The Press., 1914-04-15
Miss Charlotte Beckwith returned Monday from a weeks visit with Nal colm s. Beckwith of West Hartford.

Miss Charlotte Beckwlth returned
 Monday from a weeks visit with Nal
 colm s. Beckwith of West Hartford.
 Sunday afternoon 3 o'clock a ser
 vice will be held in Orcuttville school
 house, in charge of the evangelistic
 committee of federated churches.
 Mrs. Dietrick will speak and there
 will be special music.
 At a session of the superior court
 at Rockville, yesterday, with Judge
 Green on the bench, Rev. P. V. Nor
 wood of the borough made the opening prayer. Joseph Dellamo was tried
 for burglary in breaking into the store
 room of J. Wasserman on the 17th of
 January. On advise of his council,
 NJ. D. O'Connell, who was appointed
 to represent him, he plea1 guilty and
 was sentenced to states prison for not
 less than one year and not more than two years.
 The pocket billiard match of the Stafford club ended last week with a
 victory for A. | Mitchell's side,
 which won by 1926 points to 1891 for James Sheppard's side. Last week George Frazier defeated finders Jacob sen % to SS, and c. G. Gilligan de- feated Henry Roehm 100 to 73; both bringing victories for the Mitchell side A round robin pocket billiard match had been arranged and was started Saturday night but will have to be postponed on account of the fire on Sunday morning.
 The Womans Christian Temperance Union will hold an institute of meth ods of work, Tuesday afternoon in the Congregational church. The state president. Mrs, Caroline B. Bnell and Mrs Emma Graves Dietrick of Lockpnrt, N. r., will be present and speak on different phases of activity, inclu ling prize essays, medal con- tests, lJyal temperance legion and flower missions. A special invitation is exten Ie to the public school teach CTS. In the evening a free public meeting will be held at the same place, and the principal ldress by Mrs. Dietrick, national organizer and lecturer. As lecturer on temperance and allied subjects, she is eloquent and convincing. thoroughly equipped intellectually and morally.
 Attorney M. D. O'Connell is re- ceiving many congratulations on his selection for health officer for Holland county, at the meeting of the state | board of health at Hartford last We'd | nesday, to succeed E. M Yeomans, who has resigned on account of being | appointed one of the state referees in bankruptcy. The board voted to re- commend to Gov. Baldwin that he be appointed, and the selection is equiva- lent to an appointment. MT. O'Con- nell has practiced law in this borough for the past twelve years. He is at present a member of the board of county comm missioners. He repre- sented the town in the legislature at the session of 1911 aud was the last nom inee for senator from this district Mir O'Connell has al ways filled all positions to which he las been elected and appointed with Ibility and honor to himself and own The county is fortunate in se- turing him for the new position. (
 Easter Sunday was observed at the { church with appro- ( ,riate sermons, fine music and beauti- { ul flowers. The enlarged platform vas hedged with Easter lilies and palms. Rev. L. Rees preached a Itrong sermon on '.The triumphant ,ongfulness of the Easter message" to a large congregation. In the evening the oantata, "The Seven Last Words of Christ, '' by Theodore Du Bois, was given. The rendering of this cantata last year proved so inspiring that many welcomed the opportunity to hear it again. Rev. P. Buck of the Methodist church. offered prayer, after which MT. Rees briefly explained the significance of the words on which the cantata was based. There were 22 voices, including the three soloists of Hartford: Miss Helen Lester, so- prano; F. K. Green, tenor, and Fred baritone. These, with the excellent chorus work, A. E. Waite at the organ and Dr. G. Percival Bard giving the piano accompaniment, made a service which fittingly closed the cloudless Easter day.