ALTAMONT SCHOOL NOTES.

An announcement that will be highly gratifying to taxpayers of school district 7, town of Guilderland, is made by Waler Severson, clerk of the Board of Education, to the effect that all indebtedness on the Altamont High school building has been paid. The last bond, with interest, was retired Nov. 1, 1918. The building on Grand street was erected in 1901 at a cost of about $15,000. To construct such a building today would cost almost double that amount. The structure is practically as good as new, in spite of its nearly 20 years of use, as great care has always been taken by the officers and instructors in charge to see that no injury was done by students with destructive instincts. Altamont’s school is one of the best, for a village of its size, in the state of New York, and we should be justly proud of the fact that it is now without debt.

Letters From Men in U. S. Service.

— From a letter written by Private Leroy Sisson of West Berne who is Germany with the 76th Field Artillery, to his father, Elmer E. Sisson.

I suppose there is snow on the ground at home now. It is not very cold here; not as cold as it was in France. We have rain here nearly every day, like October rain in the States. I would like to write and tell you about the experiences the boys have had, but perhaps the mail will be censored, so will save it until I get back. Have you trapped any skunks this winter? I suppose furs are high. How is Anthony getting along? I have seen the time when I would give almost any price for one of Anthony’s sweet pumpkin pies. The boys get a sugar tooth over here. I am going to try to get a furlough when I arrive in the States and get my fill of sweet stuff. Be sure to save a few apples for pie.

I am writing in a Y. M. C. A. hut. The band is playing, and the music sounds much better than it did a little over a month ago, when the shells were dropping close and blowing holes in the ground big enough to bury a team of horses and lumber wagon.

WOLF HILL.

Effie Bouton, wife of Allen Countryman, died Jan. 19, after a brief illness of influenza, which developed into pneumonia, aged 23 years. In the home her loss will be keenly felt by her husband and four small children, the youngest only a few days old.

Arthur Blessing Dies of Pneumonia.

Arthur Blessing of Lawson’s Lake, farmer, died after a short illness of influenza and pneumonia, on Monday afternoon, Jan. 27, aged 43 years. The funeral services were held at the Onesquethaw cemetery on Thursday. He is survived by his wife, three sons, and five daughters. Mr. Blessing was a son of the late Aaron F. Blessing of Voorheesville. The entire family have been afflicted with the same malady. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the afflicted wife and fatherless children.

WESTERLO.

The sick in the village are all nearly well again.