The Press., 1921-05-12
STAFFORD SPRINGS

| Nicholas Ash of Rockville was a visitor in town during part of last week.
 : Miss Lydia Eaton of Monson was a guest of her brother, Burt T. Eaton l over Sunday.
 Miss Vera Siswick of Hartford was weekend visitor at her home on Grant avenue. -.. .s. <,.-...
 1 ! Miss Marion Butterfield of Hartford spent Saturday and Sunday visiting 1 her father, H O Butterfield.
 Arthur Taylor of Springfield spent rart of last week visiting with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Phileas Taylor.
 Donald Chapman of Hartford spent l the latter part of the week visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. H.. Valentine.
 The Woman's Foreign Missionary society willsmeet at the home of Mrs. r. F. Patten Friday afternoon at three Q clock. This is the annual thank offering meeting and ali members un- aI re to be present are asked to send in their offerings. The usual mystery ] OK questions will le used. 4
 Miss Esther BrodersOn has accepted the position of teacher in the second division of the second grade for the next school year. During the past year Miss Genevieve HeWett has been teacher in both sections of the same grade.
 The Holland county w. C., T. D.. will hold an institute, at Hebron in the Congregational church, Wednes- day, May 25, with morning and after noon sessions Mrs. Lena Green packer state superintendent of scien- tific temperance instruction, will te present, also Mrs. Mary B. Wilson, state president, Other state and county officers will speak. and good time is expected with taSket lunch at noon. Members of the local union were appointed to have charge Of se- curing transportation. - Excitement ran high on the street on Monday evening at the news that another wreck had occurred at the infamous Bahcock's crossing. All manner of machines. and other Ve- hicles were hastily Fequisitioned into service and curious crowd of seek CTS after excitement arrived at the scene of the wreck only to find that the Central Vermont had performed another of it's derailing stunts. Con siderable damage was done to the road bed from the river bridge to the Jacobsen crossing ut only the coal car and one baggage car had left the rails. The engine was one Of those ancient small three wheel drive out fits and bore the number PIG. The train carried about twenty passengers, all of whom remained in their seats until late in the evening, finally re- stunning their journey in an emergency train summoned from New London. The derailed train was the south | | ound boat train scheduled for Staf- ford at 7.1O in the evening. The cars were placed on the rails during the night and the road was clear for traffic early Tuesday morning. The cause for the wreck is attributed to spreading rails.
 A study of the report of Miss Ann Miller, Stafford's visiting nurse, for the month of April, is interesting in comparison~with her report for the preceding month. A gain is nOtic- able in both the number of cases treated and in the number recovered and improved An interesting fact is also apparent that although there has occurred in. the town a number ot deaths during the last two months, as yet. there. is still to. be reported a death among the patients treated by Miss Miller The total number of visits made during the month was 229, a gain of over 83 visits more than in March. The financial section of the l report also shows an increase oyer last month with $25.65 collected by Miss Miller and $32.40 due from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
 l The report was submitted at the monthly executive committee meeting on public health nursing of Stafford chapter, American Red Cross, held al the home of Miss Celia Holt on last Friday evening. At the meeting plans were discussed for the equipping and arrangement of the nurses quarters in the Warren building in the store next to the savings bank. The rooms arc nearly complete and will probably tt ready for occupation by thelast of nex
 week. - The Girls Guild of the Meth odist church have provided funds fol a set of scales, and other donations are under consideration by similar or ganizations. The quarters choser
 compare advantageously with th' nursing rooms in. any of our nearby
 cities. The work already done by Miss Miller is showing remarkable
 results and public health nursing ha'
 already become 8 valuable asset tC
 the community. % @~- n
 The annual reception and social 0
 the Current Events club ;on. Mon
 day evening had a very, large atten
 dance. The following retiring officer
 were in the receiving line: Mrs.
 B. Pinney, Miss Margaret w. -Ballan
 tine, Miss Edith G. Cushman, Mrs.
 Fred Mullen, Mrs. w. H. Reed ant
 Mrs. G. Raymond ,Towne. The younI
 people gave, the musical program
 'Dance of the Toys"-Behr, .Helel
 Smith, Nancy Y Fisk; At Even
 tide'-E. s. Phelps, Edwin Scott; "Il
 the Mountain Hut, ---Heins, Meredet
 Sheppard; violin solo,. (a) "Slumbe
 song"-Booth, (b) "Lullaby"-B
 Dorothy Fisk; "Mazurka des Ira meaux-Lemome, Betty Pinney Mildred Siswick, Ruth Burwell
 "Let the Rest of the Worl
 Go By,"-Donald Eaton; "Venetia
 ng'-Nevin, Ruth Burwell; "RO
 tta"-Bohm, Ruth Mullen, Nanc
 Fisk. During the social hour refresh
 ments were served. At the bushes
 meeting these officers were electe
 for the coming year: Mrs. J. D. Grii
 filth, president; Mrs. c. B. Brown an
 Miss Edith Cushman, vice-presidents
 Mrs H. A. Pownall, recording secrG
 tary; Mrs. A. B. Handy, correspondin secretary; Mrs. G. R. Towne, treasul
 CT; Mrs. c. E. Butterfeld, audito
 The club has had most successfl
 year and the program committee, MT
 E. E. Penny, Miss Margaret Ba1lantin :. and Miss Mary E. Smith are now prt