The Press., 1917-05-24
Mrs. E. ". Smith returned Monday

Mrs. E. ". Smith returned Monda,
 from Jamestown, R. l., where she Ina
 been spending several weeks.
 The Southbridge Roofing Go.
 making extensive repairs on the Con gregational ohruch. A new ornament
 al copper tip was placed on the spir
 yesterday.
 Miss Jennie Scott of this town ant Oliver Morin of Rockville were mar
 ried yesterday morning at St. Ed
 wards church, the Rev. F. J. O'Neil officiating.
 ! At a meeting held last evening O the guarantors for the Chautauqua tha has been planned for Stafford in Junt it was decided to try to discouTagt the association from holding any here as there is very little interest shown and the present conditions do not seen to warrant the holding of the same.
 The merchants of the town wishing to be patriotic enough to give their employees time to plant, care for ano harvest their gardens and also to give them little time for recreation have agreed to close their places of business Thursday afternoon from June 7th until September 27th, inclusive.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Takacs of Westford, aged 45, died Saturday morning in the Johnson hospital where she had been i'll for some time. Mrs. Takacs was born in Hungary, but moved here early in her life. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Takacs. The funeral was held yesterday morning at St. Edwards church, the Rev. F. J. O'Neill officiating. The burial was in St. Edward's s cemetery.
 The Stafford baseball team has arranged for a game with the Three Rivers team for Saturday afternoon. This game promises to be an extra good one, as the Three Rivers team has not met with a defeat this year and they have been up against some pretty fast teams. The baseball club is hoping that large crowds will at tend their games because their finances are on the ragged edge, and, as they are putting up some good games, the fans ought to respond to their pressing need.
 Miss Gertrude Pease of this town an Fred Royce of Monson were married last Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. L. Rees in the presence of relatives. They started Saturday for New Hampshire where they will spend their honeymoon. Both of the young people are popular aud are we'll known in town. Miss Pease has lived here all of her life and has Teen employed at the Robertson store. MT. Royce lived here until recent years, when he moved to Monson and started 8 garage. He is a soldier in the Massa- ohusetts militia at present.
 At a mass meeting of the laborers of the town, held last night, the oom- mittees reported that the Rhode Island Worsted Go. had offered to the la borers in that mill a 55-hour week and about 10 per cent increase in wages. That the Cyril Johnson Woolen Go. and the Warren Woolen Co., had offered a 55-hour week and enough increase in wages to cover the loss in hours. The laborers decid ed to accept the offer given by the Rhode Island mill, but not of the other mills. The laborers are giving the manufacturers until Saturday noon to decide, and they voted to strike then if the offer was not made as good as the one given by the Rhode Island Worsted Go.
 John Hughes of Monson is in town and has issued a challenge to race anyone here in a foot race of either ten or fifteen miles. He states that he came up from Yantio Wednesday morning, starting from there at 6.3O a. m. and arriving here at the time the clock was striking 10 a. m. He also states that he raced horse on the Norwich track Tuesday afternoon and that the horse made a mile in ?. O3 and a fraction seconds and he did it in ?. O3 flat. If we all had that speed the passenger service of the country would be useless. We have no official confirmation of these state- ments, but have to take the word of MT. Hughes, which we have taken for granted must be as good as gold. The statements sound reasonable, to say the least. CD