The Press., 1922-05-11
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 Mrs. T. F. Jordan has returned from a visit in New Haven.
 Miss Mary E. Smith and Frank Smith were with Hartford relatives over Sunday.
 Mrs. H. R, Wightman and son, Rich ard, were with her mother, Mrs. Daniel MaCCallum, in TalcOttville over Sum- day.
 The Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church will hold it's regular meeting at the home of Mrs. C. w. Eaton. Friday afternoon at three o'clock.
 At the Congregational church next Sunday morning, Mothers day. Rev. L. Rees will preach on "A good mother and the honor due to her" In the evening the preacher will be the Rev. w. V. Allen of Wilmington, who will also sing a solo.
 On Memorial Sunday morning, the 2Sth. the c. A. R. accompanied by oth- CT patriotic organizations will go to the Congregational church where Rev. l.. Rees will deliver the Memorial ser mon. On Memorial day the usual ex- ercise will held and Rev. E. A. Legg will deliver the Oration at the ceme- tery.
 Mrs. Susan V. Wood, widow of Hi ram \. Wood, SS, died at the Johnson Memorial hospital last Sunday after a slight shock and an illness of several months. She was lOrn in Canada. For many years she has been living with her son, George N. Wood. who is the only near relative surviving her. Funeral services were held at the home on East Main street yesterday at o'clock. Rev. E. A. Legg Officiat ed Burial was in Stafford Springs cemetery.
 A large number attended the Cur rent Events club meeting Monday evening which was the last lecture this season by Miss Bostwick. Af- fairs at home and abroad were review ed, among the latter were, uprising in India. civil war in China. Russia's attitude towards her war delts, and France and Belgium's reparatiOn de- mands on Russia. For the last hour
  lections from modern poetry. Sylvia" Iy OleySpeaks and The Sweet O'the Year" by Salter were sung ty Mrs. Lincoln c. Luce. accompanied by Mrs. Frederick Lane. Committee for the evening: Mrs. James Sheppard. Miss I. B. Russell and Mrs. E. A. Legg. Mrs. L. Rees entertained Miss BOst- wick.
 The Springs House will be tlfe scene tonight of a supper and business meet ing of the Rockville -Willimantic Light ing Co. employees. The business of the meeting will te a discussion of the new customer ownership policy of the company and plans for disposing of the very limited issue of : per cent preferred stock which the company will offer. The sale of securities will be novel venture for the local com pany in two respects-first that the preferred stock will be sold to custom CTS only; second that it will be sold through employees only. The full ds- tails of the plan of stock selling will be explained at the meeting. It is the policy of the cSmpany not to ask employees-tsrN Sell" stock. but merely to aSlEsfhem to call on ten people and to tell them ten points about the stock. | The speakers at the meeting will be i NJ. J. Warner, secretary and treasurer, | Percy H. Whiting, member of the | customer ownership committee of the | National Electric Light association, J. F. Ahern, assistant treasurer of the company and D. Lores, superinten- dent. It is estimated that employees will subscribe for from 10 to 20 per cent and perhaps more of the aVaila- ble issue, which will mean that from 450 tO400 or even less shares, will be available for distribution among all most 5000 customers. On this basis company officials feel that only such customers as subscribe immediately can be looked for out of the limited supply.
 An unusual attendance at the meet ing of Strazza post of- the American Legion at the soldiers club rooms on last Monday evening enacted a pro gram of Spring activities and placed on various committees men who will properly carry out lines agreed upon. On Friday evening an amateur athletic carnival in the borough hall will bring together some of the brights in sport ing circles in this portion of the nut meg state. A. J. Needham is the ma jor of the event with Daniel Greene and Wilfred Sabourin as acting gener- al and field marshal. Orders for the evening reveal Young Michna and Ly- man Gary with two or three dark members of the Ku Klux Klan who are working on new building projects in this vicinity as the heavy artillery of the event. A large mine was ex- plOded in the books of the treasurer by the purchase of grave markers to be used in marking and commemorate ing the graves of members of the post who are buried in cemeteries in this vicinity. A donation for the dec OratiOn of graves of those who are lying in foreign countries was also made at the meeting. In further res pect to those who gave their lives in the service of their country it was decided that every member should wear a poppy on May 30th, and that the post procure a supply of the flowers to be sold at cost to anyone who might desire to show their res peCI TOT the ueau III lne same manner. For in Flanders Fields the poppies grow and underneath the peoples are Americas dead who gave their lives in the cause of democracy. An invi- tation from the Sons of Veterans to participate in and incorporate Legion services with those for the members of the Grand Army was graciously received and it was decided that Strazza Post would participate in the memorial day ceremonies. Uniforms of some of the members are by now either ragged or too small or too large as the case may be. An earnest effort is to be made by the members to appear as far as possible in uni form but to appear in "civies" in any event. An honor guard of three squads will accompany the Sons of Veterans and members of the Grand