The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-05
VIM. Brown of Mt. Hermon h,


George Webster of Springfield wat
in town the first of the week.
William Park and family are at
Black Point for few weeks
Absolum Shaw is seriously i'll al
the home of Monroe Dimmock.
Miss Lena Wobbecke has gone to
Springfield for an extended visit.
Miss Florence Sperry of Meriden is
spending few weeks at the hotel.
Harold Mountain is taking vaca-
tion at his home in Amesbury, Mass.
Rev. T. M. Reed of East Lyme
spent few days of last week at J. b.
Hough's.
The Y. P. o. U. will meet Sunday
evening at 6.45. Topic, ga right
start in life.''
Briggs string trio will give con-
cert and dance in Memorial hall Fri
day, the 18th.
Miss Blanche Shippey of Woodstock
spent a few days of last week with
relatives in town.
Edwin Chatterton of Acworth, N.
H., is in town caring for his brother.
in-law. Homer Lord.
The authority of Jesus will be the
subject of the sermon at the Universe
list church next Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Adams of
New Haven have been visiting Mrs
H. F. Cady for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bowden are re-
oeiving congratulations on the birth
of a son, William James, last Friday.
Miss Milda Hobart and niece, Miss
Ruth Hobart, of Webster, Mass :,
have been visiting Mrs. Lima Brown.
E. O. Pinney has harvested the
largest crop of rowen grown in this
part of the town for a number of years.
A special communication of VOL
colt lodge, F. s. A. M, will be held
Thursday evening. Work, E. A.
degree.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. @. Champlin and
sons, Fred and George, of Hartford
have been the guests of Mrs. Harry
Adams Hersey.
The Riversides defeated the Stat
fordville ball team last Saturday
afternoon on the new grounds back of
the school house.
The subject of the Y. P. S. O. E.
this evening will be Spiritual blind
ness" Conservation meeting. Lead
er, Mrs. Alva Brown.
Mrs. Napoleon Barsalou, 63, died
at her home near Hydeville Monday
afternoon after short illness. The
funeral was held from st. Edwards
church this morning.
The ladies of the Baptist church
will meet for work Thursday after
noon and serve their usual supper at
6 O'Clock. Hostesses, Mrs. David
Johnson and Mrs. Thomas Black.
The ladies of the Universalist
church will meet for work next We'd
nesday afternoon, and serve their
usual supper at O'Clock. Hostesses,
Mrs. ". P. Lasbury and Mrs. F. A.
Lasbury.
Irving W. Goodell of Hopedale,
Mass, and Miss Ida Wilson of this
town were united in marriage to-day
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Pero. They will take short trip
to Boston before going to their home
in Hopedale.
Rev. I. P. Booth has received and
accepted a call to the First Univer-
salist church, Chester, VT, and begins
his labors there next Sunday. The
doctors family will remain here. in
Stafford, but he himself will spend
most of his time at Chester.
A convention under the auspices of
the Connecticut Sunday School asso-
citation will be held in the Stafford
Universalist church Friday afternoon
and evening, Sept. 81. All Sunday
schools in Stafford and adjacent towns
are invited to send delegates. The
Stafford Universalists will provide
lunch facilities between the sessions,
but, at the suggestion of the associ-
alton officers, they invite all local
delegates to bring basket lunch.
StanOrdvIlle.
Merl Hughes has accepted a posi-
tion in Lowell, Mass.
Mass will be held at st. Joseph s
chapel Sunday morning at 9.15.
Malcolm B. Cole of Boston was
home with his family over Sunday.
Weldon V. Odell of Blackstone was
the guest of Grant Hammer last We'd
nesday.
Mrs. G.. E. Webster and two chill
dren of Springfield are the guests of
Mrs. J. o. Booth.
Ernest Moore of Lowell, Mass. was
the guest over Sunday of his sister,
Mrs. NJ. E. Hughes.
Irving F. Bowden and Miss Leila J.
Bowden are visiting friends in Hart
ford and Springfield.
Mrs. John Belden, Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell jerks were the guests last
Sunday at Mahlon H. Vests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar H. Swift and
son of Monson are spending a week
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.
Swift.
The @. E. subject on Wednesday
evening at the Congregational vestry
is "Spiritual blindness. Conseora-
ton meeting.
Next Sunday morning in the Metho-
dist church the pastor will preach a
missionary sermon. Subject, eliza
bilities and assets of the church, -
Next Sunday morning at the Con-
gregational church the subject will
be Your calling and election; what
does it mean?" Evening subject,
"Blotted out"
The Ladies' Aid society of the M.
E. church will serve their usual sup
per in the Vestry Thursday evening.