The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-01-26

Goods Store.
Mid winter Sale at Ladies' Store on all
Ladies' and ChiIdren's Wearing Apparel,
Jan. Z until Jan. 81. Up
stairs Gary Building, NJ f. Nothnick.
Gold Sealed Rubbers sold at the Mod
ern Clothing Co opp the post Office.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.
Miss Alice Ward spent the week.
end with relatives in Holyoke and
South Hadley.
Personal Tax Collector f. H.
Plumb will be at the store of Alfred
Bidorini next Wedn ssday from 8 q m
to p. m., to receive the personal tax
due Feb. ].
Stafford highs fast flying basket
tossers are scheduled to meet the
Morse Business college quintet OF
Hartford on the s. Y. M. O. surface
Wednesday evening. Windsor Locks
high is booked to journey over here
to try and trim the locals Friday
evening.
The supper aud entertainment in
the Methodist church Wednesday
evening was largely attended. Supper
was served at 6 O'Clock, following
which at Z. 10 O'Clock came the enter.
tainment, made up by eight reading
by Miss Mae Hirsch that were we'll
received Mr. and Mrs. Freeman F.
Patten had charge of the affair.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex.
animation for the County of Tolland,
to be held at Rockville and Stafford
Springs on February 26, 1916, to fill
the position of rural carrier at Stat.
ford Springs and vacancies that may
later occur on rural routes from other
post offices in the above mentioned
county. The examination will be
open only to male citizens who are
actually domiciled in the territory of
post office in the county and who
meet the other requirements set forth
in Form No 1877. This form and
application blanks may be obtained
from the United States Civil Service
Comm ission at Washington, D. @
Applications should be forwarded to
the Commission at Washington at the
earliest practicable date.
Methodist Church Notes: The Boy
Scouts met Monday evening, elected
Do..x, Dorl, bnrcf oor;ho opd ploppo6 a
hike for Saturday afternoon, weather
permitting. Thursday evening will
be the prayer hour. Friday afternoon
at 8 O'Clock the W H. M. S, will
meet with Mrs. f f. Patten. Junior
League at Z O'Clock as usual. Next
Sabbath evening is the regular
monthly union service, held in the
Methodist church with sermon by the
Rev. L. Rees. On Monday evening.
the 4th quarterly conference in the
church parlors, the Rev. Mr..
Schrivener presiding. The pastor
wishes every member might be
present. On Tuesday evening, Feb.
9Th, the Y. P. A. are to present a
1
Blundering Billy" Judge J. H
Reed was elected lay delegate and J.
R. Parkhurst reserve delegate to the
lay electoral conference in Norwich,
March 81.
The prize essay contests by the ".
@. T. u, were very favorably re.
ceived all over the country the past
year, and the following are the
national prize winners, 500 fol
college prize essay by Clinton W.
Greenwood, Dartmouth, '16, whose
topic was Alcohol and the Public
Health; $50 for the teachers essay
on Best Methods for Teaching Temper
ance, by Jean Adams Haynes, Wilkins
vile, S. c.; $50 for the best essay
by foreign student, by E. Rodrigne,
Cuebas; $50 for high school essay or
Alcohol and Crime, by Clara Bullocl
of Eureka, Ill. The $50 for bes
essay in grade was divided between
Emma Kahl ($20) and Haney Howard
500 who wrote on The Harm in
Moderate Use of Alcohol, and VIII.
Business Men Demand Abstinenc
on the part of their employees. AL
: of these essays appear in the Januar.
number of the Temperance Edu
cational Quarterly which is on file il
the public library.
: 1t was city ybred against cornfed
Friday evening. when the Connection
| Business college basketball aggre
cation, hailing from the capital city
met up and went down before tn
boys from the hamlet on the Will
mantle, 63 to 10, in the s. Y. M. G
Before the game got under way, TIN
absence of Tonon because of sicknes
was advanced as weakening Staffor
highs chances, but one W. Kuslansk
went into the breach and plugged:
to queens taste. In the opening hal
the locals seemed disposed to feel ou
, their opponents in the meantim
running up "a points to the visitors
; The closing round was just repetitio
Of baskets, Murray, Bernardo an
l Kuslansky being prominent in tha
respect. Cough put up neat gam
for the O. B. c., while his team mat
Barriclough got long range doubl
decker that the was neatest shot {
the clash. Lineup:
Stafford High. Conn. B. @.
Bernardo, If rb, Lace
Kuslansky, IF lb, Goug
Murray, Shepherd, Q, Kille
Sullivan, lb rf, Holde
iii Griffihts. rb If. BarriclouQ