The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-02
George Beardsiey Of Roachdale, Mass.

George Beardsley of Roachdale, Mass,
with his wife, who was formerly Mary
Baker of this place, has been visiting
Mrs. Beardsley's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gordon Baker. e 1s.
There will be9a stated communication.
of Uriel Lodge, No. "a, f. b A. M, Sat
urday evening. The annual election will
take place, and all brethren are requested
to be present.
Thanksgiving day was, as usual, speEt
very quietly in this rlace. There were
an unusual number of visitors In the vii
lage, among whom are the following
Mrs. E. L. Conner and son. James, from
Holyoke, at Frederick Newcomb's Miss
Mary Miller from Brattleboro, at home
Frank w. Spicer from Hartford, at home;
Mr.. and Mrs. Whittemore of Hartford,
at Fl. M. Neil's; Miss Eva Phillips of
Willimantic, at W. Fl. Brackett's; r.
wing Shales from Providence, at W. H.
Buckingham's David s. Clark and wife
from South Windham, at C. G. Essex's
Louis Korper from w illimantic, at home
with Miss Hester Hall. A few ate their
Thanksgiving dinner with relatives in
other parts of the country: Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas C. Denman at Norwich George
Worden at Dalton, Mass; Mrs. Klar,
Annie and Gustavus Klar at Gurleyville.
The South Wilmington Literary and De-
batting Society held meeting in the hall
Monday evening. Owing to the inclement
weather there were but a few present.
The literary program consisted of read
ings of selections from Coleridge, and
music by Miss Fannie Denman. The de-
bate was on the questior, Resolved
that the life of the farmer is preferable
to the life of the mechanic" Affirmative,
Rev. Charles II. Brown and Linneaus
Nichols; negative, W. H. Bracket and
Charles Buckingham. George A. Co.'S
grove was to have been the first on the
affirmative, but was not present. The
debate lasted about an hour, and was
very interesting The debaters showed
that they had put some thought on the
question, and brought forth some good
arguments. The judges were Mrs. Adolph
Buckingham. They decided unanimous
ly in favor of the negative. Owing to
preparation for Christmas, the nex5 meet
ing will not be held until one month from
now.
Following is a report of the sch rols in
districts 1 and 8 for the fall term. The
school in district / closed Saturday, the
Goth. Neither absent nor tardy were
Walter Davis, George Davis, Gertie Da-
Wis, Faith Davis, Edna Pierce and Flor
ence Pierce. Rhoda Lyon and Lizzie
Whitford were only once tardy, anil Clin-
ton EIdIedge and Earl Taylor were alb
sent but single day. The Davis chill
dren especially merit commendaton for
their regular attendance, having had to
come over two miles each day to the
school. The school has shown progress
under the teaching of Mr.. Everett Rich
ardson. The school in district closed
Wednesday, the gath. The children have
made noticeable progress under the eff
ficient direction of Miss Callie E. Hop
kins. Robert Battye, Florence Neil and
Homer Neil, Jr., were neither absent nor
tardy. John Richardson was once tardy
only. Harry Shaffer was absent but one
half day, and Milton Wadsworth and
May Wadsworth one day only. The
school will commence Monday, Dec. 9th,
and Miss Hopkins will continue to teach.