The Press., 1922-05-04

A i touring car.
 ! Charles Butterfeld has ought a Dodge sedan. The Rockville Willimantic Lighting | Company have purchased a Ford road ster. -...+
 Woods orchestra will furnish music for a dance at Wales Saturday even i ing.
 Miss Grace Griffith is entertaining a friend, Miss Loretta Nugent, of Pitts field, Mass.
 JC Meyer of West Wilmington has purchased Buick sedan and a Buick special roadster.
 The Ladies' committee of the Staff ford Golf club will meet with Mrs. F. +. Patten next Tuesday at 3.30 p. m. Thomas Fletcher has bought from the estate of Mary w. Donohue the house occupied by Victor Bissonnette, near the Rhode Island mill.
 Mrs. Daniel MacCallum of Talcott- vile and daughter, Miss Mildred Mac Callum, who teaches in Springfield, were guests in town yesterday.
 The daylight saving agitation the past week finally ended when the ma jority of the help of the mills voted against it.. The court of burgesses at a meeting last Tuesday evening voted not to take any action.
 The United Talking Machine Com pany are going to move into the store next to the Fitzpatrick newsroom, in- stead of going into the place vacated by the Goyette barber shop.
 
 Banjo and Mandolin Concert Co.,, of Willimantic is to give an entertain ment and dance in the assembly hall of the new school for the benefit of the S. H. S. athletic association.
 A number of letters have been re- ceived by Chief of Police Hayes con- taining complaints of various things in the borough, but no action can be taken by Chief Hayes unless the let ters are signed by the person sending them.
 Strazza Post American Legion, will hold it's regular monthly meeting on next Monday evening in Society hall. Both members of the post and any ex- service men are invited to attend. Matters of vital interest will be dis cussed at the gathering.
 A whist and dance was given by the teachers association last Tuesday evening for the benefit of the Victrola fund. It proved very successful and a good time was enjoyed by all. Music was furnished by the high school or chestra accompanied by Miss Evelyn Kaddy.
 Nelson Smith of Hartford was ar- rested by Deputy Game Warden El- dredge last Sunday afternoon for taking trout less than six inches in length. He had two of the undersize fish in his possession when arrested. He pleaded guilty in the borough court and a fine of $5 and costs, amounting in all to $25.71, was inn posed, which the accused paid.
 Last Monday afternoon an automo- bile driven by stranger, with Rhode Island license, struck the car of a newly married couple from Hartford and damaged it considerably. The couple were not seriously hurt but were considerably shaken up and bruised. The license number of the Rhode Island car was taken and the ] state police are looking into the mat ter.
 The annual May dinner at the Methodist church yesterday was a | very pleasant occasion. The parlors | were beautifully decorated with cherry blossoms, and not only were the home people out in large numbers but many from out of town attended. The usual menu of chicken pie, roast meats, etc, was enjoyed, and. fancy articles, aprons, salted nuts and home made | candy found a ready sale.
 On next Saturday afternoon a team l composed of old timers, including Dan Greene and Nels Mattesen, will oppose the newly reorganized All Staffords. | Monson has decided. not to have a baseball team this year as they could not come to an agreement as to wheth- CT they have semi-pro team or a team of local talent. In spite of this move on the Monson part the local management will arrange for a double header with some team for Decoration day.
 Michael Reed has fought the double house on Prospect street from Enos E. Penny. One side is occupied by James Gilman and family and the other side by Mrs. Daniel Sullivan and family. MT. Reed will move in the side occupied ly James Gilman, who will move into the house that Mrs. Lillian Hassett Is now living in. MT. Gilman bought this house recently of Joseph Taliminl. Mrs. Hassett will move into one of the tenements in the building on Main street recently bought by F. H. Baker, that is being remOdeled.
 A number of forest fires have been burning in the woods around here for the past week. On last Saturday aft ernoon an alarm was sent in for a fire in the woods back of the Penny home on Prospect street and yester- day afternoon the fire department was called out to fight a stubborn fire that broke out in the woods on the River road owned by J. H. Valentine. This fire was very hard to fight as most of the woods are on a steep hill. The welcome rain which came last night extinguished it.
 Mrs. Elmira Patten, S6, widow of William Alonzo Patten, died In New London on Saturday, at the home of her daughter Mrs. R. H. Small, after a short illness following a paralytic shock. Mrs. Patten was born in Staff ford, the daughter of Josiah and Nellie Case Holmes, and was the last of eleven children. After her marriage to MT. Patten they lived in West Staf- ford until 1899, when they moved to the borough, living here for fourteen years. After MT. Patten's death in 1913 she went to New London to make her home with her daughter. Mrs. Patten leaYes besides her daughter. a