The Press., 1917-05-10
UNIoN.

Mike Puatek is erecting large wagon and wood house.
 Henry Lefingwell and family were at Mrs. R. B. Horton's last Sunday.
 Regular meeting of Mashapaug Lake grange next Wednesday evening.
 Mrs. T. A. Williams and Little daughter returned from Johnson hos pital last Tuesday.
 H. M. Lawson has recently pur- chased second hand Ford auto truck for marketing and general purposes.
 Ernest Morse of Manchester and his sister, Mrs. O. F. Pratt, of Hart ford were the week -end guests of MT. and Mrs. Chas. Rindge.
 T. Olin Newell and family, who have spent the winter in camp in the northwest district, have returned to their farm at the Center.
 Andie sRizner, like hundreds of other students, has joined the agricul- tural army and is home from Stafford high school to help out on the farm.
 Plans for Memorial day are under way and committees and details will be announced later. In this war year there will be a peculiar interest in Memorial day. t. ..
 The meeting of the North Ashford Boys and Girls club was postponed from last Saturday on account of the weather and will be held next Satur- day afternoon at ? o'clock. ...
 For the past two weeks H. R. Howard with force of men have been planting pines for the Mashapaug Farms Go. They are putting in 65 to 70 thousand seedlings this spring.
 Rev. H. M. Lawson has preached at the Congregations church at East ford the past three Sundays. A new pastor, Rev. MT. Sherman of New Hampshire has been called and accepted, but has not yet arrived.
 Rev. I P. Booth of Stafford occu- pied the pulpit here last Sunday, and as usual gave his congregation some. thing we'll worth while. pr. Booth has a warm place in the hearts of Union people.
 George Sampson s steam mill on the Lawson place has been steadily turn ing out the fine lumber until last Saturday, when it shut down for s time in order to enable the men to dc their spring planting, which is SC important this year. The mill may start up again in June.
 Supervisor Norman J. Bond was here last Wednesday afternoon and held f teachers meeting at the Mashapaue school house. MT. Bond trained a, Plattsburg last summer and he leave soon to take up his new duties there as a member of the officers. reserve training corps. ..
 James Russell, who has lived o1 the Dodd place for the past eigh years, and had been i'll with pneu monia for short time, passed ava. last Friday. A short service was helC at the cemetery Sunday afternoon Rev. I. P. Booth officiating. Tn case was peculiarly sad, Mrs. Russel being the only relative here. . .yg
 There will be patriotic agricultur al mass meeting at the Congregation al church next Monday evening at. o'clock sharp. County Agent Johl E. Clifford will be present to speak ol the agricultural situation, and anothe speaker will take charge of the patri otic features of the meeting. Thi meeting is called in connection wit the governmental plan to hold simila gatherings in all the towns throughou the country, thus giving each com munity, however remote it may be, a opportunity to understand and fac the critical food situation. Mr. Git ford hopes for rousing meeting an welcome is extended to every man woman and child of Union. Remem Der the time.
 Rock Meadow.
 The Bradway brothers have inishe saving lumber on Myron Heok's lot.
 Harold Booth visited over Sunda, his grandmother, Mrs. Ryder, ii Staffordville.
 Miss Marion Webster recently enter tained her cousin, Mrs. L. J. Boynton