The Press., 1914-12-30
WILMINGTON,

moned Monday night.
 Miss Anna Wostrel had a very in- teresting entertainment in the Dale ville school last week. There was singing, speaking and dancing by tEe scholars. The pleasantly decorated room was we'll filled with people.
 MT. Wostrel is fortunate in having an artificial ice pond on his farm we'll filled with water, and in having his crop secured. The ponds from which the supply for the Hill is usually taken are still dry, as are many of the wells. The February thaw will be looked forward to with unusual i'm terest.
 Zero weather in December is un usual here, and the record of 10 and ? below on the morning of the 26th so surprising and of such short dur ation that the snap was hardly real ized. The birds, myriads of them knew it was coming and took shelter in the chicken houses, and that sug- gests the query, what are the light yellow birds, similar to those that in summer we call wild canaries. The observing ones say they never have seen them in winter until now.
 East Wilmington.
 Miss Elsie Maine is spending her vacation at her home in Franklin.
 Mrs. James Burdick is suffering with blood poisoning in her hand.
 Mrs. Eugene Charter of Stafford Springs spent Christmas with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Frank Walton.
 West Wilmington.
 Oscar Hemmeler spent Christmas in Boston.
 Mrs. Flora DeWolf has been suffering with a severe cold.
 Miss Madie Schmidt from Springfield was home over Christmas.
 Miss Edna Bugbee of Berlin is home for Chris mas and New Years.
 William Cleveland from Springfield was home ovsF Ghristrnas sff6tS1 ss1rH 6aSy---- day
 The thermometer was 19 below zero Sunday morning, the lowest for the sea- son so far.
 The Village Hill school closed Wednes- day for the Christmas vacation. Tues day evening they had a tree and a large crowd was present, some coming from Stafford
 Frank Joslyn, R F. D. carrier, has re- gently purchased the little trotting pacer, Gay Willis, who has a track record of 214 in Danbury last fall. He expects to put her on the track the coming season.
 Miss Daisy Bakers school closed We'd nesday evening with fine program. The play given by her former pupils, who now attend the Willimantic high school, was finely rendered. The drill by the young ladies was also worthy of mention The smaller children showed their fine train ing. There was large attendance
 South Wilmington.
 Mrs. Robert Klar is quite low with bronchial pneumonia
 Carl Goodman spent Christmas with relatives in Hartford.
 MT. and Mrs Homer N. Neil and son, Homer N, Jr., spent Christmas with relatives in Willimantic.
 The violin playing by Joseph Ned wied at the Christmas entertainment ocoasioned much favorable comment.
 MT. and Mrs. John R. Neil enter tained MT. and Mrs A. D. Charter and family of Stafford over Christmas.
 MT. and Mrs. Thos A. Denman and children of Springfield, Mass, spent Christmas with relatives in this village.
 Mrs. Roy J. Wostenholm of Water bury has been spending the Christmas week with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Wm. A. James.
 Arthur Devereaux and daughter, Cora, returned Monday from visit of several days with MT. and Mrs. Frank A. Webb in Danbury.
 Rev. and Mrs. Walter H. Wester- field of Sugar Loaf, N. Y, are guests of MT. and Mrs. Thos. O. Denman during a two-weeks' vacation.
 MT. and Mrs. John H. Westerfield and daughter, Mary are at their home in this village for the holidays Mir. W. expects to return next week to Yonkers, N. Y.
 Franklin O. Gurley of Amherst college and Fred Chapman of Wor- cester, Mass, have been spending a few days with the parents of the former in this village.
 At the meeting of the Y. P. S. c. E. last week Wednesday the follow ing officers were chosen Miss Elizabeth Green, president; Jas. c. Service, vice-president; Miss Julia Denman, recording secretary; Miss Rosa O. Hall, corresponding secretary; Mrs. John Edwards, treasurer; Miss Julia Denman, organist.
 Col. W. H. Hall was able to eat his Christmas dinner with his family and is spending part of each day in his office try to catch up with accumu- lated business. Among the many gifts of flowers sent him during his illness was a beautiful towering begonia in |. . by his overseers.