The Press., 1918-06-27

Word has been received of the safe
 arrival of Edgar Young over there.
 Mrs. F. G. Sanford was a weekend
 guest of Mrs. E. D. Tufts in Springfield.
 Owing to the breaking of the main
 shaft the Orcuttville min was closed the
 greater part of last Tuesday.
 The Methodist Sunday school picnic Is
 to he held at Forest Park, Springfield,
 this afternoon, The picnickers will be driven there by auto.
 Paul Genhold took a party of six to Camp Devons last Sunday, who were shown around the camp by the boys who are now there from this town.
 Miss Emily F. Mills has returned after a months outing, accompanied by her aunt, Mrs. Selden Minor, of Winsted, sister of w H. Mills of this place.
 A son was born June 2d to Mr. and Mrs Arthur Dahms of Poughkeepsie, IN. Y, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso Garyais of this borough.
 Joseph Cushman writes that he has been in the trenches three times and is not yet wounded. He has served in the infantry, has been bomber and is now a maehine-gunner.
 Eleven members of the class of 1917, including the Misses Alice Garden, Anna and Elizabeth Cunningham, Alice Ward, Marie Mullins and Maude Cummiskey and Richard Murray, Thomas Gilling ham, Eddie Ladish, Frank Johnson and Ted Bradway held a reunion at ''The Manhattan,' Crystal Lake, last Sunday. Miss Helen Fletcher and John O'Connell of Springfield were guests for the day. MT. and Mrs. Sawyer ehaper- oned the party.
 Grace Church Notes The services on Sunday will be at the usual hours, holy communion a. m., morning prayer and sermon l0.3g a. m., Sunday school at noon and evening service at p m. Be- Ing the Sun day preceding the Fourth of July, the morning service and the Sunday school sessIou will be of patriotic na- ture. During J fly and August the Sun- day school and evening service will he omittei. There will be meeting of the vestry after the ! o'clock service on Sun day. The anuIl parish picnic will be held on Satn day of this week at Crystal Lake. The members of the Sunday school will assemble at the church hall before 10 a. m and leave on the 10 o'clock car The picnic Is not only for the Sun- day school hut for any member of the parlsh.
 The ninth annual outing of Henry w. T. Mali & Company of New York, in conjunction with the executive force of the Rhode Island Worsted Company, and invited guests, was held at Rau's Cottage, Crystal Lake, Saturday. After an inspection of the mill group picture was taken and adjournment was made to Crystal Lake. Owing to the stormy weather 8 number of the events could not be pulled of. The Blind Tiger was As Ed; Shot-put by Col. W. H. Hall, Ist and E. A. Schreier, 2d; Hop-skip- jump race by Charles Mill, lst, Fred Wildey, 2d; Running Broad Jump, Charles Mills, 1st, and Fred Wildey, 2d; Standing Broad Jump, Fred Mayer, 1st and Col. W. H. Hall, 2d. Breakfast was served at 10 o'clock and dinner at | 3.30.
 Louis ChAffee, the new postmaster vas born at State Lime July 8, 1880. 1e received his early education at Stafford high, graduating in 1899 A rear later he entered the Bay Path institute of Springfield In 1904 he vas employed as bookkeeper for O. B Sary & Son. Eight years later he became a clerk in the local post-offioe. Having the highest average in the recent examinations, he received the G. H. Perry, assistant | has been acting postmaster | since the death of Postmaster w. E. Hanley last October. The pustmaster's ] salary IS now $22OO.
 Seven horses left here Sunday after noon for the Bay State Short-Ship | circuit to be held at Windsor next week. Five of the horses are of the Clay Cotton stable. while the other two are owned by F. WolveIton of Attleboro. The horses are in the best of condition and have received | fine training at the local fair grounds They will be driven by Honest | Ed" Gillies. The five horses that the Clay Cotton stable are considered the fastest bunch that stable has put forth. Wolverton's two trotters are olassed among the fastest stallions around here. The Clay Cotton stables are: Miss Prim, Miss Riooo, Josephine Watts, Virginia Barnett and Atlanta Peter. Wolver- toms trotters are: Peter Hopeful and Forrest B.