The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1908-03-04
STANFORD SPRINGS.


town q part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Pinney
have been spending a few days in New
York.
George Lawton of Worcester. q
former resident. was in town the first
of the week.
Ed. WEIGH of Chaplain has been
visiting in town. and expects to come
back here for the summer. about the
first of April.
Charles E. Monroe. of the new firm
of scantlsbury s. Monroe, opticians
of Springfield, will be at the Springs
House Friday from $50 to 5.
At q meeting of the senior class of
CLARK college, J. Hawley Lsrned of
this town was chosen class historian
for the commencement exercises.
The Misses Rose Blanch and Laura
Edith Sabourin were the guests of
their grandmother over Sunday at
the Columbia house in Norwich.
The Foresters will hold a social
meeting on Thursday evening of this
week There will be speaking. sing
ing. card playing and general good
time.
Frank O. Marsdale was before the
borough court last week. charged with
breach of the peace. Judge Heald
suspended Judgment in the case. The
arrest was occasioned by an assault by
Marsdale on Carl Wood in the post
office last Friday.
The boys have been cutting up some.
Charles Boliesu. ST., and Thomas
Warren had an interesting game of
pool last week, in which the former
had little the best of it Mr.
Warren is SIS and Mr.. Bolieau 90
years of age.
The night school held twelve
sessions in February. with attendance
ranging from 40 to "a. making an
average of 80 J. The principal and
six regular teachers make up the
working force, with three volunteers,
who give one night q week apiece.
Like such schools in other places, the
enrolment has fallen off from that of
the first month. standing now at about
sixty. Those who remain seem as
Jealous as ever TO make the most of
the opportunity The school has had
eleven visitors, rs against eight and
one dog in January.
George Colburn, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar A Colburn, and Miss
Esther d Warren. were united in
marriage at st. Edward rectory Tues
day afternoon at 4 O'Clock by Rev.
George ]. Dorohue. Miss Mary War.
en-, a sister of the bride, was BRIDE
maid, and Frank Warren, q brother
of the bride, acted as best man. Mr..
and Mrs Colburn left on the B O'Clock |
train for a brief wedding trip to Bos-
make their home in Springfield. where !
she groom is employed by the B. & A.
railroad Miss Warren has been q
popular clerk at the Robertson store
and has many local frienos.
The board of relief has always been
considered more of a social organiza-
tion than anything else, but this year
it has been extremely active. In
former years it has been the custom
for the board to hold three quiet,
peaceful meetings. but this year there
have been eight very busy sessions.
The board includes j. NJ. Larned,
Eugene Ellis and W. E. Hsuley, and
with malice toward none they have
gone over all the town lists and taken
action wherever they thought it was
necessary. The board found ten
pieces of property assessed twice, and
in rectifying this she list was decreased
1851. In 10 cases increase in Valu-
alton was made, amounting to $7546.
Included in this increase was q jump
of about $4,000 on the Foster Main
street property. for which it is under
stood there is q standing offer of
$4,000. There were 90 people who
appeared before the board asking for
relief, and of these IS were given re-
auctions amounting to $S205. There
were so soldiers and soldiers widows
exempted amounting to $50, 0SS. Two
blind persons were exempted, amount
ing to $1S7O The work of the board
has been thoroughly done, and their
labors will prove valuable.
There was another Main street fire
early Tuesday morning in the
wooden frame block owned by Reuben
Converse. The fire was discovered
about ~ 20 by Officer Helm. who
quickly gave the alarm. The de-
partment responded promptly, and
deserved much credit for the efficient |
way in which the fire was handled.
The property on each side is practical
ly unchanged. The snowy condition
of the roofs helped some, and there
was but little wind. The block is
damaged so badly that it is doubtful
if it is worth repairing, and it is
hoped that q new and more substantial |
structure may replace 1t, although |
Mr.. Converse is not yet ready TO an
ncunoe his plans. There was $1,000 |
insurance in the Heald agency, which |
will not cover the loss. The Temple
of Honor had rooms in the upper part |
of the building and will not be heavy
losers, as they carried $3.50 insurance.
The other tenants of the block were
O. p. Hodgson, stoves and plumbing;
Paul Schmeiske, tailor, and the
Chinese laundry. The laundry loss is
not large and there is Lo insurance. |
Mr.. Hodgson carried $4,000 insurance
in the Heald agency, and places his
loss around $4,000. Paul Schmeiske
had $7OO insurance, and thinks that
il will not cover his loss. The fire
akarkad in the rear of the block, near