The Press., 1913-06-18

w. Fl. Oorbin of Hartford was
 guest of friends in town on Sunday.
 Miss Frances Alden is at hom
 from Wellesley college for the sum
 mer.
 Woods orchestra will fnrnis
 music for a dance in Wales Saturda
 evening.
 MT. and Mrs. 0. W. Peek hay
 hired Judge Reeds residence for tn summer.
 John B. Bolieau has gone to Salem Mass, to visit his father, Charle Bolieau.
 Contractor Jones of Willimantic i doing the brick work on the nev Gary block.
 There will be a meeting of the minstrel club at Borough hall to morrow evening at 8 o'clock.
 John T. Bolieau has recovered iron his accident sufficiently to resume his duties in the plant of Smith & Cooley
 Members of the Myriad chapter, Daughters of Rebekah, were guests oi the Manchester chapter Monday even ing.
 on account of a fall down stairs re- gently, in which he broke one of the small bones in the knee joint.
 The class day exercises at St. Ed wards hall this evening will be fol lowed by dancing, to which all those having invitation cards are invited.
 Miss Eva Candice Mercy and Clar- ence William Wood will be united in marriage at the Methodist church Wednesday afternoon, the 25th. The ceremony will be private. E..-.
 The repetition of the minstrel show drew a good crowd last Friday even ing and proved profitable The show ran off smoothly and there was an en- joyable dance after the entertainment.
 In turning the corner from Spring street to Main last Sunday afternoon Allison Lyon drove his machine into Elmer Blair, who was coming down Main street in his auto. Both ma chimes were damaged. but not seri- ously.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Demond of North Adams, Mass. MT. and Mrs. Charles Moore, Miss Mary Leach, Miss Helen Leach and Charles Chand- Ter returned Monday from an outing of few days at the Chandler cottage at Crystal Lake.
 Warden Leach is giving Furnace avenue a coating of trap rock. He will use one carlord and possibly more. This method of road repairing is proving very satisfactory, and there is a larger demand for it than the means available can furnish.
 F. B. Barton of Palmer was in town yesterday calling on friends. He will sail tomorrow from New York and will spend the summer in study at Madrid, Spain. On his return in September he will resume his position as instructor in French and Spanish at Williams college.
 Counsel for E. O. Pinney and for the town have come to an agreement to the appeal from the board of relief on the matter of taxes filed by MT. Pinney. The court will prob ably hand down a decree next week the conclusion reached by the attorneys, which includes a re- duction of the amount of taxes.
 The ladies' society for organized aid to the hospital held it's monthly meeting yesterday afternoon. Mrs. H. O. Fisk was elected first vice -presi- dent. Miss Holt was appointed com mittee to receive and bring to the next meeting suitable names, from which the club may choose one for it's permanent title. It was voted to have a membership fee of 25c. Some of the hospitals needs, present and future, were considered, and the house committee was asked to arrange some thimble work for the next meet ing, which will be July I5, at 2.3O p. m., instead of o'clock, to give more time for the work.
 St. Johns commandery, Knight Templars, of Willimantic, will have a field day here next Tuesday There are 25 local members of No. 12, and a committee has been chosen on this end to assist in the entertainment, including A. I. Mitchell, Wm. Park, J. M. Leach, Richard Fisk and H. S. Abel. The Knights will parade in uniform, with a band, from the Springs House to East street, thence to the triangle by. the Methodist church and back to the hotel. Din ner will be served about noon at the Springs House. The other details of the day have not been fully ar- ranged, but the committee chosen is a capable one and there will be no dull intervals. An auto ride to Crystal Lake will be one of the fea- lures in all probabilities, and if the weather is not too warm there may be a ball game on Hyde Park.
 The high school baseball team de- feated the Rockville high school team yesterday in very exciting game by score of to 4. The score :-
 s. H. s. bh DO @ 2, 1 1 l o Rafftery, s, l 3 3 Dawson, 0, o 7 4 0 Wise, p, l 0 l O Hhorko-