The Press., 1921-09-08
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

R. H. Fisk and family returned Tuesday night from Crystal Lake.
 Ralph Baldwin has accepted a po- sition in Zelz confectionery store.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Paige of Chica- go are visiting at the Robbins home in Orcuttville.
 Thomas Fletcher. Jr.. spent the weekend visiting relatives in North Adams. Mass.
 There will be a regular meeting of the A. T. w. of A. Friday evening. Important business.
 Miss Mary E. Smith and Frank Smith were with relatives in Hartford over Sunday and Labor day.
 The standing chestnut timber on Hyde Park will be sold at auction on Saturday, September 17th, at 3 p. m.
 Dr. and Mrs. James Stretch of Sims bury and Mrs. R. s. Converse are at the Converse home on Highland Ter race.
 Mir and Mrs c. G. Gilligan and daughter. COrrine, spent the weekend and holiday visiting relatives in Pas cOag, R. I.
  Mass, spent the weekend and hOli- day visiting at the Stevens home on High street.
 Mir. and George L. Dennis, who have been taking an extensive automobile trip through southern Maine, have re- turned home.
 MT. and Mrs. Arthur Johnson and daughter, Dorothy, have been in Providence and Massachusetts for their annual vacation.
 The democratic caucus for the nom inatiOn of town officers will be held Monday evening in the borough hall at seven thirty o'clock
 Mrs. J. Carl Converse and son, J. Kingsley Converse. who have been travelling in Europe for the past few months. dOcked at Montreal Monday, reaching home Tuesday evening.
 Mrs. Thomas Moran and daughters, Marion and Helen returned Tuesday from North Adams where she had been spending a vacation visiting friends and relatives.
 Repairs that are being made on the bell at the Methodist church will pre- vent it's being rung next Sunday at the usual times. Services will be held as usual, however. The pastor will preach at both the morning and even ing services.
 The following sign has been placed at each end of the hospital property on the highway, Auto drivers please pass quietly. At times the noise, more especially from automobiles on the street, is very troublesome to the patients. The public are asked to CO., operate in this matter and not make unnecessary noise while passing our local institution. During the month of August the average daily attend ance of patients was P. Operations performed in July 30. These figures are some little in excess of any pre- ViOus records.
 The crowded condition of the public school building testify we'll as to the necessity of the new building. Some of the rooms in the grammar school hold fifty or more pupils, while the High school has a total enrolment of 130. the entering class being over
 
 will be employed in the high school. Pupils outside the borough are in creasing in attendance. The number estimated to be attending school un- der jurisdiction of the town of Stafford is between 1900 and 1900 pupils. New seats are to be added in some of the rooms.
 Mrs. Maria Pollanck, wife of Fa- blanc Pollanck, died at their home on Park street on Tuesday night. Death came suddenly and is attributed to heart failure. Mrs. Pollanck was fifty eight years old at the time of her death. She is survived by her husband and the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Charles Mayo of Furnace avenue, George, Ely, Agnes, Robert, Arthur, and Mrs. Emma Donohue of Rockville. and her mother Mrs. Catherine Sera- fin. Funeral services were held in St. Edwards church this morning at nine, with Rev. F. J. O'Neill officiating. Burial was in St. Edwards cemetery.