The Press., 1918-06-27
sTAFFoRD sPRINGs.

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 Mrs. Etta M Gale is quite ill al her home in Glynville.
 Miss Harriet Wildey is with MT. and Mrs. William Sanford at Bolton for two wee44ss..~
 1 Misses Ruth md Barbara Chapin of Montclair, N. J were here for the greater part of last week.
 Mrs. E. W Smith has returned from Oneida and Winfield, N. r., where she has been guest of her sister and brother.
 There has been change in the O. V. schedule The trains will arriv 6 in Stafford as follows: North bound, s.O7 a m and 500 p. m. South bound, 1925 m. and 2. 20 m.
 M-. and Mrs. 0. R. Newton are enteI taining house party at "Gladi- meIe," Crys Lake, for their niece, Miss Frances Newton Misses G G@yneth Rees, Florina and Emma 'Tonon went over Saturday with Miss Newton and will remain during this week.
 MT and Mrs. Walter Tease of Cleaveland, Ohio. oame to Stafford Saturday, MT. Pease left for Boston Monday morning where he will go into training f. r the merchant marine service Mrs Pease will be with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Mix, during her husbands absence.
 Samuel KatzoWitz has rented his two houses on Grant ,avenne. The house formerly occupied by E. |. Burr will be taken by Mrs. T. O. Ghapin- of Montclair, N. !, while the house recently occupied by Timothy Buckley, who is to move his family to Hartford, will be taken by A. O.. Vincent, pharmacist atthe Mccormack drug store. .e
 Mrp. R. l.. Stevenson and children, who have been spending the week with her parents, Mir. and Mra Napoleon Pero, left Monday for Ohile.. South America, where Mrs. Stevenson expects to join her husband, who is in charge of mining interest there. Mrs Stevenson was accompanied as far as New York by her brother, Napoleon Pero. Jr.
 At the Perkins Institution for tho Blind at Watertown, Mass last week, at which four of the sixteen pupils graduated were from Connecticut, one of the four was Emil Andrew Johnson of Stafford Springs. He not only received a diploma from this institution, but was one of the essay ists at the graduation exercises. His sub ject was "A League to Enforce Peace. !" The state of Connecticut provides for the education of all it's blind children through the state board of education of the blind, which has an office at the state capitol. There is residential school in Hartford where the children of school age are sent at the state expense. This school takes them through the first year of high school work, after which if they are proficient the state sends them to the Perk ins Institution to complete their education.
 The W. s. S. enlistment rally, which was to take place in the park, was held in the Comique theatre Sunday evening on account of the weather. There was a large attend ance. The rally opened with the sing ing of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic,' Rev. l.. Rees then intro duced Mrs A. H. Campbell of Windsor who appealed to the women to save in the home and especially during can ming time. In comparing onr condition with that of other warning nations and in various other ways she showed why we should save and lend our money to our government and ad- vsnoed various ways of saving. After singing "The Star Spangled Banner, !" accompanied by the Italian band. Howell Cheney of South Manchester, chairman of the state war saving stamp committed, was then introduced and in his speech hv outlined the great task before .us, that of financing this war, and showed to surprising extent what can be accomplished by the practice of daily saving. The rally closed with the singing of "Amerioa, accompanied by the band; l.....; >....
 An entertainment for the benefit of the local Red Cross was given ',Satur- day afternoon. by a group of girls living on. and In the neighborhood of East Main street. It was much en : joyed. and $25 were realized. The participants have been preparing for the event for some time and the ad- vance sale of tickets far exceeded tie seating capacity of the theatre e~-tlie upper part of the Cham mberlain.ga The children did remarkably we'll and their friends showed keen appreciation. William Smith with his snare drum and William Ellis with his flute com posed a very popular orchestra. Mill dred, Siswiok was ticket takers Betty Pinney. sold* <nand ana- peanuts and Harrieg Wilday alhounoed the pro gram. $sThe phyetsss. The Train to Ma1Sq, < was given nths Mullen aud Nansy and Dolly Ffs A mono logns; Doiaf9FsG M5sit, !" was recitea Sy Rnti isuFwelB sssEhe Dolls Party'j was gigsAE. Nith Mary F. Frazer and Eat as 1Aothers, and stRe follow ing 9ol Helen Smith. Josephine Qilngan Joaephine Frazer. Corinna GiIliga1f; Beatrice siswiok, Mnriel Scott, Mafg Arnold, Mattha Belcher and Judy Williams. The program is we'll worth Eepeating. ' t.-ssissi .sa:.. =. ss