Groton since her return from overseas a tcw months afro.

•A"VER.MAas:

TO AYER TO TRADE

Store News BFiefluPiit In the -accompanying list -you :will find some interesting' quota-

tions on needed things; Interesting in Uvo ways-good quahty for less than you have been paying. .., ' ' : • ' ' . • .

SOMETHING SPECIAL. IN SHIRT WAISTS Fine Voile Waists trimmed-with Val and Venice Lace; made

with and - -ithout" collars;, sizes 36 to. 44. ' , : ^2.69 and $2.60 Values, Special at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • • • • ?1 -0S $2.39 and $2.00 Valiies, Special at . , -.- • • • - • • $1.69 Values, Special a t . . . . . . . . . . . . : • • • • - • • • • • • • •

LABELS' BLACK.HOSE : High spliced douijle heel aiid sole,-wide garter top;.a.high.grade.

medium, weight hose. _'.,-.-' Special a t , . ; . . . . . . 3 pairs for-^l.OO.

OHILDEEN'S OUTING FLANNEL BLOOMEES • • Made frQ.m white and colored, heavy-outing,flannel; sizes.4,.6,

8, 10 years.. -'- -, ' - - • , ; '•;. .. Regular Prices 656 and ^Bcj Special a t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -'.- 4 9 ^

.^ ,;.. '". • MEN'S'..CASHMERE' HOSE • : ; • -•-i" ' "Extri' fine" quality cashmerfe"iiose,-natural..colQr; sizes, 9% .to

i i % . - . • • ' - • ' ' • " • - • • • • • • ' • • ^ " ' : • • • -

iBegular.-.Price 76c, Special at- . . . . ; . : • . . . • - • - • • • - - •.-.•• 5 9 ^

~ --HbN1E-B00KriDlH=^14iONSH=OR-Sf^ ' iafuU"6)t suggestion foif the. Spring Wardroljo^v :, ; ; .

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Don't fail, to purchase a'copy, at our pat'tefn'.corniter; 2 5 ^ including a 15<J Pa,tteni Coupon^"

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ruary 16. Those wishing to Join the club should have the i r .names In the hands ot the corresponding secretary,-Mrs. John A. Cleaves, oh pr hefore Monday to be acted upon at that time.

Abont Town. Mrs. Woolley returned this 'weok

aftor being away noarly four weoks, keeping house for hcr daughtor In Nashua Iwhilo sho w a s assisting In taking the census, which she com­pleted on Monday.

•Jl fs . Needham Is expected to return to Groton this •week.

Tho Orange served a dinner to those who Wished on Wedncaday In thc Con­gregational vo.'itry. Thoy wero pre­pared for-a much larger number than were present.

For etliciency, boripsty and economy vote for Carpenter for selectman- *

Mrs. Patrick Ryan Has been poorly lately and Is under the doctor's care.

Mrs. Lucy Smlthj one ot tho faith­ful helpers at Oroton Inn, Is a patient a t Dr. KUbOurn's hoajJltal, being very IU ^Ith pneumonia. Another of tho employee* Is also a t the hosplut with a hard cold. v

Nows Items, Mr. and Mrs. Ixiuls PhlUips have

been spending a few days Ih town, Mrs. Phillips, w h o " w a s married on January 11, was formerly Miss Kath­leen Hackett, a graduate of Ayer High school, and ivell known In town. The couple left a few days ago for Tenafly, N. J., where they aite'to make .their home.

-The Master Mason degree w a s work-ed at a special communlcatlpn of-Caleb Butler lodge on last weelc Fri­day evening. - Foilpwlng the meeting a . lui ich' of cream.ed shrimp, sand-wiohes,- doughnuts,!-coffee, cocoa and cIgai-8 was served-ln-the banquet hall. Lucliis C. Falrchlld entertained with several humorous readings and stor­ies, and there were remarks by Major' Dlftenbach and other offlcers from Camp Devens, " A. A. Fillebrown, who has been un­der treatment at St. Elizabeth's hos ­pital tor the past two weeks. Is much Improved In condition and returned home on "Tuesday. .

The Ayer Branch AUIarice will meet at. tho home of Mrs. E. B. Butterfleld, East -Main atreet, Monday -afternoon, February 2. Business meet ing at 2.30. R e d Cross work will be. furnished to those who wish to sew. "Hostesses, Mrs. Butterfleld, Mrs. Chase, jklrs. Big­elow, Mrs. Pierce, Mrs. Kinney. Mrs. S. H. Proctor and Miss E m m a Butter­fleld.

J, D. Carney is in Detroit this week on court business,

W. J. Hurley and Johh 'Walsh •were at tho boxing boiits in Boston Tuesday evening. .

Ted WiUls is working at the round house.

Offlcer Blood had a narrow escape this week w-hlle on .^uty from a fall of -snow oft Barry building, which landed a few fects from him.

People wonder why the stout yard clerk who lives near tlie East Main street schoolhouse Is taking In tho shows at the Y. M. C. A, Tuesday eve­nings. Is-he looking for a wi fe? .

K. M. McClellan, proprietor of tl)e P a r k , street garage, Ayer, authorlxed Ford ag*nt, has secured- the services of -Wlrithrtip Patteo-ot Groton to'assist h im m the eaica end Of his- bu«Irif*&Sj Iijciuding i l l models of Ford 'cAri;' trucks a n d ' FordSom tractors. Mr. Pattee tvlll. bo pleased to c a l l o n arlijri body interested to buy now or second hand Ford cars, t n i c k s or a new tractor,- tcl. Ayor 336, Groton 214-2. •

A number of sleighing paj-tjies have, been enjoyed by tho younff'poojfile of the town the past week, the 'convey-anco 'be ing furnished by Thomas H. Griffln, of Harvard. .

Mrs. Albert F. "Alurphy has return­ed from a visit -with her sister, Mrs. Edwin H, Burkhardt, In Holyoke.

Rex M. BoutweU la employed Ih the flre department, at Camp Devons.

Mrs. Jennie McDuffle, ot Nashua, N. H., a former.teacher-ln tho public schools here, ' attended the Brown-McCarthy wodding a n d ' visited old friends. '

George S. Boutwell V7, R. C. '*11l hold their flrst meeting of the new year on next Thursday ovening In Hardy's hall at 7.30. All mcmliers aro requested to attend. The usual aupper will be served at 6.30. liMrther Information may-,bo obtained from the chalrinan of tho executive committee, Mrs., Ida C, Boutwell.

san Rlvcr. Miss Hattle Parker of Lancaster is

keeping house for Mi-, and Mrs. A. 'W'. Robinson...

Mrs. Gussman and sister have visited her daughter. Mary Gussman, at R e ­vere, a few days this week.

Owing to the storm there were np services at the Baptist church last Sunday. . '

Miss Alice Marshall has been on the sick list, but Is now so much better that she plans to start for Florida the last of this week. ,',

Mrs. Jennie 'WlUard has been moved the past week. - .> ,

Mrs. Alice Haskell Is much-better,-BO as to tajce a sieighride this week..

TO BENT—Three-room. Suite:, tur -nrshed;"ill conveniences. Apply to B0>. 3<4," Aycrj Mass,-' --- '_ ' * •

GARAGE TO LET—^14x10, built nCW" iast fall: centrally locate'd. Apply' t c T. J PIRONE, A-yer, Mass. *

LOST—A Lady's Gold Faced Elgin Watch, In Groton; attached to narrow-black ribbon and gold - elasp- Address: BOX 75, Groton. Maes. - , * ,

WANTED R o o m AND BOARD

In or' near -West Groton for two worn-ea. HOULINGSWORTH & VOSE CO., West Groton,. Mass. • • •', - . .

' ' TOWNSEND Harbor.

Mrs. Helen- 'Warner entertained the As You Like It cliib at her hotne on Main street, 'Wednesday, January 28. It was found that after expenses were paid, there remained ten dollars to be used for the Harbor" school. It -vraa voted to send that sum to Mrs. Edna W, Bray, the teacher, for the purchase of a sink. Mrs. Adney Gray, as ' l ec ­turer, presented an . Interesting pro­gram. A dressmaking contest tested the member's knowledge. MrS, -Warn­er was assisted in serving lOnch by Mrs, Frank Conant and Mrs. Galen Proctor.- Mrs, James Bennett was the club's guest.

The next meeting will be at Miss Hester Burdett's, the Old Homestead Mrs. Jones, lecturer.

AUTO REPAIRING O F E V E R Y DESCIUFnOJr

. LONG A N D SHORT DISTANCE :

AUT© TRUCKING ;_' '." / ViJXtlES .. , • :-. . •Any niunbei:^appoix>jBaodatoa.«.?^as<}n,,,

.;, ,-, - able-rates-

Rogers & Vancour .- Groton, Mass.

Telephone 122-12 3 m l 6

P.

New In the agricultural irnploment line Is a machine to cover a fleld of growing grain with straw to protect it In winter.

N e w AdvOrtlscmoits

-WANTED—Counters. Show Cases and Cash Registers. Apply to BOX 344, Ayer, Mass^ ;

CXIOICE WESTERN BEEP N A T I V E ' P O R K , CJHIOKENS, FOWLS

LASIB VEGETABLES

PBi irrs CANDY AND CIGARS TEAS AND ^OFTEES BREAD AND PASTRY

BUTTER, LARD, OLEOSIARGAIUNB

FRESH FISH AND OYSTERS Evcry-Woek

. I BUY, SBI.I, and TRADE Cattle, Pigs and Poultry, and pay the highest prices. D. K'LEINBBRQ, East Pepperell. M M S , Telephone 63-2^ " ^ ^ 4t22«

North. Middlesex Savings Bank ' „~ \ AV'BR, MASS.' At the annnal meeting of the CPR-

poraion held on the- 6th (lay. of January. ,1920. and at a «ubB*quent meetlns of ItllOiBoard of Trustees hold on tho same Aa.y,\htf.foIlowlu« named,persons were -elected' Ofllccro for the ensuing year^ iand have been duly quallflcd:

• ...: X •prtMini ;' ^'Daniel W. Fletcher

Vice Presidents • Frank A, Patch Charles F. Worcester

Trewmrer Ralph L. Hastings

Clerk -Guy-B. Remick

Truatces Chas. F. Worcester Frederick.. Whitney

Agents for AOME OLEOMABGABINE TbcOnest and best sabsUtute for Bnt­

ter.. Oui be tisod oq tbe table • LARD oojri?oinn>

Caieaper than Lard and B*,tt» be Caa . -, , Reeolta ....'.-•

VtBSt QOALTTY WESTERN BEK»

It: Bonlon-& Go. Mcad'a B l o i * ' AYKR, SIASa

Telephona I I .

D. .W.' Fletcher Thomas L. Hazcn Oliver K. Pierco Wm. U. Shcrwln H o w a r d s . Whito Frank A Patch Ellsha D. Stono George H. Blxby - - • - i ' l t

Hobart E. Mead D. G. Houghton Arthur H. Turner C, H. Weare, Jr. Guy B,- Rcmlck C. A. P. Lawrence Theodoro W. Barry Ralph L. Hastings

Wcftt Groton. On Thursday ot laat week Mrs. Ohos

Lawtence rec«lv«d th* sad newa Of the death of her sU^r, 'Miss CharIott<S

HARVARD Nc*S Item.

The meeling of the Woman's club on- Monday was In charge of the chair.. mari of thrift, Mrs. Arthur N, Calkins. The-first number on the prograrji -was a p'lano solo by Mrs. Margaret T." Puf­fer. Then Mrs. George • Haynes, of 'Worcester, director of thrfft for the seventh dl8<tl<!t, spoke ori "The busl-

tttste irianag^r In the Home." A^ thb close of the talk there was an lntere?t-^ Ing op<Jn discusslen on thrift matters Th* n«xt meeting ot the elub trtU be i. mtidealei te be Held oit If oiida: , Feb-

Beniamin Tai Waldo Spauldlng

^ Board ot Inrcstment Daniel W. Fletcher Howard B, White-Oliver K. Pierco Frank A. Patch

, William U.-Shcrwin GUY B. REMICK, Clerk.

Aycr, Mass.. January 31. 1920.

North Middlesex Savings Bank AY'ER, MASSi

Ih accordance with the. laws of the Commonwealth the followinir list of members of this,Corporation Is hereby published: , D. 'W'. Fletcher P. A. Patch C, P. Worcester T. U Haien O. K. Pierce W. U. Sherwin Waldo Spauldlng H, B. White R, D, Stone G, H. Blxby - _ Frederick "Whitney O. W. Shattuck

C. A. P. Lawrenco R. L. Hastings Eugene Barry Albert Llttlefleld P. L. Blood E. B; Harlow • J. R. Murphy H. 8. Turner W.-A. Wijght E. L Tarbeli

PURE DRUGS

Pvirity in drugs is vastly moTe important than even purity in foods because •when isickness com6s the full effect of the medicine-must be had. We warrant absolutely tliat 0U5, drugs are thoroughly npi to Stand­ard. No adulteration here. In filling prescriptions we use the utmost care to fol­low the doctor's directions. No guess work. No substi-tutibn of othei* medicines in place of those he order-ers for his patients.

TOILET ARTICLES \ CANDIES

Benjamin Taft H. E. Mead D. G. Houghton A. H.,Turner C H 'Wears Jr G B Remtek T W B< r y

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F. A. R o ^ e r L, K. Clark -,; A. H. Bigelow , . H. H. Oale W H Annls Austin Peters H P Fletcher

GUY B REMICK, Clerk Ayer, Kkaa., January! 31, \tV>.

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OEOROEi U.' o'.- TUR.vcn , . p'obilabcr

' IVatcb (he Date o n ' r o a r Paper-The date'with your name Is stamped

on the margirr and shows to what time your, subscription Is paid, and- also serves as a continuous rocelpt,"

"The dally labors of the Bee. Awake my soul to Industry; who can observe tho careful Ant, And not provide tor future wantf" .

SjiturtUiy, January S l , 1020. ~

AYER Xcus Items.: ' -

.\ number ot local Grangers h,ad planned to takp a slclgh-rldp to Gro­ton on Tuesday evening to -witness the Installation Pf -bfllcors at Groton Gra'nge: After -waiting fo'r some t ime In vain for the conveyance to show up, the party was changedL from a slelgh-rlde to a,theatre party and the evening .was-spent at tho Strand.^ It Is linderstood that a certain yitTung man •who' had charge of procuring the conveyance to Groton w a s greeted by.

- t h e strains of "Jingle bells" .'when.ho arrived at the high school the next day, and that he. Is now strongly In favor, of having that particular song

' obollshcd. • . - -.^ John H. Hooley Is. confined to his -ifome with a severe cold arid Is. unable t o attend to his duties a t the posiofncc.

About fifteen Odd Fe l lows ftnd Re­bekahs frorii berp attended the Joint Odd FeUow and Robekah InstaUatlon

- I n West Grbton on Monday evening. Harry M. Howe, d.Istrlct deputy, .and suite, :lnsUUIed tho ofncers ot the Odd Fcllo-ws lodge. 'Lucius S. Falrchlld entertained .tte gatherlrig;ofter the In-; stallatloii cercmorilea _

Miss Christine- Malbhey Is confined to Jier home with an attack of laryn­gitis. .'Mrs. John M. Wallace wentWednes -

dav to Cllnton hospital for ojiother op-

the second *aevotlonal service- under the ausple^''''of a natloh-wldo, c a m ­paign, and Dr. '^lattery's address was on the topic assigned for. the -week, p n e of tho maj<5r propositions-,laid down by Dr. Slattery.' was thot tlio Sprnmand-'-to "love your enemies" Is an absolute com'mand, and admits of no explaining away, eve.n In t imo ot war. Dr. Slattery is well known local­ly, as ho was formerly vicar o f -S t . Andrew-'s parish. .

",. A special convocation of Bancroft Royal Arch-ohapt?r,ot Masons will be held on Tuesday evening,' February 3, at soven o'doek. Work—Royal Arch degree. Lunch. " T h e town ii&& received from P . C.

Parsons, clerk o f ' t h e district court, |576.3«, the proceeds of fines, etc., for

-the past year. • ; -Mr. and Mrs.' Walter J. Stone, of

Waltham, who have been spending the past two Weeks with his brother, Ellsha D . St5«e, have returned home.

The annual mee.ting of tlie Aypr Farmers' Co-operative Exchange will be held at Hardy's hall on Tuesday afternoon, February 3, at two o'clock.

The W . e , T. U. win meet at tho White Ribbon Home on Friday after­noon,-February 6, at 2.30, All are welcome. -, At a meeting "held early, this month Ralph L.'"Hastings; treasurer, ot- the N'orth Middlesex Savings^ Bank, was added to the board of.trustees'of that Institution, •

Mrs. M. L,:Sayoge.a'nd Mrs. Albert M. Phelps, -n-ho underwent operations last week at the BIlbt3ibipiltal In Bos­ton, are recovering slowly and aye do­ing as well a s ban be expected.-••

Mrs. F. Vern Pillman Is spending thp week-end in Boston. - -James B. CraIg,-of M.ethu6'n,'!s visit-Ing bis brother, Charles B. Cralr.

8ATH8DA >, mm^ n » ^ » ^ i ,h -/.' '"-J*"^

ated with t h e degree ot Bachelor qf Science In the'olass of 1916 Recently she has aAsIstpd In her f a t h e r s drug store on Mjilii'Btreet.- ' '.' Thb groom Is 'a l so a -graduate' bf the local .high sclRbl In the class of 1907, but Is riot as well known In town us tho bride; slnco he moved from here In 1912. He Is engaged in business In Santa Barbara.

The cOuplb. left sifter the reception for Santa Barbara, whero they are to make their homo. They -will make short stops on tho way to visit frionds and relatives In Boston, Philadelphia, 'Xow 'york and Chicago,

Pro(5l<>r*s Strand, Ayer 1 ."iy-,. - •- •('

• I^RPCTOR * DONAHXJB, Lessees

••'-ifi-.'-and-Mrs." Walter Stpne, of Wal- ' I "..A.^rlyate furieral "•w'as.'hpld.at'.her tham,. have been visiting Mr..,.Stpnc'a brother, Elisha'D-'Storie. " ""'

Miss Eva Eagles, a former. Jtcaoher In the public schools, was.Iij,town for the Browir-JiiCdrtliy wedding.' ~ ' -" ';--'•

oration vhlet i •Was;fpun.4 necessary,tO moke.

WUllam J!-Barrett . la ' emplpyed aa electrician a t Camp DeTens. . .. . , .

The republican town' comniittee has organized-for the year-wlt l i -John.M. Maloney; chairman; Johri L. Kennl­son, clerk; Theodore W . Barry, treas. It was decided to Increase the com­mittee -to include fifteen members, this number being clgh't .In addition to those selected at the prlnHarles last September. Besides the .above, o.fflcers t'he present members of theebmmit tee a r c J . . Harold 'Atwood, Theodore Clark, KlVnbalirWJJfartln, Charles A.

.Normand, Gedrge L. Osgood,' Franlt S. Pierce, Elisha D. Stone, Waldo W. Sprague', Huntlpy S. Turner, Herbert J. Wbbb, -Charles L Washburn, Al­fred 'S'ates;

The Unitarian Olds' club -wUl hold a Mardl Gras carnival at Hardy's hall on' Tuesday, February 17, under the direction of Mrs. P.- Vern t'lllmaij and Mrs. George O. FlUebrbwn. The in­vited guests will be requested to ap­pear, masqued and in ;c'03tume. _

At the next meeting of the Lodge of Perfection, Scott ish' R'itcs; In Ixiwell, Friday, February 6, tweptyrelght ap­plications froiri . local Masons 'wUl be presented

The flrst rhetoricals for the year will take plabe on Friday aftemoon, February 6, at-Oie h i g h school. Miss Maribrle Patten, of 'Nashua, who has. had' chirge'^bi'irabMer'speaklng'at the h igh school for t h e ' p a s t - t w o years, has resigned and haa gone to New York to take charsc-of dramatic work and pageantry In conneejlon ,-wIth t h e iriter-ohurch m o v e m e n t Miss.'Helen Moses, of Boston, from Miss Lawton's School of Speech and Expression, has been secured to take. Miss Patten's place at the high school,, and wUl be here every Tuesday .afternoon.

