The Press., 1904-06-15

The following committees have charge of the Children's s day exercises,
 which will be held in the hall next Sunday at II o'clock: Miss Ida M. Hall, Miss Nellie Mowry, Miss Fannie Denman and Thomas A. Denman; on Ideccrations, Miss E. D. Hall and Miss Maggie Brownlee. As in other years, this will be combined church and Sunday school service. E The social event of the year was the gathering at the home of MT. and Mrs. William Henry Hall Tuesday after noon and evening, on the occasion of Fthe celebration of their tenth wedding anniversary. All guests were re- Iceiyed by MT. and Mrs. Hall in the tsouth front room, and later served with refreshments by walters sent by Reese, the caterer of Hartford. Hell molds' orchsetra of Willimantic dis coursed sweet music from the north veranda. Guests were present from Windsor, Norwich, Stafford, Willi- mantle, Rockville, Holland and else where, Wilmington of course being we'll represented. Naturally, that which was of the most interest to the people of the village was the presen-
 tation of a loving cup to the host and
 hostess. The cup was the gift of more than one hundred of the em- pIoyes and was of silver and gold
 lined, bearing the following inscrip- tion =
 Presented by the employees
 h'1tn MT. and Mrs. W. H. Hall s ou the occasion of their
 ''* Tenth Wedding Anniversary, 'T"5s June If, 1904.
 The cup was presented by Walter A.
 Allen in the following words: "Mr.
 and Mrs. Hall: representing your em-
 ployes, who, as your invited guests
 have met here at this time to partake
 of your hospitality and participate in
 the celebration of this your tenth wedding anniversary, I have been
 asked to extend to you our most
 earnest and sincere congratulations
 and best wishes for your continued
 prosperity, happiness and we'll being.
 We have wished to leave with you some token which should be a pleas ant reminder always of this occasion
 and our part in it; and this feeling
 has found expression in this loving cup which now have the honor and pleasure of presenting to you, with the renewed assurance of our regard, es-
 teem and loyal friendship. You will notice that the cup is not tin, but silver, and gold lined. You will kindly overlook this and allow the silver to remind you of your silver wedding which is to come the gold likewise of your golden we'd ding, and as for the diamond, we wish for you that priceless gem, the bless
 ing of Deity. MT. and Mrs. Hall, on behalf of my fellow employees, I pres- ent you with this cup" MT. Hall, in receiving the present for himself and Mrs. Hall, expressed his utter surprise, but in thanking the givers spoke feelingly of the existing good feeling and friendship between em- Fployer and employe, his appreciation Of the beneficial results of such con- dftion and assured his hearers of his determihation' to foster and encourage Such and"to co-operate in all ways in any effort, for the 4betterment of the conditions affecting the village people. Time and space forbid our giving any, more details of the func- tion,, which was a decided success, a delightful and delighted gathering, and is now 9 fragrant memory.
 ...,..ss .y Moose Meadow. AlphQpse. Ruby of this place and Miss Daisy Wilson of East Willing ton, who were married June 4th, have the best wishes of their many friends here for happy future. :.; Children's day exercises were held here Sunday at 3. 30. The exercises opened. with, a prayer by Lyman Weeks, superintendent of the Roaring Brook Sunday school, which school united with the Sunday school here. The. church was filled with an appre- ciative audience. With hardly an ex- caption the children all displayed ex- ,cellent training, and the program was well planned. I...
 O. Donovan has gone to Holland to work on a farm. ,a4s
 ] School closed last Saturday for the summer vacation.
 ,,Dennison Walker was in New York on business last week.
 Charles Miller is still confined to his bed as the e'resu1t of his runaway accident
 Mrs. M. J. Marcy of Mansfield Hol- low visited with relatives in town last week.
 MT, and Mrs. Marcy and little child If Hartford visited at Charles Miller's lsast$sEeeekk; sst$sE elk 7 ,r,s,>s '>
 James Lawrence of South Willing tpR was in town Saturday looking for unlicensed dogs.
 E Hoarfng Brook. j The .Children's day program passed of pleasantly last Sunday, morning at ,thg lseh6oi- House. A large number of ,phrents and friends we're present and participated in the exercises. fine meetings at Roaring Brook ,sdfool house are we'll attended, and ate Increasing in interest under the leadership of J R. Parkhurst and James Fitton from Stafford Springs. l