The Press., 1922-07-20
STAFFORD sPRINGR.


 STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 James Sheppard, Jr., has purchased Big Six Studebaker coupe.
 Mrs. T. P. Needham is visiting MT. and Mrs. Frank Plumridge in Taleott- vile.
 Mir. and Mrs. Richard Wightman and son, Richard, have taken cottage at Crystal Lake for week.
 Miss Virginia Wildey of South Orange, N. J., is visiting at the Wildey home on Highland Terrace.
 Mrs. Anthony Adams and Miss Will helmina Adams motored to Catskill, N Y, last Monday to spend the week with friends.
 The Rev. John Wilkins of Grace church will conduct service in the schoOlhouse at Buff Cap on next Sun day afternoon at ? p. m.
 Harry Needham and Howard SchO- field, accompanied by Francis Sena, will go to New York next Saturday evening in SchOfield's Ford car.
 Rev. J. M. Howard of the End Pres byterian church, Morristown, N. J., will be the preacher at the Congrega- tiOnaI church next Sunday morning.
 Grace Church Notes-Sunday ser vices at 8. 10 and 1O.30 a. m., Daily at a. m. and p. m.. except Friday; Friday evening prayer at 7.SO. Tues day is St. James Day.
 Work has s.started on the garage that is to be put up on Furnace Avenue by the Stafford Auto Company. It is to be a fireprOof one-story~ building and it will be al out 16O feet by 50 feet in size.
 Mir and Mrs Wildey, and niece, Miss Virginia Wildey of South Orange, N. J. left this morning by motor to visit their daughter, Harriet Louise, and Betty Plnney, who are at Camp KincOwatha. Wilton. Me.
 Rev w. E. Paxton of Hazardville, who was unal le to preach at the Methodist church last Sunday on ac- count of illness. will exchange with the pastor, Rev E. A. Legg next Sun day morning. In the evening the pas tor will speak on Some Specimens l. have Met"
 MT. and Mrs George Davis and MT. and Mrs. Andrew Jacobsen mOtored to GrOtOn on Sunday. While the la dies enjoyed the pleasant sea breezes MT. Davis and MT. Jacobsen journeyed on a clamming expedition, and as result are each patiently nursing an acute sunburn.
 Angelo Cassagrande was fined $55 and costs. amounting to $11.18, by Judge William H. Heald. after plead ing guilty in borough court Wednes- day morning to a charge of reckless driving on July 9th on the Hollow road. when his auto struck Miss Louise DeCarli and AlmondO LottizOri, injuring both. Charles Berck of Rock vile was fined $3 and costs, amounting in all to $14.1S, for failing to carry his automobile registration. J. Wilder TaSker of StOrrs, was charged with reckless driving in Wilmington Satur- day when his automobile struck bridge. The complaint was nOlled on payment of costs amounting to $13.13.
 That itchy. scratchy feeling notice able among most of the ex-service men of the town is not due to another scOurge of the famous war time 'cOOt- ies,' but is the result of the ex-service mems outing held at Watch Hill last Sunday. Over fifty enjoyed the outing, and all received a fine coating of sun burn Starting at seven o'clock from the legion headquarters in machines owned by members and in others loan ed by kind citizens of the town, an exceptionally pleasant automobile drive through the Willimantic Valley to Norwich and thence to Stonington and arriving at Watch Hill around ten o'clock. Bathing in the Atlantic fol- lowed by a sun bath on the beach reddened the bodies and complexions of the picnickers. Thomas Whitaker, affectiOnately known as "WAitey" among his associates, was rechristen- ed on the occasion as Red" in defer ence to a coat of sunburn acquired through sleeping on the beach. A sol dier ambition was gratified by a large majority of the party, and frequent excursions were made in the air in a large hydroplane. Past Commander Needham in company with Louis Mad sen and Red Whitaker made a half hour trip to New London. tired happy coterie of men returned at about seven o'clock in the evening all vOicing high praise of the outing.
 One of the worst electric and wind storms ever experienced by the town swept through here last Tuesday aft ernOon about o'clock and lasted about 10 minutes, but wrecking scores of beautiful shade and fruit trees, knocking down telephone and electric light poles and crippling practically all service at the telephone exchange. Lnemen were kept busy after the storm restoring service. East and West Main streets suffered the heav- jest loss in tree damage. A large ma pie tree on the corner of the Methodist church lawn was blown down; also a maple tree in front of the Bissonnette home, and the branches of trees in front of the Girard block on West Main street were lashed across the street, stopping all traffic and requir- ing detOurss over Church street A fruit tree on Spelman's lawn and planted 70 years ago by Jasper H. Spelman was struck by lightning and cut in half. Trees in Hyde Park and at the Springs House lawn were struck and others uprOOted by the gale. Branches of several other trees were broken. All trees on East Main street that were destroyed were beau tiful shade trees that were set out years ago. A large shade tree on the lawn near Dr. Moore's house was up-. rooted and crashed against the house in it's fall, but no damage resulted. Several other similar cases occurred in the neighbOrhOod.
 As the result of an auto accident on the Hollow road just beyond the new Gary houses last Sunday, Mrs. Walter Maynard of Monson is at the Johnson Memorial hospital with concussion of