The Press., 1898-04-21

A large and enthusiastic meeting of the ladies and gentlemen interested in the golf club was held last evening in G. A. R. hall. Hon. J. Carl Converse presided. A constitution was adopted and officers elected. The club will be called ''The Stafford Country Club" and its object Is "The playing and advancement of golf, lawn tennis and any other athletic or so- cial pastime which the judgment of ma- iority of the club may determine" The board of governors: Christopher Allen, J. H. Valentine, J. Nj. Leach, F. F. Pat ten, J. Carl Converse, Dr. G. Louis Mich ols, Charles B. PInney, Wm. H. Corbin and Benjamin P. Cooley. At meeting of the board of governors, held after the meeting, the following officers of the club were elected: President, Christopher AL len; vice prerident, J. H. Valentine; sec- retary, Wm. H. CoTbin treasurer, Chas. B. PInney; assistant treasurer, B. P. Cooley. Over sixty ladies and gentlemen have signified their desire to join the club, and any others who desire to join may hand their names to any member of the board of governors.
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 For Sale-A Good Second hand Pi- ano. Price $1O0. Prof. T. F. Jordan, library building.
 A. D. Brown of Holyoke, was @ guest this week of MT. and Mrs. A. D. Cady.
 Mrs. Lydia Duncklee of Willimantic, Is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ed. Whiton.
 Harry A. Ledoyt has gone to Norwich, where he has taken 8 position in a ma. chine shop.
 Miss Edna Goodell has had as guests the past week Mrs. Chapman and daugh- ter of the borough.
 Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. s. c. E. this evening Lessons From Great Missionaries" All cordially invited.
 Mrs. Frank Smith of Hydevllle, who has been away for medical treatment, has returned to her home much improved in health.
 Tax-Collector Lssbury will be at the town hall next Tuesday from g a. m. to 9
 
 number of callers at that time.
 There will be the usual Episcopal ser vice in the town hall next Sunday after noon at 8 o'clock. Rector Martin ex- tends a special invitation to the cyclists.
 The past week has been rather rainy and not just prime weather for carriage selling, still J. G. Wightman has man. aged to dispose of nine new jobs inside oi week.
 The Italian road gang, for building the macadam road, arrived at their quarters Tuesday, and yesterday work was re. stunned on the unfinished section left over from last fall.
 MT. and Mrs. R. G Beebe and Mrs Mary Beebe were expecting to make 6 start from California, on their homewarC trip last Tuesday. They will make sew eral short stops on the way, reaching here about May 1st.
 Evan Jenkins will leave here for Eng land In few days. He will sail from New York on the Germanic, of the White Star line, April 27th, and will make his home for the summer with a niece al Brighton Beach, England.
 It appears that MT. Willis, who has been at Hydeville for some time rebuild. ing the barn on the Willis place, Is a member of the Massachusetts state mill. tia at Worcester, and Tuesday he received orders to report immediately for duty, which he did.
 Simon Taylor moved his household goods and family from thIs place to theil new home at Spencer, Mass, on Monday last. They will be greatly missed in the village, especially by the Baptist society where Miss Annie Taylor has officiatec as organist for the past seven month. The pupils in Miss Smiths room of tn, Pinney Grammar school are to give ar entertainment in the vestry of the Con gregational church al Staffordville nex Thursday evening, the proceeds to b. equally divided between the school ant the Ladies' Aid society of that church.
 It will be remembered that few week. ago we spoke of the death of Franci Cady of Springfield, and of his expressed desire to leave what estate he possessed at the time of his death to the town o Stafford. It has been learned that h, carried out his intention in as far that h. left 1t all to the Universalist church soci ety of this village. Various rumors ar in circulation as to the amount of proper ty left by him, some placing 1t as high a $80, 900, which Is probably far in exces of what the amount really Is.
 Charles E. Gibbs, brother of Mrs. Alb ner Needham, and for many years a for mer resident of this village, will be vel remembered by our older residents, t whom the following clipping from tn Orange (Mass. Enterprise of April 18th will be of interest:
 c. E. Gibbs, who has been with tn Rodney Hunt company for thirty years severed his connection with that estah lishment yesterday, and 1t will be a mat ter of regret to everyone to learn that b contemplates leaving town. Mir. Gibbs position with the company has been a } important one, and he has long been COT sldered one of the prominent men of tn town.
 A pleasant event was the social gath ering at Charles Packard's, Hydevillt last Saturday evening. Some sixtee couples from this village attended an passed most enjoyable evening. Game of many kinds were played and dancing with music from a new piano recent purchased by Mir. Packard, was highl enjoyed by the young people. The ever ing was pleasant, and the walk hom must have been extremely so. One youn gentleman attended the party who live some three or four miles north of tn village, and if 1t took him as proportion ally long to walk home as 1t did some ( the couples to walk the half-mile here he must still be walking.
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