The Press., 1911-10-25

E. Q. Tufts will represent tn
 Springfield Union locally as oorre
 spoudent, and has already oommenoe'
 work.
 The Oomique will show three
 special reels Thursday afternoon ant
 evening. showing "The temptation
 of great city. !"
 Mrs. Wallace Melbourne, employed
 at the Warren woolen mills, fell dowI
 flight of stairs last week and brokt
 her arm just above the wrist. Sht
 was attended by Dr. c F. Bard.
 Next Sunday morning at the Metho.
 dist church the pastor. Dr. Horton,
 will preach on "Completeness '' Ia
 the evening the monthly union service
 will be held with sermon by the Rev
 R. G Clapp. ..
 The first soclable of the season will
 be held at the Congregational chapel next Wednesday evening, with supper at 615 H ,stesses, Mrs. F H. Spell man, Mrs 0. E Butterfleld, Mrs. F.. J. Butterfeld
 The Current Events club will meet Monday night at 30 The subj sot of the meeting will bs the liquor problem, and papers will bs read upon causes of intemperanoe, methods of GOT trol and proposed solution by Mrs H Alden, Mrs. R G Clapp and Miss M H Jones A report of the autumn meeting of the State Federation of Women's ubs, recently held at Olin- tln, will be given by the delegate, Mrs H Alden Hostesses, Mrs W. Fl. Cooley, Miss Celia Holt.
 Sunday the annual service for the aged was held at the Methodist church, and in spte of bad weather the attendance was large. A doubl' uhoir of old and young, under the abl } dire ction of W=sley Dimock. filled the church with the melody of such rare old tunes as "Turuer. " "Exhor- tatiou" and "Duane Street." and the choir of the junior congregation added charm to the service. The pastor preached an appropriate sermon on "a promise to the patriarch '' In the evening 8 platform service was held in which seve-al laymen participated, the topic being, ''If were a boy or a girl again."
 The Young Peoples Auxiliary of the Methodist church very pleasantly the elderly members of the last Friday afternoon A lady of Fl was the junior guest and a gentleman of 90 the patriarch of the company. The average age was 7S years Musical numbers were given by two q1artets, one composed of girls, the other of women Rev. J. W. Ballantine made an exceedingly ftl citous speech of a reminiscent na- ture, and dainty refreshments were served. Both old and young had happy faces, and it was hard to tell which group derived t8e greatest en- joyment from the event.
 In spite of the pouring rain the county conference of Congregational churches last Wednesday was quite . uccessful affair. There saWere 55 present. in the morning and 05 in the fternoon. The general subject of the onferenoe was "Masculine Christian ty." Rev, W. W. Willard, acting ,astor at Rockville, conducted the opening devotional service, speaking m the relation of vision and task as Iuggested by Isaiah. Dea. J. O. Converse led the singing and Miss Ethel Moore was organist. Rev J ". Ballantine was elected moderator and Mr. Hamilton of Ellington scribe. Rev. Joel s. Ives, secretary state mis- Bionary society, and George B. Smith of Willington, editor of Connecticut Farmer, gave very interesting ao. counts of the successful Federation of the Baptist and Congregational at Willington. This recent aot of church union in our neigbhor- hood Is arousinR widespread interest through New England as of great promise for the future of many over- ,hurohed communities. Rev O M the new pastor at Man chester, spoke next on ''The churoh's resoul css for the reclamation of it's men " MT. Oaldelwood is 8 vigorous speaker and effectively pictured the power of appeal in the concrete prac iical preaching of the men who fill the pulpits of the larger churches in New York, where, as assistant pastor, he had ample chance to listen from the pews He also drew from his ex. perienoe in his church with men who had not been drawn by conventional Danquets, but by definite tasks of so- ,ial reform. The Ladies' Aid society It's fair name as a pro- Eider of 8 bountiful table. At 1.3O Rev. J. J. Lock, tt of Andover led the ievotions. Rev. Lewis Rogers of 5torrs then discussed "The estrange- nent of men from the church, dwell Ing especially on the discrepancy be- tween preaching and practice. Prof rhom was hindered by unexpected ofi 1ial duties from attendance, but Ient a paper urging that men would iake hold if only definite tasks were Iet before them. MT. Howe of the high school found a good ieal of the Crussders' unquenohable being rekIndled in men of the church to-day. Dea J. O. Con- verse made . plea for the simple gos- pei message, "the faith of the fathers. Prof. Beach, by a regret table mistake in train directions, was unable to reach Stafford. The Holland Foreign Missionary society passed on the death of Andrew long a vice. president, and re. elected Fl. c. Talcott. president, and MP AOard of ToIlaud aoorakarv