The Press., 1906-05-02
The Misses Alice and Mabel Graves

Mrs. M. A. Gold and daughter Ruby, spent 8 part of last week 1T Monson with Mrs. Colds mother, Mrs. Amorette Lanphear Mrs. Lanpheal
 celebrated her seth birthday April 18th.
 staROrdville. S. B. Amadon visited in Brookfeld
 last week.
 Mrs. Sarah Potter is spending few days in East Lee.
 Herbert A. Bosworth was in Spring field last Saturday.
 Alonzo Carpenter of Monson was the guest of bis parents over Sunday
 Mrs. J. E. Hamilton visited her father, MT. Barbar, in Union last week.
 Mrs. G. P. Andrews is with her daughter, Mrs. Madge West, in Somersville.
 The sacrament of the Lords supper will be administered in the Metho- dist church next Sunday morning.
 Frank Ellis is employed for Willis Belcher on the road, and is boarding with his sister, Mrs. Jennie Carpen- ter.
 | The Bible class of the M. B. church will meet at the home of Mrs. Her. bert Bosworth Friday evening at 7.a0.
 The mid-week prayer meeting of the M. E. church will commence this evening at 3O instead of o'clock.
 MT. and Mrs. Wilbur Albertie and two children have been visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs. Robert Gil throp.
 This evening at the Congregational vestry the Christian Endeavor topic is "Home missions among foreigners in America.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the NJ. E. church will serve their usual supper in the vestry Thursday even ing. Hostesses, Mrs H. G. Durham and Mrs. Eliza Dugdale.
 Friday afternoon, directly after school, the Junior Endeavorers meet at the home of F. A. Brown. Topic, "A visit to Egypt" the president, Maud Brown, being leader.
 Next Sunday at the Congregational church the morning subject will be 'The church and social reform5 " Lesson. Rom. 12, Ps. B. In the evening" The problem of enthusiasm. '
 All members of the Congregational church and society, especially the committee, are asked to be present at the Endeavor meeting this evening to make final arrangements for enter taining the conference next week Thursday.
 Mrs. Joseph E. Fisher of Wickford, R. l., arrived at the Methodist par sonage Saturday evening. The parish toners of this place are very fortunate in having such earnest Christian workers, as Rev. and Mrs. Fisher are, to labor with them.
 The house owned by J.. H. McCar thy and occupied by Jerry Wilson, known as the Charles Roberts house, caught fire Monday afternoon between 4 and , o'clock, and was burned to the ground. It is thought that the fire caught from the chimney. Through the efforts of the village people in keeping the nearby build ings covered with wet carpets the fire was prevented from spreading. About half of MT. Wilson's furniture was; removed from the house. He carried no insurance. The loss on the house will be about $12OO, and it was in sured for $500 in the Harwood agency.
 The semi-annual conference of Con- gregational churches of Holland county meets at Staffordville May 10. The following is the program Morning 10 80, Devotional service, Rev. H. 0. Mcknight; HOO, Business; 11.3O, The American Tract society, Rev. Isaac Pierson. field secretary for New England; 12 %, Recess. Afternoon General subject: How to increase church attendance; 13O, Praise ser vice; 145., The form of service advis- able, Rev. Edward F. Root; 200, The preaching that will draw and hold, Rev David E. Jones; 21.5, Music; 2.3O, The responsibility of laymen, Charles F. Chandler; 2.45, Advertising and special features, Rev. Henry T. Barnard; 800. Questions and discussion, Rev. Nestor Light; 4. %, Discussion: How many Sunday services? 4. 45, Closing exercises.
 MANSFIELD.
 The finishing touches are now being put on the new dormitory, and the building will be ready for occupancy when the summer school opens in July.
 For the commencement exercises at the agricultural college this year Ex- Governor Batchelder of New Hamp- shire, master of the national grange, has accepted an invitation to speak, the date being June 13. The Rev. A. D. Leavitt of Willimantic will preach the baccalaureate sermon at Storrs on June 10.
 George H. Lamson, Jr., of Tarkio college, Tarkio, Miss, has been en- gagged for next year as instructor in natural history and curator of the museum at the college H. D. Ed mond takes the duties of instructor in military science, and Prof. W. A. Stocking will give instruction in en- tomology during the spring term.
 Edgar Storrs of Spring Hill lost valuable horse Sunday, the veterinary surgeon being uncertain as to the cause of death. Crockett Brothers of