The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. James
Bolieau yesterday.
j. M. Leach has been in Boston on q
business trip this week.
| F.W. Preston will hold an auction sale
of furniture at Taft's block Saturday
evening.
w. E. Hanley, F. E. Fitzpatrick and a
friend from Boston captured string OF
so nice trout Tuesday.
Next Sunday (Whitsun- day. there will
be litany, holy communion and sermon at
prayer and sermon at z.
The Citizens band has made the G.. A.
r. the generous offer of playing for them
on Memorial day for small sum, and
the kindness of the band Is greatly appre-
ciated by the veterans. II a few liberal
ly-mlnded citizens will contribute small
sum each, the day can be fully as well
observed this year as in former years.
F. Fl. Allen, patent attorney of Nor
witch, was in town yesterday looking up
the telephone appliance invented by Amos
| Gagnon. A test was made with four in
struments on the wire, and each was rung
at will without ringing the bell on the
others. Mr.. Allen was much pleased
with the invention, and will at once in
vestigate to learn If anything similar has
been patented.
Mrs. Esther Dio, 80, died suddenly yes
terday afternoon of rheumatism of the
heart. She had been as we'll as usual
and ate dinner with the rest Of the family
yesterday. The deceased leaves four
/ daughters and three sons, Henry Dio OF
this town; John Dio of Cherry Valley,
Mass; Adolph Dio of Orcuttville; Mrs.
Mary Dorsey, Mrs Napoleon Pero, Mrs
Charles Pero of this town; Mrs. Agnes
Dorsey of Worcester. Mrs. Dio was born
in St. Ours, Province of Quebec, Canada
and came to the United States in 1942 and
lived in East Dougles Mass, She was
sided in Stafford since the year Of 1890
| Her husband died in 1882. Since ther
Mrs. Dio has lived with her daughters
Melvina and Della Pero. The funeral viii
be held from st. Edwards church to
morrow morning at 8 o'clock.
Stafford.
| hoe of q
few days this week.
E Fl. Pinney's new automobile arrived
last Friday and is apparently giving the
best of satisfaction.
| Charles Chaffee of Hartford has beer
in town this week looking after his bust
ness interests here.
Mrs. Morse of Chicopee is the guest Of
her sister, Mrs. ]. P Marvin, at the Uni
velsalist parsonage.
The Ladies' Tea party will hold one Of
their enjoyable meetings with Mrs. H. G
Durham at Hydeville Friday afternoon.
An adjourned meeting of the Hillside
Cemetery association will be held in the
town hall next Saturday afternoon at
o'clock.
1t has been settled that Rev. Judson P.
Marvin of the Universalist church will
deliver the Memorial day address at the
Springs.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist
church will meet for work next Wednes.
day afternoon and In addition to thei1
regular supper will have ice cream or
sale.
Remember the Universalist ladies' rum
mage sale in the town hall next Saturday
afternoon and evening. There will bt
bargains enough to make visit an inter
esting one.
Rev. and Mrs. F. L. Batchelder arrived
last Friday accompanied by Mrs. w. B
Batchelder, and their residence is again
open for the summer. Their son, w. B
Batchelder, was with them over Sunday
Mrs. w. FL. Black has been obliged t,
be in Westford a portion of the time dur
Mrs. Armitage, who met with quite
serious accident last week. She was get
ting out of the wagon and, as she sup
posed, had her foot on the step, but sh
missed it and fell to the ground. 1t wa
at first thought that she was seriously in
jured, but she Is now improving.
Mrs. James Pelkey, who has been Sc
riously i'll since the birth of her chill
about two weeks ago, died last evenin,
about ten O'Clock. The deceased, who's
maiden name was Miss Della st. Marie
was born in Belohertown, Mass, August
1871, and removed to this village wit
her parents when about five years of age
She has always lived here since that tim
and had wide circle of friends anon
the young people Of the community. Sh
was married last June to James Pelkey
She is survived by her husband and IL
FAINT child, her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Augustus st. Marie, one brother, Edga
|, st. Marie, and three sisters, Miss Deli
st. Marie of this village, Mrs. Rosa Din
, ock of Somers, and Mrs. Thomas Jenkir
of the Springs. Funeral services will h
held Saturday morning.
AS the new hall approaches completio
its beauty and completeness in all its d,
tails is surprise to every one who gets
view of the interior, and the committe
who have had the matter in charge al
deserving of thanks for the satisfacto1
manner in which they have done the
work. For the past few days there ha
been quite little army of carpenter
painters, decorators, electricians, scener
men, ETC., at work in and around th
building, and their labors have made
complete transformation scene of tn
whole affair The fret thinot thot rirmt