The Press., 1911-06-07

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Meyers of
 Mystic were in town over Sunday.
 woods' orChestra will furnish musiC for a dance At WAlea Saturday even-
 ing.
 The family of Ernest Royce have been i'll with bronchitis, but are now better.
 Mrs. Michael Mullins, who has been i'll with pneumonia, Is COnva- lesclng.
 The Oitizens' band will furnish music for the corner stone program June 17th.
 Mrs. E. ". Smith has returned from Oneida, N. F., accompanied by her niece, Miss Esther Huntley.
 The Hudson Garage Go. has sold a 'Hupmobile" to Superintendent Casey of the Garland mill at StAffordVille.
 A party of 15 young men from Rockville enjoyed Q baqnuet at the Springs House last Saturday evening.
 Dr. O. L. Nichols, who hAs been i'll at his home in Hoboken. has re- covered sufficiently to resume his prA1- tIce.
 F. G. Sanford and Harry Pownall have each bought . power boat, and they have been launched on Crystal Lake.
 
 The management of the Gem theatre announce an interesting program for tonight and tomorrow night. "Fish. CT Folks'' Is the feature bIograph.
 Miss Annie E. Conway, employed in the office of she Rhode Island oom- pany, Is spending . two-weeks' vAoa- tion in Boston and New HAmpshire.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. G. Davis of Green field. Mass announce the engagement of their daughter, Helen, to MaurIoe Demond, son of ,Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Demond of this borough.
 The case of 8. Brown against the Rhode Island company, for personal injuries, has been satisfactorily settled ont of court. Attorney R. H. Fix represented the plaintiff.
 Next week Wednesday evening will be amateur night at the Comique. The management is giving coupons to the ladies during the summer, which, with a nickle, admit to performances
 Miss Elbertie Rounds gave a party at her home Monday evening In honor of her 18th birthday, TWenty-three of her young friends were present and a very enjoyable evening was passed Refreshments were served.
 The Standard oil Go. has com. menced work on . new tank for the storage of gasoline. The tank will bs she same size e the tank for kero- sane and the two will be located side by side. Contractor Jones will pre- pare the masonry.
 Tha Young Peoples Auxiliary will sefvs ktraWberrIea, foe cream and cake At the Methodist Episcopal church next Tuesday evening. There will also be an entersainment. ConsistlnRl of a one-act play. antitled "Our Aunt From California. Admission, 1OI cents. Doors open at 2.
 There was fTe on the trAot known As the "bad lands". last Sunday after noon. It originated in a pile of pine boughs which had accumulated, and l owing to the amount of rubbish In the vicinity the flames gained heAdWAy enough to make owners of near by property nervous. Members of the Ire department were called and ex- the blaze with little difa- Culty. There was no loas.
 At the Methodist church next Sun- day morning the pastor, Dr. L.. G. Horton. will preach on the topic. White already to harvest. '' At 4 o'clock. in the Sunday school room. the primary classes will hold special exercises, to which parents and friends are invited. The regular 12 o'clock session of the primary department will be omitted next Sunday. In the evening Dr. Horton will speak on "The comforting God"
 The annual Whitsuntide social of the parish of Grace church was held in the guild room last evening. A good sized company took part in songs, shadow gnesaing and other Amuse- ments. Preceding the social, supper was served to the members of the choir by the Woman's Guild. Mrs. R. H. FiGk and Mrs. Catherine Hicks were the supper committee, and hearty appreciation was shown for their effort by the simple rule of "the proof of the padding" Thlrty-one were seated at the tables. Refreshments were served In the evening at the social also. Mias Katherine Smith had charge of the entertainment.
 Postmaster Abel tabulated the busI nesa of the local ofice during the month of May. and some interesting figures are presented. There were 43, 449 pieces of outgoing mail. Of those 35, 40 were letters and 8,3O9 pieces of second, third and fourth clAss mail. Incoming mail included 7S, 32O pieces. Of these there were 40. 93s letters and 23, 4s2 pieces of second, third and fourth elass matter. On rural No. 1 6.9T7 pieces were handled; on No. 2, 6,362; No. 8, 55, S6. The weight of the matter handled on the rural routes was 1 865 pounds. The average number of times that each piece was handled was i've plus.
 The Clerks defeated the Merchants last evening by 49 pins. PAtten was the high roller for ths match, rolling a single of 1O4 and total of 291. Brown excelled for Hhe merchants.