The Press., 1916-09-14

spending a few days in Somersworth, N. H.
 Miss Katherine Mitchell gave !
 card party and dance to few of hel
 friends at her home last evening. I A Pinzivalli has opened clothes
 cleaning and pressing room in the
 small store west of the Pero store.
 R.H. Valentine, the superintendent of the athletic events, has arranged the following schedule for Columbus day, the last day of the fair: 1OO- yard dash, 22O-yard dash, half mile run, one mile run, one-mile relay, local 1OO-yard, local boys bike race, local boys running race. The prizes will be silver cups. The W. H. Hall trophy cup to the team winning it three times will also be competed for the second time Ethis year, the New Haven Athletic association winning the race last year. On Saturday, the 16th, at 2.3O, on the fair grounds there will be preliminary trials for relay teams to compete at Rockville. In the past two weeks there have been three hold ups reported One of these was near the Chandler house on Maple street, the other two on East Main street between East street and the Baker brook. The persons who are doing this evidently do not realize the risk they are taking or the heavy penalty they are exposing themselves to when they are caught. So far they have rot profited very much materially by these hold-ups, but steps will be taken to put the mask ed men where they rightfully belong. Those that were held up by the two men were James Tripoli, barber employed at the Sena shop, while goi-g to his l home on Stafford Street. A package of cigarettes was all they took from him. Frank Ruby at another time rear the Chandler house gave them his change amounting to 50 cents. A few nights later Silas Bolieau was held up, but he put up fight and got away. ..: :. St1aAAOIo.
 Fred Rabideau of New Haven was home over Sunday. "." Regular meeting of Stafford grange next Tuesday evening. Fe Word was received last Thursday of the death of W. R. Rudge,- who died suddenly. 
 Clayton Comstock, son of Hiram Comstock. was taken to the Johnson hospital Monday. Leon Butler and father and Sam Russell of Somers visited MT. and Mrs. John Rabideau last Sunday. R Beebe started on bis return trip to Los Angeles, Gal, last Friday, after spending the summer in the east.
 Miss Helen Wightman aud Miss Elsie Phillips have returned to their studies at Westfield normal school, Westfield, Mass.
 MT. and Mrs H. Ramsden, who have been living in Dalton the past year, are spending a week at their home here.
 Wm. Hardaker aud family of Eliza beth, N. J., were recently the guests Hardaker and children are remaining for a longer visit. I
 The Ladies' Aid society will meet for work Thursday afternoon and serve ko 0,o | 5 cents. Hostesses, Mrs. J.B. Hough and Mrs. Geo. Jenk ins.
 The lecturers hour at the grange next Tuesday evening will be an anni- versary program as it is the grange golden jubilee year. Origin of order, J. M Larned; The First state grange, pr. Booth; The interregnum, Mabel Booth; music, F. A. Lasbury; Second state grange, Mrs. Lima Brown; Stafford grange history, Mrs. F. A. Lasbury.
 With fifty sewing classes in the state with two hundred and fifty mem- bers, the girls of the local branch are much elated to learn that two of their number received prizes at the state fair at Hartford last week. Miss Alice Lee received third prize, $6, and Miss Margaret Cunningham 9th, $1. Photo postals of the local sewing class will be on sale at the junior fair next Saturday. s.
 The junior fair, to be held in grange hall next Saturday afternoon, will be an exhibition of the results of the young peoples efforts in gardening and sewing. Besides the set of ten lessons done under. state supervision and exhibited at the state fair at Hart ford the past week, the girls will show other handwork Ladies in the community are invited to bring one or more contributions and aid in making the exhibit an excellent one. The people who have accepted the in vitation to serve on the several com mittees are as follows: Flowers, Mrs. J. P. Brown, Mrs. Harley Dimmick, Miss Alice Webster; vegetable, Henry Thresher, Wesley Bradway and F. l.. Upham; sewing, Mrs. Joseph Clark, Mrs. Lena Holt, Mrs. J. N. Sibley. The usual list of events has been planned for the sports in connection with the fair which begins at p. m., and any boys or girls may take part if they attended the elementary school during some part of last year. Ice cream will be on sale during the afternoon.
 A very pretty wedding took place at the home of G. D. Ide Tuesday after noon at 2. 2.3O o'clock when his daugh. ter, Lulu Irene, was united in marriage to Gilbert A. Wagner of Stafford Springs. The home was very prettily