The Press., 1912-06-19
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 Mrs. Daniel Pease is confined tc her bed by illness.
 William Desso has bought the home of Mrs. Jane Keerey.
 Mrs. Francis Bates is spending g few days with her sister, Mrs. Otis Bradley.
 Miss Grace Keeney is at home fol the summer from her musical studies in Boston.
 James Scully is seriously ill at his home on the mountain from the effects of shock. s #@ ...
 Miss Leona Keeney has gone to East Orange, N. J., to act as bride. maid at the wedding of Miss Mildred Lambeth.
 Miss May Nichols of Northampton, Mass, has been visiting her sister, Miss Edith Nichols, at the home o1 Mrs. I. Fields
 The body of Francis Bates, 82, was brought to Somers Saturday afternoon from Westfeld, Mass. Burial was in the family lot in the West cemetery.
 Rev. Earl H. Thayer, the new pas tor of the Congregational church, be- gan his duties last Sunday. He will make his home at the Naples for the present. :.: .-.... . Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Whitlock of Warehouse Point have issued invi- tations for the marriage of their daughter, Janet, to Fred Cady Davis of Somers, which will take place on Thursday evening, the 27th, at 6 o'clock.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Pomeroy and daughter, Mrs. Louis Moses, with her two children, Theodore and Caro- lyn, have moved from Westfield, N. r., on account of the, death of Mrs. Moses husband and have rented the Jennie Gowdy homestead for year.
 Miss Julia Patten Allen, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Normand Francis Allen of Enfield street, and Ralph Denison Keeney, eldest son of MT. and Mrs. Lafayette Keeney of Somersvsille, were married at 6. 80 last Wednesday evening on the broad lawn surrounding the brides home, in the presence of over 500 invited guests. Landscape gardeners, florists and electricians united in transform ing the lawn and grounds into scene of fairy enchantment An orchestra from Hartford, led by Francis w. Southerland, played during the ar rival of the guests. The ceremony took place in the Italian pergola built for the occasion in the center of the grounds, and was performed by Rev. Dr. Rockwell Harmon Potter, pastor of Center church in Hartford, assisted by Rev. David Lewis Yale, pastor of the Enfield Congregational church. The maid of honor was Miss Carlotta May Allen, sister of the bride, and the best man was Leland Robert Keeney of Somersville, brother of the groom. The ushers were Edward Norman Allen, brother of the bride, Raymond B. Kenney of Hartford, Lewis B. Gordon of Hartford, Lebbeus Bissell of Rockville, Claude Pinney of New York and Benjamin O. Perk- ins of Hartford. The bridesmaids were Miss Vina Vail of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Miss Elsie Elwood of De Kalb, Ill.,, Miss Leonora Keeney and Miss Dorathea Keeney of Somersville, sis ters of the groom, Miss Josephine Stedman of Hartford and Miss Norma Allen, the younger sister of the bride. The brides gown was of white satin made with long court train and trim med with duchesse lace and pearl ornaments. She carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley and gardenias. The maid of honor wore. white taffeta silk gown with lace panier and trimmed with forget-me- nots and pink roses. The six bride maids were gOwned alike in frocks of blue taffeta silk with paniers of white princess lace, and they carried arm bouquets of Killarney roses. The brides gifts to her attendants were gold heart pendants with pearl set ting, and the groom's gifts to his best man and ushers were gold cuff links During the reception a concert pro- gram was played by the orchestra. The bride and groom were the re- cipients of many useful and beautiful gifts. MT. and Mrs. Keeney started on their trip by automobile for New York. On their return they will live at the Allen home until the com pletion of their house in Somersville, where they will be at home to their friends after October 1.