Mansfield advertiser

              VOLUME XLVI
MANSFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNE
JUNE 27, 1917
NUMBER .32
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Class of Two Hundred
Graduated at Normal
Fifty-second Annual  Commence¬ ment Exercises Witnessed By Many Visitors.
The girls went thru various militar>- tactics and won much applause l^y their excellent work. The Swedish drill and the dumb bell and wand drill were features well worth seeing. Miss Ruth Foster won much applause by her exhibition of the Highland Fling.
The . Baccalaureate Sermon Inaugu¬ rated the Exercipes and Each Sub¬ sequent Number Was Attended By Capacity Houses. Annual School Play, Gymnastic Exhibition and "The Yokohama Maid" Far Better Than Ihe L'sual Commencement Productions. Alumni Dinner a Most Enjoyable Event and Attended By Many From Far and Near. Atmosphere Seemed Charged With a Spirit of Seriousness Never Be¬ fore Equaled.
This is the week of the fifty-second annual Commencement of the Mans¬ field State Normal School, nnd not- •withstanding the abundance of mois¬ ture that has fallen, the exercises have all been very well attended and ¦were all unusually  good.
This is the third Commencement of this school which has been held •with our country involved in war, the Civil, Spanish-American and the present world war. This school has sent its sons to the front in each of the first two wars, and this war will not be an exception; rather will it see many more in the service than in the others.
A class of two hundred is gradua¬ ted this week, and in all the papers given by the different graduates runs an undercurrent of appreciation of the school, the faculty and the benefits obtained here from the gtu- * dents -vlcwpoinl. Mansfield Normal has ever been blessed with a faculty of the highest rank and its reputation -for thoroughness is so wide spread that yearly it is taxed to its limit to accommodate  those  who  enter.
The .Advertiser heartly congratu¬ lates this 1917 class for its excellent Commencement exercises and the faculty for the evident showing of efficiency and harmony which these two hundred graduates reflects.
Baccalaureate Sermon.
One of the most stirring bacca- laurate sermons heard here in recent years was the one delivered Sunday evening in Alumni Hall by Dr. John Balcom Shaw, president of Elmira College. Dr. Shaw is an eloquent speaker and made an excellent im¬ pression on his auditors.
Dr. Shaw took as his text John 3, 16: "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that who¬ soever believeth in Him should not perish, but should have everlasting life." He dwelt on the idea that God's love was a parallelogram and in a beautiful style explained the depth, breadth, height and length of God's love. He used many excellent illus¬ trations throughout his sermon and drove his points home in a very force¬ ful manner.
During the course of his remarks. Dr. Shaw took occasion to rap people who had failed to contribute to the Red Cross during their recent cam¬ paign. He declared that he "had no use" for women who would selfiishly guard the interests of the children and then fail to contribute toward helping care for the homeless chil¬ dren of Europe.
Dr. Shaw also struck at those who had failed to take part it] the sing¬ ing of ".-America" at the beginning ¦of the service. He held that a very proper way for a person to show his or her patriotism was by their sing¬ ing national hymns.
The musical numbers during the service consisted of a violin solo, "Legende," by wieniawski, by Dr. Butler, and a selection entitled, "Spring's Awakening," by Prof. Keim at the 'cello. Dr. Butler, violin; Miss Farnham, organ; and Miss Hoag, piano. Rev. J. L. Dowson gave the prayer and Rev. J. 'Van Kirk Wells, the invocation. The benediction was by Rev. Baldwin.
Gymnastic Exhibition.
There was a large crowd on hand Monday morning in the Gymnasium to witness the gymnastic exhibition given by the Normal girls under the direction of Miss Marion Vail. The program consisted of a variety of ¦clever dances and the exhibition proved to be one of the most suc¬ cessful held here in recent years. Splendid music by the orchestra un¬ der the direction of Dr. Will George Butler, added much to the success of the occasion.
One of the features of the exhibi¬ tion was a military drill conducted under the supervision of Almet Case.
Orchestra Concert.
Dr. Will George Butler took anoth¬ er step forward in local musical cir¬ cles on Monday evening when his or¬ chestra starred in their second and last concert of the year. With selec¬ tions that were difficult, but enjoy¬ able. Dr. Butler and his understudies swung through ihe program in a manner that would reflect great cred¬ it on even an orchestra from any of the big cities. Prof. C. Bernard Keim assisted the orchestra in their pro¬ gram with a number of vocal selec¬ tion.
