The Press., 1920-05-27
MEMORIAL DAY.

| | On Sunday morning the Memoria
 sermon will be delivered at the Meth.
 odist church by Rev. o. J. Aldrich
 The G. A. R. Veterans, Sons of Veter- | attend in body. The ex-service men | members of St. Edwards church, will | attend the 1915 mass. At this service the living and the dead patriots will be commemorated. The Memorial day services will be held on Monday The usual program will be followed. All who will contribute the use of their automobiles for Memorial day morn ing are asked to send their names to the committee, composed of c. F. Chandler and F. w. Howard. Con- tributions of food for the lunch should be sent to the hall before II a. m. Monday. The program for Monday is as follows: The G. A. R. Veterans, Sons of Veterans and delegation of soldiers from Strazza post American Legion will meet at the hall in the library building at TAO a. m.; start for St. Edwards cemetery at 8; Ex- ercises at West Stafford cemetery at g.; Staffordville 1O.3O: return to hall for lunch. At 2 D. m. the G. A. R. Veterans Sons of Veterans and mem bers of Strazza post will start fer the Stafford Springs cemetery. Prayer will be offered by Rev. N w. Heer- mans. and the address of the day will be given by Rev. w. o. Berckman. L. B. Dimock will give an oration America. the Land We Love" The music will be furnished y the Lii crty band.
 Ray Greene of Springfield has taken position in the Sanitary art CT shop.
 Josiah Witt has sold tract of land on Furnace avenue to Joseph Clifford.
 Special communication of Ionic lodge next Tuesday at 7.30 D. m M M degree.
 MT. and Mrs. D. D. Mitchell left today for weeks outing at Jack man, Me.
 The Phoenix mill Go. has started it's mill on a three days a week schedule this week.
 Hans Hansen accompanied ty Silas
 
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 Rev L. Rees and Mrs. Rees with E. B. Penny were delegates to the Con- ference of Congregational churches at Talcottvil1e on Tuesday.
 Miss lilly R. Cary, member of St. Francis training school for nurses, Hartford, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Louis St. Germain.
 The diphtheria quarantine has been lifted from the c. E. Wells home in West Main street wherein Mrs. Wells had been i'll for the past two weeks.
 The Clerks will oppose the Mer- chants in game in Hyde Park this afternoon. Both have had plenty of practice so the game should be lively.
 The high school boys defeated the Enfield high team in Hyde Park yes terday afternoon by a score of to 2. Both pitchers were strong and had good backing. Clark and Fletcher worked we'll for the locals.
 Woods hand will furnish the music for memorial day service at Union on Monday. The band has recently elect ed the following officers: President, James Shephard; vice president, c. c. Bergeron; secretary, F. A. Sweet; treasurer, Milford Houge, director and business manager, c. J. Woods; trustees, William Brown, Clarence Es- sex and Louis Lavy.
 The May day exercises of the bor- ough schools, planned for last Friday were given Monday afternoon on ac- count of the rain. The day was per 'ect and the attendance large. The of the May Pole, motion songs folk dances, rose and flag drills were very we'll given and much en- joyed. The pupils have worked hard and their efforts showed it. The boys of the older grades had an exciting ball game which closed the program.
 The body of Miss Mary Ann Francis was brought here Tuesday afternoon for burial in the family lot in the Staff ford Springs cemetery. The deceased was an estimable woman and active in the work of the Methodist church du ring her long life here. About nine teen years ago she removed to Nor wich where she has since made her home. A fall, while a guest at the C. G. Ellis home here some years ago, so injured one hip that she used crutches Later through a like accident, the other hip became incapacitated and for several years she has been con- fined to a wheel chair. Had she lived until June twenty-ninth she would have been ninety-five years old. Her Cofn iuh md the funeral was held in Norwich, the pastor of the Trinity Methodist church, officiating. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Amelia Dimock of Norwich, two nieces and two nephews, Lucius Whiton and Mrs. L. K. Ship man of New London and Mrs. William Maynard and Fred Francis of Nor wich.