The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1909-09-29

The town meeting on Monday olo
not have very large attendance.
The meeting was not called to order
until nearly ten minutes past the hour
for opening. / 80 e, O. Pinney
acted -as chairman A resolution call
ing for an appropriation of 10000
for improved roads, the town to pay
one fourth of the cost and the state
three quarters, was passed with only
one dissenting vote Il is not likely
that more than $4,000 Of the towns
part of the appropriation will be
fused as in 1907, when the town
passed q similar vote, so many towns
voted to take advantage of the state
appropriation that the amount allotted
to Stafford was only $7,SY2, making
the part for the town TO pay $1968.
In all probability the number of
towns applying this year will not
differ very much from the last time,
so that the total cost to the town for
the two appropriations will be about
$4,000. The 1907 appropriation is
about to be used on the Somers road
and his years will probably be used
on the sans highway. making q strip
Of macadam road from the water tank
st West Stafford to the Somers line.
Soon after the vote was carried quite
number of voters arrived, making
the number present about fifty Two
bus loads of voters from the Springs
had nearly reached the Hollow when
they met the people returning from
the meeting.
W. R. O. meeting next Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Woods of New
Britain were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
D Mcintyre Sunday.
Mrs L. z Lord of Parker, South
Dakota, is . guest of her father,
Orrin Converse.
The board Of registrars report 80
new names added to the voting lists
OF these 50 were added in the second
district and seven in the first district |
The democratic caucus for the nomi.
nation of candidates for town office |
will be held at the iremen's parlors
in Borough hall Friday evening at 8
O'Clock.
Asa Wilkes, owned by Col, ". 81.
Hall of South Wellington, won an
other fast race in a Thousand dollar
purse at Minneola, L. l., last Thurs
day. He reduced his mark to 2 O94
Miss Hopea Jaoobus. who has been
the guest of her sister, Mrs Fred
Wildey, for the past two months, has
returned TO Mt Kisco, N. Y. She is
accompanied by her mother Mrs.
Jacobus.
Owing to the fact that there is to
be a Sunday school convention in
Hartford on the evening of Oct. 9th,
the Grace church parish social has
been postponed. the date to be an
nounced later.
Mrs. ". O Damon. wife of the
of the Rhode Island
plant, and her four children have re.
turned to New Jersey, being unable to
secure a house in town to make their
home here as they anticipated.
While Main street is in the process
Of maoadamizing, the work will be
left in such a way for the three days
If the fair that the least posi- BILE ,
mount OF discomfort will be ex-
,Arienoed by the many who use the
highway.
Judge ". H. Heald has appointed i
Attorney Robert H. Fisk prose scouting l
attorney and Attorney ". H. Reed {
prosecuting attorney of the ,
court, duties to begin Oct.
LIST, under the new amendment TO the I
borough charter. II -
Superintendent Hancock has one of
the new Scott arc lamps, which will
be on exhibition here this week The
lamp ia q brilliant one and is one of
the many electrical inventions of a
nephew of Walter and Alfred Scott of
this town, who died at the zenith Of
his fame.
The school committee held a meet
ing Monday afternoon and appointed
Miss Frieda Rand of Monson super
visor of music. Miss Rand is a
graduate of Mt. Holyoke college and I
Of Boston Conservatory of Music. She
is talented and very popular in her
home town.
By change in the election law
This year one assessor will be elected
Tor three years. one for two years and
)ne for one year. In future one mem
per of the board will be elected for
three years each year, this plan being
adopted for the purpose of having two {
men constantly on the
board. Fl
1t is little startling to ask Who's
ihis?" over the telephone and receive s
The reply est. Peter" but that is
what is liable to happen when order
ng fish at Rogers market. One lady ]
quite indignant, as she
;hought she was being hoaxed, but c
St. Peter" is correct, and 1t will have
20 go that way.
The no-lioense speakers this week
will be as follows: Hon. John L.
Shea at st. Edwards hall Thursday 1
evening; Hon. Oliver W. Stewart at '
Square Saturday evening i
Hon. Frederick Fosdiok, ex-maYor of
Fitchburg, will speak three times on
sunday-in the Congregational church
It 10. 40 a. m. at Haymarket Square
1t 4 p. m, and in the Methodist
,huroh in the evening at z 30.
The following is the program for 8
he Methodist Episcopal Sunday school
annual rally next Sunday: Organ ]
professional; doxology {
opening service; anthem; prayer, by
Assistant Superintendent J. R. Park '
hurst; male quartet; Introductory re-
marks. by Superiuteudeut Freeman E