The Press., 1915-06-23
TOLLAND.

| OiiO oA oiiO duoiJ 1AlOhho POLAND. Mrs. Elizabeth Remington of Hart ford is the guest of Miss Elizab beth Terhuue.
 Sumner Simpson is home for the summer vacation from the Hotchk iss school for boys.
 Mrs. Chas W. Brooks suffered two more shocks Monday afternoon and is only just alive at this writing.
 Mrs. Walter Pearson gave party for her Sunday school class last week. The boys and girls reported a fine time.
 Mrs. Leonard W. S. Stryker and two children of Lagrange, Ill are spending some time at the Steele house.
 A successful food sale was held Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Clara Baker. The proceeds are to be used for Mrs. Griggs' support. The annual meeting of the corpor- ators of the Holland Savings Bank will be held in its banking house Monday, June 2S, at o'clock p. m. Rev. and Mrs J. N. Geisler and two sons spent short time in Ports mouth, R. last week. MT. Geisler was called there to attend funeral and Mrs Geisler visited her parents.
 The Ladies Aid of tue Lee M. E. church will meet Wednesday after noon and evening on the lawn at the home of MT. and Mrs. Myron G. Sparrow. Supper will be served from to 8 o'clock.
 Rev. B. F. Case is attending the comm encement at Yale, consequently there were no preaching services in the Congregational church Sunday. MT. Case is graduate of both the academic and theological departments at Yale.
 Samuel B. Slater died last Wednes- day afternoon at his home of com plication of diseases caused by old age. He was 8s years old and had lived in Holland most of his life, living for short time in Somors He was the son of Samuel Slater of Holland The funeral was held at his home Satur- day morning at T o'clock. Rev. J. N. Geisler, pastor of the Lee Metho- dist church, conducted the services. The burial was in Somers. He leaves his wife and son, Leroy Slater. who has always lived at home. One daughter died few years ago. He bore patiently for many years his aff1 iction of lameness and was tenderly cared for by his wife and son, the latter being very careful to take all care and worry from his.. aged father.
 soMERs.
 Mrs. Geo. McCauley and little son, Firth, have been recent guests of her aunt, Mrs. John Hunt.
 Mr. and Mrs. Earl Daniels have been guests of their parents, MT. and Mrs. Wm. A. Dimock.
 MT. and Mrs. Elliott Kibbe of North Somers have been entertaining MT. and Mrs. E. D. Hobar: of Springfield.
 Mrs. B. A. Gager has come from Brooklyn to join her husband, who is spending few weeks here with rela- tives.
 MT. and Mrs. W. P. Fuller have ! been recent guests in the home of their daughter, Mrs. Raymond s. Bugbee.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles s. Fuller and Mrs. Ida Gage have gone to Crescent Beach to open their cottage for the summer.
 Horatio Davis of Glastonb bury has been visiting his father, Merritt Davis, coming to bring his little daug who will remain for some time.
 Sunday was observed as memorial day by the o. U. A. M, with an ad- dress in Mechanics hall by Rev. W. Sherman Thompson, after which graves of deceased members were deco- rated.
 Martin Holland of Somers, apparent ly under the influence of liquor, fell from the stone wall at the rear ot the trolly station to pile of jagged TO ks in the bed of Asnuntuck brook at Thompsonville yesterday afternoon and was badly cut about the head, face and body. Strange to say, he escaped without a fracture, although he con- plained of injuries in his chest and pack. After his 12-foot fall he lay notionless and it was thought that he