The Press., 1920-12-16
R. C., meeting Friday evening at

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 Miss Laura Gale is in the Johnson hospital for treatment.
 MT. and Mrs. F. G. Sanford wer, in Springfield over Sunday. St. Edwards school will be opeI two or three days next week, to mak, up lost time.
 The Masons will have their annua Christmas dance on Saturday evening December 18th.
 George R. Towne is erecting a cot tage on Westford avenue near the home of his father.
 There will be meeting of the Odt Fellows in their hall Sunday at o'clock. Rehearsal.
 Dorothy and Mabel Jacobsen are confined to their home on Prospect street with severe cold.
 Mrs. Eugenia Leach and Mrs. l.. F Cummings are now settled for the winter at Orlando, Florida.
 Any of the alumni wishing an invita- tion to the Junior Prom, may secure one by applying at the Parizeau store
 Francis Fitzpatrick. who recently suffered a broken leg, has left the Johnson hospital and is able to be about on crutches.
 The Foster-Arnold party reached Lynn Haven, Florida, last Thursday night, having stopped for short sight seeing trip in Washington, D. c.
 The meeting of the Hospital Aid society was not held Tuesday on ac- count of the storm. It now seems ad- visable to omit the December meeting
 Miss Edith Cushman has been ab- sent from the Kindergarten during the week owing to illness. Miss Dor othy Shepherd is substituting in heI place.
 Mrs. Dexter l.. Goodrich, formerly of Worcester, was buried in the Staf- ford Springs cemetery on Tuesday Mrs Dexter was the aunt of R. w Ellis of this town.
 Thomas Foley, who has just com pleted a one year enlistment in the army, is in possession of his discharge and is at the home of his father on Prospect street.
 On Wednesday evening a party of young people celebrated the twen- tieth birthday of Miss Josephine Braun at the home of her porents on East Main street.
 Mrs. Anne Gladysh, wife of Phillip Gladysh, of Wilmington was buried in St. Edwards cemetery on Wednesday morning. A funeral mass was sung by Rev. F. J. O'Neill at St. Edwards church.
 The military enrolment recently completed by F. H. Plumb, shows a total of 731 resident male citizens in the town eligible for military service. Of this number 255 are exempt from personal taxes.
 The Tuberculosis Christmas seals are to be sold by the school children and in the stores. Eighty-five per cent received from the sales in town will go towards the expenses of the local district, nurse The local stores are filled with de- sirable Christmas gifts The store windows will compare we'll with the city stores. It is not necessary for | any one to go out of town to do their Christmas buying. Every dollar left here helps your own town. The first step toward the curtail- ment of expenses on the Central Yer mont is the withdrawing of the
 
 daily and known to residents as the local" The local now goes north on one day and returns south the next day.
 The Girls Guild of the Congrega- 1 tional church held a very successful sale, Saturday afternoon, of fancy ! work, domestic articles, and home made food. Tea was served and the pleasant affair netted the young ladies little over one hundred and seventy five dollars.
 The pool tournament of the Stafford Business Mems association is practi- cally finished. James Sheppard's team has won thirteen matches and A. |. Mitchelrs team nine AS there are only three matches unplayed, MT. Mitchell's team is the loser and will have to pay for the supper, the date and place to be announced later.
 The Independent basket ball team won their first game on the local floor with an out of town team last evening. The Broad Brook A. C., team was defeated by score of 28 to 15. The Independents number among their members some speedy and steady players and good basket ball is ex- pected from them during the present season.
 Both the boys and the girls high school basket ball teams were de- feated in East Hartford last evening. The boys are finding just how many and various are the different inter- pretations of the rules Fifteen of East Hartford's points were made from the foul line on technical char ges. The final score was E. H. S., 21. $. H. S., 12. The girls game ended with the score: B. H. S., 10. s. H. S., l.
 Joseph Wood will discontinue his moving pictures in the borough hall after this week. He will reopen the Paramount in the former Comiuue theater, which he recently purchased, on Tuesday evening" The interior has been tastefully decorated by Slater & Lavigne, including frieze, represent ing Roman scenes, making an attrac- tive picture house On Monday even ing there will be no moving pictures either in the borough hall or in the new location
 West Stafford
 The barber shops will be open every evening during Christmas week until eight o'clock On Friday even ing they will remain open until twelve o'clock. On Christmas day the barber shops will be closed all day.
 Stafford
 MT. Ford of Holyoke. Mass, called on his sister, Miss Ford on Sunday. Mrs Marc Hatch Is visiting her daughter Mrs. Hamilton, in Marion, Mass.