The program was as follows: Symphony No. 2 in D Major—Haydn
Adagio—Allegro. Andante.
Menuetto   (Allegro—Trio) Allegro Spiritoso. Orchestra.
(a) The  Magic of Your Eyes. .Penn
(b) Tommy Lad   Margetson
Prof. Keim. Elsa vor Gericht (aus Lohengrin..
 Wagner
Violin Ensemble: Miss Gitshall, Prof. Fawcett, Ist violins; Miss Wood, Mr. Koran, 2nd violins; Miss White, Mr. Bartle, 3rd vio¬ lins; Mr. Dowson, Mrs. Case, 4th violins.
(a) iJie     Stummer      von      Portici (Overture)    Auber
(b) Carmen   (Overture) Bizet
Violin Ensemble, aiid Mr. Allison,., 'cello; Mr. St. Clair and Mr. Clif¬ ford, double  basses;   Miss  Hoag, piano, and Miss Farnham, organ.
March:   "All   America" amecnik
Orchestra. Overture: "The Queen of Autumn"  Bigge
Orchestra.
Class   Day   Exercises.
Probably the most enjoyable of the Commencement Week activities was the class day exercises held Tues¬ day morning in Alumni Hall. The vast audience crowded the spacious auditorium to its capacity and cheer¬ ed heartily every number on the morning's   program.
Harry Mclnroy, the mantle orator, representing the Junior class, was given a tremendous ovation when he stepped out to deliver his oration. Mr. Mclnroy fractured his shouder^ while playing in the Normal-Blossburg baseball game Monday afternoon and his appearance on the stage with his shoulder bandaged up and an empty sleeve tucked inside his pocket touch¬ ed the hearts of his fellow classmen and inspired a large volume of ap¬ plause.
The program given was a follows:
Class procession.
President's Address—Reese Matte¬ son..
Voice: "Toreador Song" (from Carmen)—Harold  Strait.
Class Poem—E. Elizabeth Olmsted.
Class History—Ruth L Foster.
Class Cartoons—Myrl Sharp.
Overture to Midsummer Night's Dream—1st. Charles St. Clair, Mil¬ dred Wright; 2nd. Jean Pfahler, Louise Garrison.
Class Will—Evangeline Loomis.
Class  Prophecy—Margaret Evans.
Duet: "The Gypsies" — Harriett Wakeman, Esther Swartwood.
Mantle Oration—Donald Farr.
Response to Mantle Oration—Har¬ ry Mclnroy.
Dismissal of Class.
Art  Exhibition.
A pleasant feature connected with the Commencement Week activities was the art exhibition conducted Tuesday afternoon on the sixth floor of North Hall. Leather work, hand- painted china and water color pic¬ tures which had been prepared by students of the art department throughout the year were placed on display and formed as neat and at¬ tractive an arrangement of art mate¬ rial as has been seen here in recent years.
Judging from the splendid work on display Miss Sheffer's first year as head of the art department was high¬ ly successful. The various articles showed that the students had receiv¬ ed excellent training and were able to prepare work deserving of worthy mention.
Especially prominent in the sxhi- bition were some pictures by James
M. Bro-wn, of Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Brown had a large collection on dis¬ play and his work contributed im¬ mensely to the success of the exhi¬ bition. Some leather albums which were unusually attractive were dis¬ played by Miss Helen Redcay, of Scranton; Esther Swartwood, of Factoryville: Helen Bodine, of Weils¬ boro; and Hazel Hotton, of Hazle Hurst, Pn. Miss Hotton also had a hand-painted chocolate set on display which attracted much attention. Miss Lillian Naumann's water color pic¬ tures were quite clever, while her hand-painted china was unusually neat and attractive. Miss Louise Earnhardt, of Pine City, and Miss Anna Croll, of Waverly, contributed some excellent pictures, and other material which won them much worthy comment.
Annual School Play.
"The Fortune Hunte,-." 'he nnrmnl school play, was presentcii in Alumni ilr.ll Tuesday eveni.i x urder the d - rection of Miss Gertrude A. Allen. .A. large and appreciative audience greet¬ ed the production of the famous play and enjoyed, what many seemed to think, was the best performance of its kind ever given at the Normal.
The success with which the play met was due in a great extent to the efforts of Miss Allen. The cle\er acting of the students showed that they had been trained quite thorough¬ ly and it also reflected great credit on Miss Allen.
The cast of characters follows:
Nathaniel Duncan , "Nat" — The Fortune Hunter—Reese Matteson.
