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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-05-30
NEW HOPE
PERSONALS

The Wild Rose Rebecca Lodge, of
Hulmeville, entertained the Vashti
Lodge, of New Hope, Wednesday
evening. About rs members of the
latter lodge were in attendance.
A meeting of the directors Of
Chautauqua was held in the bank
ing rooms at New Hope and it was
decided to hold Chautauqua from
August % TO September 3. The
directors decided to offer prizes to
the school children for the best es-
say submitted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Frederick
were visited recently by Miss Anna
Frederick, Of Glendale.
Several pupils from the local
schools participated in the Spelling
Bee and llarmonica Contest held
Wednesday at the Morrisville Com
munity House.
One Of the cars on the Reading
train due here at 2.57 jumped the
track Saturday. The wrecking crew
had to be called to clear the track.
The program for the entertain
ment given by the local schools
last Friday evening was piano solo,
Dorothy Armitage; violin solo, New
ell Worthington; piano duet, Mrs.
George Shoch and Margaret Steever;
vocal solo, Marion Brown; piano
olo, Carlotto Howell, quintette,
Alice Carlson, Marion Brown, Yer
ma Purcell, Edith Pidcoek and Hill
da Evans; violin solo, Mildred Hill
man; piano solo, Irma Earl; trio,
Margaret benson, Elizabeth Brown
and Virginia Shoch; vocal solo,
Frank Kerwin; piano solo, Virginia
Shoch; violin solo, Edith Pidcocki
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-05-30
Thomas Th0rne
Elected Fire Chief
Docherty Elected Columbia Chief
For 18th Year


Lambertville-At an election held
last Friday evening by Fleet Wing
Hook g. Ladder Co., Thomas Thorne
was made Fire Chief for the city.
The term is for three years. A sys-
tenn of rotation is employed for the
Fire Chief, going from one com
pany to another George w. Arnett
was for many years Fire Chief, be-
ing elected from Union Co. No. /.
At his death his successor was chos-
en- from Hibernia Co. No. 2 in 1921.
Thus Fleet Wing Go. No. 3 selects
the chief for this term. The next
chief will be elected in 1927 from
Columbia CO. No. A.
Chief Thorne was not opposed al
the election last Friday, his right
to the office not being disputed. lie
is veteran fire fighter, and has
been secretary for Fleet Wing Co
for more than twenty years. The
service car Of the Fleet Wing Go
has been assigned to the use Of
Chief Thorne. He will take office
on June LIST.
Elmer c. Docherty, of Columbia
Co. No. A, was elected first assistant
chief. This is the 18th year he has
been elected to that position, and he
will no doubt be the choice of Colum.
bia Go. for chief in 1927. Harold X
Dilley, Of Union Co., was elected
second assistant, and Peter X. Rel.
Iy, Of Hibernia Co., was elected third
assistant.
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Frambfon'S Celebrate
18th A nniverSary

A family dinner party took place
on Saturday evening, May %, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. f. C. Tramp
ton, Solebury. The occasion was their
25th wedding anniversary.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
William Gray, Mr.. and Mrs. Ches-
ter Pearce, East Orange; Miss Helen
Harding, Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Har-
gan, Newark, N. j.; Mr. and Mrs.
f. M. Paxson, Eugene Roberts, Miss
Harding, Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Tramp
ton and A. II. Barrett.
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Pioneers
Band
Sons of Veterans
Grand Army and guests in Auto
mobiles
American Legion and Veterans of
Other Wars.
=. o. S. of A.
Jr. o. U. A. M with Field Music.
Children marching with flags.
The route will be as follows,
South on Union to Swan, to Main
to Elm, to Union, to York, to Sol
diers' Monument where all services
will be held.
PROGRAM
Introduction.
Song by Chorus.
Opening prayer by Rev. F. e.
Purcell.
Reading of John A. Logan Or
ders, by Fred Ryan.
Selection by Band.
Reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address by Alfred Yaske.
Song, America, by Chorus and
children
Address, Rev. F. w. Druckenmil-
Ter of Mt. Airy.
Closing prayer by Rev. w. A.
Lewis.
Tolling Of Bell Cat which time
all are requested to stand at at
tention.)
Star Spangled Banner by Band.
Benediction.
All Children both Of New Hope
and Lambertville, are urged to at
tend, and to be at Post Headquar-
tiers at 9.45 A. M.
Remember all exercises will be
on Daylight saving time.
J. w. Crook,
Commander.
c. A. Slack,
Adiutant
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The Chalfont board of trade has
instructed its building committee to
prepare plans for financing and
building a sample house. In instruc-
ting the committee, of which Frank
d. Good is chairman, it was urged
mat the type of house be given
careful consideration as to arrange
ment and attractiveness and that
the location be such as to be in
plain view of the traveller,
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Poppy Sale for
Hospital Radio Benefit

