The Press., 1905-10-25
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

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Regular meeting of the W. R. @.
next Wednesday afternoon.
Carl Helm is spending few days
in New York with his father.
NJ. F. Brown and Amos Gagnon
were in Hartford over Sunday.
There will be election of officers at
the meeting of the Temple of Honor
this evening.
DIR. L. F. Eaton has resumed the
practice of dentistry at his office in
the Warren block.
The young ladies of St. Edward S
church will give an entertainment
Thanksgiving eve.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. WINNINGS of
Philadelphia are guests of Mrs. Wy
ning's father. A. W. Tuthill.
E. f. Engley was the delegate from
the local lodge of A. D. U. W. to the
meeting of the grand lodge at New
Haven last Wednesday.
The Faulkner mill has been stopped
several days to give an opportunity
for repairs on the engine and engine
bed. The mill started up this morn
ing.
d. J.. Hanley has completed the
school enumeration, and finds there
are 929 school children between the
ages of 4 and 16. The number last
year was 1923.
f. Tonidondel, boiler tender at the
Faulkner mill, split the index finger
of his right hand ON a buzz saw last
Thursday. DR.. Smith, who attended
him, hopes to save the finger.
The Selective Telephone company
has sold its holdings to Hartford
syndicate. The transfer will be made
as soon as patent is issued on recent
improvement to the selective device.
A basket ball team has been formed
with the following players: Bert
Mullins. Ed. Collins, Nick Ash, Ralph
Collins and Joseph Shea. Captain
Ash would be glad to hear from anna
t5ur teams in adjoining towns.
Harold O. Parkhufst of Whitman
tic, son of ]. R. Parkhurst of this
borough, is to be united in marriage
to Miss Ethel Pearl Burdick, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Burdick of
Willimantic, at the home of the bride
next Tuesday at 1 p. m.
A sand we'll has been put in this
week ON Center street. This street is
much improved in appearance. The
abutters have been putting in ourbing
and making other improvements,
which have added much to the at
Effectiveness of the street.
Lyman HI. Howe's moving pictures
will be at the opera house Friday
evening. This is one of the best NOV
ing picture companies ON the road,
and is nearly always greeted with a
large audience. The seige and sur
render of Port Arthur and many other
new pictures will be portrayed. Re-
served seats are ON sale at III. S.
Abel's. Tickets %, 80 and 30 cents
The talk of a baseball league meets
with the appreciation of local followers
of the sport, but in one particular
they differ with their brethren up the
line, if the article in the Sunday Re-
publican expresses the opinion of the
teams to make the proposed league.
The local rooters are not in favor of
limiting the expense of team to $40
per week. If satisfactory team can
be secured for this figure, it is all
right. If not, more money must be
paid. What is wanted in Stafford is
ball team that can deliver the goods.
There has been a very noticeable
advance in the price of local real es-
tate the past year. Medium priced
houses have advanced from 10 to 20
per cent. There are very few build
ing lots for sale anywhere near the
business part of the town, and on such
as can be bought the price is high.
Tenements are scarce and desirable
apartments still scarcer. A few good
tenement houses or one or two flats,
go with an up-to-date fiat, would be
quickly filled with desirable tenants.
The price of real estate at present is
q reflection of the prosperous condi-
ton of our industries and the general
good times.
The teachers convention, to be
held at the Congregational church
Friday evening aud Saturday, prom
Uses to be of unusual interest. The
public are respectfully invited to at
tend The following is the program
Friday evening, 500: "What a su-
perintendent of schools can do for
Stafford Fred Gowing. Boston.
Saturday morning session, 10 a. m.
General meeting: The text book
question, Charles d. Hine, Hartford
The progressive teacher, Alice E.
Reynolds, New Haven; 11.3O, Sec
tion 1, primary grades and rural
schools: Reading, Miriam r. Skid
more, Willimantic; Section II, ad-
vanced classes: Penmanship, Harry
Houston, New Haven. Afternoon ses-
sion, 100, Section !, primary grades
and rural schools: Penmanship, Harry
Houston, New Haven; Section II, ad-
vanced classes: Grammar, E.W. Good.
hue. Haydenville, Mass. 2.30, gen.
eral meeting: Moral training, George
I. Aldrich, Brookline, Mass.