The 13th Infantry, -with the excep'' tlon .of five companies will arrive at: Camp Devens, Sunday, numbering 1150 men In all. Of the flve companies which wHl not be brought here, two are a t ' C a m p Merritt, N, J„ onc at Camp Upton and two at Hoboken, do­ing 'guard duty.

At the meeting of Robert Burns lodge of Odd F e l l o w s on Tuesday eve­ning the third degree was worked on ono candidate and one member was admitted by transfer. Plans are be- Ing madp to get a delegation from this lodge arid trom surrounding towns to attend the meeting of' Monadnock lodge In Lowell on Wednesday even ing, Febfi&ry 4. When"th'e, flrst degree -will be worked. Xt Is planned to h^ve a special car to m a k e thc trip,- with Alfred Yates In-charge ot the arrange­ments tor the trip.

At the meeting of the board of reg­istrars ot v o t e r s l a s t Saturday the fol­lowing names w'ere! added to' the vot­ing l ist: - WllUam C. Bragg, -Thomas J.

• Brennan, Stanley, 4, Chaifln,. Harry B, Fernald, WUUam Frlcdrlcit, Charles L. arid WlUlam' F. Horgan, Frank' How­ard. Edward M. McGuane, Jo.seph N. McMahon, Kendal l V. PIerce,,JHerbert B. Priest. Carl S. Proctor, Warron A. Sanborn, Ray A. Spencer, "James a Thompson, •- B r e n n ^ s , H^ ' TyrrcUi Phlilp 'A. 'WIlUs.' > WltJi these addi--? tlona.the,llst totals 6B3 namqs.

The following real cstaje tfarisfcrs were recorded last week from this and surrounding towns:; Groton. WUJIam A. 'Kemp et al. to t) . Connolly,-Minnie A, Robblns to I, Hal ly: Littleton, Llz-

. zle L. Cpx.to E. A. F lngg; Pepperell. Harriet E. Parker to'L. Lohnes: Shlr-ley,- Ida L, "VVUsori to 'Georgo Holden; Westford, Louis A. Cloutlcr et ux. to Thomas J. Nadeaui Robert H. Elliott to Charlos L.-Hndrcth land near Bos­ton road, George A. Jackson to-Na. . poleon Milot lattd on, Pine street,' Na­poleon Milot to Severe MarconlUcr

- land on Pine street; Harvard, Fannie B. Shores'by adm. tp Lottie C . H a m ; Luncnb-urg, Abraham 1. Romo by coU". to town of Lunenburg landj iear Round street, Fitchburg Real E s l « e & I-oan Co.'by :c.oU.it« town pf Lunenburg land on Wlialbm road, Fitchburg R«al Es-. tate &-'Loan Co.' by coH. to town bf Lunenburg land near; South. Shirley, reservoir, John Sniith to Gebrgo E. Taylor et al. land lir*eaaterly part.

It Is stated that about eighty per­cent of the enlisted mon at Camp Devens at present, aro expected rto be, honorably discharged by tho first bf March. Regrular organizations arc-be-Ing moved-ln to tako their places. Tho 13th Infantry Is coming Into Devens abbut 1600 strong, nnd It Is reported that tho 23rd Infantry will, ,also bo stationed here.

In last week'Friday's Boston Her­ald appears a photograph ot Rev. Dh-Charlea L. Slattcry, rector ot Grace

- c h u r c h . New Tork city, together with an extended account of his tiddresg on "The ne*d of personal religion," given nt the community service of all tho Episcopal parishes of Greater Boston Jn Eft" Paul's cathedral last week S u n d a y evening. ThU service w a s

~ . ThorUnl^r4a,n.-C!ttls'"club-wlll riiecr at- the ^ome bf--i{i<B. .'Cora'T^ft on

Death. - . ' • Miss Kate E. Lynch died at hcr hpme

on Grove street last Sunday. Sho wafi_. returning- from a wedding at-^-St. Mary's-church "last Saturday afteri noon and was taken suddenly IU on Main street. She was assisted Into Homer's Jewelry storo and a physician was summoned, and It was tound that she was suffering from a~shock. She was-taken to her home and placed-In the care of a nurse. Relatives from Maine and from Nashua wero notl­fled. Kev. Leslie C, Wallace was sum­moned to her bedside and read the prayers, for the dying. -All efforts were In vain and she died without fully re­covering cbnsciencohess';- .

"The deceased was born in Bath, Me.,-orie of thirteen children of-Peter, and Margaret Lynch. . Sho hois boen a resi­dent' ot Aycr tor more than thirty, ye^rs, twenty seven of which she w-as housekeeper tor H. H. Phillips, hav­ing the car.o of > l s four motherless .ChUdren. .She was a cbmmiinlcant -for many years ot St. Andrew's Episcopal church, a member' of St. '^Andrew's Guild and treasurer for several "years, ^he has been a busy wonian, faithful, to,.friends, of whom ' sho^has'. many, who -will- riilss her grpatly, " - '

'Mraimm

THE SCREENS MOST VITAL PERSONALITV

CLARA KIMBAU-YOUNG

iioriie .on Tuesday ^afternoon at two o'clock. The body was placed In the' receiving tomb ' a t 'W'bodlawn cemer' ^ort. .','.''' 'y/! ; .' '^ : Miss Jjynch lea'-ves four brothers, William M,.' Georgc'.'W. and, Edward W; Lynch.'Tlri Bath, Me., aYd Thomas

Wednes.day,evening, February 4, as - g i i e s t s o f -icrs. 'Taft and Miss Ruth Flagg. . . ' , . . •

Mrs. Lois Porter Tlslted her daugh­ter th is 'week at Radellffe college, as Miss Porter has been sick with the grippe. _ Mrs. Thbmas MUifr's group of ladles, win hold a food sale in the'Vestry of the~ Federated chnrch, FrldaV-after­noon, February 6, at two o'olock.

Happy, Jack Thrift club Is busy as usual and Interviewed all the schools In spite of the cold this week as usual. The sales w-ere sixty thrift stamps and two war stamps.

On Wednesday afternoon, February 4, the departments pf the Woman's blub^wiU furnish the program.: Papers will be given upon "Tho tercentenary," "Thritt" and i t . Is expected that- a question for debate and disciisslon up-pn '!The family budget"-will arise. A report of the. recent educational cpn-ference, which was recently held at Wakefield will be heaVd. Club tea will be served and the music will be In charge of Mrs. M. P. Cole. ; A few members of Cale.b Butler lodge o f. Masons visited WHdof lodge in Lebriilnste'r lost Tuesday evening, A baiQuet-was served at 6.30 and the third degree was -wbrked aftbrward on Jhree candidates. The -work' was done In an especially fine manner.

Mlra. Elizabeth'M: Larrab'ee Is con-•flned to the "house with. JL cold.

Mrs. Joseph' E.-Dbiiovan, of West Main street. Is now fiilly recovered after a'three-weeks' , i l lness .

WUlard G, White, past master ot Ayer Grange, Installed the officers of Groton Grange last Tuesday evening, assisted by Mrs. Grace Bradshaw. He was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. James M. BoutweU, Mrs,, Gorham K. Brooks and Harris Badger.

"The 14th Engineers are to form an organization and •will meet for that purpose this Friday evening at eight o'clock In the armory of the 1st Corps of Cadets, 130 Columbus, avenue, .Bos-ton. Gov.. Coolldge and General Ed­wards, art to be present. This, regi­ment w a s recruited in May and June, 1917, by Col. IW. P, Worton, of Boston. It mobilized at Rockingham Park, Sa­lem, N. JH.. and left for Prance or/. July 27, 1917, arriving at Liverpool on August 12, i-917. With three other American regiments they paraded in London on August 15, 1917, being the first foreign troops' to march under arms on English soil since thc landing of WiUlam.of Orange. They took part In tho Cambral drive of November, 1917; the German offensive of March, 1918, and the Alsne-Marne offensive In-August, 1918. Saturday morning at eleven o'clock the colors of this regi­ment will be presented to the com­monwealth at the state house. The' colors WlU b.e received by Gov. Cool­ldge. A y e r waa honored by t h r e e men In this regiment, Howard and Ernest Downing, the latter being'In Oakland, Cdl.; at the -present time, and Charles •Landers, nb-w residing In Topsfleld.

Mrs. EUa P. 'Hovey Is.convalescing frbm a forthlght's'Illness-witfi A ha'Ird" cold. "' . _. .-.:.;f:.V"'.-; A ' m e e t l n g o f . t h e Ayer branch of tho Red Crpss was held' at the Beard ot Trado rooms bn Monday eyenlng ,wlth a good number present Offlcers for the year were elected'as foUoWS:" Lyman K. Clark,' chalrrhan; Mrs. Christine Traqualr, vice chair.; Charles A. Normand, treaa.; Mrs. Theodore W. Barry, asst . ' trcas.; Mrs. J. J. Barry, s e c ; John D. Carney, auditor. Mias f", 'V, Besom, o.f Boston, ass is tant .di ­rector of the New England division, A. R. C;, was lirosent arid outlined o peaco-tlme - jirogram for the local branch. It-was voted to carry on local public hoalth work In connection with the Aycr Board of Health. .' Other Ayfr matter on opposite page.

W., in Nashua, and one sister, Mrs. Annie Mc'Ausldnd, In Bath

IN T H E MOST IMPORTANT DRAMATIC ENGAGEMENT OF HER CAREER

EYESOFYOUTH BY MAX MARGIN

A VERITABLE^THUNDERBOLT OF ORAf^ATlC FORCE ;;

W I T H •. AN ALL STAR SUPPORTING CAST PRODUCED !N LAVISH SPLENDOR

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HARRV GARSON

Weekly Specials NOTHING BUT T H E BEST THIS W E E K — N O N E B E T T E B

BEST''HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE,' No, 1 tin .,, . BEST fcAtlFORNIA PEACHES, No. 3 t i n . : BEST CALIF-ORNIA WHITE CHERRIES, No 3 tin BEST LOGANBERRIES, No. 2 tin BEST VERMONT PACK CORN, No. 2 tin BEST N. Y. SUCCOTASH. No. 2 tin BEST CALIFORNIA SPINACH, No. 3 tin B E S T S W E E T W R I N K L E D P E A S , N O . 2 tin BEST HAND-PACKED TOltATOBS, No. 3- tin BEST-S5IALL STRAWBERRY BEETS. No. 3 tin BEST COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON, No. 1 tin BEST CALIFORNIA PRUNES, 30-40 count, per pound. BEST EVAPORATED APRICOTS, per pound BEST EVAPORATED APPLES, per pound

• 'Wo arc quoting thc BEST aloni; this week to cmphoslKo tbo faot'Uimt t b e best ot cvcrytliing iu the eroccry l ine Is always obtali iaUe a t o u r st^rQi^ aa well OA tlic. niodcrato priced goods.

SPECIAL COMBINATION $1.00 SALS FOR TDESBA7 EXTR.4 PONY VOTES

Ji pound Best Coffeo 1 can Slk-cd Peaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 can String Ucuns . . . . . . . ; . .' 1 Jar JcUy . . ; ' . . . . . . . . , 1 pound Mixed Cookies ...".' . ^ . . . . . . . . . . . ,

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Solo, Prioo $1.00 Rfyn lor Pr i ce 91.13

MpNOAY "and TUESDAY; FEBRUARY 2 and 3

lXbis_JsJNjUisiiYp^^ great pla;y

Eastcm.Stor . . . The regular meeting of Ida Mckin­

ley chapter, O. E. S., .was held In. Masonic hall on .Wednesday evening. Before .the m e e t i n g s supper was serv­ed ta the banquet'hal l , cprislstlng of cold ham, mashed potatoes^ chicken patties, pickles, rolls, cake. Ice-cream arid coffee. ' . . Robert H. J. Holden was elected as patrbn for the year to take . tne place of 'Timothy Cloaty, who resigned.

The officers for 1920 were Installed by Mrs.' Mattie B. Ross, past matron of Lady' E m m a chapter, FItchburgr,; as the Installing offlcer, assisted b J Mrs. E m m a ' N . Wsifson, pa-st matron of t,ady Erhma chapter, -as installing marshal;' ^ r s . Flora L. I'ierce, past niatron of Ida McKlnley chapter,- as chaplain,,.and Warren L.. Preble', past patron of Ida McKlnley chapter, who gave the obligation. The offlcers In­stalled were Mrs. Mary E. Flllebrown, matron; Robert H. J. Holden,-^patrbn; Mrs. Viola M. Cole,.asso. matron; Mrs. Annie E. Flllebrown, s e c ; Mrs. Eileen G. Sawyer, trcas.; Mrs. .Grace ,M. Rymes, cond.; Mrs. Edna B. Zolier, asso. cond.; Mrs. Almira M.. Sargent, chap'.; Mrs. Helen R. 'Reynolds, marshal; Miss Floja J. Cole, organist; Mrs. Evelyn N. Falrchlld, Adah; Mrs. Ida L. Preble, 'Ruth; Mrs. Florence S. PlUman, Esthe'r; M'rs; .isabol. Murphy," Martha; Mrs.-AUda M. Scruton, Elecr ta; Mrs. Stella M. Proctor, warden; El­son H. Bigelow, sentinel.

Following the InstaUatlph.the retir­ing patron, Elwln H. Longley, present­ed tho retiring matron, Mlsa Lucy B. Wyman, with a past matron's jewel. Miss -Wyman responded with a few words of appreciation for the gift "and tor the assistance and support of her officers during the past year. There were remarks by Mrs. Ross, thc In­staUing offlcer, an'd also by members ot her suite. The iKstdMlng offlcers were'presented with souvenirs of the occasion. ' ' - -

Tlic' evening closed 'with' a clever and versatile^ entertiilrirfient "by Miss-Anne Varner Baker, .of Boaton. Her program Incihded free-hand sketches, clay modeUing, shadow pictures, Im­personations, readings, e t c , and was very much enjoyed. Nearly 100 were present, including twenty visitors from Fitchburg and Leominster.

The story oie djlsproiduction.akine cost more than'fier last picture'with Select

Prices—Matinee, Adults 2 5 ^ . Children-10^,-•- " C ' Evenings, Adultis 3 5 ^ ; In-":-

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Wednesday-^^pJTH ROBERTS in 'The .Trlflers." Charlie rChaplin in. "A Day's Pleasurei"v His

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Thursday^HARRY CAREY In "A Gun Fightin' Gentle­man,"- j^ig V Coinedy.

Friday—WILuiAiVI RUSSELL in "A Sporting Chance." Comedy.^ 7th episode of "The Invisible Hand."'

Saturday-—MARY MILES MINTER in 'Judy of Rogues' HarboK'-'j Greater tha!ta "Anne of Green Gables."

Sunday, February 1—BRYANT WASHBURN ifi ''Venus oftheE^jst." Sunday matinee at &.30 >p.m.

Matinee 2.15 tt'f Evenings 6.1S an.i 8,l5:

r7.30. Prayer mee't-lng--on Tliuraday evening at 7.30. y •• .T-- ••-,. ' • —

The services at St. -lAndrew's'church oh Sunday morning will be. holy com­munion aind sermon at 10.45. Sunday school at twelve.

To thc Editor. Some of the citizens on Sunday

thought that It -<v-ouId bO a good Idea to make use of the horses at the town farm to break out the sidewalks In. town. Ution inquiry, however, it was found that thc horses-were -not there a'nd \had not been there tor a week. It would seem that town property should be kept where It will be avail­able at all times for town purposes, and should not be used, as Is' currently reported, for private purposes. It- Is said that a tipcart has been missing from the town for -a . year or more, knd that harnesses and small - tools nr.p,.|ipt always available•wh'cn needed. 'Sucii-a. state of affairs4s .far from de-blra;()ie. .- Town property -.shtinKI be kept In Its proper place, a n d - i t . l t Is used.In privnte entcrprlse.s.'^such-use, should be subordinate to the - town's needs, and the town ,s^ould bo d.uly recompensed for It. A. F, T.

Snnday service a t - the Unitarian clrafch at 10.45; regular offices and .sermon; offertory solo, "God shall wipe away all tear," Mrs. Sargent: prea'cher, Rev, Frank- BJ Crandall, the minister: subject, "Certain laws of psychology, with a hearing on publle worship." Church school at twelve.

The hour of closing for the church school has been set for one o'clock to'.-avbld any deTay to" iVe'plahs'In their h o ^ e s by the late return of the pupils..

At the special meeting of thc parish held on Wednesday ovening no actiori' -was taken on the proposition to change the date of the annual parish, meeting. The report o f . t h e evory--member canvass showed a sufflcient Increase to permii an Increase of $300 In the salary of thc minister. The meetlrig voted this Increase.

TSydcHnjr. An event , of social -Interest took

place on last Saturday afternoon when Miss Ednii Caroline Brown; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Brown, w a s united In-anarrlagc. to .-John Joseph McCarthy, son of Dennis McCarthy, of Santa Barbara, Cal. The wedding service Wa» performed. at St. Mary's church at threo o'clock by Rev. Thom­as P.. McGinn, The couplS -were at­tended by the bride's brother,. Henry L. Brb*n , and by Mlsa Madeline Dbn-lon. The brido wore a traveling suit ot.brOwn dowatln'o.

Fol lowing the ceremony a.reception was held a.t. the homo of the bride's parents 'on East Main street, and was attended -by a riumber ot friends and relatives from Ayer, Littleton, Allston, Newton,' Wellesley, Boston, Lowell and Nashua.

The bride is a graduate of the Aycr hisrh school, class of 1911 After her graduation from high school she en­tered the College of St, Elizabeth In New Jersey, frbm which she gradu-

W W « Party. • ' A,whlst party, under tho auspices o t the Unitarian Girls', cliib, was given bn Thursday afternoon. at the home of Mrs. George H, B., Turner on 'W'ash-Ihgl'on;street. It was the .best attend­ed aiid most successful, attdlr ot Its kind ever held by tho club. Forty , tour ladles. Including a number bf how residents, participated In the'playing. Dainty and delicious refreshments, consisting of punch, assorted waters, jiuts, olives and confectlona, were served during the . play. When the scores -had been totaled the tellers found that Mrs. Paulino Sherwin i l a c k - a n d Miss Bertha'Shcrwln were flrst with forty-four points each. Mra Mack won the c u t ' a n d recoived, ns the victor's souvenir, a beautiful pure Unen handkerchief edged with lace. Mrs. Frahk S. Bulkeley w'fls the proud winner of the consolation souvenir, a two' pound package .of sugar.

Credit tor th |s successful party Is due to tho hostess, who. generously contributed a lFthe expenses nnd man­aged single-handed all tho arrange­ments. ,

This Friday night at 7,30 an old-fashioned party will be held by the Ladles' Benevolent society in the chureh vestry.

Next Sunday at 10.15 a. m., the pas­tor's subject will he "Lifo for life.'' The Boys' choir will sing. ,- At twelve, Sunday school; men's class; women's class. At'«]3d, young people's meet­ing. At 7.30 p: m.,. t'he Federated church congregation wl l l fb |n- ln a un­ion service at the Baptist church when stereopticon picturcs on Armenia and Syria will be shown. , " ' '

^h i i r sday at 7.30 p. m., mld-week-seryice, . ,

Monday, .night the captains of the groups o / . t h e Ladies' Benevolent so­ciety met, with Mrs. Clora.Richardson.

