The Press., 1917-01-25

IS ly SCarTied out that 1t met the approvl { lof the state department, was approve
 for college entrance and is recon a mended in the state report as feasible plan.
 : Other parent teacher association
 ha4e led in movement for medica f inspection of school children and fo } visiting purses and still others fo : better school libraries and better us Iof inc library by the school. Teacher 3 lneed the assistance of the home tt efeotuaily use library. The National organization ot , Mothers Congress and Parent -Teache assooiation now has many sub-organi ! zatfons in states, and widely scattered locf organizations. Its work ii . ext nding. It publishes a monthly ! magazine, Child Welfare; it hal l published a set 1f books of eight yolnmea known as Parents and Their ProbIems, which deals with almost eynry phase of child nature in home N ela ,aeaool. 1t also has more than gaDa 4luN red loan papers on subjects of interest to parents and teachers.
 N take this opportunity to commend to you this organization and it's active service in school improvement, and to point to iss possibilities for making Ithg sohpels better aud our town and oayasss .ss1e asA, tsssr. With it's aid our difficulties VII be more speedilv oyeraome and our aavant2 2saa used in making this town one of the best 1d5if Fsaasas,
 Stafford. 1 GARD OF THANKS. We desire to ex pregs our sincere thanks to our friends, both ia East Fl rtford and Springfield. for gtha beautiful flowers, sympathy anu kind l services rel d6red us our recent sorrow. { MB AND MRS. RUSSELL. oLBURN, rarents. ! GEoaGE A. C0LBuRN ANp CLIFTON H. COLBURN, Brothers
 Geo. W. Whiting is very ill with pneumonia,
 There will be moving pictures at the town hall Tuesday and Friday evenings of each week.
 Regular meeting of Woloott lodge, F. & A. M. next Thursday evening. Work in the F. 0. degree.
 Louis P. Booth of Rumford, Me. ], was recently the guest of his parents, MT. and Mrs. I. P. Booth.
 Mrs. James Vail of South Glaston- bury is spending the week with her parents, MT. and Mrs. John Rabideau.
 Miss Lottie Hatch and Miss Ruth Andrews attended the Billy Sunday revival services in Boston last Sun day.
 The Y. P. R will hold a meeting in the Baptist church next week Fri day evening, Feb. 3, at 30. Miss Mabel Colburn will have charge of tho meeting.
 Baptist Church Notes: Sunday serV ices: Morning. Blessed are the Peacemakers, '' Matt g. Evening" "The Marriage Supper of the Lamb, ' Rev. l9: 7-9; Eph. 5: 25-27.
 Instead of the regular Y. P. O. U. meering next Sunday evening meet 1nR will be held at the church at 7.15 p h. The pastor, Rev. o. H. Puffer, VI Il give the first of series of talks ot Ohina.
 V surprise party was given Wednes- da evening to Helen Higgins by eiahteen of her school friends, the oo Sion being her fifteenth birthday. GsShes were played. refreshments serned and very pleasant time was h
 L. Upham, appointed by the pI lte court to sell the real estate of tl late James A. Johnson, has trSLsferred the same to the widow, MrR. Jane H Johnson. Universal satisfaction is expressed by her many friends that slle is to remain at her old home here.
 The lecture Tuesday evening inI Memorial hall by Hon Joseph G. Camp on "Truth and Shams, U drew a good sized audience who gave close attention to the lecture, which was interesting and inspiring through out and an eloquent appeal to loftier and nobler citizenship.
 A meeting of the stafford branch of the Holland County Farm Bureau will be held in grange hall tonight at 7.3O. John 0. Clifford, county agent, will be present and hopes to meet a large number of men and women interested in the work. Plans will be discussed for the coming seasons work
 Staffordville.
 Mrs. Wm. Chandler of Hydeville, who has been quite i'll, has recovered.
 MT. and Mrs. Omer Cooley have a little daughter born last Saturday morning.
 Mrs. Norah Cham berlin is quite ill. Her daughter, Mrs. Maude Larges, is caring for her.
 Miss Isabe Eaton and Miss Nellie Thomas were the guests of their aunt, Mrs. H. M Vaill, over Sunday.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church will serve their usual supper in the vestry this Thursday evening Hostesses: Mrs. T. M. Lyon and Mrs. F. E. Belcher.
 Methodist Church Notes: 0. H.. Shanck of the Connecticut Temperance Union will oooqey the pulpit next Sunday aoshS S6g This will be a union seerv ice and a large attendance is desired. Subject for the evening service, s'The Life Story of John the Baptist. ''
 West Stafford.
 Master Leonard Glazier was operated upon 5aT the removal of adenoids last r~nln