The Press., 1912-06-19

Thursday afternoons in July. 1-@@ s Miss L. s. Cady of Monson is the : guest of Mrs. Vim. Smith.
 Miss P. B. McCIuskey of Maine hal ! been the guest of her sister, Mis- Grace McCluskey.
 Mrs. Chamberlin and Mrs. Pierce of Manchester have been guests ot ' Mrs Mary Durkee.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert W. Smitt leave to-day for short vacation al ) the Rangeley lakes.
 The golf match with Monson fol l Saturday has been cancelled and there , will be local match.
 There will be a meeting of Myriad chapter, Rebekahs, this evening, with initiation and refreshments.
 The feature picture at the Gem theater tonight and tomorrow night will be the story of 'Evangeline. ; \ Mrs. D. l.. Clark of Worcester has been the guest of Superintendent Miss Isabelle Wilbur at the Johnson hos Ipital.
 A chimney fire in the Shahan block caused some excitement last Friday afternoon, but was extinguished with little loss.
 Aetna Life Insurance baseball team of Hartford will cross bats with the Stafford boys on the park at 3. 30 Sat urday afternoon.
 Mrs. J. Jones and daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Jones, of North Adams, Mass. were the guests over Sunday of the latter's son, Lester Jones.
 Tonight and Thursday there will be put on at the Comique reels show ing the career of Kid Garfield, the gambler, before and after his reform
 The successful candidates for ad- mission to the local high school at the recent examinations are Helen O. Fletcher, John Bowler and Ruby Bowler.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Heck of Wales was operated on for cancer at the Johnson hospital by Dr. Seelye of Springfield, !, assisted by Dr. Stretch, last Friday and is making good recovery.
 There are three men employed regularly at Hyde Park During their spare time they are working on an automobile road to the summit of the big hilL The barn at the top is to be made over into a pavilion.
 The following local teachers have taken the Jacobsen cottage at Crystal Lake and go in camp Friday for al week, Misses Minnie Shedd, Faith Reed, Mary O'Bryan, Sarah Sweet, Genevieve Hewett and Mary Leach. Miss Frieda Rand, the former music teacher, will also join the party.
 The Congregational Sunday school picnic will be held at Evergreen Park Tuesday. If pleasant, 'busses will leave the church at 9.3O; otherwise the picnic will take place on Wednes- day. Competent committees have the details in charge and it is hoped as far as possible all members of the parish will attend.
 Under large arch of mountain laurel, fern and evergreen, at the home of Mrs. Emma Hannant, Maple avenue, Farnumsville, Mass. Wednes- day evening at o'clock, Miss Oliye Gladys Hannant was welded to Harold Ernest Jones of this town, bookkeeper at the Rhode Island mill, by Rev, Charles M. Crooks, pastor of Union Congregational church, with many relatives and acquaintances attending. At 2 o'clock Miss Hilda Watts, Wor- cester, played the wedding march from '" Lohengrin, by Wagner, and Miss Hannant entered leaning on the arm of Harry W. Harris, the best man, closely followed by MT. Jones' and Miss Ruth Amanda Howe, the bride maid. The ceremony was then per- formed, the double Episcopal ring ser vice being used. Immediately fol- lowing the ceremony reception was held in front of the arch, with Miss Howe, MT. Harris, Mrs. Emma Han nant, mother of the bride, and Mrs. Henry Jones, Woodbury, N.J., mother of the groom, assisting the bride and groom in receiving. Mr. and Mrs. Jones arrived in town yesterday and have commenced housekeeping in the Martin cottage on Edgewood ~-
 0rcuttville.
 Mrs. John Carton visited relatives in Windham last week.
 The Orcuttville school closes Thurs day with picnic at Evergreen Park. |
 Mrs. Emma Ginholdt is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Charles Lidding- ton, in Athol, Mass.
 Mrs. Jane Horton has returned to Monson after spending a few weeks with her nephew, w. H. Bumstead.
 W. R; Preble has gone to Port Chester, N. Y., with his aunt, Mrs. ! Philena Preble. She will make her home with her daughter, Mrs Marcea | Weir. MT. Preble will also visit his l brother in law, Dr. J. L. Skidmore l of New York city.
 Stafford.
 Arthur Connors is spending a few days in East Hartford.
 Miss Lulu Ide has been engaged to l sing in the Universalist choir.
 Mrs. Eva Bugbee is spending fort night with friends in Norwich.
 Hyde Park extension is being cleared of brush and other improve ments are in progress.
 Miss Helen Parsons of Springfield was the guest of Mrs. E. o. Pinney for several days recently.