The Press., 1917-03-01

Press office $4.OO.
 Sale on Mems White Shirts. 75C Shirts reduced to only 47c each. Big values. s. KatzOwltz & Go.
 -Dutchess Trousers 1Oc button, $l a rip. Modern Clothing Co, opp. post office,
 Agents for the famous Walk Over Shoes Modern Clothing Go.
 STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 w. R. O. meeting next Wednesday.
 Jesse Lee was taken to the Hartford retreat on Sunday for treatment
 M. D. O'Connell spent the week end at his old home in Colchester.
 Misses Grace Griffith and Lucy Alden will spend Sunday at Mount Holyoke college.
 MT. and Mrs. Earl Jenkins of West Springfield spent the weekend in town visiting their parents.
 MT! and Mrs. O. R Newton were week end guests of MT. and Mrs. William Lockett at Hartford. .. Miss Gates of East Hampton and Messrs. Hitchcock and Salin of Hart- ford have been guests of Miss Lucy Alden.
 The Ladies' Auxiliary of Grace church will meet at the home of Mrs. E R. Brown this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 There will oe a meeting in the Current Events club rooms Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock for work on surgical dressings.
 Miss Mabel Orr of Sufield, who is the teacher in the Buff Gap district school, is ill at her home in Sufield with Bright's disease.
 There was a party given by Meredith Sheppard, daughter of MT. and Mrs. James Sheppard, on Wash ingtOn's birthday from to 5 o'clock at her home.
 Joseph Brighenti, who used to run a meat markt in town and later worked in Hartford and Springfield, has secured a position as salesman for M. Uhlmann & O. of Chicago, and has moved his family back here.
 At the Business Mems social, held on Friday night, on account of the rain the attendance was not as large as usual, but those attending had an enjoyable time with whist and danc. ing. The following prizes were awarded in whist: First prizes. Mrs. H. Alden and J.. D. Grifiths; con- solation prizes, Miss Louise Grifiths and Willard Fowler.
 Joseph Hoague, aged 72 years. died last Thursday at the home of his son, Alexander Hoague, oD West Main street of cirrhosis nf the liver. At the time of his death he and his wife were living with his son, Alexander The funeral was held Monday morn ing at 9 o'clock, Rev. F. J. O'Neill officiating. The burial was in St. Edwards cemetery.
 There was large attendance at the COmique theatre last Thursday even- ing when Miss Ida Gardner, contralto, gave a recital, assisted by MT. Lyman, futist, by arrangement of F. J. Fitzpatrick. Miss Gardner has a magnificent voice and her singing in unison with reproductions of her voice, especially when she sang duet with herself and MT. Lyman playing the flute in the same manner mads d delightful evenings entertainments.
 The office of the Rockville and Willimantic Lighting Go. was broken into Monday night and all of the money in the safe, about $50, except- ing a. few. pennies was taken out The thief broke in the window on the ground floor and came up the back stairs and opened up the safe The officials were notified of the robbery Tuesday morning by Miss Agnes Fitzpatrick who has charge of the office.
 The hearing at Hartford on Monday before the public utilities commission in regard to the discoutinuanoe of the interurban service from Rockville to East Hartford was attended by about 200 people. Rock vile, Vernon and Manchester were largely represented Briefs outlining the case of the Con- nectiout company are to be filed with the commission within a week, and an additional time of one week was given Judge J. E Fisk of Rockville to file brief for those. who objected to the elimination if the interurban It is understood that the interurban service will be continued pending the decision of the commission
 Grace Church Notes: The Rev. Edmund R. Laine, .r., will be the preacher at the Lenten service on next Wednesday evening at 7.30. On Feb. 22d the rector took six young men of the parish. to West Haven to attend the annual convention of the Knights of Washington. Before the business session of the convention the young men were initiated into the order, and then instituted as Company D, 2d Regiment, K. O. W. of Grace parish, Stafford Springs. The Knights of Washington is secret organization of a partiotic and churchly character for men and young men They take, of course, as their hero, Washington, who was not only great patriot of our country, but also deeply religous man, and staunnh member of the church. Oo. D has enough applications for initiation to double its member. ship. On every Saturday afternoon during Lent there will be a children 's service at 3. 30. All the children of