The pastor preached four nights In Leominster this past week at special meetings.

of :a 'card. The »>hltcs.-lake'aayanta'ge of the -situation and reap a rich har­vest In ponderlngto'thel i : tastes: ' . '.

The racing seems to- .be-thafof rnn-nlng the horses, no sulkies being'In the country, . v .

Whether th« census . enumeration now going on will show, any great In­crease in their number is questionable, for their careless habits begets tuber­culosis to an abnormal extent.-, The average Indian is averse to con­tinuous manual labor, prefering to be In, the saddle rounding up horses and battle, but must cut enough hay to teed through the winter. • It; Is simply . a question of time when their best^alr lotments will be owned by the'-whifes lit spite of the~"checks- to alie'hation that the government imposses. r'The purch.isers, however, are not here yet, but-wil l come perhaps in the next tide of w-hite immigration that will come with the building of a railroad Into this part of the reservation that is dt present-Isolated. For the dtverslfled natural resources bf the country will certainly bring them hither.

i D ! H. Felch. ' Nespelem, Wash,, Janufiry.13, 1920.

L : • Now that the^ tim© for giving is o.ver -vromen are b^ginaing.to.^lunk;.

' of something for themselves. Jamt- ' • ary is one of the best months in'ovr' ' -'

CORSET bEPARTRrtENtf;/ "We have just received some of

the;'' e'w Spring models -iji Boyal^ -Worcester and E. & 6. at the fol-. lo'iving prices:

EoyalWorcester $2, $2.60, $3^ $3.60 Bob Ton $4.60, $6.00 B. & G. $2.00, $2.50r $3.00, ISJOr Froiit Lace $4.00, $5.00 P^Models,elastictop $2,^(2.60,$^

BRASSIERES Nemo, C. & HL and Brake in bam: burg trimmed and pluo inodels

'69c.taJ1.50

' Wo give Pony Votes; 'coiiio In a n d let us explain b o n yonr boy o r g l i lmajr win a flne pony and o u t .

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Tom Moore in ."Toby's boW." TMa Ittttst Goldwyn picture, I n ' w h l c h T o m Mopro Is starred", was •produc'ed'-d8''d' play at the Cbmedy''theatre ln"'N*e\t-York.- -w-here It ran- for flvo months. This charmin'S-'story of southern life and Broadway dissipation has' been clabOralte'd tor the screen. The part of Toby is tiaken by Nick Cogley, who in 1885 was the first Uncle Tom to over play the Paclflc coast. Fdtty Arbuckle hi "The country hero."" News. Don't forget next Wednesday, ChdrUe Chaplin in. his .fourth mlllion-doUa^ production,"A day ot pleasure." Sun-da'i-, Brj'ant Washburn in ""Venus In the east." ' • '

Chnrch Notes . ' , ••fho pas tor 'o f the Baptist church

will preach Sunday morning at 10.46. Sunday school at twelve. Lecture and stereopticon -views _ on Arrrienia by Clarence Stetson at seven In the evcn­lnir. Aii Invitation hJas beon extended to t^e othor churches and ll Is hppcd tha( tho cpramunlty at large wilt be preseiit to hoar thts InteresttnK_Jec-ture J8> T. P U Tuesday eventng^at

XV> tho Bditor: One of the customs of- the Indiana

that has Interested me' hero on the reservation is their Chinook -dance; Every night in thc first week of Jan­uary, they assembled at. one of their homes on thc edge of thc town for thclr annual dance to appease the wrath ot the Wind Ood and cause him to send broadcast his warm breath to moderate t h e ' a i r by means o f . t h e warm Chinook wirnl. Whether t h e y wero Hnstrumentnl in producing ^tho, result may bc "questioned, but the nir Is balmy and sprlng-llkCi though the nights are frosty. They move around thc room In circles jumping as they go . , - •

Tho universality of the gambling propensity among them has deeply Inlprcssed ,mo. It seems to bred In the bone! Old bucks Jjist able to tod­dle along as well as the young nicn aro passionately fond o f ' gambling. Even the squaws at tlie arintial fourth of July celebration when they assem­ble here for a ten dkys' celebration havo thetr stick game, playing one bunch against the other, . The Indians como from long dls* tances. They camp on the outskirts of the town devoting, th'elr timo to horse.racing and gambl ing . Some bf. them have rent money from their al­lotments which thcy spend ffeely as -long ns It lasts but when they can no longer borrow they ot course quit They delight In bettlpfp on iho rosult ot a horse race as weUiAs on the turn

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PancraL - -! Tho funeral Of'Mrs. Alfred Smith waji largely attended trom thd homo of her sister, Mrs. W. J.' Maynard, Sprlngfleld, JanuatV 12, and later ffbm the chui-ch bf the S lcrcd Heart, where a solemn requiem mass was celeb'r-ated-by Bev. P. J. Maxwell, Rev. M. C Carey and Rev. M. J. O'Ryan.and the choir sweetly, rendered "Lead, kindly light" nnd'"Nearer my God to thee.". ' T h o following floral tributes were

received: ' - ' - -

Pillow, from husband; cross, sisters and brothor; sprays, Mr. and Mrs, Frank - Martell and -family; Charics Miller: pillow, D, C. Smith; w-rcath, Mr, and Mrs, Band, Mrs. E. -Lcdoux and -family and Mr. and'Mrs. W. Abbott; wreaths, Edward Proctor and ' Eroifia Cote: Lena Canfleld, Mamie and Jonnic Bushcy: sprays. Mrs. Smith and family, Mr. and Mrs. Avery Smith. Mr. attd-MnC J.- Livingston. Mr. and Mrs. B.' HuH,' Mrs. Charles Qans and Anna . Pease. Miss-Mary Ctalavln, Irene Murphy ape? Stella Hcnncssy, Mr. and Mrs. H. May­nard, Mr.s. Edna Hunter. Olive and Josie Maynard^i Mr. and Mrs. Everett Miller. Mr. and Mrs. James Gregory; and basket trom Qeorge and Lllllnn BoiseaM and MaiTe Cot«; mass cards from Mr. and Mrs.'M. J, Martell, Mr. and Mrs. Frank/Bpshey; Mr. and Mrs. A. Beardreau, Mr.""and Mril. C. S.'Rich­ardson, Mr. . and Mrs. Pippin, Mrs. Georgo. Bristol, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ericson Mr. and Mrs. 'Victor Bonsquct. Mr. ahd Mrs. Oeorge Bolseau, Misses Delia and Esther Maynard, Annie Pease, Emma Cote. ., -..

Thc bearers wcro Walter Balrd, Henor Maynard, • Arthgp. .BI)lo<i>eap,< Avery iSmith, Everett MlUer <ind Ed­ward Proctor Burial was In 8t, Michael's cemetery, Rov P J. Ma^weU ofl lclatlntr^

FOR SALE—1919 model Pord Sedan; self-starter, electric lights, demountable rims: run about BOO mlles:.Ji«w l a s t ' October. ROBERT F.- MURPHT. - BSx 601>: Ayer Mass., Telephone 22S-4i %Xtt

-W'AN'TEIJ—^Youriar men from IS to 22 years of^age." Steady work.- ROBT. MURPH-rS - SONS' CO. KiSlte-Works, Ayer. Mass. ; 21tt

TO THE"PUBtlC

The foUOwIn'f^ Barber Shdp&of.Ayor, having complied -with .fho rules and rcgnlatloris aa subinlttfed by the Jour­neymen Barbers' I'ntbrnKtIonal Union ol America, are entitled to the patron-RKo of alt triends of "Organlxed Labor."-

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J. J. SULLIVAN, ' ' Dovens Square,

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STcnrs -Itcit». The,Laaic8' circle will hold a supper

vtnd social In the Congregational-ves­t r y on Wednesday ovening, February' •4 A n excellent slipper wlU be served -nt seven. o'clock, followed by nn en-:tortaInment, which . will, consist of imusic -and an amusing farce, entitled "'No" man wanted." All are cordially Invi ted .

"Phlleas Glpnet and family moved on 4rucsday. into tho house formerly oc-vrupled by the Frank Wheeler family •on Predonlan streot, which he /eccnt ly purchased.

Mr. and Mrs. F. W^ Washburn are ^:vlsltlng at the home of Mr. and Mrs. X d w l n -H. Conant's. parents of Mrs. "Washburn. Mr. and Mrs. Washburn aire on route to Chicago, where they -will make their home.- .

Tho . fifth and sixth grades, with . »helr»teacher. Miss Nellie McNlff, en-

:Joyed a slelgh-rUle . last Wednesday sifternoon at tho close of school to -Ayor, returning at six o'clock.

The Ladles' circle of the Congre-^TT-tlonal church met on' Wednesday aifternoon -with Mrs. ShebelskI on Chapel street,

A son w;is born on Monday morning t o Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peneseau.

Esbon SliUs Js conllned at homo -with illness.

Miss Renle Miehaud.and l.eo Gend-x o n will be united in marriage Mon-

_ -qay morning .at eight o'clock at St. -Anthony's church by Rov. Charles A. iCortler. •

The. high school class from Ayer, o f which Howard.-M. Knowlos was a iq&em'ber, attended' the funeral of their classmate, l.ost week Friday. Brock-« l m a n Bros, 'drug store closed from 2 tb 2.30, during'the' funeral services.

J a m e s E. Richardson Avas confined t ^ - l i l s home a couple, of d a y s . t h i s

, "urcok with rheumatism In his foot. At the meet ing 6f' the board of se ­

l e c t m e n on last TYeek Friday evening, A a a A. Adams w-as appointed forest warden and m'oth superintendent for t b l s y e a r , . . ''••'_

District Deputy George F. Buxton vind. suite went to Groton on Monday n i g h t and InstaUed the ofilcers of Gro­t o n lodge. I. O. O. F. This. Installation -. Vcis scheduled for. last -week, but had t o be postponed on account Vt the p o o r traveling.

Tho school committee ' were un­pleasantly surprised -n-hen making out -a return to the state last week to find t h a t Shirley -n-IlI receive nothing from t h e Massachusetts ' School fund this i e a r . Last year the tow-ri received

t 91037 from the state .on this account. -A new law.was.passed In 1IM9 w-horeby -the basis of distribution of this fund -was changed. The valuation of the t o w n plays' ah Important part In this, a n d the local valuation has risen so -high as to_ prevent the tow-n from re-•celvlng anytli lhg from the fund.

Harding M. James is conflned to his I iome froiri an Injury received w-hen a t u b of butter fell on his foot.

Mllly Parker, daughter of Mr. and TMcS.Amos Parker, -who has been very i l l with pneumonia, Is slowly recover--Ing.

Mrs. HenrySW. Brockelman left last Saturday evening for the home of her Bister, Mrs. Richard Grenfell, Boston, Jn response to a message that the lat­t e r ' s husband was seriously 111 with pneumonia /

Miss Minette Zuver, former super-•vlsqr of the Girls' club, is in town for a te-w weeks, stopping, a t the home of

^ TNIr. and Mrs. George Dlnsmore. K. liu McClellan, proprietor of the

TPark vstreet garage, Ayer, authorized r o r d agent, has secured the ser%-lces o t Winthrop Pattee of Groton to assist l i l m in tho sales end of his business, •including all models of Ford cars, tn ic ics and Fordsom tractors, Mr, i*atteo w-lll be pleased to call on any­b o d y Interested to buy new- or second l iand Ford cars, trucks or a new-tractor, t e l . A y e r 336, Groton 214-2, •

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E c b e k a h lodge -were installed last -Tveek Friday evening by -MrsS Eliza­b e t h A, WiIliam.H, district deputy prosi-

-tlent, of Leominster, assisted by the -following suite: Mrs, Josie A, Miller,

- o g . w . ; Mrs. Harriet A. Holmes, d,s, J.OC.; Mrs, Mabel M, Smith, d,g, treii.s,; IVIiss Essie P. Rugg, d,g,ni!;' Miss Car-' r i e E, Woods, d,g, chap,; Miss Mattio "V Loe, d,,it.g. The new oftlcors are

= i s . follows: Mrs, Beulah E. -Wam­boldt , n. g.; Mrs. E. Louise Adams, v, K ; Miss Altie F, Howe, s e c ; Mr.s. M.-iy X: Coddlngton, trcas.; Mrs. Etta A. Holland, ward.; Mrs. Josie E. Diiiin. cond.; Mis.s Bessie M. Dadmun, chap.; Mrs, M a r d r e t J, Brockelman, r.s.n.-i?.: i l r s . Ella F. I.aw-rence, l,s.n,g,; Mr.", "Helen H, McCoy, r,s,v,B.; Mi.ss Agnos M. Jlolden, l,s,v,g,: Mrs, Alice M. Burchstcad, i. g,; Mrs, L, May W,it-ton , o. g, . Thc secretary and conductor -nerc not present for tho Install.-ition.

T h e work of the InstallinR .suite w.is •exceptionally fine. At t'ho close of tho ceremony tho retiring noblo grand.

.-Mrs. Louise B. Bakor. was prcsonted "»vlth a handsome p.ast noble grand's •«oUar, the presentation heing made by «T\o district deputy president, in behalf •of the lodge. Short addresses wcre imade by the district doputy president -and the mombors of hor suite. -Mrs--. JWary L. Brooks, noble grand of Vcst.i l odgo of Ayer, and George F. Buxton, d i s tr ic t doputy grand master, A dole-jgation .of ten -members w-as prc.sont :from Ayer.

At t\!e close of the meetlns lunch "Was served, con-slating of sandwiches, p i c k l e s , olives, fancy pios and cocoa. T h o s e who had charge of thc rofrosh-j n o n t s were Mrs. Margaret J. Brock-•efman, Mr.s; Ett.a A. Holland, Mrs; .Josic E. Dunn. Miss Bessie M, Dad-amtin. Mrs, Sibyl E, Holden .and Mr,s, X;\la F, Lawrenco.

H o w a n l McKlnley Knowlc.''." Tho many friends of Howard Mc­

K l n l e y .Knowles JS-cro saddened upon l e a r n i n g of his death on Tuesday even­i n g , January 20,- afte'r an illness of ,:Qbout eight weeks. Although a groat sut forcr he was patient and always

t&' ^%'^<''*hlhktng of the comforts of othcns, '%'> I ' v ' t ' , ' ^ * causo of his death w-ns acute ' ,.v Jtt-imlllary tuberculosis,

^ Howard McKlnley Know-les, son of "Mr»; and Mrs. Walter Knowlcs, was "born In Shirley on January 29, 1903; l i a d ho lived until January, 29 ho

' -would have been seventeen years old. .> A f t e r graduating from tho Shirley

-Krammar school he entered tho Pl tch-(,' ^^. -I>nir# l)lgh school wi th tho class o t l 9 1 6 --1^ airid reniained for two years. From

3.918 to tho present timo "ho w a s a i ' n e m b e r of ^the Junior and senior ^•"OaMes of thb Ayer high school, ^rom

'""•whtch he would havo graduated In > ,auBiB. I^ho hlfeh esteem I n , w h i c h ' h o

' ' held by his schoolmates was toy the number of students from >«r.hlsh sehool, w h o with Supt.

P . C. Johnson and Principal E m ^ t Gleason attended the services In n" body.- '"" ,

Dur lng . the summer months 'and In his spare time Howard w-as employed at Brockelman Bros, store, w-here ho w-as loyal, conscientious and a general favorite with all. He was a member of the H. and D. club of the Congrega­tional church. Boy Scouts and also the Ayer high school baseball team.

Tho funeral services wero held.last week Friday afternoon at two o'clock at the Congregational .church. Itev. S. F. Goodheart, pastor of the church, Ofilciatcd, and spoke words of comfort to tho surrowing fnmily. During the serv lces"MorninE, land" and "Chris­tian's good n ight ' -wero feelingly ren-. dered by a quartet composed, of Mrs. Stanley F, White, Mrs. Nellie Hol­brook, Miss ISlna Hplbcook'and Mrs. Herbert McCoy^ The casket w.as set amid a profusion of beautiful fioral tributes—.symbols of love- and alTec-tlon'of his relatives and many friends. The pall boarer.s w-cre "John Simpson and Ernest H, Walker of Shirley, Rob­ert Sbiipson of Providence, .and Max J, Johnson of Boston. Tbe remains wore placed i" the tomb at the villaso cemetery.

The qliureli v,-as filled with many sorrowing relatives and friends., Thoso from out of- town wero M r . and Mrs. Edward H. Hughes w-ith daushter Dorothy ai-.d son of Providonce, Mr, nnd Mr.s, I'.oljort Slmp.soii of Provi­dence, ,Mr5. Chostor F. Walker and Mrs. How-ard C. Walkei- of Leominster, Mrs, Edwin Gray of Fitchburg, ^llss Gortrudo Johnson of Boston,

The survivlnsr..relatlvos are his par­ents, Mr. and Mrs. "^Valtor Knowlos; .a i)rotlier, WUlard Know-los, of LeoiiV-in.ster. and six sisters, Mrs, Ernest Waiker; Mrs, Max Johnson, Eoston; Mrs, Harold- French, Leominster, and Misses Ruth, Ethel and Doris of thia tow-n, - - (. X

It-can be truthfully said that in tho death of How-ard Know-los Shirloy has lost ono ot its flnest young men. He lyiil not" only be .missed in his homo liut by everyone w-ho know hlijv. Hc was kind, loving, ,arabitlous and loved by everyone, Howard might w-ell be considered a shining example of true manhood.

The follow-ing is a list of the beauti­ful floral tributes:

Pillow-; "Our, loved ono," from tlie family; wreath, Brockelman Bros, and famlUes: pillow, "S. G. S. -16 and '17"; mound.-Shirlei^ dancing cla'ss: wreaths, w'eavlhg depai'iment. President Sus­pender Co,; Congregational Sunday school; Mr, and Mrs, Eilwin Oray: Shir­ley school; Mr. and Mrs, C, P., White; seventeen pinks, Mr, and Mrs, John Chesboro and fiimily; olllow-, the teach­ers. Juniors and seniors, of Aycr high school; basket of tlowers. Miss ^^ary Park and Holbrook family; pillow, Boy Scouts; sprays, Fredonian lodge, I, O. O, F.; J. C. .\yer lodge; Mrs. Nelson Wamboldt: the Misses Evelyn and Kathleen Minor: Mrs. John G. Content and "Mrs. Edwin Conant: Mr. and Mrs. O, Oliver and family; Mr, and Mrs, George F, Gates, Sw-ampscott; the Misses Su^ie Donahue and Delia De­vaney; Harriet, Virginia. Hazen and Junior Wheeler; Ladies* Circle'; Mr. and Mrs, David C, Lash; Miss D, A. Chase and George 'W. Perkins, Boston: Mr, and Mrs, Ralph Wheeler: Charles Wolff and Mrs, Bessie Jacobs; Mr, arid Mrs, Mllispaw and Joseph Johnson, Philadelphia: Mr: and Mrs,.C, J. Steb­blns: Mr. and Mrs. E, H. Allen: Mr, and Mrs, T, E, Whltaker and Ruth: Mr. and Mrs.. R. M, Jacobs and John Hallahan. Boston: Jklr. and Mrs. A. L, Annls and family;. Dr. and Mrs, Lilly; -Mr, and Mrs, Ed, Hughes, Providence; Mrs. Llvermore. E. M. Livermore, Mrs, A. L Wright; the-gir ls of Sampson Mur­dock Company's ofllce, Boston: Mrs, E, L. Boyden. Chester F. Walker, Mr. and Mrs, F, R, Burchstead and Mr. and Mrs. H. "V\"-alker: spray, Mr, and Mrs, Robert Simpson, Providence: parish commit­tee of Congregational church; Mr, and Mrs, John Stevenson and familv;! Ha\>ry A. Brockelman, Dorchester; Harry O, Bangs; Mr, and Mrs, W. C-Wolff and family; Mr, and -Mrs, George Balch; Miss Eula Whitney: Mrs, Hooper and famliy; Mr, and Mrs. Harding M, James; John H, Logue and Chester '(V, Phelps, c. A, W,

Contor. On account of the snow storm serv­

ices at Trinity chapel were omitted again , last Sunday afternoon,

Mrs, Warren Wilson of Clark road is conflned to her home with illness, under the care of her physician,

Horace C, Harris is having a two weeks' vjication f r b m h i s duties ,as R. F. D. carrier. Thomas H. Evan.s' is carrying the mail during hi.s absence frflfm tho route. . Harold Blenkhorn has given up hi.s

position as blacksmith a t t h e State In­dustrial school and has gone to work at thc paiiertnill in West Groton,

The nex: mooting of'the Granse oc-ciir.s on Tuesday evening, ]-"ol)!-uary 3, and will ho education niglit. The toaoho.-s of the piiblic'.schools in town, parents of .scliool chlldron. .superin-tondent of schools and sclioo! commit­toe will 1)0 invitod a.s .speci.ai guests for this nioeting. .-V .spe.akoi- from the .St.ate n.i,ard of Education is expected,

:biu liis iiame ha.s not yet been an­nounce.). Tlio reception romniittee— .-Vrthur n. Holden. Mrs. Minnio K. Wilkin.s. Mr.s. Mahol E. Graves, .Mi,>„i Carrie O. Bradford, Thomas H. Evans and .Ml-s. Helen M. Graves—have charge .if the meeting .and the refresh­ments. A siiiiifar meeting of tl\e Gr.ange wa.s held last year and proved very sncoo.s.sful in bringing the toach­ers, parents ,and .school fitithorities to­gether, and giving them a chance to bocome aofiuainte.i.

