The Press., 1921-06-02

Miss Mae Simonds of Hartford spen
 Monday in town.
 Miss Ann Miller, recently entertain
 ed Miss Isabel Conn, night superin tendent of the Stamford hospital.
 MT. and Mrs. John Sullivan of Cam
 bridge, Mass, spent the holiday anC
 Sunday at the Gerard home on Wes
 Main street.
 The Slavish members of St. Ed
 wards church will hold their regular meeting next Sunday after the last mass, which will be a memorial ser vice for their society.
 Regular meeting of the Stafford Springs Delphian chapter at the li- 1 brary on Monday evening at 7.3O Subject: German drama, modern l French and Italian drama.
 MT. and Mrs. Gibson Tenny Will Hams, who have been spending the winter at San Reno, Italy, sailed from Geneva the 18th of May, expect ing to land in Boston early in June and will be at their home in Vernon for the summer.
 The Missionary societies of the Con gregational parish will meet with Mrs. c. E. Butterfield, Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock. This is the time to pay the annual dues of the Foreign society.
 Memt CTS of the Myriad Rebekah lodge hung a May basket to Miss Hat tie Barnes last Friday night. Fruit, flowers, cooking utensils, china and linen made an attractive gift and will prove very useful as Miss Barnes is keeping house on Maple street.
 The subject of the prayer meeting at the Methodist church tonight will be The Unjust Steward" Next Sun day morning the pastor will preach on "The Souls Atmosphere" The even ing topic will Ee, "Elisha's AntidOte for Poison At the annual meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary society the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. B. T. Eaton; vice-president, Mrs. R. w. Ellis; sec retary Mrs. w. H. Reed, correspond ing secretary and treasurer, Mrs. B. K. Taft; secretary mite tOX, Miss Florence Washburn, secretary evan gelism, Mrs. c. P. HOdgson. After the election of officers an interesting program under the direction of the
 
 Queen Esther Circle held a gradua- tiOn service Tuesday evening and formed themselves into a Young WO- mans Auxiliary to the Home society.
 The first of the seven game series 1 etween Stafford asel all team and Monson nine came to a sudden end on Monday when a dispute occurred etween Assistant Manager Faulkner of the Monson team and Umpire MOrin. At the eginning of the play causing Stafford Latting and a man on first and third, the alter hit to the intield. The Tall was caught and sent to the catcher to tag the runner who had left third to score. The umpire de- clared the runner safe while Manager Faulkner disputed his decision. In the minds of the spectators and ma jority of the players the umpire's de- cision was correct and was no occa- sion under any circumstances for a Dugilistic encounter or for even dispute. Stafford had up to the time )f the argument played better game han their opponents and would have won the lead had the decision been lllowed by Monson. The game was won by Stafford by forfeit with the | core to 0. Manager Dempsey of | he Monson team is at present con- med to the hospital after undergoing | n operation for appendicitis. It is | Oped that after his recovery the | cheduled games with our near rivals l will be played in order that Stafford l nay again endeavor to administer an | 'ther defeat in the series. Mondays | core until the dispute was as fol- | OMS: