The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-07-31
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TOLLAND.
Miss Ethel Usher is the guest of
Mrs. John Steele.
The Baptist church is sold to Mr..
Benjamin of East Hartford.
Walter M. Taylor of New York
spent Sunday with his family.
Miss Minerva Stewart of Rockville
called on friends in town Sunday.
Mrs. Niles of North Hampton is
the guest of her son, Dwight Niles.
Mrs. Winnie Brown is the guest of
her mother, Mrs. Michael Manning.
Miss Sarah Egee of New Jersey is
the guest of Mrs. Mary Jewell Bald
win.
The Ladies' Missionary society met
Friday afternoon with Miss Lucille
Agard.
Mrs. A. L. Fu1inwider of Birming
ham, Ala, is guest at the Tolland
House.
Charles Young of Philadelphia is
the guest of his sister, Miss Julia
Young.
Elmer Metcalf and Frank Brooks of
Company O returned from Mantle Sat-
urday evening.
Miss Florence West of Ellington
has recently been the guest of Mrs.
l.. Ernest Hall. ..
Miss Sarah Agard, teacher in Mt
Holyoke college, is the guest of W.
A. Agard and family.
The Congregational Sunday school
will hold picnic at Coventry lake
next week Wednesday.
The Ladies' society of the Congre-
gationnl church will meet Wednesday
afternoon in the church parlors.
Mrs. Alex Shearer of Oakland spent
few days last week with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Bowers.
Myrtle Brooks of Willimantio has
recently been the guest of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brooks.
Miss Lillian Spinner of Hartford
has recently been the guest OF her
grandmother, Mrs. Lurina P. Eaton.
Miss Lila Agard, who has been
teaching this last year in high
school in Naples, N. Y, returned to
her home Wednesday evening.
Miss Lucille Agard returned last
Thursday, after spending some time
in Hadlyme. Miss Bertha Place act
ed as librarian during her absence.
Miss Mural Wood returned Wednes-
day evening from Tilton, N. H.,
where she has been spending more
than a month.
Miss Florence Leonard, graduate
of the Rockville high school, class of
'O6, has been admitted to Wellesley
college, and Harris W. Price, a gradu-
ate of the Rockville high school, class
of 'O7, has been admitted to Harvard
dental college.
Miss Sarah Arnold of East Hamp-
ton and Mrs. A. W. Hyde and daugh-
ter, Mabel, of Providence, R. l.. have
been spending a week with Rev. and
Mrs. J. A. Wood. -@
The death of Miss Alice E. Brown,
81, of Manchester, but formerly of
Holland, occurred Sunday morning.
The funeral was held at the Oongre-
gational church Tuesday afternoon at
O'Clock. Miss Brown taught in our
public schools for great many years.
and was universally liked by every
one.
The Ladies' society of the Congre-
gational church will hold a fair in
the town hall August 13 and IA. En-
tertainments will be given both even
ings. Aprons, fancy articles of all
kinds, bed quilts, silk for shirt
waists, silk flags, embroidery silks,
sewing silk, thread, cakes, ice cream,
candy, etc., will be on sale. Further
notice will be given later.
The fair of the M. E. church was a
great success. It netted the M. E.
church $265. There were many use
full and fancy articles for sale, also
candy and ice cream. The post Office
proved very attractive feature of the
fair. The first evening the entertain
ment was given by Messrs. Harold
! Ransom and Max Smith of Rockville,
and was entirely musical. The
second evening the comedy, "Mr.
Bob, was given by local talent. Fol-
lowing is the cast of characters
Philip Royson, Fred Metcalf; Robert
Brown, Harris W. Price; Jenkins,
Clarence Metcalf; Rebecca Luke, Miss
Rosy Wilson; Katherine Rogers, Ethel
Anderson; Marion Bryant, Nellie
Hewett; Patty, Myra Taylor. The
third evening the program was given
by A. e. Waite and the choir of the
Union Congregational church of Rock
vile and II. Fl. Larkum, the noted
impersonator.
Captain Benjamin Turner Loomis,
a veteran of the civil war. died Mon
day night at Holland, in the house in
which he was born March z, 1888.
He was the son of Leonard and Mary
Turner Loomis. Captain Loomis re-
ceived his education in the Holland
schools. In 1856 he began teaching
in Wellington, the next winter in