The Press., 1919-05-22


 ing. Helm Garage.
 Watch for the new policy at Days Photo Studio, and in the meantime bring in your amateur work. F. &. Holmes, Mgr.
 STAFFORD SPRINGS
 R. w. Ellis has purchased Lexing- ton touring car.
 c. B. Pinney has purchased a new Cadillac limousine.
 Hymen Katzowitz of New York is visiting relatives in town.
 Regular meeting of F. of A. this evening. Important business.
 Miss Emma E. Bates has taken a position as operator at the s. N. B. Telephone Go. office in Hartford.
 Miss Belva Andrews of New London visited friends in town last week.
 James Quinn of Fort Trumbull, New London, is home on a five-days' fur tough.
 Pickett's orchestra of Willimantic will give a dance at St. Edwards hall Friday evening.
 Andrew Cena of Village Hill has purchased Chevrolet touring car of the Helm garage.
 Work was started last week on the foundation of the new club house of the Stafford Golf Go.
 Mrs. Michael Mullins returned to Worcester with her daughter, Mrs John Yare, last week for few weeks. Rev. Walter P. Buck of New London, formerly minister of the local Metho- dist church, visited friends in town on Sunday. # Miss Agnes Cunningham was oper- ated on at the Johnson hospital for appendicitis Monday morning. She is I making a good recovery.
 D. Howard Nolan, superintendent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.,, of New York, was a guest Tuesday at the home of P. J. Murray. .---- Arthur Champagne has taken a po- sition at the bakery of Aliprandi, Paccin & Co. Joseph Paccin has re- turned to his former position with s. Katzowitz & Go.
 Following the custom which has been in practice now for number of years, the stores of the town will close Thursday afternoon from June 5th to September 18th, inclusive.
 c. P. Hodgson, who has been i'll since the 9th, went to Waterford to his summer camp, Sunday, for a few days. His sister, Mrs. s. B. Wolf, is with him. She will keep the camp open this summer.
 Professor James R. Tucker, 62, principal of the Stafford high school in 1912 and 1913, died at his home in East Hartford last Thursday of cere- bral hemorrhage after a twoWeeks' illness. Professor Tucker has for a number of years conducted the sen- trips to Washington, and this year took them to New York.
 At meeting in the business men S club rooms, Monday evening, A. J. Brundage of the extension department of the Connecticut agricultural col lege, and s. w. Barlow, recently ap- pointed assistant county agent for Holland county, spoke along the line of boys and girls club work. MT. Brundage emphasized particularly three things in connection with this | club work, the value of ownership in stimulating interest, the value of part | nership, working together for com
 
 zenship, which he said was the ulti- 1 mate object. T. F. Mullen, as presi- 1 dent of the association, appointed a 1 committee of three, Walter Scott, A | B. Handy and w. M. Symonds to in vestigate the condition, and if thought l best to take action towards the forma- | tions of the clubs in this town and the | financing of the same.
 The following books of fiction have been added to the library and will be ready for circulation next Tuesday The undefeated, by J. c. Snaith; Rec Signal, by G. L. Lutz; Dawn, by B. H 1 Porter; The Sky Pilot in No Mans Land, by Ralph Connor; The fire o1 Green Coughs, by Mrs. Victor Rich. ard; DWellers in Already, by A. B l Paine; Lady Larkspur, by M. NichOl son; Nomads of the North, by J. o Curwood; The private wire to Wash ington, by Harold MacGrath; Int cricket, by M. B. Cooke; Christopher and Columbus, by M. A. von Arnim The great hunger, by Johan Bojer Shadow of the cathedral, by V. Biased Ibanez; The buccaneer farmer, by H Bindloss; Diverging roads, by R. w Lane; Day of. Glory, by Dorothy Can field; The diamond pin, by c. Wells Oranges and lemons, byM. c. Wemyss City of comrades, by Basil King.
 Stafford's Memorial day observance this year promises to be one of thu most interesting here in a long time Besides the parade of the G. A. R veterans and Sons of Veterans, ther, will te in the column the veterans O the world war, including both over seas men and those who remained il the states. The usual program vii be followed. All who will contribute the use of their automobiles for Me morial day morning are asked to sent their names to the committee, com posed of c. F. Chandler and F. w Howard. Contributions of food fo the lunch should be sent to the hal before Il a. m. Memorial day. Th' program for Memorial day is as fol lows: The G. A. R. veterans and thu Sons of Veterans will meet at the hal at TAO a. m.; start for St. Edward cemetery at 8; exercises at West Staf ford cemetery at g. Sandy Knoll 10 Staffordville 10.30; Stafford Street a 11.30; return to hall for lunch. At p. m. the G. A. R. veterans, Sons o Veterans and veterans of the worl, war, as the Stafford Service club, vii start for the Stafford Springs ceme tery. Prayer will be offered by Rev 10. J. Aldrich and the address of tn day will be given by Rev. N. w. Heer mans. L. B. Dimock will give an or ation, The Gun That Echoed tn Wide World Ger" The music vii be furnished by the Phoenix Libert band. On Memorial Sunday, the 25tl the veterans will attend a memoria service to be held in the Congrega