The Press., 1916-07-20
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Charles Burrell is spending l' several-weeks' vacation in Canada. U A son was born July 18th, Tues
 day, to MT. and Mrs. Alexis Hoagne. Y Kingsley Converse has returned l. from a stay at Ferry's Inn, Lak
 Mashapaug.
 Mrs. Charles H. Meyers and hel mother, Mrs. Chaunoey Oroutt, art at Fishers Island.
 John Reig has taken young boy. named Charley Quinn, from the Ware house Point home.
 Mrs. M. Smithers and son, Roscoe
 Smithers of Springfield, are visiting Mrs. John Hancock, Mrs. Smithers' sister.
 Mrs. Abbie Hancock moves this
 week from the Sibley house on East
 Main street to the Hampston house
 on Center street.
 G. O. Blake of Willimantio will
 assume the duties Monday at the
 lighting station left by the resignation
 of Carl Lindner.
 The annual field day meeting of the
 W. O. T. U. will be held at the home
 of the president, Ellithorpe farm, on
 Friday, July 2S.
 MT. and Mrs. w. J. Hadley and
 son, Robert, and Miss Grace I. Peet, all of Toledo, Ohio. have been guests of MT. and Mrs. F. F. Patten.
 Miss Ruth and Miss Isadore Dun-
 ham are spending a vacation with
 MT. and Mrs Levi Gary and son, Earl, at the Gary cottage at Crystal Lake.
 Nothing further could be learned this week relative to the rumor that the local office of the Rockville Willimantic Lighting Go. is to be discontinued.
 John Hodgson will leave the en- ploy of the Hudson Garage Go. this Saturday. He will enter the em. ploy of the Standard Garage Co of Rockville Monday.
 Charles B. Gary established a personal record in the walking particular yesterday morning. He walked from his farm on the Hollow road right down to his office.
 Mrs. W. B. Robinson, daughter of MT. and Mrs. F. J. Chandler, and children of Washington, D. O., are visiting MT. and Mrs. Chandler. They stopped off here en route to their summer home in Hancock, N. H.
 O. B. Gary & Sons garage, which l is under construction on River street l is gradually assuming shape and by the looks will be quite an attractive | addition to that section of the borough. l Cobble stones are being used for the l sides.
 James Brown of Willimantio, one | of the biggest horse dealers in this state, died in that city of Bright's disease Saturday. Burial was in Willimantio Tuesday. Adelbert Need ham of this place and MT. Brown were partners for time in years gone.
 The Smith & Cooley firm are hav- ing further improvements and addi. tions made. The iron smokestaok is to be replaced by a brick one, the foundation of which has already been built. An additional boiler is to be installed in the boiler room, for which an addition is being made.
 Vincent Fitzpatrick of Torrington was painfully hurt yesterday fore. noon when large piece of glass fell a short distance, landing on the fingers of the left hand so as to cut them deeply near the tips. Fitzpatrick was employed in putting in the window glass in the new worsted mill. He had come to work Tuesday.
 Hyde park is being experimentially lighted nights now by g powerful searohlight, played on the grounds from the top of Bakers block in upper Main street. The light has not been accurately adjusted yet, but is gradually being fixed to the desired focus. The idea is to light the lawns and part of the grounds. It is believed that two such lights will suffice. The park is partly rendered almost as bright as day by the light.
 Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Alice J. Walker and Christian F. Wolf of Brooklyn, N. Y. The ceremony was performed at the home of the brides brother, Albert M. Walker, in Akron. Ohio, July 18th. MT. and Mrs. Wolfe will go directly to Kansas City, Mo-, where MT. Wolfe, who is civil engineer, holds position as designer in the bridge department of the Kansas City terminal railway company.
 The annual meeting of the corpora. tors of the Stafford Savings Bank was held in their banking rooms yesterday and the treasurer reported the amount on deposit at the present time as $1. PFC, ,S01. 92; surplus and profit and loss account, $53, 3,410.71; interest account, $28, TIA. 29, making a total of liabilities $1, 1858, 986. .92, with assets as follows: Loans on real estate, collateral and personal security, $65S, 127.OO loans to borough of Stafford Springs, 6,5OO.OO; city, town and bonds, bank and other stocks, $595, 455. 0O; real estate, $25O. .OO: vault, safe and fixtures, $2, 500. .OO; premium account, $7,OOO.OO; cash in banks and on hand, $89, 154. 92, making total of assets $1, 1858, 986. 92. The deposits have increased the past year $55, 664.O9 The number of accounts open at the present time, 3, 298. The bank is now paying 4 per cent. on all accounts irrespective of the amount of same Edwin Q |