Henry Kellog, "Harry"—A rising young financier—Gordon Bailey.
George Burnham—A promoter— James O'Brien.
James Long, "Jim"—William Mc¬ Namara. i
Lawrence Miller, •'Larr>'^'^—Michael A. Toole.
Willie Bartlett—A millionaire's son —Francis   Clifford.
Robbins—Kellogg's servar!|t—Don¬ ald Arnold.
VILLAGE  CHARACTERS.
Sam Graham—the druggist—Henry Mclnroy.
Mr. Lockwood—The banker—Mau¬ rice   O.  Woodraw.
Roland Barnett— A young man about town—Howard Deily.
Pete Willing—The sheriff—James M. Brown.
Tracey Tanner—The liveryman's son—Harry A. Taylor.
Mr. Sperry—The drummer—Carl Merritt.
"Watty"—The tailor—Irs-ing Fran¬ cis.
"Hi"—The old inhabitant—Bennett Strait.
Betty Graham—The druggist's daughter—Mazie W. Nicholas.
Josephine Lockwood—The banker's daughter—Carolyn G. Bailey.
Angle—The friend of Josie—Lactea V. Hawken.
The play was doubly interesting to many present. First, because of the merits of the different characters in interpreting their parts and second, because much enjoyment was derived from recognizing the original char¬ acters from the impersonations. Many people were in the audience who are well acquainted with the Troy people represented in the play. Many of them know the author of the play, Winchell Smith, and many Mansfield people strongly suspect that Mrs. Winchell Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Spencer, formerly of Mansfield, is its writer.
A better selection could not have been made tor this particular com¬ munity and this particular time. More real 100 per cent, enjoyment was derived from it than any produc¬ tion offered here in many years.
Harry A. Taylor is deserving of mention, because of his work. He took Charles St. Clair's part, because of sickness of the latter. It was after five o'clock in <the afternoon of the day of the play before Mr. Taylor knew anything about Mr. St. Clair's illness. He had not seen one of the rehearsals, but by reading his lines, he did splendidly. The other members of the cast say that Harry was the only fellow in the school who could have tak^n the part so late in such a creditable manner.
MANSFIELD    AGAIN    PROVES PATRIOTISM   AND   SYMPATHY
Alumni Dinner. Paying tribute after tribute to the late Hon. Simon B. Elliott and ex¬ pressing their pleasure over the high standard which has been attained by the Normal in recent years, repre¬ sentatives of former classes at the Alumni dinner Wednesday afternoon held the undivided attention of their auditors as they responded to toasts. Loyalty to "Old Mansfield" was em¬ phasized quite frequently by each speaker until the banqueters were pitched to the highest tense of en- (Continued from page 4.)
Raises a Larger Red Crons Fend Thim
Any  Other  Town  in  County
Except Wellstmre.
Mansfield again showed its patriot¬ ism and sympathy v.rith a'tfy humani¬ tarian project when it raL-^ed the second largest Red Cross Wa- Reliei Fund t'^'^t was raised in T oga county. When y...i stop to consideij that there are several other towns ii the coun¬ ty with a larger population and that all of them have greater wealth than Mansfield, you will realize th.-it Mans¬ field can feel justified in taking a lot of credit to herself for the large sum that was raised
Mansfield had Covington, Maines¬ burg and Rutland under their super¬ vision and these towns responded Dobly to the call We have spoken in an editorial in this issue about the grand work that was done by the people of Roseville and^ Rutland. Since the other reports have come in we notice that Covington and Coving¬ ton township and Mainesburg and Sullivan township have also done re¬ markably well. We doubt if there is another community that haa given ao generou.=ly and so cheerfully as Mansfield and the surrounding com- muity.
The amount raised in the commun¬ ity up to Wednesday noon is $4,77,i.G3, with a few more subscriptions that have not been reported. Of this amount Rutland contributed $,524.00, Covington $3fi9.73. Sullivan township through the Covington team $134.00, and  Mainesburg, $397.76.
As was noted last week the Mans¬ field team met every noon for a lunch of sandwiches and coffee in the Par¬ ish House of St. James' church, in order to make their reports and com¬ pare notes. These lunches were fur¬ nished and served by the wives of the men of the committee, who divided the work so that two or thre:- ladies had charge on the different days. On Monday night w! had recomme for a finr,l d Mrnsfle^d m themselves and i' be their guests served in the Pa: evening at seven 38 to sit down to T--'-e ?.bly waited and Joseph V/ells ner  Mr.  Vosburg
NORMAL  GRADUATES
Name.*. Addresses and Prospective Business of Tho.«e Who Will Re¬ ceive   Diplomas  This   Week.
