The Press., 1917-08-23
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 , Richard Murray has accepted position in Whiton' g grocery.
 Miss Rachel sidaway of Pittsfiel, ia visiting friends in town this week The Oomrade in White, by W. H Leathem, has been presented to tn ! library by Mrs. Hannibal Alden. Il MT. and Mrs. William Wood ar visiting in Springfield and Hartfort to be gone until the last of next week l Saturday nights benefit dance al the Italian hall gave net profit ot ,l l$1lO.31 for which the man and com Ilimittee are duly grateful
 John Dexon, an expert baker, has taken a position with Joseph Fregeau. MT. Fregeau has added catering to his line of business.
 E.O. DeBorde and Apostl Nicholson returned Saturday from two-weeks' fishing trip to New Boston, Mass, in the southern part of the Berkshires.
 Prayer meeting will be held at the Methodist Episcopal church this even. ing. All other services will be omitted until the first Sunday in September.
 Rev. Oscar J. Aldrich and family will spend Friday and part of Satur- day at Willimantic camp ground, where MT. Aldrich will preach on Friday evening. Saturday they will go to Providence where MT. Aldrich will supply the pulpit of Trinity union Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday.
 The fire department was called out last Friday evening at 8 30 to put out a fire near the cloth dryer in the Warren woolen mill. Before the fire department, which was very prompt, could arrive the sprinklers and the employees, who attached the mill hose to the hydrant, had ex- tinguished the fire. The damage was mostly by water and was not very large.
 Private Carl G. Kendall of Go. K, 39th W. S.. infantry was visitor at the Methodist parsonage on Monday. He has been in camp at Syracuse, N. Y., for several weeks and is very enthusiastic in his praise of the treatment showed the soldiers by the people of Syracuse. MT. Kendall is q member of the Methodist Episcopal Ionurch in Middleboro, Mass. |, where Mr. Aldrich was pastor before coming There. ..- -a
 The body of Eli Parizeau, 69 years Iold, who was a resident of this town ez> a number of years and who lived of late years at the Soldiers home al Noroton, was brought here last Friday for burial MT. Parizeau dropped dead on the street in Noroton last Wednesday. The funeral was held last Saturday morning at o'clock in St. Edwards church, Rev. F! J. O'Neill officiating. The burial was in St. Edwards cemetery. He leaves a wife, Julia, and seven chil, dren, Eli, George, Frank, Louise, Rose and Mrs. H. Labrache. all who live in town, and Mrs. Minnie Pissonnault of Canada. MT. Parizeau was a Civil War veteran. He en. listed Nov. ], 1864 in Go. F of the Eth Connections infantry. He was in training in the north and was sent south in December. On June 23, 1865, he was hOnorably mustered out of the service and most of the rest of his life was lived in this town. He was a member of Winter Post, G. A. R until he moved to the Soldiers | home.
 There was a small attendance at the borough meeting last Thursday evening. The petition of the Con- neoticut company for the right to extend the trolley track on Furnace avenue about $50 feet was granted The plan is to extend the track from the present terminal in the middle of the street to opposite the l.. D. Gary lot and then to make a curve to the east side of the street to point be. yOnd the l.. D. Gary lot. From that point the track will extend north on the ground the present sidewalk would occupy if it were extended tC near the blacksmith shop. This will give the company siding that will permit the unloading of freight with. out blocking the street. The officials of the company state that an appro priation has been made for the extension and that it will be built right away. As soon as the track ii laid it is proposed to maoadamize tho lower end of Furnace avenue. c. B. Gary & Son will erect building beside the side track to use for { freight house.
 Torrent Engine company held theil annual clam bake Sunday at Cooper Lane grove. With the aid of tho weather man, Chef Mason, and heat waiter, James Warren, five o'clocf marked the end of a perfect day There was much. gloom cast over tho company when it was learned tha Ex Chief David, .Bissett could not b' present. At 10 o'clock the sport of the day were in order. The opening event. was quoits, in which the whol' company took part This event wa won by D. Collins, 1st prize; B Mullins,e 2d prize. The hop, stel and jump was won by F. Wormsted distance 29. feet. The one-legget race was the feature event; it brough out six entries P.Goady made a very brilliant finish but was not inside tho prizes,- the event being won by W Delligan and by a great burst of speed on the stretch. Thes running broad jump was won by F. Wormsted, dis