The Press., 1914-06-10
STAFFORD SPRINGS.


 Sunday will be flag day.
 Frank Cleaveland of Hartford was the guest of MT. and Mrs. James Fit ton over Sunday.
 John White has a summer cottage nearly completed at Crystal Lake near the house of H. c. Boyer.
 Tomkins wild west exhibition had two good audiences at the fair grounds last Saturday and gave good enter tainmcnt
 Samuel Kuslansky is to make the brick addition on his Main street block two stories high instead of one story as first planned.
 Miss Louise Grifiths, Miss Louise Beckwith, Miss Ann McCulloch and Miss Marjorie Morse are home from the Northfield seminary for the sum- mer vacation.
 Court Oronoco, F. of A. will hold its regular meeting Thursday. Next Sunday will be memorial day for the order. Members "are requested to meet at Society hall at 3 p. m. and brnig flowers if possible.
 Miss G. S. Beckwith, O. F. Beck with and daughter, Miss Louise, at- tended the Besse- Burbank wedding in Springfield, Thursday evening. The bride groom is the son of MT. James and Mrs. Martha Beckwith Burbank of Longmeadow and is in the real estate business in Springfield.
 Miss Priscilla Mildred Burwell, a former resident and a graduate of the Stafford high school, graduated from the hospital training school at Pas adena, California, last week. Of g class of sixteen the Pasadena papers report Miss Burwell entitled to the honor of having made the highest rec ord of the class as a student. This is,V cry gratifying to her many local friends.
 Sixty three pupils from grades six, seven. eight and nine spent the day at Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Satur day. Their teachers, Misses Smith Connor and Chapman had charge o1 the outing and an open car followed the eight o'clock out returning at six p. m A ball game in the morning Fetween the Stafford toys and Hart ford team resulted in a victory of 10 to 5 for the former. There was { general good time with an abundance of lunch supplemented by goodies taken by the teachers. The afternoon was spent at the playgrounds the swings and general apparatus proving very attractive. It was a bit early for the roses, but other early blossoms, especially the rhododendrons, were beautiful.
 The house of Max Turschmann on Holland avenue, occupied by his son, Paul Turschmann, was destroyed by fire early Friday morning. The alarm was rung in about 12. Az. Mrs. Paul Tnrschmann was awakened by the fire and with her husband and three small children escaped in their night clothes. The fire which proba bly, started in the wood shed had gained such headway that they were unable to save anything The department responded, but as the aqueduct system has not been extended to that street the firemen were obliged to work with chemical extinguishers and buckets, but by hard work the house of Max Turschman, which is situatel close by, was saved. There was an insurance of $500 on the house, but MT. and Mrs. Paul Turschmann, the occupants, did not have any insur- ance, and the loss of all their furni- ture and clothing is quite hardship to them, and they are entitled to much sympathy. The origin of the fire is mystery, and the wood shed, as far as they knew, contained nothing from which fire might have started
 The local team defeated the Hol- yoke Athletics at Hyde Park last Saturday afternoon 8 to 1 in a well played but rather one.sided contest. Wise was in the box for the locals and pitched good game. The score :
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