The Press., 1912-10-02

tuesday evening.
 Layfaette Richardson is confined to his home by illness.
 Mrs. L. F. Eaton of Providence is ) spending a few days in town. Miss Ethel Charter has accepted a position in the public school at Ston- ington.
 Walter Pease has returned from a long vacation at Newport, Vt., much improved in health.
 O. P. Buskirk has hired the house on Grant avenue to be vacated about Nov. 1st by MT. Broderson.
 MT. and Mrs. Christopher Allen are taking an automobile trip to New Milford, to accompany Miss Beatrice Congdon to her school work at Ingle- side.
 IMr. and Mrs. Harold Post of West brook were guests of MT. and Mrs. E. l.. Burr over Sunday. MT. Post re- turned Monday but Mrs. Post is re- maining for longer visit.
 The work at the cemetery entrance, which is given by Freeman F. Patten, is progressing and gradually assuming form. One of the granite columns at the entrance has already been com pleted.
 MT. and Mrs. O. F. Harwood are entertaining cousins from New York, Mrs. F. R. Masters and Mrs. Edith Gilchrist. Accompanied by Mrs. Harwood and Miss Harwood, they have been visiting localities associated with their ancestors, the King family, of Vernon. .s. .,..,...-
 Elmer Blair gave an exhibition of plain and fancy automobile driving on Main street last evening. He was driving a Hupmobile and ran against John Bartlett s wagon in front of the Ellis grocery. The wagon was slight ly damaged. After making a new start he collided with telephone pole and came to rest directly across the sidewalk, with the front wheels against the lower sash of the plate glass window in Jacobsen's S drug store.
 
 machine was backed into the highway and took the auto to the Hodgson garage. One tire was lost, the st er ing wheel was broken and other parts were damaged.
 Court Oronoco, Foresters of Ameri ca, will hold dances in Society hall Saturday of this week and Thursday of next week. The committee of ar engagements includes B. A. Clark, H. Ward and J. Melbourne. The dance committee are A. Guilman, H. Grundy and W. Smith. Music will be by Woods orchestra. Other dances next week are the Italians in German hall Friday night; the l.. A. O. H. dance in St. Edwards hall Friday evening, and the A. O. H. dance in the same hall Saturday evening. Lynch's or chestra will furnish music for the last mentioned events.
 The first meeting of this season for the Current Events club will be held at Memorial hall Monday evening at 7.3O. All members are requested to answer the roll-call with vacation notes. Mrs. Eva Macdonald Valesh of New York will speak informally to the club on current events. Mrs. Valesh will be remembered for her able address for ''Prison Reform at the State Federation meeting here in May. Misses Eunice Park and Lulu Ide will give vocal selections. Com mittee on program, Mrs. Christopher | Allen, Mrs. 0. R. Newton. Host ! esses, Mrs. G. Percival Bard and Mrs. R. G. Clapp. There are books at the public library for reference work in this years study, which have been loaned by the Hartford public library.
 Congregational Church Notes: The old folks service, which was such a successful feature last fall, will be observed again next Sunday morning. All who have ever sung in the choir are invited to meet for rehearsal at g. 45 Sunday morning. The augment ed choir will be assisted by an or chestra. The mems class are cooper ating with MT. Waite to make the ser vice attractive. Any members of the parish who desire transportation are asked to notify the pastor or Jacob Wagner, secretary of the class. The pastor will preach on "The heroism of advancing years. ' The mems class begins next Sunday a quarters discussion of Christianity in it's deal ing with the criminal The theme of the evening sermon will be ''The lawlessness of sin and the vote of to- morrow. :" A large attendance is de- sired at the Thursday night meeting to discuss whether Stafford is common place and pray that it may be and re- main holy place. Boy Scouts meet at post office Saturday at 1. 5 for ex- petition, weather permitting.
 Fair Notes.
 l.. D. Gary is trying to arrange a mule race. He wants five or more entries for this event and will make cash purse The time on this race includes harnessing and making a l start, as the mule is not to have a strap on when the word is given.
 A number of extra good platform attractions have been arranged for, in cluding Tompkins and his high school horses, the Grunathos family of aero bats, Sterretts' circus, Dare Devil Volo, the Ernesto trio and several other events. The committee in charge of this branch is negotiating for several other good vaudeville acts, aiming to do more than is advertised, as the custom has been in former years.
 The last three days of next week is the time set apart for the big fair and general homecoming.
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