The Press., 1917-12-27
Thomas oommiskey of Brooklyn.

Thomas Commiskey of Brooklyn NY spent Christmas at home.
 Miss Hattie Lee of Warehouse
 Point is spending her vacation with
 her parents.
 Miss Anna Welsh of Uxbridge, Mass.
 is spending the holiday vacation al
 home with her mother aud sister
 Mir and Mrs Frederick Gorham and
 mother. Mrs. Gorham, are spending the holiday vacation in New HIven.
 Mr and Mrs. E 0 DeBo,de were
 in Waterbury for over Christmas. Mrs.
 DeRorde remaining for weeks visit
 The assessors will hold their last
 meeting for receiving the borough tax lists at the firpmen's room in the
 borough hall next Monday evening.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frederick Chandler
 aunounce the marriage engagement
 of rhe,r daughter, Mae Fonte, to Ma
 thanlel s al R uu'ls of Bos ton, Mass
 Dr E J. Mcknight. @, of Hart ford, died ID Hartford on Tuesday.
 He was horn ID Ellington and was one of Harlford's most prominent phy- sic'ans and surgeons He was one of the consulting pbysrcisns of the John- sun hos pi'sl snd had performed many operations here
 The high prices of fool and clothes dId ut t have, much sffeor upon the Christmas bnsil e>s which was fully up 70 preceding figures. according to repnrts from the var ions stores. The merchants of this town are Rlad to see that eople are heRinuIng to real zs the advantage nf doing their Christi mas sh'ppIuR b, ire.fhe last minute and ayoilJmueh confusion B
 Professor Pepp will bA repeated tn- morrow afternoon and evening at & o'ClHk at St Edwards hall by the seuIor class an'f the fact 1hsterit re. reived great popularity on its first pre- 1 seuratinu and gathering ehthusIasm gives a confident opinion that a la'ge crowd III witness this second pre-. seuration here The sf erunon per fnrmauce will be for children aud the admission is 10 oeuts. The general admission will be: 25 cents The reserved seats. 35 cents, are on sale at J. F Warren's store and are having a good sale. The ad- fee will include dancing in the evening, aud music will be fur uished by Woods orchestra r4
 Edus NJ, 70. wife of Marshall B lIeau, died on Thursday evening after an illness of fifteen. years w3th diabetes She was born in Brimtipld July RI, Is47, the daughter of Eljsh and Caroline Puffer and moved >to Stafford Springs with her parents when quite young She was married here on July RI, 1867 by Rev. Mr Worth of rho local Methodist church to Mr Rolleau .On Jnly 31st they their 50th wedding anui- it also being the birthday <of both parties. Mrs. BOlieau has been a member of the local MeIhodist church for many years. She was prominent member of the local Womau's Relief corps and was charter member of both Baker chapter, Eastern Star an1 Myriad Rebekah I 0 O F She leaves no near rela- | lives The funeral was held at the home on Sunday at | 30 p m, Rsy. Q. J Aldrioh nfioistiug. The burial was fin rhe Stafford Springs cemetery
 Methodist Church Notes: The Jhr'stmss celebration was very sue ,es ful one. At the morning ssrvro there was an unusually large oonRrS satinu. The choIr furnished some lpleudid music The pastor preached ! brief sermon on "The Spirit of JhrWtmas'' and then Tees ived nine people into full memteTship in the ,huioh by letter from other churches, and thirteen others on confession Cf faith into preparatory membership | As these twenty two pc 'ple stood be- fore the altar of the church to be re- ,eived It was an iI p'ring sight and | a worthy climax tn the service of the | sud to the evspgelIstlc | of the past weeks Thr | Vestry was comfortably filled for the evening service to enjoy the stereop- | ficon lecture on 'The Other Vie | Ma",' b Henry Vantlyke Monday | evening he pageant Nativity, was preseute,I bv the choir ani several | young people. Miss Dorothy Stevens wss Mary; Forest Belcher, Joseph; Chester Relcher, Zarharlas; R ohsrd | Wnttaker and Mildred Siswi ick. ai Rsl,; Benjamin Arnold. Ralph Bel. cher and Joel Reed. shepherds; MT. Ellis, Mir Sheppard and MT Peploe, wise men. A number of small chlld. rem represented the anRehe host. All the actors were dressed in costume and | did their parts we'll. Presents were distributed to the younger members of the Sunday school Ou the com. ing Sunday morning the pastor will preach on Making Muslo Out of l Lite's Remaindsrs ''