The Press., 1919-06-12
Town Meeting to be Held in Regard
 to 2OOth Anniversary of Town.

IOWn MeeClng to De Held In hegar
 to 200th Anniversary of Town.
 At a meeting of the directors an
 committees of the Stafford Spring
 Agricultural society and representa-
 tives of the town, held at the Business
 Mems club on Monday afternoon, thu | question of the observance of the 2OOtI
 anniversary of the settlement of thu
 town in connection with the observ ! ance of the 50th annual fair next Oc. | tober was discussed. It was decided to petition the selectmen to call 6 | town meeting to see if the town will vote to observe the same and appro- priate a sum not to exceed $500 for the expenses of said observation. A committee consisting of D. D. Mitchell Angus Park, H. B. Pinney, Lott O'Hal- loran and F. H. Baker was appointed to represent the agricultural society at the meeting. The selectmen have called the town meeting for next Thursday at 1.30 p. m. Another pc tition has been presented to the select men to have a clause inserted in the warning to see if the voters will in struct the selectmen to call all busi- ness and financial meetings of the town in the borough of Stafford Springs. This will also come before the voters next Thursday.
 Leo J. Schindler is moving his fam fly to Bridgeport to-day.
 Miss Bertha Edwards has returned from a weeks visit in Washington, D. c.
 MT. and Mrs. Samuel Jackson of Springfield were weekend guests in town over Sunday.
 The high school students will hold their annual picnic at Crystal Lake this afternoon and evening.
 Mrs. Oliver Pratt of East Orange, N. J., is a guest at the Dr. Newton home, being called here by the illness of her daughter, Miss Frances Newton.
 All members of the training classes for home nursing who were unable to take the examinations Tuesday and are desirOus of so doing, should nOti- fly Mrs. G. P. Bard before this week Saturday.
 R w Ellis, local chairman of the Chatauqua committee, has received a notice that the opening date for this year is Saturday, July 12 He is try ing to change the date to some more convenient time.
 Victor Bissonett, l.. G. Luce, c. R. Newton and Dr. c. B. Tschummi left early Saturday morning by automobile for Highland Camp, Me-, for fishing trip. They covered the whole $50 miles in a day They are expected home tonight.
 Miss Margaret POlster of Wilmington, a student at the high school, under went an operation at a Hartford hos pital this week to enable her to walk without the use of any support. The success of the operation can not as yet be determined.
 Miss Louise Richardson Sandy daughter of John Sandy, a former resident of Stafford Springs, was mar ried to Henry Parsons of Westhamp- ton, Monday. The marriage took place at the home of an uncle, H. L. Lyman, at Easthampton, Mass.
 The school teachers of the town in stituted what it is intended to make an annual event in teachers ban quet at the Springs House, Tuesday evening, with an attendance of about forty Principal Shafer of the Willi Normal school and wife were the guests of the evening. The mem kers of the school committee with their wives also attended A turkey supper was served with all the fix n's," after which general social time followed Richard w. Ellis acted IS tOaStmaSter for the evening. In lis reply, Principal Shafer spoke of Teaching as an art" The committee n charge consisted of Miss Margaret 0'Connor, Miss Margaret Ballantine and Mrs. w. A. Abbott.
 The borough strike has been settled They have accepted the eight-hour day and no pay during loss of time. The painters strike was settled by a compromise. The workers asked for $25 per week, an increase of $4 over their former rate, and a continuance of the 44-hour week. They accepted SPA for the same amount of time.
 At the w. c. T. U. meeting in the Congregational church yesterday afternoon the following officers were elected for the coming year: Presi- dent, Mrs. A. E. Harper; vice-presi dent, Mrs. G. w. Amidon; secretary, Mrs. Arthur Cady; treasurer, Mrs. Hannibal Alden. The July meeting on the second Wednesday of the month will be held on Mt. Ochepetuc with Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Lawson.
 Private Alexander Nicholson of the Stafford Candy Kitchen arrived home Friday night on a ten-days furlough from General hospital No. 1 in Bronx, N Y, where he has been undergoing an electric massage treatment for put ting his left arm into use again. It has been partially paralyzed since November 1O the day before the armis- tice was signed, when he was shot in several places on the left arm and shoulder.
 The quarterly meeting of the Rock vile Christian EndeavOr Union was held with the society of the Congrega- tional church Friday evening. The attendance was large. At the business meeting, Holland was presented with a banner for having every member pres ent at this meeting, and also one for the largest percent attendance at it's regular meetings. Rev. c. B. Hessel- grave of South Manchester spoke on work overseas with the Y. M. c. A. The lecture was illustrated with one hundred and twenty-three lantern slides, which were of unusual interest as the speaker had personal knowl-