The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-04-07
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

W. R. @. supper Friday evening
from 3 to Z.
The public schools will resume ses-
sions next Wednesday.
Citizens band will hold a meeting
next week Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Fisk of Rock
willie were in town over Fast day.
Francis Barton of Palmer was the
guest of friends in town yesterday.
James Coombs of Maiden is the
guest of his brother, Thomas Coombs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Reynolds are
recovering from the German measles.
Miss Mary Converge has returned
from an extended visit in Dorchester.
F. e. Fitzpatrick and Juan Brown
captured good string of trout Tues
day.
Harold Comins is home from
Amherst college for the spring vaca-
tion.
Mrs. Ellen Hampston is at the
House of Mercy hospital in Springfield
for an operation.
Frederic Faulkner and Superinteud-
ent Pfieffer have returned from a
business trip to New York.
Charles Bennett and family are to
remove to Woonsocket, where Mr..
Bennett has taken a position.
Miss Marguerite Morrall is spending
her Easter vacation with her parents
from her studies at New Milford.
The Mineral Springs bottling COM
pany has added a new machine for
charging tanks to the equipment.
Alfred Scott, who has been employ
ed at Falconer, n. Y, has taken a
position at the Stafford worsted mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Taylor of
Worcester are receiving congratula-
tions on the birth of son last week
A bus load of the young people
went to Stafford Hollow to the dance
Tuesday evening. A good time is re-
ported.
Street Commissioner Marshal Boil
leau, with a force of men, has been
busy this week cleaning up the Main
street.
Charles G. Puffer of Tufts uni
versity is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Foster. Mr.. Puffer is in town
to enjoy the fishing.
R. Fl. Worden, employed at the
Ellis grocery, has accepted a position
in Willimantic, and will remove to
that city in the near future.
Gary Bros. started the sprinkling
cart yesterday, and it was appreciated,
as the dust was very much in evidence.
The churches of Stafford, the third
of the papers given at the Current
Events clubs evening with Stafford,
is given in part this week on the
fourth page.
The county commissioners granted
q license to A. ID. Bermuda the first
of the week. Business will be COM
menced as soon as the bar fixtures ar
rive from New York.
Ralph Collins, son of David Col
Inns, fell from a door in the third
story of Faulkner's mill Monday.
The fall was distance of 81 feet,
and the victim dislocated his shoulder
and broke one rib.
The Real Widow Brown" was pre-
scented by a capable company at the
opera house Tuesday evening. AS a
mirth producer the show is all that is
claimed for it. The attendance was
smaller than is usually awarded the
Seammon attractions.
Friday, the first day of April, was
rather wintry, but the trout fishermen
were out just the same. F. E. Fitz-
patrick and David Robertson each
caught three fair-sized ones. DR.. L.
F. Eaton caught the best fish of the
day, one weighing Is ounces. The
doctor was accompanied by H. W. Nc
Gregory and W. II. Horn of Spring
field and r. M. Fisk of Rockville.
Frank LaBroad caught %, the largest
individual string.
There will be business meeting of
the Girls club next Tuesday evening
at 100 O'Clock, at Memorial hall,
followed by an entertainment and So
cial, with games. All members are
requested to be present, and all who
have not yet paid their dues are re-
quested to do so at this meeting. Any
girls over IA years who would like to
join the club are cordially invited to
attend this meeting. The members
of the glee club are specially requested
to meet with Miss NJ. /. Newton,
Friday evening, at O'Clock.
An alarm was rung in Tuesday af-
ternoon for fire at Faulkner's mill.
The fire did but little damage, but
there would have been serious results
but for its prompt discovery. The
SMALL wooden one-story wing ON the
west side was the part affected. A
grass fire burned under this wing and
the woodwork kindled. Operatives
saw smoke coming through the floor
and an alarm was hnrriedly rung in.
The room was flooded with water, but
the cloth had been removed and not
much damage resulted. The firemen
cut q hole in the roof of the addition
to make sure that the flame had not
followed up between the studding.
The mill closed down while the dan
ger seemed imminent, but operations
were resumed before the firemen left.
The industry is running steadily, and
much satisfaction is felt that the fire
did so little damage.