The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1909-03-31
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

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8. johnson will to o.morrow resume
his milk and cr' am route in this
borough, as per his advertisement in
another column
| Samuel Farmer has returned from
the hospital, where he went recently
for an operation He is still weak
bat is steadily gaining.
Frederic Faulkner received word a
few days ago that Mrs. Faulkner had
been dangerously i'll with internal!
Inflammation, but is now more COM
tortable
Edward Mann has sold his place Oh
Il q Tolland read to T FL Mattesen.
Mr.. Manu- will sell at auction on the
premises April 105h, at y. m, his
farming tools, horse, cows. pigs, hens.
etc.
George Wilson has sold his fish
market to s. Rogers, Jr., of Mantle,
OF , who will move here with his
family as soon as he can secure a
tenement. Mr.. Rogers has had ex-
perience in the business in New York
and elsew here.
William E. Benton has leased the
Fitzpatrick store of Samuel Kus-
lansky. A partition will be placed in
the store, dividing it into two rooms.
Mr.. Benton will use one side for his
restaurant and the other as a pool
room.
At the regular meeting of the
school board Monday afternoon Frank
Fl. Plumb, graduate of the Amherst
Agricultural college, appeared and
gave a talk in favor of teaching
agriculture in the public schools Mr..
Plumb is testing his theoretical knowl-.
edge with practical work on a farm in
the north part of the town. He came
here from Springfield.
Next, or "holy week" at the Con-
gregational church services will lie
held as follows: On Tuesday evening,
at 8 O'Clock, Rev. Roy B. Guild of
Boston will give stereoptioon lecture
on ''Christ in Palestine, Christ in
America. =" Admission free; Offering
for expenses. On Thursday and Fri.
day evenings, at z 80, services ap-
propriate to Passion week will be held
in the chapel
A meeting of the court of burgesses
was held at the office of the clerk,
William H. HeaId, Wednesday eveG-
ing. John Sena appeared and
petitioned for permission to build an
addition to his Main street block.
The proposal was to build an addition
in the rear of his present building 40
feet square and two stories high,
the same to be built of wood and
covered with galvanized iron. There
was considerable opposition to this
plan, owing to the oongested nature of
wooden buildings in that section and
the increased danger in case of fire |
The petition for the wooden structure
was finally turned down and the
petitioner given permission to build q
brick veneer building. Mr Sena has
decided to meet the requirements, and |
the work of preparing the foundation
of the addition is now in progress.
Elsie Minnie, the fourteen year old |
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bernhard |
Rister, died Thursday night of septi.
oaemia. The child had not been feel. |
ing we'll. having been oot of school
Swo months, yet only an hour before
her death she insisted that she was
not sick. A bright, lovable girl in |
the home and among her many friends,
she will be greatly missed. She was
a pupil in grade VII, a member of the
Congregational Sunday school and the
Loyal Helpers. Her parents, two
younger sister and a little brother
have the sympathy of the entire com
munity. Rev. H. A. Blake conducted
the funeral services at the Oongrega.
tional church Sunday afternoon, at !
which Miss Harriet Werner sang
Looking This Way" and ''Solace. "
The bearers were William Rister,
Fritz Dinnebier, Oarl Kuehne and
Gilbert Wagner. The burial was in
the Stafford Springs cemetery, the
grave being covered with beautiful
flowers. .s
High School Notes: The baseball
team has arranged the following
schedule: April II, open; April "a,
Stafford at South Manchester; May
l and 8, open; May Is, Palmer at
Stafford; May %, open; May 20,
Stafford at Palmer; May 80, alumni
at Stafford and South Manchester at
Stafford; June 5. Stafford at Monson.
The open dates will probably be filled
before the season begins The fol.
lowing members of the high school are
out with subscription papers to raise
money! or the baseball team: Pinney,
IL, Wagner, 10, Newton, IL, Pease,
IL, and Fitzpatrick. IL. Any
persons wishing to help the team may
do SO by seeing any one of the students
mentioned above It is hoped that
enough money may be raised to en-
able the team to have new uniforms,
which are badly needed. The juniors
held class meeting last week Mon
day, and they are expecting to give a
play soon, probably in May. The
spring term begins Monday, April
9Th.
The Methodist church parlors were
attractive with cut flowers, palms.
rugs and easy chairs Wednesday night.