The Press., 1919-04-24

mantle is the guest of MT. and Mrs Leroy Thompson.
 The Phoenix Liberty band dance
 which was advertised for tonight has
 been indefinitely postponed.
 Lewis Putney has taken employ
 ment with the Riverside Woolen Co after spending the winter in Meredith
 N. H.
 The farm known as the Governor Hyde place." has been sold to Domini-
 co Gregori through the Kuslansky lagency.
 Misses Florence and Hester Wal
 bridge of Old Mystic were the guests
 of Misses Margaret and Rachel Glover lover Easter.
 MT. Emsley has gone to the Earns
 worth-Pinney mill in Central Village,
 having completed a course in the
 study of wool with the Phoenix Wool
 en Go.
 Little Billy Dobson is recovering from the scarlet fever. He has been
 very ill and a great sufferer from ear
 ache which it was feared would effect
 his hearing, but he is much better in
 this respect. Others who have had 1t
 are Reginald Graves and Donald Fisk,
 but in much lighter form. | The minstrel show, for which the | young people have been holding re-
 hearsals for several weeks, will be
 given in Memorial hall May 6. G. D. | Ide will act as interlocutor with the | following end men: G. A. Wagner, H.
 B. Pinney, Thru Rhydholm, Otto Held, Bernard Mullins and F. A. Lasbury. ] Thru Rhydholm and Otto Held of Rockville will assist, Mir. and Mrs. Austin Witt went to Springfield last Tuesday where they will make their home with Mrs. Wm. Fullef- during the summer. MT. and Mrs. Witt have made many warm friends during their stay among us and general regret is felt at their de- parture. Mrs. Witt was presented with a brooch by the members of the Ladies' Circle of the Universalist church of which she was faithful and efficient member
 West Stafford We wish to express our sincere thanks to our many friends and neigh tors who so kindly assisted us in the hour of our bereavement at the death of our dearly beloved mother. We also wish to thank all those who sent floral offerings or assisted in any way. We are deeply grateful to them and will ever remember their kindness. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Jensen, MT. and Mrs. Peter Jensen, MT. and Mrs. John Jensen, MT. and Mrs. Nelson Earring ton. Neil Jensen, Oluf Jensen and Christie Jensen.
 Mrs. E. P. Kellogg and son, Robert, are visiting relatives in Mystic. There is an epidemic of measles in the village About 25 cases have been reported.
 Mir. and Mrs. Herbert Holmes of Rockville were guests of MT. and Mrs. F. z. Fairfield on Easter Sunday.
 Miss Edith Kemp of Springfield has been visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs. Myron Kemp.
 MT. and Mrs. Norman Froidevaux of >Collinsville spent the Easter holi- days with their parents, MT. and Mrs. F. A. Sturtevant.
 The Ladies' Aid society will serve a supper in the church vestry next week Friday night from to 8 o'clock, with Mrs. E. D. Ellis and Mrs. Hattse Pome- roy as hostesses. An entertainment will follow the supper.
 The funeral of Mrs. Marie Jensen was held at the church last Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock with a large number attending. The service was conducted by Rev. W. o. Berckman, who spoke on the subject Natures Gentlewoman." Three selections were rendered ny quartet. Burial was in the Center yard.
 Easter service last Sunday in the Congregational church was. well at tended. The sermon was in line with the history of the day. The musical part of the service was beautifully rendered. The floral decorations were in harmony with the resurrec- tion sentiment. A happy part of the service was the reception into the church membership of five persons on the confession of their faith. Next Sunday the pastor will preach the first of series of post Easter ser- mons, entitled Earthly Footprints of our Risen Lord," the first of the course being "The Presence of Jesus on the Highway of an Aching Heart !" Staffordville l MT. and Mrs. Elwin Phelps are vis- iting relatives in Boston this week. Mrs. Annie Smith and granddaugh-
 ter of Dorchester, Mass, are the
 guests of Mrs. Francis Smith. l William Curran of Stafford Springs
 has accepted position as night
 watchman in the Hydeville mill. | MT. and Mrs. Charles Hathaway of
 Boston arrived in town last Friday to spend the summer at their bungalow. Mr. Merrick of Springfield is visit
 ing MT. Ferry this week. MT. and Mrs. Edward Hayes were his guests over Easter.
 MT. and Mrs. Harold Tallman of l Worcester were the guests of her | parents MT. and Mrs. John Rishton, over Sunday.
 l Mrs. Ernest Goodell of Dorchester and MT. and Mrs. Arthur Bosworth and daughter were the Easter guests ! of MT. and Mrs. Herbert BOswOrth. Professor J. A. Solandt, former pas tor of the local Congregational church will preach next Sunday evening in