The Press., 1918-01-24

tion. JENNIE s WALKERS
 LILLA c B1ssETT, FL"RA RoEHM.
 STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 Edward. Reister of Hartford va home over Sunday and Monday.
 | Roy Johnson of Camp Devens, Aver was visiting friends in town Sunday. l. Persons leaving documents for reoOEt in the town clerk g office should b' careful to see that they are correct II Fboth form and substance. It is tn duty of this office to record dOCument EXACTLY as they are made out. II making this statement I feel th' interests of the ppblic-ar are being safe guarded.
 I J. Carl Converse, Town Olerk.
 Warren A. O. defeated the local Is. Y. M. O. quintet soto 16 in tllt Warren, town hall Saturday night be- fore large crowd. Tbe two OoltitoT boys were Warren g shining starss who with their speedy and clever passworh made the local boys nearly dizzy. Murray and Levene were Stafford | most faithful supporters. Line-ups
 Warren A. O.. S. '. Ms O. Deland, If Levsne P. Oollitou, If Argenta SheebaD, Murray A. Colliton, Ib CalGEiers Richards, Spencer, rb Eaton
 Score, Warren A O. 5O: g. Y. M. O. Is; goals from floor, P. ColIiton 10, A Colliton 2, Deland 4, Murray 3, Oalohsra 2, Argenta; baskets on free tries, Levene 4; referee. Sheridan.i timer, Covell; time, 2O-minute halves. The following letter was received by The Press from Alhert HaWstt Nlio was the first drafted boy from stafor.l to leave to join the servioe:-
 Somewhere in France, Dec. 27, 1917.
 A few lines from a boy in the good old U s A. service and am glad that was the first one to leave Stafford and to be transferTed into the regulars, good old Go. H. Wait till the Kaiser sees Go H.! hs will not. be able to get to Berlin fast enough, as whenkwe go over the top we will mean business sure enough. We are all here to do our bit and we all intend to and do it quickly. am not sorry I ever entered the army, as it builds a boy into man, and the training we get will make a man go. through H. and fire to get the Kaiser and let him know O s. A., is on. deck. We'll will close by sending best regards and ROpeastO hear from, you soon. If you W tll send me The Press once in a while sure would like to read the +homHe news.
 Private Albert Hewett, Go. H., 1O2 Us s. Inf.
 In 8 recent letter from their son, Awlyn, to the Rev. and Mrs. L Rees, a newspaper clipping was enclosed which refers to the honor bestowed upon the ambulance section of which he forms 9 part A copy of the olip- ping is appended: American Sanitary Section No. Is the first American ambulance organization. to receive French fourragere. It has just been awarded that decoration in the red and green of the CFoiz. de Guerre. General Petain's order awarding the decoration is as follows: ":ThiS unit has received two citations in the order of the army because of it's splendid conduct in the face of the enemy" The chief of the Erepoh Military Mission at American Head- quarters said: ''This glorious dis tinotiOn is the merited reward for the brave mon composing the section who, on many famous battle6slds have given evidence of the fraternal solidar- ity which dnites the soldiers of France and America in our common cause '' The section will soon be lined up for the ceremony of presenta :. tion. It is a veteran organization. formerly belonging to the North Harjes ambulance.
 The. following books have been added to the library and will be ready for circulation Friday: In Happy Valley, John Fox, Jr. i; Michael, Jack London; The Major, Ralph Connor; Green Fancy, o. B. MoOutoheon;. Our Next Door NeighboEs, B. K MaDiates; 1; The Shadow on tle StnHs, Marguerite Bryant; The World and. Thomas Kelly, Arthur Train i; Sunny Slopes, Ethel Hueston; Extricating Obadiah. V. c. Lincoln; White Ladies of Worcester, F. L. Barclay. Missing, Mrs, H. Ward; Luck of the Irish, Harold MacGrath; The Witness, c. L. H Lutz; A Pilgrimage with a Milliner's Needle, Anna Walther; 1; Christine, Alice Cholmondeley Chris. tine, a Fife Fisher Girl, A. E Barr; also Salt of the Earth, Mrs. Alfred SedgWick, given by Mrs. W. H. Cooley. The following war books have been added to the library and are in circulation: Garry On, 0. ". Dawson; A. Student in Arms, 1st and 2d series, D. ". Hankoy; My Fona Years in Germany, J. ". Gerard.