The Press., 1922-11-23
RTAFFORD SETTINGS.


 B. T. Eaton and family are now oc-
 eupying their former home on High
 land Terrace, where they lived for
 seventeen years previous to going to
 the c. G. Ellis place. The ruins left
 standing from the recent fire have been torn down and are being cleared
 away.
 The Current Events club will hold
 it's meeting next Monday evening at
 s o'clock in the Guild room of the Episcopal church. A play entitled ''No Man in the House." will be given by members of the Monson club, and a Monologue by a member of the To- cal club. There will be music by a ladies chorus. Members are privileg- ed to take a guest Silver offering at the door for the Near East Relief.
 A meeting of the parents of school children and the teachers was held last Monday evening at the assembly hall of the grammar school, to organ iZe a Parent-Teachers association
 Mrs. E. c. Littlefield of New Haven, president of the state branch of the association gave a very interesting speech on the doings of the associa- tion and aroused much enthusiasm among those present. Plans were discussed for later meetings and the following officers were elected: Pres ident, E.. A. Legg; vice presidents. Mrs. William All ott and Mrs. George Stevens; secretary, Morgan Eaton; treasurer, Mrs. Raymond Towne; pro- gram committee, Miss Edith Cushman, Mrs. T. c. Chapin and Mrs. George RumbelOw.
 The Stafford Springs Aqueduct Co.,, fin an other column announced the new rates and rules for water after the meters are placed. Where meters are in. by January 1st, bills will not e sent until April 1st, for the quar- ter. For premises not metered ty January 1st, flat rate bills will te rendered for the quarter, and on me ter bills, rendered April 1st, rebate will te made for the portion of the quarter that service was metered. The minimum rates per quarter will l e according to size of meter required for the service, and will te $3.50 per quarter for $ inch meter, allowing the use of 10000 gallons of water per quarter up to $S per quarter for two inch meter allowing 25,OOO gal Ions a quarter. The rate for water in excess of minimum charges will be 30 cents per M. gallons for the first 40 900 gallons, used per quarter, in elusive of minimum allowance; P cents for the next 16O,O gallons and 15 cents per, M. for all in excess of 100000 gallons. The use of meters will have a tendency to make all water customers more careful in hay ing their leaky faucets attended to and reduce the amount wasted by let ting water run during cold winter nights to prevent freezing.
 The Missionary Institute under the auspices of the Holland County Asso- citation of Congregational churches and ministers, held at the local church on Tuesday morning and afternoon, was attended by delegates from Will lington, Holland, South Coventry, Col umbfa, TalcottYille, Rockville, Filing ton, SomersVille, West Stafford, Un- ion, and a goodly number of the mem bers of the church of this place. Rev. G. Newton Owen of Columbia, the of the association, presided, and Rev. F. w. Hodgdon, regional sec retary of the Congregational Commis- | sion on Missions, and Rev. A. V. Bliss, New England representative of | the American Missionary association, delivered most forceful addresses at both sessions. With convincing ar gument and apt illustrations they showed the imperative need of greatly increased contributions from the churches to carry on the work in it's various forms-educational medical, industrial, and eyangeIistic, which is being done by the denominational so- cieties, both at home and abroad. The sum necessary to do that efficiently is $5, 100000 a year-the sum subscrib- ed last year was $2,900,00O, and al though it is the largest amount yet given in one year in the history of Congregationalism it is pitifully mad equate. Instances were given of mo- ble self-sacrifice on the part of work CTS in the field, such as cultured young women from the north braVing the ostracism of white people in the South because of their undertaking to teach in "colored" schools, and abroad with their meager salaries, raising loans on their per sonal notes to continue their work in the faith that the funds from home would soon be more abundant. Such splendid devotion, the speakers urged, should put to shame those members of the churches who fail to realize their responsibility to the great work of the Kingdom of God in the world and give their support to their own local church only. Luncheon was served to the visitors from out of town, the kindness of a few friends in the parish, and was prepared by members of the WOmen's Missionary society under the supervision of Mrs. c. B. Butterfield, president