The Press., 1921-02-24

d
 Willimantic during the first part oi
 the week.
 James J. Shepherd, Jr., spent a few
 days this week in New York on a
 business trip.
 Mrs. James Shepherd and daughter
 Meredith, are visiting at Digby, Nova
 Scotia, for a few weeks.
 Miss Stella Bartlett has resigned
 her position with Lee & Buckley and will take much needed rest.
 Mir and Mrs. E. B. Penny returned
 home Saturday after spending the
 larger part of the winter in Washing
 ton.
 Mrs. Daisy flanagan and son, Albert,
 went to Hartford last Saturday to
 visit Mrs. s. Kuslansky there; also
 attended the basket ball game in
 West Hartford that night.
 - MT. and Mrs, Walter Pease of Nau- gatuck have been guests of his pa rents, MT. and Mrs. Stephen Pease and her mother, Mrs. J. A. Mix. Miss Doris Pease of Springfield was also at home over Sunday.
 Fifty. young men and women will assemble at 2 o'clock next Sunday afternoon, to receive their parts for the big minstrel Show to be given April and 5th at St. Edwards hall. MT. Bartlett of Willimantic, who never stages failure, will be the coach.
 Oyster stew suppers are gaining much in popularity locally. On Tues day evening members of Ionic lodge, A. F. and A. M, enjoyed a particular " i'm yCfn and cuisine department were under the direction of William Symonds.
 The Press office will soon issue a complete financial statement, in pam phlet form, of St. Edwards parish for 1920. The report is very explicit, em- bracing receipts, expenses, transfers and valuation of property, mortgages, notes, insurance and other items of interest. It also gives the names of nearly a thousand contributors toward pew rent and collections, including the mission at Staffordville.
 A numL CT of instances have lately been noted of the putting of foreign substances into the mail drop at the post office and lately a snowfall of size which wet the mail to some extent but fortunately did no great damage. It would be we'll for persons who do these things whether or for an apparently in nocent joke to remember that they are transgressing the laws of the Post Office Department and that heavy penalties are provided for same.
 Next Monday evening Miss s. Emily Brown will ~ address the Current Events club on the bills before the legislature of vital interest to women and children. Miss Brown is one of Naugatucks reresentatiVes this term, and as former member of the Cur rent Events club, many old friends an- ticipate her return to her home town. Miss Charlotte Beckwith will give piano solos. -HOstesses: Mrs. c. B. Mrs. c. H. Moore, Mrs. George Rumbelow and Mrs. G. c. Lane.
 On last Tuesday evening, birth day party was given to Mrs. Esther Vel CT by her parents, MT: and Mrs. Thomas Young at their home on Grant avenue, in honor of her twenty sixth birthday. Mrs. Webber was pre- sented with a cut glass sugar bowl, 3 cream pitcher and two vases. Among those present at the party were: MT. and Mrs. Edgar Young, MT. and Mrs. Thomas Young, MT. and Mrs. P. E. Mccarthy, MT. and Mrs. H. L. 8urdfck, MT. and Mrs. George Silcox, Mrs Herman Ladish, MT. and Mrs. D. D. Kinsman and the Misses Mildred md Clara Ladish.
 The 1920 borough tax lists are com olete. The abstracts are in the hands ,f H. o. >Butterfield who is at work ,n the collectors book. There is ap- proximately the same valuation in most cases as on last year, although he difference in the total amount 1aries by about $1O0, ,0O0. The shortage s attributed to the difference in value 1n finished and unfinished products n the local mills. The board of re- lief made one change in the list as submitted by the assessors. The War ren Woolen Company was reduced by $39. 900. The assessors raised but three lists, two on resident owned and one on property held by ] non resident owner.
 The search of the Red Cross chap ter for a nurse, who would meet the justly exacting qualifications neces- sary for public health nurse, have been rewarded and Miss Anna Miller of South Norwalk will begin her nursing duties here on the first of next month. A store on Main street is to be equipped as quarters for the nursing service. The work is to be carried on in cOnjuctiOn with the Life insurance company and, a contract with that association is now pending. The company pays 8 fair sum for each visit made to a policy holder no matter how small the policy, and is of great assistance in maintaining nurse in towns simi- lar to Stafford. Plans are nearly complete, the nurse is to be equipped with an automobile and it only re- mains to receive the young lady with the attention that her valuable aid to the longevity of our residents is wor- thy of.
 In May 1918, The Warren Woolen that has been successful in large of various concerns about the country. A life insurance policy in the amount of $500 was handed to every employee. The policy increases by the sum of $1OO for each year of seRyice in the factory until total of 5000 has been reached. The action was taken as mark of appreciation by the company of the services faith fully rendered by the employees that in any degree to the suc- cessful operation of the plant. The spirit of the concern is commendable and large number of satisfied em- ployees testify as to the appreciation of those most benefited by the policies. The cooperative spirit shown by the is an aid to the productive activities of the business. One of the features of group insurance is that all persons working in the factory are included in the coverage. There are always a great many men and women who apply for individual insurance, that because of physical