The Press., 1902-01-16

There will be baptisms In the Baptis,
church on Sunday evening. Pastor VIII
liams will preach at both services.
Miss Effie Dunbar, who recently grad
uated from the New Britain norma
school, has secured position as teacher
at Terryville, and has taken up her duties
there.
Gilbert Chaffee, an old and highly re.
spected resident of this place, died at the
insane hospital in Hartford last week
Thursday, and the body was brought to
this place for burial on Monday. Funeral
services were held at the Baptist church
Monday morning at ii. 80 O'Clock, the bu-
rial being in the cemetery on Moulton
Hill, where two children of the deceased
are also buried. Mr.. Chaffee was at one
time deputy sheriff of this district, and
had resided in this village for q number
OF years until about two years ago, when
failing health compelled him and Mrs.
Chaffee to make their home with their
son, Charles Chaffee, in Hartford. The
deceased was 70 years Of age and had
been In poor health for q number Of
years, his death being not unexpected.
Besides his widow he leaves a son, Chas.
Chaffee of Hartford, two brothers, Lewis
and Reuben Chaftee of Springfield, and
one sister, Mrs. Chapman OF Staffordville.
staMordville.
Mrs. w. w. Smith visited friends In
Portland last week.
Louis Hubert has moved into one Of
Peel & McCarthy's tenements.
Charlie Peel, who has been Ill for sew.
eral weeks, Is improving slowly.
Prof. Isaac N. Agard of the Rockville
high school was in town Saturday.
A number of young people frem thls
village attended the dance at the Aellew
Tuesday evening,
After being confined TO the house fos
two weeks by a severe cold, Mra, Arthur
Brewer is able to be cut again,
Mr.. and Mra, Harvey Barrett from
Wexford are spending a few weeks with
Mrs, BarfettAs paseata, MIR, and Mrs,
Wesley Broadway
Ernest Mseses has resigned his posi-,
ton at the Riverslde mill at Stanford
Hollow and accepted a position at Peel 4
MeCaStAy>s min,
j. Senior Of Ryaeld, Newhury, Mass.
who has been stopping for few days
with Austin Witt at the Hollow and with
A. s, Eaton, has returned to his home.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the Meth
odist church will meet In the vestry this
evening, with Mrs. II. @. Durham and
Mrs. James johnson hostesses. Supper
will be served from 8 to 8 o'clock.
Revs. II. T. Barnard and e. A. Burn
ham exchanged pulpits Sunday morning.
In the evening Mr.. Barnard addressed a
union meeting In his own church. In
point Of eloquence and absorbing interest
the sermon was one OF the best of the
very excellent sermons with which this
pastor has favored his people since he
came among them. AS painter of word
pictures Rev. Mr.. Barnard excels, gift
many preachers lack.
The Congregational Y. P. 8. G. E. ap-
pointed the following to serve for the en-
suing six months: President, Mrs. A..
Arthur West; vice-president, Leroy N.
Agard; secretary and treasurer, Mrs.
Arthur Brewer; committees = prayer
meeting, Mrs. w. D. Roberts, Mrs. Ar
thur Brewer, Mrs. Mary Little; calling,
Mrs. Fl. M. Vail, Mrs. Arthur Brewer /;
social, Mrs. A. Arthur West, Mrs. Glare
LeMonde, Mrs. George Andrews; floral,
Philo West, Mrs. A. Arthur West, Mrs.
James Swift; lookout, VIM. A. Royce,
Mrs. W. D. Roberts, Mrs. Mary Heck,
Mrs. George Goodell.
At the annual meeting of the Congre.
gational church and society the following
officers were elected for the next year
Society committee, Dea. George Goodell
A. s. Eaton, VIM. A. Royce; clerk and
treasurer, Henry M.Vsill; organist, Mrs
A. Arthur West ushers, Ernest Cooley
George II. Eaton, Herbert A. West, Rob
ert Rose; collector, Mrs. VIM. u. Rob
erts; superintendent of cemetery, Charles
F. Eager. By unanimous vote Hiram
Rathburn was made member Of the so
ciety. Mr.. Rathburn read a copy of thu
will of the late Roswell Needham, b.
which he left a sum of money to the Con
gregational church and the cemetery as
ISOLATION.
| West Stafford.
Mrs. F. z. Fairfield was In Springfield
over Sunday as the guest of Mrs. e. O
Truesdell.
Remember the supper and graphophon
entertainment given by the G. E. societ
on Friday evening.
Neff & Sturtevant have moved thei
steam saw mill from Diamond ledge to
wood lot on the farm known as the Aver
Brown place.
The Sunday school has elected the fol
lowing officers to serve for the ensuing
year: Superintendent, Milo A. Gold
assistant, Spencer Ell. Broadway; secretar
and treasurer, Miss Josephine e. Newell
librarians, Norman A. Gold and J. Henri
Greaves; organist, J. E. Newell.
SOMERS.
Miss Jennie Chaffee of Scitico has bee
visiting at Mark Kibbe's.
Mrs. Charles Fuller has been enter
tanning her nieces, Mrs. Helen Delisl