The Press., 1921-09-15
RTAFFORM RPRIMOa

T. R. Gillingham is employed in tn,
 Whiton grocery store.
 M. J. Daily of Willimantic is tn, guest of his son, J. J. Daily.
 Miss Florence Richard is taking { course at the Academy in Baltic.
 Miss Mildred Siswick has taken i; position in the E. c. DeBorde jewelry store.
 Harold Comins of Hartford spen the weekend visiting at his home or High street.
 The property on River street occu' pied by Washburn Silk Co.,, has beer sold by John Quinn to Benjamin Campo. fl Thirteen young friends of Maurice Murray gathered at his home on High street on last Monday evening in hon. or of his thirteenth birthday.
 Miss Ethel Moore has returned to Portchester, N. Y, to resume her teaching in Greenwich.
 Fred Bruce and L. Curtis Foye o1 Dorchester, Mass, are in camp at Lake Mashapaug for a week.
 The annual meeting of the Ladies Aid society of the Congregational church will be held Friday at D. m., at the chapel.
 The Sturbridge fair will be held this week Thursday, Friday and Sat urday with the usual display in all departments, horse racing, eight vau- | deville acts on the stage, aeroplane stunt flying and dancing each day and night.
 W. R. c. meeting on Friday evening.
 A company of young women jubilee singers from Straight college, New Orleans, La, will render negro songs at the Congregational church next Sunday morning at 1O.3O. The whole time of the service will be given to their program. A collection will be taken for the college.
 The W. c. T. U. is to hold a series of meetings. Mrs. Janette Mann, a Massachusetts state organizer, will assist in all the services. - Wednesday afternoon the regular meeting of the Union will be held at o'clock at Staffordville, followed by a medal con- I test An evening session will be held at seven o'clock. Next week Thurs day afternoon at 8 o'clock, a service will be held in the Episcopal church at Stafford Sn~i', O"e. N-~ "T~-~~-4 s1' also speak at the Thursday evening service at the Methodist church.
 The selectmen and town clerk will be in session to make voters on Sat urday at the town house from 9 a. m., to 12 and at the borough hall from 1 p. m., to p. m. There are six names | on the list to be made, including one woman, in district one and 83 in dis trict two, including 62 women. The registrars will be in session for the final revision and correction of the voting lists next Monday from a, m., to p. m., at the office of P. J. Murray & Son in the borough and at the resi- dence of J. G. Wightman at Stafford.
 At the republican caucus held on Friday evening at the borough hall the following nominations were made for town officers: assessor, Jacob P. Wagner; board of relief, H. A. Gla- ! zier; selectmen, W. R. Preble, Burt T. Eaton; town clerk, and treasurer, J. Carl Converse; collector of taxes, Pat rick J. Murray; auditor, H. R. Wight man; cOnstables, Thomas Hayes, Ar chic Sanger, Irving Reynolds, Michael Roberts; registrar of voters, first dis. trict, John G. Wightman, *ccoud dis trict, George Siswick; town school committee, H. A. Glazier.
 The democratic caucus for the pom ination of town officers was held on Monday evening at the borough hall. The following nominations were made: assessor, H. O. Butterfield; i; board of relief, w. H. Bumstead; se- l lectmen, w. R. Preble, David Bissett; 1; 1 town clerk and treasurer, J. Carl Con- verse; collector of taxes, Patrick J. Murray; auditor, Arthur J. Melbourne i: cOnstables, Arthur H. Adams, Henry Grundy, Philias Taylor, Michael P. Corcoran; registrar of voters, first district, Arthur H. Adams; second dis l trict, Patrick J. Murray; town school \ committee, M. D. O'Connell.
 The committee in charge of the athletic program at the Stafford fair having met with a general acknowl- edgement from several societies and organizations of their intention of en- tering the contests have decided on the following program of sports for local athletes and societies.: One hundred yard dash; relay race over one-half mile course; running broad jump: half mile run; obstacle race; tug of war; seventy five yard dash for grammar school toys and boys under sixteen years of age. A team trophy will be provided for the organization winning the highest number of points in all events, while first second and third prizes will be presented to the winners in each separate event.
 Every day feature day" is the motto which has been followed con- sistently in planning the daily pro- grams for the Eastern States ExpOsi- tion which will be held in Springfield, Mass, September IS to A. Some thing of interest will be provided each of the seven days for every class of city and country folk that visit the exposition. While the entertainment value of the program has not been neglected, the management has had a uCHAAeC OuuOaIAOnd4 pu1pOSG AA ~RlGW when planning the various activities The fifth annual Eastern States Expo sition will officially open Sunday aft ernoon at l o'clock, when the grounds i will be thrown open to the public Two concerts will be given by Patrick ConWay's famous band in the Col iseum building; one at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and the second at T o'clock in the evening. Conway's band, military and navy bands and five orchestras will furnish music in all ExnOsiti0u hlsildinpS and u cv,anial