The Press., 1912-09-25


 ern Star will be held this evening.
 Woods orchestra will furnish musi for dance at Wales Saturday night | Fred Wildey and family ar moving to the Pinney house at Stafford Hol How.
 | Miss Bertha Britton of Hartfort was guest at the Beckwith home o1 Crown street over Sunday.
 Mrs. R. H. Small of New London has been a guest of her parents, MT and Mrs. W. A. Patten, on Prospec street.
 Mrs. T. Walter Judd and daughter of South Hadley Falls, Mass, hav' been guests of MT. and Mrs. J. J. Clark.
 MT. and Mrs. George M. Lawto1 of Woonsocket, R.I., have been guests of Mrs. W. H. Smith at her home or East Main street. 'sE
 Allen Whitman has resigned his position with the Rhode Island Wooler company and will go to Englewood, N. J., about Nov. 1st.
 O. G. Ellis is excavating on land in the rear of his house for a combi- nation barn and garage. The plans call for building 25x32.
 The court of burgesses will hold 2 hearing on the layout of Converse street Wednesday, Oct. 9. Map and plans will be shown at the hearing.
 Attorney Robert H. Fisk, Richard M. Fisk, Richard W. Ellis and Anders Jacobsen returned the first of the week from an automobile trip to Bos- ton.
 Dr. G. Percival and Mrs. Bard ex. pect to return home this week from Sterling and Norwich. Their vacation has been prolonged because of illness in the family.
 The baseball club held a dance ill Society hall last Saturday evening. There was fair-sized attendance and an enjoyable evening. The team will cross bats with the Tigers of Rockville on Hyde Park Saturday afternoon, which will be the last game of the season.
 The tennis match for the cup pre- scented by the greens committee of the Stafford Country club has narrowed down to Mrs. B. P. Cooley and Miss Marjory Morse. The finals were started last Saturday, when each con- testant won one set and were nine games each on the third set. The finals will be continued tomorrow afternoon.
 The annual meeting of the Stafford Business Mems association was held at the Springs House last evening. The following officers were elected President, Lewis Mclaughlin vice. president, R. W. Ellis; secretary and treasurer, Napoleon Pero, Jr. di- rectors, William Park, c. F. liar wood, F. J. Glover, c. E. Brown, R. H. Fisk, Anders Jacobsen, H. F.. Cady, J. G. Hodgson, A. I. Mitchell directors to state business mems asso- citation, 0. E. Brown, Enos Penny, J. E. Warren, David Robertson; state director, Anders Jacobsen; claims committee, Anthony Adams, w. H. Webster. W. E. Hanley was unani- mously reelected president, but de- clined. An amendment was made to the y-1aws in regard to closing days for the merchants by voting to close on Labor day and to keep open on Fast day.
 Fair Notes.
 The big Stafford fair comes week after next, and the various committees are hustling to get a complete and comprehensive exhibition for Thurs day, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 10, II and 12.
 E. D. Tufts is to have charge of the athletic events this year. There will be a relay race open to high schools, with two cups for prizes. There will also be four individual medals for the winning team. The other leading athletic events are 100 yard dash, quarter mile and half mile runs. MT. Tufts will also have charge of the two motorcycle races. The first will be a five-mile motorcycle race open to Holland county, and will be a feature of the Friday program. Saturday there will be five-mile motorcycle race open to all corners.
 Since the last issue of The Press the committee on attractions has made a very important addition to the list of platform events. They have en- gagged the famous Grunathos family of acrobats. This family was at the New York Hippodrome for year and it is positively their first appearance in New England. It is German family of brother and six sisters, and what they do in the acrobatic line is wonderful. It cost a lot of money to get this family, but the committee believe it is money we'll in vested.
 Lott O'Holloran is arranging a horse race that will prove a feature if it is pulled off, and the in- dications are at present that it will fill. There are number of speedy local horses, and the speculation as to the fastest bids fair to be set at rest.
 The officials for the horse racing have been selected as follows: Super Lott O'Halloran; starter, A. L. Seidler of Plainville, N. J. ; presiding judge, P. B. Leonard of Rockville; associate judges, Fisk G. Rogers of Monson and H. O. Wheeler of this town; timers, Dr. G. l.. Nichols of Hoboken, N. J., Austin Witt of Stafford, F. D. Whitcomb of Springfield.