The Press., 1913-05-07


 lawn festival before the end of May.
 Mrs. H. B. Mowry of Sterling is guest of her sister, Mrs. G. Perciva Bard.
 St. Edwards school children hay begun preparation for the closing ex ercis es, which will be held in June.
 William Wynings, caretaker O Hyde Park, has been appointed 1 special constable by the court of bur gesses.
 Mrs. R. W. Ellis has gone to Wild wood sanitorium, Hartford, where, i is hoped by her many friends, rest anC treatment will restore her to norma health.
 F. E. Oady has been taking an en forced vacation for two weeks from his work on The Press on account o1 illness. He has been at Hoboken, N. J., the past week and at last reports was feeling better.
 J. A. Foster and W. H. Heald have been appointed commissioners to heal a number of disputed claims against the Carrie F. Chaffee estate of Union. The hearing will be held at the office of Judge R. H. Fisk on Saturday at 9 o'clock.
 The park commissioners had plan. ned to build a rustic bridge across the stream above the location of the old foot bridge, recently removed, to furnish a nearer approach to the park from the western part of the borough. They have given up the project, as they were unable to obtain permission for an entrance through the mill 
 Winter post, G. A. R. ,. has accept ed an invitation to attend Grace church Sunday morning, May 25th, when the rector, Rev. P. V. Norwood, will deliver the memorial sermon. Rev. L.G. Horton of Westerly, R. I. :, recently pastor of the local Methodist church, will deliver the address on Memorial day. Citizens band has been engaged for Memorial day and the exercises of the day will be carried out about as usual.
 The annual meeting of the Current Events club will be held Monday night. Miss Isabel Russell and Miss Q. A. Washburn will be the hostess es. The club will give the musical part of the program. All members to attend the banquet at South Manchester, May 23d, in honor of National Federation President Mrs. Percy Pennybacker of Texas are re- luested to hand their names to Miss Annette Washburn, secretary, by Monday night, May 12th.
 St. Edwards Church Notes: Next Sunday will be Pentecost. A priest rom Hartford will assist the pastor Or that feast. The mass in Stafford 7ille will be at the usual hour, 9 ,'clock. The following Sunday will 'e Trinity, the end of the Pa chal eason. The eightdays' mission ser ice will begin at St. Joseph's church, 'taffordville, on Trinity Sunday. Rev. David W. Kennedy a missionary f St. Paul the Apostle, will conduct he mission.
 Stafford.
 F. A. Lasbury is demonstrating the CIV Edison disk phonograph.
 At 8 meeting ofStafford Grange, No. }, held May 6, a vote of thanks was iven to MT. Asa Harris, Mrs. Ida Bell olburn and Miss Janet Dobson, who SO indly assisted with music for the danc- lg class during the past winter.
 MABELLE E. EDISON, Sec'y.
 Mrs. Rodney Caryl and daughter of dorchester, Mass, are the guests of IT. and Mrs. George H. Bray.
 George Latham has purchased the lace now owned by Miss Mary Put ey and will take possession August st.
 George Eaton has the contract for barn on the Charles Pero 'lace, to replace the one burned last winter.
 Somers grange has accepted an in- itation to visit Stafford grange, and will furnish the lecturers program n May 20.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Derusha of Iydeville have moved to Springfield, where MT. Derusha will be employed Inder Walter Ide.
 Mrs. J. P. Brown and Mrs. T. w. 'rown were the guests of their broth r, Oscar Findeisen, in New Bedford, Gass. over Sunday.
 Richard Pero, who has been quite Il with acute Bright's disease, is better and hopes are enter aimed of his complete recovery.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles o. Latham f Wilmington and Mrs. Kramer and frs. George Whitford and son from were guests of MT. and frs. George Latham last week.
 At the annual meeting of the Hill ide Cemetery association the follow ng officers were reelected for the oming year: President, E. O. Pin ey; secretary and treasurer, Miss elia Holt; solicitor, Mrs. H. F. ady; sexton and caretaker, Russell olburn.
 Universalist Church Notes: This vening the Ladies' Aid will serve upper at 6. Next Sunday the ser ice and sermon at the church will be ppropriate to Whitsun-Day. Two opics will be considered at the de- otional meeting of the Young Peoples Christian Union at 6 o'clock: 'fMoth- rs' day,'' and as appropriate to 7hitsun-Day, "The spirit of God in he life of Man. ''
 Baptist Notes: Last Sunday the hurch and congregation voted to send id to the starving Balkan orphans. 'hay also passed a vote f0 send rotest to our legislature aeainst the