The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1908-04-01
Mrs. j. o. Booth lie visiting rela:

tives in Worcester, Mass.
No services will be held in the M.
E. church next Sunday.
The local schools closed last Fri
day for two weeks vacation.
The usual mid week prayer meeting
will be beld in the M. e. church this
evening.
Miss Elsie Young is the guest OF
her sister, Mrs. Embert Curtis, OF
Stafford Springs.
Rev. s. W. Raymond of Hartford
will preach at the Congregational
church next Sunday morning at the
usual hour.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Methodist church will serve their
usual supper in the vestry Thursday
evening Hostesses, Mrs. T. M. Lyon
and Mrs G. Hammer.
Last Sunday Rev. J. E. Fischer
preached fine sermon from the text
found in Exodus 4: 2, "And the Lord
said unto him, what is that in thine
hand? And he said, a rod. " Rev.
Mr.. Fischer is attending the Norwich
district conference held in Bristol, R.
l., this week. ~
! West Stafford.
| Remember ga Literary Romance, }"
at Stafford, next Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings. It's Comedy. &~s
Roy Barlow was in Coventry over
Sunday.
Roland Fay of Hartford was home
over Sunday.
Mrs. Florence Fay is visiting
friends in Springfield and Hartford -
Glen Trask, pupil in the gram
mar school, has not been absent nor
tardy during the past term, ~ and
Leslie Lovett during the fall term. "a
The following is the report of
school in Patten district fol. the last
term, Lottie W. Hatch teacher {:
Pupils perfect in attendance, Celia
G. Fletcher, Eneline l. Field, Eva
Nj. Fletcher; pupils perfect in SPELL
ing during the term, Celia G Fletch-
er, Eva M Fletcher, Mary T.. Lucas,
George M Lucas. Number of pupils
registered, II.
The Ladies' Aid society will present
the farce, GA Modern Sewing So
ciety,' next week Friday evening,
April 10. CAST of characters: Mrs..
President, Mrs. Ballantine; Mrs.
Knowall, Mrs M A. Gold; Mrs.
Wise, Mrs. Franoelia Gold;. Mrs,
Short, Ms. Fay; Mrs, Green, Mrs.
Fairfield; Mrs. Brown. Mrs Eugene
Ellis; Mrs. Jones. Maude Greaves;
Mrs. Gossip, Mary Ballantine; Mrs.
Truthful, Mrs. Holmes; Miss Chatter,
Mabel Graves; Miss Flutter, Blanche
Sturtevant; Miss Simple. Margaret
Ballantine; Miss Pert. Mrs. NJ. e.
Broadway; Miss Small, Winnie Nc
Olellan. Ladies in charge, Mrs.
Eugene Ellis and Mrs. Fairfield. II
is hoped that the new piano recently
purchased by the @. E, society will
arrive in time for this entertainment.
SOMERs t.3sf:,
E. B. Little and family have gone
to their new homo in Worcester
Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks of Springfield
have moved to the farm recently
purchased of Frank Bassett. 80
A. Vail Smith and family of New.
York state have moved into their
house recently purchased from E. B.
Little. IT, .<s,.''t
Mrs. Goodwin and her grandchil'i
dren join her son, George Goodwin,
who is in the employ of E. b Little
at Worcester. 80 N.Y. q 80. a..
Charles Billings of SomersviIle is
going to for California with his FAM
lily. He had an auction of his house
hold goods on Saturday. 80
W. H Daniels and family from
Springfield are moving into Miss
Laura Kibbe's house Mr.. Daniels
has bought an interest in the saw,
and grist mill of Daniel Avery.
The attachment of $500 made by
Deputy Sheriff Charles Hubbard. on
the real estate of Edward B Little
for an unsettled claim of Erskine Mar,
tin Mrs. Little's uncle) has been
settled out of court.
Among the young people home foF
the spring vacation are the Misses
Gertrude and Ruby Avery, teachers
at Stratford; Miss Lena Russell,
teacher at West Haven Miss Edith
Hulburt. kindergarten teacher at
New Britain, and Frederic Davis,
student at Amherst college.
The illustrated lecture on Paris,
Switzerland and the Rhine for the
benefit of the public schools in
Somers, by Mr.. Howard, superintend-
emit of schools in Windsor Locks and
Suffield, was we'll attended There
was also a large attendance at the
Friday prayer meeting which proceed
ed the meeting.
The adjourned meeting Monday of
the Ecclesiastical society Of Congre-
gational church chose as officers for
the coming year: Societies. COM
mittee, Frank F. Moore, Edward l..
Hurlburt and Leuman e. Emo;
treasurer, Ernest s. Fuller; clerk, s.
Dwight Peroival; collector, E s.
Fuller; insurance, F. O. Moore, Ray
mond S. Bugbee; music, Mrs., Laura
o. A. Pease, s. D, Paroival, W. N.
Phillips; ushers, E. L. Hurlburt,
Mahlon Russell, Dwight Percival and
W. q. Phillips. One hundred dol.
lars was appropriated for music. land
it was voted to secure Rev. Edward
P. Root as pastor for another year.
An effort will be made to repair the
horse sheds,
UNION.
Miss Mary Dodge of Providence, R.