The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-04-17
Mrs. Mary Pinney is quite Ill.

over Sunday.
Edward Collins is spending q couple
of weeks in Boston.
Mrs. Oorydon Smith is confined tc
her home by illness.
Miss Minnie Eddy has gone to Cali.
fornia for an extended visit.
H W. MoGregory of Springfield il
the guest of DR.. L. F. Eaton.
Joseph Bedour, who has been en-
ployed in Rhode Island, has returned
to this town.
Mrs. Lewis Vasha and daughter,
Mary. of Blackstone have been visit
ing Mrs. John Carey. s..
Friends of Mrs. Louis Helm gave
her q surprise party Monday afternoon
in honor of the anniversary of her
birthday.
The annual meeting of Harmony
Temple of Honor will be held next
Wednesday evening. A full attend
ance is desired.
The Washburn Silk company is
preparing the new quarters for &C.
cupancy, and some of the machinery
is expected this week.
A union service will be held at the
Methodist church Sunday evening.
Rev. H. A. Blake of the Oongrega-
tional church will preach.
The moving picture entertainment
to have been given at st. Edwards
church last evening did not arrive in
town, and no new date has been made.
Robert Bertram has taken a posi-
tion as engineer at the gas works at
Rockville. He has been employed as
fireman at the same place for several
weeks.
Mrs. Maud May Wilson, %, wife of
George Wilson. died at Charlemont
Sunday. The body was brought
here yesterday for interment at the
Village Hill cemetery.
Exoa alton is being made in the
rear of the house recently purchased
on Main street by the Spenkoch bak-
cry to place an oven. The house will
be remodelled and the salesroom will
also be moved later.
Prospects seem bright for success
full fair for the baseball association.
Books are having good sale. There
will be an entertainment and dancing
each evening. The fair will open
May 7th and last five nights.
Mrs. Henrietta Schmeiske, rs, died
at Rockville last Saturday. She was
the mother of Paul Schmeiske of this
town and leaves five other children.
The funeral was held Monday after
noon at O'Clock from the German
Lutheran church at Rockville.
The trout fishermen have COM
menced operations, but no large catch
es are reported. F. E. Fitzpatrick
caught 17-ounce trout last Friday,
and enough others to make q good
string. Andres Jacobsen, who went
with Mr.. Fitzpatrick, also secured a
good string.
O. E. Butterfield has received seven
14-feet Michigan steel boats. Re-
tanning one, he has distributed the
others as follows: F. G. Sanford, R.
NJ. Fisk. o. F. Chandler, H. R.
Wightman, Anders Jacobsen aud
Malcolm Beckwith. The boats, with
the exception of Mr.. Wightman's,
will be launched at Crystal Lake.
Mr.. Wightman has not yet decided
whether he will put his at Mashapaug
or Crystal Lake.
O. B. Gary's big shanghai rooster
marched from the First National bank
flower bed with the innocent air that
a fowl assumes after scratching where
it ought not to. Raising his head he
orowed joyfully, and before he had
finished received gun shot wound in
the neck from which he expired. Mr..
Gary said he had expected to kill the
rooster any way, but had been unable
to catch him. He was very much
pleased to be saved so much bother,
q
and in token has built picket fence
the bank block and the Baker
block through which a fowl cannot
go.
High School Notes.
The monthly business meetings of
the senior class was held Monday and
Tuesday morning recesses.
The senior class have elected Fred
of the Goldsmith studio,
Springfield, as their class photograph
or.
The high school baseball team will
open it's season Saturday afternoon
with a game with the Rockville
Volunteers of Rockville. The game
will probably be played at the fair
grounds. Admission, zoe; ladies.
10 cents. Practice has been some
what hindered the past two weeks be-
cause CT the weather, but the men
have been out every day this week,
and will play practice game this
afternoon and Friday afternoon on the |
school campus. Twelve men have
for positions, and since |
seven of last years men are still
eligible for positions, a strong team
is looked for. Acting Manager
Wobbecke has dates pending with En-
Geld, Belchertown, Mass, Pratt Insti-
bute of New York, the Moosup Civic |
club and the junior team of the Con.
necticut Agricultural college, besides |
the hard schedule which was presented |
last week. With the support of the
town, it is hoped that the local team
will make as good showing as they
did last year, winning the champion.
ship of Tolland and Windham counties
for the first time in the history Of
the local school. The team is fogtu-
nate in having the seFviees of Primal