TOWNSEND

Center.

Word has hoon roceivod by frionds in town of the death from ttibercu-losis of Charle.s Avorhill, oldest son of A, V. Avorhill, of Cornish, N, H, A, r, Avorhill, who w.as a former high school principal hero, is now- super­intendent of .schools comprising tho towns of Cornish, Plalnfiold and Croy­don, X, H, His second son. .-Mfred, is principal of the high school at Ed­garton, and tho tw-o younger sons. Ev­erett and Harold, are in busine'ss to­gether in Utlca, N, Y, Mr, Avorhill and- fapilly ,arc well knon-n In town, having lived hero for a number of yoar.s. •

The following Grange mombers wore roco;itly Installed Into ofllcc In thc Mlddlosox-Worccster Pomona Grange; Mrs, Mlnnlo Knight, .iecrctary. re­elected; Mr.s. Mabol Brackett, Cores, rc-eloctcd; Mrs. Lillia Seaver, lady ,as-slstant steward.

Mr. and Mrs. Ellsha Kinney, of Plalnfleld, are receiving congratula­tions upon ,tho birth of a son, January 21, Mrs, Kinney was formerly Miss' Ethel Upham, ot this town. , Hudson A. Bray, thc census enumer­ator, has"'about completed his circuit of thc town and expects to send in his report ^o Washington this we'ek S.at­urday. ^ "

•The February meeting of tlio Birth­day club will be held on Tuesday af­ternoon, Pebru.ary 3, In tho vestry of tho Congregational church with Mrs-E m m a Soaver In charge of the literary program and Mrs Honry MUler, Mrs Grace ^Wright and Mrs. Jennfc S.awi yer, hostesses.

The mombers -o f . tho Monday' club will bo entertained on Monday, after­noon - i t tho hoirio of Mrs. Albert S, Howard with Mrs. James'A. Doano In charge bf "The aftornoon with tho poets" program.

Mrs, Fred J. Tenney, Mrs. N. Birch. Mrs. Harry Fe lch and George Tarbcll are on -the sick list. -

Frank Porch, formerly ot this town, now of Greenfield, has been thc gue5t of his brother^ M. Felch, ' -

Burton Brute , of Boston, was In town the first of the week, visiting with his mother, Mrs. Abblo B.ruce, and brother, Wilbur Bruce,

Anyone wishing articles Inserted In the town warrant should present the same to the selectmen on or before this weck Saturday.

Mr," and Mrs. Edgar, Campbell, T o w n -send hill, and Harry Felch and daugh­ter Gladys attended tho funeral of Mrs. Mary Hlnton, of Plilladelphia, held in Westford, Wcdne«d.ay', Mrs: Hinton was tho sister of Mrs, CampbeU" and Mr. Felch.

The senior class of tho high school are rehearsing for a play to be g iven in tho near future, and tho Girls' Glee club aio rehearsing for an.operetta to bo presented at sonic future date.

Tho liome friends of .Mljort D. Tur­ner arc sorry to learn that ho still re ­mains very ill at his winter homo In Orlando, Fla.

The Wide Aivako Mls.- ion club held their regular mooting .at the Congre­gational i)arsonage ivith Mrs, A, L. Struthers. - The afternoon subject w a s "The children of Dr. Gronfell's Mis­sion at Labrador.J' After the mission' study tho club members enjoyed g a m e s and refreshments." Mrs, Struthers has also entertained the members of her-Sunday school class recently, and after filling out thcir lesson record books, a social time was enjoyed with tho serv­ing of refreshments.

Tho-Dorcas class of tho Methodi.-it church hold their regular mooting on TuesdTiy aftornoon with Miss May Parkoi-, ' •

An. interesting game of basketball w-.as played In Memorial hall on Tues­day evening betw-een the "Jownsend Legion and the Fitchburg Xormal School te.ams. There was a very good attendance" and dancing followed the game. The score wa.s 58. to 24, In favor of the Normal school

At the Congregational church on Sunday morning Rov. A. L. Struthers' sermon will be. "L'nder the Juniper • tree.".' Evening union .service In tho (•^ongregational church with Rev; B, W, Rust, of PeppereU, and Rev, A, L, Struthers In charge. Rev, John O. Long, the Methodist pastor., exchang­ing with Mr. Rust in tho evening.

Miss Mildred Beatrice Felch, daugh­tor of Mr. and Mrs. Frank P: Fe lch , of Greenfield, a former resident of this town, was married to Lloyd Martin Crossman, of Greenfield, Saturday, January 17, at the bride's home. 2 Wilson avenue, Greenfield, Mr, Cross-man served three years In the navy during the late war. They w-ill m a k e their home for the present w-ith the bride's parents. " ,

Miss Beth Haynes, formerly of this town, now of Methuen, has resigned her position as teacher- of gymnasium and social w-orker of the Waltham Girls' club and has accepted a position In Philadelphia which offers w-ider use for hor special gift and training, namely a big gymnasium and s w i m ­ming pool. Mis.s Haynes has the ad­miration and respect of all who know-her and the love and devotion of the club membors, and Jier departure caus­ed keen regret, A farewell party was hold at the Waltham high school g y m ­nasium for Mis.s Haynes at which t ime she w-as presented with a 'go ld- l ined silver loving cup, and an added gift of a burned leather pur.so containing^ a sum of nioney, cards and othor ro-meirrbi-ances, Mi.ss Haynes is the d.augl;ier of the formor superintendent ot tho Tow-nsond schools. E. L. Haynes , now of Methuen,

.\t thc basketball game played in Memorlai-hal l between the Officers' Five ot Camp.Dovons and the Ameri­can Legion team, the score was 24 to S, in favor of tho visiting players. Dancing was enjoyed after tho game, with niusic furnished by tho Imperial orchestra, of Fitchburg,

Miss Louise Fayf associate agent for the Middlesex County F.a.-™'„Su,i-eaii. w.a.s present at the meetlr.^ df the Girls' Homo Eronomlcs club recently and gave the girls instructions' In cut-^ tin out patterns in sowing. Miss Miri^ am Adains, the assistant high .school teacher, is to li.a\'e charge of the club. The inembers are to hold a food sale to raise mono.v to pay for tho materials for aprons and caps.

_ . \t the-closo of tho/'-.-.ngregational Sutiday schopl last .Sunday tho pastor ga-.-e .-1 brief talk on 'miss ion work among the Indians. Tho fiow-or deq-oi-.ations at tho church were in m e m ­ory ot Xoali Wallace and .-Vibert Howard.

(irango. -At the regular mooting o f thc

Grange on Monday ovoning in Odd Fellows' h.all, the literary progriim consisted of a community sing In charge ot T, E, Flarlty, and a debate oris Resolved, "That the daylight sav­ing hill should become a law- in Mas.sa­chusetts"; Dr. A. J. Atw-ood, Mrs, Frank Miller, afilrmatlve; Galen Proc­tor and Mrs, Lilll.a Seaver, negative. Interesting points vierr; mado on both siiles of the question, and w-hilo the merits wore not Judged the Grango favored the negative, nnd at the close of tho debate the surprise song, en­titled '"Gainst the daylight saving law," sung by Mcssr.s. Flarlty .and Wood, made a decided hit with thc audionce. Thoro wero twenty-one shots tired on thc "firing, lino" w-lth Mrs. Anglo Lang as "miiiuteman." and a fine roclt.atlon given by M.-istor Carey Swinnlngton, "How- competit ion works,"

At thc ncxt meeting the community sing, .a paper on "Food v.alucs in fruit" by Mrs, W. Swinnlngton, and thc "flring line" with G. L, Whitcomb jis "ininutemnn" will featuro In thc even­ing's program.

W(Wt. George Marshall, ot Athol, attended

thc funertd services of his uncle, G, A, ScHver, last week Wednesday.

Mr.s. Thonias Martin, of Aycr, has been a recent visitor -with friends in town. ,

OwinTf to thc nines* of Mrs. Lov^r

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of Whom nro suffering from severe col^s, thc Ladles' Study club meet ing which waa to havo been held nt hor home, hns been postponed for two weeks, until the ncxt regular meet ing, February 9, when tho's(ime topic. "Thc German spy system In America," will be taken up

Mrs.) S E Waite, who has been ^^ondlng a few days with Miss AUco

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Soaver, has returned to her homo In •^ailtham.

Edward E. Seayer, of Brooklyn, who was too 111 with an attack of Influenza to be able to attond his father's funeral sorvices, Is >eported as somewhat Im­proved and tho uemalnder of his fam­ily, who ha'vo also been victims of the epidemic, have recovered.'

Tho Live Wire and,iyie Good Cheer Cliisses of tho Baptist Sunday school planned' a slplgh-rldo to Fitchburg on last Saturday ,afternoon, which was postponed on acc,ount of the storm and bad traveling, but will probably take placo the last of t h e week, weather permitting.

Tho coldest morning, of winter was reported on Monday, the mercury ranging from 18 to 30 degrees below zero at soven o'clock In various see-t l o n s . o f t l j o village, -

f Alfred Hussey has given up his posi­tion at the' Belgrade rug factory and entered thp employ of Damon & Rich­ardson* ;' .,

Mrs. Daniel Cloftey has been III at her home with a seyere cold,.but Is now ablo to be about again.

Among .those, who have beon on the sick list for the past week arc the en­tire Shepherd, faniily, who have beon suffering from severe colds; Wilbur, thp young spir of. Mr. and Mrs, Clar­ence Sherwin, has Just r<>covered fiom-.a' cold; both Mr. and, Mrs. Herhort W i s e have been on the sick list; Xlden Sherwin is ab'out.again after, an at-' t.ack of stomach trouble and his littlo daughter Dorothy hxs 6een q-uite ill with tonsilitis;^ Mr. Austin, teamster for D a m o n ' & ftichardson. has .been confined to his home for several days •tvith a.cold, and Rev. Joseph McKean w-.as tmito.lU with an attack of neu­ralgia for. a f ew days last week.

Mrs. Joshua Gray eh/oyed ' a few-days' visit lilst vreoic . from hcr son, who Is employed in ^pririgflold, "-

The sad nc-iys reac^ied hore on Mon­day of the (Icath at his homo in Dor­chester, of "Safnuol WlUard Tyloi", tormerly of Cllnton, who is quite -ivcll knbw'n In* this vjlla.e having married the daughter ot Mr. and Mr.s. Jaiiics A. WUlard, ot tKis place. Mrs, Wil­lard was spending the winter with her daughter -ivhen his death-occurred last Saturday evening aftor several months of distressing lUness from he.art dis­ease. Much sympathy |s expressed for the bereaved' family by their many friends herp,

'The Ladies' Baptist Benevolent so­ciety aire planning a public suppor in th(> vestries on Wednesday evening, February 4, aiid the committee is busi­l y at work complctclng the plans,

Rov. Joseph McKean will take for his topic at the Baptist church on Sunday morning, "Christ, tho pattern of our daily lives." Tho Y, P, S, C. E, service will be conducted as usual.

Mr. Austin, who has been quite Ul, has resumed his duties as teamster for Damon & RIPhardson.

A sleighing party of Jolly young people from Fitchburg were enter-talned at . the Squannlcook Inn "on Tuesday evening and a boiintifui chicken supper with the fixings w-as served by Mrs. Winchester and hcr helpers, after which the evening w-as passed most enjoyably in a spclal man­ner. I

The Ladles' Mlssloivcirolp^held their nionthly meeting on Wednesday af­ternoon at the, home of Mrs. Charlos Hodgman, but owing to the snowstorm and bad w.alklng the attendance was small. The afternoon program con­sisted of readlngsrby the m<>rribei-s and a brief talk by the pastor, Rev, Jo­seph McKean, -

The School Economics club hold their- fortnightly .meeting at the schoolhouse on Thursday afternoon and instructed by Miss Fay, the coun­ty supervisor, took up tho study of darning stockings, and after the w-orky pe'Mod enjoyed a social hour.

The notice of the recent doath of James Aker, who w-as killed last w-oek Friday in the Fitchburg railroad yard, where ,he w-as employed, recalls that tor many yeai-s he was .a resident 6t this village, and while empioyed as section hand on the Boston and Maine railroad livod with his family in tho little cottage near the crossing now oc­cupied by Eugene Robblns and f.-imily,

Tho barber shop is closed indefinite-i.v, as - i ir , Cowdrey of the .Center is too busily ongaged, -ft-ith his duties to attend t j J j i ' ^ e s s ^ r o at present,

Thc tf!rk''?-5;!idreH,pf Mr. and Mrs. W. A. BoutweU,. Lois, Georgo .and June, aro vory sick at last reports, thi-eatoneil with pneumonia.

dor, the fairness, the patrJPtlsm,'antC the Judgment pf the SenatPrs, He pointed out to them that our present condition Is that of being at "war when there Is no war"; he laid be­fore them clearly the need ol the country's Industry Ipr-set t led .peace; he pplnted out the grave risks w-e run by further ppstponcmont of peace pf Ipslng Pur p'resont advantage In Inter-natlpnal trade; labor, will be In a turmoil, find there can be no stable conditions ot employment until we know what tho final settlement will be; the future of Europe will remain un­certain, and there can be no rettirn to Qormal conditions of life In this coun­try until the war. has been ended by acceptance bt this compact.

In hla address and In his f.irank answers tp Innumerable quesfTons It seems tp us, and we are aUogether con-adept that It will - seem to the coun­try, "thnt Mr. Wilson met and, disposed of overj^.j-easonable objection-that has been advanced against particular pro­visions of the Treaty.: Our- withdraw-

-al from.tho League at any time is sub­ject t o - n o - p t h e r doclslpn than our own. As the Times, has repeatedly pblnted out, the question whether pur obligations have been fulfilled la . orie tor ptir pwn determining in the light ot conscience and hopor. Action un­der Article X. Is again subject to our own judgment; Congress has unques-tloiiable'' ; authority tb determine whether we do or ^ P npt take part In active resistance tp aggression upoh the terrltpry ot League members. The Mpnrpe Doctrine remains above and beyond the League jurisdiction; it Is sustained by the whole principle of the lyeague, and In terms recognized. Questions of domestic policy are as free from any foreign dlctatloii" or meddling as they ever we're, and tho other nations are equally hiterested with ourselves In maintaining that ex­clusive jurisdiction. If the President's elucidation of the letter- or spirit al the

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FOR-S, \ I . : ; - - \ j?ood. strong comfor­table Sleigh, newly painted and uphol­stered; ali'o. few two-ye,ar-old Barred riymoiith Cock birds, trapnest stock— the onlv kind to raise chicks from to live well and do well. E, F, COLBURN', T.o\\-nsend H.arbor, Mass,

CARD OF THANKS We take tills method of showing our

gratitude to neighbors and friends for their kindness and practical tokens of svmnathy during tho Illness ana after the death ot our son Howard. Wc thank all sincerely who helped or assisted In any w.ay. To those who aent floral ti--lbut03, to tho singers and those who arr.anged the flowers a f the church, also the pastor, we are deeply grate­ful,

MR, and MRS, WALTER KKOWLES and Famliy,

.'Shirley. January 26, 1920,

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<l WAR w e H IS NO »»

^iitoriaX irtim fhe ycv> -yorJs .Tlmw of

'. August 20, 1919.

The President's conference with the menibers of. tho Senate Foreign Rela­tions Committee should send the Trea­ty unchallenged to immediate ratifica­tion. In the address with which be Opened tho conference,Mr.WILson.up-pealed t'p the understanding! thc-caii- [jje League cpvchant, but'somewhere

Treaty, of the purppses pt Its authprs, and his stralghtfprward replies to the questions of Senators have not re­moved from thoir.mlnds all Teasonable doubts and misgivings, then evidently nothing can. remove them, and the country will bo forced tP the conclu­sion that the -grounds of. their objec­tion do not Uo' In the Treaty or in

outside. It that be true, then the people must deal with .the Senatorial obstructlonlsts.'for the President has exhausted the resources ot reasoning and exposition.

Interpretations or explaiiatlons ot what the Senate understands the inean-Ing ot the Treaty to be, so lo^ng as they do not alter tho text, the President Is wHUlng to accept- It Is the duty o f the Senate to g ive 'heed tP the Im­portant distinction he makea between such explanations as part of the act of r(itlflcatIon ir.d anything of that.na­ture appended 4o it. -Made a part' of the act, they may be construed as qualifying tho Treaty provisions', -that would nut us in a-ppsltlon dllloring from that of other nations. Yet every treaty Is a mutual oompact; the signa­tories must be upon a fopflng-of equali­ty. The danger is, and it is worthy of tho most serious consideration In the Senate, that the adoption bf such plirases In the act Itself would bo a d i r e c n n v l t e t i o u to othor nations to add interpretations pt their oyrn.That, tho President pplnta out, would leavo the way, open tor dangerous confusion and d e ^ y . Mr. Wilson speaks with firll knowledge ot what went bn af Paris' when he tells the Senators that our example "would bo Immediately followed in many quarters,- In some In­stances with - very serious reserva­tions, and that the meaning and pper-ative force pf the Treaty would.pres­ently be clo'udcd froin one end ot Its clauses to the- other."

What Is the duty ot the opilpesltipn party In the Senate when Its criticisms, have been met and been answered In this candid spirit, when all the^roj ia and supports of Its objections to the Treaty have been removed, and when tbe urgent need of a prpmpt conelu-alon of peace has been so completely demonstrated? Tlie Senate may hesi­tate, but the country will not have a single instaiit of doiibt. It has given its answer already.

