The Press., 1918-03-07

ia spending the week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hanley.
 The retaining dam for the shoddy mill of the Fabyan Woolen Co. has broken through For length of about ten feet.
 Mrs. James Daley returned last week from a visit with her parents, Wr. and Mrs. John Holden, at South Windham.
 The week night meeting of the Congregational church will be held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. G. P. Bard this evening.
 A staging is being erected on the public school building in order to repair a strip of tin on the tower which was ripped off by the recent wind storm.
 Jarvais Cady was brought before the borough court Friday charged with leaving his dogs loose. He was ind @8 and costs, in all amounting to @10.71, by Judge W. H Heald
 pr. and Mrs. William c. Hollopeter of Merion, Pennsy lvania announce the engagement of their daughter, Marguerite, to Capt. John Hawley Larned of Ellington Field, Houston, Texas.
 Miss Lucy M. Alden was one of -four of the library staff sent by the Hartford public library to the annual meeting of the. Connecticut Library Iassociation which met in New Haven last Thursday.
 .s The Stafford Business Mems assooi :. ation will hold its next social on Mon- Bday evening, April 1. and the follow ing committee has been appointed : David Bissett, c. F. Reokwith, H. E. Jones, R. ". Ellis, c R. Newton.
 The -Four. Minute Men" are 8 national aid to the committee on public information Their purpose is to speak with authority on various subjects of national importance which iage given out each week by the govern Einent. There are already I4,OO0 of fltAse men which have enlisted in this work for the period of the war Our heAI four minute men are already on 8he job and may be heard every Satur. Hay evening at the Comique theatre Eand Woods pictures in Stafford town hall. R. w. Ellis and R H Valentine are the local minute men, others will soon Iengthen tho hist.
 Grace Ohurch Notes: The week day Lenten service will be- held on gfrissay evening at 8O N Next Sunday sSlas fonssh sunday in Lent, is1seme times known as Mothering Sunday and will he observed as suoh at Grace church. It is day when every mem. Der of the church ought to make s special effort to attend the service. The services will be held at the usual hours: 10 8. m. ;, Holy communion, 1O.8O a ln., morning prayer and sermon, 12 m., Sunday school, and D. m., evening prayer. In token oi the churoh's nourishiDg care for hel children, a little care will be given to everyone attending the morning ser vice.
 The Current events club met with Mrs. R. w. Smith with a large at tendance. Mrs. O. H. Moore read { paper OH Ohauteau and Castles o1 Switzerland, and Mrs. F. H. Spelmat told of Lausanne and it's Celebrities. Mrs. T. r. Mullen sang When You Come HOme,' and 'Ostentation, with Miss Alberta Eaton acoompanist The committee on surgical dressings, which has carried on tue work st successfully for the past year, recon mended that the work be given ul and the seventy five dollars remaining in the treasury be turned over to the Red Cross. This motion was unan lsimously carried and a hearty vott of thanks was given to the committed for their faithful performance O ! much hard work.
 The sale of War Savings Stamps aut Thrift Stamps for the town of Staffor: has exceeded $6, 900 The pupils o1 the schools have purchased over $1 200 Several War Savings societies hav' been organized and campaign is or for members. Three citizens of Staf ford have joined tho Taft War Saving club, and have pledged themselves tC purchase $1,OOO of War Saving EStamps during the year 1918. Tht following merchants have become authorized agents and have the stamp on sale in their stores: James F Warren, W. E. Hanley & Go, DaVit Robertson, Harry Markoff, Alfret Bidorini, Edward o. peRorde, Rudolph A. Nothnick, The Eaton Drug Go. Whiton Grocery, F. ". & M. A. Howard, Michael Kmetz, D Aliprandi Louis Campo, J. Wasserman.
 'Orawford's Claim, a drama il prologue in three acts, will b' presented at St. Edwards hall Satur day evening, March 18th, and ir Memorial ball, Stafford. Monday March 18th, at o'clock by tlIt Following cast of characters for th' benefit of the A. o. H. war fund Bud BunkUm, a western sport \ William Sullivan; Manuel Lopez talias Cant. Grin. Edward Mullins Deacon Crawford, who owns tn, claim, Daniel Sullivan; Bill Multi gYan, lieutenant to Lopez, Der Mullins; Jack Davis, who drove tn extra, John Sullivan; Ling Ling \ ]a giddy celestial, William Delligan
 Mike Moore, always on case. Jame l Sullivan; Joe Bowers, always l lfriend, Leo Fletcher; Jim Sawyer the sheriff, Walter Quinn; Nugge
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