■Died in Easthampton, on the 27th ult., of consumption, Miss Nancy Clark, daughter of Mr. Oliver C., in the 27th year of her age. She was one of four sisters, all of whom arrived at adult age, who have paid the debt of nature within the short period four years. While the aged know that they must die, let the young take warning from this friendly notice that they may die also, and be in readiness for the event whenever it shall come.
■Ran away from the subscriber on the first day of July, Holland Swift, an indented boy, aged fifteen years. Whoever will return said runaway to me shall have one cent reward, but no charges will be paid. Ð Samuel Leach, Ware.
■Miss Mary Smith, who for 40 years has been matron of Baker Hall at the Clarke School, has resigned and left today for Burlington, Vt., to make her future home.
■The “Motion Picture” magazine for August has a full-page photograph of James Rennie, formerly leading man with the Northampton Players company here. And the “Movie Weekly” for this week contains a photograph of Miss Mildred E. Basham of this city, who recently won a prize in a contest conducted by that periodical for those have “movie” faces.
Northampton’s seventh consecutive soap box derby was officially launched last night as 31 racing hopefuls — 30 boys and one girl — paraded down the city’s Main Street. It was lollipops for the children and a real stock car for derby entrants to examine, as about 200 watched the parade and attended the city hall rally.
■A “center” for young people, possibly at the old Northampton Armory, may become a reality in the near future. This, at least, was the opinion of several members of the city’s Youth Commission after last night’s well-attended meeting of the commission. “We were quite pleased that there was this response,” said Mrs. Gerald Bozzo, a member of the commission.