The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

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Mr.. and Mrs. Albert M. Walker of
Three Rivers were In town over the 4th.
Mrs. 8. s. Taylor and daughter of Wor-
cester are guests Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. H. Siswick.
Claude Pinney Is at home from school
for the summer vacation.
Regular meeting Of Wolcott lodge, F.
& A. M, next week Thursday evening.
Mrs. o. T. Hulett has had her sister of
Springfield as guest the past few days.
Fred Miller of Worcester, a former res
ident, has been visiting friends in town
this week.
Miss May Colburn Is making several
weeks visit with friends at Springfield
and Boston.
Edgar Alden suffered a severe and sud-
den attack Of illness last Friday, but Is
gradually improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Burley of Hol-
yoke were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. I'll.
Pinney over the Fourth.
Messrs. Peter, Walter and George ST.
monds spent the Fourth with MIR. and
Mrs. Timothy Collins at New Britain.
The band will hold business and
practice meeting this evening, and 1t is
hoped that every member will be present.
Paul and Phil Gaboury and Stephen
Mosier of Chicopee Falls, Mass, were
guests of the Misses Roberts over the
Fourth.
Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. s.
G. E. next Tuesday evening-"The power
of small things" Mrs. Ii. A. Pomeroy,
leader.
Advertised letters In the Stafford post
Office: Miss Hester Hearns, Mr.. Albert
Parsons, Charles Dougherty, John g.
Boutwell,.
Earle s. Hewlett and Miss Clara Har-
ris of South Amherst were the guests of
their aunt, Mrs. Andrew Ledoyt, for a
few days last week.
Pastor Williams subject at the Baptist
church next Sunday morning will be "The
great arrival" and In the evening, "Now
comes the mystery" Henry Ward Beech
er's last words.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist
, church will meet next Wednesday for
work and will serve their usual supper
, from $50 to o'clock, with Mrs. Carlos
, Green and Miss Edna Goodell hostesses.
Ruth, the young daughter of Mr.. and
; Mrs. e. HI. Pinney, had the misfortune to
break her arm last Tuesday. In compa-
9 ny with Ethel Sault, she was playing by
: jumping off the veranda of E. G. Pinney,
when In some way the children came in
9 contact, with the result to Ruth of a
{ broken arm.
9 For a real calm, quiet Fourth of July
: that of yesterday beats the record for this
Q village. Dana Cady says he never wit
messed anything like 1t before, and Eddie
: Roberts says he would have been glad to
8 have sold little soda water, If there had
only been some one to sell it to. The day
1 was about perfect, and nearly everybody
that could get out of town did so. The
8 boys enacted few of their old and hack
? neyed tricks the night before, which have
/ ceased to be funny on account of their
lack of originality. The entrance to Has
sett's barber shop was blocked by pile
Of Fl. F. Cady's strawberry crates; Fl. h.
Halls boat was taken from the pond and
In1o nod In, Cf in oq
Blacks hotel, while 1t was seen by sign
over the door of Mrs. Simonds' store that
she had added the sale of that favorite
beverage, "Moxie," to her millinery line.
At late hour Joe Connors was still hunt
" ing for his wagon, and there were few
n other like occurrences not worthy of note
. staHordvflle.
Harry q. Cady Is guest of his uncle
- W. E. Clark, of Plainville this week.
Mass will be said in the Catholic church
4 next Sunday at the usual hour, 9.45 a. m
n Masters Harlow A. and Raymond E
ID Miller, Of Oxford, Mass, are spending {
few weeks with their aunt, Mrs. Ezra s
10 Colburn.
r. The following is the report of the inter
a mediate room of the Staffordville school
Is Miss May Colburn teacher: Scholar
a neither absent or tardy during the pas
10 term, Leila Bowden, Irving Bowden, Bes
IS sic Duncan, James Hynes; absent one
et half day, Ruth Duncan, Lizzie Pagan
a Charlie Herbst; scholars neither absen
" or tardy during the year, Leila Bowden
70 Irving Bowden; number of scholars, 10
average attendance for the term, 1874.
I'd West Stafford.
J. Charles Kellogg is entertaining his sis
:e ter.
d Andrew Magill of Amherst visited a
III G. P. Bradway's last week.
Miss Bessie Mckinney and G. w. Slate
= were In Westford over last Sunday.
,r Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Glazier and Sol
E. spent Sunday with their brother in Filing
,t ton.
Miss Alice Graves goes to-day to Nan
O, tucket to be gone the greater part Of tn
;. summer.
N Mrs. HI. Ell. Curtis and two daughters O
I'd Springfield are guests of Mr.. and Mrs
W. w. d. Graves
n DIR. Lindsey OF Philadelphia will occu
t. Ply the pulpit of the Congregational churc
ly next Sunday afternoon.
sh Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ Russell and grand
Ve daughter Of Chaplin have been spendin
or a few days with E. D. Ellis.
10 Miss G. May Broadway and Miss Glady
"' Preston have gone for a weeks stay wit
Mr.. and Mrs. III. A. Preston at Auburn