The Press., 1922-07-06
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

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 Mrs. Annie L.. Faulkner has taken the agency for the Hudson and Essex motor cars,
 Miss Ethel Charter, who teaches in Mount Vernon, N. Y., is at home for the summer.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Sullivan of Bridgeport are visiting at the Flana- gan home on Benton street.
 G. S. Baker of Middletown and Ed ward Clark of Providence have been at the Baker home on Edgewood for few days.
 The ball game that was scheduled to be played out of town Sunday has been cancelled and the team will play on the local diamond.
 Miss Florina Tonon returned to Simmons College, Boston. yesterday, where she will attend the summer school for special study.
 [ The fourth passed very quietly this year with out any parades or specta- cular fireworks. The mills were shut down both Monday and Tuesday.
 Misses Catherine and Evelyn Murn- ingham of Amsterdam, N. Y, are spending a months vacation with their sister, Mrs. William J. Hanley at Crystal Lake.
 J. Wasserman will start on Friday 8 removal sale at his present quarters and in the store at the old Foster block. He will later remodel the Eos ter block for his own use.
 The Southern New England Tele- phone Company are considering nov ing their office to the new Arizona" block. which up to lately has been known as the Sena block.
 Eugene Laime of this borough was operated on last Friday for ruptuPe at the Johnson hospital Eddie Le- Claire, a nephew. was operated on at the same time for appendicitis.
 Misses Alberta and Ivy Eaton are attending the summer school at Chau- tauQua, N Y. Miss Ethel Moore is to supply as Organist at the Methodist church for this month during Miss All erta Eaton's absence.
 Mir. and Mrs. Cyrus Ramsdell of Manchester have been visiting her son, Frank Ruby at Rockwell Hill for a few days. On Monday evening about twenty of their friends gave MT. and Mrs. Ramsdell a surprise party and presented them with sum of money, it being Mrs. Ramsdell's birthday.
 While boarding the moving train on the 4th a stranger whose home is in Norwich was shot through the hand by a cartridge which had been put on the track and exploded when the wheels passed over it. The cartridge had been put on by some boy whose name is withheld by the police. What action to be taken up has not yet been decided.
 A family reunion was held at the home of John O'Brien over the holi- days with the following visitors pres ent; Mrs. J. Dudley and daughter, Elizabeth and Mrs. T. P. Flaherty of Southbridge, Mass, sisters of Mrs. O'Brien and Mir and Mrs. T. P. Fla herty with their daughter and son, all of South Coventry Captain O'Brien was there with bells on.
 At the Methodist church next Sun day morning the pastor will preach on "Fundamentalism vs. Fundamentals" At 6.45 the subject of the evening talk will be ''Methusaleh." At the first | quarterly conference of the Methodist | church held last Friday night the pas tor and Morgan Eaton were appointed | delegates to a Norwich district con- ference on Home Missionary organ ization and activity" This conference is to consider the needs of this district and organize work to meet those needs.
 Juan Brown, S6, died at his home in Glenville last Tuesday. He was born in Sutton, Mass. and moved here from Uxbridge, Mass, about 41 years ago. He was boss carder in the Glen vile mill for about 30 years. He leaves eight children, Charles of Hart ford, Edward of Worcester, George of New York, Mrs. Arthur Garlich of Edinburg, Scotland, Mrs. Lemuel Burke of Burnside, Mrs. Annie Jones of Wilmington and Miss Nellie and Juan of this place. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at St. Edwards church with Rev. F. J. O'Neill officiating. Burial will be in St. Edwards cemetery.
 Officers Young and Harmon of the state police raided the home of Peter Laryiewiez in Union last Saturday and found one of the best equipped 25 gallon stills that they have rounded up yet. It was located underground and a floor and partition had to be broken to secure it. Laryiewiez was fined $200 and costs which amounted to about $30. and given a sentence of 30 days in Holland jail. Officer Harmon took him to Holland where he will work out the sentence and the fine and cost as he was unable to pay either. The state police have raided this place three times and LaryiewieZ has been arrested and fined before.
 The state police of the local bar racks were kept busy last Sunday evening Investigating accidents in West Stafford and on the Somers road, which will probably result in charges of reckless driving being brought against the offenders of the automo- bile laws. One accident occurred in West Stafford about S3O o'clock last Sunday evening when car driven by Edward Gatreau of Somersville and owned byElZear Gates collided with a car driven by Miss Orpha Wood of Ellington and owned by Miss Ida Linn burger of Ellington. as the latter car was coming down the Crystal Lake road into West Stafford The other car was making the curve in the road leading to the lake and apparently took the corner too sharply, as state ments of witnesses bear out the fact that Miss Wood was driving carefully and slowly, keeping we'll to the right of the road. Two local girls were in the car driven by Gatreau and were somewhat shaken up and bruised Another young man, whose home was not ascertained by the state police was more seriously injured and was taken to Dr. Thayer's office in Somers, where his wounds were dressed. Miss Linn burgers brother was in the car driven by Miss Wood, neither occupants were injured in the collision Within a half