The Press., 1913-09-24
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STAFFORD SPRINGSst
 Mrs. George Rodman of Portland
 Me-, is the guest of MT. and Mrs. A
 O. Rodman.
 Robert Quinley has gone to Pena
 cook, N. H., where he has taken position as boss carder.
 Mrs. Huldah Ingle and son, Henry, of Hartford were guests over Sunday of MT. and Mrs. B. l.. Burr.
 @ The annual meeting of the Stafford Business Mems association will be held at the store of w. E. Hanley next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.
 The case of Batista Piccin against Romano Serafin and Peter Paneiera, action on a note for $500, is being tried to-day in the superior court at Rockville. Attorney W. H. Reed represents the plaintiff and Attorney R. H. Fisk the defendants. The case of Ruby against Tonon has been put over.
 About 40 of the younger Italian residents are interested in forming a night school and permission has been asked to use part of the high school for the purpose. The matter will probably come up at the meeting of the school board next Monday and there seems little doubt that the pe- tition will be granted.
 At the baseball whist given by the Eastern Star last Friday evening the Bridgeport table, including Mrs. w. H. Smith, Miss Sadie Comins, H. F. Cady and Kingsley Converse, received prizes for winning the largest num- Der of games, and the Boston table, including Mrs. Harry Pownall, Miss Mena Adams, Miss Hazel Butterfield and E. R. Curtis, received the prize for tallies.
 Attorney R. H. Fisk has filed a claim against the Central Vermont railroad for the death of Thomas Moriarty, which occurred Aug. Eth. It is alleged that MT. Moriarty got on Pullman car at this station to go to his home in Wilmington and found the door closed. He went around to the other side and got on the car and found the door closed there also. By this time the train was in motion and he did not dare get off. A switch caught his clothing in the yard, pull ing him off and the fall proved fatal.
 Court Oronoco of Foresters, with invited guests, will celebrate their 1 10th anniversary at St. Edwards hall Friday evening. There will be a minstrel entertainment, followed by dancing. In the minstrel show W. J. Alberty will act as interlocutor and the end men include Bertie Mullips, Thomas Yare, John Yare and Wm. Benton. There will be selections by quartet, including Messrs. Goady, Parizeau, Jones and Alberty. The following are serving on the entertain ment committee: M. V. Burke, O. J. Woods, Wm. Schmidt, E. Burrell and Frank Palmer. Woods orchestra will furnish music.
 At the annual town meeting to be held Monday, October 9th, a vote will be taken on the constitutional amend ment to increase the pay of represen- tatives from $500 to $500. The selectmen and town clerk will hold session to examine the qualifications of voters to be made Saturday. The session will be held at the Town house in the Hollow from 9 a. m. un- til noon, and at the Borough Hall from 1 p. m. to p. m. There are 16 can- didates in the first district and 39 in the second district. The first district registrars will hold a meeting for final revision of the list at Wight mans carriage shop in the Hollow next Monday from a. m. to p. m. The registrars of the second district will hold their final meeting for re. vision at Burwell's jewelry store from 9 a. m. to p. m. next Monday.
 At the meeting held at the business club last Thursday afternoon there was representative gathering. A representative of Thomas H. Ball, a worsted manufacturer of Providence, Boston and Philadelphia, was present and asked if local capital could be in- terested sufficiently to buy the Faulk- ner site and erect a building to be rented to a corporation, and take about $5O,OOO stock in a worsted en- terprise which would employ about 50 hands. MT. Balls representative expressed willingness to put in $50, 900 if local subscription could be se- cured. While tlfe matter is not closed, there seems to be some doubt if the amount suggested could be raised here for an industry of the size suggested. There is no doubt that the right kind of an industrial proposition could get substantial local backing, but there is not much enthusiasm about the propo. sition made last Thursday.
 Charles Bolieau, 56, died at his home on Westford avenue Saturday morning after an illness of several: months of diabetes. MT. Bolieau drove the local express team for years and was a very familiar figure on the local streets. He was cheerful and accommodating and made a host of friends. Some months ago his health began to fail and he went to the sea- shore in the hope. that the change might dO him OoOd Ho dorivod no