The Press., 1919-03-27
STAFFORD SPRINGS

F1SKe U nara or BOSIOn YlSlt0e j friends in town on Monday.
 Court Oronoco, F. of A, will hold it's quarterly meeting this evening.
 Sergeant Carl Mullins was home from Camp Upton, N. Y., over Sunday
 -he Stafford Worsted Co. resumed
 It's ten hours day schedule Monday l Earl Jenkins was hero for the week. end from Boston, whore he is nov working. 1y I Mrs Jessie Ryder, . former resident of ,hi,y town. died in Glastonbusl 1Hhfssaay Afternoon lE1 ax Collector Murray reports thal
 Albert Anderson was the first one tllii syear, las usual, to pay his taxes
 Mrs. John Yare of Worcester is al 1 the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs
 Michael Mullins, for few days.
 The morning train pulled into the station two hours late Monday. 4 wreck some distance north blocked the track.
 The Standard Bearers society of the Methodist church held meeting Mon. day evening at the home of Doris Parkhurst.
 I The play, Twelve Old Maids" given at the Methodist church last Wednes- day evening is to te repeated Tuesday at Staffordville
 l At the regular meeting of Myriad Rebekah lodge next Wednesday even, ing there will be initiation Refresh ments will be served.
 Francis Mullins, who recently re- ! turned from France, spent the week. end in the borough. He is now at Camp Devens awaiting his discharge. l Last Sunday morning Rev. J. I. Bar tholomew, a former pastor, addressed a large congregation in the Methodist church. Many came from neighbor- l ing churches to greet and hear a former respected citizen of the town. It is twenty years since MT. Bartholo- new moved away from Stafford. He spoke on the. Methodist Centenary which he is promoting in New Eng land at present. He was accompanied on his visit here by Mrs. Bartholomew and they were entertained during their stay in the home of MT. and Mrs. B. K. Taft The Help-A-Bit class. of the Metho- dist Sunday school will present ''The Thirteenth Star" in the vestry of ths church, Friday evening, April 4. at 8 o'clock. The story of this play deals with a situation caused by the draft, whereby an entire office staff was | summoned to the colors and group of college girls come to the rescue. The cast of characters is as follows :: 1 Carol Mason, Marion Lee; Wilifred Baxter, Dorothy Fraser; Eleanor Ames, Edith Adams; Helen Redmond Mary Reynolds; Mrs. Ames, Mrs
 Sadie Chaffee; Marie, Gertrude Fras CT; Aunt Lucy, Mrs. Sadie Symonds Maggie O'Flynn, Mrs. Beatrice Gil. man; Inez Huntley, Mrs. Olah Worm stedt. Admission, 25 cents. Home.
 made candy will be on sale.
 Rev. O. J. Aldrich went yesterday te
 Taunton, Mass, for the annual session
 of the New England Southern Confer
 ence of the Methodist Episcopa
 church. Mrs. Aldrich and daughter
 Marian, went with him and will spen'
 few days in Middleboro, Mass, wis
 iting friends. There will be no ser
 vices at the church this evening O.
 next Sunday. Three years have passe'
 since MT. Aldrich was appointed pas
 tor here A spirit of harmony pre-
 vails throughout the church and thu
 re-appointment of the pastor for
 fourth year is expected. During tn
 present year splendid financial rec ord has been made by the church. Al current expense bills have beel promptly paid, over $1400 has bee1 ] spent on the property, nearly $1,00 has been pledged for East Greenwic academy, Conference school an
 $12OO for the Conference Claimant permanent fund, in addition to tn usual benevolences that are regularl contributed.
 RI The largest audience since the ded cation of the church assembled at tn
 special musical service at the Congrt
 gational church Sunday evening. Tt , choir with a chorus of forty-fiy ! voices have been practicing for weeh under the able leadership of A. Waite which resulted in a finishe rendition of Gaul's cantata, "The Hol City" With the volume of voice tf Iorgan, piano and orchestra rOunde } out a very pleasing balance of ha mony. The instrumental selection particularly sweet and tuneful, wei a natural inspiration to worship IT efficient chorus not only made , strong, accurate backing for u lsplendid solo work, but gave with fir 3 Ieffect several numbers. Mrs. c. Moore seemed never to have sur s better and Mrs. A. E. Waite was at h. s best. Wesley w. Howard, soloist !, , Christ church, Hartford, and Harl soloist at the Center churc
 Hartford were much enjoyed. IT former with his sweet, natural tent
 voice met every expectation and M
 Olmstead delighted the audience wit
 his smooth, rich bass. Dr. G. Perciv
 Bard, organist, Miss Pauline Coole | pianist, of Rockville, and the Beema
 & Hatch orchestra of Hartford wei
 the accompanies. The success
 this service was due to the untiriI
 effort of MT. Waite and both those ou
 side and inside the parish who 1
 willingly assisted. A very genero,
 collection was received which wi HI meet the necessary expenses and I