The Press., 1905-11-01

Mrs. J. H. Valen tine and Mis-
, Eleanor were at Brattleboro over Sun
day.
The loss on the opera house ha
been adjusted and the full amount O.
insurance, about $4,000, has been al
lowed.
Miss Gertrude Holt and Morgan
Eaton entertained Halloween parties
last evening. Miss Florence Wagner
entertained a surprise party Monday
evening.
J. M. Dimmick is building an ad.
dition to his house.
The new boilers for the Phoenix
Wooden Go. have arrived.
Milton Puffer of Willimantic is
visiting at the home of Mrs. M. F.
Dwight.
A covenant meeting will be held in
the Baptist chapel Saturday afternoon
at half past two.
James A. johnson, who recently
purchased the Simonds house, is
building barn.
The annual business meeting of the
Y. P. G. U. will be held this evening
at the assembly room at p. N.
About dozen couples, part from
the Springs, enjoyed an informal
dance at Memorial hall last evening.
L. E. Pease of Springfield, with
brothers and son, visited Henry
Gerald over Sunday, making the
journey in an automobile.
Rev. 1. P. Booth has been chosen
delegate of the Universalist Sunday
school to the convention of the Con-
necticut Sunday School association,
to be held az Hartford next week.
The annual meeting of the Baptist
ecclesiastical society will be held
Wednesday evening, Nov. 8, in the
vestry. At this meeting committees
will be appointed and officers elected
for another year.
Next Monday evening will be OBJ
served as ladies' evening by the K.
o. K. A Each knight is to invite
lady friend to attend social at the
assembly room. Ice cream and cake
will be served for refreshments.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap-
| fist church will meet for work next
Wednesday afternoon, and serve their
usual supper at 5.45. Mrs. Adelbert
Agard and Mrs. Henry Holtham,
hostesses.
The text of the sermon at the Uni
versalist church next Sunday morning
will be Matt. 5:41; topic, "Will ye
walk a mile with me? Subject of
evening address, "Shall we follow up
our no-license victory, by enforcement
of the law
The Y. Pc. U. last Sunday even
ing was led by Ralph Booth. Topic
for discussion was "How to make
our Universalism practical. " The
pastor gave a very interesting report
of the Universalist general conven-
tion, held at Minneapolis the past
week.
The following is the program for
the regular meeting of Stafford grange
next Tuesday evening: Lecturers
hour-harvest home and fruits of the
harvest; each member is invited to
bring some thing of their own work.
either that they nave made Cr raised 4
readings, Mrs. Clara Beard, Mrs.
Matte Lasbury; paper. Harvest
time," Miss Hannah Larned; read
ings, Mrs Ingham, Miss Ingham
can apple and other apples" Mrs.
Jane Crawford; reading, Miss Alice
Greaves; music, Mrs. Lottie Oady and
Frank Lasbury.
The Y. P. @. U. will present "The
Old Fashioned Husking Bee" in Me-
mortal hall Friday evening, Nov.
10th. The entertainment is full of
fun, and an evening of great enjoy
ment is in store for those who attend.
The cast of characters is as follows
Uncle Nathan Perkins, G. D. Ide
Thos. Jefferson Perkins, Frank J.
Meade; Scipio, Robert L. Furness
Josiah, Frank A. Lasbury; Algerman
Fitznoodle, Stewart Nye; Little Lord
Fauntleroy, F. j. Glover; All Sin,
Harold B. Pinney; Chin Fun, VIM.
Fred Remmert; Bobby, Ralph Booth
Partiok Organ, Ed. Harrington
William, Richard Pinney; Jim,
George H. Beard; Rufus Russell,
William K. Wobbecke; Aunt Peggy
Perkins, Maud Booth; Betsy, Alice
Durham; Kitty Maloney, Ruth Dun
ham Maggie, J. Mildred MacCallum
Mollie, Isadore Durham; Sally, Annie
E. Wobbecke; Hannah, Jennie Mac
Callum. Homemade candy and
aprons will be on sale.
stanOrdv1Gle.
Mass will be celebrated at St. 10.
seph's chapel Sunday at 9 O'Clock.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Rudolph Stengl last week We'd
nesday.
Miss Mary Mulligan is quite i'll at
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thorpe.
The topic for Wednesday evening
in the Methodist church, "The rest
of faith
Mrs. H. M. Benton of the Springs
has been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
A. H. Adams. Miss Mary Kellogg has
also been her guest.
The subject for next Sunday morn
ing's sermon in the M. E. church
will be "Spiritual worship" John
1874, and in the evening, Goods
provision for mans two-fold life,"
Matt. A.
The Ladies' Aid society of the