The Press., 1915-04-14

E. D. Tufts has taken a house ol Greenwood street in Springfield, ant the family will remove about the frs of May. Their many friends regre that they leave Stafford.
 Stafford.
 We wish hereby to extend our hearty thanks to our neighbors a. friends 10 their many acts of kindness in the sick ness and death of our husband and father
 MRS. JOHN H. BELoHER AND CHILDREN. } Miss Eva Rabideau is confined t6 her home by illness
 A. H. Adams has moved from the Springs into the Cady tenement.
 Rev. Geo. l.. Thompson of Laconia, N. H., is the guest of Mrs. M. J. Lav cry.
 Regular meeting of Stafford grange next Tuesday evening. Work in the first and second degrees.
 The household goods of the Mary T. Putney estate will be sold at auc- ton on Saturday at p. m.
 Lewis Chaffee, S3, died at his home in Agawam, Mass. on Sunday. The body will be brought here for burial to-day.
 Miss Margaret Glover of Boston and Mir. and Mrs Farnum of Worce s. ter were the guests of MT. and Mrs. F. J. Glover over Sunday. Plans are being made for farmers institute to be held in grange hall some time next month. The speak CTS and date will be announced later.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap- tist church will meet for work on Thursday afternoon, and will SC ve supper from to 8. Hostesses: Mrs Adams and Mrs. Tracy. J. M. Dimmock has resigned his position as dyer at the Phoenix Wool en Co., after continuous service of twenty five years. His position has been taken by MT Varliana of Provi- dence, R. l.
 On last Thursday evening the Pin ney grammar basketball team was de- feated by the alumni the score being 19 to s. The line up: P. G. s. Alumni. Cunning ham If D. Murray lg Webster If Lord rg Dohson S. Murray c Decarli rg French It Pagan lg Sault If Baskets from the floor, Sault 6, S. Murray ?, D. Murray, Cunningham. From fouls, Cunningham 6, s. Mur- ray. The next game is to be played Thursday evening, aud adults will be charged an admission of 10 cents.
 The funeral of John Henry Belch- CT, who died on Friday, was held at the Baptist church on Monday after noon at o'clock, Rev. L. B. Curtis, his pastor, officiating, assisted by Dr. L P. Booth, lifelong friend of the deceased. MT Belcher was born Mo- vember 29th, 1886, at the old Belch- CT home in Stafford, and was the only child of Prescott Sawyer Belcher and Mary Needham. He early moved from his birth place to the farm near by where he lived the rest of his life till eighteen months ago when he left the farm for the home in this vil- lage. Forty seven years ago last June he married Julia Hooker Royce, daughter of Joseph and Mary Royce Six children were born to them, Flo ra Elizabeth, who became the wife of D. S. Perry, but died in 1902; Nab el Julia, now Mrs George A. Jenkins; William H. Helena Mary, now Mrs. Oscar N Colburn; Rose Viola, who died in infancy, and Robert Aretas, all living in town. At the funeral duets were acceptably rendered by Mrs. A. A. West and Miss Cora Cool ey. the selections being ''Sometime we'll understand, and "Shall we gather at the River?" Friends from out of town attending the funeral were MT. and Mrs. Clarence Belcher of Hartford Herbert Belcher and sis ter, Mrs. Grace Banbee of Glaston. bury, Miss Elsie, Ernest and Robert Heck of Wales, and L. M. Reed of Union. The bearers were L. M. Reed, Francis l.. Uphann, George A. Jenki and Oscar N Colburn. The full attendance at the funeral service attested the large circle of friends of MT. Belcher. The occasion was sad dened the more by the fact that his wife was too ill to be present, and the son, Robert, is very critically ill with pneumonia in the home The sympathy of the community at large is felt for the bereaved and anxious family.
 Staffordville
 Benjamin Phillips is moving into Mrs. Arthur Vests house.
 Earl Bowden has accepted a pos ition in the New City mill.
 Lester Childs is quite ill at his home, Mrs. G. w. Miller is on the sick list.
 George N. Ormsby was taken to the Johnson hospital last week Tues day for treatment.