The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-10

i The Ladies' Aid society of the Con
gregational church will serve hasl
supper in the vestry Thursday even
ing. Adults, 15c; children, loo.
Wednesday evening at z O'Clock thu
Christian Endeavor conservation meet
ing will be held in the Congregation
al vestry, to which all are invited Il
attend. .........
Next Sunday morning at the Con
gregational church the subject will b'
Forever, through the ages" In the
evening, Carrying out his command
ment."
The Junior Christian Endeavor con
secration meeting will be held Friday
afternoon at 4 O'Clock in the Oongre-
gational vestry. Subject, "A lesson
in perseverance.
The Junior O. e. sale, on account
of the bad weather last evening, will
be continued in connection with the
hash supper at the Congregational
church Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Miller are the
guests this week of Mrs. T. W. Man
tell and Mrs. Frank Roberts in Sey-
mour, and have also visited her
father, George Hawley, in Oxford.
Mrs. s. A. Gauthier and daughter,
Miss Mabel Gauthier, of Hartford
were the guests last week of Mrs.
Gauthier's mother, Mrs. Sarah San
ger, and also her sister, Mrs. III. G..
Durham, in Hydeville.
During the absence of Rev. Mr..
Fischer on his vacation the Methodist
congregation unite with the people of
the Congregational church. The
Congregationalists will later do the
same, during their PASTORS vacation.
T. M. Lyon has decided not to re-
build his store building on the site of
the store recently burned. He has
purchased of j D. Oolburn of Enfield
and N. D. Skinner of Boston all of
the vacant lot south of r. M. Cham
berlin's house. A. e. Converse is
drawing plans for a new building, to
occupy the site of the old store which
was burned a number of years ago,
next to Mr.. Ohamberlin's house. The
building will be 75x5O, two stories
high. Mr.. Lyon will have a model
country store and post Office. The
upper story will be left so that it can
be used for hall purposes for the
present.
West Stafford.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. z. Fairfield were
in Rockville on Sunday.
Mrs. Abbie Fenton of Hampden is
visiting her sister, Mrs. M. A. Gold.
Mrs. f. z. Fairfield is entertaining
Mrs. Elmer Switzer of Cambridge,
Mass.
Mrs. Creelman of Thompsonville
has been spending a week with Mrs.
Belva Wilbur.
DR.. Holmes and family of Middle
town we're at M. A. Oady's on Sun
day, making the trip in their automo-
bile.
NJ. A. Gold and H. A. Glazier have
been chosen as delegates to the con-
ference of Congregational churches
to be held at Ellington next Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chelsea Hills and
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Bronkie and
daughter, Pearl, of Hillstown have
been spending the past few days at
Harry q. Boyer's.
Much excitement was caused one
morning last week by the burning out
of a chimney at George Ellithorpe'se
The woodwork near the chimney was
considerably burned, but with the
help of neighbors the fire was ex-
tinguished before any serious damage
was done. Mr.. Ellithorpe has since
had q new chimney laid. e..
Among the visitors who were in
town last week for the purpose of at
tending the Stafford fair were: Mr..
and Mrs. D. W. Bradley of Ellington
at E. L. Dimock's, Mrs. Ellen Hills
of East Hartford at W. D. Graves
Mr.. Matthewson of Thompsonville at
Henry McKinney's, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Luffler of New London at
Charles McCleuan's, Abner Ohaffee
of Hartford at A. M. Colds, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Holmes of Rockville at
r. 2. Fairfield's, Roland Fay of
Springfield at Francis Patterns, Grace,
Blanche and Ruth Barlow of Westford
at George Barlow's, Bert Baker of
New York at Charles Slater's, George
and Avery Andrews of New London
at J. R. Washburn's, and Mr.. and
Mrs. William Greaves of Hartford at
Mrs. Selma Greaves'.