The Press., 1915-09-22
SoMERS.

SOmENSs
 Mrs. Charles M. Gager entertained eighteen friends informally Thursday afternoon. x Mrs. Ullie D. Kibbe has returned after being a guest of friends in Waterville.
 Miss Mary Lawley of Holyoke spent the week end at the homel of Mrs. Mary E. Patten.
 Dr. and Mrs. A. l.. Hurd have had as guests MT. and Mrs. Elmer W. Ashbee of Woburn.
 Mrs. John Comstook and little daughter, of West Hartford, are spending several days as the guests of friends in town.
 Mrs. Ida M. Gage has returned to the home of her cousin, Mrs. Charles s. Fuller, after spending two months with relatives in New York. ..
 Carmine B. Kibbe, who has been in New York state for several years, is visiting his parents, MT. and Mrs. Wilson Kibbe, on the mountain.
 Mrs. Mabelle Russell Niles has returned to New York city, after spending two months with her par ents, MT. and Mrs. Everett P. Russell.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Seal of Spring field were week .end guests of MT. and Mrs. Archie Cooley. Mrs. Cooley as also been entertaining her aunt, Mrs. Hiland Porter of Lockart, Fla.
 Frank Bassett has sold his farm to Max shar of Virginia, who will take possession about Nov.1. MT. Bassett, with his family, will go to Spring. field, where he will be employed in a grocery store. ....
 Mrs. Mary Patten left yesterday for Demarest, Ga., after spending the summer in her home. She will be accompanied for part of the journey by Miss Lillian Peak of Texas, who has been with her for the summer. Miss Peak will be in New York this winter, where she will take a course in teachers college at Columbia university.
 Charles A. Billings, clerk in the Fuller Bugbee oompany's store, was severely bitten by a dog belonging to Daniel Barron while taking orders last week Tuesday morning. MT. Barron had the dog killed. Dr. Hurd cauterized the wound and no serious results are expected. The dog has been ugly for some time, but it isn't thought to have Leen made.
 The democratic caucus nominated candidates for town officers as follows: Assessor, A. l.. Dimock; board of re- lief, James Meecham, E. H. Pease; selectmsn, O. D. Cooley and Fred Worthington; town clerk and treas urer, o. s. Fuller; grand jurors. H. s. Stephenson, T. K. Arnold and A. E. Kibbe; collector of taxes, E. P. Russell; constables, B. W. Avery, D. S. Pinney and s. Ledger; registrar, H. S. Stephenson; agent of town deposit fund, O. s. Fuller; auditor, W. McMullen; school committee, W. McMullen.
 The republican caucus nominated the following for town offices: Assess or, Louis A. Gowdy; board of relief, A. F. Kibbe, H. E. Thatcher; select. men, Albert S. Hubert, Raymond s. Bugbee; town clerk and treasurer, O. s. Fuller; town treasurer, O. s. Fuller; grand jurors, James Wood, Norman s. Wilson and E. T. Hubert !; collector of taxes, E. P. Russell, constables, James Slattery, H. Sikes and Fred Wood; registrar of voters, Dr A. L. Hurd; agent of town deposit fund, O. s. Fuller; auditor, R l.. Keeney; school ommittee, A. V. Smith.
 Mrs. Amanda c. Chaffee, widow of Gilbert Chaffee, died at the home of her son, Charles Chaffee, Saturday morning after long illness. Mrs. Chaffee was born in Stafford ninety years ago last May and was the youngest of twelve children. The greater part of her life was spent in Stafford, but for seven years she has lived in Somers She was a member of 'ther Methodist church in Stafford vile. Mrs. Chaffee leaves one son, Charles Chaffee, and one grandson, Ralph Chaffee, both of Somers. The funeral was held at her sons home at l o'clock Monday afternoon. Burial was in Monson.
 Mrs. Abbie O. Rood, widow of Clinton D. Rood, died at the Johnson hospital in Stafford Springs Wednes- day afternoon after a long illness. Mrs. Rood was born in Somers in 1881, the daughter of Simeon E. and Julia A. Prior. For IT years she made her home in New Haven, but returned to Somers several years ago and had since made her home @ with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Lucy Caldwell, until she was removed to the hospital six months ago. She is survived by two brothers, Willard A. Prior of Springfield and Henry A. Prior of Somers. The funeral ser. vices were held in the chapel Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. E. H. Thayer officiated. Burial was in the West cemetery.