The Press., 1912-04-03

the store of ". E. Hanley on Thurs
 day from g a. m. to 8 p,m. to receive
 the taxes.
 The borough health officer reports for March as follows: Measles, 24
 scarlet fever, 1 whooping cough, 3 tuberculosis, 3.
 The free illustrated lecture or ''Bird life" by Harold Pierce will bc given tonight in the Congregations
 church at 7.3O.
 Adelbert Needham received 8 car
 load of workers and drivers Saturday
 and business is now active in the horse department.
 ; The communion will be partaken
 Thursday evening at the Oongrega.
 tional church. The theme of the
 communion talk will be "Great ex-
 pectations '' Friday at 7.15 p. m.
 the pastors class will discuss What Christians do" At g p. m. there will be Good Friday address and meditation on the theme Betrayed by his friends. |" Next Sunday morning MT. Waite has prepared special Easter music and the pastor will preach on The God of the living" The an- nual offering for the endowment fund of the church will be taken up at this service. The Sunday school will hold a special Easter service of re- sponsive readings and carols at l2, to which the congregation are invited to remain. In the evening the music will consist of Dudley Bucks "Christ the Victor, " companion piece to the "The Coming of the King" by the same composer, which was given at Christmas The church quartette will be assisted by a chorus of 25 voices, Fred Green tenor, a bass solo, ists, and singers from Rockville. Dr. G. Percival Bard will accompany on the piano. A collection will be taken, as at the previous special ser vices of song, to defray expense.
 Alfred Close, 75, died in Hartford hospital Saturday morning from the effects of burns received a short time before he was taken to the hospital. MT. Close was we'll known locally. For many years he had conducted a small livery, and in this way came in touch with many people from out of town as we'll as local residents. Pre- vious to this he was employed in the Converse mill MT. Close was a na- tive of England and came to this country when a boy. He enlisted as private in Company 0, First Regi- ment, Connecticut Volunteers, and was engaged in the battle of Bull Run, in which the union forces were defeated. This enlistment was for only three months and he was mus tered out July 31, 1861, at New Haven. He re-enlisted in Company D, Twenty fifth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, August 22, 1862, and was mustered into service at Hartford for nine months. He left the state with his regiment November 14, 1862, for Long Island and soon after wards embarked for New Orleans, joining the expedition under General Banks for the reduction of Port Hud- son. He was wounded in the engage ment at Irish Bend and had to be sent to the hospital at New Orleans. He returned to his regiment at the siege of Port Hudson and remained until the surrender. He was honorably l mustered out at Hartford August 26, | 1868. MT. Close leaves no near rela- tives. He was member of Winter post and Ionic lodge of -Masons. The \ funeral was held from the Methodist church Monday afternoon, Rev. R. G. Clapp officiating in the absence of the regular pastor. The burial was in the Stafford Springs cemetery un- der the charge of Ionic lodge.
 Next week Saturday will mark the opening of the Men and Religion campaign rally for Stafford Meet ings for men only will be held Satur- day afternoon and evening and Sun day afternoon. The speakers will occupy pulpits in the borough, and if possible West Stafford and the Hollow on Sunday morning, and there will be a closing union service at the Methodist church Sunday night. Since the Hartford eight-day meet ings in January several teams of Hartford men have visited some 20 Connecticut cities and towns to hold weekend rallies. Team number two, which includes some of the most ex- perienced men in this deputation work, will visit here and the meetings will profit by their previous visits to Norwich and other cities. The leader of this team is Secretary Hubert of the Hartford Y. M. o. "A, the only delegate from Hartford to the Buffalo convention of 1910 that organized the Men and Religion movement. Spend ing his boyhood on a farm and start ing his business career in the west, he has rounded out his training by Y. M. O. A. positions in New York city and Massachusetts. Under his administrative guidance in Hartford there are now being conducted weekly noon religious meetings in 3 different factories, with weekly attendance of 1900 men. Hon. l.. P. Waldo Marvin, judge of probate in Hartford, who will represent social service, is a member of the diocesan commission on that subject, member of the exe- cutive committee of the Connecticut Society for Mental Hygiene, director of the Connecticut peace conference, president of the Open Hearth, rescue mission and lodging house, and presi- dent of the Connecticut Association of Probate Judges. George E. Davis of the faculty of the Hartford high school will present Bible study. MT. Davis is chairman of the Hartford