The Press., 1911-10-18

A. D. Bridges 0 Son of Hazardville
 beginning at the Somers end of tht present macadam and extending int
 Somers. Work will begin at once
 Owners of automobiles will be muct
 pleased to learn of this, as 1t will hell considerably on Springfield trips
 Mir. and Mrs. Daniel J. Hanley
 have sold their house to Mrs. Wm. The's nR and will make their home ir
 Woonse cket, where their daughter,
 Margaret. Is employed. Mir. Hanley will engage in the insurance business in the new field Both Mir. and Mrs.
 Har lsy have been prominent in St
 Edwards ohuTcl and have a large circle of friends who will regret theil departure.
 At the annual meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary meeting of the Methodist church the follow ing cfi lers were elected: President, Mrs K. Taft; vioa-presidents, Mrs. F. Oroutt, Mrs l. c Horton, Mrs O P HodgsoD; recording secretary, Mrs. A O Eaton; treasurer. Mrs. B. T Eaton; corresponding secretary, Miss F. B. Washburn; solicitor for Missionary Friend" Mrs. H Vol c1tt.
 Among those here for the fair last wee k were Walter Scott of Woonsocket, W. F. Segar of Westerly, R. I, Mir. and Mrs. A. J. Tilden of Waterbury. Mrs. G. H SImonds of Hartford, Mir. and Mrs. Evan Booth and children of Holvoke, MrF. Charles Anderson of Suffield, Mrs. James Clark of Worces- ter, Hubert Blackburn of Florence, Mass Mr. and Mrs T. O Tiffany of Manchester, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Tracy of Jewets City, Mrs H A. Kirkland and two oh l1ren of Barre Plains, Mass Mrs " B Robinson and two children of New Haven, Miss Florence Lilohfield of Hartford.
 The annual convention of the French Canadian scceties of Connec ticut will be held here next week It Ia expected that about 500 delegates and other members from various or- ganizatious will be present. Cover. nor Pothier of Rhode Island will at. tend if possible, and nearly all the French Canadian priests of the diocese of Hai tford will be here The exer- cises will be mostly religious, social and national There will be a solemn high mass at St. Edwards church Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock One of the visiting priests will deliver the ermon, which will be in French The social and patriotic meetings will be held at St. Edwards hall
 Miss Jessie G. Eaton. daughter of MT. aud Mrs George W. Eaton, was united In marriage at her home on Green street last Wednesday noon to Olive ". Harrington of Boston. It was a quiet home affair, with none but relatives and intimate friends present The house was attracti rely decorated, and the bridal couple st pod under an arch of laurel and white chrysanthemums The double ring service was used and the ceremony was performed by Rev. L. c H 1rton, pastor of the Methodist church. ThsI bside and groom were unattended. The bride wore white embroidered batiste trimmed with lace and wore Q veil. After the reception at the home Mir. and Mrs. Harrington left for a wedding trip to Montreal, and on their return will make their home in Roxbury. The bride has bsen promi- nent in the Methodist church. Si 6 was an expert bookkeeper and account ant and had worked in a number of local business places Her last posi-. tion was with the First National bank, where she was employed until a few weeks ago. The groom former ly resided here, but is at present en- ployed as a window dresser in the big dry goods store of R H White of Boston. Both MT. and Mrs. Earring ton have many local friends who wish them much happiness. Among the presents was a silver tea service from she Young Peoples Auxiliary of the Methodist church.
 At the Current Events club meeting Monday evening local questions were discussed. Flown politics" was the subj, ct of Mrs. 0. B Plnney's paper, and what the club might stand for was given by Miss c A Washburn. At o'cl ok F H. Beede, superintend- ent of the New Haven schools, ad- dressed an audience of about seventy on the essentials of 8 good school sys. tenn. one that meets the requirements of the majority of boys and girls of to-day First he spoke of the five fundame ntals-reading writing, arith- metio, spelling and grammar. and what the correct teaching of each implies Next he spoke of the im- portanoe of the health, under which head he would place physiol lgy and hygiene, physical training and medi- cal instruction Then art work was mentioned, not As a deep study, but that in music one might obtain an sp- probation and taste which would en- able him to enjoy that which would bring happiness all through life; in, drawing the knowledge of simple de- sign and harmony of color would tend toward she beautifying of the home. Under the head of culture would como that stirring up of mental activity which would demand good literature, which iu tuFD would necessarily mean much inquired in hist, ,ry and gsog- rapby. As a last topic, what voca- tional work, now introduced into many schools, has ani can accomplish, proved convincing plea for the in- troduotion of that course where pos. sible. This includes the simplest