The Press., 1917-12-06
Harold Comins of Springfield was

Harold Comins of Springfield was in town for the holiday.
 Miss Helen Linnell was with friends in Haverhill, Mass. for the week end.
 Miss Mary Leach returned to Spring field on Sunday after being home several days
 Miss Sophia Brown Sof Naugatuok spent Thanksgiving with her mother, Mrs. E. R. Brown.
 Mrs. G. E. Royce of Springfield spent Thanksgiving with her mother, Mrs. Hattie Royce.
 The decision of the district board denying the exemption claim of Donald D. Mitchell on the grounds of being engaged in the manufacture of wooden goods for the army and navy sas been sustained by President Will son, notice to this effect having been Feceived by Judge Joseph P. Tuttle, ehairman of the district board MT. Mitchell ia now at Camp Devens.
 Among the out-of. town students home for Thanksgiving were Miss Louise Griffiths and room mate, Miss Taylor, from Mt. Holyokei Miss Dorothy Pinney and sohoolmate, Miss Marie Valdiverso of Porto Rico, from Dana Hall; Miss Ruth Larned from Smith college; Miss Louise Beckwith from Simmons college; Cyril W. Dawson from Worcester Tech, and David H. Shepherd from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania dental college.
 Now that Claude Taylor. the des- perado why are all despeTadoes named Claude, Bertram or Percy . now that Claude, the bad man, as we started out to say, has been captured and, here's a good word, inoarcerated, it is safe once more for old Fred Cady of the Palmer Register to come out of his hiding place and show himself in public. In the early days of Claude's latest wild west exploits nearly everybody with gun mistook Brother Cady for the desperate bandit and Fred was kept lodging buckshot and bullets until he was worn almost to a frazzle and had to take to a cyclone collar for protection It wasn't Fred g fault that he looked like bandit, sbnt it was mighty inoonvenient, not to say dangerous, and the worst of it all was that the shooters refused to .conoede that they had made a mistake in taking a shot at him Springfield l Union.
 The wedding of Miss Margaret Esther Cooley, only daughter of Mrs. William H. Cooley, to Dr. Claude { Bertram Tschummi, second son of MT. and Mrs. Henry Tschummi of Broad ! Brook, took place at o'clock satur day afSernoon. A small company of immediate relatives attended the oere- mony which was performed by Rev. Levi Rees of the Congregational church. The living room and library were attractive with pink roses and chrysanthemums, the single ring ser" vice taking place in the former. Yellow chrysanthemums were used to decorate the dining room where luncheon was served following the ceremony. There were many choice Igifts. The bride wore her travelling suit of brown velvet and was un- attended, The young people of the neighborhood were present with con- A $nk&S 0NAA lin hnrrnG &O Sch thu hHi6n and groom farewell as they left town by automobile. Several relatives and friends from Broad Brook awaited Dr. and Mrs. Tsoh ummi at the Hartford station and assisted in their departure for Atlantic City. On their return they will make their home with the brides mother. Mrs. Tsohummi graduated from the local high school and Bradford academy and has wide circle of friends. Dr. Tschummi graduated from the Rockville high school and from the Haskell Post Graduate Dental college, Chicago, in 1910 and located in Waterbury, com. ing here in September, 1911. He is the secretary of the Stafford Business Mems association and has made many friends since locating here
 Relatives and friends of Clarence s. Preston were greatly shocked to hear of his death which occurred Thanksgiving eve at his home, 2S1 Newbury street, Boston He had been operated on for a stomach trouble about five weeks ago; and for a time seemed to be progressing until within a few days of his death. Funeral servioes were held last Saturday at 3 D. m. in the Emmanuel church, Boston, of which he was member. Dr. Worcester, the minister, officiated. There was singing by the vested male quartet of the church. The many beautiful flowers bore mute testimony of the love and esteem in which he was held. After the service in the church the body was taken to Forest Hills cemetery where in the chapel a Masonic service was held by a large delegation of brethren from his lodge. Clarence Spelman Preston, the young est of three sons of F. Wayland and Clara Spelman Preston, was born in this town May IT, 1876. After the death of his mother, which occurred on May 27 of the same year, he went to live with his grandparents on Wilmington Hill, alternating between there and his fathers home until he went to live with is aunt. Mrs. Theron Brown, of Newtonville, Mass. While there, still in his boyhood, entered the employ of tho we'll interior decorating firm of Allen, Hall & Co.,, 3s4 Boylston street, Boston, Starting