The Press., 1916-12-21
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 I STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 I felephone has been placed il fthe Nbme of c, W. Amidon. Numbe l4-14
 II Miss Katherine Mitchell, who i
 in school in Pittsburgh, Pa., has re Iturped home for the Christmas recess
 Miss Dorothy Pinney, who is study ing in Dana Hall school, Wellesley Mas-. is home for the Christmas holi Iday.
 Philip Tripoli, the barber, Ina. |movefl his family from New York cit,
 to this place. A daughter was borl
 to them the day before
 Carl Lasbury, who has been em
 ployed at the store of Brown & Penny has resigned and taken similar posi- tion with the hardware retailers Chapman & Brooks, in Springfield.
 Alonzo Graves, who has been con nected with the Hudson garage sine
 it started in business, has resigned and has taken a position in the Win chester Arms plant in Springfield a mechanic.
 l Mrs. Seloem Carpenter Bourassa wife of Louis Bourassa, died Nov 5 Mrs Bourassa was former residen of this borough. For the past eighteen years she made her home in St iHyaointhe, P. Q. ! David Robertson, who has beer suffsring with rheumatism, started yesterday for Hot Springs, Va, for , few weeks treatment Wm. Suther land of Holyoke has charge of tn, store m MT. Robertson's s absence ". J. Hand, who worked for H. E Jones in his jewelry business here ant who later worked as optician witt Brown & Thompson in Hartford, has taken a similar position with a firm in Ell Pasco, Texas, where he vii move with his wife.
 l The ninth annual Christmas socia lRs be given by the Masons at Ioni' ihaag On Christmas night. The follow l ing are the committed: R. M Fisk Dr. O. B. Tschummi, J. M. Leach, R H. Fisk, O. E. Butterfield, D. D Mitchell and Anders Jaco bsen. Tn, tickets will be 75 cents and 25 cent for extra ladies. Woods full orchestra will furnish the music.
 Lawyer Robert H. Fisk, who Ina, praoticed law in this place since hi. admission to the bar, will close hil office January 1, to take a position with Bodell 6 Company, bankers ot Providence. R. I representing them with his brother in eastern Connecti cut. He has resigned as county coroner, prosecuting attorney of the borough court and borough attorney offices which he has held for some years, but will continue 70 act al judge of probate, and will be at liberty to advise with clients upon probate and corporation matters.
 Grace Church Notes: The Sunday school Christmas festival will be held on Saturday evening at 7.3O in tn. Sunday school rooms. Christmas hymns and carols will be sung, anl many of the young people will recite their pieces, after which the ohildrer will receive their presents, together with candy and oranges from the tree Christmas, one of the great festivals of the Christian year, will be ob served with appropriate services. Or Christmas eve. instead of the regular Sunday evening service at 6 Az, there will be a carol service at 7.aO al which mum ber of the beautiful, ole time carols will be sung. This service, while perhaps new to many people here, is becoming more and more popular every year ill other parishes The church is lighted only by candles, the large Yuletide candle being placed at the head of the center aisle. The honor of making this candle is supposed to go to the young lady of the parish who has been most faithful to her church. during the past year This Yuletide candle is lit during the service by three young boys, who then sit down around the candle and listen to the singing of the carols, as the shepherds ot old leaid the angelic choir on Christmas night. The pro gram for the service follows: Pro. cess ional, hymn 59, "It Game Upon the Midnight Clear; psalm 132 lesson, St. Luke ?, 1-14; hymn 53S, "All My Heart This Night Rejoices - creed and prayers solo, Holy Night; Lighting of the Yuletide Candle hymn 54, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night;'' address carols: "Long Ago, the Shepherds Watching ''Good Christian Men, J "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen, ' "Good King Wenceslus, ''We Three Kings, ''What Child is This?' "1he First Nowell;'' prayer and benediction; quartette, "Sleep, Holy Babe;'' recessional hymn 55, "C Little Town of Bethlehem. Or Christmas' morning there will be . /, celebration of Holy communion with appropriate sermon and special music fby the choir at 9 o'clock. Int following is the musical program