The Press., 1906-08-15
The Congregational church will be

DR.. and Mrs. G. P. Bard are enjoy
ing q vacation at Brooklyn.
Miss Ellen Fitzpatrick has returne,
from vacation at Bristol, N. H.
Miss Lillian Gilbert has returned
from three weeks visit in Pittsfield
Mass.
Mrs. Carl Converse and family o
Springfield are guests of Mrs. G. H
Baker.
Mrs. W. A. Hampshire of Webste,
is visiting the family of William
Pearce on East Main street.
Miss Sadie Comins has gone Il
Orange, Mass. where she will be the
guest of Mrs. Joseph Simpson.
The choir, the ushers and the col
lectors of st. Edwards church had al
enjoyable outing at Crystal Lake re-
Gently.
Miss Gertrude Holt, Mrs. Jacot
Glover and Miss Marguerite Glover
are spending q vacation at Norwich
and Narragansett Pier.
The old Thomas Warren house,
near the cemetery has been torn down
TO make room for the new street
which Frank Keefe has laid out.
Miss Josephine Bartholomew, form.
erly of this town, has been engaged to
teach German and mathematics in
Bacon academy, Colchester.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Howard have
returned to their home in Winchester,
N. H., after a few days visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Howard.
Miss Laura Brooks of East Provi-
dence has been engaged as assistant in
the high school. Miss Brooks is q
graduate of Brown and comes highly
recommended.
There will be services at the Metho-
dist church morning and evening dur
ing the balance of the heated interval,
as the pastor will not take his vaca-
ton until later in the season.
Machinery is beginning to arrive
for the Rhode Island Worsted company
in Foxville, and operations will be
commenced as soon as possible. As
far as can be learned the contract for
the new building to be erected has not
been placed.
Mansfield of Holy Gross has been
engaged to pitch the balance of the
season, and will be in the box against
Ludlow Saturday. There will be a
big crowd of people in town Saturday,
and the attendance at the game is
liable to be large.
The board of health, after consul
tation with the court of burgesses,
has decided to enforce the health reg
ulations. The owner of any drain or
water closet that is unsanitary enough
to cause complaint will be compelled
to connect with a sewer. The law
will be enforced against any hog pen
that is offensive enough to cause COM
plant, or any other nuisance.
Fred 7. Ley & Go. of Springfield
have been awarded the contract for
building the trolley road from Stafford
to Rockville, and will commence
zT uiiuo. Already teams
are being hired and other preparations
made for commencing the work.
Dennis Gerard's house has been
hired for use of employees on the job,
and will be vacated Immediately by
the owner. Ten-days and two-weeks'
options have been secured on the
private land which will be passed
through.
STAFFORD.
A. Carlson spent Sunday in New
London.
Lincoln Luce of Mantle spent Sun
day at William Parks.
Clifford Wightman of Glastonbury
is home for few days.
Alva Brown and family have gone
to Northfield for two weeks.
There will be no services at the
Baptist church next Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Gerould has started for
a visit with friends in Minneapolis.
Fred A. Champlin of Hartford spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. H. A.
Hersey.
John E. Sullivan and family have
moved into one of A. D. Cady's cot
tages.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. F. Paterson of
Mystic are visiting at John G. Wight
mans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Meade of
Norwich are visiting Mrs. Theodore
Meade.
Thomas Spur of West Buxton,
Maine, has taken the position of dyer
at the Riverside mills.
Miss Annie Brown and Miss Louise
Wobbeoke are spending a week with
relatives in Springfield.
William Ingham of Maynard,
Mass. is in town for a few days call
ing on old acquaintance.
At the Universalist church next
Sunday morning the subject of the
sermon will be "A gospel for Mon
day"
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Pinney and
daughter, Ruth, and Mrs. H. f. Cady
spent few days of last week in New
London.
The dance given by the young men
last Friday evening was we'll attend
ed, it being one of the social events of
the season.
Mrs. H. B. Paterson and daughter,
May, who have been visiting relatives
in town, have returned to their home
in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. D. Beebe, princi-
pal of the schools in Meriden, and
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