The Press., 1919-02-20
STAFFORD SPRINGS

STAFFORD SPRINGS
 Alan McLagan has gone to the Hart
 ford hospital for an operation.
 Mario Rivotti, overseas for year
 has received his discharge and is
 home.
 Baker Chapter o. E. S., will have
 meeting and social next Wednesday
 at 8 p. m. .. 1 Thomas Jensen, recently returned frop, France, is at Camp Dix awaiting his discharge. 1 lieutenant Adelbert Needham re- turned from France on Saturday. He
 has, received his discharge,
 | The Ellis Grocery has on exhibition a cocoanut with the outerhusk still on. | It 7, as sent by R. w. Ellis from Miami ] Fla.
 l Tie Italian society will have 8 mas- querale ball with prizes at their hall, on Saturday evening. Woods orches- tra will furnish music.
 1 Rev and Mrs. o. J. Aldrich received
 a large box of Florida oranges this week, the gift of MT. and Mrs. Reuben
 2, Converse, who are at Orlando, Fla. 1 Houston Landon, pharmacist at Me 1 Corrlick's drug store, has resigned his 1 position and gone to Saybrook. Frank spelnan is temporarily filling the po- sition
 Waiter c, Bruce, formerly of this town, has accepted the position of in structor of the farm management
 courses at the Massachusetts agricul- tnral college
 It inc Methodist Episcopal church next Sunday morning one of the mem- drrs will make a short address upon some phase of the Methodist Centen- asy This will be in addition to the sermon by the pastor.
 Sergeant Leroy, known locally as "Bossy," who was here with the sol diers guarding bridges, has been dis charged and was in town few days last week. He was gassed twice while in France with the 1O2d regiment of the 26th division.
 MT. anr Mrs. M. F. J. Walker weee guests of Mir. and Mrs. sl'iam Fl. Horton of Monson on Thursday. It was the fifty-third wedding anniver- sary of both couples. They were all formerly of Union, where they were schoolmates and friends, and planned to be married on the same day. A farce in one act, entitled Local and Long Distance" will be given by members of the Current Events club next Monday, at 8 p. m., in the vestry of Grace church. A small contribu- l ton may be left at the door to help ! defray expenses. Each member has the privilege of inviting two guests. Mrs. G. w. Amidon returned Satur- day from Godfrey, H., where she has | been for the past six months on the ! account of the illness of her mother, l who died on January 3. Miss E. Morse, who has been at the Amidon
 home for the past two years, has re- turned to her home in Sturbridge, Mass,
 In the fire of the Roche & Go. gar age in Hartford early Thursday morn ! ing William Park of Stafford lost a l Packard touring car and Victor Bisso- | nette of the Springs lost new Buick. Mir. Parks car was being re-painted and MT Bissonnette's being remodeled. l Mir. Parks car was covered by insur- l ance
 George Yenno, aged 33 years, died | of tuberculosis at his home on West l Main street last Thursday night at 12 | o'clock He recently came from Weir | ton, West Virginia, in an attempt to regain his health. He leaves a wife l and four-years-old daughter and one sister in Ohio MT. Yenno was born 1 in what is now Czecho-Slovakia, of Russian parents. He came to this ] country in 1902. The funeral was at St. Edwards church Sunday at 2 | o'clock Burial was in St. Edward s l cemetery.
 l The officers recently elected by the l.. A. A. o, H. were installed last Thursday evening by County Presi- dent, Miss Nellie Maher, of Rockville l The following took the oath of office for the ensuing year: President, Mrs
 Rose Tobin; vice-president, Mrs. Stel-
 la Schrier; financial secretary, Miss l Marie Mullins; treasurer, Miss Cath
 crime Murray; recording secretary l Mrs. Mary Sullivan; mistress-at
 arms, Miss Mary O'Connell; sentinel
 Miss Mary Sullivan; ehairwoman oi standing committee. Mrs. Catherine
 Murray. After the meeting a socia
 session followed.
 Clitus H. King. formerly of this
 borough and later of Fairfield, who was sentenced to states prison Dec. 2
 1915, for six years for alleged forgery
 and was released on parol last July
 has teen recalled to the state prison
 He is suspected of being connected
 with a scheme to help secure the re. lease on parol of notorious pick.
 pocket whose friends in New York, i,
 is stated, had offered to pay King 2
 large fee to use his influence for the
 release. When King was paroled he
 went to work for Colts Arms Co. o1
 Hartford and later began selling wal
 books, living with his wife in Hart
 ford. When he was taken back to tht prison he was very much depressed
 and denied having dealings with tn,
 New York criminals.