The Press., 1918-05-23
Peter Panoiera has purchased Ford


 touring car.
 Regular meeting of Court Oronoc' Thursday night
 Meeting of c. A. R post Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
 Guisto Biz and Olaf Jensen O Camp Devens, and Wilfred Eaton oi Boston were home over Sunday"
 Francis Mullins of Bristol has beer spending few days in civilian olothel with relatives here. He will leav, for Camp Upton, l.. l.. this morning and is drafted from Bristol.
 At meeting of the trustees of thu Stafford Library association. held at the office of G. Fl Baker 6 O., Col. Chas. Warren was elected president and F. H. Baker secretary and treas urer.
 The following four-minute mem speakers have received emblems fol having served in three different cam paigns: Rev. L. Rees, Rev. 0. H. Pnffer, R. W. Ellis and R. H. Valentine.
 Paul Brudiar of Moose Meadow was sentenced to thirty days in jail by Judge Heald when brought before the borough court Monday, charged with assault on John LichaDeo. About three weeks ago Brudiar's wife and Lichaneo got into an argument in which each one claimed that the other was thief. Brudiar heard the heated discussion and coming out of the barn with a pitchfork in his hand he hit Liohanec over the head four times with the fork. He then ran away and returned Saturday. He was arrested Sunday morning by Deputy Sheriff Eldredge of Willing ton. The ofRense was committed on April 2S.
 The Methodist churches of the New England Southern Conference are engaged in the task of raising $1O0, 900 for the benefit of the Con ference academy at East Greenwich, R. |, and are having splendid success. It is planned to finish the task before midnight on June 26. As never before the Christian churches of different de- are undertaking and ac. big taeks, proving the Vi- tality of Christianity in a time when some are tempted to become doubters. Rev. G. G. Sorivener of the Norwich district and Rev. Melville Terwilliger of New York have been in the town this week in the interest of the East campaign.
 The mills were visited Tuesday by the Red Cross workers who collected funds for the "drive. ' Each worker has brother in the service. They were dressed in long sleeved white aprons with large Sed cross on the front, the usual veil, each carried g white bag for collecting and eaol' wore badge with the word Brother fastened at one end with a service bar, and at the other with 8 Red Gross pin. The workers were Mrs. Luoe Raymond Park ), Miss Julia Loughheed { (Lieut. Loughheed) ), Mrs. Fred Novogroski { sergt. Ellowitz) Mrs. George silcox Carl Lindner), ), Mrs. Richard Valentine Lieut.. Chap maD). Mill operatives gave to these workers very generously and willing ly.
 At the county convention of the W. o. T. U., Friday, in the Metho. dist church, Mrs. Caroline B. Buell. and Mrs. Lisa K. Fuller will be present and Miss Ballantine as pianist. In the morning at 10 a. m. the service will be led by Mrs. F. 2 Fairfield, and Rev. O. J. AldTich and Mrs. Plumb will give words of greeting. There will be reports of officers and superintendents, a solo by Miss Alberta Eaton and a by Gertrude Bruce. After the lunch at noon the program will consist of addresses by state officers and Rev. W. o. Belkman, solo by Mrs. Wm. A. Abbott and 8 reading by Freda Tursohmann. Members of the Young Peoples Branch will sing in the chorus and asalst as u&hers. The public is invited.
 MEMORIAL DAY ORDER.
 Let us all strive to observe Memorial day in patriotic manner. As the ranks of the old veterans are thinning fast and we ask the help and CO., operation of every patriotic citizen. All who will contribute the use of their automobiles for Memorial day are asked to send their names to the committee: O. Allen, O. F. Chandler and F. W. Howard. As the corps members are few, the ladies would appreciate contributions of food for the lunch to be sent to the hall before l l B. m., Memorial day. The following is the program for Memorial day: The c. A. R. post anl Sons of Veterans will meet at the hall at 2. 40 R. m. start for St. Edwards cemetery at 8 a m. exercises at West Stafford at 9 a. m. Sandy Knoll 10 8. ID. ]; Staffordville 10 3O a. m. i; Stafford Street at II .3O 8. m Return to hall for lunch. Leave hall at p. m. for Stafford Springs cemetery where the Rev. l.. Rees will deliver the Memorial day address. l.. E. Dimook will give an oration, "The Stars and Stripes,'' and "The Boys who Wore the Blue. y On Memorial Sunday, May 26th. the members of the GA. R. post, Sons of Veterans and Woman's Relief coIps will meet at the hall at 10 a. m., and from there proceed to the M. E. church where the Rev. o. J. Aldrich has invited Fl nppN %rN nAAo~n1 Ag.n al