The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-02-20
STAFFORD SPRINGS.


Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic Faulkner
were in New York last week.
Miss l.. 8. Cady of Mouson has
been the guest of Mrs. VIM. H. Smith
There will be social and supper
at the Congregational church this
evening.
Frank Simone has opened a watch
and clock repairing shop in John
Sena's barber shop.
A rummage sale for the benefit of
the baseball association is being plan
ned for next month.
Miss Edythe Cushman of Westford
is spending few days with her Uous-
in. Miss Eva Barrett.
Mrs. W. A. Bugbee and two chill
dren of Cromwell have been guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Smiledge.
The st. Edwards Aid society will
give a clam chowder supper at st. Ed
wards hall next week Friday even
ing.
The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the M E church will meet
with Mrs. E. K Taft on Friday af-
ternoon at O'Clock.
Adelbert Needham left Saturday for
Indiana to buy horses for his spring
business. He has already sold sew
eral carloads at Springfield.
The ladies will meet for whist Sat
urday afternoon at the Springs House.
Hostesses, Mrs. F. G. Sanford, Mrs.
J. NJ. Leach, Miss Alice Flagg.
A match game of pool was played
at the Springs House last Friday even
ing between Goule of Willimantic
and Sawyer of this town. Goule was
the winner.
F. G. Sanford has sold the block
occupied by Mrs O'Halloran and An
thony Adams to Adelph Roberts
The sale was made through the Kus-
lansky agency.
Edwards Tetrault's insurance was
placed with the American Central of
st. Louis, $1,000, and Traders and
Mechanics of Lowell. $500. A rep
resentative of the companies was in
town Monday aud a satisfactory adj
justment of the loss was arranged.
Much sympathy is expressed locally
for DR.. and Mrs. Daniel Sullivan of
New London in the loss of their ] s.
months-old son, Francis Wheeler Sui
livan. Tie child died of whooping
cough and the funeral was held Sat-
urday afternoon. DR.. and Mrs. Sui
livan formerly resided here.
G. s. Baker has received his new
REQ touring car. The car is very
rich and tasty in appearance. Mr..
Bakers friends have been extremely
anxious about the non-appearanoe of
his auto, as he has had an order in
for long time. He says that those
who have been worried will now have
an opportunity to breathe.
Service at Grace church Friday |
evening at 7.30. Service at Buff
Cap mission next Sunday at the usual
hour in the afternoon. The Rt. Rev.
Chauncy B. Brewster, D. D., bishop
of Connecticut, is to visit Grace
church for the purpose of admins
tering the rite of confirmation on the
evening of April LIST. $751;
W. R. Preble and VIM. H. Bum
stead have bought the mill and sawed
timber of the Chauncey Orcutt estate,
and will take possession March LIST. |
Both men are we'll known locally, |
Mr.. Bumstead being for number of
years station agent for the Central
Vermont, and at present employed by
the B. s. A. in Palmer. They will |
conduct the mill on the same lines.
The Orcutt estate retains the holdings
cof standing pine.
The bill introduced in the legisla-
tture by Representative r. H. Fisk, |
giving the local electric light COM
Ipany power to sell the plant and |
franchise, is understood to be move
ment towards consolidating the COM
pany with the Rockville company. |
1t is said the plans include building a
new power plant in Wilmington, near
has already been made towards hay-
ing the two highways meeting at the
Scripture bridge abandoned in that
vicinity, so as to enable the new COM
pany to build a large reservoir for
the plant. The town officers of Will
lington have called town meeting
for tomorrow to take action.
The Stafford Ministerial associa-
tion was entertained at the Methodist
parsonage on Monday afternoon, Mrs.
lyric, Mrs. Blake and Mrs. Morrall
acting as hostesses. These gatherings
are proving to be full of interest and
jollity to the ministers and their
wives, and it must be good way to
spend one Monday afternoon a month
after the strenuous work of Sunday.
An informal talk on what the mem
beers had been reading in the way of
fiction revealed various tastes of the
company and q wide range of reading.
Refreshments were served at 3 O'Clock,
after which the party dispersed to
meet next month with the ministers
at Staffordville at the Methodist par
sonage.
There is difference of opinion be-
tween the Stafford Springs Street
Railway company and the Eastern
Connecticut Realty company on the
value of a parcel of land on this side
of the track, where the road enters
the village. The same condition ex-
lists relative to land owned by the
Middle River Manufacturing company
near the same point. In consequence :
application has been made for the
condemnation of the land and the ap-
pointment of appraisers. There was
q hearing before Judge Case recently,
but no progress was made owing to a