The Press., 1893-12-28
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 tCorTespondence.)
 At the annual meeting of the Congre gational society s. P. Swift, Chas. H Davis and W. F. Essex were chosen com mittee.
 All the inmates of the alms-house are sick. Two have Tommy Hughes and Geo. Studley.
 Jennie Golding, having spent Christ mas here, returned to North Coventry Wednesday with Arthur Cole.
 The many friends of Mrs. William Waldo are glad to have her here again. She is at J. B. Carpenters.
 The newly-elected officers of the grange are: M., Geo. A. Cosgrove; O., Arthur Eldridge: L., Mrs. 0. T. Pres. ton; s., Chas. E. Nichols; A. S., Geo. Il. Nichols; chaplain, Rev. CHI. Brown ; treas, F. w. Pratt; sec, w. I. Nichols {; G. K, ; Pomona, Ethel A. Bronson; Flora, Emma L. Brown; Ceres, Mrs. c. B. Nichols; lady assist. s., Mrs. F. w. Pratt. Next meeting Friday eve ming, Jan. 18th. The regular meetings are on the second and .fourM Friday eve- nings of each month.
 The fall term of the Glass Factory school closed last week, which was very successfully taught by Mrs. Wm. Brown lee. The good attendance as shown by the register was remarkable, the best of any school in town within the remem- brance of the present board of school wis., itors. This is the record: Not absent or tardy, Eddie DeWolf. Linnie Nichols, Oscar Hemmeler, Clifford Hemmeler, Herbert Jacobs, Clayton Richardson, Clarence Richardson. Robbie Pratt, Har- old Pratt, Lloyd Burdick; absent one day, Esther DeWolf; two days, Mabe Clark, Ethel Burdick
 The Christmas festivities at the Bap- tist church and at the hall in South Will lington passed off pleasantly and success fully. The church and hall were both crowded. Besides the various commit tees and others much credit is due to Henry Hall for effective work in training the children at South Willington, and to Geo. A. Cosgrove for capital and comical personification of Santa Claus at the church; also to John F. Whitford for his violin solos, and to Miss Fanny Church for her accompaniment at the latter place.
 The annual Baptist parish party will take place next Monday evening, Jan. 1st Pastor Brown will receive at the parson- age, while supper will be served at the town hall, next door, from Still 10. This gathering having been for many years the social event of the winter, a large attend ance is expected, as usual, not only from the Hill and South Willington, but from other localities, including Holland side.
 South Wilmington Correspondence.
 -Origen Hall has returned from the west, and is now at his mothers.
 Mrs. R. H. Staples, of Willimantic, has been visiting at w. H. Brackets.
 Quite number in this place are sick with grip" Among those most strongly attacked are Mrs. G. F. Spicer, William Nichols, and E. L. Mckinney. Ephraim Kies has been attacked with pneumonia, and is under the care of Dr. Johnson.
 Two yearling heifers strayed on the premises of w. E. Battey week ago. No one has claimed them yet. See adv't. Christmas passed off very pleasantly, at this place. As the mill stopped the people had day of. rest. Those who spent Christmas here were Misses Liz zie and Etta Hall, from Wilbraham acad- emy; Miss Ida Hall, from Conservatory Music, Boston; Miss Rena Young, from Hartford college; Harry Allen, from Hartford; Allie Young and wife. from Willimantic, at Chas. Westcott's. Those who spent Christmas away were: MT. and Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Harrison's mother at Yantic;- MT. and Mrs. c. c. Essex, at Willimantic, with Mrs. Essex's sister.
 MT. Gardiner Hall wishes to correct the statement made in The Press last week, that his factory was running on half time. He is willing to admit the hn!f, but thinks the correspondent should have stated that it was taoo halves instead of one
 For a week previous to Christmas the little ones had been doing their best, working hard and learning their respect i've parts in the cantata prepared by Rev. c. H. Brown, and taken from actual Bi- ble experiences. The day was one such as seldom accompanies Christmas time, and if the good people had not been per mitted to assemble in the hall in the eve ming, which was crowded to overffowing, and listen to the children's entertainment, they would have had little thought of the occasion, for Christmas without ice and snow and the sound of sleigh bells, is equivalent to Thanksgiving without a turkey. At 7.45 the entertainment open ed with an anthem by the choir, followed by act I of the cantata, shepherds con- versing in the fields: act II, meeting of the three wise men on their journey to Bethlehem act III, scene at the court of Kiug Herod, and the children's mockery of the same, and. lastly, the scene of Mary and the Christ-child in the stable at Bethlehem. The program was inter- ,persed hy song. entitled Birthday of i King" by Miss Ida M. Hall, march ,y the twelve Brownies" a fan drill by ,ix young ladies, and recitation by Geo. l 3rackett. The "hit' of the evening was | song by the four -'honest boys" Leo l 1orper. Clal ence Essex, James Connor ! Ind Arthur Spicer, which was rendered in very creditable manner. The entertain | nent was concluded by two tableaux, 1 The Cross'' and "Rock of Ages,' with l ,olored light effect. After the entertain nent the presents were distributed, and he people dissembled, agreeing that they lad spent very enjoyable evening.
 Moose Meadow correspondence.)
 Mrs. Jason Allen entertained about