The Press., 1897-08-05
HOLLAND

WHppluS ON0A OuAuebys
 Wm. Taylor, of Brooklyn, N. Y., spent Sunday here with his family.
 Miss Jennie E. Whiton, of Hazardville, is visiting at Calvin Whiton's.
 Edward Bryan and family, of Westfeld, Mass, are at Mrs. Sybil Coles
 Mrs. J. s. Welch has been quite i'll, and has been attended by Dr. Johnson.
 Miss Hildreth, of Grown Point, N. r., was at Mrs. Chas. Meacham's over Sun- day.
 Henry E. Birdseye, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Is here with his family for two weeks vacation.
 Mrs. Lizzie F. Litchfield, of Williman- tic, was at Mrs. l.. s. Fuller's few days last week.
 Mrs. J. o. Adams has returned from Attleboro, Mass, where she was called by the illness of her son.
 Mrs. John E. Clough and Mrs. J. H. Steele have been the guests of Rev. J. B. Aokley's family at Gales Ferry for a few days.
 
 ton, Mass, are at Chas. Underwoods. Also G. F. Uhler's family of Brooklyn, N. Y.
 The Ladies' Aid society, of the M. E. church, will hold a birthday party and entertainment In the town hall Wednes- day evening. They will be assisted in the entertainment by Miss Walbridge, of Hartford, contralto soloist, and Miss M. A. Adams, of this place, elocutlonist Ice cream and cake will be served. Gen. eral admission 10 cents.
 The officers of the Y. P. s. 0. E. for the next six months were elected Sunday, and are as follows: President, Fred s. Meach- am; vice-president, Florence E. Agard !; secretary and treasurer, F. Daisy Whiton corresponding secretary, Mrs. E. s. Agard. At the meeting of the. society Sunday evening Miss Anna L. Meacham, who has just returned from the San Fran cisco convention, gave very interesting report of the meetings.
 The first quarterly meeting of the Rock vile c. E. union was opened on Wednes- day afternoon, at 3.3O, in the Congrega- tional church, by devotional exercises led by Rev. Lester L. Potter, of Hartford, after which, the exercises were conducted by the president of the union, Rev. F. w. Harrison, of Somers. By vote of the union the associate members will be counted In contest for the banner for at- tendance at the union meetings. Miss Anna L. Meacham, of Holland, just re- turned from the International c. E. con- ventiOn at San Francisco, gave some in- teresting accounts of the journey to Cali fornia and part of the convention, but her time was so limited that she was un- able to give full report of the meetings. Mrs. w. N. Simmons, of Holland, then sang, very feelingly, with All Your Heart" from Hayden, and was followed by Bible reading, by Prof. 0. s. Boards ley, of Hartford Theological seminary, who was listened to with close attention. The afternoon session then adjourned for committee rallies, which lasted about half an hour, and proved very profitable feature of the meeting. At six o'clock 8 collation. was served in the parlors of the church. At 7.30 the meeting was again called to order, and after praise service led by Miss Ruth c. Brown, of Holland duet was sung very sweetly by Rev. F w. Harrison and Mrs. w. 0. Pease, O SOmers. After missionary exercise by members of the Holland junior society Rev. 0. H. Buck, of Bristol, president O the state c. E. union, gave a wonderful, interesting and inspiring address. Hi subject was, Keep sweet and go ahead. By his pointed presentation of truths hC impl essed his audience that 1t Is the steady persistence in christian work tha counts, and that no real effort for Christ ever fails of accomplishing some good His address was full of helpful thoughts that could not help but inspire his hearers to more decided effort and cheerful living After closing remarks by the president O the union the convention adjourned by singing the doxology. Notwithstanding the threatening condition of the weathel there was large number of out of towl people present, every society in the uniol being represented except Somersville The next meeting of the society will b, held in Coventry, Oct. 27. FLORA.