The Press., 1909-08-18

 Grace church next Sunday will be at 1O.45 a. m.
 Mrs. George Oleavelsnd has been a guest of Mrs o. O. Hum in East Longmeadow.
 Dr. Frank Mitchell of Poughkeep- sic, N Y., is guest of his sister, Mrs c Perciyal Bard
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Meyers started Saturday for Old Orchard, Me, where they will spend their vacation.
 The Central Pomona Grange will hold picnic and field day at Orys- tai Lake Thursday. A shore dinner will be served.
 Mrs. Thomas Sanders and daughter, J Miss Elizabeth. have taken the houseS on Highland Terrace to be vaoated' by Joseph Stuhlbach
 The twenty third annual reunion of; the Chaffee family will be held at Evergreen park next week Wednesday. If stormy, the next fair day.
 An examination for state teachers certificates will be held at the high school building next Tuesday and Wednesday, from a. ID. to 5 p. m.
 Judge J. H. and Mrs. Reed returned Saturday from a months stay at North Plymouth, Mass. MT. Reed rented for this season the cottage oc- cupied last summer by the W. B. Demond family, and his two daugh- ters, with their families, are spending the summer months there.
 The Holmes Cady Reunion.
 The twelfth annual reunion of the Holmes -Oady association was held at Crystal Lake, Ellington, Ct, on Thursday, Aug. 12. The weather conditions were ideal in every respect and every one, from the youngest child of eighteen months to the oldest of 96 and 87 years, enjoyed the oc- casion with the keenest zest There were more than 150 members repre- sentatives of the Holmes and Cady de- scendants from Connecticut, Massa- chusetts and Rhode Island. At noon the large dining hall of the Lakel House was filled. and second table was necessary to accommodate all who came. After doing ample jnsticeI to the excellent dinner the meeting was called to order by President o. P. Allen of Palmer, and the follow ing business was transacted: Reporf of the secretary and treasurer, Mrs Mary E. Holmes, which was accepted. The president reported the death x eight Gedg 4&asGsEdapts dprinss.s t,'s'i year. The president also rep61TSe that the genealogy of the descend ants of Nicholas Oady was so nearly completed by himself that the pros pectus had been sent out to solicit subscribers, in order to learn if enough could be obtained to warrant the publication of the work after years of labor had been expended upon it's preparation. After the reports were made these officers were elected President, Orrin P. Allen. Palmer vice president, A W. Kingbsury, Stafford Springs; secretary and treas urer, Mrs. Mary Fairbanks Holmes, West Brookfeld, Mass executive committee, Maroius A Cady, West Stafford, A. ". Kingsbury, Stafford Springs, Erskine Holmes, West Stat- ford, Mrs Myron Leonard, Monson, Miss Agnes Holmes, West Stafford, Mrs. Reuben Converse, Stafford Springs. Mrs. Augustus Holmes, Staf- ford Springs; reception committee, A. W Kingsbury. Marcius A. Cady, Mrs. Frank Fairfield. Mrs. Emily Barrett; entertainment committee, F. E. Cady, Monson. Eugene Hewlett, Monson, Walter Hobby, Mansfield; the Holmes -Oady research committee, Mrs. Charles Thresher, Mansfield Gen. ter, Mrs. R 0 Washburn. Blandford, Mrs. c T. Smith, Springfield. Ed win A. Davis. Somers, Mrs. D. H. Oady, Springfield, Mrs. A. J. Adams, Hampden. F. J Sheldon, Enfield, Rev. O. o. Lyon, Hadlyme. O. P. Allen, Palmer, Mrs Abbie Sherman, somers; committee on preparing Cady genealogy, o. P. Allen, Palmer, Frederic ". Oady, East Providence, R l., Miss Flora M. King, somers. After the transaction of business a timely and interesting paper was read by Rev. O. O. Lyon of Hadlyme on the importance of preserving the record of our ancestors, which was listened to with deep interest. Fred eric W. Oady of East Providence fol lowed with interesting remarks con nected with his lifelong interest in collecting Oady records, and of his pleasure in attending the reunion for the first time Fiske Thrall read a sketch of the centenary of Oliver w. Holmes. The meeting closed with the singing of America and was then adjourned for one year, to assemble at Crystal Lake on the second Thursday of August, 1910 After the business meeting Rev. Mir. Lyon exhibited 8 portrait of the homestead in Canter- bury, long ago the home of Perez and Lois Cady Austin. which he had caused to be taken by an accurate draughtsman, and another sketch of the home of Jedediah Oady in Tray Hollow, Stafford. designed by himself and drawn by Mrs. Lyon, which is said by those familiar with the old home. now passed away, to be a faith ful reproduction of it. Both of these, including old houses. ought to have 8 place in the proposed Oady genealogy. Other interesting photographs were exhibited by F. W. Oady of East Providence.