The Press., 1912-03-27
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
The millinery opening at the Rus
sell store will be held on Friday anC
Saturday.
There will be W. R. G. supper
Friday evening and a regular meet
ing next week Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Hannibal Alden and daughters,
Lucy and Ruth, returned Monday
night from few days visit at Green
field, Mass.
Adelbert Needham will have about
40 horses in his stables by Saturday
morning for the inspection of spring
buyers. He already has a dozen
good secondhand horses and a few
good heavy workers. He will receive
another carload Saturday morning
from the west containing both drivers
and workers The new arrivals will
make his assortment complete for the
spring buyers.
Miss Alice NJ. Fitton, who has been
teaching stenography and typewriting
in the Willimantic high school, has
resigned her position Last Thurs
day, at the close of the afternoon
work, Miss Fitton was presented with
a chatting dish by the seniors as mark
of the esteem in which she is held.
Her successor in Willimantic will be
Miss Clarissa Davis of this town, who
is now teaching in West Hartford.
Miss Davis is graduate of Bay Path
Institute of Springfield.
At the annual meeting of the &C.
clesiastical society of the Congrega-
tional church last Friday evening the
old officers were reelected as follows
Committeeman for three years, DR..
James Stretch 1.-THE two committeeman
holding over are Hannibal Alden and
r. w. Smith,; clerk, Lewis Nc
Laughlin; treasurer, H. E. Burwell ;
trustee for three years, W. H. Head
music committee, DR.. G. P. Bard, G..
S. Baker and DR.. James Stretch
auditors, G. F. Chandler, @. H.
Moore; ushers, G. S. Baker, W. H.
Heald, R. w. Smith, c. F. Chandler,
@. H. Moore, F. B. Engley, J. T.
Yare, Jr., Richard Valentine, M. S.
Beckwith. 1t was voted to appro-
pirate $500 for music, the same as
last year.
Much regret is expressed owing to
the resignation of Rev. R. NJ. d.
Adams of Grace church, who goes to
North Brookfield, Mass, about May
1st. Mr.. Adams has been here a
little over four years and both he and
his wife are active workers. During
his pastorate a vested choir has been
organized, the Sunday school has in
creased in numbers and the Knights
of King Arthur made an active organi-
zation. Mrs. Adams organized and
has been active in the Girls Friend
" society. Mr.. Adams is a member
of the state organization and has been
elected a member of the diocesan COM
mission of young men and boys of
Connecticut. He has been active
among the local boys and will be
missed in this particular branch of
church work.
Mrs. Anthony Hill, 81, a former
resident, died at Monson Monday
morning of dropsy. She was a ma
tive of Canada and had lived in this
town and Wales before going to Mon
son. She was married about so years
and had 10 children, nine of whom
are living. Mrs. Hill had enjoyed
remarkably good health for her age
until recently and had been able to
sew and work without glasses. The
nine children whom she leaves are
Alexander Hill and Frank Hill of
LeOminster, Anthony Hill of Desplain,
Ill, Joseph Hill of Pittsfield, Mrs.
Rose Turcott of Boston, Mrs. Charles
Rock of Stafford Springs, Mrs. George
Booth of Providence, r. l., Frederick
Hill of Indian Orchard and Mrs. Jo-
seph Rock, with whom she lived.
The funeral was held from the home
this morning at O'Clock with re-
QUEEN mass at st. Patrick's church in
Monson at 8. 80. The body will be
brought here for burial in st. Ed
wards cemetery.
The whist party to be given the
evening of April 9Th by Mrs. Adelbert
Needham and Mrs. F. G. Sanford
promises to be an elaborate social
event. From the sale of tickets and
donations there is already over 5000
in sight, and the demand for tickets
will increase as the proposed program
becomes known. The event will be
an Easter ball as well as a whist
party, and already the ladies are plan
ming costumes. The decorations are
to be the most elegant ever attempted
for an event at the Springs House.
Fred Lynch is to furnish music and
has promised shat this feature shall
be in keeping with the other details.
Dancing will be in the big dining
room from 10 p. M to I a. M The
other rooms ON the lower moor Will De
used for whist, and there will be
music during the earlier part of the
evening as we'll as for the dancing.
Light refreshments will be served.
The money will be used in furnish
ings for the new hospital, although
it is probable that more will be done
than at first planned, the original in
tention being to furnish the reading
room for nurses. The ladies received
one check for $50; DR.. Sullivan of
New London sent a check for $25 !;
the Rhode Island company contributed
$25, and number of smaller checks
have been received The electric light
company has contributed handsome
drop lamp to be used in furnishing.
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