The Press., 1909-06-16

and Mrs J. NJ. Dimmock the first or the week
 The graduation exercises of the ninth grade of the Pinney Grammar school will be held at Memorial hall on Friday afternoon at o'clock.
 Universalist Church Notes: Next Sunday will be observed as children s Sunday by the Universalist Sunday school and church. The observance will be confined to the morning se1- vice, which will consist of special form conducted by the pastor and the Sunday school members. Miss Blanche Soule will give Q brief history of chiIdren's Sunday, and Miss Ruth Dunham will read Longfellow's poem, ''The Children. '' There will be special musical numbers The pas. tor will preach brief sermon appro- priate to the occasion. The members of the Universalist Sunday school are requested to bring their offering for the Blackmer home in Japan next Sunday, and to hand the envelopes or the money to the pastor. The en- velopes should be returned with the money in order that the pastor may know for whom to provide certificates, The Y. P. o. U. will meet in the assembly room at 6 p. m. Topic, {" Hearing and doing. The need of both" Leader, Miss Maud Booth. The Union meetings will close June 27 for July and August, as usual.
 Staffordville.
 T. M. Lyon was in West Ashford on Sunday.
 John Lilley is visiting friends in Hartford this week.
 Allen West is employed weaving in the Garland mill.
 Edward Weizner was in New York the first of the week.
 Samuel Lambert was in Worcester on a business trip last Friday.
 Mrs. Eva Lucy and daughter of Monson are visiting local relatives
 Raymond Kemp of Easthampton visited local relatives over Sunday.
 Mrs. s. Lambert and son recently visited relatives in West Swanzey, N. Fl.
 Mrs. Rena Baker of Hartford visited her mother, Mrs. Sarah Potter, recent ly.
 There will be a salad supper ins sthe M. E. vestry next week Thursday evening.
 A dance will be held at Lyon's hall Saturday night. Music by Woods orchestra.
 Mrs. Leon s. Cooley and son, Joseph, were the guests of her sister in Manchester over Sunday.
 Mrs. Sarah Vest is spending few weeks with her daughters. Mrs. AL bert Anderson and Mrs. Frank Con- verse.
 Milton Beleher, accompanied by two nieces, Misses Bessie and Ruth Duncan of Monson, visited local friends on Sunday.
 Thomas Oavanaugh has resigned his position in the Garland mill as loom fixer, and has accepted position in Mechanicsville.
 Mrs. D. Beloher and granddaugh- ter. Miss Maud Smith. have been spending few days with relatives in FitzwilIiam, N. H.
 Mahlon H. West has resigned his position with the Rhode Island Wor. sted Co,, and is employed as loom f1xer in the Garland mill
 Mrs. w. Bradway is taking care of her daughter, Ruth. at the Springs, who is ill with measles at the home of Mrs. Harvey Barrett.
 The district superintendent, Rev. J. H. Newland, will hold the first quarterly conference in the Methodist vestry next Tuesday evening at 7. 80 5
 Irving H. Agard, who formerly passed his summers at Staffordville, is member of the graduating class at Amherst college. the members of which receive their diplomas the last of this month.
 The program for the children's day concert was appropriately carried out, and the church was decorated for the occasion. The children took their parts splendidly and the pastor made fine remarks
 George N. Ormsbury recently picked and shipped from his mushroom bed five mushrooms weighing 13 pounds each, two of them, the largest, measuring 6 inches in circumference and weighing 4 ounces.
 The descendants and blood relations of the late Nathan Agard have con- pleted plans for reunion at the old homestead in the Hall district July ation will be formed. Walter R. Agard, Amherst, Mass is secretary of the committee in charge of the ar engagements.
 Congregational Church Notes: Preaching service next Sunday as usual. The Ladies Aid society will serve salad supper in the vestry Thursday evening. Price: Adults, 15o; children, loo. The J. o. B. society will be omitted this week on. account of the school picnic being held on the same afternoon.
 Methodist Church Notes: This evening the E. l.. prayer meeting topic will be Rejected opportuni- ties. ]" Leader, O. Williams. Next Sunday morning the pastor will preach at the usual hour. Sunday school at 12 o'clock The usual praise and preaching service at p. m. All are invited
 West Stafford.
 J. P. Washburn is critically i'll at this writing.
 Roy Barlow was at his home in UaaAeor1 ovor Cun6ov