The Press., 1912-09-04
HOLLAND.

the guest of MT. and Mrs. Robert Amidon.
 Miss Pauline l.. Newcomb left for her school in South Manchester Mon day afternoon.
 William Overman of Springfield was the guest over Sunday of Mrs. Mary Baldwin. .r -
 Mrs. Philip Doyle has returned from a visit with relatives i'll Boston and Providence.
 Mrs. Mary M. Ryder has been spending a short time with Mrs. Jane Brace of Somers.
 Daniel Webster of Holyoke was the guest over Sunday of MT. and Mrs. Walter Pearson.
 Mrs. Jennie Pearson and sons of Derby have been recent guests of MT. and Mrs. Walter Pearson.
 MT. and Mrs. Frederick Pretat of Waterbury were the guests over Sun day of MT. and Mrs. Harry Bartlett
 
 returned home after spending three weeks with his sister, Miss Julia Young.
 Mrs. Martin Mill and daughter of Rockville were the guests last week of the Misses Mary R. and Florence J. Leonard.
 Rev. and. Mrs. J. N. Geisler and family returned Thursday from a three-weeks' stay at the Willimantic camp ground.
 Wm. A. Agard and Miss Lucille M. Agard returned Friday from a visit with MT. and Mrs. Henry Baker of Hyannis, Mass.
 I. Tilden Jewett recently attended the Jewett reunion of America at Rowley, Mass. He was accompanied by Frederick Metcalf.
 Mrs. Percy Hamilton Terhum of Passaic, N. J., and Capt. and Mrs. Edward P. Bartlett of San Francisco, Ca., are the guests of MT. and Mrs. Wm. B. Ludlow.
 MT. and Mrs. David Shirrell and daughter, Miss Helen ,.Shirrell, of Hartford, Mrs. Alfred Graham and IT. 0. Lewis of Hartford, were all recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sterry.
 Rev. and Mrs. Robert M. French and daughters and MT. and Mrs. Wm. B. Ludlow and family and Mrs. Grace Ludlow returned from Charleston Beach, R. l., where they have been spending the last two weeks
 Mrs. i Frank Mack and daughter, Miss Edith Mack, of Chicago, Mrs. Abbie Ladd of St. Paul, Minn. Mrs. Hattie Weeks of Hartford, Mrs. De- Wolf of Marion, Ind, were all recent guests at the "Steele House.H
 Miss Flora D. Whiton will give an address in the Lee Methodist church Sunday morning on |" .Thel life of the negro at home'' Miss Wilton was, teacher in a mission school in the u
 The delegates elected at the repub-, lican caucus Friday were as follows : State, Edward E. Fuller, Lewis B. Price, Joseph Metcalf, Charles s. Hurlbut; congressional, Edward D. Fuller, A. .Esten Clough, Charles s. Hurlbut, William A. Agard; sena- r, h cock, John M. Bowers, O. H. West.
 The annual thank offering meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society was, held Friday afternoon at the home of Miss Miriam l.. Under wood. Mrs. Henry Birdseye of Glen Ridge, N. J., gave very interesting account of the missionary meetings at Northfield. Mrs. Elizabeth Grannis of New Y ork gave an instructive ad- dress on the social purity movement, with which she is connected in New York city. .*
 The annual election of officers of the library association was held in the library rooms Monday afternoon. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. E. l.. Whiton; vice. presidents, Mrs. James H. Clough, Mrs. Charles H. Sterry; secretary, Mrs. Edwin s. Agard; treasurer, Mrs. Mary J. Baldwin; directors, Mrs. Oscar A. Leonard, Mrs. John H. Steele; chairman ways and means committee, Mrs., Wm. B. Ludlow literary program committee, Mrs. l.. Ernest Hall. The report of the li- brarian, Miss Lucille Agard, was as follows: Report of the Holland pub lie library for. year ending Sept. l, 1912: For fourteen years we have enjoyed the privilege of a public li- brary. It has grown from few hundred books to 3O9O, our present number. Our gifts this year have been beautiful picture of Niagara Falls, presented by our faithful friend, Mrs. Hamilton F. Downing, and kind friends have given a few books and magazines, which have been and read. A fine new sign has been purchased. Our circu- lation shows gain over last year of 36O books, total number of books taken out being 2916, an average of 52 books a week; fiction, 172S; non fiction, 11Ss, splendid showing of non fiction works, there being only $40 more fiction than non: fiction taken out Most popular books of the year have been" The Harvester, !" Spell of the Rockies,'' Strawberry Acres, Following of the Star, '' Changing Chinese, ? "Iron Woman,'' "Adven- lures in Oontentment, Winning Barbara Worth' and "Mary Gary. A literary program followed the busi- ness session, after which tea was