The Press., 1918-01-03
HOME NEWS.
sTAFFoRn spRINGs.

Miss Ivy Eaton of Springfield is home for the New Year holidays.
 Miss Alice Ward is visiting st the home of Miss Mabel Orr in suffield.
 The State Line Tee Co. are prepar. ing tO harvest their foe and will begin the first of next week
 Harry Ward has taken & position iu a Philadelphia shipyard and is work ing with Theodore Morrall
 Miss Angeline sena returned yes- ter,lay to resume her duties as teacher in the Central high school at Newark, N. J.
 For the benefit ot those that are to join the uoloFs the Boys club offers a chance Go learn boxing under Peter Reynolds's instruction Iu the army or navy it is compulsory to box.
 Mise Ju.lith Williams. who has been a guest of her father. Rev Howard Williams. at Concord. N H., returned Monday to her home with her great uncle, Rev L Rees
 E L Burr. who was to close his dry goods store Jan |, has extended his time unt,l about ths middle ut this month Mr Burr is i'll, hut recovering from SD atttack of pueu- DoniA.
 Mrs Phillip B Barton and young dauRhtss. Mary Wilcox. of willsboro N, Y. are the guests of Mrs. Bar fnn's parents. Mr and Mrs Fred Will icy. MT. Barton was with them lnss week.
 The membership results fnr the Rcd Cross campaign is 24a The quots for th's tnwu was 22O and is excee,le ! by 2S members which is a remarkably good showing as compared with many other towns and cities which are find. inR it . hard task to come up Go their allotted quota.
 The annual meeting of the Con- gregAtlonal church will be held nexr week Thursday night insread of to- night. because of the psstur's absence Rev. L.. R. e has been called to Port | Chester, N. Y to offiCiste at the funeral to-day of close friend and former parishIouer
 Friday the strong Trojan five of Hartford are coming to play the s Y. N. O team with the intention of adding 6 game to the scnre of others they have won. Richard Murray. captain of the I NJ 0. has his team in fine form IF will be a Rnn'l game. Line up for s ' NJ O.: R Murray, N ArRenta W Kuslsn, ky, M. CAlcara. W. Eaton. R. Beruarda.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the ME church are to give a special entertain msnt next Wednesday evening at 7.3O, known as ''The Dietrios," nag'oraus and musical entertainers. The Diet rics present an unexcPllsd program of music snd magic of lvceum quality, including trick piano playing. whist ling, bells. EN NlophoDs aud bauja play ina, impersonating, songs and stories. Price, 35 cents.
 Mr. SD Mrs T F Mullen moved Monday into their new home ou Crown skrept The house was formerly the James Fitton home, but it has been % extensively rebuilt on a larger plan nIth ssucco exterior that st s prae- sicslly new. A spacious living room, we'll appointed dining and serving rooms. laundry, bath rooms, vs1an.las and sleeping porch make 8 modern, I attractive home. |,
 The cold certainly struck us early C md hard this past week, smashing all i 'oEmer records and water pipes as we'll. [ ' The plumbers in town have been kept ' busy n the past few days thswing a put pipes and placing new ones c morning the temperature f vent way below zero Sunday was ' 'he col,iest day and the mercury drop V ped to 26 below zero and did not , inEe to come Ahove the Zero mark any q part of fhe day Monday and Tues c lay were only a little milder. c