The Press., 1905-05-10
Stafford.

Arthur Cady of Hartford was with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Cady,
over Sunday.
Topic of the Y. P. O. U. meeting
next Sunday evening will be "Cour-
tesy-the knighthood of to-day"
There will be a special communica-
tion of Wolcott lodge, No. 60, F. s.
A. M, Wednesday evening, May 10.
Work, M. NJ. degree.
Charlie Brown, son of Alva Brown,
left for Northfield, Mass, last Thurs
day, where he has entered Mt. Her
mon school for a special course.
The K. o. K. A. baseball team is
to meet the "Doughnut'' team Of the
Springs in a contest next Saturday
afternoon on the new grounds at the
Hollow.
A serious forest fire started yester-
day near Luther Crawford's, but the
employees of the Phoenix mill all
turned out and the fire was soon I'M
der control.
Rev. 1. P. Booth will deliver the
Memorial Sunday sermon at Morris
Vile, VT, and will also deliver the
Memorial day address at another place
in the same state.
| Mrs. William Hirst of Clinton,
Mass, wife of the superintendent of
the finishing department of the Riv
erside mill, is expected to join her
| husband here to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Damon,
former residents and we'll known here,
have moved from South .Norwalk to
New York city, where Mr.. Damon is
employed by Lord & Taylor. -.
Officers of the Ladies' Aid society
of the Universalist parish for the en-
suing year are: President, Mrs. J.
P. Marvin; vice. president, Mrs. Aus
tin Witt; secretary and treasurer,
Mrs. E H. Pinney.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap-
fist church will meet for work next
Wednesday afternoon and serve their
usual supper at 5.45, with Mrs.
George W. Sheppard and Mrs. Joseph
Connors as hostesses.
A. G. Sault has purchased the
Louis Morse place and will take pos
session in a short time. Mr. Morse
is moving his household goods to West
Stafford and for the present will live
with the family of Henry Mckinney.
| A we'll attended and harmonious
meeting of the Universalist parish
was held last Wednesday evening.
The pastor was unanimously invited
to remain another year. Jacob Glover
was chosen as the new member of the
board of trustees.
The Masonic dance in Memorial
hall tomorrow evening promises to
be pleasant social event, as the COM
mittee have used every effort in the
matter of music, prompting, etc., to
make it so. The committee wish it
to be understood that all Masons and
their families are cordially welcome
without any formal invitation.
G. E. Burke has purchased of E.
O. Pinney the block known as the
Warp mill boarding house. He will
put it in complete repair and keep it
for renting property. Mr.. Burke has
also taken a contract to put the Raw
itser homestead at the Springs in
thorough repair from attic to cellar,
10 - Tod 1x1 7ok
when the family expect to occupy it
for the summer.
Unclaimed letters, Stafford post
office: Mrs. M. Nockwill, Mrs. Jesse
Carew, Mrs. Hattie Hutchens, Ann A.
Williams, Miss Della Dion, Miss Ma
rion Bitter, Senator W. L. Davis,
Hon. F. G. Tatem, Patrick Maculiffe,
Toman Leosky, J. Hattinger, Joseph
Peltz, Antoni Stefanowski, Antoni
Taverewski, F. Gufsen, AL Signor
Pascuale Poechueziz, AL Signor BIZ
omhi Vincesko, Al Signor Luigi Dean
CELLS, Kenilwood Inn.
The body of Almeron H. Weir, a
former resident of this place. was
brought here for burial in Hillside
cemetery last Saturday afternoon, the
services at the grave being conducted
by Rev. George W. Sheppard of the
local Baptist church. The deceased
was born in Glastonbury Feb. 10,
1843, and came to this place in 1862,
and for number of years was EN-
T0lnuoH in tho Hnrro rnonhinn show
He was married in 1868 to Miss Mar
cha J. Preble, who survives him, and
he is also survived by a daughter,
Miss Harriette L. Weir. The family
lived for few years at the Springs,
and about eleven years ago they
moved to Port Chester, N. Y, where
they remained until the death of Mr.
Weir, which occurred May Sd, after
an illness of nearly two years of heart
trouble and Bright's disease. The
floral offerings accompanying the
body were unusually large in num-
bers and beautiful in design. The
remains were accompanied from Port
Chester by the widow and daughter,
Albro Weir, his brother, Mrs. Ken
dali, his sister, and Congressman
Ryan of Port Chester, a personal
friend of the family. The party,
with the exception of Mrs. Weir and
daughter, Harriette, who will remain
for visit of several days, returned
to Port Chester on the 40 train the
same evening.
StanHordVille.
Nathan Agard has gone to South
Hadley, Mass, to live.
There will be mass at St. Joseph's
chnapel next Sunday as usual.
William Converse has accepted a