The Press., 1921-06-23

c. H. Moore & Co.,, have purchased a new G. M. c. truck. Messrs Schofield & Ruby have pur- chased a new Ford roadster
 Miss Hildreth Whitaker spent the weekend at her home on Crown street.
 Miss Ruth Tuthill has returned from a few days spent with friends in Talcottville.
 MT. and Mrs. F. William Kihl have returned home after spending a week in New YOry city.
 Miss Sadie Lamb of Stafford Village is ill with a severe attack of measles and complications.
 Miss Margaret Russell of Haverhill, Mass, is with her sisters, Misses Mary and Isabel Russell.
 MT and Mrs. Albert Walker of Akron, Ohio, have been visiting his parents MT. and Mrs. M. P. J. Walker.
 Henry Pease has returned from Naugatuck and is at the home of his parents in Hyde Park.
 MT. and Mrs. A. c. Garvais, MT. and Mrs. Edward Stephens, with their son, Richard and Miss Clara Ladish and
 
 StOningtOn and Mystic.
 The All Stafford's will play a ball team from ThOmpsOnville Sunday aft ernOOn at 3 o'clock at Keefe's plains A base ball meeting will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in Red Mems hall.
 Miss Louise Beckwith spent a few days at her home here, leaving last week to begin her duties as assistant manager of the J. J. Horne Company Tea Rooms at Pittsburg, Pa. MT. and Mrs. MalcOmb Beckwith of Hartford were also visitors at the Beckwith home last week.
 Charged with being an incorrigible boy and with having committed nu- merOus offences during the last year, Michael Savor age IA years, son of MT. and Mrs. Paul SavOr of Wilmington was committed to the Connecticut school for Boys at Meriden on Tues day by Judge w. H. Heald of the bor- Ough court.
 Lincoln Brothers circus and train ed animal show will be here to-mor- row with a parade during the noon hour. This is the first circus to ap- pear here for some time. There will be performances at and D. m. on the field opposite the fair grounds. The show is said to be free from Ob- jectiOnal features and they give a pleasing entertainment.
 The LabOnte ice house on Stafford Street caught fire yesterday. Shortly after noon people passing on the Street noticed the smoke and found that the house was in flames. The origin of the fire is attributed to spon- taneous combustion. The loss both to building and ice is estimated to be slightly over 5000. The Springs fire truck was at the fire but was unable to quench the flames. The ice was only partly destroyed.
 At town meeting held in March it was voted that bonds in the amount of $125.000 be issued to defray the building expense of the new school and to make necessary repairs in the present high school building. The selectmen opened the bids yesterday morning in the town clerks office. The highest bidders were R. l.. Day & GO. and Merrill, Oldham & Go of BOs- ton, whose bid was $945. 90 for each $1.- 900 worth of bonds flOated The issue is to be handled jointly between both houses. The issue is to be retired at the rate of $5,OOO per year.
 Stafford.
 Mrs. Avis Stane of Claremont, N. H. IS visiting her niece, Mrs. F. J. Glover
 H. B. Pinney attended a class re- union at Amherst Saturday and Sun day.
 Mrs. H. B. Pinney and daughter spent several days the first of the week in Springfield, Mass.
 The Universalist Sunday school Will serve supper next Wednesday at the Universalist church.
 MT. F. J. Glover attended a dinner Tn New Haven last Wednesday. at Lawn Club" given by the Bronson & townsend Co. of that city.
 Through the kindness of the River side Co. and Phoenix Co. the peOnIe rom here are being transported to Chautauqua afternoons and evenings free of charge