The Press., 1903-01-29
Past Master David Bissett installed

| F8SL MASTER D2VlQ blSS0Gt installed
the following officers of Ionic lodge Tues
day evening: W. M, R. M. Fisk; s.
w., Anders Jacobsen j. W., John Sis
wick; 8. D., David Bissett; j. D., e. s.
Baker; s. s., Charles Butterfield; j. s.,
r. w. WINNINGS chaplain, Rev. William
Morrall; tyler, Emory Pierce; organist
]. T. Wood; marshall, W. nj. Crawford.
A collation. was served.
Communicated
At the last meeting of the Current
Events club 1t was decided to invite Miss
Morgan Of Hartford to address the Cur
rent Events club and Relief Corps COM
mittee on the methods of girls club,
from her experience, and to assist In the
organization of such club for all inter-
ested In its benefits. The girls and young
women of the mills and stores, and do
mestics, by the payment of small annual
dues, can have their own officers, and
will, this winter, be provided with short
monthly literary and musical entertain
ment and games by committees from the
ties. They will have the privileges of a
club room, fitted with ping pong and 9TH
er games, and light gymnastic apparatus.
This club room can also be used for class
es In branches desired. On fortnightly
Saturday afternoons ladies can attend a
cooking class, II large enough number
OF names are handed to the executive
committee of the Current Events club to
warrant securing the services of the prin-
cipal of the New England Cooking school
of Springfield.
Stafford.
Bert Lambs three children have the
whooping cough.
L. s. Goodell Is again very low, and it
Is not thought that he will rally.
The monthly covenant meeting of the
Baptist church will be held Saturday
evening.
The Universalist Sunday school have
added number of new books to their
library this week.
Herman Ladish slipped on the ice last
Sunday at his home at the Village and
badly sprained his ankle, which has since
confined him to the house.
The Hydeville Ladies' tea party met
with Mrs. George KiDgsbury yesterday
afternoon, and Its excellent reputation
drew guests from as far as Roiyoke.
Glover's bus carried load of the
members of Wolcott lodge of Masons
down to the Springs Tuesday evening to
witness the installation of officers Of Ionic
lodge in that place.
Henry Walker, who resides with his
cousin, 1. Russell Jencks, received word
of his fathers death last Saturday. His
mother died about five weeks ago. Their
home was In North CRANKY, Mass.
A number of cottage prayer meetings
will be held next week by the Baptist
church to prepare for the series of special
meetings which are to begin a week from
next Tuesday. Rev. F. Ell. Divine Of
Hartford, who has just come from the
First Baptist church of Albany, N. Y, to
be superintendent of missions for the
Baptist convention of Connecticut, will
have charge of the special meetings, and
will preach every night while they last.
The vaudeville company, which has
been playing a ten-nights' engagement in
the town hall, made their last night, Sat-
urdov Tho poocf ovoifiD0 ond infaroetIpo
of all. The contests for the different
prizes grew a little warm towards the
finish, and the way soap, medicine, etc.,
sold was sight we'll worth seeing. Mrs.
Thomas Simouds was fortunate in having
friends enough to make her the winner of
the silver set for being the most popular
lady, and her baby was also the winner
Of the silver pitcher. VIM. Hops of
Hydeville became the possessor of the
library lamp for having the most soap
wrappers, and Sam. Hunt of the same
place carried off half-dozen silver spoons
as a prize for being the best amateur
musician.
staffordviIle.
Mass will be celebrated at st. Joseph's
chapel Sunday at 9 80.
]. 81. Mccarthy purchased E. T. Loom
er's fast horse recently.
VIM. A. Thompson saw two deer near
Wesley Bradway's recently.
Ella Belcher, of Monson, formerly of
this village, visited relatives here last
week.
VIM. A. Thompson has been papering
and painting John Hamilton's new resi-
dence.
The Reading Circle will meet at the
home Of Mrs. Hughes, instead of at the
parsonage.
Mrs. A. o. Comins and little son spent
Tuesday with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Tobin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Melbourne and a
number of others from Wales attended
the mock trial Tuesday night.
Miss Elizabeth Heck spent last Thurs
day at the Hollow as the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Sonersville, and their niece,
Miss Lillias Cady.
The carding and spinning rooms In Peel
4 McCarthy's mill are running nights
now. The night boss carder Is John
Cantlin of Bristol, who, with his wife, Is
boarding at A. s. Eaton's for the present.
George L. Mclean, state inspector of
factories, and a young friend named Mr.
Harwood, both of Rockville, were In Stat
fordvllle Friday and Saturday fishing
through the Ice on the reservoir. While
here they stopped at A. s. Eaton's. Both
gentlemen are enthusiastic fishermen.
There was very good attendance at
the mock trial In the Congregational YES
try Tuesday night, the entertainment be-
ing by far the best ever given by the
Young Mems club. The prisoner, Sam
uel L. Heck, was brought into court by