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AUGUST 20. Rev. Fr. McGrath, the pastor, is building a gran- ite wall, to cost $2,000, on the Cedar street side of St. Mary's ceme- teries and has beautified both cemeteries.
AUGUST 21. Crafts, Harrington & Co., shoe manufacturers, resumed business today.
AUGUST 24. Assessors report $6,526,774 valuation. They find 3,982 taxable polls.
AUGUST 24. George F. Murdock, of Warren, R. I., chosen prin- cipal of High school and Miss Genevieve M. Touhey, drawing teacher.
AUGUST 24. Bruno, Salomone & Petetti given contract to build the disposal plant and J. E. Burns & Co. the contract for the intercepting sewer by the sewer committee. The former's bid was $35,272.50 and the latter's $29,526.50.
AUGUST 27. Raftery block hall secured for an armory for use of Co. M.
AUGUST 28. Assessors' figures show 614 horses, 346 cows, 56 neat cattle, 35 swine, 1,980 dwelling houses, and 8,751 acres of land in Milford.
AUGUST 29. Ambrogio Lordi is to build a two-story wooden business and dwelling block at 101 East Main street, costing $7,000.
1907.
JANUARY 1. Archer Rubber Co. incorporated with these offi- cers : President, John T. Callahan; treasurer, Franklin P. Lee; vice-president, Dr. F. T. Harvey. The company is to manufacture rubber clothing, rubberized fabrics, etc.
JANUARY 9. "Connaught Rangers," composed of natives of County Cork, Ireland, and their male descendants, formed with 75 members.
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JANUARY 14. Capt. John F. Barrett, of Co. M, told his com- mand that he desires to retire, having served ten years as captain.
JANUARY 18. Selectmen refuse permit to members of the Mormon Church to conduct meetings on streets and squares of the town.
JANUARY 21. Heath's Block, Main street, was badly damaged by fire. Loss is $10,000.
FEBRUARY 2. John H. Stratton buys the Lincoln House prop- erty and also the Crescent House in the rear.
FEBRUARY 15. Charles F. Claflin will build a modern two- story business block at 213 and 215 Main street with a frontage of 50 feet and a depth of 75 feet.
FEBRUARY 23. Registration closes for March election with 2,420 men and 240 women.
FEBRUARY 24. Coldest morning of the year, mercury register- ing 14 degrees below zero in outlying sections.
FEBRUARY 26. Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson, hero of Spanish-American war, addressed Quinshipaug Woman's Club, on "America's Mighty Mission."
FEBRUARY 27. Death of Otis Whitney, aged 86, Milford's old- est business man. Lived here since he was 13 years old and built many of the business blocks and houses.
MARCH 1. Boston & Albany Railroad Co. announces they will built a new passenger depot here at an estimated cost of $12,000.
MARCH 5. Selectmen chosen at annual Town meeting: Michael S. McMahon, Lucius E. Heath and Timothy Burns.
MARCH 26. Death of Isaac N. Crosby, a native of Milford, in Woonsocket, R. I., aged 82 years, 8 months, 15 days. Was a for- mer Milford business man, ex-Selectman and Assessor. In 1879 and 1880 he represented Mendon, Hopedale and Milford in the Gen- eral Court.
APRIL 10. First concert and ball by the Elks over 200 couples attending.
MAY 1. Milford Aerie, F. O. Eagles, holds first annual con- cert and dance.
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MAY 2. A new nine-position switchboard and other telephone apparatus installed in the new office in the new Shippee building.
MAY 21. A new bill was signed giving the striking granite cutters and tool sharpeners 42 cents an hour for five years, with half-holiday on Saturday except from October to April next winter, when the men will work a full day. This ends the 1907 granite strike.
MAY 22. Boston Odd Fellows arrive in town to present the "Three Links," to Milford lodge.
JUNE 14. A $1,000,000 building contract awarded to Webb Pink Granite Co. for Cuyahoga County Courthouse at Cleveland, Ohio.
JUNE 14. Stuart C. Godfrey, the first Milford boy to gradu- ate from West Point Military Academy. He received the highest honors the Academy ever conferred upon a graduate.
JUNE 21. Twenty-three pupils graduated from High school. Diplomas were presented by Lieut .- Gov. Draper of Hopedale.
