The Press., 1904-03-31
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Mrs. Fred Wildey and daughter
Mary, are in New York city for 8
brief visit.
Friends and parishioners of Rev
@. S. Davis of the Methodist church
will be pleased to learn that he il
again re-appointed pastor of the loca,
church.
A sizable audience gathered at the
opera house Monday evening to see
the ever popular "Side-Tracked. -
The presentation was up to the Scam.
mon standard and gave good general
satisfaction.
Mrs. E. A. Maynard and Mrs. r.
W. Smith were the prize winners al
the meeting of the ladies' whist or
ganization of the Stafford Country
club, held at the Springs House last
Saturday afternoon.
The Fabyan Woolen company will
start on the summer schedule of hours
next Monday. The hours will be
from 625 a. m. to 12, and 1915 to
p. m, except Saturday, when the
mills will close at 10. Is, giving the
Saturday half holiday.
The Current Events club will meet
next Monday evening, Miss Chamber.
lin and Miss Brown acting as hostess
es. The program is as follows: Quo.
kok tc
current literature; music, violin solo
Legende, Wieniawski, Miss Sophie
Brown.
At the annual conference of tn,
southern New England Methods
churches, Judge Joel Fl. Reed wa
elected as lay delegate to the gen
eral conference to be held in Califor
mia in June. Presiding Elder j. I
Bartholomew of Willimantic, forme:
pastor of the local Methodist church
is one of the ministerial delegates t.
the same conference.
The annual meeting of the Ecclesi
astical society of the Congregations
church was held last Friday evening
@. F. Beckwith was elected on tn,
society committee for three years
The two members of the coWmitte
holding over are G. S. Baker and F
j. Chandler. The rest of the officer
were reelected as follows: Clerk
Lewis McLaughlin; treasurer, Fl. E
Burwell; collector, z. @. Adams
auditors, W. H. Heald, B. P. Cooley
ushers, G. S. Baker, W. Fl. Heald
@. f. Chandler, r. W. Smith, B. P
Cooley, z. O. Adams, Maurice De
mond, Harold E. Milner.
Mrs. Sarah A. Marcy, SO, died sud
denly at her home on Stafford Stree
early Tuesday morning of heart dis
ease. Mrs. Marcy had previously hat
heart trouble, but she had been a
we'll as usual this winter, and he,
sudden death is a surprise and shocl
to her many friends. The deceased
was born in Enfield April 90, 1885
She came to this town "a years ag'
last May from Ludlow. She wa
an active member of the W. R. O..
and had a wide circle of friends
Her son, Arthur G. Keith, survive
her; also her two sisters, Mrs. An
thony Adams and Miss M. M Ward
we'll. The funeral will be held from
her late home this afternoon at
o'clock, Rev. +. A. Burnham of tn
Congregational church, of which sh
was member, officiating. The buria
will be in the Stafford Springs ceme
terry.
The annual meeting of the Staffor'
Springs Cemetery association was hel,
at the library building Monday even
ing. The following directors wer
elected by the lot owners: W. D
Heald, F. Fl. Baker, @. F. Harwood
Charles Warren, A. L. Howard, J
W. Chandler, M. J. Eaton, G.. 9
Parkess, Robbins Patten, Andrew
Wilton, Alvarado Howard, w. HI
Cooley, F. L. Smith, F. F. Patten
J. f. Chamberlin, g. G. Ellis, @. B
Newton, j. nj. Leach, Lewis Nc
Laughlin, J. J. Ellis, A g. Eaton
J. M. Lord, M. B. Fisk. At the di
rectors' meeting following the olt
board of officers were reelected a
follows: President. Andrew Wilton
vice-president, W. 81. Cooley; secre
tary, W. D. Heald; treasurer, 9. f
Harwood; finance committee, th'
president and vice-president; audit
ors, ]. F. Chamberlin, F. F. Patten
The receipts for the past year were
as follows
Cash on hand, $722. 4;
Sale of lots, 442. 80
Land certificates re- -...
turned, $500
367. 81