The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-04-20
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
Mrs. w. Z. Demond has returned
from q visit in North Adams.
Miss Margaret Mccarthy of Spring.
field is visiting relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. L G. Baker of Spring
field were guests over Sunday of Mrs.
G. RI. Baker.
W. j. Lally has hired fat over
The Press office and will commence
housekeeping.
To-day is the last day on which
town taxes can be paid without the
liability of interest.
The Golf company is to build q
small addition in the rear of the club
house for storage purposes.
Adelbert Needham received another
carload of horses last Friday. 1t in
cludes drivers and workers.
The usual monthly musical service
will be held at the Congregational
church next Sunday afternoon at 4. 30.
Dammers, the eye specialist of
Providence, will be at the Springs
House tomorrow from 9 q. IN. to D.
m.
The Foresters will hold a social
dance in Society hall Friday evening,
May 9Th. Jordan's orchestra will
furnish music.
Crawford s. Goodell have reprinted
the interior of their fish market, and
it now presents q very neat and at
tractive appearance.
AT q regular communication of
Ionic lodge. No. no, F. s. A. M,
next Tuesday evening, the work will
be in the F. @. degree.
Frank Harris and Harry Mason of
the Harvard law school are guests of
Mrs. Mark Harris. Mr.. Harris made
the trip in his automobile.
The electric light office is to be re-
moved from the Brown s. Chapman
hardware store to the plumbing store
of w. Fl. Smith in the Taft block.
The borough meeting, to see what
action the voters will take in regard
to the claim of Mrs. Leon Paul against
the borough, will be held at the
borough hall this evening at 100.
At a meeting of the Current Events
club last Monday evening Miss Cham
berlin, Mrs. Jacobs and Miss Comins
were appointed q committee to nomi-
nate officers for the coming year. All
members of the club are requested to
give names of their choice to one of
the committee before next week Fri
day.
The telegraph station has been dis
continued at State Line, and the
station has been locked The public
around State Line now has no pro-
lection from the elements when wait
ing for trains. 1t is probable that
petition will be circulated asking that
the station be opened to the public as
formerly.
The W. O. 4. u. will hold spec
ial and important meeting with Mrs.
T. @. Lathrop on Friday at $50
O'Clock. This will probably be the
last meeting before the Tolland coun-
ty convention, in connection with a
state school of methods, at Rockville,
May "a and %, of which more will
be said later.
The work of cleaning out the Rock
we'll block has been pushed this week.
A chute was arranged from the second
story to pass the rubbish to carts in
the street. Contractor Washington
Graves is to rebuild the structure. The
upper story will be flush with the
lower, and the block will present an
attractive appearance when completed.
Miss Frances Mccarthy was slight
ly hurt at the basket ball game last
Wednesday evening, and has since
been quite ill. She was hit ON the
head with the ball, but her illness
was due more to the state of her
nerves than the blow from the ball,
although the accident may have
caused her collapse sooner than it
would have occurred otherwise.
There was large audience at the
union service at the Congregational
church last Sunday evening to listen
to the illustrated lecture by Rev. J.
W. Whitaker. agent of the Tuskegee
institute, Alabama. The address was
quite interesting, and it was a sur
prise to many that negro institution
of so large proportions and doing such
excellent work was in existence. The
collection taken for the benefit of the
institute amounted to over $22.
The body of Henry Converse of
Wellington was brought here for buri-
al yesterday. Mr.. Converse was sc
years of age and died Sunday. He
was we'll known here, having spent
most of his life in this town. He
leaves two sons, William of Willing
ton and Merrill of this town. The
funeral was held from the home of his
son, Merrill. yesterday afternoon at 1
O'Clock, Rev. G. s. Davis officiating.
The burial was in the Stafford Springs
cemetery.
The Stafford high school baseball
team will open the season Saturday,
May 2Sth, with a game in Palmer
with the high school team there.
The formation of the team is nearly
completed and the probabilities are
that the following players will parti-
cinate. Converse N: Hoduson q
Preston, LIST; r. Lee, I'd; Bolieau,
Sd; Smith, 8; HI. Lee, l f; Beck
with, f Colburn, f. A subscrip-
tion paper has been circulated and
the boys will appear in new suits.
There will be social at the Con-
gregational chapel next Wednesday
rra.s 1870. l-Ils,.. rrsrrr