The Press., 1921-02-24


 Wednesday evening.
 William Ellis of Worcester Academy spent part of the week with his pa rents.
 l. G. Baker of Springfield was a guest of his daughter Mrs. c. B. Pin ney over Sunday.
 T. John Lee ST. of Norwich spent Tuesday visiting his son, John Lee, of the firm of Lee & Buckley.
 Miss Hazel Comins of East Hart ford spent the latter part of the week with her mother on High street. '-
 Mrs. Lucy Gray MacDougal has re- turned to Norwich after a brief visit spent with Mr.,and Mrs. F. T. Lane.
 MT. and Mrs. George Tromley of Boston spent the. weekend visiting Mrs. Jennie Daigle on High street.
 Joseph Barnett, who at one time was manager of the Springs House, was a visitor in town over the weekend.
 Miss Mary Hanley and her brother, town during the first part of the week.
 The snow blow belonging to the state road commission was busy about town clearing the state highways on Monday. @
 Raymond Garland, who on last year was sub-master in the high school was in town for a few days this week.
 While the snow covers the ground, give the birds chance by throwing crumbs and scraps where they will be able to find them.
 c. G. Gilligan and D. D. Mitchell spent Saturday in Great Harrington, returned on Sunday afternoon through the heavy snOws.
 Miss Irene Ashton of New Haven, former teacher here, has been the guest of Misses Mary and Margaret Ballantine for a week.
 It is surprising what a dollar will do in purchasing merchandise from the stores where Dollar Day" is to | e observed on Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. William Lee are the recipients of the pleasant news of a grandson. On the twentieth son was orn to MT. and Mrs. J. Howard Lee in Detroit
 Tie executive offices, formerly at the eastern end of the second floor in the Cyril Johnson mills, have been moved to the northern end of the same floor.
 Among the residents who were forced Ly the storm to prolong their visits home were, Frank Johnson, Carl Mullins, and Howard Tuthill who are employed in Hartford.
 It is noticeable that a great many trees whose limbs overhang public paths and sidewalks are in dire need of trimming. The dead branches are a menace to the pedestrian and they certainly add no attraction to the ap- Hpearance of the trees or the properties where the trees are growing.
 MT. and Mrs. John McLagan an- nounce the coming marriage of their daughter, Alice, to Russell Robert Kibbee of Springfield. MT. Kibhee is employed with the Texas Oil Co, at Greenfield. The wedding is to take place at the home of Miss McLagan on Monday, March the seventh.
 Several members of the working forces at the Hudson garage were en- gagged the larger part of Monday clear ing the snow from the roof and drive ways about the garage. The mer- chants and property owners about the streets and the borough working gang were also busily engaged in the same occupation.
 Visitors in Stafford who depended on the trolleys for their return home, were stalled here on Monday. The first car through from Hartford after the storm arrived here on Monday night at 11.1O o'clock. The Central Vermont with all day Sunday to clear the tracks came along on Monday with all trains on schedule time The only noticeable difficulty was when the snow blow came to pass the depot where the snow seemed unusually re- sistivea>
 For few hours on last Friday it looked as if the prOprietors of the Stafford Candy kitchen intended to vacate their store in the Stengle block. Prospective renters lowered about the front asking various ques- tions relative to leases and rent However it developed that Michael Yong was visiting in New London and during his absence his partner, Alex ander Nicholson, had decided to in stall a new ice box and was only moving things about in order to se- cure the best location. The chest is now in place and the interior of the l|Tf0hn17 hoC Stn r.1 attractive appearance.
 The case of Charles Stamm, who was arrested last November in Osa- watomie, Kansas, by the police of North Brookfield for forgery, came before the superior court of Worces- ter on last Monday. Stamm was sen- fenced to one year in the house of correction. It is probable that the three months he has already remained in prison. due to his inability to se- cure bonds will be allowed on his sentence. It is understood that after the completion of his term he is to be taken back to Kansas where he is wanted by the police of that state. His arrest was brought about through the cooperation of Chief Hayes who secured his whereabouts from letter mailed to relatives in town. s
 The Central Vermont railroad, true to form, derailed two cars on Tuesday near the passenger station. The en- zine was not number 4O1, but close to it, bearing the number 400 The first car to leave the rails was a box car loaded with green ties which left the irons and headed for the Smith and Cooley plant, but owing to the slight speed of the train did no dam age. The second car carried an as- sortment of goods. The cause of the wreck is not exactly known, although some of the trainmen attribute the damage to the heavy load in the first