The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-03-20
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w. -. sCraW1Or0 OF w OIco6t0r, mas Deen
visiting friends In town.
DR.. R. R. Candy OF Colchester has been
the guest of DIR. Mitchell.
Lawyer M. D. O'Connell has returned
from a trip to Worcester.
Mrs. J.. II. Reed was guest Of Mrs.
Whalen at Mt. Holyoke over Sunday.
Advertised letters: Gilman Whiten,
Vaughan R. Brown, Agnes Champagne.
William E. Segar of New York City, is
spending a vacation of two weeks In town.
A. G. Rodman has purchased two
tenement house on North street in Spring
field.
Frank Adams has been engaged by
Mrs. Josiah Converse to take charge OF
her farm.
Painters have been putting in improving
touches on the interior of Andrew
Whiton's store.
E. T. Russell & Co. will hold their mil
linery opening next week Thursday.
Miss M. T. Timpson Of Brooklyn. N. Y,
has taken the position of head milliner
with this firm, and Miss Grace Holmes OF
West Stafford as assistant. ..
Henry Gerard Is to 20 to Winnipeg,
Man., and others in this vicinity are talk
ing of making the same move. The
Canadian government Is opening up some
rich land along the line of the Canadian
Pacific railroad and inducements are being
made for settlers. A tract of 100 acres is
presented to anyone who will locate In
that section, and adjoining property can
be bought at nominal rate.
The next meeting of the Current Events
Club will be held In Memorial hall March
Gath, with the following program: A
day in Leyden, Mrs. Demond: The Pill.
grims, Miss Chamberlin; Hollands edu.
cational system, Miss Rice; music oi
Holland, Miss Whalen. The hostessee
will be Miss Newton and Miss Brown.
The club women have an excellent op.
portunity to visit the Pacific coast under
the auspices of the Raymond & Whit
comb Co., at reduced rates, by joining
the delegates from all the states to the
general federation convention of women'e
clubs at Los Angeles, CAL, May 1st to
9th. The train leaves Springfield at 5 p.
m. April 23d. $751;.
The annual meeting of the Stafford
Springs agricultural society was held last
Saturday morning, fifteen of the stock
holders being present. All of the old
officers were reelected. with the addition
of Cyril johnson to the board of directors.
The officers are as follows: President,
E. G. Dennis; presidents, G. Hall,
Jr., W. D. Holman, E. G. Pinney; record
ing secretary, G. F. Beckwith CORES
ponding secretary, q. B. Gary treasurer,
II. s. Abel; directors, L. A. Aborn,
Adolph Korper, M. H. Kinney, H. s.
Abel, Christopher Allen, l.. F. Rawitser
]. M. Leach, F. 81. Baker, ". 81. Hall
Lewis Mclaughlin, R. W. Smith, B. +
Cooley, G. L. Dennis, G. F. Beckwith
Dana Gary, G. B. Gary, Cyril Johnson
auditors, LII. Korper, w. 81. Heald. TIL,
directors were authorized to elect super
intendent of grounds. The treasurer's re
port showed that the receipts for the las
fair were as follows: Admission tickets
$3950.M; grand stand, 1865; trottinl
entries, $840; ground rents, 1888. 95
poultry entries, $139; state appropriation
$303. So; miscellaneous, $59.51; tota
$7165. The disbursements for the fai
were $5611, making the net receipts Q
the last fair over $500. At the time Q
the last annual report the society ha
$3645.03 cash in hand. The society ha
bought in the past year the d acres Q
land In the rear of the grandstand, costin
$247. The land has been clear ed and SO
net will be realized from the timber on tn
same. The additional land is to be en-
closed with fence and the society advel
tises for chestnut poles for the same
With surplus of $4,000 and no encum
brance upon the eproperty the society Is
exceptionally good financial condition
The stables and the poultry building wi
probably be moved on to the newely pul
chased land and an addition made to tn
present grandstand before another fair.