The Press., 1915-11-03

day in Springfield.
 Miss Minnie Eddy will leave for Florida tomorrow. She will spend the winter there.
 Miss Elinor Valentine has returned from nine-days' visit with relatives and friends in New York and vicinity.
 Miss Gertrude Peters of the Mary Hitchcock hospital, Hanover, N. H., is the guest of MT. and Mrs. John Peters.
 Mrs Noel M. Pease and son, Noel, have returned from a six-weeks' visit with relatives in Waterbury and Bristol
 Mrs Frederick Hall has returned to her home in Montclair, N. J., after spending week with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Frank Orcutt.
 Miss Margaret Russell has gone to Trenton, N. J., where she has accepted a position as teacher of domestic science in private school for girls.
 Miss Bessie Hampstou, who was recently i'll with typhoid fever in St. Vincent's hospital, Worcester, is much improved and was the guest of Miss Helen Leach last week.
 Owing to an apparent misunder- standing on the part of members, the Holy Name society meeting in St. Edwards Hall Sunday evening was postponed until Friday evening after devotions.
 | Felix Balastrada was before the ] borough court Thursday morning | charged with having been hunting | without the proper license Balastrada said that he had given the wrong l answer, when asked if he was a citizen at the time of his application for the license. He was fined $7 and costs by Judge W. H. Heald. Attorney M D O'Connell appeared for him. The arrest was made by Game Warden W. O. Eldredge in Wilmington. The Oracle, the high school paper, will be published again this year, and the first mum Der will be issued the last of the week. The staff this year will be as follows: Editor in chief, John L. Fletcher; associate editors. Miss Hazel Puffer, Miss Glover Con. verse, Miss Maud Cummiskey, Miss Dorothy Pinney; exchanges, Herbert Plumb; athletics, D. H. Shepherd :; alumni and editorials, J. Kingsley Con- verse; school notes, Miss Hazel Puffer :; business manager, William Kuslansky <; assistant. Walter Hanley; jokes, Frank | A. Johnson.
 | A literary society has been formed in the high school with the following officers: President, Kingsley Con- verse; treasurer, Linda Mitchell ; secretary, Alice Garden. The object is to have the students read articles of popular interest and give their versions at the semi monthly meet. ings. To be eligible, seniors must attain an average of 80 per cent. in Eng fish, juniors and sophomores S5, and freshmen 90. At the end of the scholastic year prize will be given to the one who has handled the most meritorious amount of work. The mem bership fee is five cents a month. Much enthusiasm has been manifested and the society promises to be a suc- cess
 | Grace Church Notes: The Women's s Auxiliary has organized for the year with Mrs. F. l.. Smith as president and Mrs. B. R. Brown as secretary and treasurer. The following officers | of the Women's Guild have been elected for the year: President, Mrs. J. A. Jubb; presidents, Mrs. R. H. Fisk and Mrs. Noel M. Pease l; secretary and treasurer. Mrs. J. A. will represent the parish at the con- secration of Rev. E. Compton Asheson as Suffragan Bishop of Connecticut in Middletown on Thursday. The new bishop will visit the parish on Sun day morning, Nov. IA, and will be rendered reception in the guild room the evening before.
 At meeting of the directors of the Athletic association held Monday night G. Neal, H. Czegledy and Wm. Rafftery were appointed to the foot. ball committee Ed. Greene, Wm. Rafftery and R. H. Valentine were appointed to have charge of hook ey. The entertainment committee were instructed to hold benefit dance in the near future to help defray ex- penses in connection with these two sports The action of the park com- mission in putting in an up-t date lighted rink was favorably discussed. This will give big boost to pleasure skating and hockey. Baseball was also discussed and the possibility of a strictly amateur mill league spoken of This matter will be brought before the annual meeting in March if there are sufficient supporters of the plan. B. P. Cooley, R. M. Fisk and 0. B. Pinney were appointed to go over tie constitution and bylaws and re. write them with any necessary changes which would strengthen the associa tion.