The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-03-22
STAFFORD SPRINGS,

Miss Mona Converse has returned
from q visit in Monson.
b. p Cooley has been in Maine
this week on a business trip.
Edward Spicer of willimantic Wis.
tied friends in town the first of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. @. B. Pinney attend
ed the automobile show at Boston last
Saturday.
Misses Edith and Harriet Farnell
of Woonsocket are guests at the
Springs House.
I'M. Leach and Auders Jacobsen
attended q Masonic gathering at New
London last evening.
The Yorkville vaudeville company
will be the attraction at the opera
house Friday evening.
Mrs. J. A. Simpson and two chill
dren of Orange, Mass. are guests of
MIR. and Mrs. E. F. Engley.
Frank Murphy has resigned as boss
fnisher at the Forestville mill, and
E08AeAOA AAAS hEGh bnnNh ny
Judson.
The annual meeting of the Stafford
Springs Cemetery association will be
held at the library building next Mon
day evening at 7.3O.
The boys attended to their annual
duty OF. getting the ice out of the
coves on Saturday and Sunday. On
Sunday Harry Stebbins fell in, but
suffered no i'll effects.
BY order of George Pierson, the
capital prize of $50, which he drew
at the fair given by the A. o. II.
and the band. has been paid to his
wife, Mrs. George Pierson.
GO The second game of basketball be-
tween the Girls club and the girls of
st. Edwards will be played next
Thursday evening. The clubs are
more evenly matched than at the first
meeting, and the contest is bound to
prove exciting.
The management of /" The Old
Homestead" has been approached rel
alive to playing in Monson for the
benefit of the baseball association of
that town. The local company will
probably put the attraction on in
Monson soon after the Lenten season
closes.
The Independents were defeated by
the st. Edwards in basketball game |
at st. Edwards hall last Saturday
evening by a score of "a to 20. A
feature of the game was the throwing
of q basket from the center of the hall
h61Fprness in the last minute of play.
TIE Attendance was small.
st. Edwards DRAMATIC society drew
csuwded houses for the presentation
of my Geraldine. The talent rep
resented by the society brought out
the strong points of the play in q
manner very pleasing to the audi
ences witnessing the production. my
.GSra1dines' adds one more to the long
list of successful presentations to the
credit of st. Edwards society.
Contractor Converse is to make i'm
portant improvements and alterations
at the store of David Robertson. The
third floor of the store is to be util-
lied for the display and sale of goods |
A substantial stairway like the one |
from the ground floor will be built to |
connect the second and third floors |
Mr.. Robertson has inaugurated an
alteration sale in consequence of the
changes to be made.
The case against Michael Swift for
indecent assault on Mrs. Johanna
Davis has, been thrown out. ?. There
we're points about the case which in
dictated the good old badger game. |
The plaintiffs in the case are compar |
atively new people in town, while |
che defendant has lived here about IS |
years. The defendant is an industri- |
Gus man. with a wife and six chill
dren. His reputation is of the best, |
and there is general satisfaction that
the case has been dropped.
Louis Roberts, 81, died at the
Backus hospital in Norwich Saturday
morning from blood poisoning, caused
by freezing his feet. He leaves six
sons and three daughters. The sons
are Louis, Adolph, Michael, Henry,
Peter and Joseph, all of whom reside
in town with the exception of Jo-
seph, who is located in Montana.
The daughters are Mrs. John Duprez
and Mrs. Joseph Levene of this town
and Mrs. Fred Pero of Spencer, Mass.
The funeral was held from st. Ed
wards church this morning at 8
O'Clock, and the burial was in st. |
Edwards cemetery. -t-
An informal meeting. of several of
the. baseball enthusiasts was held at
the-office of Lawyer R. Fl. Fisk Sat
urday. It was decided to put good
team in the field the coming season,
and . paper will be passed in the near
future to secure financial backing.
h-manufacturer in q neighboring town
wtllecontribute $50, and it is thought
that the local manufacturers will do
their share towards supporting the
organization. No difficulty is antici-
patsd in financing q team. Lawyer
OaConnell, who managed the team
last year. declines to serve another
season. Much regret is felt. but the
decision Of Mr.. o'Connell is final, and
the reasons he gives for declining the
honor are sound. A new manager
must be secured, and Frank Harris
has been talked of in connection with
the position. If Mr.. Harris will con-
sent to serve there will be general
satisfaction, as he is we'll fitted for
the position in every pafficularl The