****************** The Batavia Times Batavia, Genesee County, New York State April 14-1917 East Alexander. East Alexander, April 13-Mr. and Mrs. Roy FREEMAN of Buffalo were guests over Sunday of Mrs. Emma FREEMAN and Mr.and Mrs. J.W. DART. Mr. and Mrs. George DART and family were guests at J.W. DART's on Wednesday. Miss Ellen M. GILHOOLY of Batavia spent Wednesday at F.H. GILHOOLY's. At the meeting of the Philathea class on Saturday Miss Ruth SMITH was elected treasurer to succeed Miss Ruth CARSON. At the meeting of the Y.P.S.C.E. the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. B.A. WAGNER; Vice President, Ethel TAPP; Secretary, Jesse NORTON; Treasurer, Robert J. SMITH; Chairman of the lookout committee, Ethel TAPP; prayer meeting, Rev. Mr. WAGNER; social, Mary McCOLLOUGH; floral, Neva CONN; executive, Mr. WAGNER. Each chairman will choose two assistants. George TAPP and William BRECKENRIDGE will each put in 11 acres of beans on the CARSON farm this year. Mrs. Roy FREEMAN of Buffalo is spending the week with her sister, Mrs. John DART. John BREWSTER of Linden has moved to the SCHNELLER place. Richard WARE of Batavia is the guest of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William WRIGHT. Mrs. Mary YAHN of Victor is visiting at the home of her brother, C. HARLOTF. James McLERNON spent Easter at home. George RICHARD and Calvin DAY of Buffalo are guests at the home of their uncle, W. Harris DAY. Miss Pauline DAY is spending the week with her cousin, Miss Sarah GARDNER. * * Corfu Notes. Corfu, April 13-Benjamin LINCOLN will move his family Saturday to East Rochester where he has charge of the New York Central freight yard. Mrs. M.J. FLAHERTY and Miss Edith BOTESFORD spent Easter in New York City. Mrs. Ralph BUNTING of Dunkirk is spending a few days visiting her mother, Mrs. IRELAND. Frank STAFFORD has been ill several days. Mrs. R.H. PLATT and son, Myron, of Batavia, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. W. TYLER. The Corfu Grange will meet in the Grange hall on Friday. Dinner will be served at noon by the committee headed by Mr.and Mrs. Nelson A. HARPER. Harry BARTLETT has moved from the west rooms in his father's house to James OWEN's farm, east of Corfu. The firemen will hold their annual dance in the Grange hall Friday evening. Supper will be served by the Corfu firemen. Music will be furnished by LEGG's orchestra from Buffalo. Miss Harriet BROWN, Miss Thelma SMITH, Miss Georgia E. CARROLL and Miss Mae JOHNSON are home this ___ . * * [unknown township/partial article only; presumably, Bethany.] Miss Charlotte HARDING who is attending the William Smith College at Geneva is spending a week with her aunt, Miss Julia HARDING. Mrs. P.W. TIMMONS of Hamilton, Ont., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry WOOLF. Mrs. William HILL and daughter, Marian, are visiting Mrs. W.E. WAKEFIELD of Bergen. The Sunshine and Progressive Classes of the Baptist Sunday school will meet with Ruby and Isabel BECKWITH on Saturday evening. * * The information for the Genesee County Directory is being taken in Bethany Township by Fred LAWRENCE. Any courtesy shown him will be appreciated by the Farm Journal. * Elba Notes. Elba, April 13-Thomas MARSH has been redecorating the interior of h is new home and has moved in. The play, "Farm Folks," was to have been given at Barre Grange hall last week but was postponed on account of the bad night, until Friday evening, April 20th. Mrs. Ferdinand DORF has been ill but is much better. The condition of Russell CROSBY is very critical. The Rev. J.D. THOMAS and W.H. COLE attended the Presbytery at Perry on Monday and Tuesday of this week. Harrison HILL visited his parents at Albion on Sunday and his grandmother came back with him for a week's visit. Miss Ethel SANDERSON and Mrs. Harry BONNEY were with their parents for Easter Sunday. Quite a good many people from Elba were in Batavia to witness the patriotic parade on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Viola JONES has been visiting her son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. James JONES of Buffalo. The dairymen are drawing milk to the Wheat Ice Cream Company again after a long intermission on account of a disagreement on prices. Harry CROSBY has repaired the stables on the BARRENGER place and is keeping a team and wagon for work on the highways there. Russell FREW, who was in town for a few days to attend the funeral of William CARSON, has returned to his work at Flint, Mich. Roy PORTER has purchased a new Mitchell roadster. * * submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************