The Press., 1915-03-03
HOLLAND,

Miss Mary Stark was the guest of M iss Mary R. Leonard over Sunday.
 Miss Helen Myers returned home Monday from month spent in New York.
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. B. Ludlow and family have returned from two weeks in Boston.
 Rev. B. F. Case spent part of last week in Middle Haddam. While away he delivered lecture on ''The North west Coast. y ...
 The Union Mission Study class will meet Thursday afternoon at o'clock at the home of Mrs. Myron G. Snar. row. The book the "Child in tie Midst" has heen completed. and the class will take up "Under Our Flag, '' for the remainder of the season.
 The Ladies' Aid of the Lee Metho- dist church will meet in the town hall Wednesday afternoon and even- ing. Supper will be served from to 8 o'clock. In the afternoon the Home Missionary society will meet in connection with the Ladies Aid.
 A surprise party was given to Rupert West, son of MT. and Mrs. o Hubbard West Saturday evening in honor of his eighteenth birthday. Twenty two young people were present to enjoy music, games, etc. Refresh ments were served. A number of gifts were received by the genial host.
 The Study class met Monday even- ing at the home of MT. and Mrs. I. Tilden Jewett. At the roll-call quo- tations were given from Canadian poets. The St. Lawrence river, the topic for the evening, was treated in a very comprehensive and interesting manner by Mrs. Jewett. Mrs. John H. Steele gave fine book review of "The Romance of Dollard. ''
 The board of relief of the town of Holland have completed their work after very busy month. About $35, 900 was added to the grand list by the board of assessors who worked untiringly to distribute this amount over the whole town, and the board of relief labored us earnestly to up- hold the work of the assessors Dur ing the four days given for appeals, 74 appealed for relief. "a lists were reduced aU total of $6, 725, and 43 lists were increased with a total of $10,381, making a net gain of $3, 656, this added to grand list nak- ing total of $543,323 which is about $40, 900 more than last years list.
 The Ladies' society of the Congre- gational church gave their annual Washington supper and entertainment in the town hall Friday evening. Supper was served from 6 to clock, after which the following excellent program was giveni Song, The New American Hymn; farce, Gertrude Mason, M. D.. piano duett, Mrs. Chas. H. Leonard, Miss Mildred Pear son; visit from George Washington by the school children; song, To Our Flag, by chorus of school children ]; song of the American Flag, Wm. B. Ludlow, the solo assisted in the chorus by four girls. All of the program was we'll rendered, each taking their especial part in an able manner. The proceeds amounted to about $2O.
 The regular business meeting of the Library association met Monday afternoon in the library rooms. After the regular routine business com mittee consisting of Mrs. Samuel Simpson, Mrs. Oscar A. Leonard and Mrs. Lewis B. Price were appointed to draft resolutions on the death of Mrs. Charles s. Hurlbut. A type written list of all the books not in the printed catalogue of the library has been made and hung in the library rooms. The following pleasing program "On Spring. was furnished by the literary committee: Mrs. Harry R. Bartlett, The Coming of Spring; Nests; Do you ask what