The Press., 1912-08-14
WALES.

WALES.
 Mrs. Julia Parker, who has been suffering with a cancer for a long time, is quite ill.
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. Converse are re- ceiving congratulations on the birth of son August 5.
 k Mrs. John Heck, who has been to the hospital at Stafford Springs for the removal of a cancer, returned to her home last week.
 Much work has been done on the cemeteries the past year under the direction of Henry w. Needham, and they never looked better. The ceme- tery fund now amounts to $2O0O and many are making arrangements for permanent care. Many of the stones have been cleaned recently, and no de- tail has been neglected in bringing all four of the cemeteries to the best pos sible appearance.
 Saturday and Sunday, Sd and 4th, were big days in Wales, when the pill grims came marcing back to take 8 look at the old familiar landmarks. Commercially and from an industrial Wales varies from year to year. Just now, with two factories running night and day, there is quite a boom and the landscape is decorated with weavers and spinners, in addition to the summer people and the regular folks who reside here all the year round. Bella s. Baker, the local fish dealer, than whom there is no more quaint or lOvable character in the will lage, reports an active market, with but little back talk from the ladies. Peter Gaudette, proprietor of the leading and only hotel in town, is extremely busy. Many of the familiar faces were seen again this year and some new ones. The year has taken it's toll, and there were a missing that will never be seen again. This is the sad feature of these annual events and it cannot be different. Old Father Time plays havoc with humanity. About the usual crowd gathered at the grove for the speaking, visiting and ball games. Rev. Charles Ricketts of Norwich was the speaker and his address was patriotic to a degree. He held his audience with his eloquence. Two or three ball games between picked up hines furnished lot of amusement both for spectators and for those who took part. The exercises closed Sun day afternoon with the services in the old Baptist church, which has stood in the town since 1863. The old settlers had spent the week at Wales celebrating the annual event, and Sun day the group of gray-haired people who helped to make town history filed into the old church, following as nearly after the custom of 1870 as possible, to listen to sermon by Rev. H. P. Smith of Dayton, O. Rev. MT. Smith is former pastor of the church. All of the other churches of the village closed their doors in honor of the occasion, and a good many of the towns younger. citizens attended the old-fashioned worship in the little white building. The square, olden-ti structure was put up in the early eos and was for a time owned in conjunction by the Baptists and the town. Later the Bap- 5ists took over the entire ownership, at about the time when other churches began to come into prominence in the village. For number of years the stood idle and musty, until ! few weeks ago, when the Methodist ,hurch burned and that congregation began using the church until they could rebuild. All of the former customs of worship were followed by 'he congregation Sunday. The choir mounted to the balcony at the back | of the church, and the audience as of ! yore rose and turned toward them each time they sang hymn. Even 'he solos by Miss Krause of Monson and Miss Church of Worcester were 'ld fashioned, and everybody present sndeavored to assume as much of the 'lden-time air as possible. Alto yether, it was a delightfully."- quaint close to the annual weeks celebration, md the days service was made simi- ! ar to the Sunday services which have ,losed each of the other annual old nome weeks in the Baptist church.