The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-24
HOMElNEWS.


B. P. Cooley has gone to Maine or
business trip.
Mrs. James Mclaughlin is visiting
friends in Palmer.
Mrs. Minnie McIntire visited Mrs.
A. P. Benmer in Willimantic last
week.
Miss Lydia Lawrence of Nova SEQ
tia is the guest of Miss Gertrude
Rockwell.
The singing at the Congregational
church next Sunday evening will be
by a male chorus.
Mrs. E. T. Russell is spending g
week with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. o. Truesdell, in Springfield.
Maine NJ. Royce is visiting his
aunt, Mrs. A. M. Stone, and other
relatives in Northampton, Mass.
Judge Reed will go to Middletown
tomorrow to offioiate at the short
calendar session the following day.
Forty couples attended the Masonic
sociable last Friday evening, and as
usual very pleasant time is reported.
Christopher Allen, 9. B. Pinney
and F. F. Patten attended the auto.
mobile show in New York lsat week.
John Argenta, Jr. was given a sur
prise party Saturday evening by about
30 young people. He was presented
with gold ring.
Harmony Temple of Honor will be
visited at the regular meeting this
evening by Grand Worthy Templar
John Sloan of New Britain.
Miss Beatrice Congdon did not &C.
company Mr.. and Mrs. christopher
Allen on their trip to Bermuda. She
is staying with Mrs. W. W. Burwell.
A Russian soldier became stranded
here this week. A collection was
made to take him to Springfield, as
he was unable to get employment
here.
Members of the A. o. H. are pre-
pairing for the annual celebration of
st. Patrick's night. The four act
drama, "Shaun Rue" will be pre-
sented.
At the meeting of the grand lodge
of Masons at Hartford last week John
NJ. Leach was appointed district dep
uty for this district, which includes
II lodges.
Bean porridge will be served with
the regular supper at the Methodist
church this evening. The entertain
ment following will be an evening
with Eugene Field.
Patrick McAuliff was before the
borough court last Thursday, Deputy
Judge O'Connell presiding. The de-
fendant was charged with over-indul-
gence, and was given five days and
costs at Tolland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles 7. Bard of
Norwich we're guests of DR.. and Mrs.
G. P. Bard over Sunday. Mrs. @. Z.
Bard, who is a very fine soprano sing
er, gave two solos at the Congrega-
tional church Sunday evening.
The annual masquerade by the Teu-
tonia association will take place on
Friday evening. The floor managers
will be Herman Rister, Walter Neiber
and Charles Kretchmar. Fay's Or
chestra will furnish music. There
II Ho ND frr
the most attractive and for the most
original costumes worn. Tickets, so
cents.
Topeka, Kansas.
The Press Enclosed find draft for
The Press for the year 1906. Cant
we'll do without your weekly visits,
containing items of news from the old
town of Stafford, in which I was born.
Oct. %, 1918. I am quite we'll for
a person of 81, and my nerves are
strong. Have one brother still living
in West Stafford, J. r. Washburn,
who was IS years old Sunday, the
7th inst. The Washburns, who were
so numerous in Stafford IS years ago,
are most all gone over the river
Hope to live to receive your visits
ten or twelve years longer.
Sincerely yours,
A. Washburn.
Rev. Mr.. Tryie will begin next
Sunday evening, at the Methodist
church new series of lectures, en-
titled PORTRAITS and sketches of men,
women and events.'' The several til
ties are as follows: Jan. %, "The
rose of Moab cleaning in the barley
ield;" Feb. 4, "Samson, the sunny
tempered Hercules;" Feb. IL, Lin
coin, "The first Americana Feb.
18, "The Tishbite's brave chal-
Ienge;" Feb. %, Deborah, the
iu ge and chieftain;" March 4, "The
Great Captain and his little captive;"
March IL, "The Apollo of Hebron
March 18, "The farmer
soldier of Ophrah;" March 25,
Abigail, the fair wife of a Churl." "
These services begin at and close at
8 O'Clock.
There is some talk on baseball top
les, but nothing definite has yet been
done relative to making plans for next
season. 1t has been suggested that
meeting be called of the association
to make plan for raising money to
pay the indebtedness remaining from
last season, and talk over the situa-
tion relative to next season. One of