The Press., 1917-11-15

Goods and Heavy FOogWoAr. s. Mn1SAs' witz . Go.
 Fresh Fish, Oysters and Clans every Friday and Saturday at Glanant0nAa market on Main-st. SA
 STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 Miss Ruth Larned was homo from Smith college over Sunday
 There will be meeting of tho Hospital Aid society next Tuee1aR afternoon.
 There will be ameeting for surg iUai dressings at the Current Events Olup room on Friday at 3 p. m.
 George Wise, Adamo Marterelli and Donald D. Mitchell were home satur- day from Camp Devens, Aver.
 The annual meeting of the supporteEa of the Stafford Boys club will be held in the library rooms Monday evening at 8 o'clock. The officers urge a large attendance.
 W, s. Martin, who formerly con- duoted a photographic studio heEes has sold ont his studio at Willimantic and will devote his entire time to the manufacture of his invention, q portable toy theatre, in Hartford.
 The Citizens canous for the nomi. nation of borough offiUeFs.to be voted upon on Monday, Dec. 10th, will be held at borough hall on Friday even ! ing at 8 o'clock. The burgesses whose term of office expire this year gre H F. Wise, L. H Stevens and R. ". Ellis. The borough reports have been printed and may be obtained at the office of borough clerk, ". H. Heald, or at The Press office.
 State Highway Commissioner Ben, nett has made the allotments of state money to towns for Improvements o1 highways for the next two years. The total amount is S951, ,375 The amount to be received by towns in this vicinity is as follows: Stafford and Willing ton $6,3O0 each; somers, Union, Ashford and Mansfield, $7, $50 each. The total amount to be expended h each of the towns applying is $s. 400. The amount to be paid by the towns ii as follows: Stafford and Wilmington, g, 100 each and for the others mentioned above. $1O5O.
 J HawIey Larned has passed slle special examinations and is c0Sn misaioned a first lieutenant in ths aviation section of the signal corps, dating from Nov. 8. He will sail for France to receive further training in his branch of the service at one of the French military schools. Lieutenant Larned has the distinction of being the first officer to be selected from his company at Plattsburg barracks, and he is one of the eighty officers taken from the training camps fol the important duties of observers and directors of heavy artillery fire. He was home over Sunday.
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 What is the most important thing in the day to day life of lad in the service? What keeps him in tOuof with home spirit and makes him realize that he not only is 8 fighting machine, but also gentleman? It it the Y. M. o. A., the great fraternity of the armed forces of United States, here and lover there. '' Before com ing into the service had an entirely mistaken idea of this organization. I thought that it was but side show in the army and navy life and that il was patronized by a very few. Have not some of you people at home haG much the same view of it? If SO, let me inform you that you are ab solutely wrong. The Y. M. O. A. ii the second home of all service mer and they all flock to it. It is the place where they "get together socially write letters, study, attend classes read, play games and host of othe little things which do much to make their lives happier, better and nor efficient. Imagine what kind of boy we would soon become if we did no have such place to go to. Oertainl. we would depreolate morally an' mentally, soon becoming more beast like than human. For instance, tn life of sailor consists of drill, dril and then some more drill. He i kept busy all day long being taugh discipline and the part he is to pla. in this war. He is a machine an not free agent. This is done in orde that he may represent his flag, oountr and fellow citizens on the firing line and represent them to the best of hi ability. After going over the sam things for several hours and then re oeiving a little liberty. he alway heads for the Y. M. 0. A. Here h becomes himself again. If it wer not for the Y. M. 0. A. he would b forced to spend his few leisure moment in his cramped quarters or else see recreation and relaxation in the neal est city or town. Is it not far bette for him to go to such place as tn Y. M. O. A., where he is subjee to healthy environment, free frol temptation9 Most of us lads are goin across and some of us are not goin to come back. We are taking tn chance and making these saorifio, for you people who stay at homo Cannot you people in Stafford COT tribute to this Y. M. 0. A. fund b and thereby help us. who are tryiu to do our bit? What the little ool tribution means to you would be yer slight as compared with what the ! M. O. A. means to us lads in Unitl States and in France. Please do giS aornakhinp. IL means a whole lOk fl n