'londay ' re •vere I and they on^^p9>igh Allen F<Bwin'g the din- cal ed on many of the men and women who! had been taking active part in the york to tell some of their experienees. I
Those present were: .\Ip. and Mrs. L. B. Shaw, Mr. and Nlrs.-jF. E. Eden, Anna L. Rose, Rev. and M s. N. John¬ stone, of Covington; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Ii W. Leon¬ ard, Helen Wilson, J. S. Hoard, Mrs. T. W. Judge, Wade Judwe, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Coles, Mr. (and Mrs. J. A. Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Vos¬ burg, Rev. and Mrs. G. .\. Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Go<id»peed. Mr. and Mrs. Fred White, of Rutland; Rev. J. M. Lobdell and Rev. J. A. James and Elmer Ros^, of Maines¬ burg; Rev. and Mrs. Pi R. Allison, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Edgerton. Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Dowson, I:ev. and Mrs. J. Van Kirk Wells.
Too much credit cannfct be given to A. H. Vosburg, who wik captain of the Mansfield team anif worked hard to make the week a jpiccess. The men who assisted also deserve con¬ siderable credit, as many of them also worked very hard.
Of the various organizations which contributed the Mansfield band de¬ serves special mention because they not only furnished music at several public gatherings at Manafield and Covington, but the members individu¬ ally made contributions to the fund. The Y. W. C. A. of the Normal was the first to make a contribution and this was followed by the Athenaean Society of the Normid, the L. S. C, the Odd Fellows, Re'iekahs, Masons, Mansfield Literary Club, Columbian Literary Exchange. Girls Normal Baptist Class, N. .S. Club of Lambs Crciik, nnd various Sunday School classes   of   the   Baii'ist   church.
The beauty of tiu- whole thing is that Mansfield raisti the money en¬ tirely without expi-rise to the Red Cross. The lunche^ were paid for by an assessment made among the wives of the members <¦' the team. The Monday night dinnt: was provided by the men themselvc . All other ex¬ penses were borne by the men with such help as they i "uld get from the loan of automobile-, etc. Fven the blanks for bookkeesing and the cards were a donation.
Following is a tible showing what each town has giv-n:
Weilsboro   and   vi   nity $ 6,883.54
Mansfield   and   vi> mity     4,775.63
Westfield  and  vicnity     3,500.00
Elkland and vicinr.y     2,524.75
Tioga   and   vicinity...     2,497.16
Blossburg   and   viinity     2.013.53
Morris   Run   and  vicinity. .    1,569.00
Knoxville and  vicinity        920.00
Sabinsville and vcinity        500.00
Lawrenceville and vjcinity.       446.00 Arnot  and  vicinity.'        440.50
Total
.$26,070.11
Mary Anderson, born at Scranton, June 17. 1898; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson, of 117 Put¬ nam street, Scranton; educated at Central High, Scranton. Expects to teach next year.
E. Irene Aubrey, born at Glasgow, Scotland. July 26, 1S98; daughter of Rev. and Mrs. E. Aubrey, of 434 Chestnut avenue. Kingston, Pa.;edu- cated at Municipal Secondary School, Cardiff, Wales, and Kingston High School.    Expects to teach next year.
Lucille Bryant, born at Susquehan¬ na, Pa., May 31, 1895; daughter of G. D. Bryant, Susquehanna, Pa., R. D. No. 1; educated at Lanesboro High School.    Will teach in North Jackson.
Emma M. Bertch. born at Westfield, Pa., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Bertch; educated at Westfield High School.    Will teach at Brookfield, Pa.
Clive S. Burtch, born at Tioga, Pa., February 2, 1892; son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Burtch, Tioga, Pa.; educated at Tioga High School. Will be  principal  of  Nelson   High  School.
Warren H. Briggs, bom at Brook- ville, March 15, 1893; son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Briggs, Brockwayville, Pa.; educated at Snyder Township High School. Expects to teach next year.
E. Walter Bowser, bom at DuBois, Pa., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bow¬ ser, 515 Birt street. Du Bois, Pa.; edu¬ cated at DuBois High School. Postal Clerk or State College.
Gordon E. Bailey, bom at Elkland, Pa., December 16, 1897; son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Bailey, of Elkland, Pa. Returns lor Supervisor's course in music.
