The Press., 1917-11-01
rhOmap paiele of Shelton is a guest


 Mrs. Eugenia Matthews has returne from a visit at Newton, Mass.
 Regular meeting of the Staffor
 Business Mems association next Mon day evening
 A meeting for surgical dressing will be held in the Current Event club rooms Friday at 2 p. m.
 There will be dance at Red Men hall Saturday evening Music b Woods orchestra of four pieces.
 ". R. U. meeting next Wednesday A full attendance is requested as ther are two candidates for initiation.
 Edward Huden of this town i among the men who were drafted iron Hartford who left for Aver to-day.
 Regular meeting of Modern Wood men next Wednesday evening at o'clock. Six new members will b. admitted.
 Miss Dorothy Pinney, student a Dana Hall, will be home for thi week s end to attend the Matthews Pinney wedding.
 Mrs. Alice Flagg Barber of New tonville, Mass former teacher. il grade ,, has been spending a week a the Springs house.
 Benjamin R Arnold has sold hi business to George Wood, a former employee. Mir. Wood takes charge o the meat market conducted on Mair street to-day.
 Forest B. of the Clay Cotton stables, driven by Gillies won first money il three straight heats in the } 1 1 pace, purse $500, on Friday, making two races won by the same horse at Suf field last week.
 Owing to the severe storm on Tues day the power was shut off on tht trolley line for some time Tuesday morning. Passengers taking the o'clock trolley sat in the car here oVel two hours before the power came on again.
 F. H. Plumb has been appointed chairman of the food conservation pledge card campaign, and Mrs. J. W. Robinson is the secretary. The town is divided into 3O districts, and 6 competent oanVasser will be appointed for each district to secure signers tc the cards.
 By united efforts on the part of the Liberty Loan committees of Stafford, Wilmington and. Somers, subscriptions have been secured and reported through the First National bank as follows Town of Stafford, $lS3, $50; town of Wilmington, $ B, 65O; town of Somers, $22, 800. Total, $34O, 900.
 Last Friday night a short time be- fore midnight Officer Hayes discovered a-man in the mill yard of the Cyril Johnson Woolen Go looking into the windows of the shipping room. He immediately notified the watchman of the mill who turned on the lights. The man ransup Furnace avenue and was not seen again.
 Methodist Church Notes: Sunday morning the sacrament of the Lord's supper will be observed at the Metho- dist Episcopal church. In the even- ing the pastor will preach. Tuesday evening the Young Peoples Auxiliary will hold it's monthly meeting in the church parlor. The W. H. M. S. met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. J. R. Parkhurst at her home on East Main street.
 The town school committee meet. ing, held Monday, elected the follow ing officers: Chairman, Robert W. Smith; secretary, M. D. O'Oonnell; {; auditors, R. W. Ellis and M. D. O'Connell; teachers committee, William Meloher and M.D.O'Connell ; building committee, Henry O. Fisk, 0. B. Pinney and Richard w. Ellis i; transportation committee. R. W. Smith, Herbert A. Glazier and M. D. O'Connell.
 At the Current Events meeting Monday evening Miss M. Russell read an interesting paper about the Ref. ormation of Switzerland. Mrs. Pownall's paper: In the Heart of Switzerland told much about the people, their manners and customs, etc. Mrs. Harris described and gave the history of Lucerne, Altdorf, Rigi and Pilatus. Mrs. Rnmbelow's talk to the club was Canadian women s work during war times.
 Is not about time that the Con. solidated company should be pushed to fulfill their many promises to build the spur track on Furnace avenue so as to end the unloading of freight on the street? The borough officials have stated that they intend to macadam ize Furnace avenue from the post office to the blacksmith shop as soon as the track is extended. The muddy condi- tion of the street after every heavy rain emphasizes the need of this i'm provement.
 Claude Taylor, released conv iot. who assaulted his father in Wilmington aud who is supposed to Ee responsible for numerous robberies in this vicinity and Springfield, is being sought for by the state police and officers of this state and Massachusetts. He is thought to be the lone highwayman- who demanded a breakfast of woman al Sixteen Acres early Sunday morning at the point of a revolver and then forced a man to drive him away in his automobile toward Rampden. After going about six miles he ordered the man to get out and told him he would find his machine on the road toward Stafford. The highwayman then drove off and the machine was