The Press., 1917-03-22
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Miss. Mae Gilligan spent the week end visiting Miss Marion Fitzgerald in Ware.
 The quarterly meeting of the For. esters of America will be held shis evening.
 Wm. Kiugsbury of tSnincy, Mass, !, was the guest of his brother, A. ". Kingsbury, last week.
 Mrs. Ernest Cady of Springfield visited her parents, Mir. and Mrs. Frank Barrett, this week.
 Sidney Morrall of Norwich visited a few days this week at the home of Mir. and Mrs. B. P. Cooley.
 The annual meeting of the OongTe- Rational society will be held in the chapel on Friday evening at o'clock.
 Oscar Hughes was before the borough court Friday charged with intoxica- tion The court fined him $1 and costs which he paid. >s---
 Lees Furanoe has resigned his position as chauffeur for James Sheppard and has accepted position as mechanic in the Hudson garage
 The annual meeting of the lot own- CTS of the Stafford Springs Cemetery association will be held in the library. building next Monday evening at '. 45.
 The Ladies Aid society of the Con- gregational church will hold their annual apron sale, also of candy and peanuts in connection with @ supper on April IT.
 Ernest Jones, the younger son of Mir and Mrs. Edward Jones of Rock we'll Hill passed the naval exams in. the recruiting office in Hartford Fris day. He enlisted in the marine corps and is to be in the Newport training camp until he is fitted for duty.
 Michel Gstuck was before the borough court Tuesday charged with assaulting his wife and intoxication. His wife complained to Officer Hayes Saturday night saying that there were five or six men in the house all drunk and she did not dare go home, as her husband had struck her. Officers Hayes and Young went to the house and arrested Gstuok wI1ich broke up the party. The court fined Gstcuk $1n and costs, which amounted to $17.26, which he paid.
 The s Y. M. O. trimmed the S. H s freshman team in a preliminary game last Friday night by a score of 31 to 5. The s Y M. O. seemed to play all around the freshman, Levene starring for the Y. M. O. lineup.
 S Y M. 0. s HIS. Freshmen. Calchera If B. Sullivan Argenta If Kuslansky. Rinzer Levene c Fraser Mullins lb Comins, Ambach A. Bernardo rb
 s. Bernardo, Cunningham
 Score: s. Y. M O. S1. s H s. Freshmen 15; baskets from the floor, Argenta 3, Levene l, Calohera, Bernardo 6, Kuslanskys Sullivan, Fraser, s. Bernardo 3, Comins l, Rinzer; baskets on free tries, Levene 3, s. Bernardo; referee, Tonon timer, Campo; time, 15-minute and 2O-minutes halves.
 The smoker of the Business Mems association, held at the club rooms last Saturday, was attended by a large number of the members and it was an evening of much pleasure to those present. The members were the guests of the president of the assooi. ation, James Sheppard, who provided an excellent program for the evening, including vocal solos by James Shep- pard, R. W. Ellis and H. E. Burwell with Dr. G. P. Bard and H. E. Jones as acoompanists on the piano. mono logues by R. W. Ellis and harmonica duets by two local boys, Oalowsky and Thiesing. Representative W H Heald explained a number of the bills before the present legislature The enter. tainment was followed by lunch with Burt Needham of the Springs house as caterer. The remainder of the evening was passed with singing and general social time. A vote of thanks was extended to President Sheppard for his hospitality.
 The s. H. s. basketball team was trimmed Friday night on the s. Y. M. o. floor by Storrs freshman team by score of 37 to 35. This is the first time in three years that the high school has been defeated on the home floor and it was hard fought game. At the end of the first half the local team had Storrs beaten by score of 25 to 19, but Storrs seemed to have the floor and team we'll sized up in the second half and soon tied the score. The score stayed almost tie all dur ing the half Murray was so we'll guarded in this half that he only shot two baskets where he shot nine in the first. Look wood, the Storrs man, shot the fouls, making seven out of eight. Line up:
 Storrs Freshmen. Stafford. Murser If Tonon Lockw If
 Kuslansky, Bernardo Goodrich Murray
 Blevens, Scott lb Griffiths Barlow rb J. Sullivan, i Score: storrs 37, Stafford 35; baskets from floor, Lockwood 2, Murser, Goodrich 4, Barlow. Blevens 3, Tonon 3, Murray Il, Bernardo; baskets on free tries, Lockwood 2, Tonon 5; refree, Buckley; timer, Hanley; time, 20-minute halves.