The Press., 1916-06-14
Harold Comins of Springfield was in town over the week end.

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 Regular meeting of Myriad Rebekal
 lodge next Wednesday evening.
 William A. Nightingale of the U
 s. $. Kearsarge is guest of MT. anG
 Mrs j. H Valentine.
 Repairs on the fire damaged ell O.
 the home of Mir. and Mrs. Charles H
 Moore will be started immediately.
 Miss Irene Ashton has tendered hel
 resignation as teacher in the higf
 school, to take effect at the conclusion
 of this term. | The Athletics of South Manchester
 are scheduled to perform here against
 the locals Saturday afternoon on Hyde park diamond -.--.r .-
 The teachers of the local public
 schools had an outing and picnic yes. | terday at MT. and Mrs Robert H,
 Smiths Camp Limberlost, ;" Crystal Lake. Thomas Buokw heat of Cherry
 Valley, Mass, is visiting here. George Buck heat, his son, who was
 here for brief time, left this morn
 ing for New Brunswick, N. J.
 The golf match scheduled for this
 Saturday between the local country golf team and the Thompsonville country club team has been moved forward to Saturday, June "A.
 Miss Norma Barton of Plattsburg, N. Y, has been guset at the Wildey Mrs Philip Barton and little daughter to their home in Willsboro, N. Y, Monday.
 The funeral of Michael Fitzgerald, who was found dead early Tuesday morning in his home, took place Thursday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Edwards church. Burial was in St. Edwards cemetery The bearers were Michel Corcoran, Michael Mullins, James Harold, Daniel Sullivan, all of this place, and Patrick Grady of Hannifin of Buckland, this state. Coroner R H. Fisk gives his finding as death due to an accident, when MT. Fitzgerald fell down the stairs in his home.
 Seniors participating in the class night program and the graduation exercises of Stafford high school are just now grooming themsevles per sonally and are being given rehearsals to the ends of being factors in fun provoking entertainment and in the event that will mark the terminating of their high school days. Glass night will be in St. Edwards hall Tuesday evening. Graduation comes on Thursday evening next week in Comique theatre The alumni will be provided for, as usual, on both class night aud graduation.
 At the last meeting of the W. O.. T. U., additional officers were elected as follows: Vice presidents, Mrs. O. P. Hodgson, Mrs. F. L. Smith, Mrs John Larned, Mrs. F. z. Fairfield, Mrs. O. H. Puffer, Mrs. Marc Hatch, Mrs. Frank Belcher, Mrs. l.. T. Turner; superintepdents of depart nents; medical temperance, Mrs. A. Vest; literature, Mrs. F. L. Smith work with foreigners, Mrs. Geo. W. Eaton; fairs and open air meetings, Mrs. M. l.. Bradway; medal contest, Miss Washburn; flower mission and | elief, Mrs. G. M. Barlow; scientific emperance instruction, Mrs. F. H. | Plumb; Y. P. B. secretary, Miss H. | Preston. These members constitute | ihe executive committee of the local | 1nion, and a meeting of the same is called for next Friday afternoon at o'clock at the home of Mrs. F. l.. l Smith, to consider a number of inn portant matters.
 Ground gaining steps were put forth for the success of the Fourth of | July celebration at a meeting of the general committee Monday evening. The following mmittees were ap- pointed: Finance committee, A. I. | William Park. George Sis wick; sports, Richard Valentine, R. W. Ellis, W. H. Hall, R. W. Smith, Michael O'Halloran, Anders Jacobsen music, O H. Moore, O. H. Meyers: There is to be no street parade, as was planned. The announcement of | the intention to have a parade was not greeted in the expected manner by the various societies and others. But, with the trouble that would be involved in the assem bling of details | 1f the paradee liminated, the different their whole attention to the details | of the celebration proper. There are to be sports which will be in the nature of bringing out laughter, tub races, etc , being listed, although l there will be events of the other kind. The committee on music is certain to provide for much in that particular. The fireworks display this year it is planned will be by far the best in this section A man acquainted with all the ins and outs of such displays will come here to have charge All in all, it looks like one big Inde- pendenoe day for old Stafford.
 If Tuesday had been Monday, it would have been better. The annual picnic of Stafford high school took place Monday at Crystal Lake in some particulars were for a time held up by rain, yet viewed broadly the picnic is entitled to placement as one of the best in social chapters of the school. In the afternoon took place an athletic meet, one for boys and one for girls. Girls meet results were: 5O-yard dash, won by Vera Kaddy, second, Dorothy shot-put, won by Alice