The Press., 1918-10-17

Frank Johnson is home from Bea-
 con Falls recovering from the effects
 of an attack of influenza.
 Aldo Peloni. for the past six years
 a plumber for C. p. Hodgson. has taken position in Mystic He will move his family there Saturday. ! George Fiske. who has been run ming the restaurant at the Stafford House for the past few months. has moved to Rockville. He has stored some of his furniture in the further end of the store recently vacated by | SerOOr Bros.
 Rev. Howard Rees Williams, who has been in Y. NJ. c. A. work in France. returned to this country two weeks ago. going directly to his par ish at Concord. N. H.. from which he { has a leave of absence A younger | brother. Rev. Albert Rees Williams. who took his brothers work in his absence. died of influenza just before Rev. Howard R. Williams reached
 
 followed, for two other brothers, one in Russia and another in France. reached this country about the same time. Mir. Williams is a guest of his uncle. Rev. L. Rees, and addressed a large audience at the Congregational church Sunday evening. The Service was a union of several churches and Rev. c. H. Puffer offered prayer. An interesting story of personal expert enees commanded the closest atten- tiOn. MT. Williams is in the educa- tional department of the Y. M. c. A. and has spent six months in France French camps and assuring the poilu that the American troops were on French soil with the necessary equip ment to assist in their long struggle In his various missions he travelled we'll over the portion of France under fire, visiting many miles of trenches. Thirteen bombing raids on Paris were witnessed by him and the wonderful protection of the city from destruc- tiOn was explained. A visit to his cousin. Alwyn Rees, and several trips with him in his ambulance work in the French army were spoken of. MT. Williams returned to this side in the special interest of the great union drive which comes soon to raise funds for the stupendous work undertaken ever there. Should the war immedi- ately end it would be many months and in all probability two years at least before all our troops could be returned to home soil During this period of impatience and unrest many thousands of young men would be thrown into idleness and tempta- tion. The plan of the educational resents, is to make it possible for these young Americans to continue study, preparation and experience along the former lines of work, or other vacations for which they ex- press a preference and possess great CT aptitude. Vocational schools, manual training, elementary school work and higher studies are in the plan and arrangements can be per fected where those whose high school or college courses were interrupted can continue. In this way the young men will be occupying their time not only to their greatest advantage, but to that of their home land, where they will return better equipped to take their places as valuable citizens. MT. Williams spoke to the Business Mems association Monday evening along the same lines, but more in detail. After speaking in the cities along the At lantic Sea Board, MT. Williams is assigned to special work in England He will then return to France.