The Press., 1908-07-01
WELLINGTON.

l WILLINGTON.
 South WIllington.
 D. L. Royce of this town and Miss Selma A. Carlson, formerly teacher in the schools of. this town, were married in West Hartford, June 25th, by Rev. D. D. Marsh.
 Several Masons from this village attended the services at the Baptist church on the Hill Sunday, upon invitation of Pastor Charles W. Wolfe, who is chaplain of Uriel lodge. More were intending to go but for mis- understanding in regard to teams.
 The ball team from Stafford that travels under the name Athletic" ought to be willing to come to this hamlet again after the way they were treated last Saturday. The local nine laid right down and allowed the visitors to now away runs by the OK load, getting seven in the first inning without 8 hit. Come again, chil- dren. and we won't call you out till you get all the runs you can carry. We are bound to please. if we have to all our wife's relations.
 During the extraordinary electric and wind storm. of last Wednesday lightning struck the tall chimney of the thread mill. scattering broken brick around. At the Origin Hall house one of the chimneys was struck and thrown down. and clustering torn from the walls of the house. A large Open shed in the colt pasture near the mill was raised. lifting the posts that were set several feet in the ground and carried in pieces Q con- siderable distance. One section of the roof landed on some tree tops, 10 OF more rods from where it started. Trees were uprooted, large limbs torn from the trees, shingles stripped from roofs, etc. Considerable damage was done to crops and gardens by the wind and accompanying hail.
 Miss Elizabeth D. Hall, the young est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner Hall, and Ralph Howard Paige of Springfield. Mass. were married yes- terday at 12. 30 o'clock, the ceremony being performed in the north reception room of Gardiner Halls residence. orgeous decorations prevailed throughout the large house and ve- randa. The general scheme was green and white, and flowers, both cut and wild, were used profusely. making 8 most artistic setting for the brilliant scene. Rev. Charles H. Brown of Saxton's River, Vt., performed the ceremony, and he was assisted by Rev. Charles W. Wolfe, pastor of the Will hngton Baptist church, of which the bride is a member. The ceremony was witnessed by about eighty, guests, who were the relatives and immediate friends of the contracting parties, from Springfield, Maiden, Worcester, New York, Mt. Vernon, Norwich. Willimantio, Hartford and Pawtucket. The bride was handsomely dressed in white Swiss satin. with Q bertha of Duchesse lace, and she wore . veil of tuIle caught with lilies of the valley. She was unattended, except by the flower girls and ring bearer. The flower girls were Clara Alice Hall, a niece of the bride. and Freda Eliza beth Moves. a cousin. Miss Doris Elizabeth Hall, another niece, was the ring bearer. They were prettily dressed in white lawn, trimmed with SalenCtannaa laee. and wore gold heart lockets and chains, gifts from the bride. Beeman & Hatch's or chestra. of Hartford played Mendels- sohn's march for the processional. and the bride and groom stood beneath an arch of laurel and Easter lilies while the service took place, and immediate ly after Mir. and Mrs. Paige received. The ushers were Clifford E. Paige of brother of the groom, and Charles VanDyke Peek of Nit. Vernon, N. |Y., a cousin of the bride. MT. and Mrs. Paige will make their home in Springfield, where the groom is deputy surveyor of customs. He is 8 graduate from Wesleyan academy of of which academy the bride is also graduate.
 West Wilmington. |
 Mrs. Charles Taylor is. visiting at George Lyon's, near East Willingtnn.
 Rev. Thomas lyric will preach at the chapel Sunday afternoon at 3 l o'clock.
 Mir. and. Mrs. M. Hansen of Mans. ! field Depot were the guests of MT. and Mrs. H. M. Hansen. ST Sunday.
 Mrs. O. Petersen and little daugh- ter and Mrs. Charles Petersen and children of Hartford have been visit ! ing at s. H.. Mattesen's a few days. ] Misses Serina ahd Mamie will return | with them for a visit.