The Press., 1919-12-18
STAFFORD SPRINGS

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 STAFFORD SPRINGS
 MT. and Mrs. Theodore Morrall of Hartford spent Sunday here.
 Mrs. B. c. Matthews was here from Springfield for the weekend.
 Five of the members of the local branch of the l.. A. A. O. H. took the third degree in Rockville, Sunday.
 Mrs Esther Eaton has returned from a number of weeks visit at the home of her son, l.. F. Eaton, in Springfield.
 William Huden has given up his position with the Gary firm and is now acting as assistant trainer for the Lib erty Bond stables.
 Augustus Suprenaut of Somers was taken to the local hospital, Monday afternoon with a badly torn hand he cut on a circular saw.
 Louis Dennison, whose home is near Crystal Lake, was taken to the John son Memorial hospital on Monday eve ming for treatment for indigestion.
 At the regular quarterly meeting of F. of A. next Tuesday evening there will be election of officers, followed by smoker. All members are requested to be present.
 Ralph Fitzgerald, 19-days-old son of MT. and Mrs. James Fitzgerald, died at the home of his parents on Stafford Street Saturday morning. The burial took place Sunday in St. Edwards cemetery.
 Grant Foster, son of John A. Foster of this town for eight years salesman for the E. A. Buck Co.,, is now with the Refined Oil Go. of BrOcktOn, Mass. MT Foster stayed with the Buck Go. until it sold out to other interests. Theodore Hamilton was fined $10 and costs Saturday morning when he was found guilty in the borough court of stealing watch and chain as well as other voluables from Mrs. Idella Fuller whose home is on Chestnut Hill The fine was paid by the boys mother, who came here from Pittsfield Saturday. The lad had been living at the Fuller home for the past six weeks. At the annual communication of Ionic Lodge F. A. M. the following officers were chosen for the ensuing year: John D. Griffiths, w. M; AnsOn B. Handy, S. W; Louis I. Reynolds, J.. W; Geo. J. Greendonner, Sec'y; F. G.. Sanford, Treas; G. P. Bard, s. D.; Emil Hanson, J. D.; J. Kingsley Con verse. SS.; Willie A. Abbott, J. S. j; Otto Dunnebier Tyler; Rev. Levi Rees, Chaplin; finders Jacobsen, Marshal ; Regular Communication of Ionic Lodge next Tuesday at 7.3O p. m. R. A. degree. The following books of general lit erature have been added to the public library: Theodore Roosevelt's letters 1 to his children; Theodore Roosevelt by Thayer; A Labrador doctor by w. Grenfell; Georges Clemenceau, by G 1 Lecomte; Without the walls, by K Trask; The last million, by Ian Hay; | Treasury of war poetry, 2d series, by | G. H. Clarke; French ways and their meaning, by B. Wharton;. Russia in 1919, by A. Ransome; Inventions of the great war; by A. R. Bond; War TO- nance of the Salvation army, by Booth and Hill; John McCOrmack's own life story; A message to American people by c. Breshkovsky; History of the world war, by F. H. Simonds; Belgium by B. Whitlock; Vocational civics by 1 Giles; A handbook for school nurses by Kelly & Bradshaw; The new OppOr tunity of the church, by R. E. Speer Confessions of the Czarina, by P. Vas : sili Representative One-act plays, b. American authors.
 Rehearsals for the Alumni play Relieve Me Xantippe" have been go ing on steadily for the past few week and the interest and appreciation be ing shown fy the characters make i seem that the play will surely be fine judgement in choosing hit making comedies in the past and it does no expect that this year will be an ex ception. The play they have picke' this year, was first given in New Yor] not many years ago and repeated il s Boston recently. It was also show in the moving pictures in Stafford Many local people have seen the pla and all of therI seemed we'll impresse by it. It will be given by the Al11mn on the first and second nights 0 1 sale Dec. 29 at B. c. DeBorde's an H. F. Cady's The cast of character is as follows:
 George Nc Farland Kingsley Convers Buck" Kamman Charles Newto f "Simp" Galloway Melvin Cumming Arthur Sole John Cummiske Thornton Brown Alwyn Rec - Wren Wrigley Gilbert Wagne William Richard Whitake IA Martha Marion Le 5 Violet Maud Cummiske y Dolly Kamman Ruth Chapi
 The schools of the town will clos
 Friday and the children will be fire 5 till January 5 when school reopen y Edward Gillie's has gone to the We: d to look up material in the horse lin
 for the coming year.
 The Acme crew of basketball pla.
 CTS tripped to West Warren Frids
 evening and on surface there the
 matched wits and strength against th
 towns five chosen ones, with the r.
 suit that they were points behir
 after laboring for forty minutes.
 strange floor always has a weakenir
 effect on visitors. This was the on
 reason they lost for they were ab
 to outwit their opponents all thrOue - the game. All the local players worl
 ed equally hard.
 It usually seems natural for Murr;
 to shoot more baskets than the res
 perhaps because of height and bull 1 That he made the most points Frid; > night does not mean he was hard | worker than Calchera, Griffiths, l.
 vine or Argenta. They all did the
 share in trying to win and they can
 close to victory, teing in the leadu
 the last five minutes of the play Th
 was the Acme's first game out of tov
 and the showing they made after
 rough, cold ride was a very good o1
 to say the least The score:
 West Warren Acmes
 Monk If Argen McKean If Levi