The Press., 1919-01-30
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS

influenza in Danvers, Mass. There will te dance in Red Meni hall next Saturday evening.
 Miss Mary Hanley of Hartford wis ited friends in town this week.
 Lott O'Halloran is confined to hi home with an attack of the influenza
 William Welsh has returned t Holyoke after spending a few week, i'll town.
 Hugh Ward, loom fixer at the RhOd, Island Worsted Co.,, has been i'll fol the past ten days.
 James E. Quinn of the naval expert mental station, New London, was home over Sunday.
 James Sheppard, Jr. is able to be a' the mill again after two-weeks' i'll ness with influenza
 Fred Teal, superintendent of tht Rhode Island Worsted Go. has beer confined to his home with influenza.
 Raymond Genholt underwent ar operation for appendicitis by Dr. Al corn last week at the Johnson hos pital.
 James Sullivan, loom fixer at the Rhode Island Worsted Co.,, has been confined to his home with a touch o1 the grip.
 The annual masquerade ball of the Teutonia association will be held on Friday evening, Feb. z, with music by Woods orchestra.
 Mrs Emeline A. Hewlett passed her 9Oth birthday on Monday. She was friends call in the evening.
 George Daigle, Frederick Bolieau, Matthew Keefe and Primo Bacchiocci were discharged from Camp Devens Monday and are now home.
 D. D. G. M. Harrison of Glastonbury will visit Wauseon lodge next Tuesday evening and install the officers. A good attendance is desired
 At a meeting of the Holy Name so- clety of St. Edwards parish last Sun day the following officers were elect ed for the coming year: President, John Quinn, ST.; vice-president, Geo bertrand; secretary, Fred St. Ger main; consultors, Michael O'Halloran Michael Roberts, Anthony Ballach Thomas Moran.
 John Peirolo, aged 56 years, died at his home in Cooper Lane, Friday, after Icing ill for a numter of years with tut erculosis. He is survived by his wife, Adelaida, a son, Giacinto, and daughter, Mary, all of this place. The funeral took place Sunday afternoon The services were in St. Edwards church and burial was in St. Edwards cemetery.
 The following letter from Sergt Earl Gary was received by his par ents:
 January 1, 1919.
 am feeling great-all over my cold The new year started pretty good with me, just had to issue a few new 9th corps insignas. It took nearly all day but it was an easy job, I received my Christmas package to-day. The cigar cites you sent were fine and they will come in handy. I thought my Christ mas package had burned up in a fire the 5th corps had One of their trucks caught fire and two bags of mail that were coming to this office were lost The news looks pretty good about going home. I understand from good authority that we will sail on or about the 10th of February. That means that we will be home inside of si1 months. I hope so. Russia Is trying to start scrap, tut I don't think il will amount to very much. I forgot to tell you in my last letter how me, Francis Mullins. We were in Bug. ancy, up near the German border, anG the 77th division came through anC billetted in town that night. They were sleeping on sharp rocks and enc of nails and all other such places as dough Joys are used to. I went across the road to the orderly room to see the top sergeant. When I came out noticed a fellow trying to sleep on { window sill without any blankets I asked him where his blankets were and he said they were too much tC carry, so he did as most all infantry troops do, threw them away. I gave him some blankets from the supply room and I asked him if he knew any Connecticut boys. He said there were a few in his regiment. I asked hin if there was any from Stafford Springs and he said one fellow by the name o1 Francis Mullins. I had him on the way to Francis in about One-half sec ond. We found him sleeping in 6 former German bar room. He heard me coming up the stairs and recog- nized me. I took him over to my room. I had a fine room in BuZancy nice and warm and easy chairs that the Germans had left. His eyes near ly came out of his head when he saw where he was going to sleep. couldn't give him bunk. I had one for myself and the fellow that helps me had one I made him a bed on a couple of new tarpaulins with plenty of warm tlankets. I asked him if he had eaten anything, he said the army chicken wiley" gave him some jam and tread and he was just the happi- est fellow in the army. We talked till nearly II o'clock. He told me he landed in Bordeau with Strazza, Gin gras and the candy kitchen fellow They were split up there and Francis got into the 77th division. He had not seen any action, only been under machine gun fire once. He was not looking very good. I guess they had had it pretty tough in the way ei n, O rcbinp and nnOr oafs Earl