The Press., 1914-10-28

l LOulS Glrard was DoTOro Gno DOrOugH
 court Monday charged with drunken
 ness and breach of the peace. He
 was given 60 days.
 At the regular meeting of tlre
 Stafford club next Monday evening
 action will be taken on the proposed
 change of the name to the Stafford
 Business Mems association.
 The democrats held an enthusiastic
 rally in the new club rooms last
 Thursday evening, Lawyer M. D..
 O'Connell presiding. The speakers
 were Lynn Wilson of the Brideport
 Farmer and Sheriff Foster of Rock
 vile. Work has been commenced on the
 Lew Hudson garage on Main street,
 and. with good weather it is thought
 that it. will take about ten weeks to
 complete it. Local labor will be em-
 ployed on the job as far as possible
 under the direction of Supt. Allard
 of Southbridge.
 The social at the Stafford club
 last Friday evening was a very enjoy able occasion. The members took great pride in the newly furnished
 rooms which make an ideal place for social gathering. The first part of the evening was devoted to pro- gressive whist, and the prizes were
 taken by Mrs. A. B Butler and Dr. G. P. Bard. This was followed by
 refreshments and dancing to music by
 the grafanolas and games, It is planned to have these socials throug h 1 the winter on the third Friday of l each month.
 At a meeting of the school board
 held Monday afternoon the matter of electing successor to Dr. G. P. Bard,
 resigned, was placed on the table
 until later meeting. Offices were elected as follows: Chairman, Rev. l. P. Booth; secretary, M. D. O'Con- nell; auditors, F. J. Glover and M. D. O'Connell; building committee, H. o. Fisk, F. J. Glover, Rew.,4I. P. Booth; examining committee, M. D. O'Connell and Rev. I. P. Booth; acting visitors district No. 1-5 and 10, Rev. I. P. Booth; districts Nos and 8, H. 0. Fisk; district No. 2, MT. Booth and MT. O'Connell; dis. tricts Nos 6-14 and 15. H. A. Glazier; districts Nos 12-l3 and 16, MT. O'Oonnell; committee on trans portation, the acting visitor in each district.
 The state gravel road towards West Stafford is completed. It is over 5000 feet long and extends from West Main street to the Mullen house at Forest vile. It is thought another appropri. ation will complete the section to the West Stafford strip and thus make a continuous strip of state road to the Somers line. The plan for the next section cuts off the corner near the house of J. M. Billings by going through the field back of the Billings barn. The macadam road to Stafford is to have the ruts filled ill with trap rock and the section in the borough is to be oiled. Warden J. M. Leach is making great improvement on West Main street from the junction of the West Stafford road to the en- terance of the cemetery. He is put ting in a hard roadbed and is rolling it with steam roller.
 At every election too large a mum. Der lose their vote by not mark ing their ballot correctly. Every voter should read the instructions at the head of the ballot. If you wish to vote a straight party ticket simply mark with black lead pencil, which you will find in the booth, an X in the circle at the head of the party column. If you wish to vote a split ticket do not place any mark in any circle, but mark an X in the square at the left of each candidate you wish to vote for. If you wish to vote for any person whose name is not printed on the ballot you can do so by writing their name in the blank column. If you make any other marks on the ballot except as above your ballot will be thrown out. Att the last election a voter marked his ballot with a fountain pen and his ballot had to be thrown out.
 Michael J. Hassett died Monday afternoon after an illness of seven weeks of uraemic poisoning. He was 40 years of age in May, was born in town and lived here the greater ! part of his life. He was a barber ! by trade and at the time he was taken i'll conducted shop on Main street. He was very popular man and had | a host of friends His wit and genial disposition made his shop a center | where many gathered both under | his adm inistration and that of A. J. Squires with whom he was associated for number of years In the notable | galaxy of bright minds that~made the | shop meeting place for years, none | had keeneT intellect or a more ready | answer for any kind of proposition than the deceased. MT. Hassett leaves widow and two daughters,I Catherine and Lillian. Three brothers and four sisters also. survive him, The brothers are Dr., J. J. @Hassett of Lee, Thomas Hassett of GreenwichI and W. A. Hassett of Worcester. The sisters are Mrs. M. O'Halloran, Mrs. James Sullivan, Miss Nellie and Miss all of this town. The funeral was held this morning at g o'clock from St. Edwards, Rev. Felix o'Neill officiating. The burial was in St. Edwards cemetery.