The Press., 1918-12-26
Vim. M. Symonds Buys the
Ellis Grocery.

| EAllS tEFuCeEgs
 wm. M. Symonds of Hartford hai
 purchased the Ellis Grocery andopeni
 the store to-day. MT. Symonds is {;
 Stafford boy. having lived here all his
 life until five years ago this month
 He was a clerk in the Whiton Grocery
 and resigned to go to Hartford to take
 a position with the grocery firm oi Charles G. Lincoln & Go. and remained
 with them for four and half years The Tast few months he has been with the Capewell Horse Nail Co. of Hart
 ford. MT. Symonds is a young man
 with much experience in the grocery business and his many friends here will Le pleased to have him return to Stafford and wish him much success n his newly purchased business.
 F. of X. meeting Friday evening. Election of officers.
 Miss Florence Schofield is recover
 ng from a severe attack of the infiu- enza.
 Attorney Frank Harris of Syracuse, V. Y.. spent Christmas with relatives in town.
 John Dupre returned to Philadel- phia last Friday after a fourteen-days' furlough.
 Miss Louise F. Beckwith of Akron. Ohio is spending Christmas week with her parents.
 The annual meeting of the Hospital Aid society will be held next Thurs day at 2.30 D. m.
 Miss Dorothy Pinney of Evans school at Boston . is home for the Christmas recess.
 The annual church supper and meeting, of the Congregational church will be held next Thursday evening.
 Joseph Stephens has received his discharge from the aviation corps at NIinneola. l.. l.. after six months ser vice.
 Miss Mona O'Connell of North Ad- ans. Mass. spent Christmas at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Daniel Sulli- van. on Prospect street.
 Mrs. Catherine Hassett and two daughters Of Lee. Mass. are spending this week at the home of Michael O'Halloran on West Main street.
 Miss Harriet Louise Wildey is spending ten days in New York and vicinity. Mrs. Wildey accompanied her to-day and will return tomorrow.
 Baker Chapter. O. E. S, will hold an open installation of officers Jan. 3, at D. m. All members of the order, their guests, all Masons and their families are requested to be present.
 Nearly all of the drafted men who left in the last quota for Fortress Monroe. Va. are now home. As yet Isreal Ral movitz. George R. Towne. and George Burrel have not returned however.
 Romelda Castanela, 11-months-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Matte Cas- tanela, died at her home on Gold street this morning. The funeral will take place in St. Edwards church Saturday morning.
 The annual joint assembly of the Business Mems association and the Stafford Golf Co. will be held at the club rooms on Tuesday evening, New Years eve. There will be card play ing and dancing with music by Woods orchestra.
 The Christian Endeavor society of the Congregational church elected the officers for 1919. Presi- dent. Miss Mary Ballantine; vice president. J. Kingsley Converse; sec retary. Robert Tuthin; treasurer, FIorina Tonon; organist. Gwyneth Rees.
 Mrs. William Welsh died at her home in Holyoke Saturday afternoon as a result of an attack of the influ- enza. MT. Welsh was employed as | OOkkeeper at the Faulkner wooden mill nearly ten years ago. His oldest child was killed in an accident in Hol- yoke few months ago.
 Mrs. Susanna Hubis. aged 2S, wife of Lawrence Hubis. died at her home in Moose Meadow Saturday afternoon after an attack of the influenza. She leaves one child besides her husband. The funeral services took place in Moose Meadow Monday afternoon at o'clock, with Rev. Moorschek offici- ating. The body was placed in the vault in the Stafford Springs cemetery.
 There were two masses at St. Ed wards church Christmas morning. The second was high mass at which there was some of the best singing that has ever been heard in the church. The organ and violin were the musical instruments used. There was but one decoration in the church. A wreath of laurel picked in Stafford and woven by the Sisters of Mercy had been placed on the service flag over the six gold and 21O blue stars as though crOwning them in honor of their victory.