JULY 7. Death of Nahum B. Fairbanks, for 53 years a mem- ber and officer of Milford fire department. He was born in Milford Dec. 27, 1836. He was elected engineer of the first steamer Mil- ford bought and was also superintendent of the fire alarm tele- graph service.
AUGUST 10. The 10 mile race from the Stanley House in West Medway to Lake Nipmuc Park in Mendon, was won by John Miller of West Medway. Time, 1 hour, 7 minutes, 20 seconds.
AUGUST 30. Price of milk advanced from six to seven cents a quart.
SEPTEMBER 2. Automobile, civic and military parade and fire- men's muster for the benefit of Milford Hospital.
SEPTEMBER 3. Regal Shoe Co., shoe manufacturers, are to re- move their plant from Whitman to the vacant Colburn & Fuller shoe shop on North Bow Street.
SEPTEMBER 7. Postponed field day sports for benefit of the Hospital conducted on Town park.
SEPTEMBER 14. Death of Henry E. Morgan, Milford's oldest
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druggist, aged 67. He was the owner of Music Hall Block, lived here 50 years and was manager of Music Hall theatre.
SEPTEMBER 25. Milford High school will not be represented by a football or basketball team this year.
SEPTEMBER 28. Webb Granite Co.'s power plant destroyed by fire causing a loss of $8,000.
SEPTEMBER 30. Old Lyceum theatre reopened as a moving picture and vaudeville house.
OCTOBER 1. Thomas J. Murphy, sub-master of High school, Grand Knight of Valencia Council, K. of C., dies, aged 35 years. He was born and always lived in Milford.
OCTOBER 8. James C. Luby appointed principal of night school.
OCTOBER 14. Massachusetts State Branch of the American Federation of Labor opened its sessions in Town House building. There were 158 delegates.
OCTOBER 20. Death of Alfred Goucher, hotel proprietor, Civil war veteran and widely-known citizen, aged 70 years, 2 months, 13 days.
OCTOBER 25. Announcement made that the mortgage of $2,000 on the Salvation Army Citadel on Spruce street is paid.
OCTOBER 29. Israel Sawyer Patch, aged 83, pioneer railroad man, died in the brick house on East Main street where he had lived over 60 years.
NOVEMBER 5. At State election S. Alden Eastman of Milford and Edward C. Lyford of Upton were elected Representatives.
NOVEMBER 8. The fair for the Hospital benefit netted $2,281.56.
NOVEMBER 8. Certus Club, prominent for many years in Milford, disbands.
NOVEMBER 11. Regal Shoe Co. commenced manufacturing shoes in Milford.
NOVEMBER 20. A union of the horseshoers is formed with James H. Murphy as president.
NOVEMBER 22. Eighteen residents desire to become charter members of a Grange. On November 26 it was voted to form the
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society and fifty-five were made charter members. Chester L. Clark was elected Master.
NOVEMBER 27. Milford Shoe Co. gives its annual complimen- tary turkey dinner to its employes.
NOVEMBER 28. Seven weddings were solemnized in Milford today, Thanksgiving day.
DECEMBER 6. School Committee votes that no scholar in High school be allowed to participate in athletic contests against other High schools unless the scholar has a passing mark in all his studies.
DECEMBER 20. Death of James C. Coffey, fireman, old-time pedestrian and bill poster, aged 65. He lived here 50 years and gained notoriety in 1876 by pushing a wheelbarrow, accompanied by John Cooley, also of Milford, from the State House in Boston to Philadelphia.
1908.
JANUARY 9. During 1907 there were 177 marriages, 385 births and 265 deaths in Milford.
JANUARY 29. Webb Granite Co. quarries an eighteen-ton slab, eight feet high and seven feet across for a monument in a Winchester cemetery.
JANUARY 30. Milford merchants agreed to close their busi- ness places at 6 o'clock every night commencing February 3, ex- cepting Thursday and Saturday.
FEBRUARY 2. Protestant preaching services started in the Plains district.
FEBRUARY 4. At special Town meeting a sewerage assessment plan was adopted and it was voted to petition the Legislature to borrow $50,000 outside the debt limit to complete the sewerage system.
FEBRUARY 12. Commencing May 1 plumbers will work eight hours a day, agreements being signed today.
