The Press., 1919-03-13
F. J. Fitzpatrick has purchased Lozier automobile.

II F. J. Fitzpatrick has purchased
 Lozier automobile.
 Henry Brierly of Boston has beer
 visiting friends in town.
 daughter was born to MT. ant
 Mrs. Ralph Fontanella last Friday.
 Mrs. o. G. Pratt of East Orange, N lJ., is visiting at the home of Dr. c. B Newton.
 Harry Wise is home from Camp lDevens. He has been discharged from the service.
 telegram has been received an lins at New York on Tuesday from France
 There will be a basketball game at the Young Mems club Friday evening at 7.45, between S. B. c. first team and the Acorns.
 Mrs. w. L. Bishop and Miss Carolyn Atwood of Belchertown, Mass, are visiting at the Mclaughlin home on ! Highland Ierrace.
 Mrs. w. H. Hewett has received a cablegram from her son, Albert, that he is on his way home. He has been in France two years.
 The grand list of Stafford is $4,216- 926, a gain of over $30O,000 over the previous year. The revaluing for the xryi1 in, fox oly The missionary society of the Con- gregational church will hold a food sale at the home of Mrs. c. B. Butter field tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 Babe" Richards expects to receive his discharge at Camp Devens to-day. He recently returned from France. It is stated that his wife from lover there" returned on the ship with him.
 Those members of the Stafford Girls club who desire to te in on the proposed hike to Stafford Hollow Saturday afternoon are requested to meet at the Y M C. at 1.3O sharp, Saturday.
 An interesting and instructive lec- ture was given at the ". c. F. U: meeting yesterday afternoon at the Congregational church by Mrs. James P. Carter of Ellington. Miss Mary Kimball of Ellington also spoke.
 William G. Vinal will give a talk to the teachers on Nature Study Satur- day night at 7.3O Any who are not members of the Teachers club and who are interested in the subject are invited ta te present:
 pr. Benjamin Marshall, president of the State College for Women, has teen secured te give an address at the graduation exercises in June. pr. Marshall is an unusually fine speaker and ought to give very inspiring ad- dress.
 The basketball game Friday night between the high school and Farming ton, at Pennington, resulted in the de- feat of the local boys, with score of 35 to 10. A very rough game was played as was shown by the general "bunged up" condition of some of the local team members.
 F. G. Sanford and Willis H. Reed have been appointed by the judge of probate as commissioners to pass up- on the estate of the late o. D. Preston, reported insolvent. TheresyWill be a meeting for the hearing of claims against this estate in the directors room of the First Natienal bank next Thursday afternoon at o'clock.
 In the high school assembly yester= day morning five boys whe were mem- bers of the Boys Working Reserve last summer received recognition for their services in the form of watch fobs, membership pins and certificates of reward. They were Edwin Schreier Melvin Cummings, Robert Fitzpatrick, Emerson Davis and Joseph Cunning ham.
 On next Sunday evening Rev. J. M. Won Deck of Staffordville will preach in the Methodist Episcopal church in exchange with the pastor. There will be no service at the Methodist church this evening, but instead cottage meet ings will be held to consider Centen- ary problems. This evening at the home of Mrs. W. B. Whitaker on Crown street, and to-merroW evening at the home of Edward Harper on Mo; cfr in, hut two more Sundays before the annual conference eonyenes on March 27th, in Taunton, Mass. On Sunday morn ing, March 23d, former pastor, Rev. J. I. Bartholomew, is expected te be present and preach.
 In last desperate attempt to get supply of ice for the town, Meadose Labonte had gang of men at work at State Line one night last week. The days were so warm that nothing could be done at all. The ice would melt almost before 1t was taken out of the water. The ice harvested by c. B. Gary & Son was rendered worthless by the recent warm rains as the ice house had not yet been roofed. On all the ponds and lakes there is now open water. This leaves Stafford with practically no local supply of ice for the coming season. It has been roughly estimated that 5000 tons will have te be brought in from the north