GOOD NAME THAT DOESN'T FIT Dr. Bell Tells Why He Declines Mem­

bership In "League for the Preser­vation ot American Independence"

Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, of Washington, one ot the world's most distinguished scientists, sends to the League to Enforce Peace cppy of a letter in 'which he declined _an Inylta-tlon to jpin the so.<;alled "League fbr the Preservation pf American Inde­pendence." The only good thing abont this organization is its name, and Dr.-BeJ.lJs,letter shows why the name does' not fit.- He -writes as I p t lows: Henry A. Wise Wood, Secretary,

League for the Preservation of American Independence. \

Dear Sir: In reply to your communication ot

July 17 I may say that in my opinion there is absolutely no use in making any peace treaty with Germanr-nnless a guarantee Is provided to assure the carrying out of the peace terms. That guarantee is the orgSnizatipn pf the League pt Nations; and the Covenant therefpre should form an integral part ot the peace treaty and not be sep­arated frpm it and con'Sldefred after­wards as a separate proposition. The guarantee must be provided at the same time with the treaty Itself.

Thc Covenant is of course In the nature of a compromise and like all compromises cannot be entirely satis­factory to all of the parties" Involved, but the Covenant itself provides means for amendment after the League has been formed. This being so I would strongly urge the ratification of the League ot Nations Covenant, without amendments or reservations that wouljl delay Peace or endanger the treaty by making necessary .its re­submission to the Signatory Nations.

I must thank ypu for your invita­tion to join the "League tor the Pres­ervation of American Independence." The title appeals to me, tor no one

can Independence than I am. But after examining with care your dec­laration 0^ principles I am surprised tp nnd that the iissociation • you ask mo to join Is not a league "fof the pres­ervation of American Independence" at all; but simply represents a camou­flaged attack on the Constitution of the League ot Nations—the noblest at­tempt yet made to bring about har­mony and cooperation among the na­tions ot the world In thc interests of peace and civilization.

A Man of Straw Thc declaration starts out with the

absolutely false statement that the Constitution of the League of Nations would" deprive the American people "ot basic liberties won by thc -Revo­lutionary War or subsequently ac­quired, among which is their . Inde-' pondencc," • Having thus set up a man of straw tho attempt Is mado t(iJtnook him do-wn b'y tho orgiinlzatlon of a' league osten­sibly for the preservation ot "Ameri­can ' Independence"—which . Is not threatened.X So far from Interfering with American Independence tho'Cpn-stittitlpn ot the League of Nations attempts to extend tP the whole world

the principles of liberty and justice for which our fathers fought and for which we,Americans stand.

I cannot consclentipiisly join yp'ur organization; and must urge with all the earnestness In my power that the Cpnstltutipn of the lieague of Nations be promptly ratified by Congress, and feel sure that this is the desire of the great .majority ot my fellow cit­izen^ •

Yours sincerely, (S igned) Alexander Graham Bell.

CiVILIZATrON DEMANDS! ABOLITION OF WAR

"No argument should be required to show the need of a league to secure the future peace ot the wprld, but if It is, 5,000,000 dead soldiers and sailors sleeping in the soil of Europe and in the.trackless waters of the vast deep, minions of maimed and wounded fighters, mill ions of dead and outraged women and children, neeSlessly sacri­ficed, and millions of civilian men, too old to flght, bi{t forced to die from starvation and want, cry out In a mighty but In articulate chorus for' the ahplltlpn of 'war. Humanity, Chris­tianity, cl'villzation, and eVcsy noble thing America has professed and fought for demand guaranties ot future peace. The masses of men and women everywhere who must bear the burden ot debt apd toil and sacrlflce tor years to come to. repair the senseless waste "Of flve years of brutal and.unnecessary w-ar with one voice demand that the statesmen of the world who' now have the responsibility of ameliorating the burden of humanity shall not fall to provide a remedy.

"It Is for these reasons that a league of nations haa been proposed as a pari ot the treaty pt peace,. The plan sug-geated Is practical and workable. II represents undoubtedly the compromise of many conflicting views and Ideals which is Inevitable where the -interests

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involved are so extensive and intricate can be more anxious to preserve Amerl-J But it is amazfhg to have achieved

so much at the start. If the plan is adopted and put into effect, resort tc -war will be mado so dIflScult as to en 'courage the hope that the greatest scourge of h u m a n i t ^ w l t h the exeep tlon of disease and poverty, has been conqueted at last."

LEHER TO THE EDITOR Boston, Mass.

To the Editor: Only by a League to Enforce Peace

can the world bo kept s^fe tor dempcra-cy, cr. tor anything else. If, as a re­sult of the 'War, we do get such a League, I shall feel that every mlnuto ot the two years I apent In training and active sefvlce abroad was well spent. IfVwo should fall to get A Lcagut!,' I should feel that, apaH from the satlsfac'tipn pf dptng what seemed the right thing at the right time, I had werse than waated all thc time t h a t ! sjient In tho army—that pur country had beeiTused as a catspa-w tP.puU very Uttle chestnuts cut pt a very hPt fire

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Important QuestlAi, I A little boy of five was .trnvcllnpt south wlfh his parents to visit an nunt, whom he had never seen. Ho wos very cnrlons about this relative, nnd QSked-hls father and mother end­less questions concerning her. As the j o u m ^ dl-ew to Its close the Ut­tlo fellow wns amazed to see many negroes-.at every station. -Suddenly a look ot consternation "clawned on his face ond turning to his niother he cried In a voice of alarm:, "Mamma, mam.-mn, what color is Aunt JenfSt--^

Temperature of Leaves.' • Some recent Investlgatlpn of the tcmperatnr'e of leaves made in the deserts nnd mountains of Arizona and In the Santa Lucia mountains of Cal­ifornia have resulted In fhe discov­ery that leaves, show a very rapid change o? temperature at times..These lluctuatiotis arc almost constantly go­ing on. Changes of from 1 to 3'de­grees centigrade wertS observed In from twenty' to sixty seconds, and it a moderately strong wind Is blowing the chRngo~raay amount to^6 degrees la thirty seconds. \

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Whoreas, at a meeting of thc Coun­ty Commls.sloners for said County, at Cambridge on tho first Tuesday of January, A,D. 1320. \

On the Petit ion, of tbe Inhabitants of tho town ot Aycr pri^ying for tho relocation and specific repairs of thc road to Groton from Its junction with tho state, road which leads to Fitch­burg, not-thcrly to tho Groton town line. It was adjudged that,,sald relo­cation and specific repairs arc ot com­mon convenience and jiecesalty:

Said Conhnlssloners therefore give nollce that thcy will meet at Com­missioners' Ofllcc, Court flouse. In East Cambridge, on tho seventeenth day ot February)'11)20, at ten of tho clock In the forenoon, to relocate and direct specific repairs' accordingly.

"- -WM. C. DILLINGHAM. , - - , Clerk.

January 7, 192(J. . v^ ,— , '

A truo copy Attest' WILLIAM H 'WALSH,

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Ayer, JVIass. ' -. COMMON'WEALTH OF .UASSAC)tU-BETTS, Worcester, ss. Prpb&to Court.

To thc heirs at law, next of kin, creditors and all other porsons Inter­ested in the estate rff SIAR-K- J. MASON late of Harvard In said County, do-cea.tod, intestate:

-WTicrcae. ft petition haa beon pre­sented to said Court to flrant a letter of admlnistrfttion on tho estato of said dccAiscd to ELIZA B. SHATTUCK of Oroton In the County of Mlddlasex, or to somo other suitable person.

You are hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court -to bo held at 'Worcester, In said County of 'Worcester, on the third day of February A. D. 1920. '«t nine o'clock In tho forenoon, to show cause. If any you have, why tho eamo

' should not .bo granted. - And said petitioner Is hereby directed

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' dn^; nt least Ixforo said Court. •witness, 'William T. Forbes, Esqulro,

Judge of said Court, this nlRhth day of January'tn tho year oive thousand nliio hundred and.'twcnty

3t20 HARihY P. AT'WOOD, Register

-»*. SATURPAY,^.^JAN«A?^ 3 V - 4 P > /

Sailor Lads From the Savannah • \ Do Their'Bit for the Episcopal

Campaign in Massachuset ^ •

Machinery of the Church Also Speeded Up Throu Classes, IVIeetiiigs, arid Effective Publicity

• ARCHDEACON ERNEST J . DEN Who .Has Been Remarkably Successful In Work With Young People. Mr. . Pennen is Executive Secretary of the-Natlon-Wide Campaign of the

Episcopal Church In Massachusetts.

Sailor lads trom the "Savannah," led by Stanton King ot the Sailors' Havea In •Churlestorm' mad© their contribution last uTook at S t Stephen's Church, Lynn, to. the 'work o t the Natldn-WId'j (:;o-mpalgn In the Eipls-

' copal Church \\-hen they -w-ent .do-wn to s ing chanties for the Fleur de Lis girls of that parish

There aro about 200 girls In- th i s group at Lynn, and there are four-chapters in other parishes. The -way in -which this organization tor girls came into t>elns is interesting. Six-/ teeiT years ago, -when Rev. Ernest J^ Dennen, now Archdeacon Dennen, wfas Reotpr o t St. StopheiUs, Lynn, he fomied the Sir GcUahad Club for boys, -wiiioh,- has s^iread to other par­ishes, and which has beoh a great force for goocl in developing and stal>-ijizlag character • an ions the boys of the Bpi8C0i»I Chnrch. H e n the glri^ wanted something, and ae a ccm^ian-lon organization, ^ d ' through tha in­genuity of Miss Liaara Dalzeli; now of the Noyes School of Rhythmic Ex­pression, the .Fleur de Lis , so often

'used in church dectKiafioh, w a s made th.0' centKfil idea of a ritual which, adapted tb the use Of girls from H 'to 21 and over, immediately evoked an e n t h n s l ^ t i c response on the part ot thev girls at Lyim.

This organization meet s the needs of- girls of dUferent ages in that ""inaids" can go In at 14, graduate to. the degree of "maiden" at 17, and are oUgible to become ' lad les" at 21.

It i s expected that many more chap­ters of the Fleur de Lis -will l>o Etarted a s a result of The Church's Call work In tho Nation-'wide Cam­paign..

Bishop L»WTenco and the Jtt nior Parish Committee bf which Rev. Thatcher' R. Kimball, o f Dorchester is chairman, and Rer. Henry K. Shor-riU of Brookllne, secretary, are partlc-idarly anxious to promote all man­ner of church -work among j o u n g people and to that ond announce two demonstration perfonnances ot the Church's Call Pageant i n , St. Paul's Cathedral Rooms, Boston, one on Saturday, January 31 at 3.30 and OTiOv on Sunday February 1 at 4. Three-Minute Information speakers

'are afco befiig trained for Church School work among the older boyi and gir ls .

--The Bish<v last week sent the fol­iewlng beautiful letter to the Mass Meeflng of Boys' Olnbs held ia Trin­ity Church, Boston.

My dear Boys:—I am very sorry that an unexpected call to jfrew York prevents m e from being 'with yoo at your service tonight. I -want, how­ever, to send this word ot greeting to yon and oongratnlations upon yoor gett ing together as representative boys of the Diocese. \

•We all know what it means to' get" together, and how It adds to otir en­thusiasm and increases our loyalty. Speaking of loyalty, that i s a great word always, but - especially, today. A lot of men have been sent ont of this cobntry because thoy have been disloyal to the coimtry. Anyone who accepts privilegog ot a country or of a church, or the hospitality of nny man, and then turns against him, ia disloyal nnd deporves the d'strust of his fel lowmen. On the other hand, there are tens of thousands o t men In this country -whom we admire and praise booause In loyalty to their country they were ready to g ive their l ives In the war. What, thon, i» our loyaJty? To whom and to what? It is to Christ >uid His Church. "We iirant to be clear on that, and I am sure that every one of you 'will stand loy­al tO; your Master nnd HU Church, and by word, deed and life stand for

what Christ and His Church stand for. •'

I remain, Faithfully your frient! and Bishop,

(Signed) 'WM. IAWRB.VCE, On Sunday atternoon, January 25th,

at Trinity Chtirch, Boston,' a sjieclal missionary service has been arranged with Rt. Rev. Hiigh Burleson, D. D. of South IDakota speaking on the sub­ject, ''Personal Religion a n f Mis­sions."

Dr. •'William Sturgis, Educational Secretary o f - the Board of Missions, •will spes,k at the Episscopallan Club dinner, Monday, January 26th. •

In connection with the ' publicity now being done by BIpiscopaUaas in Massachusetts , it is interesting- to note that one tangitile; result of the Nation-'wide Campaign in the W o -cese of Pennsylvania has been the decision of Bishop RhineUnder to ih-Etall a permanent publicity- depart­ment in the Diocese-. It is believed that Pennsylvania is the flrst dio­cese in the United States to make this decision, and- to put a practical hetrspaper man in.charge of Its pub­licity. T h e m a n chosen to be head of the work Is James M. Bennett, member of a family that for genera­tions has been active in the Episco­pal Church in Southern Maryland.

An Important new d^p«irture just launched by the Campaign 'workera is a "Christian Americanization'' mtove-meht. This subject le being studied by E i 4 » » p a l i a n s all over tbe coun­try this yeaov-and last summer; there were training conferences for Churoh 'workers in Wellesley, Massaohnsetts, Geneva, N e w York, Racine, Wiscon­sin, Se'^ranee, Tennessee, and othet places, wtilch naturally lent impetus to the work. But in Maraachusetta the movement has been made con­crete by'- fhe educational department ot the Woman's Auxiliary under the leadership of Miss Eva D. Corey, for­merly educational secretaiy of the Diocese. If In the parishes geo^rally there can be formed snch c lasses as that Just started at S t PatiTs Oatho-dml, Boston, under the leadership of Mrs. Ed-ward S. Dro-wn ot Cambridge, much -will have been done toward bridging the gulf between older and newer Americans.

. The ijnestlon Is recognize^ to bo a real one whether HUy Butter

'AmeMcans have li-ved up to t h e ' t r a e spirit of t t e nation. If national unity Is to be acUeved, wo mos t somehow adjust onr principles to the l ives of the heiw comers, cultivate hnman re -lationsliips -with fordgners a great deal more than we do, and ceasa to regard the strangers among a s a s s n alien c lass .

The t w o racial groups to'be stodiod in the class at S t Pant's, which is Iirlmarily intended t o train leaders for bther dasses , are tp be Italians and Czecho-SlavaMane. T h e * text books to bo followed are t-wo; "Chris­tian Americanization" by Choriee A. Brooks, and "Neighbors.''- • Other books ^ suggested for use ore "Riuses and Immigrants In American'", by John R. Commons; "The Immigrant i n tho Commuiiity'' by GiVice Aibbott; "^Ui American in tho Makhig" by Ravace ; "The Now ImlgratlonV by Potor Rob­erts; and any of the BBveral hooks written by Edward A. Stelner.

Tho devotional- /featfire of tide c lass Is the reading of tho parable of the Good Samaritan, and Its pur­pose as voiced In pnayer seems h«et expressed by Walter RaascheQhosch'a "Prayer"for tho Immlgraat," in his "Prayers ot the Social Awakeolng." . The St. Paul'e class 'will continue tor some hall-dozen more TturBdayB. It micets at 10:30. . Any ftnoman In­terested is free t o Join. >

D l u a r e e d W i t h ' H i m . Bert could not cat porridge 'wlthpnt

feeling distressed. Scolded one day by his s i s ter . for speaking rudely to her girl friend, h e sa id : "I just,-can't help It, s i s ; she affects nSe"'zactly i ike porridge." : |

Chicory. In some parts of Ca]>e ,ProvInce, .

South Africa, chicory gives a y i e l d * * ! ' s l i e d $250 to $3<J0 per Aci^""Johannesburg beln£ tbe chief market.

Wisdom In Quotation, Bnrtlct<, In his "Familiar Quotn-

tlons.'^glves flie following: "We read o f a certnin Romai^ emperor who bnllt a mngnlflcent polnce. In digging the foundation, the ' workmen discovered a ' golden ' sarcophagus ornamented with three.circlets, on which wcro in­scribed, 'I have expended; I have given.; I have kept; I have possessed; Ij 66 possess ; I have . los t ; I am pnn-

What I, formctly expended', I hnve; what I gove away, I have.*— Gesta Bomanorum, Tale X n . " i

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News Itt^ns. ' ,. Mrs. C. T. Williams'>has effected th»

iMlle of tho property adjacent to th'o Lawrenco place in E a s t 'Village now belonging to A. J. Luxford, to.W." F. Dennen, This Includes the • garden plot cultivated for somo time by Sher., wood Shattuck, who leased It'of Mr. Blake until It was pUVcbascd by the late Mr. Williams. The farm where Mrs, Williams Is now llvlne, on Hollls strqet, has also been offered for sale, as tiio caro of such a place will bo likely to prove tob,much for her to at­tend to. ^ , .

Supt.' Hcyer of. the construction co'mpitny at work- on the power plant for the p'uper mill went to his home In Rosllndale .to spend the week-end with h i s f a m i l y . , ..• •

Ml-s. Leander Stewart has had a touch. of Inlluenza the past week. Which conllned, her 'to her room. AH the niembors of l;er househlod,'Includ­lns Mrs"; Marston' and children, h.ivc had hard _colds. .bordering on the crlppc, which kept the children from attending" school.' T

Mrs. M. E, Letender has been stay­ing at h9r home on H c i l d street for a short tlnje, Mrs. L. G. Gilson staylns with her. for cqinpany. .

Mrs.' John Haniia, residing in' th'e liist house In Pepperell on Dunstable road, -is* recoverlng^roni a serious ill­ness of some \v'^ks from heart trouble,, • '

There was a fairly good .ittendance at Prescott Grange meeting on Friday evening of • last weekj. although the evening was far from pleai-ant: The subject' was to have heen "Poultry raising," with Frank Ryan ahd Louis Robblns In charge. As both tlie gen­tlemen wore 111 and could not attend, the subject was laid over for anotheV mectrhg. . Those attending spent a so­cial evening with games anil miisic. The .next meeting, February 13, will be of the "valentine day" order and thc program will be In Charge of Mrs, Minnie Green and Miss Sara Hubbard,

On last Saturday a-specialist from Boston was summoned on tho'case of Louis Tarbeil a n d . * trained nurse se­cured.

The' meeting of the i l t , Lebanon Community^ Associates wa.s held on-'Wednesday of last week and. a pleaJs-ant and profitably afternoon was spent by the nine ladles assembled, sewing on aprons. Deep snows and hard walking hindered .some no doubt from being present.' The hostess, Mrs. L, T. Wilson, assisted by her daughter. Miss Ruth, served l ight reifrestiments,. Thp next meeting of the associates -vvlll be held with MrsTTVobe^rt Gay on Wed nesday afternoon, February 4,

Leslie Stewart, w h o . with his wife and children have been stopping at his old home with his parents, Mr.: and Mrs. A. C. Stewart, has been quite 111 with an attack, o f Japndlco and. con fined to the house.

The Oak Hill Improvement society entertained a slelghlrig party of about twenty from Nashua, Friday evening of iast week, at Oak hill hall. The Nashua party included Mr, and Mrs, Melvin Gaswill'and son Raymond, and friends. Although' the weather was not the most auspicious for s u c h ' a n outing, as the snow commenced to fall at an early hour of the evening, the party showed good pluck In parrying out thplr plans to come here, having four good horses on the Job. It is not recorded Jiist how the-party reached home again, as their progress must have been hampered b yr the snowfall; They were a merry, party, however, during their st.iy here, and the even­ing passed quickly with a flne supper served by the society, and later, music and dancing. MLss Doris Durant acting as pianist for thc occasion.

Mr, and Mrs, George Campbell and chlidren, from Nashua, were week-end guests at the home ot her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Capistran.

John O'Neal, of Brookllne street, was' down town last Saturday for the first time since his accident from the kick of a horse some weeks since. The small wound at the side Of the shin bone, although not vory large, was very slow ln._healing and gave J i t o considerable trouble in getting about.

