The Press., 1919-12-18
STAFFORD SPRINGS
To Correspondents.

To Correspondents.
 The Press will be issued on Wednes- day afternoon next week. All cores pondents are requested to send in their news early.
 The Iona Council, K. of P will elect their officers at a meeting next Tues day evening, so it is important that all members attend.
 The annual meeting of the Stafford Boys Club. Incorporated, will be held this evening at S.15 in the Club rooms on Westford Avenue.
 Onneco Tribe I. O. R. M. will hold a meeting this evening for the purpose of electing officers. All the members are urged to be present.
 Samuel Kuslansky has sold his in terest in the three tenements on Grant avenue. known as the Lathrop houses, to s. Katzowitz and Hermie Kuslansky.
 The Alumni association has secured the peerless Jazz orchestra of Williman- tic to supply the music for the two nights that they are giving their play.
 Everything is in readiness for the Turkey Whist which is to be given in the Springs house Friday evening. by the members of Strazza post. The similar affair given by them recently was a success and they expect this to be the same or better.
 Mrs. Louise Tonon, aged 79 years, died at her home on Center street Friday morning of pneumonia. She had been in quite good health up till a few days before her death, when she caught cold. She leaves a daugh- ter, Mrs. Angeline Armaline of this place and three sons, Louis, of Monson and John and Frank who live in Italy The funeral was held in St. Edwards church. Saturday morning and the bu- rial was in St. Edwards cemetery.
 Mrs. Bessie 1. Lord, aged 36 years, died at the home of her parents, Mir and Mrs. Willard l.. Fletcher, in Orcuttville Saturday evening. For the past few years she had been suffering from tuber- culosis. She underwent an operation in Springfield some time ago, in hope of ob- taining relief, but it seemed to be of no avail. She leaves her husband, who is employed in Springfield and her parents. The funeral was held in Springfield Tues day afternoon and the burial was in the Oak Grove cemetery there.
 Christmas will be celebrated at the Methodist church in an appropriate manner. At the morning service on Sunday Christmas music will be rem dered by the choir and the pastor will preach on "The Best Way to Cele- brate Christmas. In the evening at 6.45 the choir will conduct a Christ mas Carol service in theauditorium. In connection with the carol singing a christmas story by Aquilla Webb will be read. The Christmas tree ex- ercises will be held by the Sunday School on Christmas eve
 St. Edwards Notes:-With no out side assistance the pastor must off ciate alone at the three services to be held Christmas forenoon. The hours of service will be the same as on Sundays, excepting that the last mass will be retarded by fifteen minutes. As usual there will pc three masses, St. Edwards S.15. Staffordville, 915. St. Edwards high mass at 1O.3O, not 1915. The order of music in this mass follows: Asperges, chant; Ky rie (Mass in B f1at), Farmer; Gloria (Third Mass in B f1at), Leonard; i; Credo (Mass in O, Emerson; Offer tus ct Benedictus, Leonard; Agnus Dei, Leonard.
 Without having practiced any for more than two weeks the local high school basketball tossers rode over the hills to Enfield Tuesday night and opposed that places high school. The result was a 20 to 4 victory added to the local lads list Though the hall was somewhat larger than the Boys Club surface. the local boys seemed to be right at home in it and could hit the inside of the net with ease. The Enfield boys were fleet but the boys from Stafford had solved their style of playing, hence the walk away The score says that Cummings and Cunningham were the stellar men, but witnesses saw that Pagan and Whit aker were always breaking up pass work and shots of their opponents The score:
 Stafford High Enfield High Cummings If Mitchell Whitaker If Hines Schrier Brown Pagan rg Furey Cunningham lg Schr rentag
 Score, Stafford High 20, Enfield High 4; goals from floor, Cummings 4, Cunningham 3. Whitaker 3; goals from fouls, Cummings 2, Mitchell 3, Whitaker1; referee. Mitchell; scorer, Simonds; timer. Handy; time of halves, 20 min.