The Press., 1921-05-26

Miss GOldle and Albert Hancock and Norman Phillips have returned from visit in Cromwell.
 Wallace Day of Springfield spent Saturday and Sunday visiting friends and relatives in town.
 Miss Harriet Louise Wildey spent the weekend with MT. and Mrs. w. o. Sanford at Vernon Center.
 Mrs William MOrrall was a guest of her son and his wife, MT. and Mrs. Theodore MOrrall, in Hartford last week.
 The Stafford Golf Co.,, will open their golf grounds Saturday. There will be "kicker's' handicap golf match. The ladies' committee, chosen for the season are Mrs. T. F. Mullen, Mrs. R. H. Fisk, Mrs. c. B. Tschummi, Mrs. D. D. Mitchell Mrs. Fred Wildey and Miss Katherine Mitchell. These ladies will act as hOstesses and serve supper from 5.3O until 6.30 o'clock. Games and music will be provided for those not wishing to play golf. A rule adopted for this season is here an nOunced, All suppers scheduled will be served rain or shine"
 The body of Wesley, three years old son of Clarence and Eva Mercy Wood of Springfield, was brought here Sat urday for interment in the Stafford Springs cemetery. The death occur red on Thursday afternoon The pa rents have the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. Pneu- mOnia, measles and whOOping cough have required the continual service of one or more nurses in the home for the past fourteen weeks. Mrs. Wood is now able to be down stairs after a very serious illness with bronchial pneumonia.
 Miss Brown in the Speakers Chair. - Miss K. s. Brown, representative from Naugatuck, occupied the speak CTS chair for short time last Friday As Miss Brown formerly resided in this borough her many friends here will be interested in the following from the Hartford Courant:
 Miss Speaker" was new express \ sion heard in the house for the first \ time. Miss Brown, representative from I-Naugatuck, came to the speakers s chair during the reading of business on the calendar, on the invitation of \ Speaker HuxfOrd. The first bill Miss ] Brown presided over was adopted | lustily amid applause from the mem ters, Chairman Lacy of the educa- tiOn committee was the first member to address Miss Speaker" Represen- | tatiVe WadsWOrth of Pennington ad- \ dresses the speaker as "MadamOiselle ! Speaker" Miss Brown was self con- posed and wielded the gavel inter- mlttently and when the male members | started conversations among them ! selves. Representative Higgins o1 ! Coventry arose to a point of order He called attention to the house rule No. 14, which says members wher about to speak ip debate must rise anC address the chair as MT. Speaker. He raised the point Lecause of the ev. ident emL of the speaker and of the House, he said. Turnine to the Judiciary committee he said the \ committee was ignorant of the rules \ MT. Hall of the committee aVerreC that the committee was prompted by chivalry and courtesy towards the speaker. He moved the rules be sus- pended to permit addressing the speaker as Miss Speaker" Mr. Nick ersOn explained in reply to MT. Hig- gins, that there didn't seem to be any embarrassment in addressing the chair as Miss Speaker" MT Speaker" said MT. Higgins, If there isn't any embarrassment, there has been misapplicatiOn of the rule Don't say mis-application," said Miss Brown, and the house laughed anC applauded.
 High School Base Ball.
 Stafford evened the score with En field last Thursday by easily defeating the carpet town boys 10 to 8. The visitors were not dangerous at any time during the game. Quinn allowed them but four hits and one pass. Tn, locals lost the game ill Enfield by close score and feel confident that third game played in Enfield woulC end in their favor. The score: