The Press., 1922-03-02
Miss Nellie Rister of Hartford was a


 weekend visitor of friends in town. Miss Hilda Fitzpatrick, physical in j,structor at Mount St. Joseph school of Hartford, was weekend visitor at her home on West Main street. finders Jacobsen has returned from Philadelphia where he has been visit ing his son, Earl, who was threatened with pneumonia. Earl is a student at | the Philadelphia Textile school. The w. c. T. U. will meet next Wed nesday at 2.30 D. III. at the home of Mrs. Esther Eaton. The topic for the meeting will be Medical Temperance. Miss Miller, the Red Cross nurse, will 1 speak.
 Friends of Miss Dorothy Stevens, l now junior at the Connecticut Col lege for Women at New London, will be pleased to know that she has been l awarded scholarship for high stand I ing in studies.
 The funeral of Henry c. Wheeler was held at his late home last Satur- day afternoon at 1.3O.. Rev. l.. Rees oficiated. Two selections were sung by Mrs. T. F. Mullen and Mrs. l.. G. Luce. The tearers were F. G. San ford, l.. G. Luce, H. Meyers, R. H. Pinney, B. F. Engley, and F. H. Johnson, all members of the Stafford Business Mems association. The bur fal was at the StaffOrdville cemetery.
 The theme of the sermon at the Congregational church next Sunday morning will be '"The blind watchers at the Cross" Communion service will follow. In the evening Rev. w. A. Allen of Wilmington will occupy the pulpit. MT. Allen has already estab- lished reputation in Holland county as an effective gospel preacher and singer, and this will give the people of the borough who so desire the opportunity of hearing him in sermon and song.
 Tomorrow night the local Knights will journey to Plainfeld to oppose the fast Plainfield team. Earlier in the season the locals were defeated by this team in a close match. On Saturday they will go to Rockville and stack up against Kaceys of that place for the first game of a series of games between Rockville, Broad Brook and Stafford. Last year Stafford de- feated Rockville twice and likewise did Broad Brook. Then Broad Brook | defeated Stafford in Broad Brook and Stafford turned the tables on them in | Stafford. This made tie between Stafford and Broad Brook. The de- ciding game was played in Rockville in which Broad Brook won by one basket in two period overtime game. This year Stafford has a better team than last and the local town stands a good chance of flying the champion ship flag. The men to make the trip will be Captain Bernardo, PalIanck Calchera, Pagan, Argenta and Fitz- patrick.
 l A new duck pin bowling league has Eeen organized and at a meeting held last Friday evening at the alleys the following officers were elected: Pres
 ident, H. B. Pinney; secretary and
 Treasurer, J. Piorek; board of direc- tors, T. Cox, J. Crapollieu, R. Bressan. It was decided to have six three men teams to roll each other once. Each game will count four points. The
 entrance fee was $2 for each man This will amount to $36 and the house will give $1O, totaling to $46, which
 will be divided as follows: 1st, $15
 2nd, $1O; Srd, $6; high single $2; high strings, $3; high team string,
 $3; high pinfall, $3; 1st high indi- vidual average, $2.5O; 2nd high indi- vidual average $1. The following
 teams and men form the league Crescents, Captain Bressan, Savy and
 Planter; X L, Captain T. Cox, Am primo and Janowski; Manufacturers, Captain H. B. Pinney, c. B. Pinney and R. H. Pinney; R. I. Captain King, Hewett and Bernardo; Acme, Captain Crapollieu, Sullivan and Fisher; Jolly 3, Captain Kuslansky, B. PaIlanck and R. Pallanck.