The Press., 1903-08-27
+. F. Patten, wife and son returned
Monday from week to Boston, Ply
mouth and vicinity.

Il. Il. FaGC0n, wire ana son reCurHcu
Monday from week to Boston, Ply
mouth and vicinity.
Joseph Marcy, 80, died last Friday
at the home of George Eaton, after a
short illness. The weakness incident
to old age, combined with the effects
of shock, caused his death. Mr.
Marcy was native of Westford, but
had resided here for many years. For
the past five years he had resided
with Mr.. and Mrs. Eaton, the latter
of whom was a niece, and a daughter
of his second wife. The deceased was
the last of large family and leaves
no near relatives, with the exception
of one daughter, Mrs. Marian Storrs,
of Willimantic. The funeral was
held from his late home Monday fore
noon at II O'Clock, Rev. VIM. Morrall
OF the Episcopal church officiating.
The burial was at Brimfield.
The Springs house was the scene of
very pretty and most thoroughly
enjoyable celebration last Saturday
evening, when the Rev. DIR. and Mrs.
Arthur III. Goodenough of Bristol were
happily surprised, on the occasion of
the twenty-fifth anniversary of their
wedding day, by the guests of the
house. The occurrence of the ami
versary had become known only the
evening before, and SO the celebration
was in some measure impromptu, but
that fact only added to the charm of
the occasion and the credit of the
ladies in charge, under the direction
of Mrs. George A. Russell of Spring
field. 1t certainly took nothing away
from a complete success of detail.
The surprise celebration began after
T. Gray of Syracuse N. Y, conducted
the doctor and Mrs. Goodenough, at
tended by all the guests, from the
piazza to the parlors, while the or
chestra played the wedding march
from "Lohengrin. The parlors
were decorated with palms and ferns,
and on a center table was cake bear
ing the legend "187S-19O3. Around
this were tastefully arranged aspara-
gus ferns and La France roses. Hid
away amid the blossoms was set of
silver spoons and silver tea strainer,
gifts of the guests. At this table the
procession was met by Frank Bowler
of Westfeld, who made the speech of
congratulation in a manner particu-
larly pleasing. The doctor replied in
a most happy vein, and, if surprised,
he was not bewildered. At the close
of his speech he was asked to read
poem commemorative of the occasion,
the clever cOllaborative effort of Miss
Victoria Hamilton of Boston and Mrs
f. G. Sanford of the borough. Alto
gether the occasion was one to be long
remembered by all present. DR..
Goodenough of Bideford, Devonshire,
England, and Lucy Ellen Taylor of
Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, we're
married at Ryde, Isle of Wight, Aug.
%, 1878. They have lived twenty
three years in this country, and at
present are located in Bristol, where
DIR. Goodenough is pastor of the Meth
odist Episcopal church. They have
five children, two of whom, Misses
Marjorie and Mavis, are summering
with him at the Springs house. The
doctor is.a genial, kindly man, with
friends wherever he is, and Mrs.
Goodenough has shown herself to be
no less admirable in character and no
less capable of winning friends. It is
particularly, but only desrvedly, COM
plimentary to them that they should
be so felicitously congratulated by
those to whom two weeks before they
were unknown.