The Press., 1911-02-22

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 Miss Grace Harwood, who has been having the grip for the past week, hopes to return to her duties in the Rockville high school tomorrow.
 The duet feature at the Oomique moving picture theatre this week is 'Think It Over, Mary" by Rock and Feist. There will be Q matinee this afternoon,
 Stafford.
 Mrs. Henry Grundy is in Spring. field hospital fer treatment
 Miss Mabelle Edson has bsen con- fined to the 1use for several days by rheumatism
 Wm. Wobbecke of New York was recently the guest of his sister, Miss Louisa Wob5ecks.
 Mrs Harry Keuhl returned last wetk from Hartford hospital, where she was operated on for appendicitis She is at the home of her mother, Mrs. O Depeau, in Hydeville.
 The senior class of the high school will give an up to-date minstrel show at Memorial hall Friday evening Miss Annie Brown and Miss L1uise Wobbeoke will sing solos. After the entertainment there will bs dancing. 1 Baptist Church Notes: Cottage meeting this evening at o. N Col- burns. The L A. society meets for work Thursday afternoon and will serve supper from to 8. Hostesses, Mrs. Charles Phillips, Mrs Joseph Oonnors. The Juniors meet Friday at 3.45 p. m.
 Stafford grange will hold special meeting Tuesday evening, Tha l G. turer's program is for patriotio night and is as follows: Music, grange; paper, "Whst Thomas Jeff rson dii for us," Helen Anderson; paper, "What place in history did Alexander Hamilton ocoupT ?" Blanche Shippy; in trumental music; anecdotes of Washing toms lie John M Larned; anecdotes of Line, ln's life, Luther Crawford; vocal music; t9n histori- cal questions; music, grange. The gentlem sn's supper will take place tonight at the Universalist church, from to 8 o'olotk The following program will be presented in the Sunday school room by the gentlemen: Walters march and song; dialogue; calesthenics, drill; mals quartet; deolamation, Herbert Plumb; hstchet story, in pant omime; solo, F, A. Lasbury; deolamation, John Dobson; solo, A. A. Ross Butts rife drill. under Capt Lough. heed; male quartet suppsr, 15o; entertainment, loo
 Staffordville
 Lester Childs has been conf led u his home the past week by illness
 Junior 0. E meeting Friday, 3p m., at Miss Jones'. Leader, Irene Beloher.
 Bepj amin G Phelps has accepted position in the Riverside mill at Staf. ford Hollow.
 Mrs Frank Edgerton and sister. Miss Green, are visiting their parents in Austin, R. I.
 Colds and grip are quite prevalent, Among those who are i'll are Irene Hubert and Howard West.
 Joseph Martell of Uxbridge, Mass, was the guest of his sister, Mrs. Robert Taylor, over Sunday.
 Miss Rose Frasinelli and Modesto Festi were united in marriage Feb 11th. MT and Mrs. Festi are ksep- ing house at the New City.
 Congregational Church Notes: Wednesday prayer meeting, 80 p. m. Subject, ''The Christian and the community, Phil 1:27-3O, 2-1:17. Bible class in Isaiah meets this week Thursday, 7.3O p m., at Miss Jones'. Sunday, 10 45 8. m., preaching by the pastor. Y P s O. E, ' p. m. missions in the south, Isaiah 55: 1.13 Leader, Mrs James Swift.
 Methodist Church Nct>s: Friday evening the usual prayer nee g will be held at'1 80 Next Sunday morn ing the pastor will preach at the usual hour Subject, "A and z In the evening the Epworth League service at 2 o'clock Topic. "The influence of a great passion, Phil. 31:214; Psalm 42: 1. Leader, Mrs G. W. Miller.
 Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 500 p m there will be given in the vestry of the Congregational church the little play called "A Love of Bonnet. {" A box social will also bs a feature of the evening Admission: 1Oo for adults; 50 for children. A box so- cial will bs sold the same evening. at which boxes will bs held for 5, 1O and 15 cents The following is the cast for the play: Mrs Clipper, a widow. Mrs J, A. Swift; Kitty, her daughter, Dorothy Putnam; Aunt Jemina Hopkins, Mrs A. A. Vest Mrs Hortsnsia Fastone. Miss Maude Smith; Dora, her daughter, Myrtle Phelps; Katie Doolan, Irish help, Myrtle Smith.
 THE STAFFORD PARK.
 Is it quite certain that there is no possibility of division of the park gift. so that cath of the villages of Stafford may bs given benefit there- from? Failing separate parks as the gift to each village centre, might it not bs possible to com mbine interests through road extension from plaue to place? Keeney park in Hartford is long stretch of land formerly known as the ten-mils woods '' Less than ten.mile grant could surely include West Stafford. the Springs. tha HnI.