The Press., 1920-12-30
STAFFORD SPRINGS

1 "A happy New Year to all.
 Modern Toggery and Shoe Shop. STAFFORD SPRINGS
 Regular meeting of Myriad Rebekah
 lodge next Wednesday evening.
 Cyril W. Dawson of Washington,
 D. G. is visiting with his father during , the holiday season.
 The postponed installation of Baker
 chapter, O. B. S., will be held on
 Monday at 7.45 p. m.
 The meeting of the Stafford baseball club advertised for last Thursday was
 postponed until later time.
 Woods orchestra will furnish mu-
 sic for concert and dance at memorial
 hall, Monson, on Friday evening. l MT. and Mrs. Al. Trombly of Som-
 ersworth, N. H., were the guests of
 Mrs. A. L. Daigle over the holiday.
 William Kuslansky of Hartford,
 spent the Christmas week end visiting
 his father Samuel Kuslansky of this | borough.
 ] There will be dance at the Italian hall on Friday evening with music by
 McKelligett's Jazz orchestra of l ThCrndike.
 l T. F. Marten the milkman had his
 herd retested for tuberculosis by state
 and federal officers and received a
 clean bill of health.
 l Mrs. Kate Little, Burt MacGilfrey
 and Mrs. Lizzie Abas and son, Edwin,
 of Springfield, were visitors at s. F. 1 Clark's Christmas and Sunday. | Miss Dorothy Roberts, who Is at- 1 tending school in Pittsfield, is with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Michael
 Roberts, of West Main street during
 the holiday recess.
 l The regular meeting of the Ameri- can Legion will be held in Society | hall on Monday evening of next week.
 Officers for 1921 will be voted in
 and installed at this meeting. l Officer Hayes on Christmas night. ] prevented the ringing of a fire alarm by late passerby who had seen a light on the top floor of a store, caused
 by an electric light that had been . left burning.
 Transportation in and out of Staff . ford has been delayed during the week by the snow fall, particularly on the rail road further north. The trolley line has been frequently delay en by broken wires, dera1led cars and iced tracks between here and Rock vile.
 Miss Priscilla Burwell, who went from here to Pasadena, Cal, several years ago is a guest of Miss Edith Adams for the holidays. As trained nurse, Miss Burwell, previous to her -entaring sifnmons college in Boston for training in public health work, spent year with patient in Cobra do. She will return to her studies the last of this week.
 Much industrious work is being put into the preparations for the pre- sentation of Stop Thief" by the Alumni players in Stafford Hollow this evening and in St. Edwards hall Saturday evening, Reserved seats for the performance on New Year are entirely sold. All indications show that the Boys club will be ma terially benefited by the performance.
 On Christmas day the fire depart ment answered two still alarms. A chimney in one of the Fabyan tene- ments on Wilmington avenue caught fire about nine-thirty in the morning. A chemical extinguisher quickly put an end to the fire. At eleven-twenty o'clock another still alarm brought on Gold street where fire was burn irc in Q 0h hir11n ahn the truck and a little water put the blaze beyond any possibility of harm.
 Tomorrow evening in the Business Mems club room the Stafford Golf association and the Business Mems club will celebrate the coming of the New Year in their annual New Year dance. Tickets are selling we'll. The Mackey orchestra of Hartford has been secured for music. The joint committee announce that arrange ments are completed. Cards and ta- ble will be provided for those who do not care to dance and who would rather play cards. This affair has become customary celebration and both young and old people annually enjoy and celebrate the coming of the Ney Year
 Mrs. Clara B. Blake, wife of Rev Henry A. Blake, passed away at the Danbury hospital early Sunday morn ing. For over a year Mrs. Blake has been in ill health, never regaining her strength after a serious operation She endeared herself to many Stafford friends during the pastorate of MT Blake at the Congregational church from 1906 to 1910. A woman of ster- Inequalities and fine intellect, she will long be remembered as the effic- tent president of the Missionary so- cieties and an able teacher in the Sun day school Mrs. Blake served as president of the Current Events club in 1909-1910. The funeral was held in Providence yesterday afternoon. Mir Blake, who now lives in Kent, and an only son have the sympathy of a large circle of relatives and friends. Christmas eve was a beautiful clear night A large bright moon offered it's radience in honor of the coming day. At the peal of the midnight bell, band ofChristmas carolers sang the Adeste Fideles, adding to the beauty of the night, the pleasant sound of beautiful songs. Starting over Edge wood they wended their way about town leaving a tune in the ear of every one who heard and a pleasant thought to properly begin the anniver- sary of the coming of Christ. The songsters were Mrs. Alvin Smith the l Misses, Louise and Charlotte Beck with, Sophia Brown, Emma, Edith and
 Florina Tonon, Barbara and Ruth Chapin, Hilda Fitzpatrick, Marion Lee l and Gwyneth Rees. The male mem