The Press., 1903-05-14

ANDREW PINNEY.
 Andrew Pinney, native of this place and member of the Stafford Pinney fam fly, died at his home In Palmer Sunday afternoon at 30 The deceased was son of Rufus G. and Dolly Johnson Pin
 ney, and was born in the house now owne
 by E. M Whiton March 20, 1883 At the age of twenty-one he was appointed sta
 ton agent at the Springs, and afterwards
 held the same positions In Waterbury,
 New London and Palmer. In 1871 he
 became the agent of the Palmer Carpet company, position which he held at the time of his death, having served continu-
 ously, except for short time when the
 mill was owned by w. 0. Dewey. He
 was also for 8 number of years director of the Palmer Savings bank. Mir. Pinney
 was prominent Mason, and was highly respected and very popular. He was looked upon as one of the soundest busi- ness men In Palmer, and his opinion was of weight in all business affairs. He had no liking for public life and took little part In the management of town affairs.
 His death Is loss to Palmer which will be deeply regretted, especially by those In his employ. Mir. Pinney never was married. Funeral services were held at St. PauPs Universalist church, Palmer yesterday afternoon, Rev. W. A. Moore officiating, with burial in the same town. Mir. and Mrs. E. 0. Pinney and Mir. and Mrs. Cyril Johnson of this village, cous- ins of the deceased, were in attendance at the funeral.
 Rev. J. P. Marvin exchanged pulpits with Rev. Mir. Fogg of Union last Sun- day.
 s. E. Dwight Is critically i'll and 1t Is I not thought that he can live but few days.
 Fred Remmert, who is employed by Glover $ Son, Is laid up with a badly in- jured hand.
 Miss Addie Whiton with her aunt, Mrs. Whitford, from Willimantic spent Sunday with their relatives here.
 Judging by the looks of its club house, the Brookside club must be having al rather pain( (pane)less existence.
 Yesterday was the annual house-clean- Ing day at the Baptist church and the ladies made thorough job of 1t.
 Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Marvin are spend- ing the week with their uncle, Rev. A. J. Patterson, at Dorchester, Mass.
 Albert Lyon and sister, Mrs. l.. s. Goodell, visited the scenes of their child hood days In West Woodstock and vi- einity last Sunday.
 Dwight Weston, who has been seriously i'll all winter, Is making decided gains and Is now able to be outdoors around the | house. Dwight says he Is coming down street In few days to have look at the | boys.
 The four children of the late William | Wobbecke have taken the upstairs tene- ment in the house with their uncle's fam lily, Mir. and Mrs. John Brown, and will | keep house under the guardianship of | their two aunts.
 Automobiles were out in force Sunday. | A large touring car containing party of | four Hartford people had breakdown which detained them in the square some | three-quarters of an hour. Another au- tomobile containing strangers went north | shortly after.
 MT. and Mrs. Maxim Bressaw have purchased the Andrew Ledoyt farm just above Hydeville and have already taken | possession. Mir. Ledoyt's family have moved into the house with Luther Craw- | ford for the present, but later they intend | to remove from town.
 The phenomenal weather of the past few weeks Is fast making a record. Nol rain of any amount, grass all drying up, the days at fierce summer heat, with a | great demand for Ice cream and hollow | straws, and the nights so cold that on | every morning this week there has been heavy white frosts and considerable Ice.
 The fine weather of last Friday drew | large attendance at the seml-annual con- vention of the North Holland Sunday | School union, and the full capacity of the Universalist church was taxed to It's ut most to accommodate the large audience. It Is claimed to have been the largest, most enthusiastic, and most successful convention yet held Every school in the union was we'll represented many of them having large delegations present. There were also twelve visiting elergymen pres ent. The program was strictly carried out, the speaking and other exercises be- Ing considered more than usually Instruc. tive and interesting. The reports showed the union to be in 8 prosperous condition, and that It's membership now included every protestant school within It's jurisdic- lion with but one solitary exception. Rev. Frank ". Gray of Staffordville wasi elected secretary and treasurer in place of Rev. Mr. Fogg of Union, who resigns this position on account of his expected from this vicinity. An invita- ton was received and accepted from the Methodist church at Stafford Springs to hold the next meeting in the fall with that church. Geo. s. Demipg, general and Rev. Geo. D. Gould Of Rockville, chairman of state normal com | mittsss were guasta ei Mr. and Mrs E. O. Pinney.