The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-02-04
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stocks of valentines.
The Orcuttville mill is running but
five days each week,
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Fisk of Rock
vile were here over Sunday.
Miss Lelah Melbourne has resigned
her position with D. Robertson 6 Co.
Joseph Rogers, employed by Frank
Keefe, is seriously i'll with chicken
pox.
There are large number of cases
of chicken pox in town, several adults
being afflicted.
W. H. Small, veterinary surgeon
from Willimantic, has opened an Of
flee at Gary Bros. Springs House sta
bles.
The st. Edwards Junior basket
ball team defeated the grammar school
team 1 to at St. Edwards hall last
Saturday afternoon after the high
school game.
At the meeting of the ladies of the
Stafford Country club at the Springs
House for whist last Saturday after
noon, the prize winners were Miss s.
L. Comins and Miss Ethel Harmon.
The D. W. Robertson's moving pic
lures are booked for the opera house
Tuesday evening, Feb. 18th. The
entertainment is given under the aus
pices of the Methodist church at Stat
fordville, and tickets are on sale at
Abel's at %, 35 and 30 cents.
Ionic lodge and Orient chapter have
added a stereopticon outfit for lodge
work. The lighting apparatus has a
capacity of 100 candle power, and it
throws a picture on a screen 10 feet
square. Very few lodge rooms are
more thoroughly equipped than the
local one. .-.
Col. Q. L. Dean of Maiden, Mass. !,
fell on Brattle street, Boston, last
Friday and was badly injured. He
sprained his ankle and injured the
ligaments of his knee in much the
same manner that he did about a year
ago. An operation similar to the one
last year was necessary, and the may
or will be laid up for some time.
Mrs. Julian s. Wadsworth of Brock
ton, Mass, formerly of this town, fell
last week Tuesday and sustained a
compound fracture of the left forearm.
She slipped on an icy sidewalk. The
latest report was that she was doing
as we'll as could be expected under
the circumstances. Mrs. Wadsworth
made many friends here who will
sympathize with her in her misfor-
christopher Allen, who is spending
a part of the frigid period in Florida,
is remembering his friends here in
various ways. Lott O'Halloran re-
ceived a statuette study, which has
excited the admiration of all who
have seen it, and F. G. Sanford shows
an engraving entitled, 1.-THE Early
Bird" which for artistic excellence
and expression is seldom equalled.
A large number of Mr. Aliens friends
have been eating oranges this week,
" r. har"ooo actlng as distributing
agent.
The Stafford high school basket
ball team defeated the Palmer high
school team at st. Edwards hall last
Saturday afternoon 81 to 6. The Pal
mer team has no hall to play or prac-
tlce in, and showed it by their play
ing. They were outclassed. Fl. Lee
and Preston were the banner players
of the local team. The lineup: =.
Stafford. Palmer.
Bolleau, l ->. -. g, Gurley
R. Lee, g, Cummings
Preston, C, Buck, Green
H. Lee, g rf, Walker
Beckwith, T f, Sullivan
Score, Stafford high school 81,
Palmer high school 6. Goals from
floor, ID. Lee 6, Preston 6, Beckwith,
Sullivan, Walker Gurley. Goals
from fouls, 81. Lee. Timer, O'Neil.
Referee, Sullivan. =;
The st. Edwards Social club bas-
ket ball team defeated the Somers
Vile team. last Saturday evening at
st. Edwards hall 23 to in rough
game. 1t was evident from the first
that the Somersville team intended to
use every means to get the game, but
they were easily defeated. The ST..
Edwards team played their second
half without their captain, R. O'Neil,
who was unable to play on account of
illness. During the second half Kee-
ney OF the Somersvilles and e. Col
the fioor for figbt;nu nv Referee s,l.
1;ran Koo,oe 90 Cans
- :. 'oeney anu ooiiins "ere On
the moor, and Collins had the ball.