The Press., 1920-01-08

The annual meeting of the Congre-
 gational church will be held this even ing with supper at six o'clock. p. J. Roberts has begun filling his ice house at the Dennis reservoir. Some trouble is being experienced in getting help.
 The Sons of Veterans met recently
 and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Commander, Char
 les Curnan; s. w., E. K. Taft; J. ",
 Arthur Adams; treasurer, John Han
 cock; secretary, Clarence Boyer. At the meeting of the borough bur
 gesses held Tuesday evening, for or ganization for the year the following appointments were made: Committees, highways and sewers, A. w. Kings
 bury, A. D. Bernarda; police and fire department, H. Alden, c. B. Tschum- mi; lights and water, John Quinn, Sr.,
 D. D. Mitchell; haywards, Geo. l..
 Dennis, Geo. J. Gary; wood inspectors,
 B. T. Eaton, Thos. Hayes, Embert
 Curtis, Geo. J. Frazier, Lot O'Holloran,
 H. Alden, c. E. Butterfield, T. F..
 Mattesen, c. H. Moore; chief of police,
 Thomas Hayes, street commissioner,
 John M. Leach, borough council, M. D..
 O'Connell; special constables, Thos.
 Young, Irving Reynolds, Frank Mason,
 John Hancock, Frank Wormstedt,
 Jos. Tonidandel, George Bertrand.
 David Robertson left yesterday af- ternoOn for Los Angeles, Cal, to make an extended visit with his sister there.
 During the Is years that MT. Rotert son has conducted his dry goods bus mess here he has made many friends
 who regret his leaving town and hope that he will return to make his home here in the near future. Mr. Robert son still owns the building now Occu pied by his successors, Lee & Buckley.
 A special 1orough meeting will be held at the torough hall on next Wednesday evening at 7.3O o'clock for the following purposes: To see if
 they will vote to reconstruct the macadam road on Main street. To see if they will vote to proceed with he construction of the Furnace Ave. sewer, authorized ty vote of the Bor- ough on August 11th. 1916. To see if they will vote to pay a portion of
 he cost of an automobile fire engine
 To see if they will vote to install fire alarm system. To see what ac- ton they will take regarding the sprinkling of the borough streets. To see what action they will take issuance of bonds for the purpose of financing needed improve mentS.
 The game tetween the Stafford and Ludlow Independent teams last even ing was a contest the like of which has not l cen seen here for some time. rom start to finish it was a attle, fast and clean. The second half was lively The locals were on the short end when the first half ended hut they came on the floor for he second half determined to more han even things up, which they did in short order when Dupre started aiming for the ring. Pallank was a busy man all through the game. Le- vine and Chalchera guarded we'll and oGIIdIutt SIdllcu IllS plays "Ol hlllS )y getting the top nearly every time. The visitors were clean players and were adopts at shooting, taking many ong shots and missing very few of hem. The final score was Stafford }4 to Ludlow 25.
 The annual meeting of the Sunday school board of the Methodist church was held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. F. Patten on Tuesday evening" There was an unusually large atten dance The reports showed the school to be in good condition. Gains have been made in 1919 over 1918 inmem- bership and average attendance. OHi- cers were elected as follows: Super Freeman F. Patten; assiS- tant superintendent, AnsOn B. Handy; of primary department, Mrs. Anson B. Handy; superintendents of home department, Miss Florence Washburn and Miss Doris Parkhurst; of cradle roll, Miss Ethel Whitaker and Miss Ethel Smith secretary and treasurer, l.. H. Ste vens; assistant secretary and treasur- CT, Miss Marion s. Lee; musical di- rector. Miss Alberta l.. Eaton; libra rian, Percy Parkhurst; pianist, Miss Vera Kaddy MT. Patten is serving the school for the fifteenth year as and MT. Stevens for the eighteenth year as secretary and treasurer.