The Press., 1903-12-31

3 Blodgett house. Mrs. Spooner is stil bright and active, and attends to he f own household duties, with a goo prospect of rounding out century 0 life. She relates as one of the pleas antest incidents of her early life tn fact that she run the candles tha were used in Illuminating the Wilbra ham academy at the time of it's dedi cation.
 staHordville.
 Miss Maggie Hammer is on the sicl , list. ..l .--s. -. .r- -s-=- Schools will commence next Wed nesday.
 Misses Eva and Myrtle Brown were home over Christmas.
 Arthur S. Bosworth visited over Sun day with friends in Westford.
 MT. and Mrs. Wallace Melbourne of Wales spent Christmas with MT. Mel bourne's parents.
 Mrs. Myra Rockwell of Stafford Springs spent Christmas with her mother, Mrs. Heck.
 MT. and Mrs. W. V. Odell and Miss Mary Hammer of Blackstone, R. l., have been visiting relatives.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. H. Ballou and son, Frank, and MT. and Mrs. G. W. Mil Ter and Mrs. S. Potter and daughter, Jessie, spent Christmas at H. A. Bos- worth's.
 Mr. and Mrs. Estin Belcher and family, MT. Brown, MT. and Mrs. Martin Brown of Union and MT. and Mrs. Frank Belcher of this place spent merry Christmas with MT. and Mrs. Willis Belcher.
 The friends of Rev. H. T. Barnard listened with deep regret last Sunday to his resignati on as pastor of the Staffordville Congregational church. While they feel the loss of a gifted pastor, an earnest Christian character and personal friend, they also appreci- ate that his capabilities fit him for & broader field, and he will carry with him their sympathies, and trust that wherever he may labor in Gods vine- yard his efforts shall be crowned with success.
 Homer Odell, former resident of this place, died last Saturday morning in Northampton. He was employed in w. V. Odell's grocery store for a number of years, and served faithful ly until his health failed him. MT. Odell has been i'll for nearly two years. A widow and three children survive him, and also two brothers and one sister. The funeral was held in Wales Tuesday morning. Mrs. Odell has the sympathy of many friends in this place.
 Mrs. W. D. Roberts, who left here last summer for Townsend, Mass. where she has been teaching in the public schools of that place, is now located at North Haven, this state, having received the appointment as principal of the Eight District schools in that town. She has four grades in her charge and is meeting with good success in her work, so much so that the school board have expressed their approval of her methods. Of course the position carries with it 8 much larger salary than she received in Townsend. Her many friends in this place will be pleased to learn of her success, but it is no more than they expected.
 West Stafford.
 Miss Ethel Gold is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. H. c. Chaffee.
 Miss Alice and Mabel Graves are visiting their brother in New Lon- don.
 Saturday evening there was fami- ly Christmas tree at F. A. Sturte- wants.
 Andrew Magill of Alleghany collge, Alleghany, Pa., is a guest at 0. P. Bradway's.
 A family Christmas tree was much enjoyed at the home of E. B. Neff
 
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Lasbury of Stafford Hollow were at W. D. Graves Christmas.
 Friday evening several from this place attended Christmas tree at the home of B. F. Slater.
 Mrs. William s. Shepard of Feed ing Hills, Mass, visited relatives and friends here last week.
 Masters George and Avery Andrews are visiting their grandparents, MT. and Mrs. J. R. Washburn.
 Mrs Frank Busher and children of Rockville have been visiting her par ents, MT. and Mrs. E. B. Neff.
 Misses Grace and Nellie Holmes of Monson have been visiting their par ents, Mir. and Mrs. Wilbur Holmes.
 Several men from this place are at work for Robbins 6 Patterson at Or cutts while the ice houses are being filled.
 
 very generously remembered at Christ mas by friends in West Stafford and Stafford Springs.
 Miss Mary Jensen is the happy recip- tent of a new piano with an Angelus piano player attachment, it being 8 gift from her brothers.
 Henry Stafford from Dartmouth col lege, Hanover, N. H., is spending a Christmas vacation with his grand parents, Rev. and Mrs. HIT. Barnard.
 F. A. Sturtevant has new boiler and engine which were made in Wor- cester. Last Saturday MT. Sturtevant had the new machinery moved to Union. -...F.