The Press., 1918-11-07
August Strazza Killed in France.

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 August StrazZa Killed in France. | August Strazza was killed in action in France on Sept. 18th according to notification received from the wal office last Tuesday, Private Strazza
 had been in the service nearly six
 months. Before being drafted he ran
 the larber shop next to Greaves & Greaves meat market. During his business career he made many lasting friends. One of his brothers died in an Austrian prison camp on Oct 1 Another of. his brothers died in the local hospital nearly two years ago The other members of his family live in Italy.
 William Curran of Springfield has cen visiting in town.
 ] Walter Quinn of Newport, R. L. is home on a seven-days furlOugh.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. s. GOrham of New Haven spent the weekend in town
 George F. Brigham has moved into
 h. house on Keefe's Plains recently vacated by H. E. Jones.
 Harold COmins, who is stationed at Newport, R. l., with the naval re- serves, is on ten-days' furlough Private T. Romeo Garvais of Camp Upton, N. Y, spent Sunday with his parents, Mir. and Mrs. Alphonse ] Garvais.
 i Edward Dupre, Silas BOlieau, Geo. Daigle and Frederick Bolieau of Camp Deycns, and Carl Lindner of Mineola, l., l., spent Sunday in town.
 A daughter. Barl ara Elizabeth, was lOrn Oct. 25th to MT. and Mrs. Charles Chapen of Enfield, and granddaughter place.
 A ten-TOund daughter was born NOT. 1st at Oakland, R. l., to Mr. and ! Mrs. Edgar L. Bishop, and grand l daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Prouty of this borough. Theodore w. Morrall, Napoleon Guilman. George Daigle and F. J. 3olieau were here Tuesday on a | twenty-fOur hours voting parole All four have received part of their over seas equipment and expect to leave Camp Devens within a week.
 A regular meeting of the Woman's i Christian Temperance Union will be held in the Congregational church next Wednesday at o'clock Topic: Temperance and Missions. A special invitation is extended to all members of home and foreign missionary so- cieSies.
 The following officers have been elected by the school board: Chair man, Robert w. Smith; secretary, M. D. O'Connell; auditors, R. w. Ellis, H. c. Fisk; transportation committee, R. w. Smith, H. A. Glazier, M. D. l IO'COnnell; teachers, A. B. Handy and M. D. O'COnnell; fuel, H. c. Fisk and H. A. Glazier
 Nine soldier lads from Camp Dev- ems visited the home town last Tues day. This they believed, was their last furlOugh before leaving this country. Following is the list: Nell son Madsen, Henry Taylor, Alfred Whitaker, Benjamin Squires, Albert Csatlos, Marcus Works, Primo Bacchi- Oci Thomas Yare and John COnstan- l tine.
 The annual town business meeting will be held at the town hall next Monday at 1.3O D. m. The business to come before the voters will be as fol- lows: Selectmens budget for the en- suing year; Memorial day appropri- atiOn; to see if the town will take any action regarding town deposit and Standish funds; to see what action the town will take regarding re-valu- ation of taxable property.
 1 People who have received their overseas Christmas labels may ob- tain boxes by calling at Red Cross | Nov. 15. When boxes have been packed they must be brought to the Red Cross rooms to be inspected and wrapped as they will not be accepted 1 at the post-office without the Red | Cross label. Full directions as to what the boxes may contain will be given each person receiving a box. Angelo Lusa died at his home in West Stafford at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon as a result of an attack of the Spanish influenza. He had been ill but a short time. MT. Lusa was born in Italy and came here nine years ago. He leaves two brothers in | this country, John of Ellington and ! Joseph of this town and four in Italy The funeral services were held | in St Edwards church Wednesday morning at o'clock and the burial was in St Edwards cemetery. John M. WashLurn, 31, only son of Harry M. Washburn of Topeka, Kan. | formerly of this town, died October 24th of influenza, developing into pneumonia, after an illness of thirteen days. He was the owner of the In was an expert on motor cars. He leaves a wife and one son two and half years old. He was buried on l October 27th, the service being con- ducted by the famous author and lec- turer, the Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, who is a close friend of the family.