The Press., 1920-08-05
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LOCAL NOTICES. Matter under this head IF cents . line. STAFFORD SPRINGS

STAFFORD SPKlNGS
 We the undersigned wish to ex- press our heartfelt thanks to the Red Men, Foresters, and friends for sym pathy and floral tributes at the time of the death of our brother. Daniel F. Sullivan.
 JOHN J. SULLIVAN, MARY B. SULLIVAN, Mrs. A. J. SQUIRES. w. R. c. meeting Friday evening. Kenneth Sullivan spent the past week in Springfield.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Mayo are spend l ing this week in Carmel N. Y. Miss A. D. Washburn is q guest of | Mrs. Orin Hum at East Longneadow i Mass.
 l There will be a meeting of the K of c. next Sunday morning after the last ! mass.
 ! Edward Mullins intends to move his family to Indian Orchard in the near future. i Miss Celia Hol: and Mrs. Arthur Cady are spending three weeks at Deerfield, Mass.
 Miss Mary Reynolds and Miss Mar jorie Fenton are at the Y. W. c. A. Camp at Chester, Mass. A. w. Tuthill is spending a few , days in Middletown, N. Y., Brooklyn and Coney Island.
 MT. and Mrs. Wright Lawton of Auburn, Maine, are visiting MT. and Mrs. Albert Anderson. Mrs. Carrie Needham and Arthur Johnson have bought the Coleman place on West Main street The Painters and Clerks will clash Thursday evening in Hyde Park in the first twilight game here this season. The house on High street vacated hy Thomas Moran and family is be- ing remodeled to suit the needs of a convent.
 James Lewis, Mrs. George Beard and Mrs. Robert Furness and son, spent Sunday with MT. and Mrs. Albert Anderson.
 The sale of government securities at the local post office for July were war savings stamps $313.50; thrift stamps $20.50.
 A. E. Snow has taken a contract for the painting of the Phoenix Woolen Company's mill and tenement houses in Hydeville.
 Misses Mollie Kuslansky, Ida Levy and Mary Cuddington, all of Hart ford spent the weekend at the Kus- lansky cottage, Crystal Lake.
 The Red Sox of High street de- feated the Ruffen Reddies of the same street by score of 13 to in game played in Hyde Park.
 Mrs. Samuel Kuslansky and son, Joseph, are in camp for the rest of the summer in their cottage at the Lake.
 Joseph Kuslansky has been released from the local hospital where he un- derwcnt an operation for appendicitis recently.
 Frank Keefe of Old Fort, N. C., spent last week in Stafford. MT. tate which makes up Keefe's Plains. as Naval Reserves during the war, has been received by several local young men who served in this branch.
 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Quinley and daughter, Miss Nellie Quinley, have returned from weeks outing at Block Island. Miss Nellie is now at Bethlehem, N. H.
 William and Edward Ladish of this place and Walter Whitley of Metheun l Mass, are camping for two weeks at l Crystal Lake. They will be joined by John Rafftery of Hartford at the end of this week.
 The prayer meeting at the Method ist church will be lead by J. R. Park hurst this evening. On Sunday morn ing Rev. Charles H. Puffer will preach and the Sunday school session will be held at the usual time. ] The steamer Block Island, known | to so many on the Central Vermont line as the boat that would take then to Watch Hill and Block Island, has been consigned to the heap after 2 useful career of about 34 years. The boats last season on this line was ir l 1916.
 l Mrs. Herman Ladish returned to her home here Saturday after two weeks trip during which she visited relatives in DeKalb, Ill.,, Philadelphia Hadenfield and Atlantic City, N. J. and in Brooklyn, N. Y. Returning from Philadelphia she was accompa nied by her husband who spent las week with relatives there.
 Regular meeting of Mineral Springs lodge K. of F., tomorrow night at o'clock. Emanuel Carrie, grand chan cellor, and other grand officers vii be present. The rank of Knight will
 be conferred, after which refresh ments will be served. All Knights O Pythias are invited to be present a this meeting.
 MT. and Mrs. c. B. Pinney opened their camp at Crystal Lake yesterday Miss Bettie Pinney is spending thu summer at Camp Kineowatha, Wilson Maine, and Robert Pinney is at Wild ! o11 To for August Mrs. B. c. Pinney, wh, has been a guest at the c. B. Pinne. home for the past ten days, has re turned to her home.
 l Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Ward of Buf Cap are entertaining MT. and Mrs William Moore and daughter, Grace and son. Raymond, of Hartford fo
 two weeks. MT. and Mrs. T. w. Nor
 rall of Hartford were week-en guests. Miss Grace Milner and Mis
 Lorry of Hartford visited MT. am Mrs. F. A. Arnold at the Ward hom on Sunday. J. N. Bardin and son
 Howard, on Sunday called on Mrs
 Bardin, who is staying at the War, home for month.
 The batting averages of the mem
 bers of Stafford's team in all tn
 games including last Sundays shoy
 tut three men above the 300 mark Tonoly who took part in nine game
 ranks first with 375. Among thos
 who played in every game but one O
 two, Gilman leads with .309. Afte
 the first two games the players did bu
 little hitting up till about the tentl
 game. The reason, though it ma
 seem simple, was poor bats. Abou
 this time some one of the player
 went out and purchased a few goo
 sticks and the results proved he wa
 wise. The averages: