The Press., 1921-01-06
RTAFFORD SPRINGS

es Etc. J. Wasserman.
 STAFFORD SPRINGS
 Alvarado and Beatrice SabOurin are spending a short vacation in Waure- gan.
 Lewis c. Quinley of Norwich visited with relatives in town during last week.
 Miss Alice Garden of Indian Orchard spent the weekend visiting with Miss Helen Fletcher.
 Henry Layine of Holyoke spent last week with his father, Joseph Lavine on Wilmington avenue,
 Misses Laura and Mary Sabourin spent the latter part of last week visiting relatives in Norwich.
 Benjamin Lavine of Palmer spent the latter part of last week renewing old acquaintances in Stafford.
 Ralph Prouty has resigned his po- sition in the Atlantic and Pacific store and is now employed at the Greayes meat market.
 There will te a special meeting of the members of the Italian club at their club house at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon.
 The Workers Cooperative Union will hold a special meeting Friday evening in the Red Mems hall There is some important business to be diBs cussed at the gathering and all mems bers are requested to attend, The meeting will opened at seven-thirty o'clock
 Miss Elizabeth c. Whiting, dramatic, reader of Boston, will be at memorial hall, Stafford, next Tuesday evening, in the play Peg of My Heart and next Wednesday evening at the M. E. church in a miscellaneous program, and on next week Thursday evening at the Crystal Lake church. Those. who heard Miss Whiting last year will surely want to hear her again.
 Owing to lack of patronage, the In- dependent qufntett have been forced to seek games out-of-town. The com ing few weeks will ind the locals playing some of the fastest FiYes in this vicinity. The following out~0f town games have been listed South bridge Y. N. e. A. Jan 1b3 West
 Warren Jan 20 Poquonnock, A. G. Jan. 20: Broad Brook. Jap 2S
 X booklet containing the history of st. Edward. s parish since its estab- Iishment to the present date has been circulated about town The works contains many items Of interest and is
 meeting wikh great approval. Tho pamphlet was complied by Rev: F. 0sNafH and E gtlla result Of much and careful Ees eaTeh. II Is valuable to flItuFe genefet10ils and is exeentian7 ally iliteregsEing
 Stafford was fortunate during the year of 1al20 in not having large number of fires. The first fire Of the gahf was sRt che home pf R. F. Val entine In tlle month Of April. On April 20th,I the department answered an alarm and extingnisaed brush ire in the Year Of Grant avenue, on July End small flre n the Smith and Cooley mllI caused negligible amount of damage. July 18th, cnIms1 ney fire in Shahan's block was ex- tinguished with small amount of loss. The l.. D. Gary barn was com pletely destroyed on November 18th. The total amount of loss ranging in the neighborhood of $4000.0O. The Springs House barn was partially destroyed by fire on December 3, with less-of about SS000.00 On Deeena- Der 12, and twice on December 25th, the fire department was called to small chimney fire on South street, Wilmington avenue and Gold street. This is not a bad fire record for the year and the small amount of loss speaks well for the caPefulness of local residents and for services of the fire department.
 At the town clerks office there is book especially designed for the keeping of copies of discharges be- longing to ex-service men. Any man holding an unrecorded- discharge is likely to lose the discharge paper and be put to considerable trouble in Ob- taining 8 copy from the national ad- jutants office. The discharge is recorded absolutely without charge to the service men. In days to come it is probable that the record will be necessity in all cases and a certified copy from the town clerks office will serve as we'll as the original. All ex- service men are urged to have their discharges recorded.
 The annual dance on New Years eve at the Business Mems club under the of both the club and the Golf association has always reen one of the finest and most enjoyable affairs of the season. This years annual dance proved to be no exception The pleasant rooms of the club were tastefully decorated with evergreens. The tables in the billiard room were moved and ample space provided for dancing. The Mackey orchestra of Hartford played an enjoyable and we'll chosen program of music. As the town clock announced the end of the old year, the lights were turned low and to the tune of "Hail Hail, the Gangs All Here," the New Year be- gan.
 Fire completely destroyed the home of John Zuraw in Forestville on New Years day. At about four o'clock in the afternoon smoke was seen issuing from the roof near the chimney. Neighors and people passing endeav- ored to stop the progress of the flames. The truck was sent from the Springs. The chemical extingufshed the fire on the roof but the fire had also travelled through the partitions. The exact location of the flames could not be seen. The nearest water was the brook crossing the road from the old Mullen mill When the flames broke through the frame of the build ing along the upper story, the truck returned to the stream but there was not enough water in the brook to en- able the pump to work. Tn a short while the whole house was in flames and could be easily seen from the borough. Nothing now remains but a foundation, few charred timbers. The woodshed and garage escaped the fire. The house was at one time the home of the Mullen family, who ran the forestville mill before the mill it. self was destroyed by fire, October 17th, 1910. At the time of the fire the dwelling was occupied by it's own CT, John Zuraw and Emil Boucher and their families. Some furniture was taken from the burning building, but most of the household goods of both families were destroyed. The total loss is in the neighbOrhood of $6500 and was partly covered by in- surance. John ZuraW's loss was about $5,500 with insurance of about