■The subscriber having purchased the brewery and malt works formerly owned by Mr. Lane, intends keeping his malt words in complete operation. He solicits a share of public patronage, assuring them that they shall have the best of malt, and the most strict punctuality will be observed.
■Whereas my wife Lovina has left my bed and board, this is to forbid all persons harboring or trusting her on my account, as I am determined to pay no debts of her contracting after this date. – Lyman Joslyn, Chesterfield.
■The women and girls of the city are invited to a meeting at the People’s Institute this evening at 8 o’clock, to discuss the use of James House on Gothic Street as a community center. Mrs. E. A. Thompson, a welfare worker for McCallum’s hosiery, will tell what she has found the girls of the city most desire in the line of community activities.
■The children of the Vernon Street School, who were particularly active in the selling of Red Cross Christmas seals last year, sold their quota of stamps this season in one day and have ordered 1500 more.
■The need for rain, although less severe than it was two weeks ago, is still evidenced at Northampton’s reservoir on Mountain Street in Haydenville. City Engineer Francis P. Ryan said the reservoir was down so low that he was almost ready to request permission to impose water restrictions.
■Pro Brush, which has cut down its work force in recent months as part of the economic downturn in the nation, is in the process of rehiring people. Officials at the city’s largest industrial employer noted a sharp upturn in business with resultant need for more workers.