The Press., 1910-12-21

urday.
 The electric light company hal
 placed 40 Watt Tungston lamps or
 Che town clock.
 Miss Rose WorthInRten of Somer-
 vile. Mass, is She guest of Mrs
 Ohaa. H. Meyers, Jr.
 J. J. Harold. employed on the Panama canal is home on fuTlough.
 He will return about Jan 18th. People interested in pictures giving
 the early conditions of Stafford will
 nots with interest she framed copies
 recently lung in the main hall at the
 library buildings glft of Miss Celia
 Holt
 The annual meeting of the OonRre-
 gational church will bs held in the
 chapel Thursday evening, Dec 29th.
 Supper will be served at 80. Roll. call will follow with Tesponse from
 each member.
 The children of St. Edwards parish
 are GO have . Christmas tree Monday
 .fteFnoon at 3 o'clock Three hun
 dred of them have agreed to hold their IRppt tites in check for one day longer,
 and give Santa Claus . chance to go
 to church on Sunday.
 Mrs. Geolgianna Buckwheat A,
 wife of Thomas Buckwheat, died last
 Friday of puerperal eclampsia. Be- sides her husband, eight children sur
 vive her. The funeral was held from
 St. Edwards church Monday forenoon
 and She burial was in St Edwards 8
 oemetsry.
 Fire at Orange. Mass, burned the
 house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. George O. Fenton last Friday morn- ing. With the exception of their money, jewelry and a few articles of wearing apparel, shey saved nothing Mrs. Fenton was overcome by the ex. citement and was carried out of the house. Both MT Fenton and his wife are former sresidents of the Springs
 Special music by quartet and chorus will mark both morning and evening services at the Congregational church Christmas Sunday. h the morning she pastor will tell of "The Christmas j1y and how it came to be'' in the evening the oantata, ''The Star of Bethlehem" by B Flaxing HArker. will be rendered. The Christmas tree exercises will be held on Friday evening at 2 o'clock, with an enter tainment, consisting of readings and carols.
 Oscar H. Meyers, 36, died at hif home on High street last Thursday os . complication of diseases Mir Meyers had many local friends He was born in Germany, aud came from there to this town 8 number of years ago. He was employed at the Fabyan mill as a carpenter. For several years he had been engineer of the local Ire department and was popular with the company E His widow sur wives him. The funeral was held from his late home Sunday afternoon It 2. 30 and was largely attended. Rev R M D Adams, rector of . Grace church, officiated The burial vas in the Stafford Springs cemetery 2
 Methodist Church Notes: The h Christmas anniversary will be oele- h rated at the Methodist churoh with f, n entertainment and Chrishmas tree a, n Saturday evening, and with special q )hrisemaa services morning and even- tI ng on Sunday. The young people p i've Q very pleasing entertainment. rec to all, on Saturday evening, at z, N ntitled "Dr. Santa Claus' Cure. y b After the entertAinment there will be m of presents from the tree. al The morning sermon at 1O45 will set v, orth some of the lessons of Christmas. " number of young people are to be pl eceived as probationers at the morn. v. ng service and several will, bs bap- Ia ized. The singing of Christmas P Arols will be the feature of the even al ug service, the choir being enlarged Itb pr the occasion and the service being bs lmost entirely musical, ri Last Saturday, in the second game 1S the season, Stafford high defeated o1 le Rockville high basketball team in very hard-fought game, the game N, sing In doubt until the last moment he features of the game were the aying of Charter for Stafford and in lllotsoD for Rockville. Summary of ne lturday's game :-
 Stafford High. Rockville High. e., narter, If rg, Tillotson to aylor' If lg, Chapman D. lteen. o 0, Victory 1gley, rg If, Miskell ogerH, lg If, Loomis Baskets from floor, Charter 9. cal lapman, Loomis Goals from fouls. as' 'ylor 8. Referee, FIaherty and ia' are. Time-kseper, Butterield orer, Greenwood. Time, 2O-min- Ire g halves Attendance, 76 Next turday, the 24th, the high school ser nm will play the All RockviIIes and ma ,ndAy, the 26th. will play the Bill amni. Two good games are ex- osed. Games tailed at 8 D. m. Tod mission, 16o. low The directors of the Stafford Young Ge' ms club have adopted certain by- Lal "a. among which are these: The G. 'ms shall be open on Tuesday and resi ursday afternoons from 4.15 to 6 W. all boys from 10 to 15 years of risi b and on Saturdays from 1 to 6p A.
 It shall be open Tuesday and I urSday evenings from to 10 to Pri boys and men over IA years of ing ], and on Saturdays from to 10 mer m. Boys over 14 years of age at. hist ding schools may use the rooms gre, srnoons or aYanfnRn. Tha hnan Tu n