The Press., 1917-03-22

church will be held next Sunday even s ing at 7.3O.
 Miss Blanche Shippey and Mis- Rachel Glover spent Saturday ana Sunday with Miss Margaret Glover oi Quincy, Mass.
 ,I NIT and Mrs. James Vail have re- turned from Glastonbury and will make their home with Mir. and Mrs. John Rabideau.
 The Ladies Aid of the Baptist church will meet for work in the chapel Thursday afternoon. Supper will be served at 6 o'clock. Hostesses Mrs. Hatch and Mrs. Agard.
 The funeral of Arthur Lavigne, 50, who died March 14th in the Johnson hospital, was held Friday in St Ed wards church, Rev. +. J. O'Neill officiating. The burial was in St.. {. Edwards cemetery
 There will be a pruning demon stration at the farm of John Larned at Stafford Street, March g, at 3 p. ID. by Prof. Hollister with the Holland County Farm Bureau cooperating. All those interested in growing fruit are invited to bring their saws and pruning implements to this meeting. If you are interested in growing good fruit you should attend this meeting.
 Stafordville.
 I'M Lyon is quite ill with pleurisy.
 Allison R Sanger is confined to his home with chicken-pox.
 Frank BaIlou of West Stafford visited local relatives last Sunday.
 Mrs. Lima Booth was the guest of her sister, Mrs Asa Harris, of Stafford, over Sunday.
 Mrs Sarah Smith moved Tuesday into. the John Rockwell tenement vacated by Wm. Hanna.
 Mrs M. Moore of Stafford Springs has sold her house, occupied by MT and Mrs. Wm Smith, to T. M Lyon
 Louis Zabilansky was the guest of his brother of Wilmington Hill over Sunday, making the trip in his new auto.
 MT. and Mrs. F. G. Medbery and George Potter attended the funeral of Henry Arnold in Willimantic last Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. George Potter from Willmantiu are with MT. and Mrs. Fra1ois Medbery. MT. Potter has employment in the pearl button shop.
 George Moore. who has been spend ing three months with his grandson, Merl Hughes, and family in Pitts. burgh, Pa., returned home last Satur- day night.
 Mrs. Fanny Child, 64 years old, died of pneumonia Tuesday in the Johnson huspital. She was the widow of Lester Child who died two years ago. She is survived by a brother, David Miller, of Providence, and by her mother of the same place. Mrs. Child has lived in Staffordville for
 
 will be held in Staffordville Friday afternoon at o'clock in the Metho. dist church, the Rev. Miss Brown officiating
 This Thursday evening in the Methodist church the usual supper will be served, after which the play, entitled Breaking the Engagement, will be presented with the following cast of characters: John Fielding, Thomas Dillingham;; Binks, the bell boy, Harry Smith; Bessie Smith, Nellie Dugdale. Price for supper, 10 cents. Entertainment. 10 cents, l or both for 20 cents. Saturday even- ing in the M. E. vestry the play, "A Tax on Baohelors'' will be repreated l at 80 o'clock. Ice cream will be on | sale. Adults, 15 cents; children under 12 years, 10 oents The pastors subject for next Sunday will be Conscience.
 West Stafford.
 Mrs Eugene Nef of Rockville visited Mrs. George Ellithrope last week.
 W. P. Pease of Springfield was the guest of his brother, Warren Pease, on Sunday.
 Miss Annie Herring of Rockville is spending the week with Miss Mabel Lawrence.
 Miss Blanche Sturtevant is assisting at Miss Beokwith's millinery rooms at the borough.
 Mrs. Charles Lawrence is in Gum mington, Mass. where she will attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs Frank | Snow.
 Mrs. Louis Demars was called to 1 Hazardville last Thursday evening by the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. | Ramsey.
 MT. and Mrs. Lucius Mckinney and | Miss Hazel, of Thompson. vile and Ralph Smith, who has recently returned from Florida. were guests at Henry MoKinney's last Sun day.
 Last Saturday afternoon Miss Mary E. Keeler of Hartford was married to Frederick A. .Griswold, 2d, of Wethers- field by Rev. John W. Ballantine. The wedding was very simple and informal affair. The bride wore a | blue travelling suit and carried a bouquet of sweet peas. She was un- attended, The guests included the families of the bride and groom and few intimate friends After the refreshments the couple left for southern trip. following which they will live in Bridgeport. The bride is well known here as she has, been frequent visitor of the