The Press., 1905-11-29
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STAFFORD SPRINGS.

be held ln the jOngregaGlOnaI cHurci this evening at 7.3O. There will b. brief addresses by Rev. Thomas Tyri' and Rev. R. K. Harlow.
 Contractor A. E. Converse has thu contract to rebuild the Eaton block It will be two stories high. A TOO will be placed over the structure anC the stores finished off at once. It il not yet known what disposition vii be made of the upper floor.
 Norman E. Mcdonald, who was in jured in the wreck near the passenger station on Nov. 10, has been dis charged from the hospital in New London. His injuries were not al serious as at first feared. It wal found that in addition to the shock o the collision he was suffering iron alcoholism. The railroad company has made a settlement of his cast through his attorney, R. H. Fisk Mcdonald receiving $40 above his expenses.
 
 Harold Munroe, West Stafford schoo. boys, were before the borough court Friday morning, charged with injury to a pubilc building. Saturday af ternoon, Nov. 18th, it is alleged that the boys broke eight panes of glass out, of the West Stafford school house. The boys pleaded guilty, and Judge Heald fined Nels Jensen $5 and costs. Chris5y Jensen and Harold Munroe, being younger, were fined $1 an6 costs. The fines were paid by the boys parents
 The man who was run over and killed by freight train last weeB Tuesday was known as o. R. Phillips, but his right name was Charles F. Hopkinson. The deceased formerly lived in West Stafford, and was named as the correspondent when Franklin Ellis got a divorce from his wife. After securing the property of MT. Ellis, ;Hopkinson and Mrs. Ellis went west, but returned soon after the di- vorce was granted. Mrs. Ellis is al present living at Vernon Center. Hopkinson was born at Sheffield, Eng, and was 26 years of age. He leaves no relatives in the east, as fa1 as known. It is said that he has a mother and a sister in the west. The burial was at Willimantic last Friday afternoon. There was no service, and not a relative or friend was present when the body was lowered into the grave.
 The changes at the First National banking rooms have resulted in a marked improvement, in convenience as we'll as appearance. The new ar rangement of the partition separating the customers department from that used by the officials has resulted in 8 large and we'll lighted rotunda In the alcove by the front window a desk is to be placed for the use of custom CTS, and beside the desk will be 8 cosey upholstered corner seat. Oc. cupying the rest of the space by the front window will be the cashier office, which, when it is finished, will be tasty and convenient A new and improved grill has been placed al the paying teller's window. The decorators have nearly completed their labors, and the style of decoration is Grecian, with free hand ornaments and friezes. Soft shades of brown and green are used, and the dadoes are of golden Japanese leather, panel effect. The color scheme is restful and artistic. The floors will be cov- cred with brown linoleum. The di- rectors' room has been retouched and the furniture renovated. When the improvements are all completed, both customers and officials will have req son to be proud of their banking rooms.
 The Worcester Telegram of Novem- Der 13 contained the following in re- gard to Mrs. Parsons, a native of this town, and sister of Charles Russell of Stafford Street:-
 Strong and vigorous, with scarcely a gray hair on her head to tell the story of long life, Mrs. Abbie P. R. Parsons passed her 81st birthday yes- terday at her home, 49 Austin street. After living in Worcester for 61 years, Mrs. Parsons appears as strong and rugged as woman of less than 50 years. She was born in Stafford, and is of the eighth generation, on her mothers side, from John Prescott, who came to this country from Eng land in 1640. Mrs. Parsons is also of the 11th generation of Sir John Prescott, who figured high in English politics during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The genealogy of her family has been a subject of great in- terest to Mrs. Parker. She has the family trees on her mother and fath- er's sides mapped out with all links connected, back to the days of Queen Elizabeth. On her fathers side, Mrs. Parsons is of the eighth genera tion from John Russell, who came to America from England about 1880, and settled in Boston, moving later to West Cambridge. Jason Russell, Mrs. Parsons great-grandfather, was murdered in his home in West Cam bridge, now Arlington, by Gen. Gage's troops, on their return from Concord to Boston during the revolutionary war. At that time Noah Russell, Mrs. Parsons grandfather, was a small boy in long curls and knee brooches. While his father declared that he would not leave his home for the redcoats, he sent his wife and child to the interior. The mother and son, Noah, concealed themselves in the woods between Boston and Worcester, and were saved from the
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