The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-11-02
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

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Miss Emma Gary was at South
windham Sunday, the guest of Miss
Josephine Palmer. -
The ladies of Grace church will
hold food sale at E. L. Burr's store
tomorrow afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
The local Italians have raised o
purse of $40 and presented it to the
family of Felice Gandiago. Mr.. Gan
diago died at the hospital in Norwich
from the result of an operation short
time ago.
Pietro Panciera has returned from
a three months visit in Italy. Mr..
Panciera was ACCOMPANIED ON his re-
turn voyage by his son, George, who
has just concluded three years SER
vice in the Italian army.
The committee appointed by the
fsuperior court ON the Union road case
voted 2sto / to sustain the town in
closing the highway. Lawyer W. Ell.
Reed represented the town of Union
in the case and Lawyer r. H. Fisk
the plaintiff.
There will be meeting of the
Current Events club next Monday
evening. Program: Clippings; cur
rent events; current literature; mu-
sic-selections on the violin by Miss
Sophie Brown. Hostesses, Miss Cush-
man and Miss f. B. Washburn.
At the annual meeting of the Wom-
ems Home Missionary society of the
Methodist church the following off,
GERS were elected: President, Mrs. #.
Il. Patten; first vice. president, Mrs.
w. G. Ellis; second vice. president,
Mrs. @. P. Hodgson; corresponding
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. B. T.
Eaton; secretary, Mrs. @. W. Com
ins; solicitor of members, Mrs. @. P.
Hodgson; program committee, Miss
Edith Cushman, Mrs. F. F. Patten.
The following officers have been
elected by Harmony Temple of Honor !:
w. @. T.. Louis Stevens; w. V. T.,
B. P. Cooley; w. R., s. f. CLARK !;
W. A. R., VIM. Castello; W. F. r.,
John Mahan; W. T., VIM. Welch !;
w. O., Rev., @. s. Davis; w. o.,
Amos Bolieau; W. D. u, John Ar
genta; w. G., George Benton; w.
s., John Hancock; P. w. o. T.,
Charles Curnan. Deputy Grand w.
7. VIM. Ranney of Hartford win visit
Harmony Temple and install the off,
GERS. He will bring some of the
Hartford members with him. There
will be . banquet. -
A. NJ Young of New York city,
one Of the principal owners of the
local electric light system, was in
town Thursday and met Warden Pat
ten, representing the borough, and J.
M. Leach and NJ. d. O'Connell, rep
resenting the Stafford Business Men .
association. Mr.. Young states that
the company is not strong financially.
No interest is being paid on the
bonds, and most of the bond holders
are anxious to sell their holdings.
Mr.. Young hopes to control the stock
about Jan.s1st, andsif successful will
make iron-clad improvements. In
the meantime the company will hire
power from some other plant if possi-
BILE to relieve the condition tempo
rarily.
The sale of the Heald drug store
the past week is worthy of more than
passing note. W. d. Heald, the pro-
prietor, started his business career
here in 1852, and has been steadily
engaged since, a period of about so
years Of this period he has been
in business for.himself about 48 years,
and has been in the drug business
about 40 years. At the age of 10 he
entered the employ of Lyman W.
Crane, for whom he worked four
years. In 1856 he, in company of
John Sibley. engaged in the tanning
business. Later he was associated
with Gilbert FL. Baker, and still later
with Henry Thra1l. In 1865 Mr..
Heald purchased III. T. Small's inter-
est in the drug store and became a
partner of Robert Small in the bust
ness. Since that time he has been
actively engaged in the drug business,
although previous to 1877 he had
other lines in connection. In. 1877
the flood came and ne was a heavy
loser. as the firm of Heald & Small
carried on clothing and merchant
tailoring business in addition to the
drug business. Since the flood Mr..
Heald has devoted all his attention
to the drug business, with the excep-
tion of the time necessary to his pub
lie duties.
/ High School Notes. On Saturday
the high school basket ball team play
ed its first game of the season with
EWillimaRtic high school in the armory
in Willimantic, and were defeated
in clean. fast game by the score of
II to 2. The Stafford boys played a
much faster blocking and passing
than did their opponents, but they
were unable to throw clean baskets
at critical times. The Willimantic
team is a clean, fast team, and the
local boys were much satisfied with
treatment received by them The
line up:-
danley, (capt. If Turner
Preston rf& Williams
Parkhurst @ capt. Snow
Doileau, lgE Lyman
H. West, srp Cheshoro
Score: w. H. s., IL; s. H. S., 2.
Referee, sJack'' Fox of New England
league. Umpire, M. s. Beckwith.
Scorers, Preble and Utley. Timer,
Chandler.
The basket ball team is planning
TO play Connecticut Agricultural COL