The Press., 1916-06-14
Regular meeting of Baker Chapter

Regular meeting of Baker Chapter,
 Eastern Star, tonight.
 Miss Bessie Hampston of Worcester
 has been visiting here.
 William Carey of Thompsonville visited here the week end
 Farley Patten is home for the sum- mer from Pennsylvania university.
 William Horton camp, Sons of Veterans meeting tonight in G. A. R. hall.
 MT. and Mrs. Owen Kelly of Hart ford, former residents, were here over Sunday.
 Mrs. E. F. Leach attended the Mon- son academy graduation and alumni dinner yesterday.
 The monthly meeting of the John- son Hospital Aid society will be held at the hospital next Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs. Norman Gold have had telephone installed in their home on Edgewood street. The num- ber is 127.
 George Siswick, alternate, and Judge W. H. Heald returned Monday from Chicago where they were at the republican national oonv ention.
 The Hudson garage Buick truck will convey party of 20 to Savin Rock Sunday. The getaway hour has been set at 6 o'clock in the morning.
 The Hudson Garage Go. has sold Ford runabout to Henry Depeau of Stafford Hollow. Charles Fox of the same place has bought Ford touring car from the company.
 E During the months of July and August. union services will be held by the Methodist and Congregational churches, including both the Sunday morning and evening services and the Fh urslay night meeting. Each church will hold it's own Sunday school session as usual. The services will alternate each Sunday between the two churches. Rev. O. J. Aldrich will conduct the services in July and Rev. l.. Rees in August.
 The graduation exercises of the grammar school will be held in the embly room of the high school Fri day, June 23, at 2.3O o'clock. A general invitation is extended to the public. The following students are graduates Lottie Shepherd, Evelyn Kaddy, Vera Siswick, Lottie Schofield, Angelo Fontanella, Mabelle Jacobsen, Frederick Graves, Emma Lazzerine, Julia Harwood, Hazel Lynch, Violet Hayes, Earle Roberts, William Ellis, Marjorie Fletcher, Aldo Bernardo, Ruth Tuthill, Dorothy Shepherd, Ruby Gold, Emerson Davis, Melvin Cummings. Mildred Fraser, Forrest Belcher, Roland Russell, Richard Whitaker.
 Mrs. Exilda (Daigle) Comfort, who would have been "A years on July 10, died Monday evening in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Young. She had gone up to her room to rest, at 8.3O o'clock. She was found dead in bed, having passed away while asleep. Death was due to heart failure. Born in Canada, she had come here to live. having spent something like 50 years in Stafford Springs She leaves a hus band, John Comfort of this place two daughters, Mrs. Thomas Young and Mrs. Patrick Mccarthy, both re- siding here; two sons, Napoleon Com fort of Palmer, Mass, and Arthur Comfort of this place, and sister, Mrs Dennis Girrad of this place. The funeral will take place at o'clock tomorrow morning in St. Edward s | Burial will be in St. Ed wards cemetery.
 The end of the first week of the vot. l ing contest, in which nine merchants are listed, finds Chester Lynch enjoy ing the first place notch by the comfortable margin of 269 points for | the $5 piece that will go to the most popular school boy. Master Lynch | has 542 chalked to his credit The other nine leaders are: Edward ! Ladish, 273; Ronald Mitchell, 1O8 i; l Earl Jacobsen, 52; Bernard Arm strong, 46; Walter Murray, 45 ;I Richard Murray, Al; Tony Panoiera, 40; Harold Ambaoh, 2S; Attilio Tonon, 27. The contest has stirred up widespread interest. It is known that several purchases of large ''oali- bre' have just been made, and the | votes that go with them may be cast 50 as to make big shake-up in the standing, which is posted every Mon day morning of this month in Jacob. sens drug store.