The Press., 1921-06-30
The Phoenix and orcuttville mills

The Phoenix and Orcuttville mills will be closed all of next week. Mrs. Harold Foulkes and two small daughters of Boston are with her parents, MT. and Mrs. s. F. Pease for few days.
 Communion service will be held at the Methodist church next Sunday morning. In the evening at 6.45 the pastor will speak on "The Longest Word in the Language" There will be special singing.
 The statement in The Press last week that the fire truck went to the LabOnte ice house fire was incorrect. The firemen do not respond to an alarm from outside of the borough unless so ordered by Warden Sheppard
 Freddie Turschmann, older son of MT. and Mrs Max Turschmann, return ed to the Hartford hospital Sunday. On Monday a piece of diseased bone was removed from below the knee of the left leg He is rather expecting to come home next week. After treat ment there in May, he came home and was al out with the aid of crutches but it now seemed wise to remove the bone.
 Stafford.
 James Mitchell of Hartford is visit ing his uncle, F. A. Lasbury.
 Children's night will be observed at the Grange next Tuesday evening.
 F. J. Glover attended today the re- union of the Masonic Veteran AssO- citation at Meriden.
 William Loughheed is at his home here having completed his studies at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y.
 At the last meeting of Wolcott chap ter O. B. s. it was voted to hold vacation during July and August.
 Mrs. Julia Belcher has returned to her home after spending a week with relatives in Glastonbury and Hartford.
 There will he a business meeting of the Baptist church at the chapel Tues day evening at 7.3O A full attendance is requested.
 The ladies of the Universalist church will serve their monthly sup per Wednesday evening. Hostesses: Mrs. John Storm, Mrs. G. A. Wagner, Mrs. F. A. Lasbury and Mrs. Harley Dimmick.
 The people of Stafford Hollow take this opportunity to express their thanks to Messrs Park and Pinney for trans porting them to the Chautauqua meet ings last week. Many attended who would have teen unable to do so but for their courtesy.
 By the kindness of William Park & Sons, 20 employees of the Riverside mill enjoyed a delightful ride to Ocean Beach, Sunday, in the big truck fitted with seats and cushions. A notable feature of the trip was the fine work by Thomas DOtsOn and Fred French, in retrieving articles that occasionally fell overheard on the journey.
 The Phoenix-Riverside ball club defeated the Ludlow Independents Sunday afternoon at Hyde Park in fast and exciting game, featured by pitching and hitting of COnnOrs of the local club COnnOrs famed 12 Ludlow sluggers and connected with two good hits out of three times up. West Suf- field will be the attraction at Hyde Park next Sunday. The local team will journey to West Suffield, Monday in the afternoon and try their luck, for the first game this season out of town.
 Fire completely destroyed the harn on Frank Shaffer's farm early Tues day morning. This farm is better known as, the Witt farm. The flames were first seen by Mrs. Roy Thompson a neighbOr MT. Thompson woke the Shaffer family and tried to save the horse before help got there but the whole inside was mass of flames and the horse and two calves were burned to death. The rest of the cattle were in the pasture At one time it was feared the house would go, but through the help of kind friends they were able to save it. The cause of the fire is still mystery.
 StaffOrdVille.
 Card of Thanks-We wish to thank all our friends who helped us at our 25th wedding anniversary; also for the gifts presented and for the music given by the Orchestra.
 MT. and Mrs. G. w. Miller.
 Mrs. Louis Festi returned to her home from the Hartford hospital on Monday.
 There will be a lawn party at the Methodist church next week Thurs day evening.
 Arthur Brewer of Old Mystic is the guest of his uncle and aunt, MT. and Mrs. Albert Lock, and family.
 Mrs. Edith Mathews has resigned her position in MOnson and has re- turned to her home for a vacation.
 Mrs. Sarah Ballou of Hampden, Mass, was the weekend guest of her daughter, Mrs. Edith Mathews. MT. and Mrs. Frank Ballou and little daughter of Hampden, Mass, were the guests of MT. and Mrs. Herbert BOs- worth, for the weekend.
 Mrs. J. M. VonDeck, who has been with her daughter, Mrs. Harold Lee, in Bolton for several weeks, has re- l turned home.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Bridges, Mrs Martha Goodwill and George BelcheI were in Willimantic last Saturday making the trip in George Belcher's automobile.