The Press., 1913-08-27

it's fourth annual clambake on Sept
 14th.
 MT. and Mrs. John Yare have gon
 on a vacation to Providence am
 Lowell.
 s. s. Zimmerman of Duncannon
 Penn. has been a guest at the J. H r Valentine home.
 ) T. Fred Mullen is with his famiE,
 at Bridgeton, Me, and will return with them the first of next week. . A small addition to the rear of thu Methodist. church is being built tC enlarge the lavatory and give room for storage purposes.
 The fourth degree members of the
 Knights of Columbus of Stafford ant
 Rockville had an outing at Ocean
 Beach last Sunday.
 The Mohigans, Howard Needhan
 manager, will play ball with the
 Tigers, a juvenile nine from Rock.
 vile, on Hyde Park, Labor day morn
 ing.
 Mrs. E. F. Engley is recovering
 from a severe attack of acute indiges-
 tion. Frank Engley will return to
 Springfield to-day, his two-weeks' va-
 cation having been prolonged because
 of his mothers illness.
 Miss Ethel Whitaker has been at
 the Springfield hospital a week and
 returned yesterday much encouraged. Her progress since a serious operation sometime ago, though seemingly slow,
 has been very satisfactory.
 Miss Helen Lester of Hartford sang at the Congregational church last Sun- day, and in all probability will do so until the middle of September, when she returns to her choir work in Hart ford. The position of soprano soloist is vacant, Mrs. O. H. Moore having resigned.
 The regular monthly meeting of the W. O. T. U. will be held at the home of Miss G. A. Washburn, High land Terrace, on Friday, Sept 5th. The presence of one or more guests is expected. The poster committee have their first educational posters ready for distribution, and it is expected the work of placing them throughout the town will be done this week.
 MT. and Mrs Sherman D. Porter of Springfield were killed in an automo- bile accident at South Deerfield yester- day, when their large touring car was struck by a fast express on the Boston aud Maine railroad. MT Porter was president of the Kibbe Bros. company, candy manufacturers, and will be | we'll remembered by old Stafford resi- dents, as he began over fifty years ago driving a four horse team distributing Kibbe candies throughout this section.
 The school board at the meeting on Monday elected Miss Elizabeth s. Emerson of Ware to take charge of the commercial department of the high school, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Mary A. O O'Bryan, who goes to Millbury, Mass. It was voted to open school on Mon- day, Sept. Sth. The following is the list of the teachers: High school, principal, H. Miles Gordy; assistants, Miss Sara Sweet, Miss Gertrude Stone, Miss Margaret Ballantine, Miss Elizabeth S. Emerson; Borough schools - kindergarten, Miss Edith G. Jushman, Miss Ethel Moore; grade ( |, Miss Maud G. Booth; grade 3, Miss { NJ. Hewett; grade 8, Miss { Mary F. Leach; grade 4, Miss Sadie L. Comins; grade 5, Miss Ethel Rich grade 6, Miss Maud Chapman; grade [, Miss Ella O. OOnnor; grades 8 and 3, Miss Mary B. Smith; Hollow, Miss Blanche L. Shippey, Miss Ruth N. Durham, Miss Isadore J. Durham, Ralph A. Booth; Staffordville, Miss Mary E. Hedges, Miss Lottie Hatch, Miss Marjorie B. Eaton; Stafford Street, Miss Elsie NJ. Phillips; Rock we'll Hill, Miss Elinor Spratt; Leon- ard district, Miss Nettie Brown; West Stafford Center, Miss Josephine New ell, Miss Jennie Towne; Crystal Lake, Miss Ethel M. Davis; Patten district, Miss Edith B. Battige; Crow Hill, Miss Nellie Burleson; Lull, Miss Pratt; Orcuttville, Miss E. Mae Lathrop; supervisor of music, Miss Lulu Ide.
 Dr. F. l.. Smith had very narrow escape from a serious injury Tuesday when he ran his automobileI into the engine of the 10. B passenger train at the Spring street crossing. The doctor came down Main street from the west and turned the corner at Spring street. He was driving slowly, but on account of deafness did not hear the train, and it is im- possible at this point to see one com- ing from the north until the track is reached. It was fortunate that he was not a few seconds earlier, as he would have been upon the track when the train reached the crossing. AS it was he escaped unhurt, but his auto mobile was completely wrecked. The auto struck the driving bar on the en- zine and the steps of the first car caught the auto and dragged it along for a ways, and then the steps on the rear of the same caught it again. InI all the machine was dragged about fifty feet, striking a telegraph pole and turned a number of times, but the doctor was not thrown out until the last. AS the train was slowing up for the station it made a quick stop. If the train had not stopped when it did the doctor would probably have been showed under the train when the steps of the next car came along and struck the auto. AS it was Dr. Smith was uninjured, and for a