The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-11-08
GOV ENTRY.
South Coventry,


Miss Mollie Burke is spending a few
weeks at her home in Suffield.
Miss Dora Harding of Storrs college
spent Sunday with Mrs. Dewitt Kings
bury.
The W. G. T. u, are to meet at the
home of Mrs. Lyman Coggswell Tomorrow
afternoon.
There was very interesting meeting of
Willimantic G. E. union at Willimantic
yesterday. .....
Yesterday Miss Addie Hyde and Mrs
Louis Daniels spent the day in Springhill,
Mansfield.
The Ladies' Missionary society of the
Congregational church met in the vestry
yesterday afternoon.
Miss Mary Burgoin who has been in
New YORK, spent Sunday with her sister,
Mrs. Charles Rood.
The members of the A. o. U. w. band,
after their lesson tonight are, going to ell
joy an oyster supper.
Mrs. q. E. Hoxie is soon to leave town
Hartford, where they are TO spend the
winter.
Last week Mr.. Kearney, who for some
time has been here living with his wife,
left here taking with him his little son.
The father has been up to about one year
ago sailor and the boy has always been
with his mother and she feels her loss
| very much.
George Rosebrooks, Louis M. Phillips
and Samuel Tisdale of this town went in
to Hartford last Saturday to witness the
republican parade. 1t was one the
largest political parades ever seen in Hart
ford. 1t required one and one-half hours
for it to pass certain point.
Last Friday evening the Rev. Leonard
Smith of Springhill, Mansfield, delivered
a very good political address in the A. o
U. w. hall. He very fully described with
apt illustrations, the following subjects
which at the present time are agitating
large number of people, militarism, i'm
periaiism expansion and free trade. HI
stances, which took place in his nativ
country, England.
The center of attraction last Tuesda,
was the A. o. U. W.hall where the voter
of the town assembled. The result of tn
vote here was a victory for the republi
cans. The vote cast for representative
was as follows Isaac Turner, r, 222; A
Kingsbury, r, 2O2; Charles Hall, d, 179
and Nathan Potter, d, 1859. The vote TO
the electors of the president and vice
president was 218 r, and 1855 d. OF cours
there are some disappointed ones, bu
both sides cannot win.
Last Thursday Mrs. Luce of Mantle
who is district president of the Woman
Home missionary society of the Metho
dist conference met with number of tn
ladies here at Miss Addie r. Hyde's an
organized a Home Missionary societ
among the ladies of the Methodist churc
of this town, and Friday, Miss Luce, Mrs
Maria Colburn and Miss Addie Hyde at
tended Home Missionary meeting of tn
Norwich district held at South Manches
i ter.
Last Tuesday evening the members O
the grange held very interesting meet
ing, one member admitted. The subjec
for the evening being Ambitions, tru
and false" Last evening they went t.
Columbia and furnished the program
which was as follows: Reading, Mrs
Frank Spaulding; solo, Mrs. Amy Per
kins essay, Life of Lincoln" Franz
Aldrich address, "What characteristic
of the colonists of 1776 can we initiate t.
our advantage?" Dewitt Kingsbury; dia
logue, There's no place like Connec
ticut;" solo, Mrs. Frank Williams; talk
"Good roads," DIR. w. L. Higgins.