The Press., 1915-04-14

EDITH HALLETT FRANK, SOPRANO. l The Stafford Choral union is to be congratulated in it's selection of pro fessional artists to appear at it's con cert, April 27th. Edith Hallet
 Frank, New York, soprano. Edith
 H. Frank has beautiful lyric SO prano voice and most pleasing stage presence. One of the most charming singers before the public and never fails to delight her audience. Car l Webster Boston, 'cellist. MT. Web ! ster has for several years been stead fly rising as concert performer. | Ifs beautiful cello work has charm and warmth of tone that speaks like g l voise. MT. Cooley of Rockville has a rich baritone voice and will be heard in the solo work of Bruch can. tata, "Fair Ellen.'' The chorus is hard at work under the direction of MT Waite putting the finish on the chorus numbers. Announcement con cerning seats will. we found on third page.
 Harry Pownall of the post office R. F. D. force is on the sick list, and Frank Fitzpatrick will substitute in his stead.
 The jumping of the freight trains by the boys is being carried on to quite an extent This sort of enjoy ment always appeals to the boys, but it is a very dangerous recreation and should be stopped.
 E. c. DeBorde attended the eighth annual convention of the Connecticut Optical society at Bonds hotel in Hartford last evening, where Prof. w.. B. Needles, M.- D., of Kansas City lectured on skiametry.
 Apparently the building of a freight station here for the. trolley road is at stand still. The unloading of freight blocks up the street every day. A dnmber of teams are generally wait ing for the car, and last Saturday just after it arrived there were two teams side by side on each side of the car completely blocking the street. Ii does not seem right for the road to be allowed to continue this practice. In the regular quarterly bills that have been sent out to subscribers o1 our company is an invitation to visit \ <, 1,n II o,,1 and method of furnishing telephone | service on any business day between | 9 a. m. and , p. m. The invitation ! is also extended to those who are not subscribers. The company feels that visit of this character will prove not only interesting but instructive as we'll.
 William Johnson of Hampden, now holds the gold headed cane given by Boston paper to the oldest citizen O.
 Hampden, to te transmitted. MT Johnson was the brother of the late I Cyril Johnson of this town, and hal two sisters living in Stafford Springs
 Mrs. Mary Pinney and Mrs. Henriett, Smith. He was born in Stafford 81 years ago last August. He is stil active and walks to the post fic' every day and declares he has no neet of a cane.
 'Women as Citizens was the topi of the W. c. T. U. meeting las Wednesday at the Episcopal church
 Papers on the progress of the suffrag
 and prohibition movements were reat
 by Mrs. F. L. Smith, Mrs. J. R. Park
 hurst, Mrs H. Walcott and Mrs. F | H. Plumb. Rev. Mir. Nofwood spok, for the school board in regard to pro curing new text books on hygiene a the beginning of the school year. I'm
 next meeting, Wednesday, May 5, vii
 be the annual election of officers, ant a full attendance is desired.
 The senior class of s. H. S., re turned from their Washington trip ol Thursday evening all enthused ove the beauty and splendor of the oapito city The trip was made under th' supervision of Dr. Tucker, formerl. principal of the high school, and em
 braced side trips in New York ant
 Philadelphia. Every point of inter
 est was dwelt upon and an enioyabl time was the unanimous opinion o
 all who went. Some of the clas stopped in New York at hotel Wood ward, the center of the theatrical dis
 trict, and had the advantage of taking
 in the many interesting features 0
 New York city.