■The subscriber, who is by profession a teacher of sacred music, not being at present employed in any school, would inform any society wishing for an instructor in that branch, that he would engage for any term of time he might be wanted. Application made at his boarding house, or by mail, would be gratefully received by George W. Lucas, Northampton.
■The annual meeting of the Foreign Missionary Society of Northampton and the neighboring towns will be holden at the meeting house in Amherst, East Parish, on Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 11 o’clock for the choice of officers and hearing the annual report. In the afternoon a sermon may be expected by Rev. Vinson Gould.
■Massasoit Street, home of Vice President Coolidge and Capt. Lyons, was last night the scene of mysterious activities by two “peeping Toms,” apparently the same two men who held up an Elm Street woman Thursday night. A family on the street, consisting of a woman and her two daughters, were alarmed by the sound of stealthy footsteps tiptoeing around the yard. They looked out the window and saw a man in the moonlight, peering up at them from around the corner of a shed.
■The work of grading the new Allen Field on West Street has progressed rapidly and much of the tract will be ready when Smith College opens. The tennis courts are ready for use, and the rest of the field is leveled and graded.
■The cause of a mysterious fire, which gutted the kitchen in the Terry Club on Liberty Street in Easthampton about three weeks ago, is still being investigated by special police officers and State Fire Marshal officials. The club had been a popular gathering place for business and community functions.
■Bon Marche, a Main Street store which started as a millinery shop, is bowing out after 98 years of operations. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, a woman of high standing in the community, frequented the shop and chose her hats to match her outfits. The owners today say that women just don’t wear hats like they used to.