The Press., 1913-01-08

ment.
 Mrs. Jacob Wagner was operated O
 at the Johnson hospital saturda,
 morning and is making a good re
 covery.
 Miss Frances Alden returned tt
 Wellesley college and Miss Beatric,
 Congdon to Ingleside, New Milford
 yesterday.
 The annual masquerade ball of thu
 Teutonia association will be held or
 Friday evening, the 31st, with musi
 by Lynch's orchestra.
 This evening union week O
 prayer service for the three Protestan
 churches of the borough at the Con
 gregational chapel at '. 30.
 Fred Royden of Hartford has bar
 gained for the Springs House, bu
 the deal has not yet been closed. Il
 the sale goes through, the bottline
 works will be included.
 The body of Mrs. Ruth Washburr
 was brought here from Union Hill, N. J., yesterday for burial in the
 Stafford Springs cemetery. The de- ceased was the widow of Billings Washburn, who formerly resided at the Hollow.
 Congregational Church Notes Thursday, 7.3O, week of prayer ser vice; Sunday morning and evening preaching by the pastor; Tuesday, 3 D. m., Ladies' Missionary society meeting with Mrs. C.. W. Amidon. Furnace avenue, if fair; next Wednes- day supper and free illustrated lec- ture. By vote of the church com- mittee, the Sunday evening service of Jan. IT will be omitted to join with the Methodist church, where Judge Warner is to speak. Last Thursday, after a bountiful supper, about 75 members of the church listened to the reports of the annual meeting. These gave an encouraging outlook and were ordered filed with appreci- ation. Messrs. J. O. Converse, G. W. Amidon and F. J. Chandler were elected deacons for one, two and three years, respectively. Mrs. G. H. Baker and Mrs. James Mclaughlin were made members emeritus of the church committee, and besides the official members Mrs. M. D. Harris, Miss Millie Royce, Mrs. O. E. Butterfield and Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin were chosen to active membership. J. H. Valentine was reelected clerk and treasurer. The benevolence commit tee was made up as follows: 0. F. Chanler, Miss Eleanor Valentine, Miss Georgia Beckwith, J. D. Griffiths, the pastor Confirmation was given to the officers chosen by the Sunday school: Superintendent, Charles F. Chandler; assistants, J. O. Converse, O. H. Moore; secretary treasurer, Miss Mabel Pease; executive commit tee, o. F. Chandler, J. H. Valentine, Mrs. O. E. Butterfield, Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin, Miss Mabel Pease. The Ladies' Aid have raised over $3OOI this past year; 14O hymn books have been purchased, the choir provided l with vestments, the music room re- fitted, and heat and hot water intro | duced into the kitchen. The 12 ad- | ditions to the church have made a | net gain of six, showing a member ship of 191, with IA families in the parish. The average attendance at the Sunday morning service since September has been III, evening, 82, mid-week meeting g. The very suc- cessful musical services have appreci- ably raised the Sunday evening aver age.
 Presidents night" at the Current Events club Monday evening was in every way a great success and heartily enjoyed by the members and friends present A special program had been prepared by the hostesses, Mrs. M. D. Harris and Mrs. A. I. Mitchell, in- cluding vocal and instrumental music and history of the club from it's in- stitution, fifteen years ago, each pre- siding officer reviewing the important events of her regime. A musical roll-call, arranged by Mrs. James Mo Laughlin, was sung by double quar- tette, Miss Alberta Eaton accompanist The singers were Mrs. T. Fred Null len, Mrs. 0. H. Moore, Miss Mary l. Newton, Mrs. B. P. Cooley, Miss Annette Washburn, Miss Genevieve Hewett, Mrs. 0. E. Brown and Miss Margaret Cooley. Miss Newton, the founder and first president of the club, spoke of the gathering together of a few interested friends at her | home in November, 1897. The first was officered as follows Miss Newton, president; Mrs. James Walker and Mrs. W. H. Corbin, vice. presidents; Mrs. F. F. Patten, secre- tary and treasurer; Mrs. Lewis Mo- Laughlin, leader of current events. l The following past presidents re- sponded as their term of office was called: Miss M. I. Newton, Miss G. A. Washburn, Mrs. J. A. Mix, Miss Mabel Kingsbury of Windsor, Mrs. L. Mclaughlin and Mrs. W. H. Reed. Letters were read from Mrs. R. M. D. Adams of North Brookfield, Mrs. H. A. Blake of Colchester and Miss O. W. Brown, who is spending the win ter in the south. Mrs. R. W. Ellis spoke impressively of the worth and work of Mrs. F. F. Patten, who served as club president 19O4-19O5 and 19O5-19O6. Mrs. G. Percival Bard, the president, in closing re- marks, urged each club member to become a municipal housewife, striv-