The Press., 1922-05-18
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STAFFnRD SPRINGa.


 John McNamara spent the weekend in Hartford.
 James Heating of Manchester was in town Sunday.
 MarionMoran was in Monson, visit ing friends, over the weekend.
 James Comins and Kenneth Sullivan spent the weekend in New Haven.
 Regular meeting of Baker chapter. Eastern Star next Wednesday evening.
 Miss Nellie Rister of Hartford was at her home on Benton street over Sunday.
 Miss Agnes Cunningham of HarsfOrl visited Miss Maud Cunningham. over Sunday.
 Miss Mary Hanley spent the week end visiting at the Cunningham home iu Hartford.
 Work has commenced on the re- pairing of the River road near the plant of the Consolidated Warp Go.
 The Stevens Hardware Co.,, is to have a demonstration of cooking with oil stoves next Monday and Tuesday.
 Mrs. A. Adams and daughter, Miss Wilhelmina Adams are at Montreal, P. O.. for two weeks visit with relatives.
 Miss Margaret O'Connor of Milford and former teacher at the local high school, visited Miss Mildred Ladish over the weekend.
 The young ladies of the Italian club will give a dance at their hall Satur- day the 27th. An exhibition dance will Q given by Jack Erie and there will be a door prize of five dollars. Music by ScussePs Melody orchestra.
 Arthur Kibbe of SOmers was fined $5 and costs. amounting to $16.06, by Judge Heald in the borough court Monday morning on the charge of operating ear with illegal lens. Of Gcer Young made the arrest The state police are taking every action possible in stopping the speeding and by doing so the town is getting the reputation among the speedsters of being decidedly too warm for them.
 Arthur Noble of South Coventry last Monday morning and fined by Judge Heald $6O for reckless driving and S10 for disobeying an officer. with costs amounting to $11.81. making the total SS1.S1. Officer Elmer Young of the local state police made the arrest Sunday afternoon on the River road. He testified in court that Noble had ] cen speeding and that when he eau toned him to drive more carefully the latter continued to drive at a greater rate of speed. After a chase, in which officer Young was obliged to draw his gun. Noble slackened his speed and agreed to appear in court.
 Grace church services-Sunday, Holy communion s a. m.; morning prayer, 10 a. m.; holy communion and sermon 1O.3O; evening prayer and ser mon z. Daily: a. m. and , D. m., ex- cept Friday when the D. m. service is at 7.30. Next Thursday, Ascension day. the services will be as follows: Holy communion 6.3O a. m., morning prayer at 9 a. m., holy communion at 9.30 a. m,. evening prayer and sermon at D. m. At this latter service the music will be rendered by the com bined ChOirs of Grace church, Stafford | Springs and St. Johns, Rockville.
 The game between the All Stars and | Lucky Nine ball teams last Sunday | ended in a dispute from a decision by he field umpire. The Lucky Nine were leading until the ninth inning, when the All Stars tied the score after making some fine hits. Then the field lmpire declared Sartori out for not touching third base on his way to nome plate from second. It was | claimed that Sartori's footprint could | plainly be seen on third base. and it | is said that some of the Lucky Nine | players said the runner was safe, but | the umpire declared the runner out. | This ended the game with the All | Stars claiming another victory to their | list.
 On next Saturday the All Stafford | aggregation will go to Taftville This team is very fast, so the locals will be | obliged to play airtight baseball Con- nors will probably pitch. The Union | vile Tigers will be the attraction | Sunday at Keefe's Plains So far this | season this team has been wiping up | the country with it's opponents, but | will probably come to a sudden stop 1 when they face the locals. Quinn, the high school star pitcher will prob | ably be the pitching choice, with the | rest of the team picked from the fol- l lowing men: McQuade, Connors, | Wise, Daigle, Scussell, Gilman, Bo- | lieau, Pallanck, Argenta, Dickey, Cum | mings. Clark and Tonoly.
 MT. and Mrs. Gibson Williams, whose home at Vernon was burned in | the early spring, have purchased a home in Hartford, which they will oc- cupy in the fall. MT. and Mrs. Will | liams sailed Saturday on the Lap | land" of the Red Star" line, and will | land in Antwerp about the p of May, | spending a month at the Baths at Aix | Les Bains in France and some weeks | at Oberammergau, in Bavaria, where | they spent the first two and a half | years of the war. The Passion Play" | which is being given there this season, 1 being especially interesting to them, | rom having a personal acquaintance | with the prominent actors, and the ! people of the village.
 The local high school defeated Rock | Ville high school in Rockville Tuesday | by a score of 15 to 12. The locals made few errors, but heavy hitting on both sides featured. Twice when | Rockville threatened to score with men on bases the Staffords made quick double plays. The summary: Stafford High 15 ab h DO ct Clark 6 2 2 3 i 0I