The Press., 1919-02-20
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STAFFORD STRINGS
 G. Raymond Towne has established a drafting room in Warren's block.
 William Kuslansky took position Monday in the c. V. freight office at Palmer.
 Seaman George Palanck of the U s. s. Pennsylvania was in town over Sunday.
 A son was born to Mir. and Mrs. John Bowler at the Johnson hospital Tuesday, Feb. II.
 The Girls club will not meet this week. At the meeting next Wednesday evening a large attendance Is desired
 The Degree of Pocohontas will give a dance in Red Mems hall Tuesday evening, March A. There will te a prize waltz.
 Mrs. Julia Gary was appointed con- servator over her sister. Miss Grace Hiscox. in the probate court yester- day morning.
 Regular communication of Ionic lodge next Tuesday evening at 7.30. F. c. degree. Important business. All members are requested to be present.
 The adoption degree will le worked on several pale-faces at the regular meeting of Onneco Trite. l. O. R. M.. in Red Mems hall this evening. All plemt CTS are requested to te present.
 Michael Wong has leen discharged from the army in France and is visit ing his parents in Greece before re- turning to this country. Apostle Mic olson, in France, is reported in good health.
 John Cummiskey. senior in the high achom. was tadly injured Sunday morning at about 1915 o'clock. He as delivering the Sunday papers uiua a horse and buggy and had just made his last delivery on Wilmington avenue at the home of Alfred Sa- hOurin. When he turned around there ~ as a slope in the road toward the outside. besides a tad curve. He had nearly completed the turn when the horse jumped sideways tipping the -agon upon two wheels. AS Cum miskey saw that he could not prevent striking a large tree directly in his path, he put out his foot to break the force of the shock. As he hit the tree his leg was snapped backwards. brok- en below the knee in several places. He was taken into the Sabourin home and then to the hospital at 11.3O. where his leg was set by Dr. Hanley. He is now resting comfortably as can be expected. His high school record is good and he will be able to graduate with his class in June. The damage to the horse and wagon was slight
 Alfred Sfreddo. of the 18th division. returned home from France last week after seeing hard service. He was the only man from this town known to be in the same division as Agosto Strazza. On the Argonne front, on the 18th of September. he found Strazza killed and himself wounded. They had just gone lover the top" for the first time and when about fifty yards apart. Strazza dropped Crawl ing on his hands and knees to where he had last seen him. Sfreddo found him dead. He had evidently been in stantly killed. After Sfreddo found his friend he became entangled in harbed wire. The back of his coat was caught so that he could move neither forwards nor backwards: all the time bullets were tuzzing around him, as he descrit ed it. like angry lees. One of them finally tore the wire from him. At the same time Sfreddo received a wound in the hand. which though painful. was not serious. On the 18th of October. while at Yer dun, he was again wounded. This time a piece of shrapnel tore a hole entirely through the calf of his left leg, necessitating his lying in a hos pital two months before he returned to the front. Strazza is reported as keeping up his cheerful disposition in face of all the hardships and working like beaver. He was barber for the officers of his company and was as popular with them as he had always been here in Stafford.