The Press., 1919-01-09

the CniverSaliSt church at Stafford
 for chaplain of the senate.
 Frederick Glover is ill with pneu
 monia.
 Mrs. E. C. Pinney is recovering iron
 ,he pneumonia and able to sit up
 little.
 Frank Wytas has returned to his
 lome having been discharged from { southern camp.
 1 Mss siabel E. Booth has returned l rom weeks stay with friends in l teedham Heights, Mass. 1 MT and Mrs. Manderson and chil-
 lren have cen ill with the prevailing l p.ueui;c No service was held in the 1 -,ap;.st church Sunday. | The twO-year-old grandson of MT ,.nd Mrs. Fred Dimmick is recovering | rom pneumonia. MT. and Mrs. Chas
 J;mmlck have one of the children of | he late MT and Mrs. John Hodgson 1 E. E. Warren received word Tues .ay Of the death of his only son, ROs- l yell. of Westt orc, Mass, who died of l influenza. He was a U. s. mail car rier
 | MT and Mrs Geo. H. Rhodes ar | 'anged a birthday party for Mrs. Julia l ohnson Dec. 3Oth, in honor of her | eighty fourth birthday. Mrs. Vail of l 5taffordville. Mrs. E. c. Pinney, Mrs. l Belle Orcutt and Miss Celia Holt were he invited guests, but owing to the | llness of the first three Miss Holt was he only one able to be present. The | lay was much enjoyed by Mrs. John | son. who is quite lame but able to be ], out
 The fOur-act drama, Tn Old New l England" given so successfully six ears ago by the grange, will be re- peated Friday evening, Jan. IT. The cast of characters is much the same ds at tha; time and everything points o a successful presentation. Re- hearsals have cen held for some time under the direction of Rev. C. H. Puff fer Seats on sale at +. A. Lasbury's, Monday at a m. Phone 154.
 Joseph Rot erts and Leroy Barrows resigned their positions in the River side mill last Saturday and have found employment in Norwich. Much regret is felt in losing these families as they have been among us several years. Especially keen is the feeling of re- gret caused by the removal of the tal- ented daughters of MT. and Mrs. Rob- erts who have been of such assistance in church and grange work, Miss Gladys with her violin and Miss Mild red as pianist.
 The officers of Wolcott Lodge, F. & A. M., were installed last Thursday evening as follows: Thomas w. Brown, w. NJ; Alfred G. Sault, s. w.; Asa Harris, J. w.; John P. Brown, S.; William A. Dunham, T.; Fred J. Glover, s. D.; James Lewis, J. D.; H. r. Cady, s. S.; William A. Stewart, J. S.; Charles H. Puffer, e.; John A. Andrews, M; Russell Colburn, T.; Charles B. Pinney and Russell Col burn, trustees.
 StaffOrdville.
 Mrs. Emily Thompson of Stafford Hollow is boarding with Mrs. Etta Durham through the winter months.
 Adelbert Carpenter who has been in camp in New Jersey, has been dis charged and returned to his home last Saturday.
 Archie Sanger visited friends in Pittsfield, Mass, recently. Amos Put nam returned home with him for Lrief visit.
 Mrs. H. Arnold of Willimantic has who has been very ill with influenza the past week.
 The I ody Of Mrs. Edna Fiske Ryder, widow of the late TheronRyder, who died in Monson, Mass, last Friday, was brought to Staffordville cemetery on Monday at l o'clock for burial.
 Baptist Church Notes: Sunday morning subject: "A Determined Man. Evening-Professor A. J. Sol andt, representing The Connecticut Temperance Union," will speak. Everybody invited. Questions.
 Mrs. William Ryder, who has been with her parents, MT, and Mrs. Fred Smith, for some time, joined her hus- Land last week Friday to make their home in Monson, Mass, where MT. Ryder has employment.
 There will be new members re- ceived into the Methodist church next Sunday morning. The Epworth League topic for Sunday evening will Le Our purpose and program as Ep- worthians" Leader, Rev. J. M. Won Deck.
 Mrs. George Cooley, while taking care of her daughter, Mrs. Milo Brad way, and family, was taken i'll last week with influenza. She was taken to the home of her son, Omer Cooley, where she could receive care. She is cOnvalescing at this writing.
 The two-act comedy, Sally Lunn," which was given by the Young Peoples Auxiliary of the Methodist church at Stafford Springs last Friday evening will be repeated at the Staffordville Congregational vestry, Friday evening fnr adults and 15 cents for children