The Press., 1919-04-17

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 1 The Stafford baseball committee are we'll pleased with the prospects of the coming fair at St. Edwards hall, May l, ?, and B.
 Theodore Morrall has accepted a l position in the auditing department of the Connecticut General Life Insur- lance Go. in Hartford.
 John Constantine, who has been dis Enlarged from the service and is home,
 Accidently shot himself through the hand with revolver few days ago.
 hut without serious consequences. written order applying for deliv- 8ry of freight to consignee's author
 Rasd agent must be presented at the
 al c. freight office for delivery S reight to the person named,
 uSiless thesaaasigQee takes delivery in
 pArson. - M | E Ft. Edwards Church Notes: Holy V'ek services are held mornings and eVtnings at 73O. The regular ritual fot the last three days will be carried out as far as is possible in small towns with only one priest to perform the ceremonies. Persons who cannot at etd the Friday evening services, con- sSAting of the reading of the passion, thy veneration of the crucifix and the way of the cross, may visit the church for private devotion between 12 and 3, thu usual time for the three-hours vidss will be held at the regular hoRrs, 8.15 and 1915. The last mass will be high mass. At this the choir may be relied on to furnish good East ! CT music with Miss Julia Simons as Organist and Bernard Mullins as di- rector. Vespers will be sung at 8 o'clock The Easter collection will be kept in the parish.
 There was not so large an attend ance at the rooms of the Stafford Business Mems association last Fri day evening to meet E. E. Tucker, the new county agent of the Holland County Farm Bureau, as was hoped for. MT. Tucker explained the vari- ous benefits of the farm bureau to the farmers and others and the difficulty of getting all interested that should be. The bureau is striving to help the farmer to improve the quality of his crops and to create a greater in
 terest, among the boys and girls on the farrassaa .tu present the bureau is short
 of fseeds and efforts are being made to ! increase the memhership. The mini
 mum price for dues is oke dollar a year, and the bureau should have a
 large membership. While the farm CTS receive the principal benefit the various efforts of the bureau is help
 to she wh0TE conimuz,ity~ A nuif1bef
 of new members were received at the meeting
 ! In a communication to Town Clerk Converse Governor Holcomb states
 that towns or individuals paying
 transportation to the parade in Bos-
 ton of the men having overseas ser vice with the 26th division will be re- imbursed for such transportation up
 on presenting to the governor satis- factory evidence that the men were
 unable to pay transportation and had I overseas service with the 26th divis- ion. Men discharged and friends and | relatives of deceased soldiers having ! served overseas with the 26th divis-
 ion should make application for tickets
 to the grand stand for the parade to Herbert Parker 91O Barraster's hall, Boston. The Boston committee will
 submit duplicate application blanks | to the men at Camp Devens requesting | designation of friends and relatives
 whom they desire to invite to the par | ade. The soldiers will forward the
 original application to those whom | they wish to invite.
 The United States Employment Ser vice has prepared pamphlet, entitled How to Help," explaining the present problem of placing the thousands of | men released from the military service l in positions where they can be self supporting. In 1918 3,000,O00 persons were taken from other lines of work and engaged in war work for the gov ernment. They are now being re- leased at the rate of several hundred thousand a month and some place must be found for them. The em- ployers of the country are asked to openings with the United States En- ployment Service. The nearest branch is in Willimantic and the local office Ssfrom which literature and free gov ernment postcards for the sending of notifications of such employment open ings may be obtained is the insurance office of P. J. Murray & Son in the Converse block. This employment service is free to both employer and employe.
 There will be a musical treat, free
 
 Tuesday evening, when Miss Ida Gardner, the contralto soloist, and Harold Lyman, one of Americas fore
 most flute soloists will give a person. al demonstration of the supreme mu- sical test that has made the greatest critics of the large metropolitan musi- cal centers almost marvel This demonstration is most novel, and through it the audience is almost startled by the realization that Thomas A. Edison has actually controlled the
 laws of nature by re-creating the liv- ing voice so perfectly that the most attentive listner cannot distinguish the difference. Those who heard Miss Gardner and MT. Lyman here two years ago will be pleased with the Op-