The Press., 1904-08-17
Miss Barnum Of Danbury is a guest

4 of Miss Mary Converse
Il Tho Methodist church will be close
ISunday, and members will join wit
the Congregationalists in worship.
i The Willimantic camp meetin
begins tomorrow and lasts until tn,
4 Goth. Fare for the round trip from
1Fthis station will be $1.O5.
Manager O'Connell has made ,
match between the local team and tn
Rockville first team for next Wednes
day afternoon Moriarty will pitcl
for Rockville. 1t is not yet decided
/ as to who will pitch for the loca
lteam, but Mulholland will catch.
At the meeting of the Stafford Bust
ness Mems association at the Springs
House last evening, the suggestion
from the state organization that eacf
Fmember contribute 81 towards a
] silver service for the battleship Con.
necticut, was laid on the table until
the annual meeting next month. The
matter of an outing was brought up.
and vote was passed that it was the
sentiment of the meeting that the
merchants close their places of bust
ness at noon next Wednesday for q
half holiday. There will be two ball
games. The preliminary game will
be between Dick Ellis team and that
of Anders Jacobsen, and will be called
| about 1 O'Clock. Later in the after
noon the Rockvilles against the local
team will interest spectators. Most
of the merchants and clerks will take
in the ball games, but others will find
amusement in some other way.
Stafford.
Dance every Saturday night at Crys
tai lake.
Austin Witt is out with new,
handsome milk wagon.
Adelbert Jencks of Pelham, Mass. i,
is at I. Russell Jencks' for a while.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Thompson have
been spending few days in Monson.
Mrs. III. F. Cady is guest of Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. Pinney at Crescent
Beach
Charles Russell is seriously ill with
pleuro- pneumonia at his home on
Stafford Street.
Miss Minnie Hunt of Springfield
was guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Cyril
johnson over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wilton of
Hartford are guests of Mr.. Wilton s
brother, E. M. Wilton.
Miss Blanche Soule of Hydeville is
spending a week at Mashapaug with
her sister, Mrs. II. R. Howard.
Miss Mary E. Smith of Hydeville
has returned from an outing at Spring
field, Enfield, Hartford and vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin johnson of
New Haven are guests of Mr.. John
sons parents, Mr. and Mrs David
johnson.
Herbert G. Thresher will be in
Boston next week for the purpose of
attending the convention of New Eng
land Photographers @-. >..
D. FL. Patterson of Brooklyn, N.
Y, is spending his vacation with his
wife at the home of his brother-in-
law, J. g. Wightman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Kingsbury
of Holyoke are visiting Mr.. Kings
bury's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Kingsbury, at Hydeville.
Mrs. Norman Grannis of New Ha-
ven was q guest of Mrs. Mary Prince
last week, and Mrs. Hemingway of
Baltimore is also a guest this week.
Mrs. W. j. Fuller, Alvin W. Fuller
and Miss Edith Jones have returned
to their homes in Springfield, after
being guests of Mr. and Mrs. Austin
Witt. 49,. =.
Mrs. Joseph Mattor of Hydeville
is making an extended visit in Hins-
dale, Mass, where her husband has
been employed for the past sixteen
years.
Misses Addie and Alice. Wilton,
who have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Steadman Williams in Sturbridge,
returned home Saturday, and are now
with relatives in Willimantic.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Baptist church will meet for work
next Wednesday afternoon and serve
their usual supper at 5. A., with Mrs.
JIG. Wightman and Mrs. Marc Hatch
as hostesses.
There are two we'll developed cases
of diphtheria in the village, one in
the family of Adnah French, his five
year-old son, George, being seriously
ill, and the other in the family of
Napoleon Barsalou, where the case is
not quite so serious. Both families
have been quarantined.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry O'Neill of
New York are at the home of Mr..
O'Neill's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene O'Neill, for a several days stay.
1t was quite a surprise to many when
Henry returned, accompanied by a
wife, as only few had heard of his
marriage, which occurred nearly a
year ago. ..+ .r- s.-.s ..z-
Quite large party of our young
people are in camp at Mashapaug this
week. The party includes Mrs. Lolita
Nye, the two Misses Nye, Stewart
Nye, Gladys Kennedy, Miss Jennie
MacCallum, Miss Gertrude Wight
man, Miss Florence Chapman, II. R.
Wightman, Clifford Wightman, Frank
Mead and Marc Hatch. -:
Mrs. J. A. Oolburn and daughter,
leila, of Enfield have been spending
week at Charles Smiths at Hilltop
cottage. Last Tuesday evening Miss
Mary Smith gave a melon party in
honor of her guest, Miss leila Col
burn. Miss Stella Ingham of Hills
boro, Mass, is also enjoying the
Inequalities of Hilltop cottage for d
few weeks as q guest of Miss Smith.
John Robinson, who was SO badly
injured by falling from an apple tree