,A great pleasure w.is given George W, Pierce last week by an hivltation from his' granddaughter, Mrs. Laura Herrig Kelley, Lexington, to attend with her the Symphony concert In Boston on Friday, The soloist was the famous Fritz Kreisler, the world's premier violinist, who rendered Bee­thoven's concerto. In the orchestra were 200 musicians, and SO flrst vio-linlst.4. The afternoon'.s pleasure was one to remember a lifetime. The con­cert has received high praise from critics, although one Boston paper makes froe'to say that it would have been more gracious 1f Mr, Krplsler had chosen a concerto by Salnt-Saons as a tribute to Frahce. Instead of the con­certo by the German composer, which It Is claimed had already been played at Symphony concerts eighteen times and by Mr, Krclsler three t imes here in Boston.

Supt. Clarke of the ropporell schools ha-s taken a room with Mr. and Mrs. George H. Shattuck. Main street, and for the-present will tako his meals y,-iien In town with Mrs, Willoughby.

Mr. Frnnk Dunton came from South Portland, Mc,. Saturday, to attend the funeral services of h^r relative, Charics S, Parker. She remained over Sunday with hcr parent.-!. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lakln.

Mrs. F. W. Lovejoy is visiting her d.iughtcr, Mrs, Frederic Burns, In New Jersey, going from Worcester, whero 'she had also been making a visit with Mrs. Marlon Dow and family.

Announcements have been received of the m.arrlngo of Mrs, Rose Davis formerly of this town, to Hugh M Grant, on January IS, .it the Sacred Heart rectory, Groton, Thc ceremony w.ia performed by Rcv, Fr. Richards ot thnt church. Mra, Grant has been night operator at the Groton tele phone exchange since leaving here, about five years ago,

Willard Smith recently unloaded a motor which Is to be used on his lum­ber lot for power for sawing. The lines from the main lino running through Dunstable have beon brought to the required place on the lot nnd tho motor was set up on-Tuesday.

I. B. Whiting of Twin "Valley farm hns recently purchased some of the stock raised t y E. H, Bllss'on his farm on Park street.

It has been ascertained that the late Charles Parker.was.not tbo only merfi-ber of the Order of tho Sons of the American Revolution In town, as Win­fred S«Boyi^ton has already Joined thc. orflcr, and It Is stated t h a t a f O w oth-5 •iri In town are eligible tor rftcmber-»hlp. . ' • Thomns O. Parker, who- w a s sum-mdned hero on last Saturday by the death of his father, retu'rned to his

duties OS teacher at the high school to Berlin, N H , Sunday _ A very large and enthusiastic meet­ing of tho Community Church Work­ers w a s h e l d In the churehparlora op Thursday afternoon, January 2?. Xt, was voted to Hold a fair on July^22 and 23. At a spcclal meeting of the' offlcers on Monday afternoon a partial program tor the year was made, wlt^ a list of committees to serve- cach month.

Tho East VII!ag^e Social club will meet wl thMrs . Edward . \ . Johnson on Wednesday alTternoon at threo o'clock; sub_Joct,"Landing of th'e Pilgrims."

Letters have been received by Mrs. H. N. Tov,'cr' from her sister, Mlc,s Mabel Spooner, who kft New. "york on January 0 tor a triii acro- s the conti­nent to visit her brothor George H. Spooncr, and -ivlfo. In Loa Angelc-i, Cal,, for the winter. Miss Spooncr Journeyed In the C(tnip,iny of Charle.s H. Jewett and his friend, and 11) party had a pieatant trip of only four aiid a half d.ii's, although they en­countered one big .storm on its w,-i>-cast^ whllo cn route. On the date of -Mlfs Spooiier's last letter, January I'J, -sho speaks of' mowing the, lawn and getting extremely warm over thc task, Sl<lnoy Tower, who was at homo from Boston for the week-end, might respond to .the,Los .^ngelo.s letter and-CQiiipare note.s on getting too v/arm by exercise, 'although his exertion was from diggliig through a four-foot t-xio.wdrift near his homo on High street. ' . .

Ml.is Berth.i Harris i.s expected here from her duties In Methuen schools for a visit over. Sunday with Mri and Mrs. ll. N. Tower. -• .The auto truck from Fitchburg. which has beon running regularly to supply the-pepperell .Card shop with s'tock, has beeh'obliged to lay off. and the. shop was shut down in conse­quence of that and-the non-arrival of a carload from another mill. The truck reached Pei>perell during the last few days of running, only by keep­ing tbo stat6 road from Townsend as f.ir toward Groton as Primus hlll,, then coming :.lnto ,town by way of R.iver street, to the complete demoralization of the sleighing on that thoroughfare.

kecqiy, . reminding them, as it does, that they arc no longer youn^ In past days Mr Parker carried on an activo business ni a mason, but forthe" p ^ t year, while his health has not been so good; he has attended to ' the duties of Janltox at tho Lawrence li­brary and will be mlsscd by the pa­trons there.'

His family have the sympathy of all the community'in their bereavement.

Wlilst Patty. , • . The ladles of Acoma Rebekah lodge

were' most successful In iisherlng In this new leap year festivities by their whlkt party at Odd Fellows' hall on Tuesday evening. Although as a rule the ladles predominate at an affair of this kind, by placing thelg Invitations carefully, each lady had a! partner for the evening, tickets being Issued with n. corresponding^ number for the gen-tlemen. The seven cx-soldlers, who' attended by special Invitation from the Horaeste.id, Messrs, Marshall, Taggett, Yusko, Blake, Sweeney;; Eminian and Llrilt, helped swell the list of partners and proved a welcome addition to the party, besides ("nJoylng the Outing themselves, . There were thirteen tables and tho prizes were won by Mrs, Louise Lunt, first for ladles, a prettily embroidered sofa pillow being the prize; gentlemen's first, a silk h.irid-kerchlef. Frank Bennett; consolation prizes, Mrs.. Elfie Robblns and Mr-Yiisko "from the Homestead.

All availed themselves of the oppor­tunity to purchase popcorn and candy In any qudntlty now, and later In the evening the banquet hall -was called Into requisition as a place for seme of the younger people to dance»Miss Robblns acting as plai i lst A-prize oaks' was offered to the man aecurltfg the. most votes as "tho handsomest man." Thus, W. A. K e m p Is immense­ly pleased to discover that In the opin­ion o^ those present ho. Is the hand­somest man in.town, presumably; any way he secured the votes, and better still, the cak«.

.The whole evening's pleasure will add one more credit to the account of the entertainment committee of 1919.

Clipping. ,. The following clipping, taken from

the Woodsvlile (N. H.) News, date of January 10, concerns a former Pep­perell resident, Soiith roiid, mention of whose death w.-i.« mado briefly a short-thnt ago In these columns: _ '

Weils Kiver, Vt,—JoK(LDh_Abyah Whitne.v': son ot .Mary ("Baxter)-and Joseph V/hitney was born on June 20, 185S, a t Pepperell, Mass,, living there until he was thirteen years old, Mr. Whitney received his education in the school at I'epiierell, and at Wilming­ton .md Hollows l-'ails, Vt. OK Sep­tember -i, i s s ; , he married Miss Julia Ey.ins of this village, and-the couple' havo .il\y,-iys niade Wells Rlvcr their home.

Mr. •\VhUney was a member of Mt, Gardner iodxre, K, of P,, of Woods-ville, X, H. For twenty-four years-he was a nir.chinist for the Boslo.ijyind M.aine raUroiid, aud was beloved and respected, hy all his ."issoclaies.- A man of sterling character, lie was . a kind neighbor and a devoted hu.sband,'

. Ho took a great interest In bird life and made friends of a multitude of birds, who llockcd around his home during the cgld weather, for food and protection,

;After a brief illness with nrenlngltls Mr. ^yhltrley passed away oil the morning o f January." 8.

The funeral, which wa-s largely at­tended, was held from his late home on Sunday afternoon at 2.3o O'clock, Rev. .sDon.ild Fraser ofllciating. • A quartet from the Congregational church choir s a n g " A b i d e with me" and "Sometime we'll understand." A wealth of rare flbwers bespoke the lovo tind esteem of many friends, a floral. emblem' glve'n by the railroad friends helng unusually. beautiful.:

"The body was laid at rest In tho Wells Rlyer ccmctpry. Mr. Whitney leaves to m'ourn his loss, his wife, a brother, Arthur Whitney, and two nephews, Dumont. and Russell Bailey, all of Wells River, to whom deep sym-pat'ny Is extended.- . -

Masonic Services. The funer.il services held for the

late Charles S. Parker, whose sudden de.ith we noted In these columns last week, were at the vestry of the Com­munity church at two o'clock on Sun­day afternoon, and were. In charge of the St. Paul lodge, of which he was an honorary member. Rev. Robert W. Drawbridge, pastol-, gave a short scriptur.ll service, and also served as chaplain of the Masonic order In place of Rev. George M, Howe, formerly of Groton, and chaplain of this lodge for many years, A handsome galax wreath with clustered violets and carnations was-sent by the Pepperell Musical so­ciety, of which Mr, Parker was at one time the president, the society having been formed in 1S74, and continuing for about twenty-five years. Flowers were also sent by thc Prudence Wrigbt chapter, D, A, R,, aftd by a few friends. The bearers were Lawrence Morgan, J. Gardiner Wllley,. Albert F. Parkei^ and Charles S. Card.

The' death of Charles Sherman Parker removes from our midst one of our well-knowri citizens, Jind the last member of the famliy, of whom there were six children, the parents being Allen S. and Charlotte (Colson), P.irker. The family were Miss Sarah-P.irkcr. Mrs, Mary Erving, George E,, Thomas A,, and Rljoda,' who died In Infancy, and the deccaseapiho young­est of the family. Ho was sevcnty^slx years of age on last last birthday In June. In September of thts year Mr. Parker would h,ive completed flfty years of membership In the Masonic order. - . '

His marriage to Miss Ijiuretta Mc­Curdy. of Washington, Me., took place thlrty-slx years ago. She survives him with three sons, Chester A., of this town; Thomas 0 „ ot Berlin, N, H,, and George Sherman, located In Los An­geles, Cal., and the only member of tho Immediate family' not able to be pres­ent .it the services. Tlic deceased Is also survived, by six grandchlldrcYi and by more distant relatives In Chi­cago and Bos'ton, -who wcro-not able to come here at \h l s time.

Mr. Pnrker was a musician of con­siderable talent In his younger days, having besldfs his connection with the Pepperell Mtislcal society, been asso-' elated with tho choirs of the Congrcr gatlonal and Unitarian churches. Hc

-was nisff a membei- at onc time of thc Pepperell band.

Mr, Parker was proud to be the great-grandson of thc patriot Capt, Nathaniel Parker, who was a member of the company luider Col.- Preacott, and fell at Bunker HIII, his name be­ing on the Prescott memorial tablet among the other heroes. , Through him the subject of this sketch was eligible for tho membership In the or­der of the Sons of thc American Revo-Ititloti. tTho older brother, Thomas A. Parkef, was njso a-'s^^dler In tho civil

.war. ifthc local post of tho O. A. R. receiving his name. . ' . . .

Mr.' Parker has lived a quiet Ilfo among us, living and ,dying In. the houso of his ancestors " on Townaend s t r e e t Ho leaves many sincere' friends who feel his sudden taking away most

L ITTLETON N'ows I tems.

_JLlttleton__fri^iids wer^ surprised and grieved to learn of Mrs. Charles Hin-ton's (Nell ie Felch) death from pneu­monia at her home In Philadelphia last Sr^turday. The - remalhs wero brought to Westford, where the fu­neral and interment took. place on Wednesday. Mr. and Mfs. Hlnton were active- in church'work during' their residence here, and Mrs. Hlnt'on. .sang In the Congregational "choir.

Misses Hope Fletcher and' Beulah Kimball were week-end guests of the L. W. Grifflths in Watertown. ~ .

Mr. Mason leaves Mr. Cobb the first of March to assume his new duties with Mr. WlJarton, of Groton. . . ' Traces of the lynx have been seen lately, but the hunters have failed In their search for him. '

A son w a s born last week to-Mr. and Mrs. Carton, King street.

The Philathea class will hold an Im­portant business meeting a t Mrs. 'W.-E. Coniint's residence next week Wed­nesday aftornoon at two o'clock. Full attendance is desired.

Mrs. Thbmas Mannlon, census enu­merator for Littleton, informs us that the supervisor has granted an exten­sion of t ime for taking the census In agricultural districts, a fact that ac­counts for her not having called at every house yet.

The high school seniors enjoyed a slelgh-rlde to A y e r a n d a visit to tho motion picture entertainment Tues­day evening.

Mrs, Olive Hall is storing her furni­ture and hopes to leave for California next week. She will remain with relci-tlves on the" Pacific coast for several months, and possibly a year.

Patrons of the lyceum pictures are notified that after next Tuesday the pictures will be discontinued until March 15, on which date thcy will be resumed. NextVTueSday evening the usual features -nlll be exhibited "and a good program is to be expected. The diminished attendance of thc past few weeks is not wholly due to unfavor­able weather conditions, but largely to an e lement of uncertainty as to the picturcs and the failure of expected films to arrive, thus making proper advertising and announcements Im­possible, There seems to be no reason why these town'hal l motion pictures should not become a permanent and satisfactory means ot "entertainment worthy of geiieral patronage. It Is Intended that the fllms shall be of a high order, an^ that all uncertainty about delivery wjll be removed. -

The Alliance meeting ncxt w c e k ^ r i -day win be held with Mrs. Edward Prouty Instead of thc place announced In tho calendar. As this Is an all-day meeting tho ladles are asked to bring contributions to the lunch as last yeaB,-* Tho roll call and business meeting will be.;held In the forenoon'. Mrs. E m m a Kimball Llmlcy, ot Boston, will be tho speaker of the afternoon, taking as her subject," "From the Atlantic to the Paclllc by automoblltf.'" Mrs. Hager and Mrs. Alico Prouty will furnish tho music. . -

. Tho United Workers will accept thc hosplffillty of Mrs. Carrlo P. Gardner for tho monthly-meet ing next Wed­nesday afternoon; leader,- Mrs, S. C. Bates; sifbject, '-'Turkey and recon­struction."

Tho Inclement weathor ot last Sat­urday 'interfered, materially with thc attendance -at thc nnnual dinner and business meetings of tho Congrega­tional churrti and' society. A palatable dinner was served a,nd tho usual happy BOdal tlm<}..was entered Into univer­sally. .Rev.* Gall .Cleland presided as mbderator ot tho church meeting and Hon. Charles A. Kimball of the par-l.sh meeting. Reports of offlcers, trus­tees, and • committees were afl of nn encouraging nature and • a good bal­ance In tho trcasuTy was Indeed prom­ising. As Ih previous years pertcct harmony prevailed . nnd the tics .of christian. fellowship were strengthen: cd. ''. - '

At (i meet ing ot t h j . Unitarian par-. Ish on Monday cvenlner tho a « e m b l y voted to extend a call to Rov. C. O. Horst, of Wollaston, to become pas­tor of the"'church.'« ,, _

Mrs. H." Elmer iilmblill," of Worccs-,tor, visited her sister, Mrs. H. J._ Cou­per, the first of the \«rcek,^oming from .\<re«t Acton, "Where shiTaddressed the "tVoman's e lub on Mon'Jay afternooi).'"

Llttleton'j'friends and former tellow

student* of Dr. F< E. Spauldla|; aro--Interested to l e a m tiAt ho has ^ecent^y-, tendered his resignation as •opetfi|:9''w ten,dent of «chooU i n Cleveland, Ohto* ,r^-,, to aocept a position at tho head of t h e ' f.^.^.^-alumnl educational department- a t : <- ' .Yale co l l ege . . ^ i '

MUs Hazel ' Murray w a s , a t h6tD<|i,>, from Tufts over the week-end .< • tifvt-1- ;;

Georgo E. Wood has bought the *f;^' Warren Fletcher place at Li t t le ton CommOiL recently, occupied by th& „, , John SIbleys, whoi are now with the* G. W. Proutys. . _ . ^";

A. P. Conant has so far recovercdt ' i ' trom a severe cold that ho returneJ „ to his business In the stor? thta w e e k . •• ..

Tho Forg'ef-not circle ot K i n g ' s ' -Daughters will meet next week Tues— .day afternoon with Mrs Paul L . Brown, Foster street. \^Members n r o req.uested to briiig work for the fair- .^i

Georgo Hartwoll - returned h o m o ' '- from Florida last week.

Rev, and Mrs. Tlyimas L Plsher, o r Leominster,' were recent guests o C , Judge and Mrs. 0-. A. Sanderson

'A new world's record for the ^ale o r farms In a sinjrl;? year became knowm recently when J. E , Gould, Gould's* corner, state road, local agent for t h o E, A, Strout Farm Agency, received , offlcial notice from tho homc offlce. Now Yorki that tho. sales by tho agency for the year 1919 numbered 3668, wltJi .In aggregate value of Just $17,996,400.

-A. littlo daughter was born on J a n ­uary 17 to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest R o b ­inson. Mother and child a i o at t h o De.icfon)tss hospital, "Concord, - nd r e ­ported dbliig well.

One of Errftst Robinson's children Is staying a t Richard Dodges and ono-Is visiting tlie grandparents Jn G a r d ­ner..

Mrs. C, J. Libby is confined to- t h o bed with a severe attack of rheuma­tism and In care of her daughter Vera who left her-school In Arlington: and came homc'Suriday. -

V. H. Hlll went with £lr Christie-to the Homeopathic hospital last w e e k and was operated upon Saturday ^H<» Is as comfortable as can be expected on Wednesday, tline of writing H t e son Ralph and his daughter, Mrs . Trticy, of Hartford,. Conn , have r e ­cently S-Islted h im.and tho homo p e o ­ple. Mrs. HIU visits her husband f re ­quently. -"

Georgo "A. Cook was" housed l a s t week with tonsilitis.

Austin T. Kimball, Russell stroet , has a sore foot that'requires his p h y ­sician's attention,;

Mr. arid Mrs. J . -P. Thacher a t t e n d ­ed thc, wedding rc(;cptlon of Mr.yapcl Mrs. John Joseph McCarthy, ai the­home of tfce bride's parents Mjf ancl / Mrs. William' Broivn, Ayer, loat S a t ­urday af temoon. •:

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er communities comprising the Lit t le ­ton apple belt, including groovers f rom Harvard; Berlin and Bolton, will g a t h ­er several hundred strong at a mass , meeting Wednesday a f t e r n o o n andt evening, February""4, In 0ro s tat ion hall, Wes t Acton, to orgaoiie-the W e s t ­ern Middlesex Fruit Producers' a s s o ­ciation. The committee In charge c o n - , slsts ^pf Dexter T. Dodd o t Hudson , , chairman, and Harold Priest of G l e a s ­ondale, setiretary., Everybody i n t e r - --ested is cordially inylted. ' "

•The movement for a-fruit growers" association originated at the recent West Acton applet school, conducted* In cobperqitloii' with the Middlesex. County Buredu of Agriculture -and •* Home Economics. One hundred a n d flfty growers attending" that mecttng-voted unanimously In (avor of g e t t i n g together and appointed a committeo-to draft the necessary by-laws. T h o association promises to: havo a large-membership of wide-awake, progrSs-slve farmers who, •within a few y e a r s to come, win mako this district even wider known for the high quality of fruit produced. •

Coffee; doughnuts and cheeso will bo furnished Ih» order that .tho men m a y stay ov.(>r for a social hotir a n d ' e v e n -Ing proghim. j;ohnH." Hardy of I . i t ­tloton, who hay recently returned from the- New Tork Horticultural meetings: at Rochester, will out l ln^ methods of spraying and olher or-, chard work recommended there O t h ­er inembers of the new association w i l t discuss ways In which they propose to-fertilize their orchards during the-coming year. . ' ^

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• There was a large attendance at t h o Woman's club which met on Monday afternoon with Mrs. Charles A. K i m ­ball. Several matters of buslnesa cariie up foi; discussion and actloti . Mrs. Alico M. Blodgett and Mrs P a u l ­ino Harris wero voted Into m e m b e r ­ship.- The name o t ono candidate w a s announced. •'

- Tho desIrablUty of having enacted a state K w that- shall warrant tho use ot proper films In mbtion picture e n ­tertainments w a s brought to the a t ­tention of tho club .and It Is hoped that the Woman's clubs will use a l l thoir Influence to holp In this moTe"^ m o n t Flvo dollars was voted' to tho child labor com'mlttee. .. Dolegatea c h o s c n t o roprcsont the Ut t l e ton -c lub at the mid-wlnter Stato Federation" meeting In Revere are Mrs. Alice P-. Hartweil and Mrs. Annie C Smith.

