The Press., 1911-05-03

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 Rev. A. J. Mcleod. who ha preached at the Congregational churcl at Andover for three years, has re signed.
 The annual meeting of Grao' church parish will be held in the guild room at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening.
 The missionary societies of the Con gregational church will meet at th' parsonage Tuesday at 3 p m. special program has been prepared.
 "The Virginia Heroine'' will b' presented by the Girls club at the Congregational ohur oh parlors at g o'clock to night Adults, 25c; ohil dren under 12, 15o
 Surveyors have been at work this week on the highway between here and Willington. and the probabilities are that section of ptate highway will bs laid in the near future.
 Rev. c R. Dickinson, a former pastor of the Congregational churoh, oallsd on friends in town last week MT Dickinson has bsen with his pres ent church in Zanesville, Ohio, thir- teen years.
 .- Stafford.
 Mr Richmond remains critically I'll at the home of Mrs. L. s Goodell
 Mir. Fox of south Willington, who recently purch 1sed the Eugene O'Niel place. has taken possession.
 Ray. and Mrs A. B Todd and family lave for their pw home in Corringtou tc-morrow They have the best wishes of all.
 MT and Mrs J speh Reed are en- toying a months vacation amnrg the Vermont hills visiting friends ip 8renton. They will later visit fris D R in Portohester, N Y IE is hoped the change will benefit ths heplth of Mir Reed
 West Stafford.
 Mr and Mrs. F. H Graves are visiting relatives ip Maine.
 A son was born to Mr. and Mrs Arthur Dorsey last Saturday.
 Slck ITS are running in the river new and @ party of the boys speared 56 Monday evening.
 The Preston place has been sold to Oarmiue Kemp. who will teke posses sion some time this month.
 A cement wall and steps have been placed in front of the church, which will considerably improve the looks of the lawn.
 There was a family gathering at the home of MT. and Mrs. Eugene Ellis last Sunday, 1t being the birth day of Mrs. Ellis.
 O. P. Bradway is building a blat k- smith shop at the rear of the Pease barn, which will be occupied by James J. Dailsy for black sm ithing, woodwork and wagon repairing.
 Mrs. Wllb7r Alberty has bedquilt pieoed by herself and her mother -in- law, Mrs. John Pease, during one winter. which contains 676 blotks, 13 pieces in a block, making 8, 78S pieces in the quilt. The pattern is log ,abin, with csnters of turkey red an nch square.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Mckinney celebrated their golden wedding last Monday at their home, where they were married fifty years ago and have lived ever since. Mir and Mrs Mo. Kinney had invited their three chil- 1ren and five grandchildren to spend the day with them, and were oom- pletely surprised in the evening, when about forty of their friends sud- denly called to wish them long and happy life. They were the recipients of many beautiful cut flowers and presents of gold and china Refresh ments were served, after which Rev. J. W. Ballantine read the following poem:-
 It was 50 years ago
 h the pleaasnt month of May, h the beautiful country glow,
 Game bride, in her blooming way This very house she entered
 And made of it 8 sweet home, With none who coul1 have battered
 The fireside in which she shone Her tasks they were unnum bered,
 But to them she gave her time And finished them ere she slumbered,
 While every hour speeded in rhyme. She was nimble and diligent always,
 Full of sense and sterling worth, While her feet seldom went to the
 orossways,
 Her home was her wolkshop for
 both.
 She was keen and clever in speech,
 And many's the time that she
 played In the dialogues and dramas of each
 Social and Ladies' Aid No wonder the young and brave bride-
 groom
 Was proud to have gained his mate, For in all of West Stafford was there
 no room
 To question 8 choice so great. So of course he was fond and tender
 Of his loving and cheerful bride, So the years they havs spent together
 Have been liks golden ride. No doubt, I ween, you would find, if
 you travel,
 Some of the work he ekillfully
 wrought, As with qualities of lasting worth
 He deftly and diligently brought From his honest wolk1hop and toil
 The fruit of his labor and skill. r