The Press., 1913-11-05
The Eastern Star will have a base

pail WhlSG Friday evening.
 Woods orchestra will furnish musi for dance at Wales Saturday night.
 John Arnold and Miss Amy Arnol
 are contemplating trip to Florid'
 for the winter.
 Regular meeting of Orient chapter
 R. A. M, tonight. Work, Marl
 Master degree.
 The Home and Foreign Missionar,
 societies will meet at the Oongrega
 tional parsonage next Tuesday after
 noon at o'clock.
 E. L. Burr will be at the store O.
 the Modern Clothing company in tht
 new Gary building this week to re
 ceive water rent.
 Miss Edith Cushman has returned
 to her home in East Wilmington aftel
 short visit in the home of MT. an(
 Mrs. Frank Barrett. Miss Cushman
 who has been i'll, is much improved
 in health.
 Miss Margaret Cooley and Mrs. c. B. Pinney attended luncheon of the Connecticut Bradford Academy clut at the Hartford golf club Saturday. Miss Cooley is secretary and treasurer of the club.
 i In a seven heat race at Windsor last week ''Leila Morse,'' owned by Col W. H. Hall of South Willington, was the winner. Local horsemen are ex- tending congratulations to MT. Hall on the splendid showing of the mare.
 J. R. Parkhurst, Mrs. H. E. Wal colt, Miss Edith Cushman of the Methodist Sunday school, and Mrs G. Percival Bard, Mrs. L. B. Baker and Mrs. J. W. Robinson of the Con- gregational school are attending the state Sunday school convention in Norwich.
 The members of the Holy Name so- ciety of St. Edwards met Sunday evening and elected the following officers: President, ND. O'Connell i; vice-president, Victor J. Bissenette; i; secretary, Angelo L. Argenta; con- suffers, Michael o Halloran, Michael Roberts and Anthony Balch.
 The local Italians will present a dramatic entertainment in St. Ed wards hall Nov. 1 4th and l 5th. The title of the play to be presented both evenings is "Schiavo di San Domin- go" Dancing will follow. the first and farce will conclude the performance the second evening.
 There will be town meeting at the town house at Stafford next Mon- day at .30 D. m. The first article to be considered is relative to laying a tax for the current expenses of the town for the ensuing year. There is also an article relative to opening the old county road, leading from the home of Rose Tetrault to the home of John Mitchell in West Stafford, and the usual article for the appropriation of $80 for Memorial day.
 The dynamite demonstration on the farm of 7. H. Plumb tomorrow after noon Nov. $ bids fair to draw quite crowd, as farmers all over town, as we'll as business men, are interested. Secretary L. H. Healey of the state board of agriculture and c. E. Wilkes, the dynamite expert, will ar i've early in the day and plan the which will begin at 1 0 clock. Rocks, stumps, ubsoil and tough swamp turf will be blasted, as we'll as a drainage ditch blasted out and holes for trees. A bus will meet the l2.15 trolley car md go direct to the farm. The Hud- 'on garage will run autos to the farm, with return trip, at 50 cents per pas senger. Persons desiring to go by auto should phone the garage office for seats. Thursday evening MT. Wilkes will deliver free lecture on what has been done with dynamite, how to use it, etc., to be illustrated with stereopticon pictures, at the Methodist church vestry, to which the public is cordially invited. After both the demonstration and the lecture MT. Wilkes will answer questions bearing on the subject, giving the best advice he can.
 The annual convention of the Wom- ans Home Missionary society of the New England southern conference, held at the Methodist church this week, is nearly over and has proved a very interesting event. There are between 50 and 60 delegates and visi- tors present from all over the district. The convention opened Monday even- ing with a meeting of the executive board, when plans and outlines were made for the sessions to follow. The next session was yesterday afternoon, which opened with a report of the secretary, Mrs. Albert W. Rogers of New London. This was followed by the report of the confer ence treasurer, Mrs. J. Francis Cooper O4 D1OChGOu MdSS | Il0 I6pOEIS Ol the district secretaries, three in num- Der, were next read. A feature of the afternoon was the address of Rev. George G. Scrivener devoted to a sur vey of the field and the work. An interesting evening session of the con- vention followed the afternoon meet ing. A feature of the evening session was the dramatic presentation of "The Unpacking of the Missionary Barrel, !" given by the Queen Esther circle of the local church. At this session there was an address by Miss Carrie Barge of Delaware, Ohio, national field secretary of the organization. The practical nature of the address by Miss Barge, her thorough under standing of her subject and the con- else presentation of the details of the work won for the speaker much com-