The Press., 1911-01-25

tDUS1uoo8 b1IR Misaea Jessie and Gertrude Peas Eare in WiIlimantio.
 f Mrs. 0. B. Pinney has gone on hort cruise to the Bermudas. William Smith is confined to hi
 home on East Main street by illness. T Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Newto
 are expected to return to Stafford thi
 week.
 .I The young child of MT. and Mrs \ IsAngust Pantella is i'll with pneu lmonia.
 F. W. Delligan has taken tn management of the lunch room in tn
 Foster block.
 John Dykes of Springfield has takel Ia position as chauffeur for the Fabyal
 Woolen company.
 The State Line Toe company is i'll ling the big houses at Evergreen parl
 with 11-inoh ice.
 Charles Lyman Gary has gone t' Taunton. Mass where he will learI the holders trade.
 The W. R. O will serve supper Friday from to 2. and will als' hold an apron sale.
 The Girls Joy club are planning to have . dance Feb. 27, with music by Lynch's orchestra.
 Joseph L. Shea, who is employed Iby the Fabyan Go. at Medway, Maas Twas home over Sunday.
 Ths Eastern Star will have . whist Eparty at;Ionio hall Friday evening foI members and invited guests.
 The Knights of Columbus drew q large attendance last evening and proved a very enjoyable party.
 The two children of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Royce have been i'll, but are now showing some improvements.
 John sena Is quite i'll at his rOoml on Main street as the result of blood poisoning, caused by pairing Q corn. < The Fabyau company are connecting their sprinkling system for the finish ing room, building with the town wateT.e t
 Miss Ethel Moore has been engaged aa assistant to Miss Edith OushmAn In the kindergarten depArtment of the public schools. --....e o..s "
 The Stevens studio will be closed week days for 8 while. Special ap- pointments can bs made at the store of Miss N.. N. Whiton.
 The New York Bargain Store starts ta sale Friday morning of this week. and will close ont the bulk of the stock previous to leaving town
 District Deputy Murphy and the degree team from Court snipsic of Rockville will visit the local lodge of Foresters on Thursday evening. The B. N. Fl. will meet Friday night st 2 5 p. m. at the Congrega. tional chapel. Special: Stars and stripes, SOont Law i; New, Remem ber- able Morse. ..
 Miss Celia Holt. Miss Esther Bur- leigh of Hampden and Mr and Mrs. E. O Pinney of the Hollow have gone on Raymond trip to California, and will be gone two months.
 The All-StafEord basketball team will play the Rockville A. o. O. team at Borough hall Saturday even. ing as 7.45. Each team has won . game and Q elose contest is expected. Admission, 15 cents.
 The Mathodist and Congregational churches will hold their regular monthly union service next Sunday evening at the Congregational church. Rev. c. A. GTNnt will preach. Sub. jsot, The moSAl suhetituts for war. " The: Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist church will meet for sew. ing next week Wednesday afternoon as 9 o'clock Work, tying quilts. The next regular social will be held Feb 'ruary '22d, and will be planned to harmonize with the celebration of the holiday.
 The announcement that ali of the important express companies will make a reduction in through rates will be welcome news here Instead of two companies which may handle an express package making a separate charge on each line, the charge will be the same as If one company had carried the package. -
 Next Sunday morning at the Con- gregational church Rev. R G. Clapp's theme will be Unconscious infiu. ence' '' At the Thursday evening meeting this week there will be discussion of the Federation proposed at the meeting of the progressive forces of Stafford and of the attitude of the churches toward 1t.
 Prof. W. B. Bailey of Yale univer- sity will lecture cn "The immigrant'' February 9th at the Congregational church. The Current Events club extends . cordial invitation to all to attend this free entertainments. Mir Bailey Is not only professor of eco- monies and sociology at the univer- sity, but has class of 300 or 400 students on American social conditions at the divinity school, which is one of the most popular in the theological course. He is an acknow lodged au- thority all over the country where his text books are in use, and his advice sought on practical philanthropy and organized charity. After his college oourse many watched with interest Mir. Bailey's study of the tramp prob lem, which he did by joining their ranks for . time.
 The four-aCt drama. entitled "A Celebrated Case,' will be presented in St. Edwards hall March IT, and in Memorial hall. Stafford Hollow.