The Press., 1912-04-10

W. M. Buskirk of Waterbury IS l guest of his brother, 0. F. Buskirk !.
 A son was born to Mr. and Mrs Louis Melbourne last Monday morn, ling. 4aA@s ssi
 o. P. Hodgson, who has been i4l>t week, returned to his work this morn
 ing. >
 Mrs. E. V. House of Apponaug, R.. l T., is guest of MT. and Mrs. 0. F. Hodgson.
 I The court of burgesses last evening elected Warden J. A. Mix street com missioner.
 L. B. Baker returned last night from a two-days' business trip to Al bany, N. Y.
 | The girls club will meet at the Congregational parsonage next Tues day at 7.15. ,-y. ..-,. I Dr. G. P. Bard is out after. being confined to the house for number of days with the grip. s...
 The W. O. T. U. meeting will be held in the vestry of the West Stafford church Saturday at 3. BOP. m. .;.l1>
 The ladies of the German eclub will give dance on Saturday even ing, with music by Lynch's orchestra.
 The annual meeting of the board of governors of the Stafford Country club will be held at the library build ing Friday evening.
 The building and land situated on Stafford Heights belonging to the F. P. Welch estate were sold at auction last Saturday to c. P. Hodgson for $l5O. f
 The Apollo male quartet will sing at the Men and Religion meeting in the Methodist church Sunday after noon and at the Comique theatre Fri day night '..
 The fourth meeting of the pastors Bible class will be held in the chapel of the Congregational church Friday evening at 7.l5. Topic, History and use of the Bible. "
 Mrs. H. Hill and, daughter, Miss Etta. Bidwell, of Springfield, Miss Florence Litchfield and Raymond Bill of Hartford were the guests, of MT, and Mrs. B. L. Burr over Sunday. ;, <,
 A horse owned by Arthur Blairrre- ceived severe wound in the flesh, by backing into pole of. another wagon yesterday. Dr. Finley of Rockville was called and 1t required "A stitches to close the wound. ..4:4 ..~,s ..
 The selectmen have not appointed a new superintendent of the town farm to succeed Wm. Shearer.,' On account of the excellent care MT. and Mrs. Shearer have given the town farm the seleotmen are very reluctant to accept MT. shearer's resignation, and are making special efforts to in. duce him to withdraw it.
 The rain Sunday got in the tele- phone cable with. disastrous results Monday there was nothing doing on the Hollow, Mashapaug and Union1 line. Yesterday many instruments were out of commission, although a repair gang from Hartford was busy all day. There is still considerable to do before all the lines will be < in good working condition.
 Orient chapter, R. A. M, elected the following officers at the annual meeting Wednesday evening: M. E. H. P,.. finders Jacobsen; B. K, G. D. Ide; E. s., c. B. Pinney;C. of the host, Henry Roehm; P. s., 0. F. Beckwith; R. A. O., David Robert son; G. M, first vale, E.P Hewlett; G. M, second vale, H. E. BurweH; G. M, third vale, La Vergne Dim mock; treasurer, G. s. Baker; secre- tary, O. F. Chandler; trustee, c. B. Pinney; tyler, H. O. Butterfeld. ... Stafford.
 Joseph Burley has been quite ill for a few days.
 Mrs. John Andrews, who has been quite i'll, is much better. ,,
 Mrs. Eva Bugbee is the guest of friends in Southbridge. c.,
 Mrs. J. N. Sibley and Mrs. Wm. Loughheed are on the sick list.
 Mrs. Oliver Bliss of Longmeadow spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. B. H. Swift.
 Clarence Bradway of South Tram ingham is the guest of his mother, Mrs. Ella Bass. ....-, -... ..... ..t.,
 Miss Ethel Robinson of Hartfordl was the guest of her parents a few, days last week.
 Miss Annie Brown of Springfield spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Brown.
 o. 0. Pinney has returned to New York after spendinga few days with MT. and Mrs. E. o. Pinney.
 Anna Findeisen returned last Sat- urday from a three-weeks' visit at her home in Concord, Mass.
 Mrs. Oliver Bliss and son of Long, meadow were the guests or NAT. ana Mrs. Edgar Swift over Sunday.
 Jacob Glover is recovering from 8 bad fall caused by tripping over al wire. No bones were broken fortu- nately, but he was badly bruised and lamed. aae ~ei,;
 The Easter cantata given &in the Universalist church under the direc- .tion of the organist, Mrs. M. e. Moore, was much enjoyed by those present,
 Otto Possardt has resigned his posi- tion with F. J. Glover and taken a position with MT. Alberty of Monson, with view to learning the trade of a mason.
 Mrs. William E. Gaskin is visiting