The Press., 1919-01-23
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STAFFORD SPRINGS


 East Hartford spent Sunday in town
 Napoleon Pero. Jr. is spending the week with his brother. Adolph, in Philadelphia.
 Miss Grace McLagan of Trenton, N J., is spending two-weeks' vacation with her parents here.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Fletcher and son. Rotert are spending a few days with relatives in Monson.
 Francis Chaffee. Jr., who has been stationed at Pittsburg, Pa. has been mustered out of service and is now at his home at State Line
 A letter was recently received from Edward Shea in which he said that he is now in Germany. He is situated at Bohl. twelve miles from Cohlenz.
 Word has been received that Thomas Dazzle of the 56th regiment artillery has arrived safely from overseas and is now stationed at Camp Mills. L. I.
 At the Congregational church next Sunday evening a lecture entitled "A trip among the White Mountains" !" illustrated ty 60 colored slides, will be given.
 James Carey and William Sullivan were before the borough court Tues day morning charged with drunken ness. They were both sentenced to thirty days in jail by Deputy Judge E. K. Taft.
 Mrs. J. Wasserman has received word from her parents that her broth CT, Joseph Elowitz. arrived in New York yesterday morning after seeing service in France. He was a resident of this town nearly three years ago, being employed by the Modern Cloth ing Go.
 The fourth quarterly conference of the Methodist church will be held in the church parlor on Saturday even- ing at 7.45. On Sunday morning Rev. c. c. Scrivener. district superintend ent, will preach. This will probably te the last official visit of Mir. Scrive- ner, as his term of office expires at the next session of the New England Southern Conference.
 At the regular meeting of Mineral Springs Lodge. K. of P, last Friday evening the following officers were in stalled for the ensuing term by John N. Williams, D. ID. G. c. and suite of Willimantic: c. C.. George Silcox; V. G.. w. c. Quinley; prelate. E. E. Warren: NJ. of w. Fred Hine; K. of R. and S.. J. P. Wagner; NJ. of F., A. w. Kingsbury; NJ. of F., Henry Roehm; NJ. of A. Henry Roy; I. G., A. B. Shepherd; O. G., E. A. Clark; trustee for three years, Geo. Rumbe- low.
 There was a large attendance at the union service at the Congregational church Sunday evening. The address by Rev E. Griffith Jones. D. D., prin- cipal of the Yorkshire Theological college. Bradford. England, on FIX was very interesting and vivid, espec- ially in descriptions of the air raids. | His special mission in this country is to promote a better understanding be- | tween England and the United States | and in his address stated many reas- | ons why special efforts should be made to promote a stronger union be- i tween the two countries and the mu- tual benefits to be derived.
 At meeting of the directors of the | Stafford Library association for the | of officers, held in the library | last Saturday evening the following officers were elected: President, J. H. Reed; vicepresident, F. H. Baker; secretary and treasurer, w. H. Heald; auditors, B. P. Cooley and R. w. Smith; book purchasing committee, Miss Margaret Ballantine, Mrs. c. B. Tschummi, Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin. Miss Anna Heald and Miss Mabel Meyers; children's table committee, Miss E. G. Cushman, Miss Mary Smith, Mrs R. w Ellis, Miss Anna Heald and
 
 of building, Christopher Allen. Chas. Warren and w. H. Heald. Miss Mabel Meyers was appointed librarian. It was voted that $450 be appropriated for the purchase of new books, re- binding and for magazines.
 The postponed annual convention of sA o1I St.nA association will be held at the Con- gregational church on Friday, with the following program, President Rev. Percy E. Thomas. presiding: 2.15, devotional service, Rev. L. Rees; 2.25, appointment of committees; 2.30. ad- dress, Missionary Instruction in the Sunday School" Rev. M. Raymond Plumb, windham; 300. address, "A Fifteen-minute Missionary Program Demonstrated" Miss Fannie Kings bury, Talcottville; 3.15, business and reports; 4.15, report of the Buffalo Education and Fellow ship" Wallace I. Woodin, Hartford; The Children's Division" Mrs. Lucy Stock Chapin, Hartford; Some In- spirational Features" Mrs. Maize B. Clarke, Hartford; 500 departmental conferences; 500, supper. Evening session: 715, devotional service, Rev. O. J. Aldrich; 7.30. business; 745. offering; 7.5O. address, "The Power of Personality" Rev. Wm. Harvey Bath, South Manchester; $50, adjournment.
 High School Notes.
 Prof. Coombs of the Worcester h. stitute of Technology visited the school yesterday morning and in short address to all the pupils as- sembled in the main room reminded them of the many opportunities before them these days and the value of an