The Press., 1915-07-28
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 Mrs. John Campbell of Springfield is the guest of Mrs. wm. Delligan.
 Miss Carrie Remmert was a guest of her brother in Hartford over Sun day.
 Henry Levene of Holyoke, former resident, is spending a two-weeks vacation in town
 A girl, Marjorie Mabel, was borr yesterday morning to MT. and Mrs. Spencer Bradway.
 Mrs. Charles Meyers and Mrs. Fred wildey are at Fishers Island for 8 ten-days' vacation.
 There will be a regular meeting of Myriad Rebekah lodge next week Wednesday evening.
 James Warren, the Main street clothing merchant, has been confined to his home a week by illness, but is now improving.
 The board of registrars will meet at Burwell's store the first and second Fridays in August to register voters for the caucus enrollment.
 Misses Catherine Hassett and Doris Sullivan have gone to Lee Mass '. where they will pass two weeks as the guests of their uncle, Dr. J. J. Hassett.
 The Stafford band will furnish music for the old Home Day cele- bration at Wales Saturday, and Woods orchestra will furnish music for the dancing in the evening.
 The Central Vermont will run an attractive excursion to Watch Hill and Block Island Saturday. Fair for the round trip returning the same day is $I 25. Fare for round trip including stopover privilege until next Wednes day is $1.T5. A number will come by special electric car from Rockville for this excursion. Dr. J. P. Hanley was called to Chestnut hill Monday evening to attend Paul Kroll, the two-years-oldl | son of MT. and Mrs. Kroll. The little boy was painfully burned about the back and thighs by falling into a pan of boiling water which his mother had left on the floor for a moment before washing the supper dishes.
 The "Old Home" celebration at Wales comes next Saturday and Sum- day, and as usual quite a number from this town will be in attendance The program includes a ball game, address by Rev. Chas. Ricketts of Norwich, picnic in Shaw's grove and athletic events for Saturday afternoon. There will be a reception and dance at the Lake George pavilion Saturday even- ing. Sunday afternoon there will be services at the old Baptist church, the oldest church in town.
 Alfred Bidorini has commenced work on his three-story building on Main street. It will be three stories high in front and two stories in back. There will be three stores on the ground floor. Mrs. F. w. Stengle plans to have six stores in the monitor which she is soon to erect on her site next to the Congregational church. As there is already one vacant store on the street it would seem as if there would have to be a revival of business before all will be occupied.
 
 The Fourth of July committee held a meeting at the rooms of the Stafford Business Mems club last Friday unexpended, and it was voted to place the money in the savings bank, to be used toward a celebration next h. dependence day. A committee was appointed, including A. I. Mitchell, Richard Ellis and O. B. Pinney, to confer with the park commission relative to having Sunday concerts in the park. Another committee, Chas. Moore, Christopher Allen and Anders Jacobsen, will confer with the park commission on the possibility of having pool for skating in the park the coming winter.
 The owners of the Keefe tract are putting up one cottage and plan to erect several more before cold weather sets in. James Sheppard, agent for the Rhode Island company, is consider ing the advisability of building a worsted mill. He uses large quantities of this product which are at present bought outside. The advantages of having their own plant are obvious. and it is among the possibilities that a worsted mill may be established near the Rhode Island plant Mir Sheppard has been very successful with the Rhode Island plant. He thoroughly believes in the future of Stafford. and is more than willing to do anything he can to push along the growth of the town.