The Press., 1912-11-13

A citizens caucus for the nomina- tion of borough officers will be held at Borough hall tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock.
 There will be a meeting of the Eastern Star chapter this evening, and there will be an initiation and re- treatments.
 Plans are being made for social and dance given by the L. A. A. o. H. in St. Edwards hall New Years eve for the benefit of St. Edwards church.
 Postmaster Abel has tabulated the weight and number of pieces of mail passing through the local office dur ing the month of October. Rural route No. l had 1422 incoming pieces, weighing 40 pounds and 13 ounces. Outgoing pieces on the same route numbered 6634, weighing 1913 pounds and 1 ounce. Route No , had 1920 incoming pieces, weighing 37 pounds, and 4695 outgoing, weigh ing 788 pounds and 13 ounces. Route No. 8ssllowed 937 incoming pieces, |weighing 22 pounds and 9 ounces, ApNith 6465 outgoing, weighing 559 fpounds and 8 ounces The Stafford low, shows 2725 pounds and 9 ounces despatched and 735 pounds and 3 ounces received. .-.-- ....
 The annual town appropriation meeting was held at the town hall Monday afternoon. E. c. Pinney presided. There were 46 voters pres ent. The budget for the coming year, made out by the selectmen, showed that tax of 10 mills, would prob ably pay all expenses, including $3OOO in bonds that will become due. It was voted to lay tax of 10 mills. The usual appropriation of $8O for the observance of Memorial day was voted. Article third, to see if the town would vote to accept the deed of the 20 acres of land at Hydeville pre- sented by the Phoenix Woolen con- pany for Hyde Park extension, was voted. Wm. Park, in making the motion to accept this land for a park, spoke of the many public bequests and gifts that have been made in the past. It was also voted to approve of the vote of the trustees of the Hyde Park fund to appropriate the sum of $5, 900 from the Hyde fund for the Hyde Park extension at Hydeville and the vote of the trustees to pay $15OO of the above $5OOO to the park commissioners for the improving and developing of the park extension, or as much of the $500 as the comm missioners wish to expend, the income of the balance of the $5O0O to be used in maintaining the park extension. All of the above matters were unanimously passed. Article six, to see if the town would vote to increase the board of park commissioners from five to seven, by the addition of two ladies on the board, was disposed of by voting to take no action on it. The following appointments of minor officers were made by the selectmen: Sealer of weights, Jacob Glover; sealer of leather, G. l.. Dennis; wood meas urers, T. M. Lyon, O. B. Pinney, G. M. Barlow, H. c. Holt, B. T. Eaton, E. E. Fletcher, 0. B. Gary; public weighers, B. c. Pinney,.C. H. Moore, 0. P. Bradway, O.. B. Gary, G. l.. Dennis, George J. Gary; sextons, Burt T. Lamb, John Kane, G. B. Cooley, | E. D. Ellis, 0. D. Glazier, Wm. H. Heald, E. K. Taft, Russell Colburn, Henry Boyer, Clarence Turner.
 The council of the federation of churches of Stafford held very busy and all-important meeting Sunday af- ternoon in the Congregational chapel. There was good attendance and every church in the federation was ably represented. The secretary, Clarence Wood, now being employed in Spring field, tendered his resignation and +. H. Plumb was selected as scribe. Elaborate reports on the five lines of work were made by the. committee chairmen and others. Rev. L. G. Horton, reporting for the committee on bible study, laid plans before the council for@a a teacher training class, to include a course of ten, lessons. Be- | cause of the success of the class last | winter, there is a more general in- terest in better teacher preparation in | all parts of the town; so much so, | that a committee was chosen to arr