The Press., 1910-03-16
HOME NEWS.
STAMFORD SPRINGS.

Winter post. 0. 4. B will have 2 regular meeting this evening.
 MEs. A. E Converse of Grsenfield ia visiting her daughter. Mrs. O. 0. Andersona
 Mrs Reuben Converse is at ths Springfield hospital for, a aurgical operation.
 The high school glee club concert, which was to have been given March 22, has been DO. tponed until April.
 E. Allaire has taken a position iu WillimantiC, and ia moving his house- hold furniture to that city this week
 IT annual meeting of the ecclesi- asti, al society of rue OougreRati ral churCh will he old next week We'd nesdsy eveniIg z
 OnneCO tribe, o. R NJ. will hold it regular council on Friday evenirg t1 work she adoption degree and r nf- act regular business.
 John Sena's loss on stock has haen aajusted at $500 and Mir Soma is conducting a sale. Hs had an auction sale Saturday and is COL tinuiDg the sale Ahis week
 K. o K. A Note: Owing to the recent illness of Mir. Adams and the extra parish duties of the season, there will be no meeting of the Castle till after Easter.
 E. D. Tufts of Palmer is planning to open bowling alleys in Sena's block. If the deal goes through, MT. Tufts will have the alleys ready for the opening of the season next fall.
 Mrs Charles Anderson and daugh. teEs leave this week for West Sufield to join her husband, who has leased hotel in that town MT. Anderson has sold his house here to Edward Jacobsen.
 Honors have been announced for the graduating class of the grammar school by Miss Mabel Kingsbury. The standing is as follows: Lucy Alden. 91 85; Lizzie Kuslanksy, 90. 79: i: Arthur squires. 90 20; Gladys Arm- strong, s9 5; George Crawford, 88. 22: Jessie Lee. ST 4: Allena Mix, s5.7O.
 Frank Willis. S8. q former reaident. died Saturday st Scotland iu the home of his daughter. 1Hrs George E. Rich He had little aicknesz in his long life. unsil stricken with apoplexy about one week ago. Hia wife died about live years ego. and he leaves three sons, Henry of Baltimore, Md. Frank of this town and Charles of sootlsnd. Three daughters alsO sur- .yiye him. AGrn. Adglie Fuller of Hart- ford. Mrs. George Rich and Mrs. Charles Reed of Scotland. MT. Willis will be remembered by the older resi- dents. He lived here for a period of 25 years and left town about 25 years ago. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon.
 E. H. Willis of Rockville was in town the first of She week in the interests of the Franklin express com. pany of Hartford. This company does an express business in Q number of the towns reached by trolly from Hartford. If the local service is started, the tTolly will be used as fur as Rockville and the express will be brought overland for the balance of the trip for the present. and if the business warrants an express trolly car may be run from Rockville later. The rate from Hartford here will be 50 cents per hundred. Mir. Willis visited most of the merchants and re. oeived considerable enCOuragement. A local agent will be appointed if the company adds this town to its circuit.
 Grace Church Notes: The mystery play of "The Little Pilgrims and the Book Beloved'' is to be given at guar. ter of eight this evening in the guild room. Admission free, and a gen. real invitation is cordially extended. There will be collection to defray expenses. etc. For many years. in the past, the church made use of dramatic representations to teach re. Iigious truth, and recently the custom has been revived, and some of the finest work of recent times has been done by the well-known Ben Greet company in its moral, '' or "mys- tery," as we'll as Shakespeare plays This little drama is altogether re- ligi0us, and bases its humble effort on the method of the historically famous mystery plays. It has been given in many places with great appreciation. About 30 characters are in the drama, and the music is by quartet, Mrs. B. H. Fisk, Miss Wood and Messrs. Mason and Parkinson, accompanied by John Wood at the organ. The preach. CT Friday evening will be Rev. J. E. Brown of Norwich. There will be a meeting of the Woman's Guild with Mrs. E. l.. Smith, Thursday after. noon at half-past two; and of the Junior Auxiliary. with Mrs. M. B., Fisk, at tho same hour on Saturday. Next week being holy week. there will be services daily at AIS p m. except Good Friday, for which furth- CT notice will be given. On Sunday evening the "story of the Gross will be snng.