The Press., 1913-07-02
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Miss Clarissa Davis has gone tC
 Whiting, Vt, for the school vacation 1 Miss Nellie Quinley is at home
 from Boston. N. J., where sflt
 teaches.
 Miss Katherine Lynch of Spring
 field is visiting her aunt, Mrs. F. w.
 Howard.
 MT, and Mrs. Frederick Hall .ot
 Montclair, N. J., have gone to
 Seattle, Wash.
 Miss Frances Alden has been at Oak
 Bluff, Mass, where she acted as bridemaid at the Greene MacMacki in
 wedding.
 Contractor Jones of WilIimantic
 was the successful bidder for the ad- Idition to the high school, his figure
 being $1O, 562. Contractor Washing
 ton Graves will do the woodwork. Operations have already been com
 menced and it is hoped that the work will be completed by the time school
 re assemblies in September. The ad- dition will be 80 by 25, two stories
 high. Additional play room will be
 secured by excavating under the front
 of the old building, where at present
 there is no cellar.
 In the borough schools the proba
 bilities are that all the teachers will return next season, with the exception of the principal. So much disaffection was apparent that the committee did not consider it wise to re-elect Prin. cipal James R. Tucker for another year. Miss Nellie Burleson has been elected for the Grow Hill school. Miss Eunice Bradway, who has taught at Orcuttville, has resigned, leaving a | vacancy. There is also a vacancy at I the Lull district. At the meeting held Monday the school committed Rev. I. P. Booth to look into the proposition of digging a we'll in district No. 6, which is said to be sadly needed. ...
 The wedding of Miss Eva Candace Mercy and Clarence William Wood took place at 4 o'clock Wednesday af- ternoon at the Methodist Episcopal church. Friends of the bride deco rated the church with mountain laurel and roses, and the bridal party stood a laurel arch for the double ring service. Rev. Dr. l.. G. Horton 'f Westerly, R. l., a former pastor, 'fficiated, assisted by Rev. w. F. Suck. Miss Alberta Eaton, the or 'anist, gave short recital before the ceremony to an audience that filled he church. At the strains of the 4ohengrin wedding march the bridal , recession came down the center aisle, neeting the groom and his best man,
 cousin, Byron Tracy of Manchester, t the ehancel rail. The bridesmaids, Il in white embroidered dresses with atin sashes and arm bouquets of oses, were Misses Edith Adams, Mar ' aret Black, Ethel Whitaker and Ellen Hover. Miss Alice Ray of Spring !, eld was maid of honor, wearing pink i1k with shadow lace and carried inks. Little Hazel Durkee of Mans- cid was the ring bearer. The brides own was white satin with silk em- roidery and pearl trimming, and her l. ulle veil was caught W ith orange c lessons. Bride roses and ferns ormed her shower bouquet. Im- lediately following the ceremony the F ridal party received the guests in ? he church parlors and girl friends of T. ne bride served refreshments. The fits included cut glass, silver, pic- lres and linen. Guests were present 'om Stonington, Willimantic, Mans y cid, Rockville, Manchester, Sufield, VI Uxbridge, Mass Vest 'rd and Hartford. The bride gradu- ted from the Stafford high school in Il ? D12 and the groom in 1907. After = = wedding trip they have both re- 2, lrned to their positions in Spring .. cid, where Mr. Wood is a foreman t' ith the Birnie Paper Go. and Mrs " . 'ood is a stenographer with the ' Rubber Go. -
 The ball game last Saturday at VI yde Park with the Tigers of Hart O, rd was close and exciting, the homo et am winning to 5. The team has ST 'en greatly strengthened by the re- h rn of William Remmert to Stafford ot r the summer. He filled his old : 'sition at second last Saturday. The