The Press., 1918-08-08
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 F. of A. meeting. this evening. I'm pOrtant business.
 Mrs Nellie Falley is spending ; months vacation in Ilion, N. Y.
 Mrs. Fred Donath of Mystic is visitin her sister, Mrs William Baldwin, on EaG Main street.
 Miss Ella Foster, Mrs. T. F. Mul len and daughter, Ruth, are a Bridgeton, Maine.
 Miss LOttie w. Tinkham of Middle boro, Mass, is visiting Mrs. o. Aldrich at the Methodist parsonage
 There will be meeting of tn Knights of Columbus in Red Ment hall next Sunday immediately aftel the last mass.
 Mrs. Julia Geary and daughter Miss Agnes, of Woonsocket are visit ing Mrs. Geary's brother, James Hur ley, of High street.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Wildey anG daughter, Miss Harriet Louise, ana Miss Gwyneth Rees are at Pleasant Point island, Mashapaug.
 Miss Annie Gladden. of Pawtucket R. l., is spending a two-weeks va cation at the home of George H Flanagan on Benton street.
 Mrs. M. G. Moore has had as guests Mrs Agnes Gauthier of Northampton and Mrs. Bashford and daughter Miss Margaret, of Yonkers, N. Y. : The annual reunion of the Holmes 'Cady association will be held at Crys. tai Lake Hotel next Thursday. Din ner will be served at 12.3O, sharp.
 Miss Grace E. Harwood and Miss Margaret Russell returned , Friday from a weeks trip along the North Shore" making their longest stay at Portland, Me.
 Miss Ethel Moore, Miss Mabel Meyers, Miss Alice Ray, Mrs. Hoyt and daughter, Miss Helen, of Springfield are at Justamere cottage Mashapaug Lake, for two weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. W. H Vinal and daugh ter, Carleen, and Mrs. Anna Kuehne O Hartford are touring through Maine stopping at West Rockport, Damaris cotta, Rockland and Belgrade Lakes.
 The annual tri-county W. c. T U. field day will be held at the Will limantic camp ground, Saturday, Aug. IT. There is to be a gold medal contest and some of Stafford's silver medal winners will compete. Bas- ket lunch at noon.
 Rev. N. ". Heermans, Mrs HeeF- mans, their sons Nile and Harry, and Noel Pease and Miss Nellie Morse of West Haven are at Lake View cot tage, Mashapaug, for the month of August MT. Heermans will supply the pulpit of St. Paul's church, New Haven, during his vacation.
 Rev. H. A. Blake, former pastor of the local Congregational church, who has been pastor of the church at Colchester for the past five years has resigned and accepted an invita- tion to take charge of the Winsted Congregational church for the com ing year in the absence of the pastor.
 In the drive for securing pledges of the adult population of the state for war savings Stafford stood at 52 per cent. being led by 78 towns. There were 52 towns in the state that had registration of 50 per cent. and over and 37 towns that registered over 50, but less than 60 per cent. Litchfield was first at 88 per cent, Vernon at 73 was ninth and Ellington at 72 was twelfth.
 Rev. O. J. Aldrich will lead the prayer meeting at the Methodist church this evening and will then be on his annual vacation for the rest of the month The pulpit will be supplied on Sunday mornings, August 11th and 18th and the church will be closed on August 25. The latter date is camp meeting Sunday. There will be no evening service on these dates. Next Sunday morning Rev. s. J. Rock of Vernon will preach.
 The Stafford golf team defeated the Putnam team on the local links last Sat urday 34 to4.