The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-07-27
TOLLAND.

TOLLAND.
Lewis B. Price was in Pomfret few
days last week. |
G. F. Kibbe of Brimfield, Mass, was
in town last Friday.
Miss Edna Edgerton is the guest of
friends in Center Brook.
Miss Clara s. Cole is entertaining her
cousin, Miss Edna Marvin, of Ohio.
Quite number from here went en- the
excursion to Block Island on Monday.
Edward Pearson and family of Hartford
have been visiting at Gardner Webster's.
Mrs. Frank F. Ives of New York City
and two children are visiting friends in
town.
Mr.. Seward and son of Easthampton,
Mass, have been stopping at the Kibbe
house.
e. s. Agard and family left on Tuesday
for Green Hill, R. l., where they will
spend several weeks.
Mrs. Samuel Simpson of Chardon, Ohio,
Is spending several weeks with her moth
or, Mrs VIM. Sumner.
Mrs. Mary HI. Smith of Ellington, and
Mrs. Hal Ray of Philadelphia are spend
ing some time at w. A. Agard's.
A party of thirty prominent people
of Rockville drove over one evening re-
Gently and took supper at the Kibbe
house.
The funeral of Mrs Susan Williams,
mother of Judson Williams. was held
Tuesday afternoon. She died Sunday of
apoplexy and was N years old.
The Epworth League gave social and
entertainment in the town hall Friday
evening, which was we'll attended and
much enjoyed. Ice cream was sold after
the entertainment. A good sum was
realized.
A petition is in circulation asking for a
town meeting to be held next Monday at
2 O'Clock p. m, to see if the town will
vote an appropriation for the improve
ment of the public roads, in accordance
with the law of the session of 1899.
| The quarterly meeting of the Rockville
G. E. union was held in the Congrega-
tional church last Wednesday afternoon
and evening. The afternoon session was
Mrs. Knight of Vernon Center. After an
exercise by members of the Tolland jun.
ior society and solo, which was very ef-
fectively rendered by Mrs. w. N. SIM
mons of Tolland, the address of the af.
ternoon was delivered by Miss H. Dean
Mof1t of the Congregational home mis-,
sionary society. She gave a very vivid
Interesting and at times amusing account
of the introduction of the gospel among
the Arrapahoe Indians and her meeting
with their chief, Big Bear. Miss Motif
is very interesting speaker, and one can
hardly fail to be impressed with her sin
cerity in the work she represents. After
the social hour and collation. served in the
parlors of the church, the evening ser.
vice opened with praise service led by
Rev. A. Fl. Birch of the Tolland NJ. E.
E. Mckinley Of Rockville, followed by
music by a quartette from the Rockville
G. E. society. Miss Motif told the audi
ence something about the spiritual des
titution of some of the New England
towns, and of the means which must b.
applied. After violin solo splendid,
rendered by Miss Ida E. Martin of Rock
Vile, an address was given by Prof. e
E. Nourse of Berlin upon "Spontaneit,
an element of the G. E. prayer meeting,
in which he gave many practical thoughts
After quartette from the Ellington so
ciety the meeting was closed. During
the offering a solo was given by Mrs. w
: A. Gardner of Boston. The next meet
ing of the union will be in Coventry SOM
time in October. FLORA.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Anthem,
Jacobsen, on Babcock Hill, was the seen
! of a pretty wedding yesterday at higl
noon, when their daughter, Gertrude, wa
married to Peter L. Brodersen of Stat
I ford Springs, Rev. T. D. Martin, Jr., be
ing the officiating minister. The parlo
was very tastefully decorated with flower
and evergreen, and the bride wore vel
, Only the immediate family of the brid
and few very intimate friends were pres
emf. The bride was given away by he
father. After the ceremony all who wer
present sat down to a bountiful weddin
breakfast. Mr.. and Mrs. Brodersen il
tend to reside in one of Laurits Hansen
y houses on Benton-st., Stafford Springs.