The Press., 1909-01-27

trip.
 Miss Florence Litohfield of Hartford
 was the guest of MT. and Mrs. E. l.,
 Burr over Sunday.
 A party of the younger people oi
 St. Edwards enjoyed a sleighride tc
 Somers last Wednesday evening.
 Dr. James Stretch will give an ad-
 dress before the Young Mems club at
 the Congregational church Friday
 evening.
 At last accounts it seems probable
 that MT. and Mrs. Irving Judson
 Chace, who are in a hospital at
 Sryause, N. Y, will recover.
 Several from here attended the
 automobile show in New York last
 week, including Christopher Allen,
 F. F. Patten, George L. Dennis. Mrs.
 Hannah Ryder and Mrs. Adelbert
 Needham.
 The Loyal Helpers met at Miss
 Dorothy Marbles home last evening and had a very enjoyable time. MT
 Blake was present at this meeting.
 Miss Wildey and Miss Wagner read selections.
 John Thomas Wood, who is to have charge of the presentation of the oratorio for the benefit of Ionic lodge, desires that all singers who are to take part shall meet at the Masonic hall next Monday evening at 8 o'clock. ....s=
 A fellowship meeting of churches in West Stafford, Staffordville, Union and Wilmington will be held at the Congregational church at the Springs Tuesday, Feb. 3, at II a. m. and 1. 30 p. m., to be conducted by Rev. Joel Ives of Hartford.
 Henry H. Pease, 58, died at his home in Marlboro, N. H., Monday of heart disease. While MT. Pease had never lived here, he had visited in town many times and has a number of friends and acquaintanoes. He leaves two brothers and two sisters Stephen Pease, Miss Aohsah Pease and Mrs. Wallace Morse of this town, and Nelson Pease of Lebanon, N. H. The funeral will be held from his late home tomorrow, and Stephen Pease has gone from here to be present.
 Grace Church Notes: The early service will be omitted next Sunday, and there will be holy communion at I1O.45 a. m., as the services the fol- lowing Sunday will probably be in the guild room, for the workmen are expected to begin on the redecoration of the church Feb. list. There will be a special Sunday school service at D. m. next Sunday, at which there is to be an observance of a feast of lights, in honor of the feast of the presentation of Christ in the Temple, which falls on Feb. 2d. Last even- ing, at a special service, the pro- bationary members of the Girls Friendly society were advanced to full membership after evening prayer The preacher was Rev. O. E. Hill of All Saints, Springfield. The service was smooth and impressive, and the presence of MT. Hill, with his words of encouragement, was appreciated.
 There will be special town meet ing next Monday at 1 80 p. m. at the town hall. The meeting is an | one, and there should be a large attendance A 'bus will leave | Square at 1 o'clock for the accommodation of any who may desire to avail themselves of it. The | first article to be acted on is to re- ceive and act on the report of the | committee chosen at an earlier meet ing to report on the revaluation of the town assessment. The committee will advise that the assessment be raised to true valuation. To secure true valuation the committee will advise that two non residents act with the board of assessors in making a new list. The committee will sug- gest that the state tax com missioner be asked to recommend two non-resi- dents, whose judgment can be relied on in making the valuation. An other matter that will come before | the meeting is to see if the town will | vote to issue bonds to cover it's in- as provided by the general statutes, and to direct the form and | manner of the issue and registration thereof.
 St. Edwards Notes: Parishioners who support the parish school will be glad to learn that by the courtesy of | the local school board certificates of graduation in St. Edwards school | will henoeforth be honored as 8 for entrance into the high school without further The recent ruling of the board exempting the Pinney school graduates from examination, by reason of it's being graded school, raised the question why the parish school, also, as being in every way similar in classes and grading, should not enjoy the same privilege, and since thoroughly graded parish schools satisfy the demands of she state in the matter of education, and more especially since school boards in other towns grant the same exemption to other recognized parish schools. Considering the numerous precedents elsewhere, Rev. George J. Donahue in his capacity of superin- Eendent of St Edwards school peti- sioned the board at the regular meet ing last Monday, and the committee the claim as just A little pamphlet entitled Does Christ Say: Go to church; Why not pray privately at home {? Why display devotion so publicly !? Why mix money with devotion?" lt