The Press., 1904-07-06
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Willis Belcher and family spent tho Fourth at Union.
 Mass will be celebrated at St. Jo- Iseph's chapel at 7.3O.
 Irving Bowden and Leila Bowden are !visiting relatives in Hartford.
 George Fisk of Boston spent the Fourth with his family.
 Miss Orril Holmes is visiting rela- tives in Hampden and Fiskdale.
 Frank McCarthy of Springfield is guest of his uncle, J. H. Mccarthy. MT. and Mrs. James Fisk and Mrs. Chamberlain of Woodstock spent the Fourth with relatives.
 MT. and Mrs. Edwin Moore and little daughter of Norwich spent the Fourth with Mrs. Hughes.
 Miss Eva Brown of Springfield and Miss Myrtle Brown of Pittsfield were with their parents over the Fourth.
 William Tobin of Worcester, James Tobin of Meriden and MT. and Mrs. A. O. Comins spent the Fourth with Wm. Tobin.
 MT. and Mrs. J. H. McCarhty were in Springfield last week and attended the graduation of their nephew, Frank McCarthy.
 The Epworth League topic for Sun- day evening will be Modern idols and their overthrow. There will be the roll-call and the monthly dues
 The ladies of the Congregational church will serve salad supper in the church vestry Thursday evening from 6 till 8 o'clock. Price-adults 15c, children 1Oc. Everybody cordi ally invited. -...
 Sunday evening at the union service short discourses on Patriotism were given by Rev. G. Forte and Rev. F. w. Gray. The discourses were ex- cellent and awakened greater feeling for patriotism in the hearts of the hearers. West Stafford.
 Miss Mary Smith of Staffordville was a guest of MT. and Mrs. Henry Mckinney last week. -.
 Miss Jessie Worthington of Mt. Hope is guest of her parents, MT and Mrs. Merrick Worthington.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Whitaker of New Haven have been guests of their parents, MT. and Mrs. M. A. Cady.
 Rev. George E. Porter attended the commencement exercises of the Yale law school at New Haven last week.
 F. W. Preston and daughter, Gladys, spent Sunday and the Fourth with friends in Newton and Auburn and Helen spent Sunday in Wilmington at O. T. Preston's.
 MT. and Mrs. Clinton Kibbe of New Haven, MT. and Mrs. Robert Kibbe of Springfield and MT. and Mrs. Fred Kibbe of Rockville were at their parents home over the Fourth, the homo of Harlow Kibbe.
 The Fourth passed off about as usual. It was ushered in by the ring ing of the church bell and the boom ing of cannon. Several young people spent the day in Holland. Others went to Crystal Lake, while many went to Stafford Springs and Monson to see the ball games. In the even ing there were displays of fireworks from the several homes.
 Last Friday evening a large num- Der of people gathered at the vestry of the Congregational church to attend the reception given to Rev. George B. Porter. In the first hour the people had an opprtunity of meeting MT. Porter and enjoying social time. During the second hour refreshments, consisting of ice cream and cake, were served. The vestry was tastefully decorated for the occasion. Across the back of the platform there were draped two large campaign flags. On the sides and under the flags there were banks of flowers. Among those present from other parts of the town were Rev. and Mrs. o. s. Davis and Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Burnham of Stafford Springs and Miss Mary Smith of Staffordville.
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 Mrs. F. W. Preston, her son, Way lie, and daughter, Helen, were at O. T. Preston's on Sunday.
 The recent copious rains have start ed the grass perceptibly, so that the crop will not be as scants as was anti cipated.
 At the Baptist church Sunday after noon MT. Wolfe delivered a timely discourse, Holidays founded on Psalm 424 :.
 Choice of officers and collection at the meeting of the Y. P. s. O. E. next Sunday evening at Congrega- tional chapel.
 The veteran ex-postmaster and ex- town clerk, Moses l.. Dimock, is sick at his home, requiring the attendance of his physician.
 Dr. Charles A. Ryder and wife of Bridgeport dined with his aunt, Mrs. G. E. Robbins, and called on friends i'll this vicinity last week.
 William w. Stell, eldest son of the late William Stell, died at his home in Holyoke, Mass, Friday, the 1st inst. His sister, Mrs. l.. B. Clark, attend ed the funeral there Sunday.
 The ringing of the Baptist church bell and the explosion of giant fire crackers ushered in the Fourth on the Hill, while neighboring cannonading added to the local celebration.
 Marie Jansen, "a famous actress, who used to visit relatives here, re- cently filed petition in bankruptcy in Boston. She gave as her liabili-