The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-12-27

Sturtevant and daughter, Blanche
George Neff and family and Carolyn
Neff. Christmas eve they enjoyed |
| tree.
There was full house at thu
Christmas exercises held in the church
vestry Monday evening. The tree
was prettily decorated for the oc
casion. The exercises by the children
and choir were very interesting, an6
Santa Claus was present to talk tc
the children.
There were Christmas trees in botl
rooms of the Center school on Friday
afternoon. Both pupils and teachers
were kindly remembered with gifts.
Miss Elsie Russell, teacher of the
grammar room, has returned to her
home in Somers Miss Josephine
Newell of the primary room, will
spend the holidays in Willimantic and
Hartford.
Pupils perfect in attendance in the
primary room of the Center school
for the term of fifteen weeks, ending
Dec. 22d: Emeline Curnan, Joseph
Demars, Louis Demars, Dimock
Glazier, Henry Hansen, Eric Ram
sey, Adele Serafin, Columbia Serafin
and Arthur Young. Pupils neither
absent nor tardy in the grammar
room were Ida Baker and Ida Young.
UNION.
Mashapaug.
No demonstration of Christmas was
made at the church this year.
Fred Moore, with M. H. Kinney of
Southbridge, attended the funeral of
their brother-i in law, Col. Amos
Pease, in Somers, Sunday.
Miss Bella Moore of Worcester and
Misses Bessie and Lizzie from West
field we're with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lyman Moore, during Christmas,
Mr.. and Mrs Fl. R. Howard spent
the day Monday with Mrs. Howard S
grandparents, M F. Fairman's family,
at Stafford. Four generations were
present.
The gate here has been closed and
both ponds have filled rapidly during
the past week. Unless the lower gate
is opened we are assured of harvest
ing our ice crop with little inconven-
fence.
The movement of lumber and wood
is at its height at present, and it is no
unusual sight to note from 20 to 35
teams, two horse and four. horse, pass
ing through in a day. From less than
one-quarter of the town about $3.50
of lumber and 1925 of wood is trans
ferred daily from here to Southbridge.
(From another correspondent)
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvarado Howard are
arranging to spend the winter in the
sunny south.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton H. Kinney
are spending the winter with their
daughter, Mrs. Ernest E. Corbin, of
Southbridge.
Fred W. Moore and family have
come to reside here on the Hartley
Walker place. Mrs Moore is daugh-
ter of the late Hartley and Josephine
Reed Walker.
On Sunday. the 18th, the house of
Roscius Back caught fire in the second
story. The woodwork was ignited by
the chimney "burning OUT Mr..
Back extinguished the fire with q
small quantity of water before the,
gef.s arrived
damage was not great. u =
The school in district No. 4, sus-
pended for Christmas recess of two
weeks on Friday. The teacher is Miss
Gertrude V. Hayden of Rockville.
Friday afternoon was given up to 8
Christmas exercise. The recitations,
songs ard all work were so we'll done
that it would not be fair to make
special mention of any individuals,
and much credit is due to both teach
ers and scholars. There was a large
attendance of families and friends of
the children. After the literary exer
cises, there was a Christmas tree.
This school is doing excellent work
The mum Der of scholars upon register
is nineteen Since the Thanksgiving
vacation the register shows that there
have been but three absence.