The Press., 1917-03-15
Regular meeting of Myriad Rebekah

n0Ku1ar meeG1ng or Myriad ReDeka lodge on Wednesday evening.
 Miss Ethel Whitaker spent tn
 week end visiting friends in Spring field.
 Miss Louisa Burt of Hartford wa the guest of Miss Lavilla Burr ove Sunday.
 John Mahan of Hartford spent few days in town last week visiting relatives.
 The regular meeting of the Hospita Aid society will be held next Tuesday at ? 30 p. m.
 Miss Angeline Zollet. who has beer spending few months in California has returned to town.
 MT. and Mrs. w. s. Mills spent tho last part of last week and the first part of this week visiting friends in Win sted.
 The Red Men are making prepa rations to observe their anniversary. The members are all requested to bt at the meeting tonight.
 The infant son of MT. and Mrs. Walter Marty howsky, named John Martzkowsky, of West Main street died Saturday of bronchitis. The burial was in St. Edwards cemetery.
 At the Congregational church next Sunday evening. a lecture will be given on Norway. illustrated by about 60 slides, mostly colored. Norway is renowned for the beauty and grandeur of it's scenery.
 The Current Events club will meet Monday evening and the program will he Glacier Park, Banff and Oanadi an Rockies. The committee: Mrs. A. Jacobsen, Mrs. l. Rees and Mrs. c. E. Brown. The music will be a song by Miss Frances Newton and piano duets by Misses Ruth Mullen, and Elizabeth Pinney and Nancy Fisk and Ruth Burwell. Hostesses: Mrs. G. P. Bard and Mrs. o. R Newton.
 On Saturday evening there will be 3 smoker given for the members of the Business Mems club in the rooms. The committee in charge has arranged to have W H Heald and J. G Wight man, the representatives from Stafford, 'peak on the happenings at Hartford and the bills introduced there. Other will be furnished by members of the club and outside talent Burt Needham of the Springs house will have charge of the catering. It is expected that there will be a large turnout of the mbers when the fun ltarts at o'clock.
 The postponed meeting of the Our 'ent Events club was held Monday ssening with Mrs. M A Harris and Mrs ". H Reed as hostesses. Alaska vas the subject and Mrs. O. E 3utterfield read a paper on the Romantic Requirement.. Nome was described by Miss M T. Russell, and he Development and Resources of Alaska was given by Mrs. F. Orcutt \ male quartet, Carl Converse, O. I Moore, H. E Burwell and R W. Ellis sang "A Soldiers Dream of 7ome." and ''The Oyster.'' '' Miss Ethel Moore, accompanist To make he Alaskan descriptions realistic the ire was evidently banked and the hirty-six ladies present wore coats md furs
 A reunion of the charter mem bers # the Stafford Ministerial Union was lell in Hartford last Monday at the esidence of Rev. A. B. Todd, assistant 'astor of the First Baptist church. !here were present hesides Rev. and Grs. Todd, Rev. and Mrs. H A. 'lake of Colchester, Rev. and Mrs. ). G. Fogg of Hampton. Rev J. W sallantine of Stafford and Rev. and Irs. H. A. Hersey of Foxboro, Mass. nd Mrs. W. J. Sly. Letters of regret 7ere received from Rev. Thomas 'yrie, detained by illness of Mrs. 'yrie; Rev. and Mrs. R. M. D. Adams and Mrs. Margaret Marrell etained by engagements. Luncheon 7as served and a social hour followed He'd with "reminiscences of the "good Id Stafford days." A message of ympathy was sent to Rev. Thomas 'yrie.
 Plans have been perfected for the rgauization of the troop uf Boy couts in town and a meeting has cen called for Saturday at ? p. m. , t the Springs house. The plan of rganization as it has been worked out Q far is as follows: A new charter ill be taken out for the troop, and 8 the charter of the old troop has xpired the boys who formerly com- osed it will come over in a body. he patrols now existing in Stafford nd West Stafford will also join. The balance of the troop will be made up f boys interested who have not been lembers of any troop before, and a roup of boys from South Wilmington. III of these boys will start in the CIV troop on exactly the same footing nd all will be required to take the ecessary examinations for the various rades. This they can do as rapidly g they are able to qualify. Until he boys have shown themselves to be ualified in every respect to become couts they will be regarded as being n probation. Arrangements have radically been made to have the se of the house in Hyde park as 1eeting place. The details of organi- ation and final arrangements will be nnounced at Saturdays meeting.
 Communicated.
 Peter Reynolds, the manager of the ]. Y. M O. basketball team hopes