The Press., 1914-10-28
W. R. c. meeting next Wednesday.

Regular meeting of the Sons ( F Veterans this evening.
 Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin is wit
 relatives in Bridgeport.
 J. W. Witt visited relatives an friends in North Brookfield last week
 A number of the local Mason visited Hampden lodge in Springfiel
 last evening, making the trip b
 automobile.
 Frank Carpenter was taken sudden
 ly i'll while at his work at Smith {
 Cooley's this morning and was takel
 to the Johnson hospital.
 The Ladies Aid society of tn
 Congregational church will hold
 rummage sale Wednesday, Nov. II
 in the room over Gary Bros. coa
 office. The sale will open at 1 1 a. m
 The republicans will hold a rally
 at the Comique theatre on Friday
 night at 8. 15. The speakers will bt
 Cornelius J. Danaher of Meriden
 Alexander W. Creedon of Hartford
 and O. Dennison Talcott of Talcott
 vile.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Congregational church will hold their
 Wednesday. Supper will he served at G.. Hostesses: Mrs 0. E. Butter field, Mrs F. D. Butterfield, Mrs.
 H. s. Abel.
 W. H. Webster has sold his meat market business to Norman Greaves and his brother, Walter Greaves, and they have taken possession. Norman has been in the employ of MT. Web- ster for some time, and Walter has been machinist at the Warren mill.
 A recent increase of fire insurance rates throughout New England on all village property insured for terms of three or five years, has been made by the New England Insurance Ex i change, which is an association of practically all the fire insurance com panies doing business in this section of the country. This increase does not effect the rates heretofore charged for insurance on farm property.
 Methodist Church Notes: The Sun- day school board has appointed J. R. Parkhurst and o. P. Hodgson dele gates to the coming state convention at Meriden, Nov. 4 to 6. The board also enjoyed most delightful social occasion on Monday evening. The Standard Bearers met last evening with Miss Hattie W. Lee. The w. H. M. S. will meet Friday at 8 p. m. with Mrs Chas. G Ellis. The Junior League will meet that even- ing. Judge J H. Reed was recently elected as trustee to fill the place ot the late Andrew Whiton. Miss Mary Reynolds is the newly elected presi- dens of the Standard Bearers, Miss Edith Adams of the Queen Esthers Miss Gladys Cummings of the Junior League. with Elinor Graves as secre- tary and Percy Parkhurst as treasurer. Next Sabbath the communion service will be observed ill the morning. The pastor will preach in the even- ing on ''What is the will of God? Can we know it and can we do it?'
 There was a large attendance at the annual convention of. the Holland county Sunday school association in the Congregational church on Friday. The program was carried out as planned. and covered many phases. of Sunday school work. Rev. B. F. Case of Holland led the devotional service which opened the meeting at 10. 80. Rev. O. 0. Tibbetts of Vernon spoke on Sunday school work in Rhode Island. Oscar A. Phelps of Hartford was one of twelve Connecti- cut delegates to attend the national convention held in Chicago this year and he, gave an encouraging report of it. The convention met at Chicago twenty-seven years ago and the figures given in comparison with statistics published then showed a large gain. There were 5000, 900 pupils in protestant Sunday schools then and l8,OOO,OOO now. In the past three years there has been gain of 1900 new pupils every Sunday and 5000 additions each Sunday to church membership. The next international congress will be held in Tokio, Japan in 1916. Edwin R. Garter gave an address on grading the small school which was followed by dis cussion. The delegates brought basket lunches and coffee was served in the dining room. Rev J. H. Buckley of Rockville had charge of the devo- tions which began the afternoon session. Rev. H. Douglas Pierce of Rockville spoke on teacher training in which he gave due praise to right training. He recommended that all teachers get adequate means but mt elaborate means to assist in teaching. Above all he urged that every teacher should have the impelling power of Jesus Christ and use their oppor- tunity to teach as a direct task from the Master himself. Rev. H. O. Newell of Somersville told of his work in the south, stating that large centers there have practically the same opportunities as here. He des- cribed conventions in rural towns of Georgia and t'all day sings" in the hill towns of Georgia and Alabama. There are forty-five Sunday schools in Holland county and Mrs E. o. Foster of GO1umbia, elementary superintend- ent, reported 175 elementary teachers and 1925 elementary pupils in her There are 27 cradle rolls. Miss Florence A. Moore of Talcottville reported the missionary work of which she is department superintendent, and Miss Mary J. Kim hall 0f E1linOk0n Oouo fho ronort Or