The Press., 1919-12-04

to MT. and Mrs. B. H. Wickes of New
 London. who have already taken DO
 session. Both are registered drug
 gists, and until recently had a drug
 store in New London. Previous tc
 that they were in the drug business ir Manchester. Since 1913 the store has
 been owned by the Ables. For the
 past few years, since the death of MT Able, it has been under the manage
 ment of Miss Alice Able. Mrs. Able
 and her daughter have made nc
 special plans for the immediate future Thomas Cummiskey of the New York World is spending this week with his parents.
 l MT. and Mrs. Frank Scott, Jr. spent 1 Thanksgiving day in Providence, R. l. Miss Florence Bertram has taken ] a position as bookkeeper in the Rob- 1 inson silk mill here.
 The Stafford high school five will
 play the East Hartford high school basketball team in East Hartford Fri day night.
 Al out 50 meml CTS of Ionic lodge
 visited the Monson lodge of Masons ! Tuesday evening where they spent a
 pleasant time.
 MT. and Mrs. Harold Crane of Green
 field were weekend guests of his par
 ents. MT. and Mrs. Wallace Morse. on Grant avenue.
 On Sunday evening a lecture illus
 trated by 65 colored slides, on "The
 Connecticut Valley and the White Mountains" will be given at the Con
 gregational church.
 Irving Reynolds and daughter, Miss
 Mary, and his son and wife, Mr. and
 Mrs. Louis Reynolds, joined family
 party of seventeen relatives at Put
 nam for Thanksgiving.
 The Sons of Veterans meeting will
 be postponed from next Wednesday evening on account of the hall being given up on Wednesday evening for the address by Miss Margaret K Stack in the interest of a public health nurse for Stafford
 The 1orough election will be held next Monday. The polls will open at 10 a. m. and close at D. m. There is only one ticket in the field, the one nominated at the Citizens caucus. The annual business meeting will be held at 3 D. m. The only business included in the warning is the laying of the borough tax.
 The members of the Strazza Post, A. L., held meeting in their club rooms Monday evening to hear the report of the committee appointed to draw up a constitution and make plans for the coming year. The report was read and accepted. A committee was ap- pointed to choose officers for the next year. Plans were also made for the raising of funds for the coming year
 Miss Margaret K. Stack, director of Bureau of Child Hygiene and Division of Public Health Nursing, appointed ly the department of health of the state and also by the Red Cross, will speak in Memorial hall, library build ing, next Wednesday evening at 7.45 A representative of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. will also be present to explain the relation of that com pany to the community nurse. All who are interested in a public health nurse for Stafford are urged to attend this meeting.
 The senior class is grateful to the people of the town who so generously food at the time of the stafford fair. 1t has cen impossible lntil up to the present time to find he total amount received from their | a@n5 ooth at the fair. The class l ealized about $515 The class also | wishes to say that there is still asmall | lumter of plates which they have been | lnable to return owing to the fact nat they have no means of identify ng them. They are trying, however, 10 make some arrangement for return ing them.
 A small auto truck, driven by Mir. Wells of the Wells Coat, Apron and General Supply Co. of Springfield, struck and killed a deer near Babcock crossing Saturday morning. The auto was thrown into the fence, badly smashing the fore part. Neither the driver or small child, who was with him, were hurt. MT. Wells was on the way to Willimantic and was near ing the crossing when the deer sud- denly ran into the road. He steered the car to one side in an endeavor to pass, but the animal was frightened and jumped in front of the auto. After the deer the car swerved in to the fence. Game Warden Eldridge was called and the deer was placed in his possession to await the decision ot the state commissioners.
 John G. Woolley, IL. D., national speaker of the Anti-Saloon League of | America, gave an able address last evening at the Congregational church. With When Good Men Rule the World" for subject he briefly spoke | 'f the many years of bad influences | affairs. Christian men | Ire now awaking from their lethargy | Il matters polite and better things | Ire possible. "The liquor traffic has | grown from small snake in the | grass to the greatest curse in all the | earth. The fight is not won, but only | ,egun, and the next five years demand | he hard work of every real man re- 'ardless of party" A finer orator and | ] more logical reasoner than Dr. Nn- low ~1<