The Press., 1914-04-01

to his widow, Mrs. Julia Johnson for life, after which it goes to the John son hospital. While there is no means of knowing what the residue amounts to there is strong proba ability that the institution will be amply. provided for as previously MT. and Mrs. Johnson had endowed the hospital with $1OO,- GOO each. MT. Johnson, previous to his death, distributed in the neigh borhood of $1OO, 900 to his relatives and at that time gave $4OOO to the Congregational church at Stafford. vile. ...t
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 R. A. Booth and brother, Paul, will spend the. Easter recess with friends in Morrisville, Vt., their former home.
 F On Friday evening at 2. 30 8 social will be held at the vestry, in charge of the o. B. social committee, Mrs. Harris, chairman. <: Baptist Church Notes: The Second of the union Lenten services will be held on Thursday evening at 7.SO, Rev. Levi Rees being the preacher. Regular meeting of. Stafford grange met Tuesday evening. The third and fourth degrees will be conferred on class of eleven. The. harvest feast will I be served. ...... ..g >.-.........
 A surprise party was given Martin Goodell on Stafford Street by a few of his friends last Saturday evening. Ice cream, cake and fruit were served and the evening passed pleasantly with games. Mrs. W. T. Jones is making rapid recovery from her operation recently performed in Hartford hospital, She came to the home of her sister, Mrs. Arthur Kingsbury at the Springs last l Monday and will soon return to her I home here. .., .c..... ~,:~.. .. .
 Miss Nellie .Dugdale returned home last Wednesday from a ;severakweeks' stay with her sister, Mrs: Fay Keete of Madison, Me. She wasI called i home by the illness of her mother, Mrs. Eliza Dugdale. .r:
 The grange will present rural comedy, a drama in four acts, en- T titled "In Old New England, on April 24th, in Memorial hall. The social committee are also making .ar- engagements for a dance to be held in the same place May 9th. .4.aa.., | We are all glad to know that the E. H. Pinney property has been pur- chased by J. B. Hough who will take possession at once. This fine home has stood empty much of the time since E. H. Pinney and family moved to Springfield four years ago. MT. Ho 1gh has prospective buyer for his present home for many years, known as the A. D. Cady home.
 Mrs. Mary E. Lay, 75, widow o1 Claude Harvey, died on Sunday ir Norwich, at Huntington home. Her 1girlhood and early married life were spent in Stafford where she is pleas antly remembered. She leaves one adopted daughter, Mrs. Florence Adams of Colrane, N. H. Funeral services will be held in Norwich to day with burial in Rockville.
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 Mass at St. Joseph's chapel next Sunday at 9 o'clock. ....
 Mrs. Geo. Meyers has purchased the place of W. k. Belcher, occupied by Leon Cooley. ~'..
 ArthurA. West of Pittsield, Mass. was the guest of local friends the first of this week.
 The usual baked bean supper will be served in the Congregational church vestry, Thursday night.
 Rev. J. W. Ballantine will preach at the union Lenten service in the M. E. church at 7.SO o'clock, Friday evening.
 staffordville friends will be pleased to know that Irving H.Agard, former visitcr, and now sub-master of the Keene. N. H. high school, welcomed a baby girl to his home last week. The Iproud father is nephew of Miss E.. Jennie Chaffee of Staffordville. l Walter R.. Agard, a frequent sum mer visitor here, has been elected a member of the honorary Phi Beta Kappa society at Amherst college and president of the college Y. M. O. A. He is graduate of the Rockville East District schools and of Amherst high school.
 Rev. Fred Andrews has been as- signed to the pastorate of the Metho- | dist church and Mashapaug for an- other year, on account of the scarcity of ministers a married man could not be sent as was requested by the quar- terly conference. ...a. ...... .t \ Willard F. Harrington, 60, died at his home, 843 Hancock street, .I Springfield, Mass, last Thursday evening after a short illness. He was stricken with a shook Friday, March 2Oth,. from which he never rallied. MT. Harrington was born in Greenville, and spent his earlier life there He came to Staffordville at the age of sixteen.years and made his home in town up to six years ago, when he moved to Springfield. He was engaged in the painting and paper hanging business and made many friends and acquaintances: He Was iI IF