The Press., 1921-06-30

MT. and Mrs Louis Lazzerin spent Sunday with friends in Meriden.
 Clarence E. Brown and family are occupying the R. W. Smith cottage al Crystal Lake.
 William Hanley of Boston is spend | ing a vacation at the home of his father in Orcuttville.
 Miss Caroline Comins of Boston is spending the summer months with her mother on Crown street.
 B. c. DeBorde is in a Hartford hos pital recovering from the effects of an operation upon his throat.
 Mrs. F. L. Patches of Rochester, N. Y, is visiting at the home of her mother, Mrs. w. A. Comins, on Crown street.
 Mrs. Fred E. Hall of Montclair, N. J., left on Friday after spending sev- eral days with her mother, Mrs. Frank Orcutt.
 Mrs. George Finley and MT. and Mrs. William LOckett, of Hartford are occupying Pleasant Point camp at Mashapaug.
 Mrs. J. KatZOWitZ and son, Bernard, of New Yark city are spending a few days at the home of Sam KatZOWitz on Grant avenue.
 The lower floor of the Baldracchi tuilding- on Furnace avenue is being utilized by Louis Lazzerin as a dis pensary of soft drinks.
 Rau's pavilion at Crystal Lake has been receiving several improvements most nOtaIl le of which is the addition of ample parking space for autOmO- piles along side the dancing pavilion.
 The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Stafford Building and Loan association will be held at the rooms of the Stafford Business Mems Association on next Wednesday even ing.
 Because of the oppressive heat of the summer nights during the hot months, the Smith and Cooley com pany have suspended operating their double shift system. The plant is now running one shift of ten hours.
 Thirty of Miss Desdolina CDaisy) Bruzzi'S chums and companions, pre- sented her with shower at the home of Miss Jennie PierOlo on Thursday evening" The bride to be was pre- sented with a cedar chest, and jolly good time was enjoyed by all present.
 Many of the cottages on the east shore of Crystal Lake are now Occu- pied. Mrs. T. F. Mullin and daughter, Ruth, with Mrs. o. G. Pratt of East Orange, N. J., and daughter, Frances Newton, are ill Mrs. A. c. EatOn's camp; c. H. Moore and family will Oc- cupy Miss Kate Lords cottage; MT. and Mrs. c. k. Buttertield are in their summer home; others of that colony are preparing to open their houses there soon.
 Mrs. C. F. HarWOOd and Miss Grace HarwOOd, who have Teen living in Rockville for the last school year, have now taken part of the Talcott home on Prospect street in that city. Their household goods were removed from here yesterday and they will be settled in their new home before gO- ing on their summer vacation, part Of which will be spent in Maine, and the month of August they will be in the White Mountains.
 The annual Stafford High schQol alumni meeting and reunion was held last evening at Rau's pavilion, Crystal Lake. Luncheon was served at six o'clock followed by election of officers for the coming year. Frank Johnson was elected president, Bernard Mullin vice-president and Agnes Schreier sec retary and treasurer. Following the election a varied and interesting pro gram followed. One of the hits was a turlesque on SwarthmOre Chautau- qua or "Swarthmore Chat-Talky" as .A l.; CJ-o +aI, ters: William Ladish, local preSi- dent; r. A. Johnson, Chat-Talky superintendent; Marion Lee, cashier, Mrs. Walter Pease, Jr. superinten- dent; Charles Moore and Tom Gilli- gan, college toys; B. P. Cooley, lee turer; Charlotte Beci1wI:h, Albert IIa- josy and Fred Sweet, Village Fill mig ed orchestra; Inasmuch as this sketch was a burlesque on such a recent happening which is still being considerably talked about it really carried over big with the gathering. Second on the program came Miss Charlotte and Malcolm BeckWith in a musical sketch in which was intro duced with great success and rythm, a singing dog who not only could Warble but could also keep splendid time. Next came the class of 1913 with two little sketches, pOrtraying first, "Dr. Cure It," famous doctor who could make his patients short or tall as they desired and who possessed a wonder full formula which by being sprayed on the faces produced wonderful re- suits. Their second sketch was bug dance and met with the full approval of the audience. Grotesque costumes were an important factor in the 1913 review Last on the program came musical sketch by William COmins, William Ellis, Melvin Cummings, F. A. Johnson with Richard Ellis as in terlocutor Good jokes with music carried the minstrel over big. Herein F. A. Johnson repeated his famous Lena of Palestena." Considering the rain and poor car service the gather ing was unanimously voted a good time by all who enjoyed the treat The total number present was be- | tween eighty and one hundred.