The Press., 1910-05-18
WILMINGTON.
We saw the comet Monday morning and Tueadav morning,

AAeSA4eSSE and Tuesday morning.
 The. attempt to organize a mission band among the children on the Hill was unsucOassful.
 z. E. J. Mathews and wife are tC move to South Wilmington. The Hill is sorry to lose them.
 Subject to be considered at the Thursday. evening prayer meeting -Aots, 10th chapter.
 A large flock of orioles came Tues. day, but the robin redbreasts promptly drove them ofR the premises. the phoebes and Chippies being the only neighbOrs they tolerate.
 Clarence Essex, who has been spending . vacation with his family here, has returned to his ship at Portsmouth, N. Fl. He and his wife made Q trip to Boston last week.
 WOman's Mission Circle meets in Baptist conference room Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock. The invi- tation to tbese meetings includes all who ,are interested. There should be a large attendance.
 AshfoEd Baptist association last yearlfar exceeded any other association in New England in proportionate GivinR for the WOman's home mis. sions, exceeding their app0rsiOnment by nearly $1OO. and giving 614 cents per woman church member. Many Press readers are interested in this. and the association director. Mrs. Preston, is much gratifled. The annual meeting for New England will be held in Boston May 25 and 26.
 .. West Wilmington.
 Mrs. N. o. Ward is spending O short time in Hartford.
 Marlin Knight is able to be out again. after an illness of long time.
 Service at Buff Gap sohoolhouse next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. the, rector of Grace church officiating
 Miss Elenore DeWolf, who has been seriously i'll, is slowly recovering and hopes that she will soon be able to resume her duties Ms teacher at Roar ing Brook ..s-.- ..s
 .GeorgeI Brooks is having an un. usually busy season this spring. He has two teams delivering goods at present, and when the season started hs had over 2OOO dozen tomato plants. 500 dozen pepper plants and lot of pansies and other flower plants. .+~ South Wilmington.
 Miss Gertrude James was home from Chester over Sunday.
 Walter Oolburn is driving a hand some turnout. recently purchased,
 Thomas A. Denm0n had Q new piano arrive from Norwich Monday.
 Miss Mabel Allen spent Sunday in Abingdon, the guest of Miss Alice Peal.
 Mrs. F. D Bramble, now living in Massachusetts, was a visitor in town Monday.
 Stated communication of Uriel lodge. K. &S A. M, Saturday evening. Work on the M. M. degree.
 Regular monthly meeting of the w.. O. T. U. at the home of Mrs. E. J Holman, Saturday afternoon, at B o'clock.
 The attendance at the. Sum school last Sunday. exclusive of yisa ors. was 55. Not the largest. but quite gratifying and encouraging.
 We hear that Mr. and Mrs. Elmer MattheWs of Wilmington Hill are soon to move to this village. They will beea most welcome addition to the community.
 Keep your weather eye out for the automobile endurance run next Satur. day. It is booked for Stafford via. this village, and will probably go through here before noon. : <s At this time it seems difficult to foresee. what action may be taken at thes special town meeting on She 'Hill" next Saturday afternoon, but whaSexer 1t may be it will surely awaken interest in the schools and thak is Q result much to be desired. Ol6eence E. Essex, who returned to his ship U. s. s. Boston, at Por!s- mouth, N. H Monday, will take with him pleasant memories of his reception at Uriel lodge, No. "A. F. 6 A. M., the Saturday evening pre-. .vious, w hen he became a full fedged member.
 Because of a conflict of dates be. tween the Pomona grange and the annual convention of the W0man's Christian Temperance Union of Tol- land county. the latter has changed the date for their meeting to May 26th at g 45 a. m. This convention will be held in the Methodist church At sapth Coventry.
 Tie question of the Sunday schools on the "Hill" and at thls village having Q joint picnic, at the sugges. tioAcf membe of the 'Hill" school. was brought to the attention of the local school last Sunday and quite favorably received. The superin- tendent. Miss Rosa O Hall and Mrs. E. J. Holman were appointed a com mittee with full powers to act in conjunCtion with tho "Hill'' commit. tee. If . piOniO is held. it would seem likely that it might be at the north end of Coventry lake.
 ELLIMGTON..
 Crystal Lake.
 Clifford c. Charter of Bridgeport spent Sunday with relatives in the plaoa.