The Press., 1908-09-23
WILMINGTON.

WELLINGTON.
Mrs. Preston was in Willimantit
Monday.
Miss Carrie Horkey, who is teach
ing at Eagleville, spent Sunday at he
home here.
Mrs. l.. M. johnson and Mrs. Ed
ward Morrison made calls on the Hill
Monday afternoon.
John Merrick and his daughter
Mrs. Lathrop, are planning trip tt
California for the winter.
s. P. Morrison is making repairs
and additions to his recently pur-
chased dwelling at Eagleville.
Miss Cora A. Dimock of Gurley.
vile and E. L. Tucker of Storrs W are
recent guests at Maple Corner.
The New York excursionists re-
turned home Tuesday morning, hav.
ing enjoyed their trip immensely.
The social given by Rev. O. W.
Wolfe and the lads of his Sunday
school class gathered together q large
and enthusiastic company. More
details next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Brown have
left the parsonage at Saxton's River
and gone to make their home with
their daughter, Mrs. Emma Brown
Golding, in North Conway, N. H.
Mrs. Eliza Holt Thorne had a bad
fall some weeks since, and was bruised
quite seriously and badly sprained
her wrist. Her husband was serious
ly ill at the time with blood poisoning
in his foot. Both are better.
The little girls of Mrs. Wolfe'e
Sunday school class are not idle, and
for one thing are getting up a SOAP
order. This competition is not only
quite exciting, but is provocative of
harmonious and helpful spirit OF
rivalry. We have yet to observe the
least indication of selfishness.
The four children of Herman Holt
had 1eunion in Chicago recently.
after separation of twelve years.
Burt, the youngest son, has been in
Seattle, Honolulu and China, where
he was married. He returned last
spring to Honolulu and came from
there to Chicago, where he was met
by Winfield, the Oldest son, who is
postmaster at Little Rock, Arkansas,
and by Bertha, Burt's twin sister,
and by Grace, the youngest, from
Arcola, Ill. The party visited Mr..
and Mrs. Thorne at Highland Park,
Ill.
South Wellington.
Mrs. E. J. Holman ;s on a visit to
her sons at Manchester.
Mrs. W. Fl. Hall returned Saturday
from the White mountains.
A. L. Spicer and wife spent Sun.
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Spicer.
Mrs. Arthur Church entertained her
fellow employees of the packing room
at her home Tuesday evening.
SuAGo uu"U6E 11Om H01o dGGouu0U
the social at the home of. Rev.
Charles W. Wolfe, Tuesday evening.
Hunters licenses will soon be in
demand. 1t is said by hunters that
game is more plentiful than last year.
D. @. Dimock was the recipient of
a sealskin pocketbook Monday, pres
ent from the employees in the packing
room.
Harry Denman, who is quite an
expert at tomato raising, shows a
specimen that weighs a plump %
ounces.
1t seemed for a while that there
was to be famine of firewood here
this fall, as the usual sources of sup
ply failed to yield anything, but the
famine has been broken by Mattesen,
the wood man.
Only 10 days to the date of holding
the republican caucus, and there are
four men in the field and red hot for
the nomination for representatives.
AS only two can go, it would appear
that about two are to be disappointed.
The caucus is called for 2 O'Clock in
the afternoon October Sd, at the town
hall.
At the church meeting last Sunday
delegates to the Ashford Baptist asso-
citation were elected as follows: Dea
cons f. W. Pratt and VIM H Brack-
EFT, Mrs E. ]. Holman and Mrs.
Annie A. Preston The resignation
of the pastor, Charles W. Wolfe. was
accepted and the chairman, F. w.
Pratt, was authorized to name a COM
mittee who should frame resolutions
expressing the feeling of the church
toward the retiring pastor. Mr.. Pratt
said he would announce the names of
the committee later.
West Wilmington.
VIM Buckley visited at his home
in Manchester over Sunday.
Mrs. Bundy was the guest of friends
in Springfield, Mass. last week.
Mrs. N. Larson of Stafford visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Hansen,
Monday.
L. Squires of Florida is the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Hansen, Jr.,
for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. Hansen were the
guests few days of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
M. Hansen, Sr.
H. Espeson of Hartford spent Satur-
day and Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacobsen.
Miss Serine Hansen visited over
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. M. Han.
sen at Mansfield Depot
Amiel, son of Mr.. and Mrs. P.
Johnson of Buff Gap, left last week to
attend the school for the blind in
Hartford.