The Press., 1906-09-19
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Charles B. Gary is in New York on
a business trip.
Clyde Harrington of the Ellis
grocery is taking his annual vacation.
The Methodist Sunday school will
hold rally day exercises on September
30.
Miss Ivy g. Eaton has entered the
normal school of gymnastics at New
Haven.
Miss Ida L. CLARK of willimantic
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. W. H.
Cooley.
James Wood has purchased the Mar
cell place at Stafford Street of Smith
Abrams.
Alfred Jeannotte and family have
removed from School street to South
bridge, Mass.
The Current Events club will hold
q special meeting Monday night, Sept.
"a, at 100. sharp.
1t is reported that A. Olin Brooks
of Chapman & Brooks, Springfield,
has withdrawn from the firm.
Miss Nettie Morse has gone ON
visit with friends in Providence and
Pawtucket, r. l., and Seekonk, Mass
The registrars have received 81
names of persons to be made voters in
this district and | 6 in district No. /
Mrs. McClurge and daughter, who
have resided in the Pierce place on
the river road, have returned to New
York.
Nicholas Nedeau, who is to move
to Canada, will sell his real estate
on Furnace avenue and household
goods at auction on Saturday at l p.
m.
A local term has been organized 30
compete in the relay race for high
schools. The team is in training un-
der the instruction of Principal Dun
field.
Deputy Sheriff Helm and Officer
Hancock, accompanied by Prosecuting
Agent O'Connell. ON Saturday even
ing made a raid on Samuel Robal,
who resides in E. W. Brooks house
on the Hollow road. Three kegs of
lager and 40 bottles of beer were
seized.
The annual fair ball of the Stafford
Springs fire department. will be held
Wednesday evening, October Sd, at
Eaton's hall. Music will be by Jor-
dams orchestra, and Ed. Harrington
prompter. The floor directors are to
be VIM. Delligan and Robert Quinley. |
assisted by members of the depart
ment.
F. f. Patten, J. NJ. Larned, H. S.
Fisk are attending the state republic
can convention at New Haven. This
mornings Courant states that it is
expected that Representative F. F.
Patten will be nominated for state
treasurer by reclamation.
Judge Reed will hold a session of
the superior court for naturalization
purposes at Eaton's block tomorrow
at H. 30 in the forenoon. Saturday,
from 1 to p. m, the board of Sc
lectmen and town clerk will hold a
session at borough hall for the pur-
pose of administering the electors
oath. There will be a meeting of
the board of registrars at Lawyer
O'Connell's office on Tuesday of next
week, from o a. m. to > p. m, for
the final correction and revision of
the voting lists.
Mrs. Orrin Converse, II, died sud-
denly early this morning of heart
failure. She had been as we'll as u.s.
ual apparently, and her death was a
severe shock to her family and friends
Tuesday was the 9th anniversary of
the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs Con-
verse. Besides her husband the de-
ceased leaves two brothers and two
sisters at East Hartford The broth
ers are Alonzo and Hamilton, and the
sisters Miss Mary Forbes and Mrs
Fitch. The funeral will be held
from the home Saturday at l 80 p.
M, and Rev. Thomas lyric will
officiate.
Residents of the town of Stafford
will follow with much interest the
work of DIR. Isaac NJ. Agard, who
leaves Rockville this week for Austin,
Texas, where he will assume the
duties of president of Tillotson COL
lege. DR.. Agard's work along edu-
cational lines, during his eighteen
years of principalship of the Rock
willie high school and superintendent
of the east district school of that city,
has given him the place of one of the
best known preparatory school masters
in the state. Born in the Hall dis
trict, in the northeast part of Stafford,
he spent his younger days on one of
Stafford's farms. Completing his
preparatory education at Monsoon acad-
envy he entered Amherst college,
graduating from there with honors in
1879 with the degree of A. B. In
1884, in recognition of meritorious
services, he received the degree of
master of arts, and about two years
ago the Phi. ID. from the University of
Wooster. AS assistant principal of the
Northampton high school and princi-
pal of the Union Free School at Bath
on-the Hudson he achieved success as
an educator, but the work rejecting
the most credit is considered to be- his
work as principal of the Rockville
high school. During his term of SER 1
vices the new high school building
was erected, and the scholarship of the ,
school advanced in such q measure
that the New England association of !
colleges granted it certificate privi- 4
liges in place of entrance examina-