The Press., 1920-08-05

l to recind the action of July 13, it was | voted to purchase the new truck at a cost not to exceed $11,5 800. Then it
 was voted to appropriate this amount The final article taken up was with
 regard to the borrowing of this amount. It was voted to authorize the Court of Burgesses to borrow enough
 money to cover the appropriation, in l terest on the money to be charged at
 a rate of six per cent. Warden Shep- pard explained the circumstances for | the change in the amount for the pur- | chase. While in Boston on the Sat
 urday following the previous Borough
 meeting the American-La France Com pany showed him truck worth SIP, 500 when new, which had been sold to the government. After it had been 1 used twice the company bought it back, cleaned it and repainted it. They offered it to him for $11 800 with the same guarantee that goes with a new truck. He recognized what a good opportunity it was and decided to get permission to purchase it. It is expected that the new truck will be here within two weeks.
 Leon Partelo of Boston is spending
 
 Misses Mary Mccarthy and Ellen Hassett are on a two-weeks' vacation.
 A. D.Rounds has purchased a house on East Main street from Mrs. Emile Jacobsen.
 Rev. F. P. Bacheler of Talcottville will supply the pulpit at the Congre- gational church next Sunday morning.
 The Stafford hotel, which, for the past year, has been owned by Carlo Brighenti has been purchased by Tony Zaara and Samuel Phone of Hart ford.
 Judge and Mrs. J. H. Reed and their son, w. H. Reed, and family, are talk ing an automobile trip over the Mo hawk Trail through Vermont to Sar- atoga Springs.
 Rotert Spittle and Miss Jessie Spit tie, who for the past ten days have Teen the guests of their sister and husband, MT. and Mrs. William Me- Culloch, will return to their home in Erie, Pa, tomorrow.
 The registrars of voters will be in session on Friday of this week and next week Friday at F. J. Murray & Sons office and at the residence of J. G. Wightman from 12 to D. m, to make an enrolment of voters entitled to vote at party caucuses
 Having received a challenge from the Phoenix Riverside nine the man. agement of the town team wishes to say that the team is willing to play a series of three games with the under standing that the winning team takes all the proceeds. The managers of the
  the games.
 50 many protests have been made that Chief Hayes finds it necessary to warn members of the Stafford ball team against playing pass, that is tossing the ball from one to the other, III Main and Spring streets on Sunday u appears that before going to keefe's Plains on Sunday afternoons the play CTS gather near the corner of Spring and Main streets and pass the bali rom one to the other for an hour or so. Rather than making an arrest serve as an example, Chief Hayes lakes this means of warning the play CTS to discontinue the practice.
 Stafford was defeated 6 to ,, by the Palmer Wickwires in Palmer yesterday afternoon. Untl the seventh inning the the score was tied, two and two Staf ford had mado the first runs of the game. two in tie second chapter. The Palmer team knotted the score in the third frame. In the seventh inning Joe Gau dette was put in and Whcn he came to bat he neatly placed hit which proved good for two bases and sent man ahead of him to third. A wild throw to first by Pallanck, who made fine running catch of hot drive, let the man on third score. Gaudette was put out at the plate. After two more men had been placed on the sacks hit and drive which was too hot to handle neatly made ] total of three runs for the inning The final run came in the eight.
 Representatives from the various churches of this town and Willington met in the chapel of the Congrega- tional church, Monday evening, for the purpose of discussing the advis- ability Of organizing a class in Re- nglOuS instruction to be conducted ty Professor Myers of Hartford. B. E. Penny, who acted as chairman of the meeting, presented the matter. There were 50 present representing the fol- lowing churches: M. B. church of the borough, 6; Willington and South Will lngton churches, g.; Universalist church at the Hollow, l; Congrega- tonaf church at the borough, IA. It was unanimously voted to organize class and the following officers were Chairman, Mr. Enos Penny: secretary, Miss Marion Lee. The fol- lowing temporary chairmen were cho- sen to present the matter to their own church people and to have permanent chalrmen appointed whose duty would De to solicit members: M. x. church. Mrs. E. K. Taft; Universalst church, Miss Celia Holt; Church at Willington, MISS Ida Brown; At South Willington, Mrs. D. J. Matthews; Congregational church Mrs. Thomas Chapin. It was voted to hold said meetings on Thurs day evenings in the chapel of the church of the bor- 0ugh.
 West Stafford.
 Mrs. Bessie Knott, aged S5 years. wife