The Press., 1919-02-27
Alta Sands has sold his farm to a

party at Staffordville. Mrs. Mabel Park Patton of Bosto1 was the guest last week of her mother Mrs. Wm. Park.
 l The play, My Friend from India, given in Memorial hall last Friday evening pleased large audience who showed their pleasure by frequen, applause.
 | The financial success of the play "A Pair of Sixes," given tonight ir Memorial hall, is assured. There has been an unprecedented sale of tickets i the last one being sold last Tuesday. The play will be repeated in Memorial hall next Monday evening.
 Stated communication of WolcOtt Lodge, F. & A. M., next Thursday evening. All members should attend this meeting to be held in grange hall The regular monthly supper will be served at the Universalist church next Wednesday evening. Hostesses: Mrs F J. Glover, Mrs. c. H. Puffer, Mrs John Foster.
 |. Work of tearing down the old hotel goes steadily forward and the lumber finds ready buyers at the attractive prices put upon it.
 The passing of Leon Adams's four tenth birthday was observed by his many friends last Friday when a fam fly party was held and he was the recipient of a purse of money and many gifts. He has been confined to his home much of the time the past five weeks, being one of the victims of the influenza. He is now able to be Iout
 Rufus F.. Witt, 91, passed away in his sleep last Friday afternoon, hay ing teen in coma state since "Wednesday morning. He was born in Three Rivers, Mass, i'll 1928 and came to Stafford in 1S49, having lived in his late. home the past fifty-three years. He was married to Esther Moore, who died many years ago. His bachelor brother, Lyman, who had always made his home with him, died twenty years ago. It was at this time that MT. and Mrs. Austin Witt of Springfield came to make their home with him. He con- ducted milk route in our village for many years and was a familiar figure al out our streets. He has been in failing health for several years, espec- ially so since severe illness three years ago. Always a lover of fine horses, his stables were never without one or more of these fine animals. He was man of many sterling qualities and known throughout his long life as a Kindly neighbor, honest and square in all his dealings. The nearest rel atiVe now living is his nephew, Austin Witt, with whom he made his home. The. funeral was held at his late home las Monday afternoon at o'clock, Re z. H. Pufer officiating. Inter ment was at Hillside cemetery The hearers were. Russell Coibnra, Ii. F. Cads, F. }. Clever and G. H. Lord.
 The following are extracts from letters from Lieut. W A. Black
 .Yernenll France. Dec. 27, 1918.
 ahristmas over and only one more holiday to get through. Somehow " ss - ui1luiSs are tic longest of all dayd something to do. The French 1sn' se1ai.- e1Aa-- to make much of Christmas, but the sa% New Years is a 'e and Fete.''
 Jar. 5, 1919
 Holidays s.7e over at last am sort Of glad ann so is everyone alse. guess the president gave the A. B. F. half.a day off from Dec. 26th to the 31st; and really.it was too much time l Q ourselves Come home at noon and lay arouni the barracks making our setses miserable. That is about all we could do. There's absolutely no- where to go in this place, New Years I and some fifteen others went in a truck to Mars, a town about 30 miles .fro1a here. One of our big base hos pitfalls is located there. There are a0,- QUO peas, so that will give you some idea of the size of the place. An old friend, the rain, is still with us. A fellow who claims to have counted the rainy days says to-day makes AZ
 in succession. 1 think he is off his count-does not seem enough. AS near as I can remember it has rained every day since the 1st of September. Some times one wonders where the rain can all come from.
 -s>: Paris, France, Jan. 8, 1919.
 Last Saturday at noon I was told that l was to be in charge of two trucks going. to Paris with. automo- bile supplies. | had just time to change nay clothes and go. Of course a soldier is always ready as far as that is concerned, so it didn't take long: We started at l o'clock and that night stayed at a little town about half way from Meyers to Paris. We had hoped to reach Paris Sunday eve, but owing to various machine troubles we were obliged to spend Sunday night in Fountainbleu, the former home of Napoleon and other French rulers. We reached Paris about o'clock Sunday and after leav- ing the truckS at the station we start ed off to see the city. Unfortunately it rained the whole time and is raining yet. My opinion is that Paris has been we'll advertised. I wouldn't trade it for New York in any way The buildings are beautiful and there are a good many beautiful things to see, but we have just as many in old New York. Went to the theatre with friends last night, but the play was all in French and it didn't make much