The Press., 1910-06-15

The pupils of the Rockwell HI sCh0ol gave their teacher, Mrs. " s. Olayton,a a happy surprise last weea Thursday noon by inviting her to tht home of Mrs. Edmund Jones' where the soholars had provided finely spread table, through the kindness Ol Mrs. Jones' It was a complete fuT. prise GO the teacher, and the bounti' ful collation. was enjo, ed by all. The scholars also presented the teacher with a large beautiful jaEdiniere. :
 West Stafford.
 Orlando Avery visited his niece in Buckland last week.
 Mrs. Moore of Springfield Is visit. ing at M. O. Kemp's.
 Mrs. Gibson has been visiting her dang ghter, Mrs. George Ladd.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Battige and family are guests at W. P. Pease'a.
 Fred Belleveau of East LongmeadoW called on friends in town last week.
 Mrs. Annie Walkley and Miss Mil. drad Walkley were in New Britain over Sunday.
 Stanley Rockwell of the U4s. navy Is being entertained at the home of Mrs. Laurd Holmes.
 Joseph Pease, who has been i'll at the home of his daughter. Mrs Myron Kemp, is much improved. s
 MT. and Mrs. M. A. Gold and Nor. man and Ruby Gold attended the commehcement exercises of the Wor- Cester Polytechnic Institute last week.
 Mrs. Anna Ohapin of Somers is at tending Miss Olive Worthington, Mrs. Walters, the trained nurse, having returned to her home in Longmeadow.
 Miss Margaret Ballantine is home from Smith college for the summer. Miss Bess Noaks of New York. accom- panied her and remained for short visit.
 Mrs. Fl. F. Horne left Monday for Falmouth, Mass where she will spend the summer with her step daughter, Mrs. Walter Snow. Miss Ballantine went with her to remain until Thursday.
 A horse belonging to Romeo Serafin became frightened by an automobile in front of James Ramsey's Monday afternoon. and ran over the stone wall opposite the house. The con- tenta of the wagon were soon recovered and no serious damage was done.
 Mrs. Hannah Horne, at the parson- age, is one of the few in this vicinity to greet Halley's comet for the second time. Mrs. Horne saw this celestial visitor for the first time when she was 16 years old. and now, at 91, renewed her acquaintance, as 1t were.
 A charming wedding took place in the Congregational church Saturday noon. when Miss Mabel Emeline Graves, youngest daughter of Wash ington D. Graves, was united in marriage to Spencer Haughawont Bradway, the date being the 18th an niversary of the marriage of the brides father and mother. The Misses Wlnifred and Dorothea Curtis of Springfield. cousins of the bride played 70 Promise Me" as a piano and violin duet before the bridal party entered the church. The we'd ding march from "Lohengrin" was played by Miss Mary Ballantine as they proceeded up the right aisle. First came the ushers. then the bride. maids, then the matron of honor, Mrs. F. A. Lasbury, sister of the bride; the ring bearer, Samuel Brad way Magill, nephew of the groom the flower girls. Miss Elinor Graves and Miss Bernice Mcintyre, niece and cousin of the bride, with baskets of pansies and syringa, which they streWed In the path of the bride Then came the bride on the arm of her father, who gave her away. MT. Graves wore the broadoloth coat which he wore at his own wedding. They met the groom and best man at the altar, where the ceremony was per formed by Rev John ". Ballantine, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. Andrew Magill of Brooklyn. N Y. brother in law of the groom The double ring service was used. The Mendelssohn wedding march was played as a recessional. The church was beautifully decorated with hem lock, laurel and ferns, the work being done by friends of the bride. Di rectly above the couple hung large bell made of yellow roses. Enc dresses of the bridal party carried sont the rainbow color scheme. The bride .Wo1e white embroidered batiste' with IrisA crochet trimmings. with a tulle veil caught with lilies of the valley, and carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley and brides roses. Her only ornament was 8 pendant of famethysts and pearl. the gift of the groom. The matron of honor wore lavender French eflure with lace trimmings and carried lavender sweet peas and maiden hair fern. The flower girls were dressed In white em- broidered gowns; the bridesmaids, Miss EuniOe Bradway, a sister of the groom, white net over green null ;l Miss Ruth Ellis, white batiste over pink null; Miss Florence Graves of 4 A. net over lavender null; Miss Mildred Harries, white embroidered gown over blue null. They all carried pink Oarnatio1g The best man was Carl H. Bradway. q brother of the1 groom, and the ushers Alonzo M.1 Graves and Fred J. Graves. brothers of the bride, Marshall Bradway, brother of the groom. and La Vergne9 Dimock, all of West Stafford. The