The Press., 1918-09-26
HOME NEWS.


 Subscriptions for the fourth Liberty
 loan will be received at the Stafford
 Savings bank.
 MT. and Mrs. R. w. Smith and Dr.
 c. P. and Mrs. Bard are on an auto mobile trip to the White Mountains.
 Mrs. E. w. Smith has returned to her home on East Main street after 1 spending several weeks at Maple wood," Jamestown, R. I.
 In the marriage item of Mrs. H. l.. | Ryder last week an error was made in the name which should have read that she was married to Philip J.JOsy. Among those who have been af- flicted with the influenza are Mrs. c. B. Pinney and daughter, Miss Dorothy. MT. Pinney is now suffering with the same malady.
 On account of the Red Cross gath ering of partly worn clothing for Belgium this week the rummage sale of the Ladies' Aid society of the Con- gregational church, announced for | Friday, has Teen postponed.
 The funeral of Mrs. Lucy Ferry was held at Phillips undertaking rooms in Palmer Saturday, with burial at Will braham. Mrs. Ferry and her daugh- l ter, Evelyn, lived at the Page house on Grant avenue several years and at I the death of her brOther-in-law, Smith Page, was given the life use of the home.
 The old clothes drive of the Red Cross is on and Stafford's allotment is two thousand pounds. Warm, ser yicatle garments for men, women and children are greatly needed. Con- tributiOns may be left at Arnold's store next to George Woods meat market any time up to this week Friday.
 The annual state convention of the w. c. T. U. will be held in the First Congregational church, corner of Val Oct. 10th and 11th. Mrs. A. M. Cady and Mrs. c. B. Kellogg are the dele gates from the local union, but others ! will attend the Thursday evening ses- sion to hear the Hon. William Jen- nings Bryan, who will give an ad- dress at that time.
 The following is list of the chair | men appointed for the woman's lib- erty loan committees in towns in this vicinity: Coventry, Mrs. Walter s. Haven; Ellington, Miss Fannie E. \ Thompson; Mansfield Mrs. Wm. Kirk \ patrick; Somers, Mrs. R. Leland \ Keeney; Stafford, Mrs. Lewis Nc Laughlin; Holland. Mrs. Samuel Simp- son; Union, Mrs. Ella c. Barrows; | Vernon, Mrs. F. T. Maxwell; Willing ton, Miss Rosa O. Hall.
 The annual Columbus eve dance, given by the local Council of the Knights of Columbus, will be held as usual this year at St. Edwards hall Il on Friday evening, Oct. 11th, the sec Ond night of the fair. The proceeds | of this dance will be paid into the l treasury of the local council and I credited to boys who are in the ser vice, keeping them members of the I Knights of Columbus while in the I service of the government during the I war
 Col. Charles Warren has given to I the Red Cross the use of the suite of \ rooms recently occupied by Lawyer | R. H. Fisk. The knitting department \ directed by Mrs. F. K. Taft, and the ! hospital garment room, in charge of | Mrs. Robert Quinley, will be moved to \ the new quarters as soon as possible. | The increase in output has badly con gested the present quarters, which I can now be given entirely to surgical dressing. Never has the call been greater and there is urgent need for workers in every department.
 But few people have called at Fitz- patricks news room for the Personal Military Service cards which were left there two weeks ago by the local War Bureau. The parents of the boys in the service evidently fail to realize the importance of this work and the necessity of it's being attend ed to immediately. The committee on research and information, which has charge of this undertaking, once more urges the cooperation of the persons concerned in this request, and hopes that it will not be necessary to again bring it to their attention. In cases where parents are unable themselves to fill out these cards, relatives or friends capable of correctly answer ing the given questions may do so. Blank cards may still be obtained at the ObOve mentioned store, and any desired information as to the filling out of same will be given by the chairman of the committee, ReFnard L. Mullins.
 North of the Stafford Broad street way and on the south side of said cemetery in the pasture land, stands large chestnut tree, the girth of which near the ground is twenty feet and it's height is ninety feet. One hundred and more years ago it was called "the old chestnut tree" After hard frost and wind the children of John and Hannah Converse Young, of whom Mrs. Nathan Washburn was the last, hastened at early morning to gather the large and we'll favored chestnuts. It's spreading branches, of which number have fallen to the ground, tell us that it grew alone; and being tree of promise was spared from the woodman's axe. For years Lack it's greatest efforts could produce only empty shells. This spring one limb made an effort to