The Press., 1915-11-10
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

| MAX 4Onso, Or, WHO WAS IooouUAy
operated on in the johnson hOspita
for hernia returned to his home las
Sunday.
W. R @. meeting next Wednesday.
All members are requested to meet
at the hall Tuesday at 8 p. m., tt
prepare for inspection.
! An informal reception will be
rendered the school teachers of the
town. Wednesday evening, Dec. l, in
the Episcopal church, by the Wom'
ans Christian Temperance Union.
| The personal tax enrolment for
1919. recently completed by Collector
+. H. Plumb, shows total of 1895
between the ages of 81 and go
years. Last year 1894 names were
enrolled, of which 1l67 paid the tax.
A few men consisting mostly of
officers of the johnson memorial hos
pi.al and the First National bank,
gave Freeman F. Patten a birthday
surprise last Wednesday. Mr.. Patten,
who had been away, returned on the
evening car to find few of his associ-
ates had taken possession of his home.
A special dinner was served after
which VIM. Park, in a neat little
speech in behalf of the company, pre-
sented Mr.. Patten with an auto lunch
case with full equipment. Mr.. Pat
ten, who was completely surprised at
the whole affair, responded to the re.
marks.
The body of Mrs. E. D. Spellman,
50, was brought here for burial from
Willimantic Monday. Mrs. Spellman
had been making her home with her
son, A D. Spellman. Four weeks
ago Sunday evening she fell down
stairs and the injuries she received,
taken in conjunction with her ad-
vanced age, caused her death. Mrs.
Spellman had lived in Willimantic
ten or twelve years, but her life
previous to this period had been spent
in town. She had lived at Orcutt.
Vile where she was we'll known and
highly respected. Besides her son in
Willimantic, with whom she resided,
she leaves son here, A. F. Spellman.
A brother, W. A. Francis of Winchen-
don, also survives her. The funeral
was at Willimantic at / o'clock Mon
day. She was buried in the Stafford
Springs cemetery, and there was a
service at the grave at 3.
There was an attendance of about
fifty voters at the annual town bust.
ness meeting on Monday afternoon.
A tax of IL mills was voted without
any opposition. The usual appropri.
alton of $50 was made fer the observ.
ance of Memorial day. The terms o1
three mem bers of the Hyde park com
missioners expire this year, ". R.
reble, B. T. Eaton and W. E. Han
ley. w. R. Preble was reelected. I,
was stated that Mr. Eaton and Mr..
Hanley could not serve any longer,
and @. B. Pinney and O. H. Moore
were elected in their place, all tc
serve for five years. The following
appointments of minor officers were
made by the selectmen: Sealer o1
weights, Jacob Glover, sealer Of
leather, g. L. Dennis; wood meas
urers, T. M. Lyon, O. B. Pinney, q.
M. Barlow, B. T. Eaton, e. E.
Fletcher, @. B. Gary, e. R. Curtis,
Charles Congdon; haywards, B. T.
Lamb, g. E. Cooley, M. A. Gold, E.
D. Ellis. H. o. Butterfeld, Philis
Taylor; public weighers, e. @. Pinney,
O. H. Moore, O. P. Bradway, G. L.
Dennis, G. ]. Gary, O. B. Gary; sex
tons, B. T Lamb, @. D. Glazier,
Henry Boyer, Clarence Turner, J. M.
Larned, Russell Colburn, Fl. o.
Butterfield, Philis Taylor, Albert
Anderson
The Stafford football team defeated
the Emeralds of Rockville Saturday
at Hyde park. With two minutes te
play in the last quarter, the locals
showed Fritz Wormsted over for thu
winning touchdown. It was a snappy
game all the way. Fullback Hume
ford, Halfback Cregledy, and Halfbaol
Green were prominent local sharert
with Halfbaok North and Fullbacl
Riaoh for personal mention Hun
neford and Wormsted scored for tn.
home team, while North carried the
ball over for the visitors with Raicf
the only man to get goal from touch
i down Summary