FEBRUARY 24. S. B. Stifter, who conducted the Hub theatre and later the Lyceum, closes the latter and is to remove from town.
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MARCH 2. Town meeting chooses for Selectmen: John A. Mckenzie, Matthew J. Carbary and Michael S. McMahon.
MARCH 3. Death of John Smith, aged 75. He was former Overseer of Poor and Janitor of Town Hall building.
MARCH 6. Milford voters appropriated $149,945 for 1908.
March 10. Death of Dr. William J. Welch, aged 41. Was born and always lived in Milford and was prominent in its acti- vities.
MARCH 22. Death of Judge Charles A. Dewey, aged 77. He was the oldest judge in point of service in Massachusetts, hav- ing presided over the Milford District Court for 45 years. He was admitted to the bar in 1854, coming to Milford in 1859.
MARCH 27. Three lives were lost and five people injured in a fire in the tenement block at 99 Central street.
APRIL 1. Milford's granite industry at a standstill owing to labor difficulties.
APRIL 15. Incendiary fire, the tenth in a short period, caused loss of $2,000 in Gillon Block.
APRIL 17. Cinosam Club composed of 25 Masons, dedicated its new quarters in Washington Hall block.
MAY 1. Quidnunc Associates, for 31 years prominent in social activities, disbands.
MAY 3. Rev. Fr. David F. McGrath, pastor of St. Mary's Church, announced that the parish debt is cleared.
MAY 5. Fire today caused a loss of $15,000 to Coolidge Block, Main street.
MAY 16. Assurances received from Congressman John W. Weeks that Milford will get a new $80,000 Post Office building.
MAY 19. The prolonged granite strike ended today.
MAY 28. Rt. Rev. Thomas D. Beaven, Bishop of Springfield diocese, confirmed a class of 300 in St. Mary's Church.
JUNE 4. Milford alloted $6,000 for a state road on the Hol- liston highway.
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JUNE 18. Twenty-three pupils, Class of 1908, High school graduated in Town Hall tonight, receiving diplomas from Gov. Eben S. Draper.
JUNE 23. Associate Justice Clifford A. Cook appointed Judge of District Court by Gov. Curtis Guild, Jr.
JULY 6. Edward R. Clarke of Scituate chosen principal of High school.
JULY 14. Dr. John J. Duggan paid the first sewer tax.
JULY 14. James F. Stratton elected State president of the fraternal order of Eagles.
JULY 15. Atty. Chester F. Williams named Associate Justice of District Court by Gov. Guild.
JULY 23. Milford Gaslight Co. reduces the price of gas from $1.70 to $1.60 per 1,000 feet.
AUGUST 13. Among the bequests in the will of Emilie Albee are: Milford Hospital, $100; Town of Milford, $200; Milford Y. M. C. A., $125 and Y. P. S. C. E. of Congregational Church, $75.
AUGUST 15. Assessors announced the tax rate as $22.
AUGUST 16. Mrs. Sarah L. Fisher, a resident of Milford since 1834, dies, aged 92. With her husband, she was one of the founders of the Baptist Church.
AUGUST 17. At special Town meeting voters appropriated $5,950 and authorized a bond issue of $50,000. $2,500 is for a stone crushing plant; $500 for a new boiler for Memorial Hall building; $2,000 for poor department and $1,200 for sewer con- nections for the Spruce street school. Salaries for Sewer Com- missioners were voted: $250 for the Chairman and $200 each for the other two members.
AUGUST 29. One of the largest blocks of granite ever quarried in Milford is at the Webb Granite quarry, Dilla street. It is 22 feet high, 30 feet wide and 75 feet long.
SEPTEMBER 11. Enrollment in public schools, 1,890.
SEPTEMBER 17. Milford Pink Granite Co. sold at public auc- tion for $200,000 to A. M. White of New York.
SEPTEMBER 18. Milford public school children gave a very
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creditable exhibition in Town Hall, at which vegetables, flowers, cooking and sewing were displayed.
SEPTEMBER 24. Earl Vasile of Milford won the road race from Milford Town Hall to Upton Town Hall in 32 minutes.
OCTOBER 12. Crime is on the decrease in Milford according to criminal report of Clerk W. G. Pond of District Court. There were but 298 criminal cases tried, the lowest in ten years.
OCTOBER 17. School census returns show 2,179 children be- tween the ages of five and fifteen.
