The Press., 1911-03-22

The next whist party of the goli
 club will be held March 31st.
 ..RMiss Celia Holt is expectedii home this week from California trip. Lafayette Richardson. who recent
 ly had e slight shook, is recovering. Samuel Farmer has purchased the
 barber shop of .. E. Rene. and the latter has left town. 1
 The Modern Clothing company is
 making interior Improvements iu their Main street store.
 Miss Marion Butterfel1. daughter
 of Fl. O. Buttelfisld, Is quite i'll with oongestion of the lungs.
 Mir and Mrs. Gsorge ". Chamber
 lain of West Hartford are guests of
 MT. and Mrs. A. l.. Howard.
 The annual meeting of the Ecclesi
 astical society of the Congregational church will be held Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
 The Eaton Drug company has taken out. the ell soda fountain and will place Q new one, Other inter for inl- provements are being made.
 The confirmation of the re-appoint- ment of Judge Reed for another term of the superior court was passed by the house of representatives yesterday.
 There will bs bsnelt April Is at the Oomique for the local baseball association There is some talk of having a mill league here the ooming season
 John M. Larned has bsen appointed fire warden for the town, and will add a telephone to his equipment. Mir. Larned Is sel, citing a corps of deputies to assist him in his duties.
 About twenty members of Temple chapter, Eastern Star. of South Man chester visitsd Baker chapter last evening. Alter a banqust degrees were conferred on two candidates An CT rjoyabls time is the report. O P. Hodgson 6 Son hays leased tract of land and bought a builiirg on Gold street of. Reuban Converse, to be used as Q garage. The building is 30x36 and two floors will be used It will be lined outside RIth steel and inside with asbestos, to make 1t as near 6reproof as possible. John Hodg. son, who has built a good business as Q repairer of automobiles, will give the business his active attention.
 Schools close Friday and ths gradu. ating class leaves in the evening for the Washington trip. The party will include Prof. Williams and the fol- lowing members of the class: Miss Annie Brown, Henry Hsmenway, George Davis. Roland Hatch, Miss Nellie Quinley, John Dezro, Miss Edna Fuller, Arthur Taylor, Miss Helen Preston, Miss Marion Lee and Miss Margaret Rafftery. Besides the class, Miss Bradway, Miss Sturtevant and Miss Hatch will also take the trip.
 Scenes from the Obsr .sAmmefgau Passion Play will bs presented next Sunday evening at 15 at the Con gregational church by Rev. George B Gibsrt of Middletown. Mr. Gil bert, superintendent for advanced grades and tsacher-traiDing of the I State Sunday School association and secretary of the Diocesan Sunday School commission, is 8 very interest. ing speaker and has hell the closest attention of his audiences in many parts of the state as he has given this lecture, which is illustrated by 65 lantern slides The Methodist and Episcopal churches and the Vest Stafford church are planning to unite In this service, and all others whG | are interested are invited. The or gan prelude will begin at O5
 Clarence Metzger, manager of the Mt Carmel Nursery and Forestry Go. has been secured to give short talk | upon the care of trees. especially with regard to the elm beetle, at to-night's | meeting of the Stafford Progressive Federation in the hall of the library | bui11ing at 8 o'clock. It is with this company that the tree warden has ar- ranged for the spraying of such trees as are li:ted with him by their own ers. The company has excellent ap- paratus and workmen. and holds con. tracts with several towns, as we'll as a large amount of private work. O. F. Beckwith and R. G, Clapp went to Willimantic Monday and obtained in- formation as to the plans of the large civic movement recently inaugurated there. Among the subjects to be dis cussad at future meetings the following have been handed in: "The cleaning | up of back yards, streets and a general briRhtening up of the town in gen. eral, ' "A safe and sane 4th of July, with celebration, all societies and | orders in the town to participate.
 At the annual meeting of the Staf- ford Country club, held at the library building last evening, the following were reelected governors for three years: O. B. Pinney, L. F. Eaton and Fred Wildey. O. R Newton was elected on the board to i'll the vacancy caused by the resignation of E. H. Pinney. The governors holding over are Christopher Allen, J. Fl valen- tine, O. F. Beokwith, R. M. Fisk and J. Carl Converse. A meeting of the board for election of cffijers, will be held later The club Is in a flourish. ing condition, with a membership of nearly one hundred members, and the indications are that there will be more interest taken in the game of golf the