The Press., 1916-07-13
West Stafford.

az me driver has been forbidden carrying them. E B Smith.
 Miss Bertha Greaves has been home from Hartford.
 Raymond Roberts was home from Thomaston for the Fourth.
 Mrs. Adella Fuller is at the John. son hospital for treatment.
 Frank Smart of Chicopee has been the guest of Fred Ramsey.
 MT. and Mrs. H. A. Pownall are at their cottage at the Lake.
 Dimock Glazier is home from school for the summer vacation.
 Miss Louise Ward of Springfield was guest at O. P. Bradway's last week
 Miss Hosey of New York has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Gerald Shepard.
 Mrs. Henry Tetrault has been entertaining her father and sister from Prov vidence.
 MT. and Mrs. Ralph Carpenter
 
 sister, Mrs. Charles Glazier.
 MT. and Mrs. Ralph Carpenter of Springfield have been visiting their sister, Mrs. 0. D. Glazier.
 Albert Davis of Amherst agrioul- tural college has been visiting his parents, MT. and Mrs M. F. Davis. Rev. and Mrs. Andrew Magill and tour children of Jamaica, N. Y., are here for their annual vacation.
 Robert Pease is in the Springfield hospital suffering from blood poison ing caused by blister on his hand
 John Jensen of Hartford and Neils Jensen of New Haven spent the Fourth with their mother.
 MT. and Mrs. Ernest Edson of Middletown have been guests of their parents, MT. and Mrs. Frank Edson.
 A large number of relatives and friends gave Mrs. Louis Demars a surprise party Saturday evening, the 1st.
 Mrs. Janette Newell and Miss Josephine Newell spent part of last week with Mrs. H. S. Witter in Hartford.
 MT. and Mrs. George Burt Dowden and little son have moved to Rochester, N. Y., where MT. Dowden has secured employment
 MT. and Mrs. Herbert McIntire and daughter of Hartford spent the week end and the Fourth with MT. and Mrs. Fred Graves.
 Mrs H. B. Avery, Miss Ruth Avery, Mrs Alfred Siswick and little son have been spending a week at their old home on the hill.
 Mr. and Mrs. William Perry of Waltham, Mass, are spending a two weeks vacation with their parents, Mr. and Mrs James Ramsey.
 Neils Jensen is spending an en- forced vacation at his home here. While at work in an automobile shop in New Haven a piece of flying steel became lodged ill his right eye causing a bad wound. It is hoped the sight of the eye may not be impaired.
 Orlando Avery, 65, for many years a resident of this village, died at the Hartford hospital last Wednesday. He had been in poor health for a long time but was seriously i'll but a few days. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. w. P. Wiers and three sons, Bert ot Enfield, Everett of Somers and Arthur of Manchester, also sister, Mrs Adella Fuller. He has been living of late with his grand. son, Hiram Wiers, on the Fletcher farm at Crystal Lake. The funeral was held at the chapel in Somers last Saturday and burial was ill that town.
 Tuesday evening at 8 D. m, at the Preston homestead occurred one of the social events of the season. Miss Gertrude Gladys Preston, eldest daughter of F. Wayland Preston, was united in marriage to George Victcr Maxham, only son of Mrs. Harriet Maxham of Bethel, Vt., by the Rev. John W. Ballantine. The bride was given away by her father and the double ring service was used. The bride was attended by her sister, Helen, as maid of honor, who was most becomingly attired in white voile over pink silk. F W. Preston, Jr., was best man, Hall Preston of Mass. was ring bearer and rose petals were strewn along the bridal path by Miss Dorothy May Preston of West Stafford. The bridal procession entered the south room to the strains of Lohengrin's bridal chorus, played by Mrs. F. Wayland Preston, Jr., passing through isles of white satin ribbons held by the ushers, o. D. Preston of Vest Stafford and Harry A. Preston of Auburndale, Mass. assisted by George Dimmock Preston and t. Wayland Preston, 3d, nephews of the bride. The bride was beautifully arrayed ill thistle down taffeta and silk chiffon. Her veil was an heirloom of the family and was caught with orange blossoms. To the triumphant strains of Mendels- sohn's wedding march the newly married couple proceeded to the lawn where under an arch of birches they received the congratulations of their many friends. The gifts were most numerous and costly, showing the love and esteem in which MT. and Mrs. Maxham are held. Guests were present from Auburndale, Mass, East Weymouth, Mass, Hartford, Talcott- vile and the Staffords. MT. and Mrs. Maxham left for short W edding trip and will be at home after Sept. 1 at