The Press., 1911-09-13
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
" r o snp per Friday night,
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Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Slater Of
Pro wider j, r L., are spending the
week with relatives.
Master Carl Peters returned hom g
4 Saturday at six-weeks' vacation
srent Mt Ply mouth and Westfield,
] Mass
Rev. Horace D. Martin, son of Rev.
+. D. Martin. former rector OF
Grace church. is in charge Of Trinity
chuIch. Russellville, KY.
The Stafford Springs aqueduct oom-
pany has notice In another column
that the water rates. W ith the exception
of the borough hydrants, will be in
or -ased next April. The officers of
the company state that the proposed
inc.ease is due to the raising of their
taxes flom less than 5000 to over
800.
The annual meeting of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church for the election
# trustees was held in the vestry
Monday evening Orrin Converse
was chosen president and Freeman F.
Patten cletk The balloting resulted
IN the re-eleIt OIL Of Charles Warren
and Ohall,s f. Harwood as trustees
for aeterm of three years.
The democratic Caucus for town
tfioers was held at the borough hall
Thursday evening. O. B. Pinney was
chosen chairman and W. e. Hanley
clerk. Candidates were nominated
as follows: Assessor, II o. Butter
field; board of relief, J. Alan Mix.
H. f. Oady; sele ctmen. Anthony
Adams, Frank Silk; town clerk and
treasurer. Marcus B. Fisk; collector,
Patrick j. Murray; oonstables, Fl.
o. Butterfield. Henry Grundy, Philias
Taylor, Thomas Mullins; tree war
den, Henry @ Fisk school committee,
Myron P. Avery auditor, W e. Han
ley; registrars, W. S Walbridge,
David Bissett. The present town
committee was reelected, as follows
f. e Fitzpatrick. chairman, Lott
O'Halloran, ". s. Walbridge, Willis
Beloher, Marcus Oady.
At the Methodist Episcopal church
next Sunday morning junior co1gre-
cation will be installed in the front
pews of the church. Fifty boys and
girls between the ages of nine and
sixteen have already Joined. A junior
choir of twenty voices will render
numbers every Sunday morn.
ing. The attendance will be registered
each week, and hymnals and Bibles
will be distrib to those who are
not absent for three months. The
annual rally day for the Sunday school
OCCURS on the Oath inst. when special
exercises will be held at the hour of
morning service The address of the
occasion will be given by Willard B.
Wilson, secretary of the s 8. associ-
alton Of Rhode Island Mr.. Wilson
has had wide experiences and is a
wide-awake. inspiring speaker. In
the evening he will address a union
meeting at the Congregational church
The republican caucus for the nomi-
nation of town officers was held Mon
day evening at the town hall in
Stafford. F. HI Baker presided and
Herbert r. Wightman acted as clerk.
There were no contests and the at
tendance was not large. The follow
ing nominations were made: Asses
sor. M. P. J. Walker; board of relief.
John M. Larned, Jarvis B. Hatch
Selectmen, Myron W. Leonard, VIM.
r. Preble; town clerk and treasurer,
Marcus B. Fisk; auditor, Fl. R
collector, Marc B. Hatch
Herbert A. Glazier, Frank
Bridges, Irving V. Reynolds, Anders
Jacobsen; registrars of voters, Frank
A. Lasbury, George Siswick; school
Robert 81. Fiek; tree war
den, Burt T. Eaton. John Wightman,
who has served as registrar in the first
district for a long time, refused to act
any longer. George Siswick has been
acting as registrar in the second dis
trict since the resignation of Fl. s.
Abal. B. P. Cooley was elected q |
of the town Committee, to |
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
bion of FL s. Abel