The Press., 1906-06-13
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

STAFFORD SPRINGS. Charles Demond will graduate next week from Williams.
 Charles Morrall is home from Groton. Mass, for the summer vaca- tion.
 Miss Eugenia Lee is home for the summer vacation from Barnard col lege.
 MT. and Mrs. A. O. Rodman have gone to Green Harbor for a few weeks of the salt air.
 MT. and Mrs. John Peirolo and Miss Eurichetta Peirolo have returned from a visit in New Haven.
 MT. and Mrs. Harvey Conwell of Glastonbury were guests of MT. and Mrs. E. l.. Burr over Sunday.
 Mrs. W. B. Robinson and daughter, Dorothy, of Elmira, N. Y., are guests of her parents, Mir. and Mrs. F. J. Chandler.
 Saturday is an open date in the Bi- State league. and Stafford will take the opportunity to cross bats with the Providence Giants, a team of oolored players. This team is said to be strong one and lot of fun is antici- pated.
 w. E. Hanley and daughter, Miss Mary Hanley, are in New York for few days. They will attend the grad uating exercises of Cornell medical college to-day, where John P. Han- ley graduates.
 Eddie Collins left this week for South Manchester, where he will take up his duties. Manager O'Connell has not signed a man in his place as yet and will be in no hurry to do so. Waite is in good form, and at a pinch Cobb could go in.
 There will be festival at St. Ed wards church this evening. The program will include instrumental and vocal music and dramatic sketches. Refreshments will be served. A feature of the evening will be a nail- driving contest, in which four prizes will be awarded. one for men, one for women, one for boys and one for girls. Admission will be 10 and 15c.
 During the shower Saturday even- ing Lyman Weeks, who lives near Village Hill, had a narrow escape. He was working in his garden trying to finish some planting, when he was almost deafened by clap of thunder and smelled sulphur. The lightning struck about six feet from him, splin- tering two beanpoles. The bolt dis arranged about 1 , hills of beans, but MT. Weeks was not hurt.
 Contractor Converse has finished work on the business mems rooms and is now at work on the hall in the rear. Now that this room is com- pleted it's desirability as a court room is more apparent. The room is AT by 29, and there are two small ante- rooms in the rear. Over the rooms in the | rear 8 balcony has been built, in | which an orchestra can be placed if the room is used as a hall. It is possible that it's earning capacity as a hall would be greater than for any othe=-purpose, as it is conveniently located, neat in appearance and will accommodate a good-sized party.
 Owing to the small seating capacity of Memorial hall it has been thought best to have admission to the high | school graduating exercises by ticket | only. Part of the hall has been re- | served for the relatives and friends of the graduating class. The remainder of the hall has been divided into two parts. Tickets for one part will be placed at MT. Cady's store at the Hol- low, and those for the other part at James Warren's clothing store. Tick cts will be ready for distribution at o'clock Thursday morning. All per sons desiring to attend these exercises may obtain tickets on application, at either of these places. Not over two tickets will be given to any one per son. Tickets will not be issued to children.
 The high school ball team was de- feated by the Ware high school at Ware last Saturday, to 6. The s. H. s. boys started in by punching hits in the first two innings and scored five runs, but the umpire soon stopped this, and all his decisions were in Wares favor. Converse pitched for the s. H. s. and only allowed three hits, while the s. H. s. boys touched Storrs up for seven hits. Although Converse gave nine passes it was the umpire that gave them, as they should have been strike-outs. It looked in the ninth as if Stafford would tic the | score. They had two singles and a double in that inning and scored one run. When the side was retired by 8 fly ball they had three men on bases. The manager is trying to have Ware come down Saturday and play a re- turn game here. Out of eight games played by the s. H. s. this year they have won six, and have scored 93 | runs to their opponents 56. The score :-