The Press., 1915-05-05

Woods orchestra furnished music for dance in Wales on Saturday.
 Miss Maud Girard and Miss Rose
 Freeman spent Sunday in Hartford. The Sealey farm on Stafford Street
 has been sold to James J. Fitzgerald.
 Frank Day has purchased a Ford touring car of the Hudson Garage Go.
 Fred and Henry Hansen have gone to Colebrooke, N. H., for the summer.
 John Mahan, formerly of Stafford Springs, has accepted position with the Hartford '. M. O. A.
 The annual parish meeting of Grace church will be held in the guild room Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
 The local baseball team will play Clay Hill team of Windsor Locks on Saturday at Hyde park. The game will start at D. m.
 The Italio Tirolese society held a dance at their hall on last Saturday evening which about 50 couple at- tended. Cini's orchestra furnished the music.
 There has been a marked improve ment on Main street since the removal of the sign- board between the Warren and Baker blocks, and on Furnace avenue. It would be good thing if more improvements of similar nature could be made.
 The May eve dance of the Ladies of the A. O.. H, at St. hall Friday evening was a brilliant success. The indictment weather did not stem the ardor of the n couples who danced during the evening, Lynoh's orchestra furnishing the music The committee in charge were the Misses Mary Hanley, Noonie O'Connell. Mary Mellon, Nellie Beag- ley and Alice Murray.
 Complaint is made that automobile drivers, when in the grounds of the Stafford Springs cemetery, run at too great speed and are careless in turn ing the corners, so that quite frequent ly they run on the edge of the turf. This is discouraging to the superin- tendent in his efforts to keep the driveways in neat condition. In many cemeteries automobiles are not allowed, and others require them to run at low speed. It may be necessary to adopt some regulations for the local cemetery.
 Theodore F. Jordan, aged AS years. lied at his home on Main street of chronic nephritis onFriday after an ill ness lasting for more than year. Pro- lessor Jordan, as he was mostly known by nearly everyone, was born in Great Mass, and from there | went to Boston, and 20 years ago came 10 Stafford Springs from Boston where | ne conducted a large orchestra and | lad marked ability in the musical inc, and for several years after com ng to Stafford Springs, ran a music tore on Main street and had an or hestra. For the last few years he lad confined himself almost wholly to The funeral was held on fonday, the body being taken to lew Haven for burial
 At the annual meeting of the urrent Events club, held Monday 7ening, the following officers were S lected: Mrs. O. R. Newton, presi- ant; Miss w. S. Adams and Mrs. l..
 Baker, presidents; Mrs. A. acobsen, recording secretary; Miss iatilda McCulloch, treasurer; Mrs. :. F. Leach, corresponding secretary; Hiss A. D. Washburn, auditor. The asst year has been one of the most ucnessful in the eighteen years of the lub's existence. Tho year closes with fifty members and several names m the waiting list, and the finances n an unusually prosperous condition. After the business meeting, the retir- ng president. Miss Mary Ballantine, introduced Mrs. W. H. Phipps, ex- president of the State Federation, of Waterbury, who gave a delightfully."- informal talk on club interests in general. Impressions of the last liennial meeting of the General Federation of Women's clubs, held t Chicago, with an interesting report f the philanthropies of that city, were an inspiration to greater en- eavor for all women. The retiring fficers served refreshments and Oeial bour follouod