The Press., 1911-07-19
WILMINGTON.


 New York. She returned on Monday, l Mrs. Elizabeth Stout of Asbury
 Park, N. J., is at Cozyoroft for g
 visit.
 O. A. Oosgrove was gladly vel
 comed at church Sunday for the first
 time since April.
 On Saturday MT. Lewis and wife came from New Jersey to Hillside for 8 months sojourn.
 John Merriok and daughter, Mrs. Lathrop, who are in Holyoke. expect to come early in August to Willing ton. when they will be accompanied by Miss Church.
 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Osborne, who have sold their house in East Willington. made the trip to their new home in Coventry in Sperry's automobile, Mir. Obsorne being quite infirm.
 MT. and Mrs Franklin Edson mo- tored to Boston and Plymouth last week, spending Friday night at Hill side. and with their children and governess making an early start for their home in Greenwich Saturday morning.
 A petition for the condemnation and removal of the unsightly structure at the Fountain Triangle has been circulated for signatures, and will be sent to the seleotmen, wbo will doubt less be glad to act upon the suggestion of many citizens.
 The Sunday school was a record breaker for the smallness of the at- tendance and collection. The church service was we'll attended, the sermon excellent, the text being "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wis., dom, - and the music very fine. At the Endeavor, which was led by Mrs. Preston, Rev. and Mrs. E W. Darrow sang Q duet, which was much enjoyed.
 Mrs. Ella Dimock Pettit, aged 66 years, widow of Dr. Alonzo Pettit, died July 7th at her home in Eliza. beth, N. J after lingering illness of almost five years. Mrs. Pettit was the daughter of Rev. Anthony Vaughn Dimcck and was born at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in 1845. On her moth- CT g side her ancestry is traced back to Peter Brown, the thirty third signer of the May flower compact, and by her father she is descended from the he- reditary champions of England. After receiving her education at the Cor nc cticut Literary Institute at Sufield, Conn Mrs. Pettit came to this oity in 1862, and since then had been prominent in charitable and church work here. Mrs. Pettit married Dr. Alonzo Pettit. deacon of the Gen. sral Baptist church. August 31, 1869, and had since resided here. Dr. Pettit, who was prominent in the profession and in the affairs of the city, died in 1908. Probably of all the associations and charitable work by which Mrs. Pettit became so we'll known and loved, the most con- spiouous was her zeal and interest l for the progress of the general hos pital. Mrs. Pettit was intimately | identified with the hospital from its | and was honorary presi- | dent for life of the Ladies' Aid society | connected with the institution. As | B mark of esteem for her beloved character and appreciation of her interest and aid, the training school Tor nurses was named after her. There is also bed in the hospital en- lowed by Mrs. Pettit. She was chair man of the international conference of women's foreign mission boards and president of the state primary | council of Sunday school teachers, member of the board of directors of the Women's Baptist Foreign Mission sry society, whose headquarters are in Boston. Mrs. Petit was also honor ary president for life of the Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary society of Ehis state, and assistant superintendent of the Central Baptist Sunday school and superintendent of it's primary de- partment. She and Dr. Pettit were among the oonstituent members of the | Central Baptist church, and both were members of that church up to the time of their death. Mrs. Pettit is by three brothers. Anthony ". Dimock of Peekamose, N. Y., George E. Dimock and Arthur V. Dimock of this city, one sister, Mrs. }. M. Dudley, also of this city, and TWO aunts, the Misses Juliet and Mary Weston, her mother having been Susan Weston.
 Many of the older readers of The Press, far and near, will be interested In the above obituary clipped from the N. J.. Journal. Her ather, Jonathan Weston, was for many years one of the most prominent citizens of Willington. He was the irst regularly appointed postmaster ,f the town. He and his wife were members of the Baptist ,huIch. Their home was what Is low known as the Pierce cottage on inc Hill.
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