The Press., 1902-11-27
Edward Wilcock Is at his home in Bos-

| fts l E. 0. Holyroyd Is In Boston for th' holiday The library viii be closed Thankagiv ing day. John Speed is with his family at Law renee, Mass.
 Miss Ruth Walker Is home from Mt Holyoke college.
 Dr. q. P. Bard will spend Thanksglv ing at his home in Norwich. Miss Ethel Gary Is at Hartford for . few days including Thanksgiving. Several families will eat their Thanks giving dinner at the Springs house. Mrs. John Brown has gone to her old homo in Ware for Thanksgiving. Miss J. J. Twiss has opened dressmak. ing rooms over Allen Brown & Co.'S store Mrs. Abbie Kinney of Westford Is with her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Reed, for the winter.
 T. R. Prentice has hired tenement on East Main street and will go to house. keeping.
 Miss Mary cCarthy of Springfield will enjoy her Thanksgiving dinner at her home here.
 Miss Mary Mullens, cashier at D. Rob- ertson & Co.'S, has gone to Blackstone to give thanks.
 w. D. O'Connell and M. D. O'Connell will pass the popular New England holi- day in Colchester.
 MT. and Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin are in Holyoke for the day, Mrs. Mclaughlin remaining for week.
 George J. Gordon and family of Hsz- ardville are with MT. and Mrs. w. G.. Ellis for Thanksgiving.
 St. Edwards parochiaI schools will close Thanksgiving day, but no additional vacation will be taken at this time.
 The service of forty-hours' devotion will commence at 10.30 Sunday at St. Edwards church, and continue until Tues day noon.
 About 15 school friends of Miss Ethel Moore made her surprise party last Friday evening. The young people en. joyed the occasion very thoroughly.
 Peter Sullivan, 15, was unfortunate enough to fracture his left arm one day last week, when running belt of at Faulkner's mill He was attended by Dr. C.B. Newton. =
 Evan Booth, overseer of the spinning department of the Stafford Worsted com pany, and Miss Della J. Converse, daugh- ter of Frank B. Converse, are to be united in marriage this week Wednesday.
 Manager Eaton has cancelled the book ing of Larkin and Patterson's colored company, which was announced for Fri day evening at the opera house, as he had booked ''The Parish Priest" for Saturday evening, but 1t was discovered afterwards that the latter company could not make railroad connections to reach here for
 
 at the opera house this week.
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 Mrs. Wm. Cardinal is making an ex tended visit with her parents at Malone, N. Y. Qg
 Mrs. Everett Clark of New Haven Is a guest of Mrs. Mary Prince and Mrs. Jane Weaver. j
 Preaching service at the Baptist church next Sunday afternoon at 23O, Rev. MT. Dolan of Wales officiating.
 Rev. J. P. Marvin and E. H. Pinney at tended the Yale. Harvard football game at New Haven last Saturday.
 Rev. c. c. Conner of Monson preached in the Universalist church last Sunday in exchange with Rev. J. P. Marvin.
 The monthly meeting of the Ladies' Mission circle of the Baptist church will be held with Mrs. Thos. Black on Friday of this week.
 MT. Scott, who has been living in Rus sell Colburn's house, moved his family and household goods to Orcuttville last Saturday.
 Miss Victoria E. Rabideau will give a party to number of her young friends at her home Saturday evening in honor oi her birthday anniversary.
 A delegation of about twelve members of Wolcott lodge, F. & A. M.. attended the funeral of William H. Bugbee, for. mer member of this lodge, at Monson last Saturday afternoon.
 Rev. J. Marvin preached Thanksgiy- ing sermon at the Universalist church last Sunday evening. The regular Sun. day evening services at this church have been resumed for the winter. The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist church VIII meet for work next week Wednesday afternoon and will serve their usual supper at 5.sO, with Mrs. Thomas Black and Mrs. David Johnson as host. esses.
 From present indications 1t appears that Thanksgiving will be more generally observed in this village than has been the custom for number of years past. The comings and goings will be more numer. ous, and there are to be several important family reunions. About the largest gath ering will be at the home of Mir. and Mrs. A. D. Cady, who will entertain MT. and Mrs. W. A. King and child of Williman- tic, Mir. and Mrs. H. F. Cady and Mrs. Ellen Weston of this village, Arthur Cady and daughters of Hartford, and MT. and Mrs. A. D. Brown of Holyoke. Another will be the united families of E. 0. and E. Fl. Pinney, who will have as guests MT. and Mrs. Reuben Burley of Holyoke and Mrs. J. c. Cross of Hartford. At the Witt homestead MT. and Mrs. Austin Witt will have at their Thank sgiving din-