The Press., 1913-06-04
WELLINGTON.
Work on the stateroad between the Hill and the station is progressing.

Rev. Theron Brown, who has been quite i'll at his home in Newtonyille, Mass, is improving.
 Mrs. Whitman Wilson, who is with her daughter in Woodbury, is very feeble and practically helpless.
 Miss Emma Rose of Brookfield, Mass. came Saturday for a short visit with her niece, Mrs. E. w. Darrow.
 Mrs. Samuel Bartlett was at church Sunday for the first time this spring, and was gladly welcomed to her ac' customed place.
 Robert Hull of Norwich passed the holiday at Mrs. l.. B. Olarke's and attended the exercises on the Hill with Miss Clarke.
 Clarence s. Preston of Boston sent a very fine floral piece for the deco ration of his uncle, Charles T. Pres. toms, grave on Decoration day.
 The name of Charles Morrison, son of the late Edward Morrison and brother of Mrs. E. J. Holman. was inadvertently omitted from the list o1 soldiers names printed in this column last week.
 On Saturday Miss Nettie Copeland attended the funeral in Hampton oi her grandmother, Mrs. Lydia Cope. land, aged 91 years. She went ir MT. Amidon's automobile, taking he1 father and other relatives.
 MT. Bugbee now has charge of the Vernon creamery and butter route, Harold Bugbee coming around for the first time Monday morning on the team instead of Harry Pratt, whose farm engages his attention.
 The Village Hill school has the banner for the best attendance during May, their per cent. being 99. 95. The pupils have collected 92 wild flowers up to date. This seems good number, as no tree blossoms have been counted.
 William Thayer of Springfield, Mass. and his wife, Mrs. Grace Wat rous Thayer, spent Decoration day with her uncle and aunt, James Fay Tor and wife, and with them attended the celebration on the Hill and were gladly greeted by her old friends.
 In our mention of the convention at Springs, I think we omitted to speak of the presence at all the sessions of Emil l.. G. Hohenthal of South Manchester, chairman of Con- necticut prohibition state committee, in whose brief address we were much 
 The financial committee of the Woman s American Baptist Home Mis- sion society, are urging all the cir cles to send their contributions quar- terly, making the first quarterly pay ment July 1st. The associational di- rector, Mrs. Preston, desires to call the attention of those interested to this appeal.
 Mrs. F. Wayland Pratt went Thurs day to Greenwich to pass the holiday with her daughter, Miss Alice w. Pratt, who is engaged in teaching in the school at Coscob, a. district in She returned Saturday, having had an interesting trip and pleasant visit. ,..
 Rev. B. W. Darrow and wife went early in the week to Northfield, Mass. 70 look after their cottages at the hummer colony there. MT. Darrow vent from there to Newton, Mass, to lttend the anniversary exercises at he theological seminary, where he ,raduated five years ago, Mrs. Dar- ow returning home.
 There was not a veteran present 1t the Memorial day exercises, Con- ade Coles not being able to attend, [. Jennings out of town, MT. Bartlett with his G. A. R. post at the borough md Ohauncy Reed, who is a veteran, having made previous arrangements. Ie was at the supper and social in he evening.
 In connection with the refreshments erved at the conference room Decora- ion day, it should be said that Miss Jennie Church was the member of the in charge and worked un- iringly and received general com- and she in turn desires to thank her many cheerful helpers.
 Lester L. Potter of Hartford iss ned for Memorial day companion book let, "The Old Soldiers Memories on Memorial Day." to his Costly Christmas Gifts of the Poor," copy of which we were pleased to receive, from one whose engaging youth is among our first pleasant impressions and recollections of Wilmington Hill, when his father was the much loved pastor of the Baptist church.
 This from Hartford paper on Mon- day is interesting, Maj. Preston being 8 native, and as a child a member of the Baptist Sunday school here, where his father, Joshua Preston, played the bass viol in the famous choir, and grandfather, Amos Preston, was the teacher of the young mems class. Maj. Preston is one of the many. who have made notable records of useful ness who went out from this Sunday school: Major E. V. Preston, who yesterday celebrated the 76th anniver- sary of his birth and the forty-first an- niversary of his connection with the school of the Asylum avenue Baptist church, was remembered by the teachers and pupils of the school at the session yesterday. The super intendent of the school, L. M.: Ro- botham, spoke briefly of Major Pres toms longsservice, and as he finished his remarks seven -yeaIs-old Constance Burdick, the daughter of H. H. Bur- II Il a