Carolyn G. Bailey, born at Weils¬ boro, Pa., August 6, 1894; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Myron F. Bailey, 17 Austin street, Weilsboro, Pa.; educa¬ ted at Weilsboro High School, and Mansfield State Normal, Economics Course. Expects to teach Home Eco¬ nomics.
Alys, Brown, born May 30^ 1897, nt Scranton.) Pa.; daughter of* F: P. Brown, 1631, Penn avenue, Scranton, Pa.; educated at St. Mary's Seminary. Expects to teach kindergarten.
Mary Bristol, born May 26, 1899, at La Plume,Pa ., daughter of F. Bristol, Factoryville, Pa. Expects to teach next year.
Frances M. Blackwell, bom at El¬ mira, N. Y., May 12, 1896; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Blackwell, Mansfield, Pa. Expects to teach next year.
Eva I. Baumann, born at Arnot, Pa., October 18, 1897; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Baumann, of Arnot Pa.; educated at High School, Arnot, Pa. Will teach in Arnot High School.
Elizabeth Baird, born at Wilkes- Barre, Pa., October 21, 1894; daugh¬ ter of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Baird, of Wilkes-Barre , Pa.; educated at Wilkes-Barre High School. Expects to teach next year.
Don. C. Chamberlain, born at Sa¬ binsville, Pa., July 21, 1898; son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Chamberlain, Sa¬ binsville, Pa.; educated at Sabins¬ ville High School and Mansfield State Normal School. Expects to go to col¬ lege or teach.
Florence Chilson, born at Ulysses, Pa., June 8, 1895; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Chilson, Mansfield, Pa.; educated at Mansfield-Richmond High School. Expects to teach next year.
Althea M. Coates, born at Addison, N. Y., August 5, 1897; daughter of Helen A. Coates. Addison, N. Y.; edu¬ cated at Elkland High School. Ex¬ pects  to  teach  next  year.
Gertrude L. Carlson, born at Mans¬ field, Pa., June 7, 1896; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Carlson, Mans¬ field, Pa.; educated at Mansfield-Rich¬ mond High School. Expects to teach next yaer.
Charles Samuel St. Clair, born May 4, 1894, at Buffalo, N. Y.; son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel St. Clair; educated at Port Allegeny High School, Port AUegeny, Pa.
Francis Clifford, born at Wilkes- Barre, Pa., January 14, 1898; son of Mr. and Mrs. John Clifford, 31 West Market street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; ed¬ ucated at Wilkes-Barre High School. Expects to teach next year.
Lena B. Corson, born at Montrose, Pa., December 14, 1896; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Corson, Hop Bot¬ tom, Pa.; educated at Brooklyn High School. Expects to teach at Thomp¬ son, Pa.
Kathryn Bliss Carpenter, bom at Scranton, Pa.. September 30, 1897; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Car¬ penter, of 643 Quincy avenue, Scran¬ ton, Pa.; educated at Central High School, Scranton. Expects to teach as substitute in Scranton. Home, Durea; daughter of Mr. and Home, Duryea; daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Daniel Cotton; educated at Duryea High School. Expects to teach in Scranton.
Lois Doud, born at Hazelton, Pa., 1898; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
(Continued on Page Two.)
HON. SIMON  B. ELLIOTT.
(Obituary on Page Two.)
Mansfield Red Cross Is Organized
For   Extension   Work.
Too Old To Be a Nurse
But  Mails  Her  Mite
The Committee on Co-operation and Extension of the Mansfield Branch of the Red Cross is now organized and ready to go to the surrounding com¬ munities to spread the Red Cross message and work. There are at present ten speakers enrolled, con¬ sisting ot five ministers, two laymen and three women. Subjects have been and are being assigned to the speak¬ ers so that there will probably be three speakers for each meeting so arranged that each- will take iUj a I'different phase. of 'Red Cross ^ork. Thus fhere will be no duplication of thoughjt in the talks. Tbe talks will take from ten minutes to half an hour each, and will be so arranged that there will not be more than one hour given to speeches in any meet¬ ing.
Automobiles are being enrolled for this servic3 t) that each person who donates his car will not be called on more than once or twice for a trip in the interests of the Red Cross. Al¬ ready there are about twenty cars listed with a capacity for a hundred people besides the drivers. In this way we can send not only the speak¬ ers to the other communities, but sev¬ eral other people who are interested in Red Cross work, so that they can talk things over informally with the people of these communities before and after the meetings. Any com¬ munity which desires to have the Mansfield branch come and tell them of the Red Cross can have this ar¬ ranged by communication with the chai'-man or any member of the Com¬ mittee on Extension and Co-operation. Also any society that wishes .to do some relief work is requested to communicate with this same commit- tie so that the work can be made to serve the best purpose.
