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

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w. D. Engley of New York city is in
town for few days.
Faulkner & Co.'S. mill resumed opera
tions Monday morning.
w. Fl. Coe of Worcester has been In
town a part of the week.
MIR. and Mrs. George Siswick are at
Maryland Park for a week.
There will be no evening service at
Grace church next Sunday.
Freddie Boyce of Providence Is visiting
his sister, Mrs. John Siswick.
Miss Nina Fuller of Holyoke is the
guest of Miss Mary 1. Newton.
Miss Grace Strong of Palmer is the
guest Of Miss Ethel Chapman.
Frederick Faulkner spent the popular
holiday at his home In Lowell.
Miss Elsie M. Tuthill is visiting her
uncle, James Tuthill, at Palmer.
The Citizens band gave one Of their
enjoyable concerts Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Ellen Simpson of Fitchburg is
spending a few weeks with Mrs. J. A..
Simpson on East-Main street.
MIR. and Mrs. Alonzo Farnell and chill
dren. of Woonsocket, were guests Of MIR.
and Mrs. Walter Scott over July 4th.
Miss Mary I. Newton and Miss e. Dun
bar will leave Monday for Martha's Vine
yard, where they will attend session of
summer school.
Members of Ionic lodge are requested
to meet at the lodge rooms at 1 o'clock
Saturday afternoon to attend the burial
of the late John A. Brown.
The latest developments in regard to
the plan of closing the stores Wednesday
afternoons during July and August indi-
cate that 1t will not be tried this summer.
Mrs. e. R. Brown, Misses Carolyn and
Sophie Brown, Miss Annie Smith of Hart
ford (who Is visiting them), and Mrs. T.
D. Martin, Jr., and daughter, Marjorie,
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stay at Natunuck, R. 1.
Daniel Gallagher was In town Tuesday
to get the sentiment In regard to our an
nual excursion to Watch Hill and Block
Island. The committee will go down
next Tuesday and make arrangements
The date has not yet been fixed.
Fulton & Burke's tent show is billed
for two performances and to
morrow night-on the Springs House
lawn. The company advertise strong
vaudeville card, with long list of per.
formers. Admission 20 cents for adults
and 10 cents for children.
Extensive renovations are tn progress
at the Congregational church. New car
pets will be laid In church and chapel
The choir loft Is to be enlarged and thu
pulpit platform will be lowered abou
three inches. Painters will touch up tn
woodwork inside and out, and the i'm
provements when finished will be quit
marked.
Two challenge match games were play
ed yesterday morning, and two member
of the golf team lost their places. ]. Fl
Valentine defeated J. Carl Converse, ant
Claude Pinney defeated B. P. Cooley
Both scores were 6 up. The team goes
to New London next Wednesday to play
the team of that city. The Holyoke team
will play at the local grounds the 21st.
The Eagles were defeated last Saturday
In game with Three Rivers. Consider
ing the makeup Of the two teams, the
local boys made a good showing. Fo
the first five innings the score was abou
even. After that the Eagles made few
costly errors, and the visitors got tn
lead and held it. At the finish the scor
was IL to z In favor of the Three Rivers
W. s. Shepard, who for the past fiftee
years has had charge of the poor farm
has gone to Feeding Hills, where he ha
recently purchased farm. VIII Sheare
has taken charge at the farm. Extensiv
improvements have recently been made
The buildings have thoroughly renovate
| and painted inside and out. New iro
beds and new bedding have been place
In all the rooms.
In the ladies golf handicap at tn
Country club grounds last Saturday aftel
noon, Miss Alice Chamberlin, with
handicap Of 90 and a net score of 81, wa
the winner. Mrs. A. Needham, with
handicap of IA and and a net Of 70, wa
second. Miss Gertrude Chamberlin wa
third, with handicap of 12 and a ne
score OF rs. Next Saturday afternoon
match game between teams chosen b
DR.. L. F. Eaton and E. II. Pinney will b
played.
One Of our leading business men change
the position Of his colt from his reg,
lar place to box stall to give him mol
room, and later went to New York on
business trip. The man who was left
charge Of the barn noticed the absenC
and felt worried. Officer Helm was not
fled, the gipsy camp was thoroughly O.
amined, and preparations were made fe
notifying stables in other towns and citie
just before the notices were to be SCI
out the colt was found In the box stall.
The Methodists and the Episcop
Sunday schools and their friends are I
unite In holding a picnic at Evergree
park next Tuesday. The games an
sports planned for the occasion are mar
and will include base ball game. Men
bers Of the parishes, who are not connec
ed with the Sunday schools, are cordial
invited to join the party, but II they viii
to go by bus they must not fail to 81,
their names to Freeman Patten not lat
than Friday night. Buses will leay
from In front of the Methodist church
ga. m.