The Press., 1917-06-07
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

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 STAFFORD SPRINGS. 1 Amos Henderson is in the Johnson hospital seriously ill. 'I At the meeting of the Red Men to night there will be nomination oi officers.
 Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin was guest of her parents at Belohertown, Mass. lover Sunday.
 Mrs. J. T. Melbourne of Medway. Mass, is visiting MT. and Mrs. William Wood.
 Vespueci Patrone spent the last pal | of the week visiting his relatives in New York city.
 MT. and Mrs. Schillinger of Rock vile have been visiting friends in town this week.
 B. P. Cooley has purchased a new six cylinder Buick runabout from the Hudson Garage %.
 An adjourned meeting of the Stafford Business Mems association will be held on Friday evening.
 Wm. Kuslansky has accepted a clerical position with Pratt & Whitney in Hartford and will assume his duties Monday.
 At a meeting of the Knights of Columbus, held Sunday afternoon, they worked the first and second degrees on sixteen members.
 Peter N. Bondville, formerly of this borough, has taken position with M. E. Chase, a furniture dealer and undertaken at Northfeld, Vt.
 The merchants in town close their stores on Thursday afternoons begin ming to-day and will continue this plan until September Eth, inclusive.
 The Girls Friendly society of Grace church will give a minstrel in the basement of the church on next Tues day. The minstrel will be preceded by short play.
 The baseball game was postponed last Saturday becauae of wet GroRnaass There is a game scheduled for SatuT- day afternoon with the Victors of South Manchester.
 Joseph Bousquet, who works for 0. B. Gary & Son, and Henry Stewart were before the borough court Thurs day charged with intoxication. They both pleaded guilty of the charge and were fined $3 and costs which they paid.
 Juan Brown, ST., 81 years of age, caught a handsome trout in Glynville early in the week measuring 134 inches and weighing exactly 2 pounds. This is the prize trout of the season, being the largest trout caught in this section this year.
 Miss M. E. Nothniok is having a sale of her stock of goods damaged by fire and water at her store in the Gary block. Next week she expects to conduct her business in the store in the Arnold block until the Gary building is repaired.
 There will be a meeting Friday afternoon at o'clock in the Current Events club-rooms for work on surgical dressings. The people who have worked on surgical dressings this winter have reason to be proud of their efforts. During the winter they have spent about $6S on materials and nearly 10, 900 surgical dressings have been sent to the Boston headquarters in the Peter Bent Brigham hospital. This work is to be continued through mittee feel that they ought to turn out more work than usual in order to help our own army, and they urge that all patriotic and interested persons help them by their own presence at the meeting and by con- tributing money and any old linen or cotton cloth which is greatly needed in this work.
 The time is near at hand for the Stafford Ohautauqua, June 26th to June 3Oth. In order to make it a great success it should receive the hearty support of the community. Willimantio has just closed it's first Chautauqua. At the opening the following telegram of oongratulation from the Rockville Chautauqua guarantors was read:
 "At a meeting of the Rockville Chautauqua guarantors last night it was unanimously voted to extend best wishes to Willimantic which is new town on Oircnit B. This is RockYille's g fourth season, of Chautauqua. It is a grand institution, bringing both profit and pleasure. Seven joyous days are before you. Once you have had Chautauqua you won't be without it. From every standpoint it is worth while. ''
 H.. O. Smith, President,
 P. H. Howe, Secretary.
 The following is from The Willi- mantle Chronicle:
 '"rhis being the first Ohautauqua Willimantie has had the excellence of the program surprised large proportion of the townspeople who had remained just a little bit skeptical on the principle that ''seeing is be- lieving. :" But from the opening number of the Chicago Musical club through the afternoon and the evening programs the surprise and satisfaction mounted until at the end the v hole town was talking ahout the new com munity venture. '''