The American Legion of New
Hope will conduct a Poppy Sale
today Memorial Day. for the
benefit of the Soldiers Hospital
Radio Fund, through which a
widespread Plan is being work
ed to provide a sum of money
sufficient to equip the soldiers
hospitals with radio apparatus
for the entertainment of the
sick veterans.
The New Hope Legion is CO.
operating with other Legions
in this section to raise suffic-
lent sum to be worth while.
Any contributions that may
be offered aside from the sale
of peoples, will be gratefully
received by the Edgar IL. Den
son Post, and will be forward
ed with the other moneys.
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MISS ELIZABETH HOCH

Requiem high mass was celebrated
in st. Johns Church, Lambertville,
Monday morning for Miss Elizabeth
Hoch, former resident here, who
died at Rock Island, ILL.,, Wednes-
day The body was brought here
for burial. Interment was in st.
Johns Cemetery. Miss Hoch is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs. John T.
Crowley, of Rock Island, and a
brother, Frank Hoch, of Amboy
oTuEp IoCAI NEWS ON pAcE A
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Change of Publication
Day for Rec0rd-Nesos

Beginning with June 5, 1924.
The Lambertville Record and
The New Hope News will be
issued each Thursday instead of
Friday, as in the past, so all
news and advertising copy must
be in one day earlier. AID copy
should be in by Wednesday
morning for that weeks issue.
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Memorial Day will be properly
celebrated on both sides of the Della
ware today, by the veterans and
other organizations.
The members of Edgar II. benson
Post, No. 70, American Legion, local
veterans and others will join in the
New Hope celebration, which will
begin at Z a m. 6 o'clock Daylight
Saving Time) with the decoration of
graves at the Upper Solebury bury
ing ground; 8.45 (9.45 ID. S. T.) the
Legion will join with the Lambert
vile eelebrationists, and at p. m.
g ID. S. To- there will be flag
raising at. the cannon in front of
the Presbyterian Church at the in
tersection of Bridge and Ferry SITS.
The program will be given by the
pupils Of the New Hope schools, and
there will be addresses by Gordon
Cooper, editor of the New Hope
News, and by DR.. j. +. Scott, for
mer resident Of New Hope, but now
of Altoona. DIR. Scott is visiting in
the borough for some days, and it
was considered especially fitting that
he should speak before this gather
ing. Everyone will be welcome.
Major C. A. Angel Post No. 20.
G. A. X. has issued the notices gov
ernng the local observance of Mem
orial Day, Friday, May Goth.
Comrades will report at Post
Headquarters to attend Memorial
services to be held Friday, May 30th
1924 at 9.45 A. NJ. daylight saving
together with three invited orRani-
cations.
Line will form at 10:15 A. M.
right resting on Union st. and will
move at 1890 A. NJ. sharp.
The line will be as follows:
Marshall and assistance.
Colors
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BURN FIERY CROSS IN
LAMBERTvILLE

Wednesday night about nine o.
clock a huge fiery cross was burned
on the hill overlooking the town. 1t
was on the edge Of the Slack farm
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gain information with which to
ruin their smaller competitors are
regarded as grave menace to the
business of the country and as
likely to be used to the disastrous
injury of consumers.
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Senate and House conferrees have
areed on the tax reduction bill,
but it remains to be seen whether
President Coolidge will approve or
veto it. 1t is a complete repudia-
ton of the Mellon plan, on which
the President has insisted. The
publicity" feature, which Mr.. Cool
idge said would compel him to veto
it, though modified, is still in dan
gerous form. 1t provides that a COM
mittee of Congress can call for and
make public any income tax returns
which 1T regards as german to its
work; also that when any appeal
for reduction of more than S10,-
900 in taxes is made the hearing
shall be public. The opportunities
these provisions will afford to bus
inessmen and corporations to get
the inside facts regarding their
competitors business, and espec-
tally afford the big corporations to
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1t will require an army of clerks
to administer the bonus, estimated
at 1000 to 10000. It will cost the
taxpayers $10,000.000 year to adj
minister the law, or at least $780,
100000 in the twenty years. The to-
tai cost of the bonus itself will be
from 1900 to 5000 million dollars.
This means that there can be no
real reduction of the national debt
and no permanent reduction of taxes.
As the national election comes in
November, there may be tax re-
duction now, but it will have to be
made up in increased taxes later.
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MAY GET WATER
FROM TOHICKON

