The Press., 1907-08-21

Providence are the guests of Mrs
Mary Prince and Mrs. Jane Weaver.
Harold Jenkins is spending a part
of his vacation with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Beloher, in Union.
Miss CLARA Lord of Amesbury, who
has been spending the summer with
Mrs. CLARA Beard, has returned to
her home.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap-
fist church will hold an ice cream and
food sale, in place of their regular
supper, Thursday evening.
Regular services will be resumed
in the Baptist church next Sunday.
In the morning Rev. Mr.. Todd will
give report of the Moody conference
at East Northfield.
Miss Mabel Colburn has been spend
ing part of her vacation in North
Brookfield, Mass, the guest Of Samuel
and Ernest Oolburn. Oscar Oolburn
was also a guest for few days.
A lawn party and ice cream sale
will be held on the Universalist
church grounds next week Wednesday
evening for the benefit of the Stafford
Oornet band. The boys are working
hard for success and are deserving of
help and patronage of the public.
They will give a concert during the
evening.
The continued dry weather is fast
becoming q serious matter. Many
wells and springs never known to fail
before are reported dry. One of our
older residents, whose memory is of
the best, says this is the dryest sum-
mer in her memory since 1868, when
nearly all the wells in the place fail
ed, and people were compelled to
go to the spring owned by Mrs. Eliza
Holbrook for drinking water. The
first hay crop was large, but there
will be few to harvest second crop
this year, as nearly all fields and
gardens are beyond help, even if rain
should come soon.
staMOrdville.
Mrs. Henry Cham berlain is visiting
her sister-in-law Mrs. G. P. An
drews.
Mrs. Eliza Corbin of Springfield
was the guest of Mrs. George Andrews
last week.
Junior O. E. meeting Friday after
noon at 2 O'Clock. Topic, "The work
at home
Christian Endeavor meeting this
evening in Congregational vestry. A
meeting.
Two persons united with the
church in full membership
last Sunday morning.
living F. Bowden returned to Hart
ford last Saturday, after two-weeks'
vacation in this place.
Mrs Frank A. Brown and daugh-
Ter, Maud, are spending few weeks
in East Madison, Maine.
Epworth League prayer meeting
this evening in the M. E. vestry.
Leader, Mrs. J. E. Fischer.
Williem Hammer and three children
ire spending two weeks vacation with
lis sister, Mrs. W. v. Odell. in
Blackstone.
A. W. Burnham of Cambridge,
dass. is spending a week with his
wife and their daughter, Mrs. Fogg,
n Crescent Island.
There will be no services held in
he Methodist church next Sunday,
IS the pastor is attending the Wilt
mantle camp meeting.
Next Sunday morning at the Con-
church the subject will
% "Jesus, the road to Cod" In the
(Which way 2"
Mrs. Olemence CLARK and infant
who have been spending six
weeks with her mother, Mrs. H. g.
Durham, of Hydeville, have return
ID to her home in Terryville.
Mrs. Eunice Hitchcock, who lives
IN the Holland road, above Stafford
lille, was pushed over by big house
log rubbing against her last Saturday,
fractured leg resulting. She is at
ended by DR.. O. B. Newton.
The Ladies' Aid society of the M.
3. church will hold a lawn party at
he home of Mr.. and Mrs. II. A.
3osworth Thursday evening. There
will be a musical entertainment. Ice
ream will be on sale. A IL are cor
Tally. invited.
West Stafford.
M. L. Broadway is working in Will
imantic.
Mrs. Florence Fay was in Enfield
asst week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Graves spent
sunday in Westfield.
Avery Andrews of New London is
It J. R. Washburn's.
Mrs. Belva Wilbur is visiting her
lister in New London.
Eva Roberts and Maude Greaves
we're in Springfield last Saturday.
Mrs. Francelia Gold has been spend
ng a week with her sister in New
london.
Miss Mildred Harries of Whitman
ic has been the guest Of her aunt,
drs. E. L. Dimock.
Winifred Mcclellan, Eva and
Gladys Stone and Mabel Graves spent |
asst Friday at Forest park.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
lext week Wednesday afternoon for
work. Supper will be served from
to Z, with Mrs. Greaves and Mrs.
as hostesses.
A party of young men went coon
hunting last Saturday night, and but