The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-04-12

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Mrs. Frank Prouty has returned from a
visit In Willimantic.
Henry Gira1d has moved back to the
borough from Worcester.
Miss Bessie Hampston Is home from
school for a weeks vacation.
Howard Field of Easthampton has been
the guest of Mrs. E. z. Taft
John Hanley is home from Holy Cross
college for the spring vacation.
Mrs. E. K. Taft went to Easthampton
to-day for visit with relatives.
Henry Girard has purchased the Julia
Jones place, on Ellington avenue.
Mrs. Julius Converse and Miss Eugene
Lee are spending few days in New York.
Miss Margaret Cooley is home from
Bradford academy for the Easter vaca-
ton.
DR.. A. o. Comins and Miss Elizabeth
Tobin will be united In marriage next
Wednesday.
Miss Clancy, employed by Miss Beck
with, will spend Sunday at her home in
Willimantic.
Gilbert M. Forgea will go to Pittsfield
to prompt for an Easter ball to be held
Monday evening.
J. j. Clark's barber shop presents a
x,aru tiJu onpooroDoo Tho 1zoIlo bovo
been sheathed and newly painted.
Miss Cora Burwell has taken tempo
rary position with g. 81. Baker & Co. in
the bookkeeping department this week.
Tomorrow is Good Friday, and the
stores will close at II a. m. The dry
goods and millinery stores will reopen al
$50 p. m.
Miss Jessie A. Alderman, the eloquent
missionary of much travelled fame, will
give an address in Stafford Springs the
first Sunday in May.
The selectmen are giving the bridges
careful attention. The bridge on Willing
ton avenue is to be replanked and new
bridge built below the State Line reser
voir.
Edward Miner, boss finisher at the
Warren wooden mill, was taken with {
fainting spell yesterday forenoon. H.
| was carried to his home and was attend
ed by DR.. Frank Newton.
At the Congregational church Easter
morning the sermon and music will b.
appropriate to the day, and collection
for the semi-centennial fund will be taken
In the evening there will be special musi
by the choir and singing and recitation
by members of the Sunday school.
| A fire started in the woods near tn
VIM. Davis place at Orcuttville yeste1da,
afternoon and burned too close to tn
houses in the neighborhood for comfort
The women turned out and had the fir
pretty well under control when a teamste
came along and finished its extinction
The fire spread from bonfire which
householder started to burn some oil
rubbish.
Miss Lizzie Mccarthy has left the EN-
ploye of Ballerstein & Co., of Hartfor
and is now associated in business wit
Mrs. r. Thomas of New York City In
millinery store at "a Pratt St., Hartford
Mrs. Thomas was until week ago tn
head trimmer in Ballerstein & Co.'S. mill
merry department. Miss Mccarthy vii
be in town Saturday. She has motto
in another column.
The annual "May-day supper" whic
in past years has been deservedly popu
lar function with the friends of the Methe
dist church, Is announced this year fc
Wednesday. April 25th. The date
early in order that Rev. and Mrs. Wads
j. worth may be present. They are expec
ing to attend the general conference
, Chicago and will leave with the Ne
r England delegation April Both.
At the recent session of the New En-,
land southern conference J. H. Reed ws
honored by being elected delegate fro
the lay-electoral conference to the gel
eral conference, which will be held
Chicago during the month of May. M
, Reed is thus recognized as one of the il
| fiuential members of the Methodist Epi
3 copal church In New England. Rev.
, l. Bartholomew was chosen IS one
7 four ministerial representatives.
Miss Edith Ruby and Charles Esp
5 were married at the home of the brit
last evening by Rev. Julian S. Wadswor
of the Methodist church. Max LohI
l was best man and Miss Clara Espig w
a bridesmaid. A wedding supper at tt
2 home of the bride followed the ceremon
: and reception and dance was held in Il
? club room of the Young American athlet
club. There were about 40 couples in Il
= club room, and music for dancing W
+ furnished by Jordan's orchestra. Mr.. al
Mrs. Espig will not commence hous
. keeping at once but will board for awhil
: John A Foster has bought IS acres
;, Mashapaug of Keefe Bros. The purcha
= includes the old Smith hotel and buildin
; and lake frontage of about thr,
quarters of mile on the west side M
Foster intends to build a modern SUNNI
8 hotel on the property next season as b
b present quarters are not large enough
g accommodate the guests who would Ii
g to visit the lake. Applications are
a ready coming In for the coming seaso
Il During the buoy part of the present seas
|. 1t will probably be necessary to put
J. tents to be used for sleeping quarter
n Much satisfaction will be felt that t
property has come into the possession
y Mr.. Foster as the resort Is bound to
= managed in satisfactory manner.
~ Special services will be held at st. Z
r, wards this evening at 7.45 p. M;
Is morrow at 8 a. M, and way of the Gre
IS at 8 p. m. Saturday at Z 80 a.. m. Ea