The Press., 1913-03-26

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 Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Melbourne from Monson spent Easter with theil daughter, Mrs. Fred Rand.
 Mrs. Bessie French and Mrs. Annie Evans from New London were the guests of Paul Ginholdt over Easter. | Stafford.
 A double quartet from the Univer. salist church sang at the hospital last Sunday.
 Miss Helen Anderson has returned from several days visit with her par. ents in Niantic.
 Miss Mary Reed and Miss Mabel Newton of East Lyme are at MT. and Mrs. J. B. Hough's.
 Mrs. Charles Holden and son o1 Palmer were the guests last week of MT. and Mrs. George H. Bray.
 Miss Jennie Lillie and Farnum o1 Willimantic were the guests of MT. and Mrs. F. J. Glover over Sunday.
 Mrs. Eliza Dugdale and brother, George Sharp, were called to New Britain last Tuesday to attend the fu- neral of relative.
 Mrs. Ella Bass and Miss Mary Brad way have returned to their home after an absence of several months in South Birmingham, Mass.
 Regular meeting of Stafford grange next Tuesday evening. Work in the first and second degrees. Invitations are being issued for dance in Me- morial hall April 28.
 Universalist Church Notes: Ser vice appropriate to first Sunday Easter. The Easter music will be repeated. Topic of sermon, ''St. Thomas. " Young Peoples Christian devotional meeting at 6 p. m. Topic, "The Lords day.'
 There will be two community meetings'' of the w. O. T. U. Fri day, March 29, one at the Universalist assembly rooms at 3. 30, and another in Staffordville, at the home of Mrs c. W. Miller, at 3. O. E. RYther of Hartford will address both meetings An invitation is extended to all to at tend, whether members or not.
 Baptist Notes: The Ministerial association held profitable session at the parsonage on Monday afternoon. Sincere regret was felt that this was the last meeting of two of our honored was served by the ladies in the vestry, who also assisted as hostesses at the parsonage. Tonight at 7.3O a cot tage meeting will be held at the home of MT. and Mrs. Wright Subject, "Vital living: the lesson of Easter, " Cor. 4: :8-18. Leader, Mrs. Black. The Ladies' Aid will meet on Thurs day afternoon for work and will serve supper from to 8. Hostesses, Mrs. Connors and Mrs. Phillips. Rev. H. M. Bartlett of Coventry will preach next Sunday in exchange with the pastor. They will attend the Yale convocation next week.
 Mrs. Chastina J. Agard died at her home in South Hadley, Mass, Sun day morning. She had been in feeble health for a number of months. Mrs. Agard was the daughter of Reuben and Abigail Murray Lamson of Lnnen- burg, Vt., where she was born Decem- Der 29, 1927. In 1850 she married Nathan Agard of Stafford, where most of her after life was spent and where their four children were born. In 1905 the family removed to South Hadley, Mass. She is survived by a son, Dr. Isaac M. Agard, president of Tillotson college, Austin, Texas; two daughters, Sarah J. Agard, of the botanical department of Mount Hol- yoke college, and Mary O. Agard, principal of the grammar school, Bloomfield, and by three grandsons, Walter of Amherst, Irving of Keene, N H., and Clarence of Bridgeport. Although her life has been quiet, she will be deeply missed by her friends, both in Stafford and in South Hadley. The funeral will be held this after noon at 3 o'clock at South Hadley, Rev. J.G. Nichols conducting the ser vice, and the burial will be in the Evergreen cemetery. E.. Mrs. Eliza H. Batchelder, notice of whose death at the home of he1 elder son, All Massachusetts avenue, Boston, on March 18th, appeared. in last weeks Press, was born in Tol, land, May IA, 1888, where her par ents, Calvin and Nabby Brainard Wiley, had resided for many years. Her father served as U. s. senator from Connecticut from 1925 to 1881. When about twelve years of age she became a member of the Baptist church in Holland. In 1854 the family removed to the house in Staf' ford which was ever after her home. There she was married to Rev. Fred. erick l.. Batchelder on January l, 1862. She transferred her member ship to the Stafford Baptist church about 1865, where her husband was pastor for forty years. While never physically strong. her interest and