The Press., 1907-05-01
TOLLAND.
Ozone Soap at L. E. Halls store.

The friends of Rev. J. A. Wood are glad to learn that he is convalescent.
 Lynd Taylor of New York is the guest of his mother, Mrs. Walter Taylor.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Woods of New Britain were the guests over Sunday of MT. and Mrs. Silas Rider.
 Mrs. Henry Thompson and daugh- ter, Edna, of New York are the guests of MT. and Mrs. Frank Luhersen.
 MT. and Mrs. George Queen, who represent the German Medicine com- pany, left Monday for Coventry.
 Rev. H. T. Barnard preached Sum- day from the text "Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain. ]"
 George M. Brooks will give a dance in the town hall Saturday evening. Music by Stein's orchestra of Rock ville.
 Rev. J. H. James preached Sunday morning at the M. E. church on ac- count of the illness of the pastor, Rev. J. A. Wood.
 There are at present only eleven prisoners at the Holland jail, the smallest number at this time of sea- son in many years.
 The woman's missionary meeting was held Friday afternoon with Miss Lucille Agard. The topic was the Hawaiian Islands. The poem, "Ka- piolani,'' was read by Mrs. O. l.. Whiton.
 There was a union service Sunday evening at the Congregational church, conducted by Rev. J. H. James and Rev. H. T. Barnard. Rev. James gave very interesting address on "Good citizenship.
 A number in town have been afdict- ed with a throat trouble. Among them we find Mrs. Simpson and son, Sumner, Miss Pauline Newcomb, Miss Ethel Anderson, Miss Myra Taylor and brother, Theodore, Raymond Ladd and others.
 AO AOAAOWAA6 40 AAOAh OhO VoOOA bury American of April 3Oth: One of the pleasantest events that has oc- cured lately was last evening, when MT. and Mrs. Ezra Leonard Chapman at their home, 16 Hospital avenue, celebrated their golden wedding. The hours of the reception were from ? to in the afternoon and from to 10 in the evening. The house was beau tifulJy decorated with ferns, palms and cut flowers, daffodils predomina- ting. In the bay window of the par Tor, where MT. and Mrs. Chapman stood to receive congratulations of their guests, was large bouquet of carnations of different colors On the upper floor were the musicians, who rendered number of selections for mandolin and guitar at intervals dur ing the reception hours. A large number of guests came and went dur ing the afternoon and evening, the house being crowded most of the time. MT. Ohapman's nephews, Charles S., George M. and Frederick B. Chap man. with their wives, assisted in the receiving. Soon after 8 o'clock the past commanders of Clark Commandry, K. T., of which MT. Chapman is one of the most prominent and popular members, arrived and offered their congratulations, after which Past Commander Joseph H. Woodward %o Sro ha half of the past commanders, large bunch of pink roses. Then Eminent Commander Hughes stepped forward and presented to MT. Chapman a beautiful gold past commanders badge. This was complete surprise to MT. Chapman. MT. and, Mrs. Chapman were the recipients of many other gifts from friends and relatives, including gold plated table ware, sleeve buttons, thimble, cut glass, gold decorated glass and china, books, pictures, and large basket of golden hued fruit. The Masonic fraternity brought as their gift $55 in gold pieces. Refreshments were served, Mrs. H. B. Thorpe being the caterer. MT. Chapman was born in Collins ville (Canton) April 10, 1882, and was a son of Sherman and Sarah (Leonard) Chapman. In 1852 MT. Chapman and his brother, the late George Pickering Chapman, went to New Haven and worked there at black smithing for three years. Later in Holland he was employed by the county commissioners at the jail, and was finally made jailer. Among the prisoners brought there during his seven years' inoumbency was John Warren, the oldest life prisoner in the state, now at Wethersfield. He was for 12 years deputy sheriff in Holland county, and in 1878 repre- sented the town of Holland in the general assembly. During the period of the civil war he was provost mar shal for the first district in Oonnecti- cut, and did good deal of work in the way of securing the conviction and punishment of bounty jumpers, deserters and other political criminals. In 1866 he removed to Cincinnati, O., remaining there for 10 years. He returned to Connections in 1876 and to Holland in 1877. In 1880 he came to Waterbury, since which time he has been employed as yard foreman for the Waterbury Brass company. On April 25, 1857 MT. Chapman married Miss Elizabeth Ann Barker, who was born in Thompson in 1886, and was 8 daughter of Judah and Lucy (Elliott) Barker. They were married at Holland by the Rev.