OCTOBER 24. Registration for November State election closed with 2,335.
OCTOBER 29. Death of Lloyd Halsey Cook, a native and al- ways a resident of Milford, aged 88 years, 9 months, 23 days. He started the first meat market here in 1849, opened the first real estate office in 1860 and continued it until his death.
NOVEMBER 3. In the State election William R. Burke and S. Alden Eastman, both of Milford, were chosen Representatives and George F. Birch, Senator, Lieut-Gov. Eben S. Draper of Hopedale, was elected Governor.
NOVEMBER 9. Mr. and Mrs. Asaph Withington today attained their 56th wedding anniversary.
NOVEMBER 17. Death of Judge Charles E. Whitney, aged 72 years and 23 days. He was born in Milford, was a former mem- ber of School Committee and a prominent Mason. He was ap- pointed Special Justice of District Court in 1872 and later a Pro- bation Officer.
NOVEMBER 29. Courts Milford and Civile, Foresters of America, entertained 1,500 Foresters in Town Hall, where the de- gree was conferred on a class of 75 by Court Milford's champion degree team. Grand officers were present.
DECEMBER 1. Michael F. O'Connell, Milford native, elected Mayor of Fitchburg.
DECEMRER 8. Death of Rowland Folger, aged 85 years, resi- dent here 50 years. Had worked as ship carpenter and been on whaling voyages; was among those in the famous gold rush of 1849; engaged in the sign painting business here.
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DECEMBER 10. The first graduating exercises of the Milford Hospital Training School for Nurses, held in Knights of Columbus Hall. Five girls received diplomas.
DECEMBER 11. Milford Grange celebrates first anniversary.
DECEMBER 14. Annual report of M. & U. Street Railway Co. shows it carried 3,023,360 passengers in year ending December 1.
The M., A. & W. Street Railway Co. carried 1,783,501 passengers.
DECEMBER 15. Capt. W. G. Pond of Co. M is to be on the staff of Gov .- elect Eben S. Draper.
DECEMBER 16. Miss Hannah M. Seavey, superintendent of Milford Hospital since its institution three years ago, resigns.
DECEMBER 22. Luigi De Pasquale wins gold medal in the prize speaking contest for High school students.
DECEMBER 22. Gov .- elect Draper sends checks to all Churches in Milford for Christmas gifts to aid the needy.
1909.
JANUARY 4. John P. Daniels resigns as a director of Milford National Bank after 33 years' service.
JANUARY 7. There were 99 marriages performed in Milford in 1908 and 209 deaths.
JANUARY 12. Miss Sarah A. Crawford succeeds Miss Hannah M. Seavey as Superintendent of Hospital.
JANUARY 23. Milford's first auto show held in Milford Auto Machine Co.'s garage.
JANUARY 26. Loss by fire to buildings and contents in Mil- ford in 1908 was $18,778.52.
JANUARY 29. F. P. Lee buys the factory and equipment of Milford Rubber Co.
FEBRUARY 1. Dillon Bros. awarded contract to build a two- story business block on Main street for C. F. Claflin and Mrs. Josephine B. Thayer for $25,000.
FEBRUARY 5. Town Solicitor John C. Lynch will have incor- porated in the Town report, the first report in the Town's history of the doings of that office.
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Draper Company Plant, Hopedale, about 50 years ago, then a part of Milford.
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FEBRUARY 13. Milford citizens contributed $207.40 for the earthquake sufferers in Italy.
FEBRUARY 15. Board of Trade subscribes $1,000 for the pur- chase of a gasoline engine and heating plant for the Three K Shoe factory.
FEBRUARY 20. Registrars of Voters report 2,396 males and 221 females on voting list. There are 3,366 assessed polls.
FEBRUARY 23. Death in Worcester of Patrick J. Drew, aged 74. Was former resident of Milford; formulated the first rules of Milford fire department.
MARCH 2. At Town election M. J. Carbary, E. F. Lilley and John A. Mckenzie were elected Selectmen.
MARCH 4. L. K. Barber starts making shoes for babies in Milford.
MARCH 8. Death of John F. Tobin, aged 43 years, of Webber & Tobin, for 14 years proprietors of Hotel Willian.
MARCH 20. Loyal Sears Lodge, I. O. O. F., M. U., instituted in Milford.
