The Press., 1913-11-05
UNION.

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 W. P. Marcy is in Hartford for few days.
 Mrs. Edith Bogue is home for a few days.
 Mrs. Jennie Hamilton is spending few days at Mrs. George Towne's.
 Mrs. Oliver Howlett and daughter from Holland visited her father, B. M. Horton, the first of the week.
 Quite extensive changes are being made in the Martin house, Mrs. H. M Lawson's "chateau. Leon Booth is doing the work.
 John Sellers owl attracted con- siderable attention at the fair. It was mounted by Peter Reynolds of Stafford and was a handsome, wise-looking bird.
 The following pupils of the Center school were perfect in attendance for the month ending Oct. 31: Nellie Lynn, Joseph Tyler, Elsie Scranton, Mary Scranton, Hazel Scranton, Eva Scranton.
 The grange appreciated the kindness of Amos Allen in bringing his fine poultry exhibit to the fair last Satur- day. MT. Aliens birds have taken a good number of substantial prizes at several of the large agricultural fairs this fall.
 Rev. and Mrs. Thomas A. Williams moved into the parsonage last week and MT. Williams preached here, as pastor of the church, for the first time last Sunday. MT. and Mrs. Williams come here as willing workers and are anxious to be helpful friends to the people of Union.
 There will be box social at the Town hall next Wednesday evening. Each lady attending is requested to bring box containing lunch enough for two. The hostesses are Mrs. H. R. Howard and Mrs. G. Raymond Towne. A business meeting will al- so be held during the evening to hear reports of committees.
 The grange fair was held at the town hall last Saturday. Although the day was rather cold and uncom- fortable, compared with the wonder fully mild weather of the past few weeks, there was a good attendance at the fair and an excellent exhibition in the hall. The display of vege- tables was exceptionally good for this unfavorable season. The grains and the apples were also very good in- deed. The winners of prizes among the children who exhibited were doubtless numerous, and list will be published later. There is not space to note all the fine articles shown by the children, but there were excellent specimens of corn, cab bage, citro, beans, potatoes, etc. Among adult exhibitors were l.. M. Reed, John Sellers, Willard Richards. R. B. Horton, George Bradway and son, Myron Heck, Harvey M. Lawson and Raymond o. Barrows. Rev. H. M. Lawson's fine collection of large, fair apples was much admired. Among the fancy articles was a remarkable towel made from linen woven by Abiel Towne's mother. The fringe on the towel was tied by Miss Lucinda Towne some ninety years ago. There was also some beautiful embroidery done by Mrs. Olive Simmons. The athletic events, under the supervision of Messrs. Howard and Gillinghan, were big feature of the afternoon program. The first event was a schoolboy wheelbarrow race, which exhibited some good talent and close ly contested matches. Next came a school race, with three prizes. The first and second prizes were taken by representatives from the Mashapaug school, and the third went to Rock Meadow. After that a centipede race proved fun maker, both for contest ants and spectators as we'll. Next came 8 relay race, which made one forget the chill air and leaden sky. The broad jump proved very exciting, as one contestant, who held the record of 'thirty feet, one and one-half inches, made at the recent Woodstock fair," broke all previous records and carried off all the honors. If he had jumped ten times more, his total score would have been nearly. forty feet. A free for-all race completed the program, Nelson Horton being an easy winner. One very pleasant and helpful feature of these grange fairs is the opportunity it affords for people from different sections of the town to meet and become better acquainted with each other.