The Press., 1914-04-15
M.D. o,Connell was in Colchester

n M. D. O'Connell was in Colcheste a over Sunday
 Mrs. Thomas Whitaker is spendin l. week in Lawrence, Mass.
 a Mrs. J.H. Valentine and daughter
 Miss Elinor, were in New York las e week
 . Mrs. G Percival Bard has been
 guest of Miss Harriette Winslow il . Boston, returning home last Thursday D Miss G. A. Wasbhurn has returned t'
 her Highland Terrace home after I spending the winter with relative l and friends in New London and Win ? sted
 8 Efforts are being made to have th'
 postponed business meeting of the 3 Stafford high school alumni associ- 7 ation, to be held in Society hall or Saturday evening at 8.15, a very en-
 joyable occasion. A victrola will
 furnish music for an informal social dance after the business meeting. The , admission fee will be 25c.
 The biggest catch of the trout sea-
 son so far has undoubtedly been made
 by Ben. Day and E. Sohnell of Burn side, while staying as guests at Frank
 H. Fermier's "Sunset Farms" Will lington. Thirty-seven trout, weigh ing ? pounds, is the result of one days fishing. They have a photo graph of their catch in number of the store windows.
 St. Edwards Church Notes: The Easter services were we'll attended
 Fifteeen hundred persons attended the three masses in the forenoon, and five hundred went to vespers. This makes about 1O1 more than the ordi- nary Sunday attendance, and the most of the surplus came from the country. Two hundred Holy Name men, at both churches, received holy communion in body, presenting a fine appear I ance. Six hundred received holy communion in all
 Harry Mccarthy, son of M. H. Mo- Carthy, formerly of this place, has secured, by Attorney M. D. O'Con- nell, patent for an electric signal device for use in a wireless telegraph station. The device does away with the necessity of keeping receiver on the head of the operator in order to catch signals. By his device the signal is energised by reaching valve and allows the flow of sand into receptacle which on becoming loaded lowers until it makes a connection and starts an electric bell
 It is very gratifying news that the Faulkner mill site has been sold by the receiver of the Middle River Manufa turing Go tn William Park of the Riverside mill at the Hollow and A I. Mitchell of the Johnson mill of this borough. Messrs. Park and Mitchell have no plans at present to give to the public, but as both are pra 'tical mill men they probably would not have ma le the purchase unless they had some purpose in the works for the near future use of the same. We hope by another week to be able to announce their plans The prospects for a new mill on the site of the burned mill seem very bright Their purchase includes the dam and all of the property between the rail road and the stream.
 The cleanup week committee ap- pointed by the Stafford Business Mems association has organized, and appointed the week beginning Mon day, May 4th, as a week for general cleaning up. A team will be hired and will be at the disposal of the people for carting away rubbish and ashes at a cost price per load. Papers and rakings from lawns will not be taken and should be burned up. Any one having rubbish to be carted away that week is requested to notify the member of the committee having charge of their section. Anyone who can not afford to pay for the carriage can have their rubbish taken away without cost. 0. F. Beckw;th will have charge of the section of the borough east of river at the foot of East Main street; R. W. Ellis the center section and north of West Main street James Sheppard the south western section. Harold B. Pinney has been appointed committee for the north part of the town, and Rev. J. W. Ballantine for West Stafford. All are urged to do their part in mak- ing this week of thorough cleaning up of all unsightly places, and the cooperation of all is needed to make this movement thorough success.
 Fire broke out in the rooms of the Stafford club, in Eaton's block, Sun- day morning a little before ten o'clock, and for a few moments it looked as if we were to have a very serious fire. The card room was all ablaze, but the firemen soon had the fire under control. It was remark able that the fire was extinguished with so little damage by water. Jo- seph Brunnell's barber shop, directly under where the fire started, was pretty we'll wet down, but in the stores of W. E. Hanley and James Warren, under the other part of the rooms the damage was not enough to put in any claim. The card room of the club was pretty we'll burned out and the billiard room was damaged by smoke and water. It is thought that the fire started in a closet open- ing out of the room, but the cause is not known. The janitor of the club had been in the rooms that morning, and when he left, everything seemed to be all right The losses were all covered by insurance. The losses in the club room and to Brunelle's barber shon have hoan adiuskod to +J,o .o4;,