The Press., 1919-11-27
SOMERS

Miss Leona Hastings is i'll in her
 home on Jones street.
 Tobacco buyers are busy in town picking up the crops of broadleaf to- bacco.
 MT. and Mrs. E. E. Corbfn of Haz- | ardville have been recent guests of
 Mrs. Anna l.. Pomeroy. A minstrel show was given in Pied
 mont hall Saturday evening by Troop
 No. 1, B. s. A., of Ellington. Mrs. Harriet Sherman has returned
 to Boston, after passing several weeks
 in the home of Mrs. A. l.. Hurd. MT. and Mrs. Miner, representatives of the Connecticut Bible society, are taking survey of the town in order to obtain a religious census. They have finished the work in Somersville and are now working in this end of the town.
 The Polish grocery store in Somers vile was raided Saturday night by the state police and quantity of liquor was seized. The proprietor of the store was brought before Justice of the Peace H. B. Thatcher and was fined $75 and costs of court, which he paid.
 Frank M. Tyler of Manchester, who purchased the lumber from the wood lot at the Four Bridges of the late Dr. A. l.. Hurd, some time ago, has placed his sawmilll on the site and commenced operations. A large gang of men are at work and it is estimated that 100000 feet of lumber will be cut off.
 A Thanksgiving service will be held in the Congregational church this evening, the Somersville church being invited to attend. MT and Mrs. Fred Minor will be present and give a re- port of their work in SOmers on the religious census which they have been taking for the past 10 days in the in terests of the Connecticut Bible sO- ciety.
 Louis Levy and Babe" Aronson are
 being held by the Springfield police on charge of receiving stolen goods. Cloth owned by the Somersville Manu-
 featuring Co.,, stolen from a freight car at the Scitico railroad station in
 July. No trace of the missing cloth
 was found until few days ago when
 some of it was offered for sale. The
 police traced the cloth to Levy and Aronson when the balance was found
 in a Springfield storehouse. The stolen cloth, valued at $1,500, was
 being shipped to Philadelphia and Chicago.
 Arthur Leroux, aged 35 years, died suddenly of heart failure at his home
 in the ninth district Thursday morn
 ing. MT. Leroux was born in Canada, the son of MT. and Mrs. Rudolph Le-
 roux, and came to Somers thirteen years ago, and bought the Havens farm, where he has since lived. He has been very prosperous farmer and tobacco grower, and was highly re- spected in the community. In Janu ary, 1910, he was married to Miss Lydia Gauditte of Somersville. He leaves his wife, one daughter, Aurelia, and two brothers, Alfred and Joseph Leroux of this place. The funeral was held in All Saints church, Somers- vile, Saturday morning.
 Miss E. Louise Patten has returned home after spending the weekend in the home of her cousin, Norman Allen, in Hartford.
 Michael SokoI, l6, was brought before Justice of the Peace A. Vail smith by Constable A. $. Hurlburt, Monday, charged with stealing steel traps. He entered plea of guilty, was ad m onished by the court, placed on probation for one year, and fined $12 and costs of court, amounting to $lS.46, which was paid by his father, Frank Sokol. Later in the day, he was again brought into court by Game Warden E. w. Avery for violation of the trapping laws. He entered plea of guilty was admonished by the court and costs of court, amounting to $l6 76, were paid by his father, Frank SokoI.
 His hunting license was made invalid automatically and he forfeited all rights t0 his fra ns and fra ming