The following letter is self-ex¬ planatory, but deserves special men¬ tion. The writer is imbued with the true patriotic spirit, and after being too late in applying to get a Liberty Bond she mails her mite to the War Relief Fund. The spirit that prompt¬ ed this action is commendable, to say the least.
The letter follows: Rev. F. A. Allison. Dear Sir:
T am.too old a womait to be a Hed Cross fturse and applied too late to buy a LJtoerty Bond, and the men soliciting for the War Relief Fund saw F. JI. Davis in the field, so didn't stop at the house so I didn't get in my mite. Will send it to you by mail. Mrs. Elizabeth Baynes.
Birthday Celebration.
Eighty Years Old
And   Enjoys   the  Advertiser
The following letter from one of our subscribers will interest many of our readers, inasmuch as the writer has many friends here. It also shows that the publishing of a country weekly is not always in vain; the pro¬ duction is appreciated and our en¬ deavors are rewarded. We believe that a fiower for the living is better than loads of roses for the dead. The writer, in part, says: "I am an in¬ valid, most 80, and very feeble. It is a great pleasure to be able, through your valuable paper to keep in touch with old acquaintances. I went to school one term to Simon B. Elliott; there was not better or more honest a man ever lived. I was greatly pleased to hear from Rev. Brunning. "H. P. Knowlton."
On Saturday, June 23, about forty friends and neighbors, with well filled baskets, gathered at the home of Mrs. F. M. Gillette to help her cele¬ brate her 62nd birthday. It being an ideal day for a picnic dinner, tables were placed under the magnificent elms on the front lawn, and fairly groaned with the weight of good things to eat, which were heartily enjoyed by all. A beautiful oak rocker was left with the hostess as a token of esteem in which she is held. The recipient wishes to heartily thank her friends and neighbors for the beautiful gift. The following were present: Mrs. Betsey Smith, of El¬ mira; Mrs. H. B. Taylor, Mrs. Will Crossley, Mrs. Bell Wood, Mrs. Jose¬ phine Stratton. Mra. Charles Lewis, Mrs. Addie Walker, Mrs. O. B. Thompson, Mrs. William Youmans, Mrs. A. C. Ayers, Mrs. Helen Good- all, Mrs. H. F. Goodall, Mrs. Charies Post, Mrs. Luella Gillette, Mrs. John Klesa, Mrs. R. D. Owen, Mrs. Asa Wilcox, Mrs. Charles Baldwin, Mrs. Florence Smith, Miss Martha Os¬ bourne, Mrs. Jennie Davis, Mrs. Fred Davis, Mrs. Fred Simmons, Mrs. I. P. Lownsberry, Mrs. Lafe O'Dell, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Cleveland. Mrs. Will Wheeler, Mrs. Charles Johnson, Mrs. L. M. Goodall, Mrs. C. A. Gillette, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Gillette, Eveline Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Gillette.
MAINESBURG.
Asked  To  Go To  France.
Captain B. M. Bailey. Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in a letter to friends here, tells that he made application for assignment with Pershing's forces to be sent to France, but that he was refused. A closing para¬ graph of his letter reads: "This, I be¬ lieve is going to be a big war for us before it is over. The .\mericon peo¬ ple, unfortunately, don't seem to realize the gravity of the situation."
American Troops in  France.
Wednesday's dispatches tell of the landing of American regular soldiers in France, and refer to a similar land¬ ing the day before. Complete news is unavailing owing to precaution taken for the safety of other troops that  may  be  going  to  France  soon.
Miss Helen Welch, of Odessa, N. Y., is home for a week.
Miss Jennie Strong, of Springfield, was the over-Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Dewey.
Mrs. Rosina Smith is spending a few days with friends in Mainesburg.
R. Franklin Ashley, of Rochester, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Connelly.
F. J. Ashley, of Whitneyv-ille, was in town on Monday.
The Mainesburg Red Cross Speiety now number 40 members.
Remember Reverend Brownell will preach in the Christian church next Sunday night.
Everybody not otherwise engaged, come to the picnic dinner at Martha DeWitt's July Fourth. George Rob¬ bins will have charge ot the music, so, of course, we expect something good. Howard Connelly will talk to us and perhaps other good speakers will be present.
The Vedder Studio. The Photographers in  Mansfield.