The Press., 1912-10-16

Billodeau over Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Wesley o. Hollister
 left town Monday afternoon for their
 home in Detroit, Mich.
 H. M. swartfguer, the optician ot
 Rockville, will be at Burwell's store Friday, from ? to 8 p. m.
 | Mrs. T. G. Darby of Northfeld,
 Mass, visited over Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Joseph Garden.
 The golf match for the president s cup has narrowed down to H. E. Gil martin and O. H. Meyers to play the final.
 Maine M. Royce, formerly of this
 borough was married. to Miss Alma Gerten Monday morning at WOon- socket, R. l.
 Miss Kittie Hanrahan and Miss Jennie Blair of New Britain were the guests of Mir. and Mrs. Oscar Irons during the fair.
 Mrs. Mae Clayton goes next week by water from New York to George town, S. O., where she has accepted a position as teacher.
 The Ladies' Aid society will begin their series of suppers with a Hallo- ween sociable October 3Oth at the Congregational chapel
 Mrs. G. H. Barber of New London spent few days last week with her mother, Mrs. B. F. Taylor. MT. Barber also came for a short visit.
 Miss Bertha Freeman was before the park commissioners last week and outlined her plans for welfare work. The Press will publish an article next week by Miss Freeman, giving details of her plans.
 The first match in the Stafford candlepin league was played Monday evening, when the Rhode Islands won from the Independents by two points. Last evening in the second match the Merchants won by three points over Johnsons.
 At a caucus held Monday evening the prohibitionists nominated Esek Sweet and J. Wesley Dimock as can- didates for representative. At a caucus held last Wednesday evening the socialist party nominated Edward A. Clark and F. B. Sidaway as candi- dates for representative.
 At the annual meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. E. K. Taft; presidents, Mrs. Frank Orcutt, Mrs. l.. G. Horton, Mrs. o. P. Hodgson; recording sec- retary, Mrs. A. O. Eaton; treasurer, Mrs. B. T. Eaton; corresponding seo- retary, Miss Florence Wash burn.
 At the republican caucus held at Borough hall last Wednesday evening Clarence E. Brown and John A. Eos ter were nominated for representatives, and the following for justices of the peace: R. H. Fisk, O. F. Chandler, W. H. Reed, ". H. Heald, J. N. Sib- ley, T. M. Lyon, G. P. Ide, H. A. Glazier, LaVergne Dimock and W. R. Preble. A. O. Brooks acted as chair man of the caucus and George Siswick clerk.
 The democratic caucus to choose for representative and justices of the peace was held in Bor- ough hall Monday evening. O. B. Pinney acted as chairman and A. W. | Kingsbury as clerk. The following | nominations were made: Represen- tatives, J. Allan Mix, Wm. s. Wal bridge; justices of the peace, Henry | O. Fisk, Karl O. Adams, Wm. H. | Bumstead, Myron P. Avery, Lucius I D. Colburn, Willis E. Belcher, Ma poleon Pero, Jr., Frank M. Barrett, William E. Hanley, Vim. H. Heald.
 Henry E. Bugbee, 70, a native of | this town and veteran of the Grand Army, was found dead in his bed at | his home in Monson Sunday morning. | Mir. Bugbee lived in town until his early manhood and enlisted in a Con- necticut regiment. A. l.. Howard, MT. and Mrs. F. W. Howard, Mrs. D. | P. Smith and Mrs. D. F. Winter at tended the funeral, which was held from his late home yesterday after noon. He was married to Miss A. Amelia Winter of Stafford in 1879. Besides his widow, a son, Harry w.. and a sister, Mrs. O. O. Chapin of MOnson, survive.
 The annual convention of the Tol- land County Sunday School associa- tion will be held with the Methodist church next Wednesday. The morn ing session will be opened at 11.15I with a devotional service by Rev. L. G. Horton. Addresses will be given as follows: "Cradle-roll, by Mrs. F. P. Bacheler of Talcottville; "One junior class, '" by Miss Marjorie Kite of Rockville; Separation of classes, {" by Mrs. Louis Gowdy of Somersville; Stories and story telling," 7" by Miss Frances Walkeley of Huntsville. There will be basket lunch at noon. At the afternoon session at 1.3O the devotional service will be conducted by Rev. E. W. Darrow of Wilmington, followed by the following addresses Organization as factor in Sunday school" by Sec. Woodin of Hartford | Cooperation between Sunday school l and public school, especially in sec- ID Bartlett of North Coventry; "What the Sunday school may learn from the | public school" by Mrs. H. E. Turner of Rockville; "The boy in school and ! out," by Rev. D. F. Dodd of South I Coventry; "Is teacher training frill or fundamental?" by Miss Wilhel- menia Stooker of Hartford. A social hour will follow the afternoon session and the ladies of the church will