The Press., 1908-12-30
WILMINGTON.

Miilers Falls. Mass, Monday. Mrs Belle 0. sleight is home iron
 New York city for the holidays.
 Robert Preston Pratt spent Frida
 at Andover with friends, at famil
 dinner.
 Mrs. Preston was a guest at tn
 Christmas turkey dinner at Rev. Mr
 Gardner's.
 "Re cheerful and you make ever,
 one around you happy, harmoniou and healthful. 7"
 D B Gardner and wife came ove from Rockville to help make happ, Christmas at the Congregational par sonage.
 MT and Mrs Mckinney of Wes StafFSrd spent Christmas with thei. daughter, Mrs. Lewis Morse, ana family.
 The Endeavor meeting at the Bap tist conference room in the evening was led by Rev. A. Gardner and the subject, The awakening in China, '' interestingly discussed.
 Miss Mabel Elaine Clarke accom-. panied her sister, Netta, and her hus. band, Charles Russell, on their return home to Worcester, Mass, on Mon- day. She will remain for visit.
 So far as we are able to judge, over a hundred people sent Christmas reminders by mail and express to the little circle of dwellings on this hill- top, for our share of which we are truly grateful. a
 We heard we'll informed business man remark recently: In less than two years there will be more than one electric line passing through These new roads just invite the trolley. ]"
 Howard Church of Rockville and of Yale college dined with his sister, Miss Jennie Church, at Charles H. Ryder's on Christmas day and called on bis grandmother, Mrs. Ide, at East Willington.
 At the Congregational church Sun. lay morning the pastor, Rev. Austin Gardner preached from 2d Corinthians L3:9. Topic. "The Christian aim. '' At the Baptist church Rev. Mir. Dar- 'ow preached from Phil. 3:13.14.
 Everyone was sorry to hear of the lad luck of Frank Joslin. who on morning found one of his cam horses dead in the stall, thus breaking up a good span. The horses eentsd all right when he left them or psae2 night.
 As matter of course Christmas entertainments and gift trees have 'een the order of the week, some of 'ur people, including Rev. Mir. Dar- ow having attended four such gather ngs, and had they been able to be in wo places at once, they might have pVpOA0CN OVOA A&4O4Os
 How many of us realize what the common schools are doing in the way # assimilating the foreign element y means of wholesome songs, flag lrills and salutes, interesting reoi- ations and literary exercises 7erily, every common school teacher n these days is home missionary.
 The program of the entertainment It the Center school Wednesday morn. ng was very suooe ssfulls carried out, he children acquitting themselves with so much credit that the program vas reproduced at the entertainment t the Baptist church on Friday even. ng. Miss Burleson received many 'ifts from pupils and friends, w ith which she was much pleased. !
 Miss Burleson, who started for home Wednesday, afternoon, was detained y freight wreck at South Coventry, missed her connection at Willimantic D consequence, but after a series of 1ore or less amusing adventures afely reached her home in South Woodstock at a late hour in the even- ng. By the use of the telephone she aved her friends from anxiety and insured being met at Putnam by her ather. Moral: How did people l manage before the advent of the tele- hone?
 The usual New Years parish party, nder the auspices of the Ladies' Aid l tho Batpist church, will be held | n Friday evening. Supper will be erved in the conference room, after 'hich the company will adjourn to nc parsonage across the common for lusio and a social hour. As this as been for many years the social vent of the winter for all the people the country side, it is hoped that lis year will bs no exception, and lat people will avail themselves of 1e opportunity to make the acquaint- nOO OA onO AOW pesUOA MuO AAS WA40s ! ake or pies for the table will be ap- reciated.
 The Baptist church never looked rettier than on Christmas evening, ith it's two heavily loaded gift ees, it's Merry Christmas motto, it's slls and wreaths and many deoo- Itions. The exercises were not as aborate as on some former occasions, Ut were pleasing. nevertheless The nging was good. especially the solo ? Rev. MT. Darrow, Mrs. Darrow ,companying. The dialogue in hioh Nellie Carpenter, Willie Cleve, nd and Hans M. Hansen were the 'tors was very amusing and we'll Irried out. The attendance was rge and very pleasant evening was unt.
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