The Press., 1912-05-08
sTAEFoRp SPRINGS.

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 W. A. Segar of Westerly, R. l., is visiting friends in town.
 Miss Stella Bartlett has resigned her position at the Robertson store.
 Mrs. R. c. Clapp entertained over Sunday a college classmate, Miss Olivia Pratt of Portchester, N. Y.
 Saturday evening the men of the German club will hold dance at the hall Lynch's orchestra will furnish music.
 The selectmen have had a number of complaints on the dumping of rub bish by the side of the highways. This practice will have to be diseon- tinued within the town limits or radi cal action will be taken.
 The ladies of the Methodist church served one of their excellent May dinners last week Wednesday evening. The attendance was large and the ladies cleared about $9O. The enter tainment by the Treble quartet of Hartford, which followed the dinner, was thoroughly enjoyed.
 Rev. c. M. Calderwood of Man chester will preach at the Congrega- tional church Sunday morning in ex- change with the pastor. The mems class will discuss women in industry. The pastor will preach in the evening a sermon for mothers and those who hold mothers memory sacred. The subject of the mid-week meeting this week is ''The perils of an empty heart. ''
 Cleanup days last week Thursday, Friday and Saturday were active and some 40 two-horse loads of rubbish were earted away under the direction of the Stafford Progressive Federation. There are still few places that need attention, but the improvement is very marked. The side of the rail road track above the watering tank, with its accumulation of old tin cans, etc, is quite noticeable to passer-by on the train and from Hyde park.
 The local ball team will open up the season Saturday by meeting the Somersyille ball team on the Hyde park grounds. Game called at 3. 5. The game scheduled with Rockville last Saturday was cancelled at the last minute, as five members of the team had to attend the fife and drum corps meeting. It was too late for Manager Dupre to find substitute. A good attendance at the games will be an encouragement for a good season of baseball this summer
 James Murray, B, died at the home of his mother in Foxville We'd nesday of last week of pulmonary tuberculosis. Besides his mother, he leaves four brothers and two sisters The brothers are Patrick J., John, Dennis and William. The sisters are Mrs. Edward A. Hopkins of Worcester l and Mrs. John Peters of this town. l The funeral was held from St. Ed wards Friday morning, Rev. F. J. O'Neill officiating, and the burial was in St. Edwards cemetery.
 A boys eorn-raising contest, under the charge of the State Board of Agri- culture, will be carried on the coming season. The contest will be open to boys under l 8 years of age. Notice | of intention to compete must be for | warded to L. H. Healey, secretary, North Woodstock, previous to June 1st, who will also send the condi- tions. A number of cash prizes are offered. For Holland county the Stafford Springs fair association offers cash prizes of $5, $3, $2 and 5 for the best displays of ten ears of Flint corn, and also offers a $50 ticket to Washington to the boy whose acre or half acre of corn secures the greatest number of points as per schedule of the state board.
 Borough Health Officer Parkhurst reports for April 27 cases measles and two cases tuberculosis He also states that there are several backyards that need attention, some of them very near Main street, two or three near East Main street and some on West Main. Ash, swill and rubbish piles should be cleaned up for the pro- tection of your own health, and then your neighbor will get little benefit also. Many times the rubbish heap is at the very extreme end of your backyard, where it does not annoy | you, but in most cases it is near the | pantry window of your neighbor, which is not very pleasant for them. | There are two of these cases now. Just see if one of them is in your yard. If so, have it cleaned up and | do as you would like to be done by.
 The dangers to public health arising | from popular indifference to the breed | ing of flies, or from ineffective meth | ods of destroying them, were very graphically portrayed Monday night | at the Comique theatre in the lecture | by Harold Pierce of Clark university. Stereopticon slides and a moving pic- | ture film showed the ways in which | flies carry disease germs and the rapidity with which they multiply. l Pictures were also given of a new trap devised by Prof. Hodge for out door use especially. It was recom- mended that this be attached to hole | in the top of the garbage can as being the most successful method of ex- termination. Another form of the | same trap can be baited and used in- dependently. Every fly caught in this way early in the season means great relief from the pest in later | months. One hundred and ninety | four adults and 25 children attended | and great interest was expressed in 1