MARCH 23. Milford Nest, Order of Owls, holds first meeting.
MARCH 31. Merging of the two Italian societies, Societa Operai and the Victor Emanuel.
MARCH 6. Milford's financial standing in the State tax re- port is, assets, $371,000; liabilities, $288,500.
MARCH 7. Judge C. A. Cook, counsel for the Park Building Trust, received a check from the United States government for $17,000, for the land which is to be used as a site for the new post office.
MARCH 11. Death of Aaron Brigham, Milford's oldest voter, aged 92 years, 4 days.
MARCH 15. Death of Clinton R. Scott, aged 53 years, former Selectman.
MARCH 17. Death of Napoleon B. Johnson, who for over thirty years was cashier of Home National Bank, aged 80 years, 9 months, 19 days.
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MAY 29. Dr. Franklin W. Mann of Milford receives high praise from noted experts on the appearance of a volume called "The Bullet's Flight From Powder to Target."
MAY 29. Mayhew House, built in 1854, by the late Hon. A. C. Mayhew, now occupied by Charles W. Shippee, and the Chapin House built by Capt. Perry, will be moved back from the Main street to make way for the new post office.
MAY 30. The new flag staff, on the lawn of Memorial Hall, was dedicated with fitting ceremonies. The presentation was made by Selectman M. J. Carbary on behalf of the Town to Post 22.
JUNE 15. Death of Milford's oldest woman, Mrs. Rachel Steele, aged 95 years, 5 months, 21 days.
JUNE 25. Twenty-eight pupils graduate from High school, Governor Eben S. Draper presenting diplomas in Town Hall.
JULY 21. New M. & U. Street sprinkler praised by Main street merchants.
AUGUST 28. Milford's tax rate for 1909 is $17; total valua- tion, $8,719,763.
AUGUST 30. Death of Charles F. Claflin, leading business man, at the age of 79 years, 11 months, 14 days. He was president of Milford National Bank, Director in many corporations and a large property owner. He was Selectman for three years and represented Milford in the Legislature in 1861.
SEPTEMBER 1. Game wardens distributed 20,000 trout in brooks of Milford and vicinity.
SEPTEMBER 7. Cenedella & Co. awarded contract to build Section 7 of the sewer for $9,122.20.
SEPTEMBER 14. Assessors report 3,694 polls.
SEPTEMBER 18. Draper Co. baseball team defeated Milford, 6 to 0 in Milford Town Park before 2,800.
SEPTEMBER 25. George E. Stacy, for 50 years owner of a periodical store in Stacy block, retires.
SEPTEMBER 25. Draper Co. baseball team defeated Milford for the third consecutive time, 4 to 3.
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SEPTEMBER 29. Milford High school football team won its opening game from Hopkinton High, 34 to 0.
OCTOBER 9. Annual inspection and exhibition of Milford fire department. A feature of the parade was the presence of four former engineers of the fire department, whose combined ages totalled 342 years. They were: John P. Daniels, Milford's oldest citizen, aged 94; Albert C. Withington, 84; Asaph Withington, 82, and J. Munroe Mason, 84 years.
OCTOBER 13. Selectmen granted M., A. & W. Street Railway Co. a franchise to carry freight and newspapers.
OCTOBER 21. Death of Dr. John M. Eaton, aged 80. He be- gan practising medicine in Milford in 1872. He was a veteran of the Civil war.
OCTOBER 23. Total registration for fall election is 2,402.
NOVEMBER 2. At State election W. R. Burke of Milford, and Adin A. Messinger, of Hopedale, were elected Representatives.
NOVEMBER 3. Milford Commandery, Knights Templar, cele- brated the golden jubilee of its organization in Masonic Hall, with 250 Masons present, including grand officers of the order.
NOVEMBER 9. Mr. and Mrs. Asaph Withington attained their fifty-seventh wedding anniversary today.
NOVEMBER 10. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coyne attained their fifty-ninth wedding anniversary today. He is a Civil war veteran and messenger at State House.
NOVEMBER 25. There are 2,257 school children between ages of five and fifteen.
DECEMBER 11. New Boston & Albany railroad passenger station completed.
DECEMBER 25. Christmas has a blizzard which completely tied up railway service.
