The Press., 1920-04-29
STAFFORD SPRINGS

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 STAFFORD SPRINGS
 A May day dance will be given in
 Red Mems hall Saturday evening by the local branch of the Amalgamated
 Textile Workers of America. The
 music will be by Scussell's eight piece orchestra. Admission will be, Men 50 | women 35 cents.
 The Stafford Juniors, team con- posed of number of the younger
 would-he Cobbs, Speakers and Ruths hands of an Orcutts nine in Orcutts, Sunday by score of to 4. The bor- ough boys hope to even things up in a | return game next Sunday.
 Anna II years old daughter of Mr. I and Mrs. Abraham Simon, died Satur- day at the home of her parents in | EdgewOOd extension. Rheumatism of the heart was the cause of death. Be sides her parents, she leaves several younger brothers and sisters. The fu- neral services were held in St. Ed wards church Monday afternoon and turial was in St. Edwards cemetery
 An interesting and instructive talk on the teaching of geography in the grades was given to the Springs gram mar grade teachers Monday afternoon by George Schafer, principal of the | Willimantic normal school and Miss 1 Buchanan, teacher of the fifth grade 1 of the same institution. On Monday morning MT. Schafer spoke to the pu- ! pills of the high school on the advan- tages of normal school education. Stafford's second team opened their season with a victory when they de- feated the Federals of Rockville by a score of to in a ten inning game | in Rockville Sunday. The toys had
 but little practice, yet most of them exhibited mid-season form. Daigle was | the locals moundsman and retired 1 twelve opponents on strikes. With 1 this victory as an aid to their conf dence the second team is now looking l about for more easy picking.
 l Mrs. Sarah Watson Seward, widow of the late Henry Seward died at | II. The burial took place last week Tues day in Guilford, Conn. Major and Mrs. Seward lived here several years in the early seventies and made a host of friends. They were very active in the civic, social and church life of the town MT. Seward was lawyer. ] They removed from here to Putnam Mrs. Seward leaves two sisters, Mrs.
 Jennie Watson Wilder, formerly a teacher here, now of Evanston, H., | and the other living in Texas, also an adopted son, Edward Watson, with whom she was spending the winter in Florida when taken ill
 Judge J. H. Reed was heard by a
 large and very appreciative audience Monday evening at the Current Events | club. The subject "The Offender, the Court and Punishment was ably presented ty the speaker, who has
 been connected with the courts for over forty years, retiring from the su- preme bench in January tecause of the age limit. Many points in the | working of law were made clear, and l the origin and meaning of court phrases were explained. Concrete cases in his long experience were l cited to show the justice of law when fairly interpreted. Two solos by Miss 1 All erta Eaton were sung accompanied | by Miss Mary Ballantine. Misses Ethel Moore and Marjorie Morse gave a piano duet. Mrs. finders Jacobsen. Mrs. E. A. Fuller and Mrs. w. o. Judd were the hostesses.
 Forgetting the unfavorable weather last week Wednesday, a goodly num- Der of members and friends of the w. c. T. U. enjoyed the jubilee supper in the M. E. church. After partaking of the tountiful spread, prepared under the supervision ofMrs. G. w. Amidon and Mrs. w. A. Bruce, the new mem bers were decorated with the tiny bow of white ribbon by Mrs. Phoebe Fowle, who had the honor of securing the largest number of candidates. Mrs. Mary B. Welles, state secretary, well comed the new members and spoke interestingly of the mistaken ideas which some people hold in regard to beer as "liquid bread" and also told of the past and future work of the or der. Mrs Nellie Rule Arnold, state treasurer, held the close attention of all, with her vivid portrayal of the national convention held in St. Louis, last fall. She spoke of the life plays" presented each evening of the con- vention, one of which is to be given at the next meeting of the local Union. Music was furnished by Misses Morse and Moore. Twenty new members were gained. Much credit is due the president, Mrs. A. B. Harper, for the successful outcome of the drive
 The Firemans fair, to be given on May 6, and 8, looks quite promising with two nights of plays, plenty of dancing to good music, besides all the other attractions that make up a req fair. The play for the first night is entitled, That Rascal Pat" is to be given by St. Edwards dramatic club with the following brilliant cast: Pat McHaggerty, D. Sullivan. Major Puffjacket, J. Lazzerin. Charles Levingstone, w. Taylor. Laura, Marjorie Stevens. Nancy Irene Murray
 The Junior class of the high school will occupy the stage on the second night when they will present Sou venir Spoons" and An Interrupted Proposal The cast for the former is: Walter Varnell B. Schrier.. Cleo Varnen B. Tonon. Lydia Varnell c. Beckwith The Hotel Manager, F. Pagan
 The second play is made up oi ta following cast: Stephen Howard, T. Fletcher l Samuel Tracy, w. SmItn l Mr. Stone, J. Kaplan Mrs. Stone, B. Hanna l Helen Stone H. Gilligan