The Press., 1920-02-12
STAFFORD SPRINGS

l operation in the Willimantic hospita on Monday.
 i Mrs. F. C. DeBOrde was taken tC . the local hospital Monday for treat nlent for a severe cold.
 The masquerade ball planned for ] in the Italian hall last Saturday i evening had to be postponed. When l q committee went to the hall Friday l they found that the roof had fallen
 II with the weight of the snow upon it.
 Tne next supper of the Ladies" Aid society of the Methodist Episcopal l church will be served on March 8. In connection with this supper, Miss Bessie G. Whiting. of Boston, will l read the play Come Out of the Kitch- en- by Alice D. Miller.
 Next Sunday morning Rev. o. J. Aldrich will preach in the Methodist church on The The Religious Life of Alraham Lincoln" and in the even ing on The Need of Quiet Homes in I}usy Lives.'
 Though the evening was filled with sIeet it was not enough to hinder a large crowd from attending the whist and dance given by Strazza post in the Springs House last Friday. As usual, all those who were there en- tOyed themselves thoroughly. The prizes offered were such that the whist was a real contest The first prizes were won hy Miss Helen Gay, q nurse at the local hospital and Ed
 ward Shea. The consolation prizes
 rent to Harry Armstrong and John Cote. Following the whist the rest Of the evening was spent in dancing. The prizes offered for the best old fashioned waltz went to Daniel Sul- livan and Irene Murray.
 Sergeant Herbert s. Curnan has teen made an instructor in the de- partment of telegraphy at Camp AL fred NiOl, N. J., signal corps school. Sergeant Curnan chose the U. S., Army Signal Corps as his profession some years ago and has made rapid progress. For a number of years hei served on the Mexican border. He was among the first of the A. E. F., to arrive in France. where he did service at the front. Besides being an in structOr he is also doing expert work
 in the installation of multiplex tele graph systems.
 The annual club dramitics of the Current events club will be given Monday evening at eight o'clock, in the vestry of the Methodist church. Two short plays have been chosen: Suppressed Desires" by Susan Glas peil, in which MT. and Mrs. R. H. Valentine and Miss Katherine Mitchell will take part, and Love and Tea' q Colonial play by Anna P. See. In this the following are cast: Mrs. T. C. Chapin, Miss Ruth Chapin, Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin, Mrs. George Rum below, Miss W. s. Adams, E. D. Kins- man, AlWyn Rees and Miss Mabel Meyers. There will be music. Doors open at 7.30 o'clock with admission thirty five cents.
 The severe snow storm of last week dealt a heavy IloW to the c. ", and it took the road two days to recover from the effects of it. Thursday morning the trains were two hours late. In the evening they were five hours late, the 422 north bound train going through about nine o'clock The south bound, passenger came into the town six hours late, arriving here at one o'clock It left the rails at a point near the I7al van shO1ly mill and the tieup was nearly complete. Friday nights storm finished the job The wrecking crew was at work four hours after the train left the track, but owing to the deep snow, the locomotive could not be put back on the rails till Saturday afternoon. The north Ound and sOuthbOund morn ing trains on Friday reached this point at noon. The passengers and some of the luggage was transferred from one train to the other and they aclIed over the route they had come. The only train to reach here Saturday was the south bound morning train which arrived, just behind the snow blow. at noon. After the ditched locomotive had been put back on the rails, the track was cleared of some of the snow so the trains were able to resume their schedule Monday morning. Very little mail arrived here from Friday morning till Monday, only one sack coming on Saturday lone train. Most of the mail carriers were unable to deliver their mail 1 ecause of the drifts. Some mail was delivered in West Stafford and Orcuttville, but toward Union and Westford it was dangerous to attempt delivery. Carrier Schofield covered part of route Mo- 3, on horse Lack on l Saturday.
 1 All the roads about the town were 1 and some still are, in a lad condition | with the snow. The mainstreets were 1 banked with snow which, owing tC | the cold nights is hard to remove 1 Many of the rural roads were not broken out till this week. The heavy crust on the snow makes it dangerous for a horse to be driven through it AutOmOl lies could not be used before Monday. Many did venture out how ever, and some of them became stal led. The state road blow did mucl in making the state roads navigablt
 ill some cases, however, the snow wa! so deep that the blow could have 'u little effect on it. Two of the Gar, trucks attempted to make the trip tt Springfield Friday Tut could not ge
 beyond Hazardville and were forced
 to turn back. The Springfield ba
 kerieS were unable to send any bretl'
 to Stafford Friday or Saturday Owin:
 to the fact that parts of the roa'
 between Somers and Thompsonvill ! La