The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-26


Lucius Kibbe Is sick with bronchial
trouble, following an attack of pneumo.
| mia.
Miss Della M. Hoskins has gone to
Boston, where she will visit with friends
for a week or two, and return via. Yer
mont.
Arthur Langdon of London was in town
Saturday to see his aunt, Mrs. Mary Pat
ten, and family. He has come to Amer
lea partly upon business and to visit his
father, who had a shock while at the
Patterns In Somers, and Is now In the
Hartford hospital.
DR.. William B. Woods and his wife,
Harriet Morgan Woods, celebrated the
sixtieth anniversary of their marriage
Monday. They have lost two daughters,
M Try and Catherine, during the past year,
the only deaths that have occurred In
their immediate family.
Work on the new Scantic bridge, which
has been rushed the past week, continued
all day Sunday. The east abutment Is
finished, but with the water eight or nine
feet deep in which to build the west side
1t Is slow work, and will probably take
about two weeks to complete 1t.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Daniels received
Il surprise party Saturday evening, when
about twenty braved the storm. From
contributions among grange members and
some outside friends nice desk was pre-
sented. Refreshments were served. Mr..
and Mrs. Daniels expect to move to FL
llngton April 1st.
The annual report of the Somers Gen.
ter district school, Miss Della M. Haskins
teacher, gives the pupils of the winter
term ranking highest in attendance as !:
Mary Bosley. Alice Field, Ruth Bosley,
Josephine Field, Arthur Prior, Edward
Fuller, Willard Prior, Charles Needham,
Charlton Taft, Helen Needham, Ina Prior
and Clesson Wardwell. The schools, in
Guiding the high school, closed Friday for
a vacation of two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Lee observed the
Goth anniversary of their marriage in their
home In Somers Street, the 9th inst.
The occasion was also the 82d birthday
Of Mrs. Lee. Mr.. Lee is SO years of age
and native of Mortified, Mass, born
Feb. 10, 1920, descendant In the fifth
generation of Samuel Lee, who came from
England about 1890, and settled In Wa
tertown, Mass. His descendants removed
to Killingly, and afterwards to Massachu-
sets and Vermont, coming to Somers
about 1880. Mrs. Lees maiden name
was Sarah Collins Cady, descendant In
the seventh generation of Nicholas Cady,
emigrant In 1915. Mrs. Lees ancestors
we're the pioneers of Massachusetts and
Connecticut, and were prominent among
the early colonial wars. Among them
may be found the names of Robert Will
liams, emigrant In 1886; Rev. John Da-
venport, New Haven colony; Dea. SAM
uel Chaplin OF Springfield; Edward Col
Inns, 1854; Quartermaster Cotton, Long
meadow; Increase Mather, Boston. Nine
children were the result of this union
Mrs. Elizabeth Pease, Mrs. John @.
Adams, Albert Lee, Homer Lee of Hamp-
den, Mass; Mrs. Edward French, South
berne, N. Y; Mrs. 81. H. Palmer, Ware
house Point; Miss Alice Lee at home,
and nine grandchildren. Warren F. died
In 1851, age years; John M. died In
South Pueblo, Col, In 1881, age %, and
is buried In New Haven. Mrs. Lee is the
last of her fathers family, and Mr.. Lee
the last with the exception Of Mrs. So
phronia Davis, who is living at the age of
80 years. The family has ever been re-
markable on account of longevits, strength
and vigor, being strictly temperate and
free from the use of tobacco In any form. |
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Lee have retained in
an unusual degree their faculties, have
good memories, and sight and hearing
for so advanced an age. They
were married in the BRIDES mountain
home In Somers March 8, 1S43, and have
always made their home In Somers, with |
the exception of about thirty years In |
Hampden, Mass.