A S100,000,000 project, involving
the use of the Perkiomen and To-
hickon creeks, as the source of
Philadelphia new water supply for
the next fifty years, was recommend
ed by water commission composed
of eminent engineers in a report
to Mayor Kendrick Friday.
The new source of supply will pro-
vide 500,000,000 gallons of water
daily for the next fifty years, the
water commission states.
Impounded in seven dams, the wa
ters of the Perkiomen and Tohickon
creeks would be filtered in great
new plant located near the dam
site, taken by aqueduct to an inn
mense 100,000,000 gallon reservoir
to be located near the edge of the
city.
Years ago the Philadelphia Water
Supply Commission made topo-
graphical survey of all the New
Hope-Point Pleasant section Of
Bucks County, for water conserva-
ton purposes. Any dam on the To-
hickon Creek would doubtless be To-
Gated at or near Point Pleasant,
where the largest volume of water is
available.
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The movement to take water from
the Perkiomen and Tohickon creeks
is not meeting with unanimous APP
proval, by any means. The residents
of the Perliomen Valley are literally
up in arms over what they believe
is a project that destroys much of
the value of their properties through
the possible drying up of the Perki-
omen near it's lower end. No opposi-
ton has been heard from the To-
hickon section, but conditions are
different. A huge reservoir in the
gorge north and west of Point
Pleasant would not detract from the
beauty of that section, and the con-
struction would mean the expendi-
ture of probably S5,000,000 or more
in this section, which would not be
despised by those who managed to
get some of it
Fred. c. Dunlap, former chief of
the Philadelphia water department,
is out in opposition to the Perkiomen
plan, saying that the Perkiomen-
rohickon project would cost about
$91 100000, whereas an ample sup
ply could be taken from the Della
ware at Yardley, the Tohickon and
the Neshaminy and Tohickon creeks
at cost of $6o,oO0,000, or a clear
saving of S31 100000. Mr.. Dunlap
suggests a great storage basin on
the Neshaminy Creek, to hold one
hundred days supply of water for
Philadelphia. Probably the greatest
objection to the Dunlap plan, from
the politicians standpoint is the pos
sible saving of $31 100000. Amy
thing that will save the taxpayer
money is generally opposed by poll
ticians.
Any adoption of either the Della
ware or Tohickon projects would
bring a lot of business into this sec
ton of the country, but whether it
would affect it reversely in years
to come is matter which cannot
now be determined
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f. l.. Doheny won first blood in
the legal fight the Government is
making on him. The Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia decided
that Government counsel could not
compel his son to testify before
the grand jury and that his refusal
to testify did not constitute any
admission of guilt on his part; that
it's a violation of a mans consti-
tutional right to try to make him in
criminate himself even when he's
innocent.
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Tables published by the Demo-
Gratis in support of their rejection
of the Mellon plan show the huge
taxes (40 per cent on incomes of
$1,000,000 or more) which the very
rich would have to pay. But they
carefully conceal the fact that ex-
perience has shown that the very
rich pay no such taxes because
they put their money into tax-free
securities, avoiding practically all
tax. According to the Democratic
leader, Simmons, the man with an
income of $1,00O,000 a year would
pay tax of $55o,000 under the pre-
sent law and $429,6O0 under the
new, ratic-insurgent, law.
Why the taxes of man with
that income should be reduced at all
Senator Simmons does not explain.
Secretary Mellon has shown that
the man with that income will pay
almost no taxes, because of the
tax-exempt securities available, but
that if Congress would reduce his
taxes to 25, instead of 40, per cent
he would pay taxes because the
chance of making more money than
from tax-exempt securities, even
after paying the 25 per cent in
come tax, would induce him to put
his money into business, thus giving
more people employment, adding
to the general prosperity and re-
ducing the cost of living for every
body.
Crown Prince McAdoo continues
to pick up delegates to the increas-
ing anxiety of the Democratic
leaders. As the New York World,
leading Democratic paper, says,
the Democrats can hope to win only
on the plea that they will put an
end to graft in Washington, and Nc
Adoo, with his Doheny retainers, his
collection of big fees from the Re-
public Iron g. Steel Co., for in
ducing the Treasury to reduce its
taxes, etc., cannot win on such a
platform.
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WaShingfon'S Tolerance

Every man who conducts himself
as good citizen, is accountable
alone to God for his religious faith,
and should be protected in Worship
ping God according to the dictates
of his own conscience.--George
Washington.
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c. A. Slack,
Adjutant.
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The. first known advertisement ap-
peared in a Greco-Roman drinking
cup, 1t is said. 1t bears the inscrip-
tion, Made by Ennion. Let the
buyer remember"
1t pays to ADVERTISED
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Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
WOODSTOCK

