The Press., 1913-09-10

Regular meeting of the l.. A. A O. H. Friday evening.
 Mrs. Martha Nichols is visiting he, cousin, Mrs. M. P. J. Walker.
 Pietro DaDalt sails from New YorE on Saturday for a two-months' trip tC Italy.
 The annual clambake of the Stafford coon club will be held at Crystal Lake next Sunday.
 W. R. O. meeting next Wednesday. A full meeting is desired to prepare for inpsection.
 Nearly 60 members of the K. of O.. sat down to a clambake at Crystal Lake last Sunday.
 Miss Gertrude Bntterfield of Penn sylvania is spending two-weeks' va cation at her home here.
 The firemen are to have their an- nual dance the second night of the fair in St. Edwards hall.
 Miss Mary Kwopilova and Alex ander Duhansky were married last Sunday at St. Edwards church.
 Miss Margaret Rafftery, who was graduated from the New Britain nor nal school in June, has taken posi- tion as a teacher in Hartford.
 MT. and Mrs. Christopher Allen, Miss Beatrice Congdon and MT. and Mrs. O. F. Harwood are attending the Blandford fair.
 George B. Gary lost a valuable two-year old colt last week. The colt was finely bred and was killed by lightning in the pasture.
 The insurance on the Faulkner plant has not yet been adjusted, but it is expected that meeting will be held Friday for the purpose.
 Miss Claribelle Stuart, assistant matron at the Johnson hospital, is in Nova Scotia on vacation. Her posi- tion at the hospital is filled by Miss Fisk.
 Miss Nan McCulloch has returned to her studies at Northfield. Miss Louise Beckwith, Miss Marjorie Morse and Miss Louise Griffith returned with her to enter the seminary.
 St. Edwards school opened last Monday with as many pupils as space would allow. Three of the four teach CTS are new, and the prospects are bright for a successful year.
 The Hospital Aid society will hold it's regular monthly meeting next Tuesday afternoon at half-past two o'clock. There will be sewing for the first part of the afternoon, with a business session at the close.
 "The Girl of Eagle Ranch" will be the attraction at St. Edwards hall next Tuesday evening. It is a clean, spicy drama of life in the west. Ad- mission, 35c; children, 25c. Re- served seats, at Warren's, soc.
 Michael Kometz and Miss Anna Kayon, both of Stafford Springs, were united in marriage yesterday after noon. The ceremony was performed by Attorney W. H. Reed in his ca- paoity as a justice of the peace.
 J. H. Valentine is gathering straw berries from his garden near his East Main street residence. In the interest of science MT. Valentine is doing what he can to solve the problem of raising this delicious fruit all through the warmer months of the year.
 Herman Rawitser of New York was in town yesterday, MT. Rawitser stands ready to start his home mill nights to give employment to those who may be out of work if it is so desired. There is the problem of but this might pos sibly be arranged.
 The Stafford fair is but few weeks | away and the various committees are at work making preparations. One of the leading attractions of the | vaudeville program is to be a troupe | of Arabs. The Arabs will be here in native costume, with beautiful horses I and all the paraphernalia of life on the desert.
 Miss Lena Hansen was given a sur prise party last Saturday evening at I her home on Furnace avenue in honor of her 24th birthday, which came on the following day. She received many gifts from relatives and friends. Refreshments were served and the party left at late hour, having had a very enjoyable time.
 Some uneasiness is felt on the part of the railroad authorities that the jar of heavy trains may shake down the walls of the Faulkner plant left near the track. If the heavy pieces of granite should fall on the l track when train was passing tn he would be serious. The matter has been called to the atten- tion of MT. Parkhurst, the local agent, and he has taken it up with the own CTS.
 A new time table went into effect on the O. V. this week. The only | important change is on the first train l down in the morning, which is due to arrive here at 8. O5 instead of 2. .46. The train is now made up in Palmer instead of o0O1inO tbr0uOh from Mon