The Press., 1909-03-31

Aronson.
 Miss Louise Beckwith is in will
 mantic, and will spend Sunday l
 Waterbury.
 The number of the nsw telephon
 placed by Miss Beokwith and K. [
 Burr is 45-5
 Rev. George J. Donohue of st
 Edwards church preached in Meridel
 last Wednesday evening.
 Dr. O. B. Newton, who has beel
 i'll with an obstinate attack of tht grip, is steadily improving.
 Miss Katherine Smith returned
 Monday from a visit of several week in Lawrence, Kansas, and Rochester N. Y.
 J. Hawley Larned, teacher of Ger man and Latin in 8 private school il Waban, Mass.. is home for the Easte recess.
 O. ". Wood, who has been em ploysd at che Central mill office, ha taken a position as bookkeeper at thu Faulkner mill.
 MT. and Mrs. Christopher Allen ana Miss Beatrice Congdon will go tC Atlantic City.. N. J., tomorrow, ex peoting to spend Easter there.
 s. Roger, IT,. proprietor of thc Central fish market, recently pur chased from George Wilson. calls at tention in the local notices to his flint fish list for this week.
 There will be 0 dance at Eaton hall Easter Monday evening, April 12. under the auspices of the "Jolly Five" Music will be by Lynch'i orchestra. Prof. Jenkins prompter.
 The assessors have nearly completed their labors in the borough, and con. siderable property has been located that has never been listed. Included in this is a good sized house and lol on Main street.
 Mrs. Charles Fox, who has been in 8 critical condition for the past three months at tEs home of her nephew. ". ". Hdye. in Hartford, is gaining rapidly. The indications are that she will soon be walking about, though perhaps slightly lame.
 A representative of a Boston home for destitute children was at St. Ed wards church last Sunday, accom- panied by seven little homeless ap- plicants for admission to charitable families. The four girls and three boys were quickly taken, and pro- vision was made for several more.
 Carpenters are at work at the store of Haskell AroDson, connecting the old store with the addition in the rear. With this addition MT. Aronson will have a roomy establishment. Campo Bros. will use their additional room for making ice cream, and this will also be finished of in the near future.
 Charles R. Newton, now employed at Millbury. Mass has accepted a position at the Warren mills as de- signer, and will take. up his duties next week. He will go to house keeping in one of his fathers houses on Maple street. and his many local friends are pleased that he and his wife are to make their home here.
 The Current Events club gave Mon- day evening to review of Stafford's industries and inventions. Short sketches of all the present mercantile establishments which were doing business here thirty years ago or over were given Stafford thirty years hence was amusingly prophesied. A biography and poems of Miss Ella M Baker were read.
 At the Gem theater this week, in to the moving pictures. Miss Maude Cady sings illustrated songs. Thursday evening will be amateurs night. At the Bijou, Olive Nelson and Jesse Burden will close their en- sagement this evening For the bal anoe of the week the vaudeville at- traction at the Bijou will be the Delmar Brothers. acrobats.
 Rev. Felix J O'Neill began this week to make his pastoral visit to every family in St. Edwards parish, and to take an accurate census of the under his Jurisdiction. Including Union, Ashford and Will lington. the parish embraces 300 Iquare miles. The settlement of many abandoned farms in the far eastern section entails more mission. sry labor to-day than was ever before necessary. .-..4 4.ft
 The Girls club made charming lostesses in the entertaining of their friends yesterday afternoon and even- ng. The Congregational chapel was arranged with hemlock, lowers, booths and 8 tea room Piano, violin and music box selections ldded to the enjoyment. The sale of ood, homemade confections, salted fancy articles. tulip bed mysteries and the tea table lunches brought the young ladies over 45 dol ars.
 Mrs. Octave Bassow. 66. died at Ter home on Prospect street Tuesday fternoon at 3 o'clock. after a long Illness of diabetes. The deceased vas born at St. Gregoire, Can. and | anne here about 20 years ago. Mrs. sassow's maiden name was Miss I'Louise Oddette, and she was united | D marriage to MT. Bassow 52 years ! go. Mrs. Bassow was the mother of | 4 children, seven of whom are iving-Dr. George J. BassoW of Athol, Mass, E J. BassoW of Spring leld, Mass Mrs. ". H. Moody of srattleboro. Vt., Mrs E. M. Cham- 'erlin of staffordville, Mrs. E. A. of Putnam, Mrs. H. s. Ford f. Yaukia and Mrr ETuiu q Mawliu0