Raymond Williams is enjoying his new bicycle.
 Mrs. Chester Wilcox is visiting her son, Dr. Fred Wilcox of Willimantic.
 Mir. and Mrs. Raymond Young have bought a small farm in West Wood stock.
 Charlie Williams of Paseoag has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Raymond Young.
 Word has been received of the birth of twin daughters to MT. and Mrs. Henry Holt of New York.
 Miss Nellie Chandler has returned from her trip and because of Ill health Is staying for awhile with her cousin, Mrs. Lottie May.
 An appropriate sermon for Moth CTS Day was given by the pastor Sun day morning, and special solo was sung by Miss Ruth Sheppard.
 The Hill church was represented at the meetings at the Congregational church in Putnam on Sunday, and also at the meetings in the Pomfret Con- gregational church on Tuesday.
 The League of Women Voters will have an open meeting May 22nd at o'clock at Mrs. Hamilton Holt's in the hall adjoining her home. Herbert Knox Smith of Hartford will be pres ent and give an address on the World Court. An invitation is extended to all League members in the county and their friends. There will be other speakers on the program.
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
WOODSTOCK BRIEFS
EASTWOCDSTOCK

George Boswerth of West Hartford was in town on Tuesday and Mednes- day.
 An attractive porch is being built at Maplehurst, Carl Danielson having the contract.
 Mrs. David Aldrich has been visit ing relatives in South Uxhridge, Mass. the past ten days.
 Rev. and Mrs. H. D. Baker, Deacons NJ. B. Morse and Dr. F. R. Pike at tended the conference in Pomfret on Tuesday.
 Mrs. Harley Foster, Mir. and Mrs. Albert Barker and friend of Wake field. R. l.. spent Saturday in town and were dinner guests of Mrs. Joseph LaMontagne.
 The members of the Junior Endea- vor voted at a recent meeting to each earn fifty cents during the summer vacation to go towards new furnaces for the church.
 Mrs. J. s. May returned Sunday from a visit Of several weeks with relatives in New London and Norwich Her son. Harry May, and family ae- companied her home, spending the day.
 Misses Ethel Upham and Constance Grigg spent the weekend at Smith College. They motored to Northamp- ton with Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Bannister of Webster. their daughter Lois being senior.
 Mothers Day was observed at the Congregational church by an appro- priate sermon by the pastor. The car nations were given by the Junior En- deavor and sent to tine elderly mem bers at the close of the service.
 Dr. F.. k. Pike. Sarah Pike, Rena Stanley. Mrs. F. A. Jordan, Mrs. c. A. Wetherell, Constance Wetherell, Ruth Sheppard. Rebecea Hubbard. Pearl and Dorothy LaMontagne, Pearl Cady, Betty Rollins, Betty and Sarah Healey i attended the Older Girls Conference at Hampton last Saturday.
 The annual thank offering meeting was held in the chapel on Wednesday afternoon, the attendance being fifty. The president conducted the devotion al exercises. Miss Christine Anderson, a missionary to China for thirty three years. gave very interesting address. Miss Anderson is a teacher in a girls mission school, and after a furlough of a year will return to her work. A rising vote Of thanks was given Miss Anderson. A pleasant so- cial hour followed with cake and punch being served.
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
PONFRET

Gilbert Danielson is i'll with pneu- monia.
 Mr. Robert Varnum is a guest at the Ben Grosvenor.
 Mrs. Skinner of New York City is a guest at Miss Mathewson's.
 Miss Harvey is expected to return from Europe at the end of the month.
 Mrs. Eustace Garratt of London, Eng, is a guest of Mir. Whitehead at Hall Farm.
 Hillside Cottage is being made ready for the arrival of Mir and Mrs. Congdon.
 Miss Jessie Pearson who has been visiting the aiisses Reyes left town on Wednesday.
 Miss Daggett and Miss Florence Grosvenor spent Tuesday and Wed nesday in Boston.
 Mrs. Cleghorn from Nebraska was recently a guest of her cousin, Miss Boult. at Brisk to High.
 Rev. and Mrs. Bigelow and three boys from the Reetory School spent Wednesday in Worcester.
 pr. and Mrs. F. c. Goodridge and the Misses Goodridge have arrived at Mashmoquet House for the season.
 Mir. and Mrs. Russell Perkins and Lawrence Perkins NSll come from New York to reopen Ufton on Tues day
 The Rt Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster will make parochial visit to Christ Church on the morning of Ascension Day,
 Pomfret's spring season k now in full swing with both of the local inns almost full and many of the summer homes open.
 Mrs. Hunter has come from New York City where she has been serious lv i'll at St. Luke's Hospital and will be a guest at Mashamoquet Inn for some time.
 The committee in charge of ar rangements for Pomfret's Memorial Day observance will meet on Monday evening. Pomfret and Abingdon will combine to make the observance one of the biggest that has been held Tn the town for years.
 Mrs. Joseph Clark Hoppin arrived at the Ben Grosvenor on "Wednesday to arrange for the reopening of Court. lands next Tuesday when Dr. and Mrs. Hoppfn will close the house which they have occupied during the winter season at 2f Commonwealth avenue.
 Pomfret was represented at the lT.avmen's dinner of the New London Archdeaconry of the Episcopal Dio- cese of Connecticut on Wednesday evening by Rev. F. H. Bigelow, John Ash, J. Frederick Ash, Carl Gilbert, Allen Averill and J. j. Whitehead, Jr.
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
NORTH WOODSTOCK

