The Press., 1921-02-17

Miss Alma Reister spent the week end visiting at the Pagan home in Hydeville.
 A. E. Snow has obtained the fran chise emtracing billboard advertis- ing in this vicinity. Miss Anna Reister has been absent from her duties at the telephone office owing to an attack of the grip. | Rev. N. w. Heerman conducted a lenten service in the Protestant Epis- cOpal church at Glastonbury on last Friday. ...-
 Miss Elizat eth Cunningham Is re- Appendicitis and Is now at her home on Main street.
 T Many residents of the Springs are planning to attend the whist party to be given ty Wolcott chapter, Eastern Star at Memoriel hall tomorrow even ing.
 Miss Mae O'Connell Of Springfield spent the latter part of the week as the guest of Mary Hanley at the home (Of her father in Orcuttville.
 ], George Schofield, who is employed fy the United States government de- livering mail on one of the local R F. D. routes, has purchased a new Ford Touring car from the Hudson garage.
 Many Stafford people have visited the Hartford automobile show during the week. Anders Jacobsen, manager of the Hudson garage, is spending the week at the show dividing his time between the Buick and Dodge booths.
 An interesting program has been ar ranged by Miss Edith Cushman. di- rector of the kindergarten for Friday afternoon. at three o'clock at the kin dergarten room. A moving picture, entitled, Our Children" will be shown, depicting the necessary care Of children. All parents of school children are invited to attend. The picture is furnished by the Child Well fare society.
 Miss Linda Mitchell of Wellesley college, who has been at her home here nearly a week, her examinations being over, returned to her studies Monday. Mrs. A. Mitchell has been entertaining her brother, Louis C.. Potter, of Pittsfield. Mrs. Mitchell,
 
 inc, went to Philadelphia yesterday to visit her son, David, who is attend ! ing the Philadelphia Textile school.
 Many local friends and relatives of little Beatrice Corbeille, the six year old daughter of MT. and Mrs. James CorEeille are interested in her con- dition at the. Woonsocket hospital. On last Friday afternoon she was struck by an automobile while crossing the street in Woonsocket. The child prot ably became confused when con- fronted by two machines and darted in front of one and was struck down. At the present time she is in the hos ter.laI injuries. No evidence has yet been found of any serious injury other than bruise on the head. The Cor beille family moved from here to Woonsocket last spring.
 The independent basketball team are nearing the completion of their schedule The boys have been playing exceptionally good basketball and ex- pect to clean the remainder of the
 
 Under the management of Amos Gin gras they have secured some first class games and the following are an- nounced for the remainder of the season: Saturday, Feh., 18th, Indian Orchard at Indian Orchard; Saturday, Feb. 26th, Rockville in Rockville; March End, Rockville at Stafford. The of no c te with BrOadbroOk and is to be 8 rubber game to be played in Rockville on date to be announced later.
 The Independent basketball team will journey to Indian Orchard next Saturday. the nineteenth, to play the second game of their series. The team from the Orchard won the first game by score of 35 to 32 and the local team is out to make Vic- tory out of the coming contest. A large crowd of followers, headed by Daniel Sullivan Jr., and George Burell, will accompany the team. One sec tion of the bIeachers is reserved for local sportsmen who will be with the team. The Indian Orchard manage ment, with memories of the old Bi- State days in their minds, have plan ned to make the evening >"Stafford's 8 night" The local boys are now play ing at their best and much interest centers around the remaining con- tests on their schedule. Though they have met with some reverses, it must be rememt cred that they have played only teams of a high calibre and most of the games were played out of town.
 Pool players at the Business Mems club are industriously practicing in preparation for the tournament with the Park trophy as the goal. Many there are who at one time shot 3 wicked. game. of pool who are now endeavoring to come back with all their English and pump shots Four handed games are in vogue at present, but should one of the com mittee, who is to handicap the con- Itestants, approach the table its sur prising how some of the players can miss the shots they have been pocket ing so easily all evening. The match is planned for sixty four contestants and is to be a handicap round robin affair There is to be about dozen scratch men under present ratings and it is probable that there will be several more added. The opposing players will be first divided into thirty two matches. The losers of the first sets to be eliminated. The remaining thirty two are then to be subdivided into sixteen sets and the losers to be again eliminated leaving eight match es to be played. Then four matches and finally two. The winner of the final to be the owner of the cup. Han dicaps are to be given to the least proficient players and the same han dicap to apply all through the match. Arrangements are rounding into shape The committee in charge are David Bissett,. James Shepherd Jr., Se AaA n