McKOWNVILLE.

Keep in mind the date of the Hallowe’en supper, Wednesday evening, Nov. 1. Contrary to last week’s announcement, supper will be served after the masquerade. Spread this news around and everybody come prepared to have a jolly good time with the ghosts and goblins. Proceeds for the benefits of the Ladies’ Aid redecorating fund.

BERNE.

The village is being improved by the laying of concrete walks.

WEST BERNE.

The drama, “Plain People,” will be given by home talent in the near future. Particulars later.

REIDSVILLE.

We appreciate the service of our new telephone operator, Miss Lizzie Ames, since Oct. 1.

Altamont High School Notes.

The third and fourth grades of the Altamont High school, of which Mrs. Margaret C. Kinney is teacher, are the winners of the first prize in a bird observation contest for 1916. The prize consists of a pair of nature study field glasses, carrying case and strap.

The contest, which started in September and ended in June, was open to any grade room in the United States. Pupils competed from schools from Maine to California. The observation consisted of noting and describing as many birds as possible, recording the date on which they first arrived, and the subsequent days on which birds of the same variety were seen. The song, the nest, and the economic importance of the birds was also described. The third and fourth grades saw and recorded 137, Kermit Sturges having the largest individual observation. A full report of the contest will be published in the December Normal Instructor.

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Theodore Roosevelt passed through Albany last week on his way to the southwest to campaign for Charles Evans Hughes. While his train lay over in the railroad yards he was greeted by a large number of railroad men who stopped their work to shake hands with the former president. Roosevelt refused to make a speech.

President Wilson arrived in Albany the following day. His train was in the capital city ten minutes. He was enthusiastically greeted by the railroad men.

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