Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-31
OAKVILLE HAPPENINGS.
OLD BUSINESS TO PASS INTO
 OTHER HANDS.

F. c. Shade & Son are Arranging 10
 Dispose of Long Established Busi-
 ness-Big Union Picnic-A Peach
 Supper-News Notes.
 Several parties have been looking over the feed and coal business of K. c. Slade s& Son with the intention of purchasing the same, including the mills and store houses except those used for wagons. MT Slade is anxious to dispose of the business on account of poor health, and his father is now almost too old to attend to any of the business duties. It is to be regretted that MT Shade intends to discontinue his business in Oakville, for his ab- Sence in business circles will be missed by every one. This is one of the old est firms in Oakville, and the name of F.. c. Slade & Son has stood for many years as the synonym for honesty, honorable dealing and reliability. Mir NSlade, Jr, has of late years carried on the business end of the concern. He ranks high in the estimation of the public.
 Harry Russell has resumed his du- ties al the pin factory.
 Next Tuesday the members of the Sunday school of the Union church will hold a picnic at Boulder grove, lasting all day and continuing in the even ing. The members of the local Sun day school classes will be joined by several classes from Simonsville. The Oakville people who will attend this picnic will go down on special trolley cars, which will be arranged for by the committee The fare will be 10 cents for the round trip
 The c. l.. Missell Ice Go received a large platform scales yesterday from Binghamton. The scales will be used at the ice house.
 Mr and Mrs Philo Newell and daugh- ter Hattie will leave next Monday for a vacation in Springfield and Mont pelier.
 Mrs John Rogers has returned from brief visit in Ansonia. l Mrs Frank Middlebrooks has been attending the funeral of sister in Danbury.
 Eugene Skilton was greatly inn 1 proved in his condition last evening and is recovering rapidly. | MT Nitsche intends to build a new house near that of his son, in close proximity to Echo lake. The pulpit at the Union church will be supplied next Sunday by some out | of town person. It is expected that Judge Munger of Ansonia will fill the pulpit one Sunday in August.
 The ladies of the Union church are | getting ready for a peach supper. A meeting will be held this afternoon at the home of Mrs Henry Warner to dis cuss the matter and make the neces- 1 sary arrangements.
 George Hungerford, ST, has returned l from short vacation, spent at the home of his daughter Rhoda in West | brook
 Everybody has been guessing as to the person who presented the pulpit | chairs to the Union church two weeks ago, and almost everybody has been accused of the generous act done n so secret a manner. w. w. Jerman is responsible for the, gift and is receiv- ing the thanks of the committee.
 The management, committee of the al fresco fete requests the members of | the various committees to be in their respective places promptly tomorrow, as the number of patrons promises to be large A large dancing pavilion has been erected and a popular orchestra has been secured for the same. Pat rons are respectfully requested to visit and inspect each booth. The band concert will begin about 7:30. Accom- modations will be provided for ice cream parties. A large number who cannot attend on Thursday evening have requested the management to l hold the fete on Friday.
 A party of young men from here will go to Walnut Beach Sunday on l their wheels.
 Harry Hull went to Hartford Mon l day to consult an oculist about his eyes. which have troubled him for some time.
 | Miss Etta Williams, who spent the l month of July at Walnut Beach, has returned home.
 MT and Mrs Henry Dews will leave here next week for two weeks out | ing at Walnut Beach.
 There was a lawn party at Walter I Conrad's this afternoon, given by Mrs l Wise, the music teacher. Her pupils were dressed in paper dresses of two l colors and looked very pretty.
 Miss Margaret Bronson of Water bury was in this place yesterday, the guest of Mrs O. A. Smith and family. THE SAME OID STORY