DECEMBER 28. Milford Water Co. increased its water rates from $6 to $7 for the first faucet and the minimum meter rate from $10 to $12.
DECEMBER 31. Postmaster Cook reports sales of $1,000 in postage in the five days preceding Christmas, the largest holiday business.
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1910.
JANUARY 6. The recent blizzard cost Milford $500 for the removal of snow.
JANUARY 7. Total enrollment at night school is 287, of which 121 were illiterates. Principal James E. Luby has 12 assistant teachers.
JANUARY 10. Milford citizens raise $5,000 for Carroll, Hixon, Jones Co.'s straw manufactory repairs and alterations; $15,000 more will be raised by a mortgage.
JANUARY 11. Selectmen grant permission of owners of fast horses to use Congress street for a speedway and the horsemen are leveling the snow and getting the course in readiness for racing.
JANUARY 13. There were 151 marriages during 1909.
JANUARY 13. F. S. Howard claims he drove a Maxwell 30- horse power, four-cylinder auto, from Boston to Milford, in one hour and forty minutes, which is a record.
JANUARY 18. Milford Lodge, I. O. O. F., held its first annual concert and dance in Town Hall.
JANUARY 19. Massachusetts Senate is asked to abate the taxes on Congregational Park.
JANUARY 19. Milford Lodge, Odd Fellows, votes to leave Gil- lon Block and remove to Coolidge Block which they bought and renovated at a cost of $10,000. The lodge will occupy the second and third floors.
JANUARY 21. President S. Alden Eastman of Board of Trade and a committee are investigating the granite situation, which is practically idle, four plants being shut down.
JANUARY 28. Gen. William F. Draper died in Washington, aged 67 years, 9 months, 20 days. He was an eminently success- ful business man, a leader in political affairs of State and Nation, serving as Congressman and Ambassador to Italy. He was a vet- eran of the Civil war, having an enviable record. Funeral ser- vices were on February 2 in Hopedale, both towns joining in hon- oring his memory.
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FEBRUARY 6. Public memorial services in Milford Town Hall for Gen. Draper. His immediate family was present, as were also former comrades in the Grand Army and others.
FEBRUARY 22. New gymnasium of Y. M. C. A. dedicated.
FEBRUARY 25. Total registration for March election is 2,418 males and 205 females.
MARCH 7. At Town election Matthew J. Carbary, Edwin F. Lilley and John A. Mckenzie were chosen Selectmen.
MARCH 9. Death of Atty. Gustavus B. Williams, a prominent citizen and attorney, aged 76 years. He was a veteran of the Civil war.
MARCH 18. Milford High school seniors go on trip to Wash- ington, the only class from this town to take this journey.
APRIL 1. Death of Perley M. Hunt, native of Milford, aged 70 years, 1 month, 25 days; was inspector for board of health and also a police officer.
APRIL 29. Death of Frederick J. Egan, senior member of Egan & Larkin, aged 37 years.
MAY 5. Milford's allotment for state highway construction this year is $10,000.
MAY 16. Rev. Rocco Petrarca officiates at the blessing and benediction of the new bell, named Santa Maria, for Sacred Heart of Jesus Church.
MAY 18. Town votes to retain both the electric and gasoline system of lighting.
MAY 20. Capt. William G. Pond is appointed clerk of district court by Gov. Eben S. Draper, for third term.
MAY 31. Emmet Associates hold farewell banquet.
JUNE 6. Milford Elks hold first automobile carnival, twenty- three cars in line.
JUNE 8. Heber D. Bowker succeeds the late G. B. Williams as president of the Milford Hospital.
JUNE 15. Selectmen sign contract with the Globe Gaslight Co. of Boston to furnish 163 gasoline street lights to burn all night and every night for the next three years.
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JUNE 15. The first Society Circus is held by the Milford Elks.
JUNE 23. Graduation class of Milford High school numbered 19.
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JUNE 24. The second annual commencement of St. Mary's High school in Town Hall. Diplomas presented by Rt. Rev. Bishop Thomas D. Beaven. James L. Clancy won Holy Cross scholarship.
JUNE 28. Death of Patrick Dillon, successful building con- tractor of Milford, aged 65 years, 5 months, 2 days. He was a veteran of the Civil war and a member of Post 22.
JULY 22. William Murray and J. Roy Kerr have passed bar examinations.
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