The Press., 1901-12-26
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a Miss Grace Tisdale Is home from Hart ford.
 Fred and Fannie White are at home for aavacation.
 ". c. Latimer and family spent Christ- mas in Terryville. t E Arnold Avery was home Christmas, also Ben. Alhertin.
 Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Kingsbury spent Christmas in Lyme.
 Ernest Mobiles has been home for q week with hard cold. q
 A son was born to MT. and Mrs. Pat rick Shea last Thursday. F
 Mise Grace Bradbury of Naugatuck spent Christmas at home.
 Mrs. Harmon entertained the Ladies' Whist club last Thursday.
 Mrs. Olaf Fredrickson has been enter taining her mother from Ellington.
 Cullen Potter and family of Andover were at A. E. Potter's Christmas day.
 Mrs. Phelps and Miss Stella Barker were at F. J. Tracy's over Christmas. :,
 Miss Helen Wood Is spending her va cation fin South Norwalk with her parente. Chas. and Sylvester Robertson and lady friends were at Addison Kingsbury's over Christmas. a MT. and Mrs. A. H. Little and the Mis- ses Perkins of Andover spent Christmas with Mrs. A. Perkins. s.. }
 J. B. Foster and wife, 0. Foster, and MT. and Mrs. w. E. Lathrop went 10 Wilmington Christmas day
 Mir. and Mrs. John Batting entertained their son Joseph and family of Williman- tic and their sons Alouzo and George of East Lyme over Christmas. Don't forget the chicken pie supper and social to be given by Wangumbaug grauge in A. 0. U. W. hall on New Years eve, 31st. Supper will be served from to g o'clock. At eight o'clock there will be a concert by the Columbia-Andover orches- tra, Albert E. Lyman of Columbia lea Ter. There will be vocal solos, and good time is expected. . -, : The schools closed last Friday for a two-weeks' vacation. The scholars in the grammar department presented their teacher, Miss Newell, with handsome desk chair. Miss Boden of the interme diate grade was presented with brooch by some of her pupils. The teachers in all three grades remembered their pupils with Christmas gifts.
 The N. E. 0. P. nominat ted officers on Monday evening as follows: Junior past warden, John O'Brien; warden. Mrs. Ella Loomis; vice-warden, Annie O'Brien secretary, Grace Durham; fiuancier, Ella Weaver; treasurer, Mrs. Harmon guide Margaret Clark; chaplain, L zz!e Champ lin; guardian, lilly Kirk sentinel, Johr Champlin; trustee, Mrs. E. L. Hutchin son.
 There were exercises and Christmas trees at both the Methodist and Congre gational churches and each had a large attendance. The exercises at the Meth odist church were as follows: Singing b, choir; recitations and singing by thu children; reading by Miss Newell; solo "Holy City,' Rev. w. A. Robinson; Mis- Hattie Smith, organist; singing by choir remarks by the pastor. The fruit of th, tree was then. distributed by two smal boys and two small girls, the evening be ing much enjoyed by all present. i At tn Congregational church the exercises wer. iopened with prayer by Rev. Nestor Eighf followed by a round, sung by, five ladie and nine little bro wnie boys, at, the clos of which Santa Claus walked in, followe by nine little children dressed as brown les, which was indeed an attractive fea ture of the program and created an ar Iplause. Solo, ''Dearest of All," Nils Mabel Tracy; recitation, Nellie Albertih solo, Angel Voices," J. E. Stanley reading, "A Christmas Story" Mrs Light; solo, Holy City," Mrs. Hoxie after which Santa Claus and the brownie made all happy with gifts from the tree. T Central Vermont Railway (Souther on)-trainS leave