The Press., 1920-04-08
Mrs. s. l.. Richardson is at the local

J. Wasserman will open his smoke
 and water sale on Saturday. . A son was Iorn to MT. and Mrs A. J. Rose on Monday March 30. Regular meeting of Baker chapter
 0. E. S., next Wednesday at 7.45 p. m Walter Day of Leominster, Mass.
 spent Sunday with relatives in town
 Private Allen McLagan, from Camp | Dix, N. J.. spent Easter with his par ents.
 The Odd Fellows will meet next
 Sunday at ? D. m. for rehearsal of first
 degree.
 Mrs. Seth Schofield of Village Hill
 has returned home from the Hartford
 hospital.
 | C. F. Harwood. who is in the Hart ford hospital for treatment, is slightly
 improved.
 There will be a stereopticon lecture
 at the Congregational church on Sun day evening.
 | I. c. Baker of Springfield was a guest of his daughter, Mrs C.. B. Pin lnCy, over Easter.
 Mir. and Mrs G. l.. Dennis, are on
 Q southern trip, spending last Sunday at Dallas, Texas.
 | Regular communication of Ionic lodge next Tuesday evening at 715,
 sharp. E. A. degree.
 Miss Ethel Moore and friend, Miss Alice Ray. of Springfield, are spending d few days in New York.
 lere will te meeting of the | Standard Bearers at the home of Mrs. | ' ,. Handy. on Tuesday evening at
 7.45.
 1 .iss Margaret Russell of Haverhill. i oss.. was with her sisters, Misses a-y and Isabel Russell, for the
 -aster vacation.
 Charles Scussell has returned to a ord. his home town, after a two ears al sence spent in various parts
 of this country.
 A set of five volumes of an Ency-
 clopedia of Biography of Representa- | tive Citizens of Connecticut, has been | presented to the library by Miss Celia | Holt.
 | Miss Hilda Fitzpatrick of Dr. Ar holds school of Gymnastics in New | Haven. is home for this week. She is | accompanied by a classmate, Miss | Amy Dunkle of Michigan. i X new restaurant, The MayfloWer | Lunch, has been opened in the Bdor- | ini block by John F. Bourgeois, for | mer proprietor of the Dew Drop Inn.
 t has the very latest thing in theline of furnishings.
 A irthday party was given to Lillie Turschman. daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Paul Turschman. on her eighth birth | day, last Saturday. She received a number of gifts. Games were played and refreshments were served. Miss Emily Hudec and Clayton Will | der were united in marriage in Ca naan. N. H.. last Thursday. Mrs. Will der has returned to her work in the Pinney home on East street, but will soon start house keeping in New Britian.
 The W. c. T. U., will meet next Wednesday at 2.30 D. m., at the home of Mrs F. Z Fairfield at West Staff ford, opposite the store. Those going from here will leave on the o'clock car. The jubilee supper will be held on April 21st.
 F. J. Fitzpatrick returned from New York, Friday with two new Stude- baker special siXes. One of them, | four passenger roadster has been pur- | chased by A. J. Needham. The other | is l cling demonstrated by Thomas w. | of Manchester.
 Next Monday evening Miss Clara l. Bostwick, instructor at "The Films Springfield, will speak on Current Events before the Current Events club. There will be music. Commit tee: Miss Margaret w. Ballantine, Miss Genevieve Hewett and Mrs. F. | F. Patten.
 John Quinn, Jr. son of MT. and Mrs. | John Quinn of this place was married | to Miss Florence Sweeney of Mont pelier, Vt., last Monday. The cere- money took place in Philadelphia, where MT. Quinn is employed as mill superintendent. He met his bride more than a year ago while in Burlington, Vt, where he was em- ployed as designer.
 Mrs. Margaret Ga Valley) Wood comb. wife of Alexander Woodcomb, died Sunday at her home in Fitchburg, Mass. She was a former resident of this place but has not lived here for the past seven years. She leaves a niece, Mrs. Michael Hassett, and a sister. Mrs. Charles Huden of this borough. The funeral services were held Wednesday in Leominster, Mass
 Miss Mary Smith has resigned as teacher of grade seven of the borough schools, and Mrs. Agnes Cox has been hirId in her place. Rev. N. w Heer- mans. who has been teaching fore nOOns in the high school, has resigned. Robert Torrey of Putnam, a graduate of the New Hampshire state college, has Eeen engaged as assistant in the high school. This will give superin- tendent Handy more time to meet the outside schools. Mrs. Louise Chaffee is still unable to take up her duties as teacher at West Stafford, so the Crystal Lake school will probably not reopen this school year as it is inn possible to secure an other teacher
 A demonstration was given here last Tuesday afternoon with an Inter- national automobile fire truck. The truck which is equipped with the modern appliances for fighting fires, including q large chemical tank, was first stationed at the cove where water was taken from the stream The truck was then taken to the | school house hill where the pump was attached to hydrant. The cost of | truck of the size used here is about | S10,000. The truck evidently would | be just the equipment ladly needed | here. eme time next week it is ex- pected Aat the Middletown Auto Co.,, | will also send a truck here for . dem | onstration. A borough meeting will | be held later to hear the report of the l borough officials, and decide on which | make of fire-truck to purchase, as at | a recent borough meeting it was voted | to purchase an auto fire truck
 Most of the members of the senior | class returned from their visit to New