The Press., 1913-03-05
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 Mrs. O. E. Moore of Orcutts, who has been i'll, is better.
 Miss Ava Crosier has taken a po- sition in the Pero store.
 MT. and Mrs. Lafayette Richardson have a 14-pound son born March 8.
 MT. and Mrs. H. E. Jones have a little daughter, Beatrice, born Mon- day.
 Raymond Ormsby has taken posi- tion as janitor at the Johnson hos pital.
 MT. and Mrs. John Hodgson have a little son born at the Johnson hos pital yesterday.
 Mrs. Thomas Coombs and Mrs. Cunningham were operated on at the Johnson hospital Monday.
 The w. O. T. U. meeting that was to have been held this week has been postponed until next week.
 Mrs. and Miss Mattie McCulloch have returned from Atlantic City, where they have been for the past four weeks.
 The Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church will meet on Friday at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Hattie Walcott.
 Romano Serafin has improved his railway tie device by an addition that will do away with abundance of electricity in the rails.
 Mrs. Tennant of Farnumsville, Mass, and Mrs. Harriett Jones of Woodbury, N. J., are guests of MT. and Mrs. H. E. Jones.
 The committee on missions of the federation of churches are to meet soon and organize for the year. Plans of proposed work will be submitted to be carried out during the year.
 George Mcdonald of Palmer, who has been at the Johnson hospital for a number of weeks with a fractured leg, has recovered sufficiently to re- turn to his home in Palmer.
 About IA new single line tele- phones have been contracted for al- ready under the new rate. These will not be operative until the first of the month, when the new directory comes out.
 The French members of St. Ed ward s church were delighted Monday and Tuesday evening with two most eloquent Lenten sermons delivered by Rev. J. B. A. Barrette, a Canadian priest of the Oblate order.
 The garment workers strike is not general enough at present to make de- lays in delivery of new spring suits for men. There is no trouble in Chicago, and in New York it is thought that things will soon become normal
 Preparations are nearly completed for the Washington trip for the gradu- ating class of the high school. A are planning to join in the trip besides the class. The start will be made April 5, arriving in Wash ington Saturday evening.
 Last Friday afternoon Mrs. Arthur entertained the members of W. R. O.. at her home on Prospect street. Music, games and supper helped to make the occasion one to be remembered as a yery pleasant social event.
 Regular meeting of Myriad Re. oekah lodge this evening at a---Mfs, Katherine Lammerhirt of Bridgeport president of the Rebekah assembly, and Mrs. Sarah Harrison of East vice-president of the as- sembly, will be present. There will be refreshments
 M. LaBonte, the ice dealer, is having considerable interruption in his crop The weather last week stopped him and he resumed again this week. The ice yesterday was seven inches thick, and If he could have had another day the work would have been finished, but they have been obliged to quit again.
 There will be hearing before the legislative incorporation committee at Hartford next week Thursday at 2 p. m. on the act amending the char ter of the Rockville and Willimantic Lighting company, which includes the Stafford plant, increasing the capital of the company from $70O, 900 to $1O, O,OOO.
 The court of burgesses met last evening and transacted routine busi- ness. The contract for street sprink- ling was awarded to Gary Bros, the firm being the lowest bidder for the job and the only bidder in position to furnish everything to do with. Ap- plication to enter sewer was granted to Andrew Jacobsen, Jacob Wagner and others located on an avenue lead ing off Prospect street.
 Col. Wm. H. Hall entertained the officials and active workers of the Stafford Springs Agricultural society, IS we'll as the representatives of sev- sral other societies, as the Hartford ,lub last Wednesday evening. About 25 sat down to a bountiful dinner served in the finished manner that is ! feature of the club. It was an in- formal affair, with the social note oredominating, although plans for the coming fair received a proper amount of consideration. There were many anecdotes, the host relating several that met with much favor, followed oy others who were reminded of good | ones as the evening proceeded. Mi ,hael O'Halloran did not sing "Irene" 1t the banquet. He was pressed from all sides to render this classic favorite, put absolutely declined. Representa- lives Of Rerlin Cuf6eld and Pock