The Press., 1912-07-10

Mrs. M. l.. Durkee and Miss Evs Mercy go to Springfield to-day for g weeks visit.
 The electric light office will be closed Saturday afternoons during July and August.
 The stores will be closed to o-morroW afternoon and all Thursday afternoons for the rest of the summer.
 Mrs. E. J. Walker and Miss Grace Harwood are at ''The Oaks,'' Spring field, for the rest of the month.
 There will be a special meeting of the Congregational Ecclesiastical so- ciety at the chapel this evening.
 o. P. Buskirk has gone to Ticon- deroga, N. Y., for week, to join his children, Raymond, Beatrice and Clydesdale.
 Meeting of the l.. A. A. O. H. Fri day evening at Society hall, where the society will hold it's meetings in the future.
 Miss Mary Wildey is enjoying a house party at Willsboro on Lake Champlain, the guest of her class mate, Miss Norma Barton.
 Mrs. Ethel Harmon Woods, form CT teacher in the local high school, and her son, of Somerville, Mass, are the guests of Miss Ivy Eaton.
 Miss Mary Leach, Miss Florence Wagner and Miss Marjorie Morse are at Sagamore Beach, Cape Cod, at the Massachusetts Christian Endeavor gathering.
 The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold social and basket lunch at the home of Mrs. F. H. Plumb, Ellithorpe Farm, Friday. Lunch will be served at noon, fol lowed by short business meeting and discussion of plans of work fer the coming year.
 Warden J. A. Mix has circulated a petition to be sent to Highway Com missioner Mcdonald, requesting that the strip of state road that surveys have been made for on the West Staf- ford road be started at the end of Main street in the borough, instead of at the West Stafford end. This would take in section of road that is very much in need of improving. The state road to be put in, with the strip that is now being built in Somers at the west end of the Chestnut hill road, will make long stretch of state road in that direction, with the ex- ception of a short section that prob ably will be built next year.
 Grace. Church Notes: During the remainder of the summer the hour of the early communion on Sundays will be 2. 80, instead of 10. Other ser vices as usual. On Thursday evening at eight there will be a special meet ing of the qualified voters of the parish in the vestry to see whether the parish will authorize the wardens and vestry to dispose of the rectory property. The Sunday school picnic held on Saturday at Crystal Lake was a great success. The athletic events, under the direction of Alvin Smith, were run off very smoothly, and the baseball game was hotly contested from start to finish. MT. Butterfie1d' s team finally won. MT. Beckwith proved an efficient umpire.
 The initial midsummer meeting of the federation of churches was held at Hyde Park Sunday afternoon. The park proved to be an ideal place, weather conditions favored, the speak CTS entered heartily into the spirit of the occasion, the instrumental music was we'll suited for leading the sing ing, and the 25O or more present from all parts of the town showed a re- spectful interest in the service from beginning to end. The interest on the part of young people, who had gone to the park earlier in the after noon more for an outing, was notice able. The musical program was we'll carried out by the distribution of copies of hymns, the music being led by Clarence Wood at the organ; Harold Butterfeld, cornet; David Berry, violin. J.. T. Melbourne, as the lay man chairman, presided. Rev. l.. G. Horton offered stirring invocation for a more consecrated service on the part of church members, and vigor- ous unity of action among the feder- ated churches. Rev. w. E. Gaskin, the speaker of the day, referred chiefly to consecrated service. The life of Christ was clearly portrayed as the highest tpye of love the world has ever known. By following the Christ type many can save themselves by keeping selfish ambitions under control. True pluck in Christian ser vice were referred to by Christ before the Sanhedrin, Paul in all sorts of perils, Polycarp before the Roman procurator, and other heroic sacrifices. As undue selfishness is the great evil of to-day, the keynote of the address hinged about the pressing need of a great militant good among the mem- bers of the Christian church. The more general study of the Bible was urged as giving a knowledge of the Christ life so much needed. The evils of the day, depressing and de- grading men, call for a men and re- ligion movement, as we'll as fedora tion of churches, that will do an active and vital service for mankind in keeping with the opportunities of the times. If the church cannot carry on this work, it will be evidence of ineficiency. The great test of Chris tian living is, will you take up your cross and do your duty? Next Sum- day afternoon at o'clock the feder- ation will hold it's second meeting on