The Press., 1917-01-11
STAFFORD SPRINGS

D plStp1ned until next Monday at p. u4.
 The drug store which has been owned by Anders Jacobsen for tweIve years was sold last week to David McCnrmick of Rockville, formerly the manager of the Rockville WilHl mantle Lighting Go.
 The Stafford Athletic associatinu intends sending a relay team into Hartford to the Naval Militia athletic meet on Feb. 21. They want to get speoal car to take them in so all persons intending to go can speak to Joe Letturey so that he can get an estimate of the number going.
 Daniel Burke of Bayonne, N. ! son of Mir. and Mrs. Michael Bulke of SomerswoTth, N. H., died last Friday If a complication of nervous trouble and spinal disease. The body was brought here Saturday and the funeral was held Monday morning at o'clock at St Edwards church, Rev. F. J. |O'NeiH officiating. MT. Burke was |39 years old and leaves wife, one brother, five sisters and his parents.
 Smith 6 Cooley intend putting up a modern brick building as soon as they can get things adjusted. They will also put moro machinery in this new plant than was in the one that burned. They already have the architect workin ing on plans for the new plant. In the meantime they are going to try and set up the machinery saved from the fire in some other building. The cutting room, which was Lot hurt by the fire, is running full time now. They have hired the Fahyan building on River street, formerly used for a finishing room, for temporary use.
 The trains were all held up Satur. day afternoon by the derailment of a freight car about half a mile above the Rhode Island worsted mill. One of the loaded freight cars ran off of the track, and when examined it was found that the hanges on the wheels were broken and the car would not stay on the track. The car was finallys taken to the Rhode Island switch SC that the last two trains of the day passed through. All of the other trains had to transfer mail and passengers.
 The following is the tax list as set forth by the assessors this year: Total list, $3,638, ,776; including $50 houses, $I,278, O63; SIS barns and sheds, $173, 3,O63; 697 house lots, $34s, S9S; store buildings, $256, 9s5; mills and manufacturing plants, $4O0,- O5O; 34, 1O6 acres of land, $95O, 339; horses, $40, cattle, $27, 400; wagons, $16, automobiles, $88, 766; furniture, $3O, 75O; merchandise, $150, $50; manufacturing material, $85O,17 cables and wires, etc. $95, 87O. The grand list as returned by the assessors last year was $3, 529, 565.
 San Francisco was the topic for study at the Current Events club Monday evening. Miss Florence Washburn gave the early history of the city. Mrs W. H. Cooley read paper on the Literary Colony. The Phoenix of the West San Francisco's rise from earthquake and fire - Miss G. S. Beckwith. Mrs. William Mo-, Culloch's paper on Sequoia National Park was read by Mrs. B. P. Cooley. "One Fleeting Hour'' and Good Night were sung by Mrs. G A. Wagner, accompanied by Miss Mabel Meyers.
 Mrs. James Fitton died Friday at 8 o'clock in the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Williams in Wollaston, Mass. The cause of her death was pareimena of the liver from which she had been suffering for some time. She leaves a husband and one daughter, Mrs Wm Williams, and her mother, Mrs. Vim. Symonds The body was brought here Saturday and the funeral services held at the home at o'clock Sunday afternoon, Rev. O. J. Al1rich officiating. Mrs. Fitton was 61 years old and had lived most of her life here. She had wide circle of friends and was active in the work of the Methodist church. Many people were here to attend the funeral.
 There was much excitement at the basketball game last Friday night which was between the Stafford high and Windham. The game was the most closely contested game that the high school has fought this year. At the end of the regular playing time the teams were locked in a score of 28 and an extra five minutes was de- clared and Tonon scored two points and Read of Windham pulled one giving the game to Stafford by score of 3O to go. Tonon was hurt in the first half of the game by running into the chimney and will probably be out of the game for awhile. The line up
 StaHord Windham. Tonon, Bernardo, W. Sullivan, If
 Kuslansky, If. Lamoreux Murray, Bernardo, Read Griffiths, lb Moriarty J. sullivan, rb Gager
 If Prickett
 The score: Baskets from the floor, Tonon ?, Kuslansky 8, Murray 6, Bernardo, Lameroux, Pickett 6, Read ?, Gager 2; baskets, Tonon, Kuslansky 5, Read 3, Pickett 4; referee, Buckley; timer, Letturey time, twenty minute halves and five minutes overtime.