The Press., 1910-03-02
WILMINGTON.

heAd at the house yesterday. Rev
 E. W. DRrrow oficiated. The Bake
 hearse from the borough was used.
 To have the snnw disappear utterl,
 on the last day of the last winte
 month is appropriate and satisfactory
 but many of us recall that the bliz
 azrd of 'S8 was on the 18th of March
 Neighbors aud friends in Rockville
 observed the 3d wedding anniversary of D. B. Gardner and wife by a sur
 prise visit, bringing refreshments anC passing pleasant social evening witt cards and music. Judge and Mrs. Phelps were in the secret, but MT. and Mrs. Gardner were as surprised as their friends had planned that they should be.
 Friends and Deighbors here were surprised and shocked last Thursday to hear of the death at her home in Norwich Town of Mrs. Margaret Meaoh Ohism, wife of Frank Chism. She had been ailing for some months, but the end came suddenly. Mrs. Chism was 8 graduate of Northfield seminary and her first coming to Wilmington was when, as Margaret Meach, she accompanied Alice Holt, now Mrs. Charles Amidon, home on vacations. She was good and in. telligent woman. active in W. O. T. U. work and interested in all that was for the good of the community, Charles Amidon and wife attended the funeral at Norwich Town.
 South Wilmington.
 Lester R. Weeks has resumed his work in the machine shop for c. Hall Jr & Go.
 Owing to the illness of Rev. E. w. Darrow there was no preaching ser vice in the hall last Sunday.
 The so-oalled four -leaved clover dog tags for the town of Wilmington have been received by the town clerk.
 The communion service will be ob- served immediately following the preaching service in the hall next Sunday.
 Mrs. Walter A. Allen and daugh- ter, Lura, were guests last Saturday of MT. and Mrs. Edwin s. Emmons of South Windham.
 Through the efforts of W. H. Hall, a bill was presented in congress by Senator Bulkeley, and passed both houses, that grants a penison of SIP per month to Mrs. H. A. Wheeler of this village.
 The silver medal contest that was to be held in the hall this week Fri day, under the auspices of the W. o T U,, has been postponed until some time next week Further notice will be given of the time.
 Considerable anxiety has been felt in the case of Holman, the six-years old son of MT and Mrs. Wm. H. Hall, who had to undergo an extreme ly delicate operation last Sunday morning in Boston for the removal of an obstruction that had been drawn nearly into the lung, but had lodged in the trachea. He was first taken to Willimantio Friday, but as there was no one there that could safely undertake the operation he was taken to Hartford. with the same result. It appears that there are only two or three specialists in the coun- try that would undertake that parti- of an operation. Later The piece of a peanut which caused the trouble was drawn into the right lung At this writing it is impossible to say what the outcome may be. Conditions may develop that would prove serious Mrs. W. H. Hall and her mother, Mrs. E. J. Holman, are with the child. MT. Hall returned home Monday afternoon.
 The Washington" social held in the hall last week Tuesday evening was quite interesting. although the program was not as lengtt y as had first been planned George Washing ton, Martha Washington, Uncle Sam and Columbia were represented by Leon O Woodworth, Miss Rosa o. Hall, Fred Willia rs and Mrs. Ere d Williams Miss Rosa O Hall, presi- dent of the Y. P. s. O. E., gave a brief sketch of the life of Martha Washington. dealing mainly with events just preceding her first mar riage and up to and including the public life of the illustrious president and his honored wife. Following was the singing of "Columbia'' by Rev. and Mrs. E. w. Darrow, Miss Ida M. Hall, Misses Alice and Julia Denman and Thomas A. Denman. Solo, by Thomas A. Denman. Miss Ida M. Hall, impersonating an Italian prima donna, made the hit of the evening when she responded to the faoetious that famous Italian prima donna was present and would favor the audience with song in her native language. Misses Alice and Julia Denman, costumed in Swedish and Norwegian attire, sang a duet. The program closed with the singing of the national hymn. Flags of all nations were hung about the hall, and B guessing contest tied Wallace M. Elmer Maofarlane and Gallup Service as winners, each guess ing 13 correctly Of the nationalities other than those already were MT and Mrs. W. Fl. Hall and family, American Italians; Georgina Mundell, Mrs. John R Neil, Alice Service, Japanese; Mrs. Ralph H. Paige, Greoian girl; N. B. Griggs. French nobleman; Miss Elsie Kingsbury. Parisian girl; Franklin Gulley, Egyptian; Wm. Pike, Arab.