The Press., 1919-03-27
w. R. c. meeting next Wednesday. Mrs. T. F. Mullen is in Boston this

w. R. c. meeting next Wednesday Mrs. T. F. Mullen is in Boston this week.
 Payment of dog licenses will be due at the town clerks office April 1. Regular meeting of M. w. of A. next Wednesday. Three new members will be admitted.
 Miss Edith Cushman returned Tues day evening from her visit to Wash ington, D. c.
 Mrs. Fred Wildey returned yesterday from New York where she has been spending few days. The Hospital Aid society will meet at the Johnson hospital Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Miss Bessie Hyde of Hartford has been spending a few days with her aunt, Mrs. Jennie Hyde Fox.
 John Luce and family have taken the tenement of P. G. Gordon on Edgewood, vacated by Harry Arm strong.
 There will be a social entertainment for the benefit of the parish in St. Ed wards hall on Easter Monday evening, April 21.
 Fregeau's store will be closed from 8 to a. m. Saturday, during the mass for Corporal Charles l.. Roberts at St. Edwards church.
  politan Life Insurance Co., and his son, Richard, have opened a general in surance business.
 MT. and Mrs. G. A. Ray and daugh- ters, Misses Alice ard Ruth, of Spring field were guests of MT. and Mrs. M -dT-444oore, Sunday.
 Mrs. c. H. Meyers was in Waterbury last week and in New York a few days this week. MT. Meyers was with her in Waterbury over Sunday.
 George Davis, at the Johnson hos pital, is making quick recovery from his operation. His brother, J. How ard Davis, of Ashaway, called on him last Thursday.
 Friday evening the s. B. c. 2d basket tall team plays the s. B. c. 1st team. Monday the high school plays the Acorns. There will be preliminaries to 10th games.
 The new Toggery shop in the War ren block, in the store formerly occu- pied by H. B. Burwell, under the man. agement of Joseph J. Elowitz, will open on Saturday.
 The Masons have raised the money by subscription and have ordered an 1S-foot flag of the best quality of wool for the borough flag pole It is ex- pected to te here this week.
 There will be smoke talk at the Business Mems association rooms for members and invited guests on Fri day evening, with speech by Rev. Roy M. Houghten of New Haven.
 Rev. John Winthrop Ballantine has accepted a call to the Congregational church of Goshen, Mass. his duties to begin immediately. MT. Ballantine has been supplying at Goshen for sev- eral weeks. Their many friends will be pleased that the family is to re- main in Stafford.
 Miss Mary c. Wells of Newington, secretary of the Connecticut Consum- CTS League, spoke before the Current Events club Monday evening. Bills before the legislature, introduced by the league, was the subject. In state wide investigation on matters pertain ing to women workers, conditions war ranted bills being introduced making obligatory proper Sanitaries, mini mum wage law and a uniform fifty hour week and a nine-hour day law which gives the Saturday half holiday. The majority of workers prefer this latter in preference to the eight-hour day and forty-eight-hour week. Many important measures have been brought about by the league for the health and comfort of the employees, and as a re- suit the increased efficiency has been of untold value to employers. Mrs. T. F. Mullen sang Ring Out Sweet Bells of Peace," by Caro- Roma and My Sweet Heart" by w. H. Lewis. Miss Charlotte Beckwith was the accom- panist. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. w. H. McCulloch, Mrs. B. A. Chapman, Miss c. Holt and Miss G. s. Beckwith. The club voted to pre- sent to the borough good wool, bunting flag for the public flag staff.