The Press., 1912-02-14

| Lyon attended th0 Tuueral UA bHoA brother's wife last Monday at Wood stock Valley.
 Mrs. Charles Anderson and dauRh ters of West Suffield and Mrs. Albert Converse of Greenfield, Mass, have bsen the guests of MT and Mrs. Joseph Roberts.
 News of the death of Wm. Kay, 3 former resident of this place and fol many years boss dyer at the Riverside mill, has been received, bus no par tioulars. His home was in F1ordia.
 The members of the Y P. O. U. will serve "hospital'' supper next Wednesday evening from to z. 3O. Entertainment will consist of "The Ladies' Home Journal from Cover to Oover," and will begin at 7.45 o'clock.
 The bowling alley connected with the barber shop was put in condition early in the winter aud has proved a pleasant place for the young men to spend their evenings team made up of some of the other "boys" played last Monday evening. when Willard Dimmock surprised some of them by his excellent playing. The highest record yet made is by Dan Keefe of 1O6.
 At the Universalist church the Sun day next before Lent, which Is next Sunday, will be observed. At the morning service the topic of the ser mon by the pastor will vbe "The fast that God chooses. '' At the Young Peoplo's Christian Union meeting the thought will be Thoughts turned toward Lent and Eas CT '' Bcief papers will be read by veral members and special hymns will be used appropriate to the day. A good cougrcg4tion listened with appreois- tion to Rev Dr. Joseph Jordan's &C., unt of his mission training school among the negroes of Suffolk, Va. ~.
 Advertised letters in Stafford post offi9e: Mrs. Luoy Green, Mrs -Rog. ers, Mrs. Mary Stewart, Mrs, John Place, Mrs. Delioe, Mrs Emma An dersou, Mrs Roy Clark, Mrs G s Dimock, Mrs. Arabella Whiting, Miss Gertrude sohnienk, Miss Mary steb. bins Miss Emily Florip, Miss Nellie Foley, Miss Marion Hopkinson, Wm OrAbtree, Geo. L. Kellogg, John O., Durey, Eugene King, Lester Randall, Herbert Gammons, Fred Cast, Orlando Pick tt, 0 F. Taylor, Cbarles Ives, John E. Hurlbut, J. Mullansky, James O. Q'Briep, Dan Wiokershaw, Just Contogioniz, Mchelle Jesulle, H Peuortka. StaffordviIle .
 Lester Ohilds Is suffering w.t'I a bone felon.
 Junior 0. E meeting, 3 p m.. at Mrs. A. A Vests. Leader, Marion Turner.
 Misses Bertha Beloher and Maude Smith spent Sunday with friends in Somers. .- !
 Frank A. Brown of Monson was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W, E Belcher over Sunday, @'| ~.-
 A flock of nine deer were seen on the farm of Wm Chandler the first of this week. :.
 Mrs, A. A, West, who has. b5en visiting her friend, Miss E M. Hyde. in Norwich, returned home last Sat- urday. @s-,sss." =as~ " ' -sg.
 Llewellyn Wilson of Ashford and Ed. Harrington of Springfield were guests of MT, and Mrs Jerry Wilson over Sunday. ss
 Remember the supper and apron sale held in the Methodist vsstry Thursday evening Hostesses, Mrs L. Booth and Mrs O Smith. @-..
 The senior society of Christian En- deavor met socially one evening. last week at Miss Jones'. Mrs G. W. Miller of the Epworth League assisted Miss Jones as hostess. .; '''.' @.~.
 Distriet SuperinteEdent Newland will hold the fourth quarterly coufer- enoe in the local M E. church Sstur. day evening at 7.3O Rev. MT. New land will preach next Sunday morn- ing, which will be communion ser. vice.
 Kennsth Gorden, the four-mouths- old son of MT. and Mrs Horatio G. West, died very suddenly last Friday morning of heart failure. The fu- neral was held in the Congregational church Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The bereaved family have the sym pathy of the community.
 Next Sunday afternoon at 3 p m Rev. John W Ballantine will preach at the Congregational church The Sunday school session will be held at ? p. m- Y P, s. O E, ' p. m subjsct, Decisions," Ps. 57:1-1I. Leader, c. Ernest Cooley Wsdnes- day, prayer meeting at Mrs. \. A. Vests. Subject, Our contribution to Christian unity" John IT 1.26
 West Stafford.
 Mrs Francelia Goll is i'll
 MT, and Mrs. Ernest LoVeland hav3 moved to Stafford Springs .,.
 Warren Ide of Sterlington, N Y has been visiting at N. Parker Hard ing's -~@'>. -.' ,@@&.'
 Miss Edna Fletcher of the Davis s district is at Mrs Alonza shepard's for short time.
 Mrs Emma Mesoham Parsons, a former teacher here, and her daughter. from Ellington have been the guests of W. P. Pease .--. .s-.. r.--- ....lI
 The Ladies' Aid will s,rve s1pper. Feb 27th. to hs followed by readings by Miss Mae HirseEr aud music There will be further notioe next week.
 The choir of the Vest Stafford Con. gregational church assisted in the singing at the preaching servi1e in