The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-08-14
.ouis Mullins is i'll at his home in

Frank Mcdonald of Holyoke is
spending few days in town.
Miss Cecile David of Brooklyn il
the guest of Mrs. Charles Fox.
J. NJ. Leach and Rev. O. H. PuffeI
of Salem, Mass. are at Laurel Camp,
Mashapaug.
G. s. Baker and J. CARL Converse
are camping at the syndicate cottage
at Crystal Lake.
Arthur lizard has moved into the
house ON Grant avenue recently oc'
cupied by Mr.. Witt.
The annual reunion of the Holmes
Oady families will be held at Crystal
Lake next week Thursday.
The town clerk has the new tags
required by law, as will be seen by a
notice in another column.
Frank E. Mogle is spending few
days in New York He will return
in time for his annual clam bake. the
18th.
A. o. Garvais has the foundation in
for q new house at Stafford Street.
on the corner opposite James Woods
house.
Mrs. F. ]. Cardinal has returned
from visit in Willimantie. F. j..
Cardinal has been visiting friends in
Ware
Frank L Barrett has the contract
to build house on Village Hill l, on
the E. T. Converse place. for Gregor
Herold.
Mrs. John Hodgson, Mrs. Fred
Dimmick and Miss Alice Durham are
at the Hodgson cottage at Mantle for
vacation.
S. Martenelli & 90. have moved
their shoe store to the new quarters,
recently occupied by bakery in the
Baker block. .@
The indications are that the cleo
trio road will be extended through
the Hollow, Staffordville and Wales
next year to connect with the other
line at Fiskdale.
Misses Anna and Helen Dempsey
gavea party to several young ladies
at the home of their aunt, Mrs. M.
H. Mccarthy, Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. o. Gone, Miss
Jennie Goodell of Dorchester and Mis-:
Olive Goodell of Hartford are visiting
at Henry Holtham's on the Street.
Farley Patten, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. F. Patten, has been quite i'll with
typhoid fever, but is now much better
and bids fair to make a good recovery.
A picnic was held at the Crystal
Lake camp of Mr.. and Mrs. O. e
Butterfeld yesterday. Rev. DR.. E
W. and Mrs. Bishop were the guests
of honor.
Civil Engineer o. W. Head of the
electric road has hired the house OF
Grant avenue to be vacated by JoEr
Speed, and will go to housekeeping
October 1st.
Mrs. John Quinn, who lives or
Church street, fell down stairs yester.
day morning and broke both arms
above the wrists. Mrs. Quinn recent
" moved here, her husband being
overseer of the weaving department
for the Rhode Island Worsted com.
pany.
Water in the local reservoir is very
low owing to the long continued
stretch of dry weather. While the
immediate danger of famine is MOI
pronounced, it behooves users to prao
tice economy and avoid unnecessar!
waste. Saturday night at one tim
the water was entirely drawn out o
the lower reservoir. Superintendent
Adams has limited the use of hose t,
one hour day, from to Z p. M
and states that there are no specia
privileges.
Carpenters are now at work on
tenement house at the Keefe trac
which Frederic Faulkner is build
ing, which will contain four tene
ments and a store. Mr.. Faulkne
has the foundation in for house o.
the corner of Center street and Con
verse avenue which will contain 81
tenements. With what he has bull
and the houses in the process of con
struction Mr.. Faulkner will ad
thirteen tenements to the availabl
list. which will help some in re
lieving the present scarcity.
On Saturday the Stafford Spring
team, champions of the Bi-State leagu
at present, will play on the Unto
street grounds. It's a fast team, an
with Eddie Collins in the box til
| game is certain to be a close and in
teresting one. It's only a question G
time before Stafford Springs will b
Rockville's natural rival in baseball
With the trolley running betwee
Rockville and Stafford Springs, it vii
be possible to arouse as much interes
baseballwise between the two place
as there has been in the past betwee
Rockville and Manchester. It will
not be difficult for Rockville to sen
over to Stafford Springs 600 or 20
people to game, and Stafford Spring
can send like crowd to Rockville
This natural rivalry. which is boun
to come, will make it possible fo
both places to support fast teams an
leave Manchester off the baseball maj
Rockville Leader.
Stafford.
Be sure and read the notice of til
J lawn party given by the young people {
the Springs Methodist church, and attenC
|. We wish to sincerely thank OIL
neighbors and friends for their many ac
of Kindness and sympathy during til
long illness and death of our father.
q CHARLES 81. LORD,
CLARA E. BEARD,
MARY r.. LORD,