The Press., 1913-04-23

Mrs. E. w Howard is visiting with relatives in Springfield for a few days.
 Otis Holbrook, former resident of Staffordville, is at the Johnson hos pital.
 Mrs. Mary Durkee is spending a few weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Bowers, in Mansfield.
 MT. and Mrs. Albert Rodman of Lafayette, R. l., are guests of her brother, Christopher Allen.
 Brown 6 Penny will have demon stration of the Pyrene fire extinguish- CT at Haymarket Square on Saturday at p. m.
 Wm. Wynings, who has been en- gagged by the Hyde Park commission CTS for another season, is moving into Woodlawn.
 Rev. John W. Ballantine will sup ply the pulpit at the Congregational church Sunday, both at the morning and evening services. -.
 The baseball players will start practice as soon as the field is dry enough. The season will probably open Saturday, May 3, with a game with Rockville.
 The mems class of the COngrega tional church will serve a supper, fol- lowed by an entertainment, next Wednesday evening. The time and price the same as usual.
 A male sheep amused the boarders at the Smiledge homestead one morn ing recently. MT. Smiledge went out and told the ram to go away and the animal misunderstood him.
 The operatives at the lower shoddy mill have returned to work. The company met the desires of the em- ployes on the matter of hours, but de- clined to alter the wage schedule.
 In the general clean up inaugurated this spring there will, in all prob ability, be included the telephone and electric light poles that have been discarded for one reason and another and are lying near where they fell.
 Poli Rossi, employed by the New England Construction Co. on the site for the Foster block, crushed a finger and injured his knee joint while at his work Saturday. He was taken to the office of Dr. O. B. Newton for treatment.
 The annual thank offering meeting of w. F. M. will be held with Mrs. A. 0. Eaton Friday at 3 p. m. Every member is urged to be present, but where this is not possible envelopes containing offering should be sent to this meeting.
 Tickets are selling rapidly for the l.. A. A. O. H. ball next Friday even- ing. The New England Decorating company will have charge of the hall decorations, which will be entirely different from last year. Lynch's six piece orchestra will furnish the latest popular dance music.
 The annual May dinner at the Methodist church will be held next week Thursday. Besides the dinner, which will be fully up to the usual | standard of excellence, there are to be sales of homemade candy and useful articles. In the evening the Sum- bonnet girls and Over all boys will give an entertainment with some of their musical friends.
 Henry Gilmartin has signed with the Country club for the coming sea- son and has commenced his work MT. Gilmartin makes a valuable man for the organization. A practical golf player, he can give the grounds intlligent care, and in the intervals | between play his fund of anecdote and | repartee make hfm a valued con- panion for the members.
 Work on the site for the new Foster block is nearly completed, unless it is decided to put in a cellar. Campo Bros. are negotiating for a store in the new block, as the probabilities are that they will have to move. Mr. Rockwell has an offer for the entire building now occupied by Campo Bros. and the Wasserman store which he cannot afford to ignore.
 The reading of the Cricket on the Hearth, by George Kiernan of Boston | on Monday night, was a treat. Though not we'll known in this immediate l vicinity, MT. Kiernan was best recom- mended by his repeated engagements | in the large cities, and he fully justi- fled his reputation. The Current | Events club feels encouraged that this | high class lecture at a small admis- sion paid for itself.
 The Orcuttville service Sunday was of unusual interest because of the many speakers. J.T. Melbourne led, Rev. P. V. Norwood gave a most ap- propria ate talk, which was followed | with brief interesting remarks by Dr. | I. P. Booth, Judge J. H. Reed, J. H. Valentine and others. Next Sunday will be ladies' service, as the men will be at the Comique. Mrs. J. W. Robinson will have charge and Rev. Miss Jones will speak.
 Mrs. Griswold, who has been con- nected with the work of the Meriden | hospital for the past twenty five years, addressed a committee of eighteen ladies at the Johnson Memorial hos pital Tuesday afternoon on organized aid to hospitals. The committee was made up of two ladies from each of the nine Stafford churches, and as nucleus to hospital aid society, an was instituted, officered as follows: Mrs. Cyril Johnson, President; Mrs. E. O. Pinney, 1st vice-president; Miss Celia Holt, 2d ce-president; Mrs. E. K. Taft, re- cording secretary; Mrs. Lewis Mo- corresponding secretary