The Press., 1914-07-29
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

| Miss M1lQr0O h luS is NAsA"AA friends in somersville and Thompson
 vile.
 Miss Catherine Mitchell of Grea
 Falls, Dak., is the guest of her uncle
 A. I. Mitchell.
 The shoe stores and clothing store
 are closing Friday evenings during
 July and August.
 Misses Alice and Ruth Walker ar' spending two weeks at Hillside camps
 Belgrade Lakes, Maine.
 Mrs. Henry Indrof and daughter Clara, of Brooklyn, N. Y., have re turned to their home after a two weeks visit with MT. and Mrs. Ed Mann
 Miss Mary Hanley, stenographer for the Cyril Johnson Woolen com pany, is taking her annual vacation and Miss May Gilligan is taking hel place in the office,
 Misses Evelyn and Nellie Crownin shield, Airline Newelland, Hattie Pease, all of Springfield, also MT. an Mrs James Hodge of South Glaston buly have been recent guests of MT. and Mrs. Ernest Loveland.
 MT. and Mrs Albert Walker and sons, Howard, Herbert, Richard and Donald have been visiting at M. F. J. Walkers, coming from Akron, Ohio, in their auto. Howard is still with his grandparents at Evergreen Hill.
 Mrs. o. l.. Dean of Maiden, Mass. I, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. O.. B. Newton, and Miss Mary Newton has accompanied her on a two-weeks' automobile tour to Bar Harbor and north shore beaches and the principal lake resorts and hotels in Maine.
 Frederic Faulkner is building a bank wall of rusty stone, which will be covered with woodbine, from the corner of his land opposite the Springs house extending up the hill on High land Terrace so as to complete the grading of another lot, which is for sale, of the same size as his home lot.
 Miss Florence A. Smith, daughter of Dr. and Mrs F. l.. Smith, who has been studying broad since last fall, was married the 22d of July at Rochester, England, to Gibson T. Williams of New York. MT. and Mrs. Williams will spend the summer in the Bavarian highlands. and expect to settle in Munich, Germany for the winter.
 John W. Williams is spending al few days in town. On the first of August he will go with the Aetna Insurance company of Hartford as factory inspector, a position made necessary by the new compensation law. MT. Williams will spend few in New York city, after which he will be located somewhere in the middle west.
 Rev. Edgar F. Clark. 78, who was pastor of the local Methodist church in 1892 and 1898 died at his home in Taunton, Mass, last week, July 20. MT. Clark was born in South Windsor, the son of Hiram and Emaline (Hayes) Clark, of family prominent in that section for several generations. He was educated in Wesleyan University, where he was of his class, and at the Concord Theological school. He first Julia N. Woodruff at Farm ington. After her death, which occurred several years ago, he married Helen Miller of North Providence, who died about year ago. During his long service as minister MT. Clark held pastorates at Norwich and Willimantic, Provincetown, Mass, New Bedford, Plymouth and Taunton, besides the Rhode Island churches over which he presided. He retired from active religious work about 10 years ago. MT. Clark was we'll known as geologist. having been in charge of the Government geological survey of the Rhode Island coal field. Dur ing these surveys he discovered several new fossil remains, which were pre- scented to various college museums. Three sons survive MT. Clark, Dr. Fred l.. of New Bedford, Dr. Sylvester W. of Providence and Dr. Edward N. nf Taunton.
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