In response to a call from- the T a d ­muck club of Westford for a speaket-from the Lutleton club to addroaq t h e Tadmuck members" at their Tueeday meeting, in place Of the speaker "whosa engagement had to be cancelled, Mtss. Alice Howard consciited to read h e r paper on "Now England churches."

Tho all-day meeting of the c l u b which Is scheduled In tho calendar f o r --February 9,. will, on account of t h e " annual town meeting of that date b e postponed until February 16 T h e l a ­dles will meet with Mrs. Anna B r o w n an^ each Is rcq^iest^d y> carry a g a r ­ment that CUT), bo flnlshed that day f o r tho Near East people. Bar'^uneh a t noon." Homo talent entertalnn^ent lift tho afternoon;'directed b y Miss H«n<-rlctta Ewings, J • ^ ^ •:;

The meeting of tho reading-clrCtfrfox^ Thursday was announced, '^f^i^

Miss A n d e r s o n , of the civics., agiXV legislative commltt(;p, presented 'tkv speaker. Miss ""^klabel Prt>»t o f . t h e Woman's Municipal league of Bo^otr, who gave an- able, and lUum|n<[tlnK ftd-, ^ dresir'ofl "Amerlcanlsatlon." Hlad Frost w a s . the dlitiier, guest oft Mr*, t Dorothy Hardy a n d the- exen^nj; guea i of i l l s s Sanderson. >, V ,

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vestry of the Community chiirch 'on Tuesday' a f t emoon , February 3, at 2 46. Aa the bpeak'er announced from tho County BureaTu Is unable to flll the e n g a g e m e n t - a substitute speaker will Ixi obtained, but a t "this date nothing moro definite can bo announced. There -will be mus ic and club tea, A mccUng ot the executive board will precede the regular, session at 2.15.

Mrs. Harry Hurd has been quite III -with tho prevail ing epidemic and un­der tho caro ot a physician. Her sis­ter, Mrs. J, A. Donnelly, has beeri .with h e r much of the t ime.

Mrs. M. E. Reed returned laat week Thuraday after a four-weeks' stay 'With her son Walter and famliy In Dorchester..

Hev . and Mrs. F. E, Webster, from Waltham, arriving' on Thursday Aiomlng for the services of installa­t ion a t the Coinmunlty church, were t h o gn^ets of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Fitch, Pafk street. .

Rov. B . Boynton Merrill came from Putnam, Conn.^ Thursday, for the church liistallatlon, and remained over night wi th his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Merrill, Oak hlll.

N e w s of t h e , d e a t h , o f Rev. Arthur; W- Lu. Nelson, formor pastor of the ]jrethi^lst c^iurcb of this town. In 1910, reached his former parishioners on Th,ursday morning. His death was at­tributed to ptomaine poisoning froin eatfne frozen flsh. He w a s sixty-five years of age . and" leaves a wife and daughter. Mr. Nelson 'went from here t o Westboro, w h e r e he held a pastor­a te for three years. Since, that time h e haJs preached at Brookfleld, Or­ange and since last April conference in South AthoL —

JBeacon lodge, I. O. O. F., held an initiation a t their hall on Thursday evening, serving an oyster supper af­terward in tho banquet hall.

The Messrs. Koyes of the-paper mills havc been > detained In Boston much of the, t i m e - t h e past week,* owing to the critical i l lness of their sister, .Miss Isabel Keyes . "who has been seriously ill wi th pneumonia.

E , - H. BUss reported very favor­ab ly on- the condition- of Mrs, Bliss on his return' from the N.ishua. hos­pital, "Thursday. The worst seems to h e p;ast in her case and she Is still givrn encouragement by the , physi­c i a n s of the ultimate use of thc In­jured eye.

Station Agent Harris, w h o returned from the N e w York poultry show on Sunday, has'since beoncpnfined to his home with-bronchltls .

Mrs;. J. Edward Clement Joined her busband In Ayer on Thursday to at­tend thc '#elcbine" home festivities In Westford oniThursday evening.

Mrs, H.Tj . Nut t ing was In Lawrence on Tuesday, be ing hastily summoned h o m e on .Wednesday morning, as her son Earl returned home from Boston wi th a s l ight attack of Influenza.

-Two breaks I h t h e - w a t e r mains have made bad w o r k of the streets In that particular vicinity. The first was on Groton s t r e e t requiring inuch atten­tion of Supt ' Bemis through the cold spell, and the next reportedjs at the foot of the hl l l on Oak street, where 'Wa.tcr from some source, believed to bo thc water-pipe,-f lowed across the road In euch a mannor as to render travel unsafe. The place has been lighted every night by lanterns placed by Qtis Merrill, as It was near his residence, and Commissioner Blood hfis had men a t work, th^re,

Deflnlte Information concerning the sale of the , farm of E . H. Blias Is now reoeived -from thc party most Inter­ested. Tho purchaser is C, E. Doner.. o f Beverly, w h o proposes to make this h is home, jUtho.ugh having hls'dutles aj? supervisor of penmanship In the State Normal schools in Salem, Fram­ingham and Bridgewater, He may be able to spend but his week-ends h6ro during the school terms, but his wife -will occupy tho place with her par­ents. The family do not propose to take po<isessIon until about March 15, and Mr and Mrs. BUss will no doubt find It expedient to remain here,quiet­ly until that time', when Mrs, BUss will havo regained her health.

An executive board meeting of the Dlatrlct Nursing association 'T-yjl he held at tho h o m e of Mrs. RainrCord Ercwaro on Monday evening, February 2, at 7 30.

Two -very courageous seniors from Wellesley col lege, ^planning to visit Mrs. H. N. Towcr over the week-end, started from Wellesley on Saturday morning-In their Bulck roadster, with a goodly-supply of jl£terminatlon, re-enforccd by a newly purchased snow shovel. They found the need of both beforo arriving In town, whicli thcy accomplished about seven o'clock th,-it evening But when but a few hundred yards from their destination one of drifts which arc plentiful on High street proved their Waterloo. They were obliged to abandon the Buick, on which, by actual count, seventeen m e n under tho direction of Hackett BrosL, ot the garjige. worked until nearly midnight before It was extri­cated, j n d towtd to safety with gear.s stripped and othor damages, Thc young ladios wore Miss Gertrude Cramton nnd hcr friend. Miss Phccbc Mayo, and aftor a'pleasant visit thoj-returned to Welles ley by train on Sun-d.iy afternoon. T h c Buick is remain­ing hore for tho present.

Other. PcppcreU matter on page 7.

beautiful floral tributes at her casket. The pall-beiirers were Thomas J. Drummey, John Ke^rln, Bartlett Bar­rett and Walter Sullivan.

The family, consisting ot the hus­band"; the son, Frank E. Sullivan,-and tho throe daughters. Misses Mary," An­nie and Helen .SulUvan,' have tho sym-liathy of the commuriltj^ In their be­reavement ,," .

Tho death of Mrs. Sullivan on Thursday morning, January; 22s seem­ed sudden at the laat, a l though It had been realized that hor, strength was falling for tho past three months and her previous Illness, covering a period of nearly flve years,, had undermined her strength. By request of Mrs,'Sul­livan, a very dear relative, the wife.of her brother, John Barrett; of Boston, was sent for o n T u e s d a y preceding her death, and remalned-untll the last. Another brother, Patrick Barrett, and family, and a sister, Mrs, Catherine Gorman, of Auburndale, also attend­ed tho services, , .

Mrs; Sullivan was flfty-flve years of age, coming here as the bride of Mr. Sullivan, who is a native ot Pepperell, from her home In Bostoii, thirty-flve years ago, Sh» -was a woman of raro character, and endeared herself to the many with whom she mingled, and not only her Immediate family will mourn her death, but the little chil­dren whom she-loved.;, and. all thc needy and afflicted ones, to -whom her heart went out In lov ing sympathy; • During all the strenuous days Of

work for the soldier boys, her Angers were busy with knitting the many warm garments called for. working to got them completed -whenever her strength permitted,

Mrs, SupUivan cared Uttle for pub­lic Ufe, being most essentially a home-maker, and careful, thoughtful nioth­er and wife. The death of her oldest son, John, who died flfteon years ago, at the age of eleven years, was a sor-l row never quite healed. Her family-,; who have tenderly minl.stered to her every wish, as well as all her triends and callers, remember her as always oheerful, never complaining, and bear­ing all pain -with wonderful patience and fortitude, - With remarkable fore-' thought she left "a message to each one of her family, to comfort and sus­tain them, after her-spirit Ijhould take its flight

A former pastor, who has ca.Ued upon her also since leaving, town for another church, sent a letter of most tender consolation to tho family, and a poem as a fitting tribute to her memory.

^Marriage. Miss Ethel. M ; .Hall, 68 Bigelow

street, Liawrerice, and Gerry, B. Nut­ting, of Woonsocket R. L. were united in marriage on Ttiesday afternoon, January 27, at 3;30 o'clock, b / Kev. Charles P.'MacGregor, at hla residence In Methuen. The bride 'was attended by her classmate. Miss Barbara B. Martin, and the groom by her brother, Frcd M, Hall, The brido wiis gowned In a traveling aul^ of brown panne velvet, with hat to match, and wore a corsage of bouquet of Ophelia roses. Thc bridesmaid.woro tilue Georgette, and carried .American Beauty roses.

FoUowing the ceremony a wedding dinner waa served at tbe home of the bride, after which the couple-left on a i w e d d i n g trip, which .will Include Bennington. Vt. On their return they are to reside In Woonsocket, R. I.,

The bride Is the daughter" of Mr, and Mrs. William A. Hall, former residents of Pepperell. She was a graduate of tho P. H, S., clasa bf '11, and also graduated from the l.awrence General hospital training sohool for nurses In 1918, and for the past year has had a position as nurse at the Mary E . Barr senatorium at Methuen.

The groom Is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. ^•utting of this town and is also a graduate of thc P. H. S., class of '1-1, and of thc Northeastern college, Boston, in 'IT, He enlisted In the service and went into training at Camp.Zachary Taylor, in Kentucky, In the Field Artillery, wiiere ho gained tho. rank df second lieutenant He was discharged In January; 1919, and spon after returned to the position he left a l his enlistment. In the machine shop at Hartford, Conn., where he was a draftsman. Later he accepted his pres­ent position as draftsman for the firm of Taft. Pierco & Co., manufacturers of auto accessories.

"Pay* to Be Agreeable, • It's 'neveir' too late to prepare tor what Is left ot Ufe. The best gift la to be able to cultivate your agreeable traits of character early tn life. Gen­tleness that blossoms Into culture wtth youth saves tnany a heartache. But you are" never too late to Improve. Why nse harsh, biting words when gentle ones will do more good? Sou. win feel better and so will everyone else, y o u don't have to be a fawn-^ ing courtier. .Just be your natural self warmed by the good graces of cul­tivated manners. They will help you to health, wealth-and happiness.—Grit

S l l k a o f Seville, Fouf hundred years ago the sUks

of. Seville, then the most famous in' the world, were eiq?orted to all coun­tries, for Spain was the first nation ot western Europe to take up silk culture.. The climate of Spain is ex­cellent for this Industty, and fine silk­worms, such' aa were employed when silk cultivation was at Its he ight are available in the foothills ot the Sierra Nevada, near Granada. This worm has a life of BO days, an^ In the first 80 it grows to thousanis of times Its original w e i g h t

Men's Club 'Mcotliig. The January meeting of the Men's

club was held on Monday evening of this ' week at Saunders' hall, t^^r. Cook, vico president of the club, pre­sided. The first part of the evening "was given up to free discussion on good roads, followed by Introduction of the speaker, J, Walter Smith, of New York and" Pepperell , 'who gave an able address on "the "World Situa­tion," Mr, Smith In his introductory remarks, said he had Intended to speak on the situation In Europe, but that the. center of Interest had shift­ed last week from Europe to Asia. He gave a synopsis ot the political eco­nomic association, and laid .special stress on the tact that the great lead­ers of the nations during the war were now stepping aside. Premier Orlan­do, of Italy, haa been succeeded by NIttI; Premier Clemenceau has retired frorii the ofllce In France; Lloyd George, In England, Is losing his pow­er, and, the speaker, concluded, "We all know about the president of this nation,"

The .speaker asserted that now, startitig with England, there was a clean confiict -between Winston Churchill, representing the mllitar-i.stic idea, and Lloyd George, who stood for morc pacific measures in dealing with the Soviet government in Rus-, sia. Since the w.ir, 'Mr. "Smith said, thero had been created a new clas.s alignment in-England, and. drew com­parisons between the present hi.gh wages paid the laboring men of today and the men of the "poor-class pro­fessional and salaried men." The same alignment also existed In Amer­ica, he said,

Mr, Smith mentioned "that- France, l •ith her new premier and president had tod.iy much more money avail­able for immediate needs, than was generally supposed,- He aiso drew at­tention to the fact that Italy had de­veloped A trend toward a republic, as shown by the curtailment made tho king for expenses. Referring to Ger-m.iny he said they were "in a bad way, and bad losers, or quitters."

Mr. Smith made mention of the great naval .strength of Japan and spoke in terms of distrust of Japan's national promises, calling it thc "Mi.s-tress of the East,"

Although Mr, Smith occupied near­ly an hour, his talk w.is ver>- engross­ing, claiming the attention of his aud­ience. The evening closed in a social manner, without the usual midnight lunch.

Churcii Notes. Sunday morning services at the

Methodist chiirch at 10.45. Subject, "The-mystery -o f the sea." Church school at: twelve o'clock. Thc meet­ing for girls will be held at 6.4;. at the parsonage, but there -will be no meet­ing of the boys In the chapel a t (he hous, as usual, as the pastor, l lev. B. W. Rust, who h.is taken charge, will preach on Sunday evening at the un-

Jon service at Townsend: on the theme, "The church and the community." At seven o'clock, Sunday evening. Rev, J. O. Long:of Townsend -will preach here. In exchange with the" pastor.^ '

On Tuesday evening, the regular service at "7.30, devotional topic, "My responsibility. In evangelism," Topic for: the mission study. "Preventative health measures In China."

The Epworth League will conduct a social on Frlday-evonlrvg.^-F^ibruary 6, at the parish house, for the young people of tho church. The committee are Mrs, Hlll, Mrs, Robinson and Mrs, Carroll Robblns. .,

Fewer Walking Sticks Used. Not as mach timber Is being made

Into walking.! sticks \ a s In days gone by. About two generations ago np gentleman was considered fully dressed f o r . t h e street unless he crir-rled, his-stic^'. Now; it la-al inost "ns unusuiil~to -hear' of a- roan being pre­sented with a gold-headed cane- a s .with"a -silver or tortoise-shell snuft box.

ALWAYS, NEED OF MOTHERS

How Wortian With Chlldles* Home May Make Heraelf Blessed and

Fjnd Happiness.

The.proper care of a child U for t h ? common good.. It is a woman's task to rear the child. However good and well meaning, iio man can bring thait home s^nse to a child that its little heart yearns for. A ragged, ditty, poverty-, stricken; child i s a blot upon hnmanlty. If the child comes Into the -world In an eavtlroamcnt 'where squalor prevails It Is a concern" o t the community, or should, bc, that a young life exists'there and measures should be taken to Im­prove tbe condition of. the child. ,. The. world has need of mothers, of mother-hearted women. - .Woman can never rise to more glorious. heights than those bf motherhood, Modeste Hannis Jordan writes in.Humanitarian. In the wider sphere opening for wom­en the most important, the most conse--quentlal of all tasks that she may "turm her hand to," are "the tasks that will bring abont .better housing, feed­ing, education and what influences may be - brought to bear upon bis yo.ung mind; how he grows to good citizen­ship, how he comes to recognize his du­ties and responsibilities to. bis fellov?.

-men. Aiid. if there i s a childless homo the woman cannot bring a greater blessing or a greater happiness to hei> self than by opening-Its 4oors—arid at the same t ime , her heart—^tb some child without a mother. . ,

" More FUn for the Guests. The newlyweds had finally escaped

from th^lr friends after much rice throwing, etc., and were.speeding on their way in.'a taill. But a las l the bridegroom discovered that he had left every" ciint of his money behind and they hod t o ' g o back tor It, much to the merriment ot the wedding guests who had i io t .yet departed.

At the Community church on Sun­day morning, the pastor, Rev. R. W. Drawbridge, will preach, on the theme. "The greatsymbol ," The sermon will be followed by the church communion service. Preaching service a t seven o'clock by the paator, as usual.

Church school at 12.10. l i r e sec­ond membership coiric^ .wiTI begin, aa a continuation ot the flrst, but with several new and Interesting features. All In the community are Invited to attend. Last Sunday the school voted a SpeAal appropriation for the Relief fund of the Near East.

Installation of Rev. Robert - "W. Drawbridge, as pastor of the Commun­ity- church occurred on Thursday of this week, with appropriate cere­monies, an account o f .which will be given In full in ne.Kt week's l-ssue.

The meeting of the Woman's Branch Alliance wiil be held at the home of Mr.s. M. E, Reed on Thursd.iy, Febru­ary 5, This.is to be an all-day meeting and the program of the afternoon will be given by different members.

said Mr. Mason discreetly moving to­ward the door, ".that you could make a Joke, but couldn't take one 1" -

Statistics on Comet?. . Statistics collected by Borr'elly, this

FreifCh astronomer, show that s ince the'sixteenth-century 370 comets have been discovered, ot which 106 were periodic'and 19 have been seen at more than one return, and 56 have been visible to the naked eye, -with seven that could be seen In full dayl ight

PERKINS AT IMPORTANT POST

Sergeant Major's Remark Must- Hava Made Him Realize J u s t W h a t ' I t '

Might "Mean to Him.- t-.

Major Jackson tel ls Of the visit of one o t the generals to the trenches on. the end of the Brit ish line.

The general, who-was a great stick­ler for discipline, said to Uie last man on tho l e f t :

"Do you know, sir, that you're the most important soldier .in the army?"

Private • Perkliis murmured some modest rejoinder, b u t .as In duty bound, kept his eye glued to the per­iscope with his 'Vista "ot No' Man's Iiand. .-" '•

"Yes," resumed the general, "you're t h e last man in the last squad of the last platoon of the last company of the last battalion of the last regi­ment of the last brigade."

JAN.

30—31

Fitchburg's Big Market FRIDAY AND SAJURDAY

SPECIALS :~

• ETJMP ' EOUND SIELOIN

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Boiling: Bocf - 8c, lOo lb. Boneless Cliudts 24c^26o, 28c lb. Chucks 16c, 18c, 20c lb. Fot Roosts ' 15c, 20c lb. Boneless P o t Roasts 18c lb.

Bonek»a Rib Roasts 28c to 40c lb. Prime Rib Roasts 28o to 35o lb. Sirloin "Roasts " 25c to 40c lb .

; V POEK "Wholo Fork lA>lns 29c lb. Fresh Shoulders .

Small Roasts of Pork 29o, S 2 c 35c Ib.

