The Press., 1913-01-15

F ford.
 Smith & Cooley are replacing sev eral of their old dyeing vats witf
 new ones
 a MT. and Mrs. Alfred Guilman hav' z little son born last Sunday at the Johnson hospital. -
 Lynch's orchestra will furnish music for a dance to be held at the Hollow by the grange the 23d. } 3ssMrs. Herbert Royce and son, Thurs
 ton, of Woonsooket, R. l., visited friends here during the past week. Stafford.
 George Whiton was called to Web
 ster Monday by the serious illness o1 relative. As a consequence he will
 be unable to make his usual trip with
 oysters next Saturday.
 Parcel post is being we'll patronized
 from the Stafford office. The first
 parcel sent Jan. was by Miss Ruth
 Durham and the first received in the
 office was for Rev. I. P. Booth.
 Universalist Church Notes: The
 Friday night study class at the par sonage will be omitted this week.
 Next Sunday the sermon at the morn-
 ing service will be in reference to "Child labor. Young Peoples Christian Union meeting at 6 p. m. Topic, "Child labor.
 Stafford grange will hold a public dedication of it's new hall Friday evening. A program will be given consisting of addresses by representa- tives of the state grange and the Con- necticut Agricultural college, remarks by masters of neighboring granges, songs and readings. Thursday even- ing, Jan. 23, the grange will give an oyster supper and dance in grange hall.
 Baptist Notes: The mid-week so- ciaI service will be held at the home of Mrs. George Black tonight at 7.3O. Subject, Become a Christian-why not?" Matt. 4:17-25. Leader, Mrs. Wallace T. Jones. The Ladies' Aid society will meet on Thursday after noon at the vestry for work, and will serve supper from 6 to 8 o'clock. Possesses, Mrs. Adelbert Agard and Mrs. William Webster.
 J. w. Robinson, master of Stafford grange, and Miss Lulu Ide are attend ing state grange meeting in New Lon- don. By the generosity of the ladies of the grange new dishes have been purchased for the dining room, be- sides many other things needed in the new and old hall. The solicitors met with generous and hearty response in their appeal. The following officers will be installed at the regu- lar grange meeting next Tuesday evening: M., Rev. I. P. Booth; o., F. A. Lasbury; S., J. P. Brown; A. S., G. D. Ide; L., Miss Isadore Dun- ham; O., Mrs. Eliza Holbrook; treas urer, Mrs. Eva Bugbee; secretary, Miss Mabel E.. Edson; L. A. S., Miss Lulu Ide; G. K., Carl Lasbury Ceres, Julia Loughheed; Pomona, Euphemia Dobson; Flora, Bertha Ensminger; Mrs. Inez Lasbury.
 West Stafford.
 Miss Blanche Sturtevant is spend ] ing week with her parents in East Mass. ~..
 MT. and Mrs. Ralph Carpenter of Springfield have been visiting at | Charles Glazier's.
 Rev. John W. Ballantine is attend ing the Holland county ministers as- sociation in Ellington.
 Mrs. F. z. Fairfield and Mrs. are hostesses for the supper l given by the Ladies' Aid next Tues day evening. An entertainment will | follow the supper. Admission, 15c.
 Martin Jensen, son of the late Jens Jensen, and Miss Christine Smith were recently married at the home of | the brides parents in Hartford. Af- ter fortnight MT. and Mrs. Jensen will go to Seattle, Washington, where they will make their home.
 Miro Kibbe of Urbana, H., who came here for the funeral of his Mrs. Lucius Kibbe, made short visit at Mrs. Janette Newell's. Mrs. Kibbe, who was Mrs. Newell's sister, spent the greater part of her life here in Stafford, making many friends.
 Y. P. s. 0. E. Sunday evening meeting will be led by the prayer meeting committee chairman, Mrs. M. L. Bradway. Thursday evening meeting at 7.3O. Mrs. Hattie Pome- roy has resigned as superintendent of he primary department in the Sun- lay school. She has done good work in this position for several years. Miss Josephine Newell has been chosen superintendent for the coming 7ear.
 staffordville
 Mrs. Fannie Young is quite ill. |,
 Miss Pearl Bowden has been con- ined to her home with a severe cold or several days.
 Some boys of the Staffordville chool found and killed a large adder n the cemetery Monday. Ed. Harrington of Springfield was f with his family over Sunday at the ' nome of MT. and Mrs. Jerry Wilson. I Rev. W. D. Hamilton is spending he week with friends in Bristol, iouthington, New Britain and New Iaven. MT. and Mrs. Henry Tyler have ' ono fo annnd tho 1uiOtor xz;tb tboir