The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-22
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STAFFORD SPRINGS.
Attorney NJ. D. O'Connell is at the
Johnson hospital.
There was no school in St. 3D.
wards school Friday.
Miss Beckwith will have her mil.
linery opening Friday and Saturday.
Rev. j. W. Ballantine will be Che
speaker at the Lenten service at the
Congregational church Thursday even.
ing.
Baker chapter, Eastern Star, viii
enterta inashe officers of the grand
ohaps wis evening with suppei
server at the Congregational chapel
at 6. 80.
William Carey has given mp his
position in the Charles Hall store il
| Springfield to take a bookkeeping
position with the E. Horton company
in Windsor Locks.
The Rev. Leonard q. Todd of Oak,
vile, Waterbury, is to be the preacher
at Grace church tomorrow evening.
The g. F. s meets Friday at z. 80
with Miss Katherine Smith. Won.
ems Auxiliary this afternoon witt
Mrs. Andrew Wilton.
A young peoples choir of mixes
voices has been formed at the Congre.
gational church and is rehearsine
regularly under Mrs. @. H. Moore,
Mrs R W. Smith and Miss Ethel Moore.
These boys and girls will assist in
the evening services the first and third
Sundays OF each month.
PAIL Wolcott, who with his wife,
has been a frequent summer guest al
Ellithrope farm. had the honor to be
the leader of the prize winning Bible
class in the Y. M. @. A. state associ.
ation of Few Jersey. recently. Tht
class mum bers 1OS boys of high school
age, of all nationalities They meet
weekly in the Y. M O. A. rooms at
Elizabeth, and after chance at ath
letics and dip in the swimming
pool, hold a short session of Bible
study with popular young Baptist
pastor of the city. Many of the class
scored high marks in recent examin
ations. Stafford people who know
Mr.. Wolcott's genial manner will un.
derstand his success with boys, an es.
sential feature of Y. M. @. A. work.
He addressed the local Boy Scouts a
few years ago at the invitation OF
Scoutmaster Plumb.
DR.. Talcott Williams, head of the
Pulitzer School of journalism of 90.
lumbia University, expresses the opin
ion that advertising reform is among
the most important of modern move
ments for betterment. It is true, as
he says, that vast sums of money are
being refused by the newspapers in
the interests of better journalism and
the public welfare. DR.. Williams
also urges the churches to advertise.
He believes they should spend as much
for publicity as they do for music. A
great many churches, especially in the
smaller cities, get whole lot of free
advertising. The smaller the com.
munity, the more generous is the
newspaper to the church. It is a
custom that has grown up, and it's
questionable whether it is a wise pol
ICY to pursue. The idea is altogether
too prevalent in some small communi-
ties that newspapers space is at the
disposal of anybody and everybody,
without charge. In the course of a
year in many places much appears in
newspapers under the head of ''News, -
which, strictly speaking, is legitimate
advertising. There is no indiv idual,
corporation or institution on earth SO
generous as the generous small town
newspaper. Many of these papers,
by sticking to- this policy, do them
selves wrong. They are standing
in their own light. A small town
newspaper is not aoharitable insttitu.
ton, in spite of this, altogether toe
common impression. Itsis business,
and should be On the same basis al
any other legitimate business. II
deals in advertising space and sub.
soriptions. These are it's chief stock
in trade. And people who pay 70,
either. nine times out of ten, ninety
nine times out of one hundred, get val.
ne received. Preachers cannot preach
without pay, nor can publishers pub.
lish without pay. "Work the news
paper" seems to be the watchword
with too many 3well.meaning people
in these days Their slogan should
be Work for the Newspaper" Nc
institution on earth works harder O,
more faithfully for You and the com.
munity OF which You are part. The
more loyal the people are to thei1
home paper, the more the home pape,
will be able to do for the people and
community. A great and good news
paper Is one of the best assets q com
munity can possess And the great
ness and goodness Of newspaper
especially in the SO called small town
depends in part, at least, on tn.
breadth of the people Of the towr
and their willingness to work for tn,
paper intsead of that marrow, selfisl
spirit which seeks to "work"ithe pa
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