The Press., 1917-06-14
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sTAFFoRD SPRINGS.

Attorney M. ID. O'OOnneH has been
 appointed deputy coroner for Holland
 county by Coroner J. E. Fahey of
 Rockville.
 The Rockville " llimantic Liz ting Co.'S office will be closed Saturday afternoona from June 10th to Sept. 10th, inclusive.
 Raymond Towne has moved from the road to Stafford Street to one of the new houses owned by E. E. Penny on Prospect street.
 Emil Hansen, formerly of Hansen 6 Co.. Hartford, has accepted a po- sition as foreman of the workshop in the Hudson garage.
 A meeting of the Current Events club will be held at A. 30 D. m., Fri day, to vote on proposed additions to the by Jaws of the club
 The Y. P. B. meeting has been postponed until July 7th because of the Scout demonstration at the Con- gregational church in West Stafford. <
 The Hospital Aid society will meet next Tuesday at 2. 30 p. m. A large attendance is desired, this being the last meeting until September. The ladies will serve ice cream and cake. !
 The class night program of the 1917 class of s. H. s. will be held in St. Edwards hall next Tuesday. The graduation exercises are to be held in the Comique theatre on Friday of next week.
 Harold Pierce has accepted a posi- tion with the government, in the bureau of mines. This work re- quires chemist that is experienced in French gas. Where he will work is not known yet.
 Attention is called to the fact that the U. s. senate recently enacted a law declaring it shall be unlawful to sell any Intoxicating liquor, including beer, ale or wine, to any officer or member of the military forces while in uniform"
 The superior court of Holland county willhold a essionanext EEillay at 10 a. m. for the purpose of hearing applicants for citizens papers. Judge Bennett, the presiding judge, has ruled that he will not hear. applicants of alien enemies.
 Warden Leach has for a long time been trying to have the Connecticut company extend their track on Fur mace avenue far enough up the street to eliminate the nuisance of unload ing near the post office. This unload ing has blocked the streets and caused all kinds of inconvenience to the traffic Borough Counsel M. D. O'Con. nell and Warden Leach interviewed two men representing the company last week and they promised to relieve the congestion caused by. the trolley freight as soon as possible by extend ing the line up Furnace avenue on the east side of the street as far as Gary's property and unload the freight there.
 Walter Bousquet was before the court Saturday charged with the theft of ten dollars from Harvey Barrett and raincoat from Solomon Bousquet was in the Staf- ford hotel and his friends were joking him about not having any money. He told them that he was good enough to borrow ten dollars. He went into pool room and borrowed the ten dollars from Harvey Barrett, say ing that he would return it as soon as he had shown it to his friends in the hotel. When the money was not re- turned Barrett demanded it back and Bousquet refused to return it. Officer John Hancock happened to be passing md he arrested Bousquet. Bousquet vas still defiant so he was locked upI lntil court was called. In the mean lime Solomon Kleiner entered charge against him for stealing a rainooat. When Bousquet was brought into ,ourt he pleaded guilty. Judge Heald him to three months in Tol- and jail.
 The Stafford baseball team defeated he Victors of South Manchester Sat. lrday afternoon in Hyde park by q core of 12 to 5. The game belonged Q the local boys from the second inn ing. In the second inning three runs were brought in. The Manchester cam failed to score until the sixth inning when they counted one run. In the seventh three more went to stafford and one to the visitors. The eighth inning brought in three forI both sides. Gilman of Stafford piled n three runs, doing some good base and Hanna of Manchester starred on the bases for the visitors. Jurnan showed good speed in the pitchers box, pitching mighty good game. The lineup was as follows :: ViotOrs-Anderson and Vitner, of. ;l Pitt, 2d. Hanna, 3d. Massey, ss. Mcdonald, 1st. 4; P. Johnson and Mo- Jormick, 0. Norrey, If. ;; Mccormick and Howard, If. Cornse, p. Stafford -Webber, 3d.; Wise. of. i; Gilman, If. Madsen, If. <; Dupre, list. Mos- seau, 2d. !; Huden, ss. Bousquet, C. Uurnan, p.
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 Runs, Hanna 2. Massey. l. MoDon- aid l, P. Johnson 1, Webber 2, Gil man 3, Madsen l, Dupre 1, Mosseau 1. Bousquet l., Ournan l. asatupday the local team will play Enfield on the Hyde park grounds ]