The Press., 1914-04-01
UNION,

The schools of the town closed last
 Friday for vacation of two weeks. .
 Clifton Newell spent several days
 last week with friends in Springfield. l Mrs. T. o. Newell and son, Roger, Twill visit friends in Monson this
 week. ' ''.< .. l Miss Florence L. Barrows is at fflome from West Haven for the Easter tvacation.
 H. M. Lawson is taking time by fthe forelock and erecting 8 new corn Eorib on his farm. ,>vs,e. | I. P. Baldwin has been confined to the house for three weeks with trouble caused by poor circulation tjn his right foot
 'f Miss Elizabeth Baldwin has re. Ecently gone from the Lawson farm to Windsor, where she is attending the Campbell school.
 The mud was at it's worst for years last Friday, and the day closed with thunder shower. The ice storm of Sunday and Monday made the roads more passable again.
 Miss Evangeline Lawson returned home last Saturday" from Cushing academy for a weeks vacation. She recently took prominent part in the presentation of "The Rivals,'' by Sheridan, a play which was success fully given by the Dramatic club of the school ;;sfE ----. ':.7'. The maple syrup season has been late on account, of the long continued cold weather. and the flow of sap has many interruptions by changing weather. It remains to = be seen whether the season will be as long as usual. H. M. Lawson has 75 trees tapped and>several others are making the delicious>syrup. ....~
 A very pleasant social was held at the Town hall last week Tuesday evening. The hostesses, Mrs. George Heck and Mrs. R. B. Horton were very fortunate in having a pleasant evening and fairly good roads. About forty were in attendance, and after bountiful supper, the evening passed quickly with games and music.
 Rev. H. M. Lawson is to give an illustrated lecture at North Ashford next Sunday evening, on Picturesque Burma,!' using slides loaned by the Baptist Foreign Mission society. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson visited Burma in 1897 and spent six weeks with Mrs. Lawson s brother who has been there since 1895. The recent centennial of the beginning of missionary work in Burma bysJudson adds interest to the great work in that land.
 A brief item receutl y appeared in The Press, announcing the death of Miss Alkaline Panl of Geneseo, III. It seems fitting that some tribute be paid to the memory of this good woman whose life. was for many years .so closely associated with the best interests of Union. My first memory ofSher is that of an erect slender lady, clad with extreme neatness and sim plicity. She had kind bright eyes, beautiful glossy hair, and a, very pleas ant smile for little girls. With hos- pitable hand outstretched, she stood in the doorway of thesnsat, well kept farm house waere formany years this loyal daughter tenderiy cared for her aged father. and mother. Later see her walking in the narrow paths of her sbeautifnl flower garden, among the holly hooks, larkspurs and mari. golds. Then see her as she drove up to church. nearly always alone, but always in their season, laden with great clusters of waxyt rhododendron blossoms, gathered from her home farm. I-remem Der the pleasant after noQns and evenings when she opened heE home and offered free hospitality 5o the Ladies' society, of which she was an active member. These are ,nly childhood "reminiscences. Later learned to appreciate her sterling