The Press., 1911-05-31
Campo Bros.
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

SVAkEOHO SEh1NdSs
 Alvan Smith of Holyoks has beer spending Q few days at his home here.
 Carl Kushne of Hartford was at hiI home here over Sunday and Memorial day.
 Work has been commenced on 6 ten-room cottage on Fisk avenue fol James Campo.
 Mrs, Lewis Mclaughlin returned yesterday from a visit with her par. snts at Holyoks.
 Miss Nina Reynolds returned the first of the week from a few days visit in Springfield.
 The young people of Grace church are preparing to give the two-act comedy, 'Mr. Bob, ," June 2Sth.
 Miss Marion QnintaI. bockk Ieper for Brown & Lowell. was at her home in Ware. Mass. over Memorial day.
 The aqueduct company has a notice to it4 cuktomers in another column. in regard to the restriction of the use of water by hose
 Miss Frances B. Mccarthy attended the annual reunion of the Mt St Joseph Alumni association, held in Hartford yesterday.
 Half hour service Sundays was in. Augurated on the trt Hey line Sunday, and will continue each Sunday during the summer season.
 Miss Mary Wildey was home over Memorial from Howard seminary at Wsst Bridgewater. Mass. She was accompanied by Miss Mona Small of Indiana.
 Mrs. Agusta (Panoiera) Oonestrari. wife of August Oonestrari, was taken tl Springfield hospital in an automo- bile Sunday evening for an operation for appendicitis.
 Sheriff George Forster will reap point Louis He I'm of this town as Q deputy. Mir. Helm has been a deputy sheriff for the past 6 years and has an admirable record for efficiency.
 The graduating exercises of the high school will be held In the Oomique theater hall on Wednesday evening. June 21. The grammar school graduating exercises will be held in the high school room on June 20.
 The illustrated lecture on "Bird life in Connections, by Wilbur F. Smith of South NorWalk. at the Con- RregAtIonal church last Wednesday evening, was very pleasing and in- teresting talk on . subject that Is of much interest to many, and could not help but be educating along the line of creating more interest In bird life.
 Memorial day exercises were held by the high school Monday morning, with addresses by Revs. l.. G. Hor- ton, R. M. D. Adams and R. G. Clapp, In the afterno m appropriate programs were rendered by the chill dren in Miss Leach's and Miss Con- nor's rooms Rev. Mir. Olapp addressed the scholars in the former room and Rev. MT. Horton in the latter.
 At the conclusion of the morning service of the Congregational church next Sunday a vote will be taken as to the continuance of Sunday evening services during July and August. The theme of she sermon will be "Pre- vention or cure !'' At the evening service an illustrated lecture, with 65 atereopticon slides, on the medical and industrial work of the American board commissioners for foreign mis- sions, will be given. There will be opportunity for discussion of the Sum- day evening question at the mid-week- meeting this week Thursday.
 The name of Postmaster A. ". Con- verse of Windsor Locks has been sent to the senate by President Taft for re-Appointment as the postmaster of Windsor Locks for another term of 4 years. MT. Oonvelse Is the oldest, with one exception, of any postmaster in New England. He was appointed A4 4OOO 1Ac14uonb OOunsOAs anu has served under every president since, his terms Tapping over under both the administrations of President Cleve- land, making 37 years that he has been in the office. MT. Converse moved from this town to Windsor Lock1.
 Stafford Is peculiarly interested just now In a problem that is attracting general attention all over the country, the question of parks and play grounds. The Stafford Progressive Federation has accordingly secured the services of an expert lecturer and counsellor, Francis R. North, to give . lscsuEe, illustrated by the lantern, at the Oomiue theatre at the Springs next Wednesday, and at the Oongre- gAticnaI church, Staffordville, the fol- lowing night. MT. North is field sec retAry of the Playground Association of America, and be is ready to hold personal interviews with any who de- S8Fe information or advice. He will bpnt the Springs House Thursday. Say who wish to meet him may make Appointments through President 0. F. BeckwItb of the Federation.