The Press., 1920-02-05
REUBEN s. CONVERSE.

Reuben s. Converse, aged 75 years died suddenly at his home on Highland
 Terrace Tuesday afternoon, shortly
 after three o'clock. He had contracted
 cold on Saturday which developed into pneumonia and it caused his
 death. For the past few months or
 more he had been suffering from heart trouble Mir. Converse was one of Stafford's much respected citizens He was born here October 27, 1S45 the son of MT. and Mrs. Orrin Con- verse. His talents lay along mechan- ical lines and for many years he
 worked as a mechanic in the Mineral
 Springs mill. Later he purchased the
 furniture. grain and feed business of
 George Cleveland. To this he added an undertaking business. He ran the
 store for several years and retired.
 In april 1874 he married Miss Martha
 Jane Patrick of Wilton. Conn. who
 survives him. For many years he was a steward in the Methodist Episcopal
 church, later becoming one of the
 trustees. which office he held until his death Besides his wife he leaves two
 children. Harry Orrin Converse of
 Bridgeport and Mrs. James Stretch, of Simst ury. and two sisters, Mrs. l..
 K Lord of Long Beach, Cal, and Mrs. F. L. Cfisl y of Parker, s. Dak. The funeral cervices will be held in the
 home Friday afternoon at 1.3O o'clock.
 Rev O. T. Aldrich will officiate. The
 bO0y will be placed in the vault in the
 Spri- . cemetery.
 \ good time was had by the large uuml CT who attended the TeutOnic masquerade ball Friday evening, the prizes were awarded as follows: Firsts,
 'una Posset Mabel Jacobsen, seconds, Aired Jacobsen and Bernard Calchera.
 Strazza Post is planning to give a minstrel show in St. Edwards hall on the two evenings immediately follow ing the close of lent. The show will deal with funny phases of army life and will prol ably le called From Reveille to Taps
 The Odd Fellows spent an enjoyable evening in their rooms Tuesday when they were paid a visit hy D. G. M., NhitOn of Hartford, c. w. Phillips of Wateri ury and s. s. Hutchinson of New Haven. An oyster supper was served after which smokes were en- ioyed.
 Stafford highs boys put up one of iheit s.iOngest Lattles of the year TucsCay afternoon when they went to NonSOn and defeated the Academy's first five The battle ground was a
 good sized one and it was thought the locals might le handicapped by it, tut uch was not the case. Passwork and hoop hitting came easy to them, and through their endurance they r-ere al le to elude their opponents ..ith little trouble. Cantwell was sup osed to be big hitter for the acad- emy l ut the locals captain sent Pagan after him and his score was a very small one. Anderson was the best one among the opponents. For the locals Cunningham and Fitzpatrick flashed. A return game will probably he played here in the near future. The score.
 Stafford MonsOn Baldwin If Cantwell Cummings lfMacguire Anderson Whitaker Brown, Knox cunningham rg Hulse, Deskoloff Pagan lg Esler, Hansen Score. s. H. S. 30. NJ. A..25. goals rom floor, Cunningham 6, Whitaker 4, 2, Cummings, Pagan, An erson ,. Knox ?, Hanson goals from ouls. Cunningham, Fitzpatrick, Cant yell 9: referee, Hilliard; scorer, imms: timer. Garland; time ofhalves, 0 min.
 Last week, Thursday and Friday St. Edwards hall was filled O capacity, when the musical comedy, The Girl of My Dreams," was given. Io one attending was displeased with !. Rather a good many are still prais- ng the performance. Nothing to equal it has been given in the town by purely local talent in many, many years. The successful production is due to Bernard Mullins, who first formed the idea of giving such a com edy and who directed the whole from beginning to end. overcoming all those OT stacles which are in the way of those who direct anything big. All
  of praise, some people. appeared bet ter than others, but they all had to put in some hard work in rehearsing during the past month, There was one whose lot it was to he heard rather than seen, lut who was a big factor in making the musical comedy a sue cess. namely. Miss Julia SimOns, who accompanied on the piano. Since nearly all the people in the town have heard her play at one time or another, nothing more need be said. The com edy was filled with good laughs and fine music. Some of the songs were snappy and catchy, others rippled, and still others might e termed sweet and low" Many good singers were in the cast. which made it possible to get a better appreciation of the songs. Besides the music there was much good acting. The characters for these various parts were certainly well chosen and it is safe to say that al most any of these taking the leading characters will be in demand for future performances.