The Press., 1913-06-25


 H. Friday evening.
 St. Edwards schools closed las week for the summer vacation.
 Howard Penny is home from Dart mouth college for the summer vaca. tion.
 The minstrels will have a suppe and dance at Odd Fellows hall Frida! evening.
 Mrs. M. ..Hemenway and Miss Nettie Needham are attending the straw shol reunion at Monson to-day.
 Miss Hazel Oomins, who teaches il the commercial department at the Danbury high school, is at home.
 Miss Esther Huntley of Oneida N. Y., is a guest of her aunt, Mrs w. H. Smith, on East Main street.
 Mrs. Charles Smith of Hydeville has hired the south tenement in the BidwelI house on Highland Terrace.
 Miss Sophia Szpeika was married to Anthony Duda at St. Edwards chnrh last Saturday. The bride and groom were attended by Anna Szymc zyk and Marcel Osowski..
 George Harvey, who has been al the Johnson hospital four months with rheumatism, has improved and is at the home of his sisters, Mrs. w. H. Smith and Miss Harvey.
 Miss Mabel Kingsbury of Sterling, Mass, was a guest over Sunday of Miss Celia Holt. Miss Kingsbury formerly taught the ninth grade here and is now teaching in Windsor.
 The wedding of Miss Eva Candace Mercy and Clarence William Wood will take place at the Methodist church at 4 o'clock this afternoon. A reception will follow the ceremony.
 The house on Grant avenue occu- pied by MT. and Mrs J. J. Clark has been rented to A. O. Rodman, who will occupy it early in July. MT. and Mrs. Clark are to remove to Yer mont.
 At a nuptial high mass in St. Ed wards church last Monday, Miss Vera was united in matrimony to Bronislaw Kwarciak. The attend ants were Miss Mary Kotowicz and Thomas Buy. .-t +~ t..-~ e.a,.a
 The Methodist Sunday school picnic was held at Evergreen Park yesterday. The attendance of the children was of the usual proportions, but there was a smaller number of adults. One hundred children sat down at the first tables and they were a happy and animated bunch. The weather was perfect and full program of sports proved interesting. The game of ball between the boys and the girls was won by the girls. There were no accidents to mar the pleasure of the day. ..
 Yesterday was field day for St. Johns commandery, Knights Tenn plars, of Willimantic, of which there are about 25 local members. It was decided some time ago to hold the in this town, and about 80 ,ame here in autos and joined the To- al craftsmen in busy program. The ocal committee included H. s. Abel, \. I. Mitchell, William Park, J. M. a leach and Richard M. Fisk, and they fulfilled their duties with 8 thorough ess that made the day very enjoy ble one Dinner was, served at the Iprings House, 57 sitting down, and {. M. Leach, in the dual capacity of warden of the borough and member if the order, made clever speech, n which he made it clear that the own was thrown open during the visit of the Knights. After the din- ler was served Wm. Park was heard rom, and his talk was thoroughly en- oyed, especially some of the remi- liscences. Grand Commander Ohaffee md Past Grand Commander Hinman were the other speakers, and both gave interesting talks on matters that hose assembled could thoroughly ap- )reciate. The parade formed about } o'clock, and, led by a band under he direction of Fred Lynch, marched O East street, then countermarched o Hyde Park, thence back to the Springs House. There were A in inc and the fine body of men as- embled made an inspiring and bril- iant spectacle, marching in the full egalia of the order. An automobile tide to Staffordville was next on the program. The orginial intention vas to swing around to Crystal Lake, put an accident to Dr. Mason's car de- ayed the procession long enough so hat the latter part of the trip was Returning to the borough, unch was served at the Springs House. For the later festivities the Knights were fortunate in securing V. O. Langford of Providence, the Vell-known vocalist. MT. Langford 8 thoroughly at home in either solo Dr chorus effort and his fine voice, with it's superb volume, was heard to ldvantage in the musical numbers. The visiting Knights spoke in the highest praise of the we'll known Stafford mineral water, the hot sun if the afternoon making it doubly re- The dinner and the other eatures of the program also elicited much praise and the visiting Knights themselves as much pleased with the outing before their departure or their home city.
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 Miss Margaret Glover is the guest ,f friends in Norwich.
 Whist party and dance at grange lall Thursday evening.
 Mathew and Alice Keefe attended he funeral of their cousin, Miss Gary Mitchell, in Hartford Monday.