The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-02-20
A SON Of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Canton

Is III With bno grip.
Miss Nellie Corrigan has returned
from a visit to Worcester.
Mrs. Carrie Needham, who hal
been quite i'll, is more comfortable.
! Miss Nellie O'Brien of Monson il
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy
Grady.
Lenten services are held each Wed
nesday evening at st. Edward'l
church.
The National and Savings banks
will be closed Friday, Washington
birthday.
The number of sidewalks not sanded
or ashed this morning was quite
noticeable.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooley of Furnace
avenue have been quite i'll, but are
now better.
The appointment of Postmaster
Abel for another term has been sent
by the president to the senate.
Joseph Tonidandel, who has been
confined to his home for several weeks
by sickness, is able tc be out again.
Edward Woodruff of Morrow was
before the borough court this morn
ing, and was given five days and costs
at Tolland for drunkenness.
Haskell Aronson has purchased of
his brother, Moses J. Aronson of New
York, the latter's interest in the local
clothing store and will continue the
business.
Preparations are under way for a
banquet for Orient chapter, to be held
the first Wednesday in April. The
committee in charge includes @. B.
Pinney, G. S. Baker, j. M. Leach
and O. f. Beckwith:
Charles Miller of Daleville was be-
fore the borough court the 14th,
charged with drunkenness. He was
fined 81 and costs Augustus Jarvis,
for keeping an unlicensed dog, paid
"a fine of So and costs the 18th.
Press reports indicate that the local
users of electricity will in the near
future get their supply direct from
Hartford. The new wire line from
Hartford, connecting Rockville and
Stafford Springs, is nearly completed,
and Vice President Townley says it
will be ready for use this week.
A party of over thirty ladies sur
prised Mrs. G.. H. Baker yesterday,
by spending the hours from to p.
m, at her pleasant home on Edge
wood A pearl brooch was presented
Mrs. Baker in honor of her birthday,
and refreshments were served. Mrs.
j. Carl Converse and children of
Springfield were among the guests.
Charles S. Cady, formerly of Stat
ford, has resigned his position with
the Mystic Wooden Co. at Old Mystic
as boss finisher, and is succeeded by
William Kennedy. Mr.. Cady has
gone for a six months stay in Boston,
where he will take up a course of
piano tuning, and will also continue
his vocal work with an instructor in
that city.
At the meeting of the Current
Events club on Monday evening, upon
the recommendation of the civic com
mittee, the club voted to appoint a
committee to confer with the library |
directors in regard to the ACCESSIBILITY
Of having the reading room and the
library kept open on Sunday after
Moons. The club stands ready to pay
the expense of having the rooms
opened for period of ten weeks as
an experiment.
The borough officials will grant the
new athletic association the use of
borough hall Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evenings, providing the asso-
citation will paint the hall, furnish
their own fuel and light, and furnish
acceptable janitor service. This is
liberal proposition, and the assooia-
tion will no doubt take advantage of
it and begin fitting it up in the near
future. While the hall yill probably
be put in shape this spring, the full
advantages of the association will
not be realized before next fall.
The cast of characters for "Neva-
da, to be presented at St. Edwards
hall March 10th and at Memorial
hall, Stafford, the 18th, is as follows:
the wanderer, VIM. P. WEIGH
Vermont, an old miner, John o. Sulli-
van; Tom Carew, L. j. Desmond;
Dandy Dick, James Sullivan; Silas
Steele, missionary of health, NJ D.
O'Connell; Jerden, a detective, Ed
ward Mullin; Juba, black miner,
Albert Mullin; Win Kye, chinaman
VIM. ]. Delligan; Mother Merton,
Miss Ella Carey Agnes Fanlee, Miss
Catherine Carey; Moselle, a waif,
Miss Mary Roach.
Directors of the Stafford Baseball
held an enthusiastic meet
ing last week Thursday evening and
decided to play ball the coming
season. A committee consisting of
F.. G. Sanford, Charles B. Pinney and
Fred Wildey was appointed to solicit
for stock. Shares will
be So each, as has been customary
the past three years. There was some
difference of opinion as to the advis-
ability of playing on a so per cent
basis, as was done last year. Some
Of the directors believe that the visit
ing team should receive a stipulated
guarantee in each case. 1t was voted
10 hold fair in May, and DIR. L. f.
Eaton, Frank E. Fitzpatrick and M.
D. O'Connell were appointed COM
nittee, with full power to appoint
ub committees and make other ar
This committee has since
Henry Wise chairman of the
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