The Waehter family from Toledo, Ohio, were at the Bishop place for a few days last week.
 Mrs. George Frink has been enter taining her granddaughter Barbara Barrett for few days.
 Mrs. Munyan and children left town Saturday to join Mir Munyan at their new home in New York.
 Albert Logan and son of Brooklyn, \. r.. spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs Oscar Logan.
 Mrs. Ethal Barrett, Mrs. Myrtle Miller and Mrs. Wallace Frink spent the weekend in Boston and Welles- ley.
 L. ]. Leavitt and C. Nj. Perrin were members of a delegation which inter viewed the tax commissioners in Hart ford last week.
 Harry Townsend and family have been entertaining quite a party of his relations part of whom eamped out over the weekend.
 Mir. and Mrs. William Gordon have with them their grandson, Edward Hobson. of Southbridge, who is at tending school in the English Neigh borhood.
 The union social held in the hall on Friday evening was great success. The local Ladies' Aid Society fur nished an excellent supper of cold ham, salad. mashed potato. rolls. cake, ice cream and coffees while the visit ing societies furnished an equally good program. The proceeds amount ed to nearly fifty dollars.
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
WOODSTOCK

Mrs. Belle Young was the guest of friends in Putnam recently.
 Mrs. Harvey Tourtellotte spent a few days last week with relatives in Boston.
 Mrs. Dan Raste entertained her sis ter, Mrs. Lyon of Attawaugan. over the weekend.
 Mrs. Calhoun and Hazen were glad ly welcomed at church again after weeks of absence owing to illness.
 The Ladies' Aid met in the vestry Thursday afternoon. and the Mission Circle will meet with Mrs. c. A. Lyon on Tuesday afternoon. May 20.
 Rev H. A. Calhoun gave his hear CTS a good sermon Sunday morning appropriate to Mothers Day. There was no service in the evening.
 Several of our young men and boys attended the track meet in Brooklyn on Saturday. Arnold Johnston being one of the winners in the three mile race.
 Mrs. Wilbur Barker. who has been here several weeks attending to the estate of her sister, Miss Phillips, re- turned Co her home in Harrisburg, Penn, early this week.
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
WEST WOODSTOCK

Miss Mildred Jones spent the weeF- end at Broadview.
 Leslie P Harris and daughter Ha- gel of New Rochelle were recent guests at kenelm.
 Wayland Harris was at Locust Hill Farm Sunday in honor of his cousin. Harry Cutters birthday.
 Mir and Mrs. Raymond louny who have recently purchased the Ed. Per rin place are moving in this week
 Mir. and Mrs. George Litehfield of South Woodstock were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Shepherd Sun day.
 Mr. and Mrs. John Sabin and two children and Mrs. Charles Sabin were Sunday callers at the Sumner home stead
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
- PUTNAM HEIGHTS

Roscoe Chase and family and Ber- tha Whipple spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Charles Nichols of Thomp- son avenue, Putnam.
 Miss Fannie Robbins spent the week end with friends in Dudley. Mass.
 Alvan Sweet and E. L. Bradley are having their houses painted.
 James Torrey and Stephen Smith. who are employed in Pascoag, were at their homes here Sunday.
 Anna Shippee visited her brother Alden in Norwich Sunday.
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
ASHFORD

Mrs. Marc Lewis and son Aldrich have both been on the sick list.
 A number of the boys attended the track meet at Brooklyn Saturday.
 Areha Walker and family spent Sun day with Mrs. Eva Bugbee in Stafford