The Press., 1916-09-28
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Court Oronoco, F. of A. will hold it's quarterly meeting Friday evening.
 Fred E. Cady of Monson was re- nominated for representative on the republican ticket without opposition.
 The annual meeting of thew oman $ Missionary societies of the Congre. gational church will be held at the parsonage Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 The result of the most popular boy baby contest up to Saturday night is as follows: Robert Eaton, 6367 ; Frederick Hirsoh. Jr., 21Ss; Lloyd Armstrong;, 1146; Bernard Katowitz, SIT
 The annual meeting of the Ladies' Aid society of the Congregational church will be held in the chapel on Friday afternoon ut 30 o'clock. All members and Lelpers of the organization are urged to he present.
 About sixty-tive children in ten Automobiles enjoyed the Congre- gational Sunday school ride last Saturday afternoon They were taken from here to RuekvIl baok through Somers and home again and aft, the ride had lunCh at the church chapel
 The Current Events club will meet Monday evening. The program will be Current Events Committee: Mrs. J. Fl Valentine, Ms. R w Ellis and Miss NJ w Ballantins. Hostesses: Mrs. Geo. Rumbelow and Mrs. G. P Bard. Music. solo by Miss Marjorie Morse.
 The Garland mill site and the Amitldn maohiLe shop aul foundry with dams and water privileges at Staffordville will be sold at auction on Saturday at ? p. m. These are valuable mill sites and will probably be sold at low prices. It is hoped that they will be bought for manu- featuring purposes.
 Robert +. H. Dobson. who was the grandson of John Dobson of Holland. one of the founders of Grace church parish here, has been killed in the English trenches in Europe. Robert Dobson lived in Springfield with his aunt, Mrs s. A. Hartlon at the time of the outbreak of the war. He was closely connected there with All Saints church. He enlisted early in the war in one of the Tt giments about to leave for the front His regiment is one of those Canadian regiments of whom only a few have suryi ived the action Details of how MT Dobson met his death have not reached this country.
 Miss Marion E. Sweet. 19. daugh- ter of Mir and Mrs Clifford Sweet of Monson, formerly of this borough, died Thursday morning of infantile paralysis. She was i'll only about two days. The burial was on Thursday afternoon Miss Sweet has recently from Boston. Her mother was absent on & visit to Maine and could not be reached in time for her to return before the death or burial Besides her parents. Miss Sweet leaves a brother, Carl, of Lebanon, N. H., and four sisters. The sisters are Miss | Maud of Monson, Miss Sarah of Hamilton, N. T., Miss Alice of Rochester, N. T., and Mrs. James Bryce of Manchester, N. H.
 At meeting of the school board Monday night the following schedule for the schools were adopted: Fall term from Sept. to Dec. 22, winter term from Jan. 8 to March 30. spring term from April 16 to June 22. Holidays: Fair two days. Thanks giving two days. state teachers con- vention one day, Eastern Connecticut teachers convention one day, Wash- ington's birthday, Memorial day and one visiting day. Borough Health officer Parkhurst has ordered that the teachers shall not go home for the end | of the week without his permission. | After this week superintendent of the | schools, Vim. Meloher, will keep office | hours in his office in the borough | school building Tuesday and Thursday ! from 4 to 5 o'clock p. m., and Thurs | day from 8 to 9 a. m.