The Press., 1917-05-31
THE BAKER BLOCK AND THE GARY STABLES
 BURNED TO THE GROUND.
Building Buildings


 7 was badly damaged by fire and wate and her stock was valued at abou , $6, 900 and is nearly. total loss , She was insured for about half thiI , amount. Attorney M. D. O'Connell in the Gary block suffered a loss oi about $1, ,0OO. He is insured. A. J. - Melbourne, who occupied room in the rear of MT. O'Connell's rooms, has loss of about $15O with in suranoe. The Chinese laundry, con dncted by Charlie Lee in the Gary block, was damaged by water to the amount of $15O. Peter Fregeau'l T bakery and grocery store in the small wooden building next to the Gary block was damaged by fire and water at loss of about $500. He carri ed a little insurance.
 The fire destroyed what has been considered one of the worst fire traps in the borough and it has been feared for years that the result would be serious if a fire ever started in the vicinity. When the buildings are rebuilt they will have to conform to the fire district restrictions. O. B. Gary & Son will probably rebuild their stables. G. H. Baker & Co.,, at present have no plans for rebuilding.
 G. H. Baker & Go. are located temporarily in the garage building in the rear of The Press office. -a
 Lott O'Halloran has rented the store recently vacated by J. M. Arm strong and is open for business.
 Brown & Penny are doing business at their storehouse in River street.
 Attorney M. D. O'Connell is located in the office of R. H. Fisk.
 C.B. Gary 6 Son have opened their office in the Eaton drug store and have hired the Springs house barn.
 The Fregeau bakery has opened at the old stand.
 Mrs. Carl Kuehne of Hartford has been visiting friends in town.
 MT. and Mrs. 0. R. Newton. spent the week -end in Boston,. Mass. ~.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Reynolds of Springfield visited here on Sunday! l
 Mrs. W. M. Aokley and son, Eugene, returned to their home in West Guil- ford, Vt, after spending three weeks with Mrs. Aokley's daughter, Mrs. W. R. Fisher, and family. -.r.ss
 A meeting of the guarantors for the proposed Chautauqua to be held here June 26th to June 3Oth was held on Tuesday evening. The Chautuaqua program will be carried out.
 Miss M. E. Nothnick has had her insurance adjusted and she will have sale of her damaged stock some time next week, at the store in the Arnold block, where she will conduct her business until her quarters in the Gary block are repaired.
 MT. and Mrs. Arthur LaVallee, Rudolph Thiesing, Miss Marie Jacques of Pittsfield were in town to attend the wedding Of George Martin and Miss Clara Laurion. MT. and Mrs George Martin and Wm. Thiesing left Wednesday for Pittsfield with MT. and Mrs. Arthur LaVallee for the rest of the week. '.@ ? About fifty relatives and friends gave surprise party to Mrs. William Kihl at the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Seth Schofield, on Village Hill, Saturday evening. She was presented with May basket contain. ing a gold watch, ffve-dollar gold piece and several other useful gifts. Luncheon was served and a pleasant time was enjoyed by all present.
 At the morning service on Memorial Sunday Rev. O. J. Aldrich, pastor of the Methodist church, preached a patriotic sermon for the third con- seoutive Sunday morning. The sub- ject was "Our Debt to America ' Particular attention was called to the fact that we as Americans are enjoying the privileges of a nation that others have built, a nation for which our generation has never bled, but the present. crisis forces upon us the necessity of rendering to America every possible service to discharge to her our debt for advantages received Next Sunday morning he will preach on ''Salvation from the Wrath of God"
 It is the duty of every patriotic citizen to do everything in his power to insure the success of the Liberty Loan''~ of the United States govern. ment by subscribing for as many bonds as he possibly can. The fact that the present issue may be exchanged for bonds bearing higher rate of interest, should such be issued later by the government, should make the bonds at tractive from an investment stand point. The Liberty Loan committee of New England will have a representa- tive at Stafford Springs Saturday evening, June 2d, who will make a short address at the Business Mems club at 8 o'clock relative, to the Liberty Bond subscription and tell us what is being done all over the United States with this issue, and it is requested that all the members of the club be present, and a cordial invitation is extended to anyone interested to meet with us and listen to the good points of the Liberty Bond.
 . Liberty Loan Committee of Stafford. Fresh nvoico of