NATIVE POEK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^. . . • •

20c lb.

10<J, 3 8 ^ Ib.

- SEEING LAMB' FopoquartcTs 24c, 28o Ib. Hindquarters 34c lb. fccgs 38c lb:

FANCY STTEWINO 10c lb. 14c lb. \ / r ~ A r ^ I I K I / " ^ FOREQUARTERS 12c, 14c lb.

Y r - Z \ W l ' I l \ l ( - n HINDQUARTERS 18c. Ib. •• L — r ^ l 1 1 — 1 1 ^ ^ . ^ LEGS " 22c, 25c Jb.

STEWING VEAL . . ; . ;

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SKIN BACK HAMS—Whole . . . . . .

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One-Slded Humor. Atter the. company had gone. Mrs.

Mason .said to her husband, "What on ear thd ld you mean, John, by tell­ing the Flemings that my humor was positive, but i^ot negative?" "I m e a n t ^ l . .AfterTthls-JmpreMlvo-announcement

The Beaver's Memory. For generations bea.vera flourished In.

the rivers of riance'till killed ott tot their fursi "and^ thsy],: are n.O\v known only .on tha Rhonei i e a r Avlghbn, where "foi threejtcenttfrles" the're havo been no trees to eiit down'. The ani­mals donsequently. burrowed In the banks, but when, transferred to Po­land at once resumed the tree-cutting hnblts dropped :by their, ancestors 300 years before. -

Death. Loul.1 A. Tarboil died on Thuraday

noon, from hoart trouble, after an ili-

Trltmto to Uvs Dcp.irtcd. On last Saturday morning all that

•was mortal of tha laio Mrs. Annie (Barrett) Sullivan, beloved wife of Michael H; Sullivan, was tenderly laid to rest under the beautiful.' fleecy. 'whtto blanket of snow. Those who k n e w MrsL Sullivan beat havo spoken ot tho picasuitj sho always - had In a Snowstorm, covering all the earth with Its purity, a n a foel that tho storm on t h a t partlcnlar morning was nent only • a . A btessing, rather than tb bc re-Wtaaed'«a"'»nin'convefilencc, and WAS a heantlfDl benediction. •

Solemti' h i g h mass of requiem was eetebrotod-atSt . Joseph's church, Rcv, W. J. Barry, - ' tho pastor.-^ celebrant: R o r . A . - D . Malley, of-Brockton, dea­con, ona Re-vt W. J Reardon ot Gro-ton, Bub-dcacon Mrs Sullivan al-thoDgll bt ft fCttrlirg dUUosltlon w i s ItfreOi by.-all >T''* knew her, and this "was faUx exemplified by the many

4;..,«j. _,—^„i^ ....^u ir»«r- • — ! \ -f^

neaa of about two weeks. He had beon ,somewhat out of health for the past year, and last .summer, by advice of a phy.iician. ho attempted to take a va­cation and .1 trip to N'ova Scotia, but W.1S taken worse and roturned home. It was thought to bc .stomach troublo at that time, but during the last Ill­ness several doctors h,-ive been called in Consultation and diagnosed tho ca.sc as an incurable heart dllUculty, Since .Saturday of l.-ist •«'ick he has been un­der the care of a trained nurso and p. s. ed from delirium to uncon."cioiia-ncss, . * -

Mr, T.arboll was the youngest son of the lato Ald'cn A, Tarhell, .and was born in Worcester, about (Ifty-.-iix years ago, Hia early days wcrc passed there, the family coming to live in Pepperell, "the early home of the elder .Mr. T.irboll, ' about thlrty-flvc years ago. Since that time the deceased-has been connected with the dry goods-' business of hi.s father, and at the time" ot the death of the latter. In Novem­ber of 1918, he w.asact lng manager. He has conducted thc business, with his" brother, Henry F. Tarbcll, since th.at time. This brother mentioned Is the last surviving member of the Im­mediate famliy, a sister,. Mlss Anna Tarbeli, haying passed away In De­cember, 1916,

Mr, 'Tarbcll was a me-mbcr of Bea­con lodge, I. O. O. F..-Joining about thirty y<ftxrs ago. ..-. - ,

The funeral-sccvlccs, to be hold at' his late boarding place, E, S.. ,Gren-, ache's, will be at twp''o'clock'on'.^uh-! day' afternoon, and will bo iri charge-of the lodge of which he wa.i a me^h-j lier Rev B W Rust \\ l l l bo the'of­ficiating clergyman The remains are to bo taken, to Worcester for burial In the family lot with his parents and, ulster. On tho afternoon train SuhdayJ

BOXBOROUGH News Items.

Stephen D. Salmon is able to be up a few hours each day, after a very serious attack of pneumonia.

Carl Swanson and family havc moved into the house on the Wallace Cunningham estate.

The dancing part.v In Library hall, Saturday evening, was a great success, many young people being present from West Acton,

Zenas Lovelace returned the latter part of the week from tho Clinton hospital, where he underwent a minor oporation from which he is recover­ing rapidly,

Mrs. Rupp ot Sprinfrfleld, N"; S,, is ill at the homc of hor uncle, Ernest Bar­teau. Mrs. Xorman Wetherbee is also under the doctor's care.

Howard Porter has accepted a po­sition In Manche.?ter, X, H,

The Red Cross fttet Tuesday after­noon with Mrs, Chauncey Robblns.

Miss Catherine Sherry has complet­ed the enumeration of the census. Thc work was held up by thc stormy weather and bad condition of the roads,

Tho citizens of this town met in cau­cus Friday evening^ January 23, and nominated the following oflicers for the town meeting to be held Monday, February 2: John CofTcy. selectman, .T yrs.; S. B. Salmon. John Coftey, Geo, Burroughs, overseers of thc poor; P, W, Cunningham, assessor, 3 yrs.; B. C. Steele, school committee, 3 yrs,; S, D, S.alnion, Mra, Mabel Robblns, library trustees; surveyors, P, W, Cunningham No, 1, Henrj- Walker Xo, 2, Arthur Nelson No. 3, J, R, Priest No, 4; J, L, Richardson, collector of taxes; Wen­dell Burroughs, Nelson Cobleigh,. tell­ers. . .,- •

' The last meeting of the Gr.anRc was .a very successful one, .about forty pa­trons Iitrntt*ndance.. T;he pr-ogram. In ch.arge of thc olTicers, was very at­tractlvo nnd the musical .selections and readings much enjoyed, Rcfrcshmcnt.s of.coffee, doughnuts and ohcese were served during the social hour.

Cultivate Confidence. The man or.-woman who ventures

much, may fall.'.often, but he will achieve In proportion to those very' failures because/he will use each oiie n.' a stepping "stone to higher effort. But the man o r woman who quibbles, reconsiders, hesitates and weighs ev­ery gain against, a greater loss, la a predestined failure, because his very attitude of mind courts that condition which he should'ayold.—Exchange.

the general turned on his heel tend de­parted. Then t h e sergeant major, lest Private Perkins should be puffed up by the suddenly conferred importance, added:

"Tes, and if the army gets the com­mand to form on the left you'll mark time for the rest of your bloody nat­ural Ufel" • • . - ' '

Any military man realizes what it would mean to be-pivot man tor a line 125 miles long I—Toronto Mall and Empire.

Porterliousb Codfish "." •" 3 2 c OOc'pkg.

IPpcsh Herring _ 12c lb. Rliickercl ' . 25c Ib.

Best Tub Butter 69c Ib, Fancy Print BuUcr 70o lb. Real Camcmbcrt Cheese'

45c package

PUEE. CANDY " -,•'•- OUR OWN MAKE . Bclgltmi F^dge _ 45c lb .

Oriental Jelly s - 45c lb. Pfcanut Brittle 39c lb.

FEUIT Fancy L>cmoii's ' " 23c t\ozcn

"Naval Oranges .23c, 25c dozen Tangerines 40c, 50c "dozen ORANGE PEEI/ , special 25c lb. Fancy R"rune« 25c, 27c, .29c lb.

LAEGE The Best Loaf—-That's Our Boast SMALL LOAF 1 5 ^ ' Brockeimaji's Occident Bread LOAF lO^J

AT OUE VEGETABLE DEPAETMENT ^ Strong Horse Radish Root 24c lb. _Frcsh Cut Lettuce,-Splnacli, Ripe Capo Cranberries ' IOc qt. Tomatoes, Celery, Musliroom.s

:• "..,-'- - - . T E A , ' '- -' Z.- V "• Svi-oet Iia-ieiidcr Brand, Formosa, Oolong, 39c vaiuo' 5 Iba. $1.00

- N . B . C . Pilot Bread -20c lb. Morris' Catsup, 25c value ,23c N ; B. O. RoyaHiUiich 20Ci lb. Frelhopcr's Elbow and straight . Market Special Coftoe 50c lb. JIackeroni,- 1 lb, pkg. 15c.

. . AT THE" BAKEEY D E P A E T M E N U -Chocolate Marshmello"vv Rolls,-JeUy-RollSj-Nnt-Gakej-Sponge-

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STORES I N FITCHBURG, I iEOMINSTER, CIXNTON, MASS.

His'Occupation. Returning from .school one day, Earl

announced that'^h'ls teacher was going to leave and that the -"class would not have a new teacher. His mother In­quired what had happened to his teach­er, and he replied: "Why, she Is go­ing to get married." His mother. asked who she' ivas going to marry. "I don't know," he replied, "but he keeps a toothache ofllco down the street" •

Sunday Battles In History,. . - ~ Some of the fiercest engagements of

tbe present war have been fought on Sunday, the so^alled'day of rest, for the Qerman seems to- l ike that day for a bombing raid on some defenseless towh, as well a s for much bigger oper­ations; at- the^ front, possibly on ac­count of the ol3 adage about the bet­ter the day the better the deed.

The fiercest of the battles In the Wars of the Roses w a s actually fought on Palm Sunday, observes London An­swers. , This was. the Battle ot Tow-ton lp ' l 461 , and teh years later the Battle of Barnet w a s fought on East­er Sunday. Ramlll les was fought on Whitsunday, 1706.

Both Bull's Run and Shiloh, In the American. Civil war, , .were-fought on Sunday, i t was on Sunday that Well­ington Issued-that famous order, "Ci-udad Bodrlgb must be carried by as-saujt this.evening." _

A glad Sunday, for the British em­pire was that "loud Sabbath" when Wellington defeated Napoleon -at Wa­terloo In the lost attempt on the part of one man to dom^iiate, tho world.

Reversing the Compliment. A cashier o f somewhat portly build

was frowning over a statement of ac­counts Just placed before him by his pretty typist. "As a young lady," he said, "I admire.your type, but I can't honestly say I admire your typing." "How funny i':', she. replied. smartly, "Wo are so different, for, though you are ot course,.splendid at' figures, no one could say r you have a splendid flgure."

Overworked Word. It hns been estimated by a reliable

statistician tbat If thc printed letters forming the wdrd '-'co-bpcratlon" were clipped trom the magazines, all thc time.s that thcy occur therein during any six months, of the year, and placed end fo end, thcy would reach three times thc distance from the earth to thc moon. - -

Only Pf^^t rjSJ.ape'Aanee. Bobby nccoH'f^nl^ his mother to

the grocery and, unobserved, helped himself to" a banana arid was calmly eating It when discovered. His moth­er, greatly horrified, reprimanded him severely, and on the -way home, meet­ing a policeman whom she knew, told him ot Bobby's misdeed and asked what he usually did with boys that took bananas.

"If they are big boys I lock them op In Jail, but i t they are little I-Just take them home with me. Bnt yon won't take any more bananas, will you, Bobby?"

Bobby, thoroughly frightened, re­treated,-cHnglng to his mother's skirt, but managed td s a y : _"No; me no take banana; me tak« an apple next time."

T H E CULT OF HEA1.TH

Heal th ,Is normality. Disease'Is ab-norma,l. Only sick people.and doctors are greatly interested In health.

The "Health" -religious cults appeal strorigly to those who are sick either in mind or body. Othef-s are not In-.terested, save as a person la Interested, in styles and fashions and fads.

Health Is real, and disease Is real,« The one Is tho unconscious experi­

ence of the normality of life; the pth­er is the conscious reminder of death.

One Ls positive and attracts. The other is negative and repels.

Health is successful functioning; disease ip-the absence of thc same.

Famine is the lack ot food. Paralysis is the want of functioning

power to coordinate. Colds are caused by lack ot fresh air for the respiratory organs.

Tho recipe for health Is s imple; air, water and sun, exercise in moderation, | rest when needed, plain food in quan. titles necessary, absence of drugs and strong drink, loose, comfortable cloth­ing, a n d ' t h e cheerful mind. Nature will do the rest.

In time the state v,-ill h.avc a de­partment of health which will look af­ter all Its citizens. There will be a doctor to each-unit of population and traveling facilities,

"The doctors will bo paid by the state. District nurses will be available for

everybody. The teeth and eyes of chlidren will not -be neglected.

The drug store will be replaced by the public dispensarj-,_

All things come slowly. Public health Is a matter of evolution, and the health cult has the same relation l o medicine as the parOchlal .liChoQl to bur public system of education,

—Civilization,

FOR SAEE—A ilrst-claas, tworseated Pung; made'to ordor. Will sell cheap as I have no room to store It. P. W. .FLYNN, Tarbeli Street.'Baat Pepperell, Mass. 2t21

CARD OF THANKS "We wish to extend-our thanks and

appreciation- to all neighbors and friends for many kindnesses, letters ot-sympathy, and beautiful flowers, at tho time of our sudden bereavement,

Mrs, C. S. Parker, 'Chester A. Parker and family, Thonias O. Parkor and family, G, Sherman Parker and f.imlly.

East Pepperell, Jan, 27, 1920.'

METHODS based on long ex^ perience, experience based oil practice, and practice intelli­gently performed as the result of training in the best optical schools of the countrj- enable us to give ypu a service that as­sures careful, scientific exami­nations, handsomely designed, •^'ell-made, correct fitting and distinctive glasses. The tesli-tnonials of those we have ser\'.-ed are'on file in our office. -

WETTEST PLACE IN WORLD

ALL T H E

Brave Rescue of Comrade. Hearing a cry for helpj James Rob­

ertson McGregor, fireman, third class, attached to the training station at Newport, R. I., Jumpfd info the bay without waiting to remove his j i o t h -Ing and, 'notwithstanding darkness had set in,. succeeded In rescuing an ap­prentice seaman who. was In the water In an 'unconscious condition. McGregor bas been In the service since last May, when he enlisted at Albany, N. T ,

..:' ITEMS OF INTEREST. ,

' v T h o business of tea blending Is pe culiorly British. For IOO years Mine I n g - L a n e has blendeJ tea for; the wholo world. . ^ , ,«

Thore are about HI.OOO oysters In-a ton.

T h e liriplander can cover 150 miles a day on his Akatcs..

There are 62 miles of military roads on the rock of Qlbralter.

A 12-lnch gun disposes of h.alf a bale of cotton at every shot. • The tilghtlngale's voice can he hc.ird tor a distance of a mile. I " W h a l c i swim nt the r i t e bf 10 or li miles an hour

Boayer hats ot tho old-fashioned (ioachIng-H>pe are making a dciildcd bid fo^ fa \or .

This Generation's Duty. Thp breath Is the lite, and wo cannot

know too, ibuch about breathing. I t the people of this generation will l e a m how to supply their lungs with pure oxygen nnd leave their bodies tree trorp com-fircsslon over t h e solar plexus l i f e In fhe ncxt generation will bb prolonged loany years and disease will be lessen­ed to a great. degre(e.. . '

Animal* In Captivity. 'Captivity causes many wild animals

to Uvc-shorter l ives than they would If lett In their natural habi tat .This ' Is peculiarly true" of foxes' and. mon­keys. Goril las.and al>ea die sb sbon after bclhft t«ptured that thcy are rarely seen In zoological gardens Tur­tles, elephants,ana snakes seem to sui ­ter not at all -ffoiU'captivity; " ^ • ,

Freddy's "Polish." Freddy lived next'door to some new­

ly landed Poles who had a boy his age. One d a y , Fred's- mother heard him mumbling some unintelligible stuff to the foreign boy and said, WVhat. on earth are you talking -like .that to that. boy.,for?" ,

'! .'Cause," said Freddy, "he can't talk-English,, so I .have to talk Polish' to him." -. ,

The wettest place upon earth is said i o bo Cherra PunJI, In As-sam, India, ' Here the rainfall averages 45S Inch­es, a deluge of 3Q0 inches falling dur­ing tho summer months. This is a summer average of three Inches a day, but more than 30 Inches a day have been recorded on flvo successive days, approximately- 150 Inches f.alling In 120 hours. .

If It rained everywhere as It does In Cherra PunJI,- It la estlmatcil that the amount of fallen water would be near­ly 500 feet deep In ten years.

The annual rainfall all oVer the world for the last 2000 years has ap­proximated 50 Inches. This means that since the beglnnlng-ot the christ­ian cr.a thero h.as, fallen from thc cloud.") an .imount of water not f.ar frbm 100,000 Inches In depth, about one and oncrhalf miles, ' Now suppose that cvctfr r''"CC bad been as wet a.s Cherr.a Punji during this time'. The land surface of tho world had al l . this water remained, would n o w . b e covered 70,000 fect In depth. .. ,-

F. H. GATHERCOLE Consulting Optometrist

N e w Carloy Block Aj'Cr, Slass.

WE Gnram otna OWN TENSES

Union Cash Market Ayer, Mass.

'some Remarkable Shooting. A t>lay was bclnij glveil by a group

ot soldiers, the-hero o t whjch w a s ' t o shoot blnnk cartridges at a row of bot­tles standing on a shclt, while anoth­er soldier, wel l eQncealcd, was to btcak each bottle In turn with the point of his bayonet, thus pretending'that tho hero wa"s shooting the bottles. Throngh some misunderstanding tbo hero start­ed shootloB a t Jhe wrong end of tM row, whlW at tiio bther end tbo bottles were being broke iv^^

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ITEMS OF INTEREST

Blouses are promised great faVor for tho winter.

Black frocks are worn- merely as brnckgrbunds for brilliant brocade vests or girdles.

A new Idea Is to driipo a one-ploce frock so that tho.bodico and skirt ap­pear to bo separate, • ' ,

Long-walsted princess' drosses' are relieved by clusters ot pleats set In the skirt-from hlpa to hem, i

Tartaric acid Is most erfectlvo. In re­moving amins made by permanganate of pataSTP—it als.o_rcmove3 -friflt stains.

I ^ m p salt-.will remove tho discol­oration of cups and saucers c iuscd "by

'tea and careless washing-"

ROAST PORK 25c. lb.

SIMOKKD SHOUIiDERS 23c. lb.

GOOD CORNKD B E E P 15c. lb.

CORNI'lD B E E F , all .solid meat , 2 0 c lb

rRF^SH .SHOCriREBS 2Se. lb.

S K I V E D BACK JIASIS 25c, Ib.

"TEARLING IiAMB F O R E S 20c. lb.

ITEARIilNG IiAMB IX>1NS 20c. lb.

C R A N B E R R l i S 3 qts. 25c., Oc a»-

CONDEBTSEa) MIIiK- 17c. can

EVAJPORATED MHiK 15c. can

PtOS A N D B E E F IiIVER. . lOc. lb.

GQpD ROAST B E E P 20o. Ib.

GOOD S n « X ) I N STEAK •JOc, lb.

BEST s n U ^ I N STEAK BOc lb.

FAT SAiyr P O R K SOc lb .

*CAN SOUPS .10<i cah

B E S T C H E E S E 400. lb. -

BEST T U B BUTTER «Tc. lb.

E X T R A GOOD C O F F E E S 8 c lb.

4 H | I E D D E D I V B E A T ' ISo, pkf .

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