The Press., 1915-08-18
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STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Regular meeting of Mineral Springs K. of F., Friday evening.
 James F. Warren is able to be al business again after an illness.
 Miss Daniel Mullins of Springfield is the guest of Miss Julia Mullins
 Miss Jennie Mullins is visiting friends in Rockville and Broadbrook.
 John White and family are spend ing two weeks at Groton Long Point.
 Miss Rose Niderno and Miss Minnie Fitzpatrick were the guests of friend in Springfield during the past week.
 The twenty ninth annual reunion of the Chaffee family will be held al Forest Lake next Wednesday. Il stormy, the next fair day.
 G. J. Frazier has taken the agency for the Studebaker automobile, and later will give announcement of [ demonstration.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Moran and MT. and Mrs. Thomas Fletcher at tended the funeral of Luke Moran al Monson yesterday.
 The eighteenth annual reunion oi the Holmes Cady association will be held at Crystal Lake Thursday. Din. ner will be served at 12. 30. A special meeting of the F. B. L.. will be held this evening. As there | is important business to come before the council members are requested to attend.
 Local mem bers of the A. O. H. and of the Ladies' Auxiliary held an en. joyable clambake at Sandy beach, Crystal lake Sunday with large at tendance.
 Mrs. M. P. J. Walker is at Lake Carey, Pennsylvania, with her daugh- ter, Miss Ruth. Miss Alice Walker has returned from Brooklyn, N. Y. for three weeks here.
 William A. Segar, who has been acting as manager at the Springs house, has gone to Watch Hill, and James J. Curtin of Hartford has taken the position as manager at the Springs house.
 Clarence Ambach, who recently took course of business training in the Morse Business College, has just been given responsible position in the office of Richter company, bond ino houco of uorfford
 Edward O. DeBorde will take over the watch repairing and optical busi- ness now conducted by H. E. Jones as soon as MT. Jones disposes of his pres ent stock. MT. DeBorde is registered optometrist and has been located in town for the past seven months.
 The town athletic association will be represented at the state champion. ships in New Haven on Saturday by the following team: Wm. Carey, quarter-mile; Richard Murray, 100. yards and 22O-yards; P. Costello, 1OO-yards; Dan Greene, 1OO-yards Jos. Fitzpatrick, quarter and half mile; Peter Panciera, shot put. Al. Mitchell has kindly provided motor transportation which will make the trip a pleasant one The team have been working constantly and we look for several points for Stafford.
 The Central Vermont will run an excursion to Newport, R. l., and return Thursday, Aug. 26, via. New London and steamer 'City of Lowell. '' Special train leaves Monson 7. 40 a. m.; Stafford 8.O7 a. m., and 8. 30 a. m.; West Wilmington S.19 a. m. !, leave New London TO- 30 a m., arrive Newport 1.3O D. m. Returning leave Newport LOO p. m., connecting with special train leaving New London at 7.10 p. m., for Monson and in- termediate stations. Fare for the round trip only $1.5O; children half fare. See flyers for particulars. Stafford was defeated by the Skat company of Hartford at Hyde park Saturday afternoon 8 to |. It was a good game up to the eighth inning, when the visitors scored six runs, mostly on errors and poor playing by the locals. The only run made by Stafford was by Kerwin who hit out fly over the right fielder's head that went into the shrubbery and the field CT was unable to find the ball in time to prevent Kerwin from making it a home run. The locals were unable to make but three hits off Kaufman, who was given perfect support. The