The Press., 1903-12-03

WAuecI w. Hss O' SuPPOA FzH AAeaaaJ from 5 to T, 10 cents.
 Mrs. George Bolieau is visiting he1 son, Dellos, in Springfield.
 Miss Mamie Mullens was at Black stone, R. l., for Thanksgiving.
 Miss Alice Whiton, ook-keeper at H. Chapman 6 Co.'S, is ill with the grip.
 George Benton, who has been quite i'll with rheumatism, is more com fortable.
 Mrs. Abbie Kinney of Westford is with Attorney and Mrs. W. H. Reed for the winter.
 O. B. Pinney was in Hartford last evening and took the Mystic Shrine degree in Masonry.
 Landlord Mccarthy has installed a large and improved cooking range at the Stafford House.
 Manager Savage of the Springs House is ill with the grip and unable to attend to his duties.
 Landlord Scott entertained about 20 for Thanksgiving dinner at the Springs House last week.
 Rev. E. A. Burnham's topic next Sunday morning at the Congregation al church will be Slavery"
 Anthony Adams has installed a eor ha norn n Remedy company at .Uncasville.
 Charles Johnson has resigned his position with Andrew Whiton, and Henry Holtham will take the position.
 Miss Everlena Ferry, who has been home for the Thanksgiving vacation, has returned to her studies at the New Britain normal school.
 Misses Alice and Ruth Walker spent with their parents. Miss Ruth Walker has accepted position in the Webster school in New Haven.
 Smith 6 Cooley are filling the fam ily ice house with ice inches thick from the Baker pond. This is the first time that the ice house was ever filled so early, and the quality is per feet.
 The following officers have been elected for the ensuing year by Win ter W. R. O., No. 25: President, Mrs. Symonds; s. V. P, Mrs. Walker; J. V. P, Miss Kellogg; treasurer, Mrs. Eaton; chaplain, Mrs. Cleaveland; i; Mrs. Milner; guard, Mrs, Burdick; delegate, Mrs. Brown; all ternate delegate, Mrs. Marcy; install ing officer, Mrs. Clark. i
 The ladies of Grace church will hold their annual fair and sale of fancy and useful articles next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, in the base ment of the. church. A special at tractioB win be the display of hand painted china from Mrs. Howes of Worcester. Homemade candies and ice cream will be on sale. Each night the comedietta, Taken From the French" will be presented by Dr. F. L. Smith, 0. R. Newton, R. H. Fisk, and the Misses Chamberlin and Lord There-wiH also be a mon! ologue each evening by Miss Cora Mil finer. Doors open at 2. Admission, l5 cents.
 Basket ball has made it's bow among IS. A large and very enthusiastic as- 'embly greeted the players at St. Ed wards hall Thanksgiving afternoon md evening. As the popular sport was a complete novelty in town, many persons attended the games out of pure curiosity, to see whether the new di- version really deserved the attention lavished upon it at the present day. Many, too, had heard that basket ball was very, very rough, h,-more athletic than aesthetic, -partaking too much of the gridifon and ring to command the favor of polite assemblies. But the spectators who were so fortunate as to witness the three games played at St. Edwards hall last Thursday went home convinced that basket ball possesses all the elements to a manly sport, and is we'll adapted to the de- velopment of strength and self-control in the players, while entertaining the on-looker to the highest degree. The three engagements fought last Thurs day brought fifteen young men into action; five from Holyoke, five from Willimantie and five from Stafford. The combatants had never before seen one another. Each team battled with all its might against each other team. And yet, a more gentlemanly rivalry or friendly enmity was never exhibited in the arena of sports. The fight was fierce, but the fighters not ferocious The strife was heroically wild, but the calm and kind. In a word, it was a spirited tussle of smooth tender toughness, and deli cate ferocity, between real gentlemen. This proves that basket ball is what you make it. Like other good things it may be perverted by the perverse. St. Edward's s Social club will not for an instant tolerate the least abuse at the games to be played in the hall this and Stafford patrons of the exciting pastime may rest assured that during the entertainments given, noth- ing will occur, in speech or action, that might prove offensive to refined taste. The Stafford team has been organized only a month. A couple of it's mem- bers have had some previous practice. AS the young men were only nevices, they preferred to invite more skillful players to open the first game ever seen in town. So they secured the St. Jerome's B. B. T. of Holyoke and the Y. M. O. O. of Willimantic. Though the latter boys were swift and courageous in combat, they were at a great disadvantage in size and weight. Both the Holyokes and the Staffords