The Press., 1909-09-22
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

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STAFFORD SPRINGS.
Mrs. Robert Quinley and son. Wal.
ter, are visiting relatives at Benning-
ton. Vt.
George Ellis and Louis Smith, both
employed in Hartford. were here over
Sunday.
The regular quarterly meeting of
the Foresters will be held Thursday
evening.
Miss Ethel Moore has entered Miss
Twichell's kindergarten training
school in Springfield.
Mrs. E. A. Burnheu of Syracuse,
N Y, has been spending a short
time with friends here.
Miss Mildred s. CLARK has returnc j
to her home in Jacksonville, Fla,
after a six weeks visit with Mrs. D.
N. Brown.
Mrs. H. E. Newton has gone to
Woods Hole for g couple of weeks,
where she is the guest of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Harold Post.
The annual Sunday school rally of
the NJ. E. Sunday school will be held
Sunday, Oct Sd. Further notice
will be given next week.
Rosi Domenieo, whose place was
rAided and a quantity of beer seized
two weeks ago, changed his plea to
guilty in the borough court last Fri
day. and paid fine and costs amount
ing to $54.
Francis B. Barton of Palmer, we'll
known locally, will sail from New
York tomorrow on the French liner
Lorraine for Paris, where he will
spend year in the study of French
at the University of Paris.
John F. Lyman, who has been in
town formerly in the employ of the
electric company, pleaded guilty in
the superior court at Springfield Mon
day to setting fire to the Eager block
in Palmer and was sentenced to five
years There we're large number of
fires in Palmer extending over quite
q Isriod. Lyman was suspected and
oircumstantial evidence was secured
sufficient to make q case, with the
final result as announced.
A union no-lioense meeting will be
held next Sunday evening at O'Clock
in the Congregational church. A
chorus of fifty voices will furnish in
spring song. Mr.. Blske will preside
and begin the speaking and Dr. Grant
will follow. The Episcopal, Metho-
dist and Congregational people will
unite in this meeting, and every
officer of the town and borough, with
every voter and citizen, is invited to
attend this discussion of the policy of
the town in regard to the sale of
alcoholic liquors.
The selectmen and town clerk will
hold session Saturday at the town
house at Stafford to examine the
qualifications of electors and admit
to the electors oath from 9 O'Clock
in the forenoon until noon. A SINH
lar meeting for the same pul pose will
be held at borough hall from 1 D. m.
to Z p. m. There are 139 names to
be acted on, 1913 in this district and
Is from No. 1. This number is an
usually large and is due to the activity
of both sides on the license issue.
The registrars will be in session for
final revision of the list Monday at
the usual places.
At the annual business meeting of
the Woman's Guild of Grace church,
held last Thursday afternoon, the
Guild decided to have the annual
Christmas fair November 3Oth and
December LIST. Plans were discussed
and arranged for a parish social to be
held on the evening of OoSober 9th,
and a rummage sale on October 21st.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President,
Miss Carolyn Brown; first vice. presi-
dent, Mrs. ]. A. Mix; second vice.
president, Mrs. r. NJ. d. Adams; Sec
Rotary and treasurer, Mrs. Edward r. |
Brown; board of directors, Mrs. H. |
D. Butterield, Mrs. o. f. Beckwith,
Mrs. O. 8. Breen, Mrs. Catherine |
Hicks, Mrs. F. L. Smith, Mrs. Walter
Burt; entertainments committee, Mrs.
r. NJ. Fisk, DR.. E. l.. Smith, Mr.. |
and Mrs. R. H. Fisk, Mrs. ]. A. Mix,
Miss Sonhia Rrown
An addition is to be built to the
First National bank building, in the |
rear of the A. L. Howard dry goods |
store. The addition will be one
story, of brick, and 80 by 81 in d.
mansions. This will give the store
nearly double the room it now has
and will accommodate the growing
business. AS soon as the addition is
there will be several other
in the arrangement of
the store. Besides the addition for
Mr.. Howard, the bank Is to have an
in the rear of the directors
room. In this addition will be
placed three coupon rooms about by
4, to be used by the patrons of the
safe deposit boxes. This department
Of she bank has been steadily grow
Ing and the rooms will be appreciated
BY it's patrons. Contractor Jones of
will do the brick work
Tor the addition and Contractor ".
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