The Press., 1912-08-28
Death of Mrs. Julius Converse.

retired life, and after closing Wood
 lawn made her home at the Springs
 House until her removal to Salem. Mrs. Converse was born in this town
 April 1, 1885, the daughter of John K. and Sarah Spellman Lord. She
 leaves two sons, J. Carl of this bor-
 ough and Louis s. of Salem, O., and
 two daughters, Lilla A., the wife of
 William Lee, and Mrs. Eugenia H.
 Matthews, both of this borough. Two
 brothers, James M. Lord, of this
 borough and l.. Kossuth Lord of
 Parker, South Dakota, also survive
 her. The body will be brought here
 to-day and the funeral will be held
 in the Methodist church this after
 noon at o'clock.
 E. R. Taft is serving on the jury of the U. s. court at Hartford.
 Mrs. Benjamin Fessenaen of Provi- dence is a guest at the home of Dr. O. B. Newton.
 Mrs. O. L. Dean returned to her home in Maiden, Mass, on Monday after few days visit in the borough.
 Judge and Mrs. Joel H. Reed, in returning home from Black Hall, stopped few days at the Willimantic camp ground.
 MT. and Mrs O. F. Harwood have been guests of ND. Winter of Spring field at his new summer home in Beckett, Mass.
 The democratic caucus for the selection of delegates to the various conventions will be held at the bor- ough hall Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
 Mrs. W. O. Sanford of Burnside is visiting friends and relatives in this vicinity. Roy Sanford, who has a position with the Aetna Insurance company of Hartford, was here for Sunday.
 The republican caucus for the election of delegates to the various conventions will be held at the town hall Friday evening at o'clock. A bus will leave the railroad station at '. 30 sharp.
 Grace Church Notes: The rector returns from his vacation this week. Next Sunday the regular schedule of services will be resumed: 10. 45, holy communion and sermon; 12, Sunday school; 2, evening prayer and brief address. A full attendance is desired at the opening session of the Sunday school. At the morning ser vice the rector will preach a special sermon for men.
 Rev. Edwin W. Bishop of Grand | Rapids, Mich, was warmly greeted at the Congregational church last Sun day by many friends and former par ishioners. The morning text, "Walk- ing and leaping and praising GOd," was taken from the third chapter of Acts Peters healing of the congeni- tai cripple. The special theme was Lack of enthusiasm in religious life" The evening discourse ex- plained the one hundred and twenty first Psalm, answering the question, From whence cometh my help?"
 Dr. Bishop was the guest of MT. and Mrs. J. Carl Converse and re- turned to his summer home at Dux- bury Monday. The family will re- turn to Grand Rapids the last of this week.
 A party of five, including MT. and | Mrs. John Gagner of Stafford Street and their three sons, started on an automobile tour through the White | mountains last Saturday morning. | Their destination was Berlin, N. H., where they attended the ordination | ceremonies of a relative who was or dained to the priesthood yesterday. | The whole distance of about 300 miles from Stafford to Berlin, by the route taken, was covered from sunrise to sunset, with only couple of stops of a few moments each to take in oil and | gasolene. "Tell the boys she's a peach of a machine, v John Jr. writes | back to his friends. ''We came up by | the Green mountains. We return by | the White mountains and the coast. 7"
 The public schools will open Sept. | 9th. The following is the list of | teachers engaged: High school principal, James R. Tucker; assist ants, Miss Sara l.. Sweet, Miss Mar garet W. Ballantine, Miss Gertrude | E. Stone, Miss Mary A. O'Bryan; Springs schools -. kindergarten, Miss | Edith G. Cushman, Miss Ethel Moore grade l, Miss Maud G. Booth; grade | 2, Miss Genevieve M. Hewitt; grade | 3, Miss Mary F. Leach; grade 4, Miss | Sadie L. Comins; grade Miss Ethel I. Rich; grade 6, Miss Maud E. Chap man; grade 2, Miss Ella 0. Connor grades and 9, Miss Mary E. Smith Hollow schools - grades and 2, Miss Blanche l.. Shippey; grades 8, 4, 5, Miss Mildred MacCalIum; grades 6 | and ', Miss Isadore J. Durham; grades 8 and 9, Ralph A. Booth; Stafford vile, Miss Ruth N. Dunham, Miss | Lottie W. Hatch, Miss Marjorie l Eaton; Stafford Street, Miss Nettie | J. Brown; Orcuttville, Miss F. Eunice | Bradway; Rockwell Hill, Miss Lily nola Avery; Leonard district, Miss | Louisa Wobbecke; Crystal Lake, Miss Ethel M. Davis; West Stafford Gen. ter, Miss Josephine Newell, Miss Jen- nie Towne; Lull district, Miss Edith l B. Battige; Davis district, Miss Laura E. Worthington; Crow Hill, Mary E. Hedges; supervisor of music, Miss Lulu Ide. Miss Hattie l.. El1ithorpe, who had been re-engaged to teach the grammar school at GkaRorduflfo mon