The Press., 1918-10-31
HOME NEWS.
Regular meeting of Myriad Rebekah'

lodge next Wednesday evening.
 Nelson Madsen, Himie Kuslansky and Marcus Works, all of Camp Dew ems, were home over Sunday.
 A daughter, Marian Louise, was !O.m last Ti.Grsd4y to MT. and Mrs. F. '. Bartlett 1t New Ha"en and granddaughter to Mc and Mrs. j.. P. Wagner of this borough.
 Hand in your town tax lists on or before Friday. The assessors will be in session to receive the lists to-day and tomorrow in the room over the d Whiton store in Warren's block from 9 a. m. to D. m.
 Miss Josephine Poindexter died ina North Woodstock, Saturday with the Spanish influenza Miss Poindexter made her home with MT. and Mrs { J. s. Sm:ledge of Ashland, N. H. She7 was visiting Mrs. w R. Wittss5 of North Woodstock at the time GS her death.
 Harold w. Bruce has enlisted and passed his examination and expects tO1 enter he vocational section of the S.3 4. T. C. ot the Technical high school of Springfield on Friday. After an eight-weel:s' course he expects to be. sent to France as a machine gun re pai.e: 7
 F animation for rural mail carrieE> Lu the position of rural mail carrier at Eagleylle will Ee held at Stafford Springs, Rockville and Willimantic..
 e open to residents of Holland county. During the continuance of the present war the commission will admit women to rural carrier exami- nations upon the same conditions as men.
 Hunting this year is quite poor in this section. So scarce is the game that anyone who shoots even squir- rel can expect to be praised for it. It is the same in places for miles around. as hunters who take long
 
 to be a good number of foxes around. Rev. F. J. O'Neill and George McQuaid have killed a fox each and many have been seen. The real game has dis would have to be prohibited for a while if there is to be any left for future hunting. -
 Henry Newton, 6S, died at the home of his daughter ill Springfield early Saturday morning. The funeral was held Monday morning at Springfield, burial was at Amherst He leaves be- sides his widow, two sons, Henry w. of Haverhill, Mass, and Edward F; of. New York, and a daughter, Mrs. H. B. Post, of Springfield; also a brother, Stephen H. Newton of Haverhill, Mass. MT. Newton resided here number of years ago while employed in the clothing store of his brOther-in- law, J. M. Leach. He had been pro prietor of a number of hotels, includ ing the Century House of MOnsom
 Frank G. Macomber, state publicity director, wishes to express his keen appreciation through the newspapers to the manufacturers and business men who contributed newspaper ad vertising for the Fourth Liberty loan. He reports that 168,521 inches of the advertising appeared in the newspap- CTS of the state at an average rate of 40 cents an inch, and that the news papers of the state contributed 67,O0O inches of reading matter. He also states that those committees in the state that made the best showing of newspaper publicity are the same committees that made the best show ing on subscriptions to the loan.
 Mrs Martha Brown lyric, aged 72, wife of Rev. Thomas lyric, pastor of the Methodist church at Hazardville and formerly of Stafford Springs, died at o'clock Thursday morning. She had been confined to her bed since September 15, when she sustained a fractured leg and dislOcated hip, but the immediate cause of her death was paralytic shock Besides her hus- band she is survived by two children, William w. of the firm of lyric & Chapman, architects and contractors, of Minneapolis, Minn., and Miss Martha D. s. lyric, who lives at home. The funeral services were held at the parsonage Saturday afternoon at o'clock. The burial was in the family lot in Derry, N. H.
 The annual report of the borough of Stafford Springs has been issued and copies of the same may be Ob- tained at the office of Borough Clerk Heald, or at The Press office. During the year ending October 1st the borough debt was reduced $138, from $S,611O9 to $8,472.22. The expenses for the year were as follows:
 Highways, $6,SOS.69 Furnace avenue macadam, 1,759.O1 Police department. 1,O6375 | Hydrants, 1,11O.OO Electric lights, 2,397.99 Street sprinkling, 743.O7 Interest, 718.4S Fire department, 46O.76 Miscellaneous, 727.45 Note, First National Bank, 4,1OO.OO Cash. Oct. l, 1918, 1,559.71 l s2A 448. .8G