The Press., 1906-05-23

clslon 1n the SpellmAn case. MT Spellman was before the court last week, charged with filling 8 prescrip tion that was over three days old The court imposes fine of $1O and costs.
 Mrs. Benjamin Arnold's Sunday school class of young women, and others associated with them, are tc hold lawn party in front of the Me thodist church in about two weeks. Ice cream, cake and strawb berries will be for sale.
 The deal for the Foxville property is completed and the papers have passed. The Rhode Island Worsted company, the new owners, are already buying lumber and getting ready for changes and repairs. The tenants in the various houses included in the property have been warned out.
 The local team will play ball with Indian Orchard on the fair grounds Saturday. Memorial day Stafford will play at Indian Orchard in the fore noon and will meet Monson on the To- cal grounds in the afternoon. July 4th there will be two games with Monson, playing here in the morning and at Monson in the afternoon.
 There have been several bad forest fires this week. Monday a fire in the edge of Holland destroyed lot of cord wood belonging to Demond 6 Bramble. Yesterday fire in Filing ton burned over big tract and kept about 50 men busy fighting it. A good sprout lot belonging to A. D. Charter was burned over. Demond & Bramble lost about 1000 ties and other valuable lumber.
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 Rev. J. P. Marvin is in Boston for few days.
 Clifford Wightman of Glastonbury was at home over Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. E. H. Pinney and Mrs. H. F. Cady are in Boston.
 Mrs. W. Sumner Babcock and son, Sumner, from Pittsfield aer the guests of her sister, Mrs. J. P. Marvin.
 The Stafford grange, No. 55, will hold an ice cream and cake social at the grange hall Friday evening. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
 Subject for the Y. P. s O. E. to- morrow evening will be- "John Will Hams, and mission to the south seas, ''
 Subject for Y. P. o. U. next Sun day evening will be "The lesson of and failures. :"
 A very peasant evening was spent at the parsonage last Thursday even- ing, when four new members were received into tho K. O. K. A. After the initiation the members of the order entertained their lady friends and refreshments, consisting of ice cream and cake, were served and nu- merous games were played.
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 Little Leon Adams was ill last week. Charles F. Williams spent two days with relatives in Wales last week.
 Miss Jennie Converse is employed doing housework for Mrs. F. E. Bel cher. Miss Blanche Barlow was the guest | of her aunt, Mrs.. M. B. Cole, last week, Frank E. Belcher, who has been ill with pneumonia, is inn  Mrs. Ella Lane is spending few weeks with her sister, Mrs. F. s. | Bowden. Mir. and Mrs. William Chandler of | Hydeville spent Sunday with relatives in Westford The Bible class of the M. E. church | will meet at the home of Mrs. Carrie | E. Miller Friday evening. Mathew Donahue and Mr. and Mrs. | Charles Carpenter and family moved | the first of last week to Ashford. The Junior O. E. meets Friday af- ternoon after school with Myrtle Smith. Subject, A fathers love-"
 The Epworth League topic for Sun day evening is "The Philippines. | results" Leader, Rev. | Joseph E. Fisher. The presiding elder, Rev. J. I. Bar held the first quarterly | conference in the M. E. church of this place Tuesday evening.
 The 0. E. topic this evening in the Congregational church is "Lessons from the lives of Elijah and John the Baptist. '' Leader, Herbert West.
 John Lilley, accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Sarah Potter, and daugh- ter, Jessie, spent Sunday with MT. and Mrs. William Lilley in Holland.
 Rev. Charles G. Fogg is to give a short address to the school at Orcutt- ville Tuesday at the exercises in honor of Memorial day. Subject, "Saved by the boys.'' Mrs. William Taylor, who has been spending two weeks win MT. and Mrs. F. B. Belcher, returned to her home in Westford last Friday, accompanied by her grandson, Berton Belcher. The Ladies' Aid society of the Con- church will serve their regular supper Thursday evening in
 
 West and Mrs. Fred Sanger. Ice cream will be on sale. At the union service in the Meth odist church Sunday evening there will be special music, and speaking | by two Grand Army men, A. l.. How ard and Anthony Adams of Stafford Springs. There will also be local talent.