The Press., 1912-07-24
WILMINGTON.

SM4UIl rom New Haven,
 Mrs. Orpha Knight has been seri- ously i'll, but is improving.
 Benjamin Benton is running a very handsome new Ford two-seat car.
 MT. Wood of South Coventry was on the Hill with Dr. Higgins Sunday.
 Regular grange meeting Friday evening. A good attendance is hoped for. ...-rn
 Moreton Lewis and wife of New Jersey are among the guests at Hill- side |''@=
 Miss Coleman's s friend, Miss Ham mond from New York is with her at present ii
 The shower of Thursday evening made it necessary to postpone the prayer meeting.
 Miss Edna Bugbee, who has been in New London for a couple of weeks, has returned home.
 Rev. Leonard Smith and Mrs. Smith of Spring Hill called on the Cosgroves Saturday. VI
 Mrs. Sleight and her little nephew, who has won all hearts, returned to New York Monday.
 Thanks to the bountiful rains with which we have been favored we have once more beautiful green hill l-top.
 It has been said tha tyou can tell 8 persons character with tolerable cor rectness if you know what jokes he finds amusing.
 Rev. B. W. Darrow went to Water ford Wednesday, returning Saturday, leaving Mr. Green in a critical and feeble condition.
 Miss Josephine Eaton of the borough has returned home after a week with Una Rounds Woods at the pleasant Rounds homestead
 Philo Church, his daughter, Miss Leila, and son, Howard, drove from Rockville Sunday morning to visit Miss Jennie Church. =.
 Hubbard Parker and five little people were in good time for Sunday school all the way from the four corners, and Arthur Jansen is as con- stant as the bell.
 Francis, the bright and helpful youth, who has been at MT. Cos grove's for year or so, has returned to New Haven, as they do not require his help now that they have sold Cozycroft.
 Tt is surprising how little one minds the weather if he has some- thing more interesting to engage his attention. '' This was proven at church Sunday afternoon, when no one thought of the deluge without, so absorbed were all in listening to Rev. E. W. Darrow's excellent sermon from the 4Sth verse of the 18th Psalm. . fa
 Mrs. Emily Baker Gardner has fre quent interesting letters from her grandson, Harold Irving Gardner, and his wife, Mrs. Emily R. Gardner, from the American mission, Hadjin, Central Turkey in Asia, where they are active in the work, especially among the young people. They feel, as all the missionaries do, the lack of ready money to extend the work, and we wonder why in this age of rush and hurry the work of spreading the gospel should be compelled by lack of funds to go slowly.
 The Ladies' Aid meeting Thursday afternoon had large attendance of The work in hand made good progress and the social hour passed on the broad piazza at the home of Miss Church, only a few steps from the conference room, was delightful. Nellie Carpenter joined with Miss Church in providing and in serving ice cream, two kinds of delicate cake and delicious Rus sian tea. The welcome rain made a pleasant and refreshing accompani- ment to the pleasant talk and no one suffered any discomfort from the down pour. Some of the completed work was sold. The society have orders from Mrs. Elmer Mathews, South for comfortables to be tied at 50 cents each and@ the society has comfortables for sale.