The Press., 1911-04-12
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Mrs W. Fl. Smith is spending 2 few weeks At Jamestown, R I.
 The benefit for the baseball club al the Oomique theater comes next Tues. day evening. A special two-hourl program has been arranged for the occasion, and the indications are that there will be Q large attendance.
 Complaints have been made to the warden and burgesses of the practice of pilinR boxes on the sidewalks. Nc Acsion has been taken except to con. sider the complaints. and it is hoped that there will be an abatement oi the practice.
 Miss D Hope Jacobus, 40. a sister of Mrs. Fred Wi1dey, died last We'd neaday at Mt. Kesco. N. J. MT and Mrs. Fred Wildsy, Miss Mary Wildey and Mrs. Mary Jacobus, her mother, returned to their home here Saturday morning after attending the funeral.
 The twenty ninth annual meeting of the ex union prisoners of war will bs held in Robert O. Tyler post rooms. Brown 6 Thomson building, Hartford, Friday. April 14 Following the asnAl custom the business meeting will be called to order abous II o'clo0k, after which dinner will be served by the ladies of Robert O. Tyler corps. The committee of ar- rAngements has secured some fine speakers and excellent music.
 The local high school baseball team will open its season April 22 with the Monson academy second team. There is very poor material in the school this year to turn out 8 very good team, as the entering class did not bring in any good men. For a nucleus of this years team there are six veterans lefs-Leturey, Patten, Taylor. Melbourne, St. Mary and Charter. Those who are trying for petitions on the team are: Catcher, LetuTey; pitcher. Charter; shortstop, Hemenway; 1st base. Engley; 2d base, Taylor; Sd base, Patten; left field, St Mary; center field. Mel bourne; J. Raffsery; right field, Rogers. Rabinovitz, Hanley. The schedule of the team will be given out later
 Grace Church Notes: The services for the rest of this week are: To- morrow, Maundy Thursday, holy com- munion 80 a. m., evening prayer AIS p m Good Friday at g, from noon to 3 p. m. and at [. 80 p. m. {; Saturday, AIS p m. The children of the Sunday school are to come at 2 80 p m. on Friday, for the last half hour of the three-hour service Those who cannot bs present for the whole time may come in at any time, and go out during the singing of 8 hymn. The meditations will be from "The Cancellations of the Cross," by the bishop of the Philippine Islands On Easter day the services will be holy communion at 7.30 and at 10 45 Q. m., and EVensong at 4 30. This last is changed from 4. as previously announced, and there will be no ser vice in the evening. There will be no Sunday school, but the children are to come at 4 80 and bring their mite-box offerings.
 The work of cleaning up the back yards and roadsides before Easter, in- Btituted by the Stafford Progressive Federation, Is making Q great i'm provemsnt In the appearance in many places. It should have she co-operA- Sion of all The borough officials are giving the streets and gutters the usual spring cleaning. The members of the young mems clubs and school children are showing much interest in she matter. Arrangements have bean made with Frank PancierA to go about the borough with a team on Thursday and Friday and take away ordinary rubbish and ashes for 20 cents load. He will ring A bell on his rounds to notify all who wish his services. Those who do not feel like paying the price of 20 cents a load can have their rubbish removed for nothing, but not the ashes. Anyone wishing to make arrangements for bis services In advance can notify one of the borough members of the commit kaa 0 Rrooka ar R H Efak