The Press., 1922-05-18
STAFFORD SPRINGS

STAFFORD SPRINGS
 Henry Pease is manager of United Talking Machine Co.'S new store.
 Miss Dorothy Stevens of New Lon don college for women was home over Sunday.
 The number of dogs licensed for the year of 1922 to date is 322 with 4 kennel licenses.
 Mrs. c. N. Champlain is now in Springfield with her daughter, Mrs Harold Woodmansee.
 Mrs. Theodore Cox is filling the va cancy as teacher in the fourth grade caused by the resignation of Miss Pauline Caffrey.
 Charles Daniels, formerly of the Kimball Hotel tarber shop, Spring field, has now accepted a position in the Sanitary farber shop.
 Miss Gwyneth Rees of the Connecti- cut college at New London was at home over Sunday. Miss Katherine Stone, a classmate accompanied her.
 H. J. Lee will have an auction sale of personal property at the second house north of Carmine Kemp's house on the MonsOn road on Saturday at 1 D. m.
 "Theodora" Goldwyn's sensational drama, will te the special attraction at the Paramount theater next week Thursday and Friday.
 William Smith of Worcester acade- my and Robert Pinney from Choate No 1iTc nr1 of o few days, returning to school the first of the week.
 John, 6 years of age, son of Mrs. Louis Remor, died at his home on West Main street last Friday night of bronchitis. Burial was in the Staff ford Springs cemetery.
 The Stafford street baseball team defeated Village Hill last Sunday at Stafford Street ty a score of 12 to II. The game was very loosely played. Mike Cini of the losers starred with home run and three-base hit.
 The high school baseball team will go to South Manchester tomorrow where they will oppose the State Trade school team of that place
  feated this team in a one sided score of 16 to 6, and they expect to repeat.
 About 30 acres of land were burned over in brush fire Friday morning, on the River road near the Gleason farm. The fire spread across the land on both sides of Roaring brook, but was under control in the afternoon with a large force of men fighting the blaze.
 The local high school baseball team went to pieces in Palmer last Friday afternoon and were defeated by ascore of 10 to 2. Baldwin's pitching was ex- cellent, but many errors in the infield caused the score to be what it was. Pease and BOissey each connected for three safe hits.
 Mrs. c. D. Butterfield, Mrs. l.. Rees, c. E. Butterfield and G. w. Amidon have been appointed as delegates from the Congregational church to attend the annual meeting of the Holland county association of Congregational churches and ministers at South Gov entry next Wednesday.
 The Belmont Reality Co.,, of Provi- dence has opened an office in the Stafford House block and is advertis- ing a closing sale of the remaining building lots at Charter Heights, op- posite the fair grounds, on Saturday afternoons, and are giving away pre- miums on sales. Sunday is inspection day. They are also giving away sou veniers. About 12 lots remain unsold.
 An interesting entertainment was given last Monday evening at the New school assembly hall by" Pitt Parker, the well known cartoonist. He drew many comic pictures and also interest ed his audience with many interesting and beautiful landscape scenes, which he had viewed on many of his travels. More of these interesting entertain ments will be here in the near future and it is hoped that larger crowds will turn out to them.
 William Comins of Yale, whose home is in this place has been burn ing up the cinder track for the last three weeks, taking nine first prizes and winning everything he entered. He was the main factor in big victO- ries that Yale yearlings have won and in the races he has entered has won practically without effort. His time in some of these events has been faster than the time made by the varsity team. This shows that when "Bill' goes back next year he will again be the stellar performer in his races when he will be allowed to compete on the varsity team.
 -: On Friday, May 18th, the Ching-A- Ling Banjo Mandolin concert company of Willimantic will give concert and dance for the benefit of the Stafford high school athletic association in the new school hall. Since their appear ance here in the winter, the company has been strengthened by securing MT. Caswell, director of music in the Will limantic schools, as baritone -soioist. They also make specially Of their dance orchestra of nine mem- hers. This dance orchestra is now winning attention throughout the state They recently played on the annual ladies night of the Centennial lodge of Masons in New Britain, and have appeared seven times in Willi- mantle within year. Yet on their last appearance, the hall was crowded This company offers high grade enter tainment If the people in Stafford appreciate such music and want such companies to come here, they must show it by their attendance. About one third of the receipts. go to the athletic association. Unless a reason