The Press., 1908-03-18
Miss Anne ooakley is visiting

B. P. Shoanfeld of the Rhode Island
Worsted company was in town last
week.
Simon Rawitser of New York has
been spending q part of the week in
town.
Miss Fannie Martell of Monsoon has
taken q position at the Rhode Island
worsted mill.
Preparations are completed for the
! Masonic dance to be held at the lodge
rooms this evening
Frank Wurth has taken the Rhode
Island boarding house at Foxville,
recently vacated by Joel Thompson.
Mrs. VIM North, who has been
visiting Stafford Springs friends. has
returned to her home in Spencer,
Mass.
John williams has hired the up
stairs tenement in che house owned by
Mrs. Clara Breen, and will move in at
once
Miss Alberta Eaton held a recital
for her music pupils Saturday after
noon. After the program refresh
ments were served.
Eli Buokwheat, a former Stafford
boy, who has been absent for some
time, has returned, intending to make
his home here again.
Miss Emma Kuehne is home for an
interval, owing to the fact that the
schools at East Orange, N. j., are
closed because of the prevalence of
scarlet fever.
James Bradley of Northampton.
Mass, has been in town. His broth
er, William Bradley. returned with
him to Northampton, where he will
take position
A hearing was held on the liquors
seized at John Sena's place yesterday
forenoon. The court ordered the
liquors destroyed, and the warrant
was placed with Sheriff Helm for
execution.
| There was runaway at the station
about 8 O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
The man who lives on the Fred John
son place had backed up to the depot
to load trunk, when the horse be-
came frightened and ran around to.
Dennis mill, where he was stopped
with no damage done.
The work on the new residence of
j. Fl. Valentine on East Main street
is about completed, and in a short
time will be occupied by the owner.
The grading, etc will be started as
soon as the weather will permit, and
when finished will make one of the
most modern as we'll as attractive
places in the borough.
The Current Events club voted, at
it's meeting Monday evening, to join
the National Federation of Woman's
clubs, and chose Mrs. F. +. Patten
delegate and Miss G. A. Washburn
alternate to attend the annual congress
of that body to be held in Boston this
summer Connecticut will be studied
by the club the coming year.
The employees on the new bridge for
the electric line will finish work this
week. Ii is now thought that cars |
may be running in May, and a plan
is on foot to make the occasion one of
general celebration. with "old home
week" features. A meeting of the |
Business Mems association will be |
bald 81 he HnnSa 1
Thursday evening to talk over plans
aud appoint committees to get in touch |
with the other organizations of the |
town.
Two Polanders finished a contro-
versy over a game of cards on Main
street yesterday afternoon Hostilities
opened by the smaller one throwing
good-sized stone at the larger one.
1t just missed the head of the intend
ed victim and went against the Con-
greg ational church with much force. |
The object of this little attention then
took his assailant and threw him down |
in the gutter with what is known as
evident gusto. One of them then ran
over to the passenger station and the
other followed. They resumed oper-
ations there until onlookers made them |
stop. Neither was much hurt.
The annual meeting of the Stafford |
Country club was held at the library
building last evening" The follow
ing governors we're elected for three
years: DR.. l.. F. Eaton, Fred Wildey
and O. B. Pinney The governors
holding over are: Christopher Allen,
f. F. Patten, B. P. Cooley, O f.
Chandler, r. W. Ellis and r. Fl. Fisk.
The club has membership of over
ninety, and has over $500 in the
treasury. The annual meeting of the
Stafford Golf company was held the
same evening, and the following di.
rectors we're reelected: %. F. Beck.
with, christopher Allen, o. F. Har-
wood, Dr. L. F. Eaton and Lewis
Mclaughlin. The directors re-elect-
ed O. F. Beckwith president, and
Lewis Mclaughlin secretary and
treasurer. The directors voted to
declare a dividend of per cent. on
the par value Of the stock on the
books April LIST
ST. Edwards hall was filled to its
capacity last evening for the presen-
tation of "The Woven Web" for the
benefit of the o. H and those
who attended enjoyed very capable
performance. The parts were we'll
taken and showed careful and pains
taking preparation. The cast was
nicely balanced and the excellent in.
dividual work resulted in harmoni-
Gus production. The play has the
civil war period for action. and the
tangled threads of a couple of love
sknriea wara adinskad in the nnnd old