The Press., 1907-05-08


 York spent Monday with his mother, Mrs. E. Thompson.
 Mrs. J. N. Brown and Miss Annie Wobbecke spent Sunday with rela- tives in Springfield.
 Willie A. BrowD and Clifton A. Colburn have entered the Mt. Hermon school at Northfield, Mass.
 The annual meeting of the Stafford Cemetery association will be held at the town hall next Wednesday at p. m.
 Fifty books have been received from the main library by the branch. and are now on the shelves for oircu- lation.
 Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Hersey are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son, Theodore Adams Hersey, last Friday.
 Mrs. Lucy Wadsworth, who recent ly underwent an operation in hospi- tai at Norwich, has returned home much improved.
 Regular morning service at Baptist church next Sunday. In the evening G. 3O) the pastor will speak on the Book of Proverbs.
 The experience social held last Friday evening at the Baptist church was a decided success, over $8O being realized for the proceeds of the even ing.
 "Heroisms of common life" will be the topic for the Y. P. O. U. meeting, in the assembly room, at 80 p. m. Sunday. Leader, Carl Lasbury.
 A supper and entertainment, under the auspices of the Y. P. 0. U.. will be given tonight at the Universalist church. Supper, 15c; entertainment. loo. Ice cream, candy, etc., for sale.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap- tist church will meet Thursday after noon for work, and serve supper from to 8 o'clock. Hostesses, Mrs. Will liam Webster and Mrs. Harvey George.
 H. F. Cady has purchased of F. L.. Upham a wood lot and the standing timber on the farm recently sold to George Heck, and will begin cutting as soon as he has finished the Goodell place.
 Mrs. l. Russell Jencks has returned home, after an absence of two months. Part of the time she has been i'll at the hospital in Springfield, and the remainder of the time she has spent with her daughter in Ludlow, Mass.
 stanordvine.
 Arthur Hubert, 4, died last We'd nesday after a short illness.
 Richard Avery, who has been i'll with pneumonia, is better.
 Miss Cora Gray has accepted po- sition in Warren, Mass.
 s. B. Amadon visited friends in Bridgeville over Sunday.
 A. D. Marchant has accepted a po- sition in Franklin. Mass.
 William Ingham of Maynard, Mass, was the guest of Miss Idabelle Bowden over Sunday.
 Rev. Joseph Fischer will exchange pulpits with Rev. Thomas lyric next Sunday morning.
 Mrs. A. H. Preble and Mrs. J. L. Washbnrn visited relatives in Orcutt- vile over Sunday.
 The gentlemen of the M. E. church will serve a supper in the church vestry next week Thursday evening.
 Christian Endeavor meeting this evening in the Congregational vestry. Subject, ''Lesscns from the patri- archs Joseph.
 Alonzo Carpenter, who has been employed on the trolley road in Wa terbury, has resigned his position and is home for vacation.
 Junior Christian Endeavorers meet Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock with Edward Sanger. Subject, "The wise mans advice to young people"
 A son was born to MT. and Mrs Horatio West last Friday morning in Warren, Mass, and grandson to MT. and Mrs. Mahlon West of Stafford vile.
 J. Morton Moore has sold all of his wood land, which comprises nearly all of his farm, to Myron W. Leonard and Alva Sands. He retains only the two open pastures.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Congregational church will hold their annual box bazaar in the vestry Thursday evening. There will be the usual 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 cent tables. An entertainment will be given at 8 o'clock. Admission free.
 Next Sunday morning at the Con- gregational church the subject will be "Why ought to become a Chris tian? To the veterans-It is time you knew what it all amounts to. !" In the evening the pastor will lecture on "David, the consummate nation builder.'' ...
 West Stafford.
 Mrs. Orlando Avery is very ill with pneumonia.
 Mrs. Florence is improving and is able to sit up.
 Miss Josephine Newell was in Will limantic over Sunday.
 Junior O. E. meeting next Satur- day afternoon at 2 o'clock.
 Mrs. A. M. Graves and son, Wal ter, returned to New London Monday.
 A petition has been in circulation in favor of having the post office re- tained in this village.
 T. A. Williams of the Yale divinity school preached in the Congregation al church last Sunday.
 Remember the hash supper and