The Press., 1918-10-31

Army, all cooperating under the single head of United War Work Cam paign are shipping overseas each week 500 tons of cheer and helpful ness for the sons of America who are | lighting the fight for the freedom of mankind.
 Michael Lachowitz drove a party of friends to Southbridge. on Sunday.
 The polls will be open at o'clock next Tuesday morning for the state election.r
 Miss Alice Garden of Indian Orch ard spent the weekend with friends in town.
 There will e a meeting of the Hospital Aid society next Thursday at 2.3O D. m.
 Miss Clover Converse has entered Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten train ing school in Boston.
 t. William L. Tuthill was operated on for appendicitis at the Johnson hos pital Tuesday evening.
 Private Thomas Whitaker has Leen transferred from Fort Michie. New London, to Middletown, Pa.
 Ray Harwood, who is employed in the Hotel Delaney in Hartford, is in town on a twO-weeks' vacation. < Walter, G. Bruce has been trans ferred from Camp Syracuse, N. Y., to the signal corps at Fort Wood, N. Y
 Mrs. Emma Whitaker visited few days last week in Lowell and went to see her son. Fred Whitaker. in Camp Devens
 Mir. and Mrs. w. A. Hail and family and Miss Angie White all of Hartford spent Sunday at the home of Michael Mullins. ......s .,.....
 Miss Jennie Mullins, who is em- ployed by the Travellers Insurance Co. in Hartford. spent Sunday with relatives in town. @' .>
 Misses Celia Kirkpatrick and Eliza beth Argenta, were here Tuesday evening. from. the Wesson memorial hospital in Springfield
 Edward Dupre and Henry Taylor were in town over Sunday. Edward has entered the non-commissioned officers training school~s
 Mrs. Timothy. Grady recently. re- turned from trip to Washington, Norfolk and vicinity, on which she was accompanied by her niece, Miss Nellie=O'Brien, of Monson.
 Mrs. w. R -Preble has returned from Camp. Devens where she has heen- for the past week on account of the serious illness of her son, Elwin, who has been ill. with pneumonia. He is nearly recovered, is able to be tdressed and expects to leave the hos pital in few days.
 Mrs. Maria Scussel, aged 30, wife of Michael Scussel, died at the John son hospital Monday evening. She is survived by her husband and four children, Aldo, Teresa, Ugo and Will liam, all of this place. The funeral services were held in St. Edwards church, Wednesday morning, and the burial was in the St. Edwards ceme- tery.
 | The annual town business meeting will be held at the town hall, Mon Jay. Nov. II, at 1.S0 D. m. The mat ters to come before the voters will be as follows;. Approval of selectmen's budget for the year; appropriation of $1OO for Memorial day; to sec what action the town will take re garding the town deposit and Stand ish funds to, see. what action. tht town will take in. regard to re-valu ation of taxable property.
 Stafford. was exceedingly fortunate in the appointment of c. F. Beckwitl as local food administrator. While | the town has fared better in the mat Etef of sugar supply than some othel towns in the state, there seems tt | have been some little confusion in thu methods of distribution, and it has re | quired no small amount of hard wOrl and thought to regulate conditions It is the intention of MT. Beckwith t perfect a system of distribution whereby the consumer may be as sured of procuring the prescribet allotment and the plan worked out b. him, under the direction of the Fed eral Food Administration will be pu into operation in Stafford at once Registration day for the new suga cards begins at all grocery stores il lthe town next Saturday morning an positively ends Wednesday night Nov $. Within these dates, all wh wish to make sure of their regula tion supply of sugar must register and once only. Families will b served with sugar on the same basi at all stores, and may choose wher they will register, but may not chang after once registering. No doubt tn public feels that the food regulations especially that of sugar, are burde with your grocer, for not a penny c profit is derived from the sale c sugar, on the contrary there is a los on every dollars worth weighed Ou However, the grocers, each and ever one, are willing and anxious to dc not only their bit, but their best t