The Press., 1912-05-01
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

 friends in Gardner, Mass.
 A. ". Tuthill of The Press office ii able to be out after short illness.
 The hospital now has a single wir' telephone connection, and the number is 96.
 Mrs. T. R. Prentice and son ot Turnerville are spending few dayi in town.
 The Warren Woolen company hai added new Sargent carbonizing and drying machine.
 MT. and Mrs. O. R. Newton were in Boston over Saturday and Sunday where they attended the textile show.
 Mrs. Alice Noble and daughter, Mrs. Charles Parker, of Hartford, visited at Mrs. Minnie McIntire's Sun. day.
 Over 50 dogs are still unlicensed iudging by last years list. To-day is the last day and it is thought that this number will be materially re- duced. .-...
 MT. and Mrs. Louis Johnson of Waterbury are visiting friends in town. MT. Johnson has bought out a grocery store and will engage in busi- ness at Waterbury on his return.
 Work on the grounds around Fred eric Faulkner's new house is being pushed and will soon be completed. The cobble stone work, which is also well under way, is very neat and at- tractive.
 The annual May festival will be held at the Methodist church to-day. A chicken-pie dinner will be served from to 80. Homemade candy, flowers, useful and fancy articles will be on sale. There will be a musical entertainment at 7.45 given by the Treble quartet of Hartford. Dinner and entertainment will be 35 cents entertainment alone will be 15c.
 At the meeting of the park com missioners last Thursday evening it was decided to make several improve ments on the house occupied by J. Allen Mix, and W. E. Hanley and W.R. Treble were chosen a committee to attend to it. The J. W. Adams Go. of Springfield is expected in town any day now to complete the work of planting shrubs and flowers that could not be planted last fall.
 Arrangements are about completed for the ball to be given Friday even ing in St. Edwards, held under the auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Hibernians The hall is in first class condition and the decorations will be the most ambitious ever at tempted locally for public ball. In fact no detail of preparation has been neglected, and with good weather there will be crowd in attendance.
 The members of Grace church par ish gave reception to Rev. and Mrs. R. M. D. Adams in the guild room of the church Saturday evening. The occasion was the retiring of MT. Adams to take charge at North Brook field. As the time of parting was near both the rector and his people felt mutual regret. Mir. Adams during his four-years' pastorate made many friends, both in his parish and outside, and his wife also was an active, popular worker. They were presented with a purse of gold. MT. and Mrs. Adams expect to leave here tomorrow.
 The bowling tournament for Stafford and Wilmington started Monday and will close Saturday night, May 11th. Considerable interest is felt and there are many entries There are to be four events, and $50 will be distri- buted in prizes, in addition to a silver cup given by the Tufts alleys. The events and distribution of prizes are as follows: Individual three strings, six prizes-$2, s1, $1, $1, soc, soc; two-men team, l o prizes-$6, $5, $4, 8, $3, $3, $2, $2, $1, $1; three men team, five prizes-$6, $4, $2, $1, $l; individual five strings for silver cup. It is probable that this town will be represented in the Vest ern Massachusetts association tourna- ment now in progress at Smiths alleys in Springfield before it closes.
 CLEANUP DAYS.
 The Stafford Progressive Federation earnestly invites all inhabitants of the borough to set apart some portion of Thursday, Friday or Saturday, beginning tomorrow, for the syste- matic cleaning up of back yards and out-of-the way places, and the placing of refuse piles in some convenient spot for teams to remove throughout the town. Our mill owners are par ticularly invited to join in this work, and clear their tenement premises of all waste material and unsightly ob- jects. Our town is being held up by outside friends as model one in many respects, and let us add cleanliness to the list. Those who now have refuse piles ready for removal and will notify either member of the committee, O. F. Beckwith or J. H. Valentine of the borough, J. w. Rollinson for Hydeville and Stafordville, E. E. Warren for Stafford Hollow, and Roy Barlow for West Stafford, by post card or otherwise, will likely receive attention on Thursday. Others are requested to send notice when rubbish; will be ready on Friday. Do not make the mistake of all waiting till the last minute, else you may be dis appointed, as Saturday is a short day. Those who are able to pay the moder- ate charges, same will be accepted by the drivers. Otherwise the expense will be borne by the Federation. It is hoped that the borough and town officials will be willing to take this