The Press., 1902-12-04
WILMINGTON.


 Iold friend, George A. Cosgrove, recently.
 Clarence Eldridge and wife recently moved into the ell part of W. Siater's house.
 l Communion at Baptist church next Sunday forenoon. Covenant meeting to- night at the conference room.
 George Knight, now of Providence, R. l., was in town Saturday to attend the funeral of his sister, the late Mrs. Lucius Eldridge.
 Wilbur Towne, wife and daughter, Az. nes, of Woodstock were guests of friends here recently, on their drive to and from Torrington and West Hartford.
 At the Congregational church Sunday the theme was "Comfort," founded on Ps. l 3, and 4. At the Baptist church the topic was "The youth who wins,n founded on Tim. 3:19.
 Anybody can procure copy of the new Baptist Hand Book by sending 15 cents to the church treasurer, Miss Rose 0. Hall, South Willington-while they last. There were only 15O copies printed.
 Charles H. Rider, formerly of this town, now of Rockville, had his horse and bug gy taken from a hitcbing place in that city last week. The property was sub- frequently recovered, after considerable bother by officers and owner.
 "There have been wise men and noble women who could not read and write and there are fools in abundance who use Itypewriters, telephones, telegraph lines, and printers ink. Wisdom does not con- sist in the abundance of labor-saving con- trivances which one uses."
 | Should any reader of The Press know of copy of handbook or roll of mem. bers of the Willington Baptist church, printed June, 1884, he will confer favor by apprizing Mrs. Annie A. Preston oi the fact. It Is pity of pities that the orlginal church books have been lost. Mrs. Bethiah B. Potter, 91, one of the oldest residents of Springfield, Mass, @ native of this town, and the youngest oi | eAO AOuAtOO0 SAaAukOA Ol luO 1dL0 Od10A Walker, also of this town, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. A. May. nard. of that city, last week. She was the widow of Philo B. Potter, and they lived in Belchertown and Wilbraham Mass., before they moved to Springfield She was the mother of eight children, o whom five survive her.
 James Duane Parsons of Springfield Mass., formerly of this town, has recent l ly been made director of new industry the Fiberloid Co.,, to be located in Indiar Orchard. He Is at present vice. .presiden of the United M'f'g Go. of that city. Tn, new plant is part of the factories of tha company located in Newburyport, Mass The two concerns make pipe pits, cloth faced material, glazed papers, collars cuffs, imitation shell combs, brush back and novelties generally.
 Come to think of 1t, how few of tn , elderly persons in our neighborhood ar now called ''Uncle' and "Aunt" by ev ; erybodyl In our boyhood days it wa Uncle Horace, Aunt Lizzie, Uncle Rufus Aunt Chloe, Uncle Amos, Aunt Patty Uncle Leonard, Aunt Bashie, and so on g folder readers of The Press will recogniz ithese good old folks of the past as Horac 8 fVinton and wife, Rufus Parsons and wife Amos Preston and wife, Leonard Hol D and his maiden sister, Bathsheba.
 Some Thanksgiving notes: 0. A. Rot Q bins at c. E. Robbins, Mrs. Pierce an lchildren at A. D. Dimock's, Mrs. Ann 1t Robbins and daughters with friends g
 Bristol, M. l.. Dimock and George Brow and wife at D. 0. Dimock's at South Wi llington, Wm. Scott of Springfield, Mass at Rev. s. W. Clarke's, Dr. Wilbur Ho y and family of Newark, N. J., at l.. W
 Holt's, J. J. Hemmeler, wife and sor Y and Miss Marion Sparks at Alfre Cowles', John A. Houshen and wife W New York at A. D. Dimock's, Alfre I House at Samuel Bartlett's, B. E. Bel ,n ton and wife at George A. Cosgrove's, , E. Cartier at his fathers in Bridgeport.
 Another old and respected resident h, RbooO0 0Wdy HI tAO ROASOA Ol U1I6s a G B. Knight Eldridge, wife of Lucius Eldridg
 who died Thursday, 27th ult., aged 7 a The funeral was attended from the hon lg of Ed. Eldridge, the old Simon Carpent
 place, whither she had gone to be care 90 for, as it was supposed, for the winte ,o She had mended remarkably of late, b
 had recent relapse. and the end can
 suddenly. Her pastor, Rev. A. Gardne
 of1ciated, taking for his text Ps. 23: D. "The security of Christians in the @
 change of worlds' The bearers we Ve four male relatives of the deceased's hu De band, and the body was laid in the fami
 lot in the old cemetery.
 8, The Baptist Sunday school is to give is Christmas entertainment on the evenil
 of that day-25th inst. The followil e. committee of arrangements was appoin SC ed last Sunday: Misses Clark, Bartlet CT Robbins and Cosgrove, Robert P. Prat
 John Bartlett. Mrs. Preston has writt, ,d a dialog for the occasion, "Mr. Muc E. Money, or Rehearsing for Christmas" .,s which are interspersed music and recit
 tions, participated in by members of u
 school. The first rehearsal will be he
 this evening, immediately after the mi ,a week prayer meeting. Miss Hattie
 Robbins has charge of the music.
 very enjoyable time is anticipated, y which everybody Is thus early invited. q Years ago there lived on the It'll
 quite pretty, polite and sprightly girl, u
 oldest daughter of the late Isaac Glazl ~ and Lucia Snow Glazier. She, MT ~ Elizabeth H. Spaulding, "A, died ~ Bright's disease, of long duration, IL Willimantic, where she has mada h