The Press., 1912-10-23

was recently the guest OA ItOA Miss Helen Anderson. .s .
 About thirty members of Stafford Grange spent very pleasant evenlnf E with Somers Grange last Thursday evening.
 MT. and Mrs. E. R. Carpenter pne daughter of Collingwood, Canada, are spending several days at Mrs. Emily Goodell's.
 MT. and Mrs. Alvin Fuller and daughter, Vera, of Springfield have been the guests of MT. and Mrs Aus tin Witt for few days.
 The men of the Universalist church will serve an oyster supper in the women's room of the church on Thursday evening. The supper will include besides oysters many other good things First table at o'clock. Price, 25c, to include an entertain. ment consisting of songs, recitations' etc. ,.
 A Halloween party will be held in Memorial hall Thursday evening, Oct. 3lst, under the auspices of Stafford Grange All are invited to attend ID costume. The auction of box lunches that has been so popular the past two years will again be a feature of the ,evening's sport. All ladies are in vited to bring box of lunch. The committee in charge are planning many stunts for the evenings amuse- ment, Lucy Lockett with her pocket having signed an agreement te be present. Admission, lOc. ..@ E:
 While Napoleon Barsaleau was at work ill his barn about 6.3O last Frtt day evening the lantern exploded, igniting the hay and setting the barn afire. By strenuous work he succeed ed in getting his horse out of the barn. Two cows and a calf were united in the barn, but the flames becoming so intense MT. Barsaleau was obliged to leave them to escape with his life. Nearly all his farm ing implements were burned, with sixteen tons of hay. The farm is owned by Charles Pero and was rented by MT. Barsaleau. The barn was in- sured for $.IlO, but MT. Barsaleau had no insurance and places his loss at about $500. ...-
 Baptist Notes The mid week ser vice is given up this week to enable the people to attend the Sunday school convention to be held at the NJ. E. church. Those attending and wishing transportation to the. HOl- low" at the close of the evening ses- sion are requested to report to the pas tor or Fred Glover as soon as possible. The Ladies' Aid are asked by tlIB president, Mrs. Harris, to meet for at the vestry. The mems club will meet for their first gathering on Thursday night at 7.3O at the chapel for sing, social time and to plan for the winter. The pastors theme on Sunday morning will be "Our country-God's country" .-. Staffordville ....... 7;
 CARD OF THANKs-We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kind ness, and also for the beautiful flowers they gave at the time of the death of our sister, Miss Catherine A. Giltrop #
 MR. AND MRs l.. J. SoHINDLER!
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 Mrs. s. Potter was the guest of MT. and Mrs. Wm. Whitaker over Sunday.
 Junior c. E. enjoyed a birthday social at Miss Jones' last Thursday afternoon.
 Mrs. Arthur Bosworth spent few days with Miss Ethel Whitaker at the Springs. ..... F 7. tt ..s-
 Mrs. Martha E. Allen of Mansfield is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Charles Smith. ..... sa.s..s ..F
 Mrs. H. B. Smith of Southington is spending few days at the Metho- dist parsonage. #. ..:"'5
 The pastor will lead the Epworth League meeting Sunday evening in the M. B. church.
 Raymond Ormsby of Concord, N. H., has been spending his vacation at home with his father, Geo IN. Ormsby. ->- e*.- .t..
 Misses Lizzie, Ida and Pearl Shep- ard spent few days with their sis ter, Mrs. Della Duplease, at Stafford Springs recently. ......... ..... ...
 Mrs. Cora Fedler and little son of the Springs visited her mother, Mrs. George Gray, and sister, Mrs. Leon Cooley, over Sunday. ...#
 Mrs. Wm. Chandler and Mrs. Frank Belcher attended the wedding of their cousin, Miss Leona Donaldson, to Alfred Wilcox last Friday after noon, Oct. IS, in Worcester, at the brides home .:* ..''
 Miss Jones was absent from town during two days of last week, being asked to give an address at the annual meeting of the Ware Valley Christian Endeavor union which met at Hard wick, Mass, Saturday.
 The Ladies' Aid society will hold a sale of fancy and useful articles in the M. E. vestry Thursday evening, the articles being made and sent in from those who once lived here and were members of the society, who now live out of town. There will also be homemade candy and ice R,. consisting of recitations, music and reading, and also a farce entitled 'The Train To Mauro,'' with the fol lowing cast of characters: Mrs. Butt termilk, an elderly lady from the country, Miss Nellie Dugdale; Mir Bright, clerk at a railway station, Dubrelle Wilson; Johnnie Butter milk, a terrible child, Master Eddie Harrinpton Admission for admits.