The Press., 1920-06-03
Miss May Gi1ligan spent Decora- :1., lox s.a

Miss May Gilligan spent Decora- tion day in Ware, Mass. "
 James Shannon of Toronto, Canada visited relatives here Friday.
 Mr. and Mrs B. C. DeBorde were in Waterbury over Memorial Day.
 Miss Margaret Slater is spending part of this week with relatives in Mystic #.. ~N
 Miss Alice Ray of Springfield was the guest of Miss Ethel Moore over the holiday
 MT. and Mrs. E. J. Edwards of New York were guests at the J. H. Valen- tine home over Sunday.
 Miss Gertrude c. O'Neill of Po- quonock, spent the holidays at the Nihill home in West Main street.
 Mrs. D. Brown and daughter, Doris, and Miss Elsie Espeg of Mystic are passing a few days with relatives here.
 Mrs. Joseph Gilmartin of Mystic is a guest at the home of MT. and Mrs. Charles Slater in Stafford street this week. -n
 Regular meeting of Mineral Springs lodge K. of P. at Society hall tomor- row night at o'clock. Work. Rank of Page. l..
 MT. and Mrs. Merrill Converse and daughter and Mrs. A. Bondville, all of Torrington, spent Memorial day with friends here.
 Odd Fellows Memorial day will be observed next Sunday. All the local members of the organization are re- quested to meet at the hall at 2.30 in the afternoon and bring flowers.
 The Agora society of the high school held it's annual picnic at Crys- tai lake Tuesday afternoon Nearly every member of the club was present. Though it was unusually warm else where the breezes which fingered al out the lake made the day an ex- cellent one.
 On Tuesday at 630 D. m. The Wo- mans Home Missionary society of the Methodist church will serve supper to memt CTS and invited guests. This will be the fortieth anniversary of the National organization. Members are invited to bring gift of money in honor of Mother National Birthday.
 Arthur c. Boyden, Principal of the Bridgewater Normal School in Mass achusetts will give the address at the graduation exercises on Wednesday evening, June 18th. This normal school is the oldest in the country. It is also one of the best, due largely to the leadership of MT. Boyden and to his father, MT. A. G. Boyden, who was principal for many years.
 The Missionary societies of the Congregational church have arranged an open meeting at the church next Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock Mrs. R. Dewitt Mallory of Springfield is expected to speak on AmericaniZa- tion. All who know of Mrs. Mallory's work among the foreign peoples of Springfield should be interested to hear her talk on this subject. This is a general invitation and large atten- dance is hoped for.
 The spft postponed opening of the baseball season by Stafford's nine took place Saturday afternoon when the Vikings of New Britian came here to match the locals in Hyde Park. Staff ford hitters circled the paths eight times while their guests ran over the pan but four times. The Stafford men started off in fine style, making three runs in the first frame, one in the third and two in both the seventh and eighth chapters completed their scoring for the afternoon. Meanwhile the visitors made one run in the ind Sr, tIn irl,t o1 one in the ninth. Three passes were given by Cerago while the opposing pitcher handed out only two gifts For their first working together the teams made real good appearance
 In the opinion of many Decoration day was celebrated this year in a finer manner than in most other years. The perfect day made it possible to carry out all the plans. The ex-ser- vice men, the soldiers of the other wars and the sons of Veterans turned out in good number thereby giving the day proper military touch. G. A. R. Veterans, the Sons of Veterans and a good sized delegation from Strazza Post assembled in Memorial hall in the library building shortly after seven o'clock, to take part in the fore noon services in the various ceme- teries of the town. Accompanied by the Phoenix Liberty Land they went to St. Edwards cemetery, to West Stafford, Hillside, Staffordville and to Stafford street, returning to the hall close to nOOn The recent war sol diers and the Sons of Veterans march ed into each cemetery to an accom- panyment by the band and small bas- kets of flowers were placed on the graves of the dead soldiers. At some of the cemeteries children who attend ed nearby schools assisted at the ser vices In West Stafford Stafford Hol- low and Staffordville a short prayer was offered by Reverends w. o. Berck- man, c. H. Puffer and Rev. J. w. Won Deck respectively. Upon their return to the hall dinner was served by the Women's Relief Corps to all those who had taken part in the services of the morning. Close to two o'clock in the afternoon the line was formed for the march to the Stafford Springs ceme- tery. The parade was headed by the Phoenix band, followed by thesoldiers Of the recent war and the Spanish war, the Sons of Veterans and autos carrying the G. A. R. Veterans. Flow CTS were placed upon the graves while the land played appropriate selec- tlons Then the people, assembled ,I IL.