The Press., 1921-02-10

Q M1cha0l COrCOran IS CompOraf1I. g employed at the Johnson Memoria
 hospital
 t Henry J. Champagne has resigned z, his position with the Curtis lumber |, company.
 Miss Kathleen O'Keefe is visitor at the home of Miss Mary Hanley ir Orcuttville.
 , Misses Mary Cunningham and Marie Mullins spent the weekend visiting friends in Springfield.
 St. Edwards church will take uI
 the usual collection for home missions
 the first Sunday in Lent
 J. D. Collin of New London, territo- ry manager of the Standard Oil Com pany, spent, Tuesday in town.
 Miss Irene Donderra of Meriden, is
 visiting at the home of MT. and Mrs.
 A. D. Bernardo on Gold street.
 Robert Chism is at the Johnson hos
 pital making rapid recovery after
 undergoing severe operation.
 Joe Rounds has accepted a position
 with the George Gary express com pany as their agent on the Spring field run.
 The regular meeting of the Aid so- ciety will be held at the Johnson
 Memorial hospital on Tuesday after
 noon at 2.30 o'clock.
 A new electric clock has been in-
 stalled in the Davis barber shop. The
 chronometer came from the E. c. De-
 Borde's jewellery store and is said by
 many to rival the town clock in inter | est. Several men in for their annual haircut VeHtured to reset their time pieces that had not missed a minute
 in various periods of years.
 Owing to a previous engagement
 Past Great Sachem Pond of the order
 of Red Men was unable to attend the
 supper given in honor of his coming on Tuesday ly the Degree of PocohOn- tas. However as arrangements were already male focty-five members of both the Oncco council and Iona trihe
 made jolly supper party ill their hall on the same evening. Da9c 'n3 follow ! ed the flea sting.
 St. Edwards parish will give big ! minstrel show April 4th and 5th, Mon day and Tuesday evening. It will also hold a fair for three nights, April IA, IS, 1G, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This means that the hall
 will. be engaged eight nights during the first three weeks after Easter.
 Mrs. Nelson E. Pease of Plymouth,
 Mass, is a guest of Miss Achsah Pease for few days.
 At the Boston Athletic meeting on
 last Saturday, William COmins, cap tain of Worcester Academy track team, equaled the school boy record of and 3-5 seconds for the fifty yard dash on an indoor track. Bill" as he is familiarly known al out town also ran in an invitation race and made a first class showing against such men as Joe Lomis, ColsOn and Lunnell. The successes of the runner was witnessed by his father, Dr. A. o. Comins, Edward TOtin and D. J. Sullivan of this Iorough.
 That the winter will still yield an- other of those interesting pool tourna- ments at the Business Mems club. is pra cttcally assured. At their regular monthly meeting held on Monday, Dave Bissett was appointed com mittee in charge of the arrangements. The prize for this contest is to be silver loving cup given for the tourna- ment by William Park. Much interest and discussion centers around the topic in the club rooms. Whether the contest will be round robin match or handicap tournament is yet un- decided.
 Thirty-eight masked members were among the large number who attend ed the masquerade ball held by Iona council, Degree of Pocohontas and Oneco tribe, I. O. R. M., at Redmen's hall last Friday evening. Many pretty costumes were worn and the army and navy were we'll represented. The prize for the best dressed lady was awarded to Mrs. Hattie Webber, for the best dressed gentleman to Harry Mayo. Consolation prize for gentle men was won by George Bo1ieau. A special prize of $1 was awarded to Master William Webber and little Miss Doris Burdick. The "booby" prize, a small rubber doll, was by unanimous vote of the judges awarded to Miss Beatrice Sabourin, one of the most popular members of the council. The judges for the evening were A. J. Needham, William Benton, Daniel Greene and Amy BOlieau.
 A very interesting and unusual en- tertainment marked the celebration, of the Madi Gras festival at St. Edwards hall on Tuesday evening. The affair was in the interest of St. Edwards parish, and under the management of the Ladies Auxiliary of the A. o. H. The gathering was one of the largest seen in the hall in a long while. Rep resentatives from every nationality ] in the Catholic church were present i and all made merry in the various ! forms of entertainment offered. The evening began with a whist party l while the children used part of the l hall for playing games and their ire quent laughter and joyous conduct | testified as to their full enjoyment of. l the fun. The whist prizes were won | as follows: highest score among the | male contestants, P. J. Murray, who received a f1rst-class fountain pen; highest score among the ladies, Mrs. Thomas Moran, who received teauti- full cut glass dish The ladies conso- lation prize was won by Mrs. Sarah | Mullins, who received a fine large doughnut with an exceptionally large hole; The gentlemen consolation prize was won by Medos Palshaw, who received a rutber doll to play with until the next whist party. Fol- lowing the whist very interesting musical program by local entertainers, by Thomas Mullins, added much to the enjoyment of the evening The first number was piano solo by Miss Helen Rudge, who, in spite of the fact that she is still in the parOchial