The Press., 1917-04-26

Howard Penny was home last weel
 i'll with the grip.
 A daughter was born to Mir. anu
 Mrs. Stephen Ostroski last Thursday.
 Andrew Komiski and Miss Nellit Koval have announced marriage in tentions.
 | Miss Ruth Mullen, who has beer Ill for the past week, is making $ good recovery. -
 There will be a meeting for surgical dressings on Friday at p. m. at the library building.
 There was a large forest fire over in the Hopyard yesterday which was put out late last night.
 Chas M. Cummings will represent Onneco Tribe, I O. R. M., at the great council at Bridgeport May ?.
 Mrs James Mclaughlin is at the Hartford hospital, where she had a slight operation on the right eye this morning.
 Mir. and Mrs. Fred A. Sweet have returned from Lynn Haven, Fla, and Mobile. Ala, where they have been spending the winter. Elmer Allen was before the borough court this morning charged with in toxication. He pleaded guilty to the charge and Deputy Judge E. K. Taft sentenced him to thirty days in Tol- land jail.
 There will be a rummage sale at Society hall, Saturday, opening at 9 a. m, to be conducted by the junior class of Stafford high school All those wishing to contribute will please call phone Nos 27 or 80.
 Two teams went to Willimantio last evening and buwled with local teams. The scores were 1895 to 1562 and 1436 to 1433. The Stafforl team won the first match and the Willimantic the second. The teams will meet here next Tuesday night for two more matches.
 The following is the program for the medal-speaking contest at the Congregational church, Friday even ing: Organ recital, Dr. G. P. Bard Samantha as a Politician, Smith, Doris Pease; Our Future, Littering- ton, Edmund Towne; music, Messrs. Converse, Moore, Burwell, Ellis; A Daughters Sacrifice, Woodford, Ger trude Bruce; The Goose Tale. adapted, Frank Dezso; solo, Miss Hall; What the Old Flag Said, Hopkins, Doris Amidon; music, Messrs. Converse, Moore. Burwell, Ellis; A Mothers Appeal for Justice, adapted, Florence White; The Man of the Hour, Grote, Richard Whitaker; recitation, My Little White Basket, Ruth Burwell solo, Miss Hall; presentation of med al, Rev. O J. Aldrich; remarks, Mrs. Emma J. Holman; remarks, Rev. L Rees; song, America.
 Stafford.
 Town Hall. the home of Paramount Pietures. This is the place showing the most talked about plays and players in the motion picture world: April 27th The Evil Thereof, powerful morality drama with Frank Losie, in , parts ; May lst, Edna Goodrich in "The Making of Madalena," in parts.
 Regular meeting of Stafford grange next Tuesday evening.
 MT. and Mrs H. Ramsden of Dalton, Mass, spent Sunday at their home lere.
 Herbert Thresher has just lost his ,nly COW, and a valuable one, from milk fever.
 woloott lodge. F. S5 A. NJ, will hold a stated communication next evening. Work in the F. 0. degree.
 Mrs. Sarah Black was called to Mass last Saturday by the illness of her friend, Mrs. John Ing ham, at one time a resident of this place.
 Invitations have been issued for the of Miss Alice Josephine Keefe, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Mathew Keefe, to Michael J. Lynch of Rockville, at St. Edwards church l next Wednesday at a. m.
 Mrs. Emily Thompson is again able to take short walks after being con- fined to the house by illness with the grip for several weeks. Her son, Rev. Geo. L. Thompson, of Northfield, Mass. called on her last week.