The Press., 1921-10-27
ATAFF0RD SPRINGS.

MT. and Mrs. James Long have re- gently spent a week in Montreal, Can l ada. --... ..... g.
 The teachers of the high school at tended a conference in Rockville on Monday afternoon. .-..~ MT. and Mrs. John Yare were, in Providence with Mrs. Yare's mother the first of last week. 7,
 Misses Mary and Margaret Ballan- tine have been with friends in New Haven and Bridgeport, returning home i last week.
 F. of A. meeting this evening. Dep lty Murphy will attend. There will 1 be initiation of candidates and re- treatments will be served.
 Mrs. G. w. Amidon, Mrs. E. W. liar per and Mrs. F. H. Plumb are in Stam- ford attending the state convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
 A bowling league is in process of formation and is receiving enthusiastic support in the factories of the town. In all probability the completed league will include teams from every mill in the borough and from the Hollow, Hydeville and Orcuttville.
 The lecture on cancer at St. Ed wards hall next Tuesday evening. Doors will be open at seven o'clock. The lecture will be at half past seven. It is free and all connected with it in any way are giving their services to the cause, and simple courtesy should impel the attendance of the public. The ravages of the disease can be di- unfinished by the spread of knowledge leading to it's early recognition, which is the object of the nation wide cam paign which will be carried on during l the coming week.
 John Smiledge, a former resident of Stafford Springs died at his home in Ashland, N H. last week Wednes- 1 day. He has been in failing health for some time with carcinoma of the stOm- ach. The funeral was held Friday with burial in Meredith, N. H. MT. and Mrs. Smiledge lived here for many years on East Main street and later owned by Walter Scott. He was in ! time while living here and was a mem Der of the G. A. R.
 Three prizes, consisting of $1O in gold and two $2.5O gold pieces, have been offered by Strazza post of the American Legion to the pupil in the high school who will write the best ess ly on "Americanism." The length of the essay is to be entirely depen- dent upon the writers ideas on the subject. The title has been purposely part of the writer will be one of the points considered in choosing the win. ners. The essay must contain a min imum of 250 words. The judges of the contest will be impartial and will moi be connected with either the High school faculty nor the Legion. The prizes will be awarded on Armistice day and the essay must be in the hands of the judges on or before Nov 9th.
 Mrs. F. w. Stengel of Rockville has bought from her aunt, Mrs. w. A. Fry ing, of Hartford, the latter's interest in the property on Main street, known as the Old Foster block Mrs. Stengel has for some time been willing to buy this interest, but her aunt refused to sell to her and wanted to get an order from the court to have the property sold at auction. But as she insisted that land must be sold with the prop erty to extend about seven feet under Mrs. Stengel's adjoining building, it was necessary for Mrs. StengeI to first prove her title to the contested strip of land in the court room, and an ef- fort was made by Mrs. Frying, through her attorney, to force the case for trial at the September term of supe- rior court, but owing to Mrs. Stengels illness the case could not be tried.
 Dead leaves are one of the nuisan- ces of the fall season and must be disposed of in the best manner pOssi- ble. Fires, with leaves as a fuel, line many of the streets of the borough during the evenings and are decided ly quick and thorough means of elimi- mating the leaves. However the fires are dangerous and so far this fall several qirebrands have lodged on nearby houses making necessary the nasty securing of a ladder and quench- left unguarded for short time con- siderable property loss would have re- ulted, and the originator of the flames would have been both legally and morally responsible for the dam ! NI1R In0 wives found it necessary to rewash their clothes that had been hanging on lines near some of these fires. Ii it. is necessary to dispose of leaves by fire, extreme care should be exer. shown in choosing the time of tho blaze.
 Three years ago, the coming eleventh day of November, happiness and hope again entered the hearts ant minds of many who rejoiced at tht ending of the World conflict. There were many however who left theil hopes and ideals on the fields of Flu twelve to fourteen of these were iron Stafford and vicinity. Through thu belated efforts of the local post of thu American Legion it is planned to prop erly commemorate the dead of the pos on Armistice day. Every town ant city has adopted the custom of plant ing trees, one tree for each of the de parted soldiers. Through the kind ness of the Hyde Park commissioner
 in supplying trees and space in tn
 park, the custom will be inaugurate, in the town on the coming Novembe
 eleventh. The city of Rockville ha
 adopted plan for the celebration an,
 memorial tribute on Armistice day
 It is to be regretted if the associate
 of the dead soldiers and the people O
 the town, from which they were sen
 to war, do not unite and properly con
 secrate their memory and perpetual