The Press., 1916-08-10
WELLINGTON

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 It becomes the sad duty of this cor
 respondent to note the passing or
 August 7th, at Roosevelt hospital,
 New York, of her beloved niece whose
 distressing illness has been mentioned
 in this column from time to time dur
 ing the last half year. Miss Alice
 Maud Preston, oldest child of Herbert Glazier and Charlotte Marsh Preston
 was born in Stafford Springs Septem-
 ber Sth, 1870. In early childhood
 her parents moved to Williamstown, Mass, where her girlhood was spent. Here she united with the Congrega- tional church and graduated from the Misses Snyder's select girls school. Later she continued her studies at the Emma Willard Female seminary at Troy, N. Y, and from there entered the John Hopkins training school for nurses at Baltimore, Md, after her graduation taking special course in children's diseases. For over 20 years she followed her profession with great acceptance, being called twice professionally to Vienna, Austria. Feeling the need of change and rest, she came to Wilmington and with her characteristic zeal took up the soien- tifio raising and developing of poultry, making speciality of the white leghorn with exceptional success while she has gained the admiration, respect and esteem of the entire community. Miss Preston was beautiful in person and in character, and had hosts of friends who during her long illness have been untiring in tEeir loving and kindly ministrations, her brave spirit holding out oourageously to the very last. She leaves her two best loved friends, Misses Frances H. Mer- sereau and Catherine Rioketts, an adopted son, Robert Mersereau Pres ton, one brother, Fred Marsh Preston of Pineoastle, Fla, and one uncle. Francis Wayland Preston, of West Stafford. The sorrow at W hat seems her untimely departure is shared by the church here of which she was and by the intimate circle of neighbors and indeed by all who knew her. The funeral was largely attend ed at her Hillside" home at o'clock Thursday afternoon, Rev. Charles A. Parker officiating. Funeral Director Baker was in charge under the direc- tion of her kinsman, Dea. F.W. Pratt. The burial was in the Sylvester T. Preston family plot in the old Hill cemetery where since colonial days her ancestors, Preston's and Glazier's, are sleeping.
 Miss Mersereau was accompanied from New York by her friend, Miss Walker. a graduate nurse, who had been with Miss Preston dur ing her last days as special attendant.
 South Wilmington.
 Mrs. Fannie Vose of Warrenville is visiting friends in this village.
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. Moriarty of Hartford are visiting relatives here.
 Mrs. Irene Essex of willimantic is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Chas. G. Johnson.
 Gardiner H. Hall left Wednesday to join his party in camp at Schroon lake, Adirondaoks.
 Harold Strongach of Wethersfield 'pent Sunday with MT. and Mrs. Chas. F. Macfarlane.
 Wm. H. Nichols and Wm. A. Downes are employed at the "Col- ony," Mansfield Depot, on oonstruc- tion work.
 Hiram Lowering is running,a Ford car recently purchased of Elmer Mac farlane, who in turn is sporting his recent acquisition, a Buick six.
 Copies of the 1916 automobile reg ister have been sent to the town clerk for distribution among automobile owners and will be given to such upon application, while they last.
 MT. and Mrs. John R. Edwards and MT. and Mrs. John R. Neil took a trip by auto to Forest Park, Spring. field, and down the river on the west side to Hartford last Sunday.
 The vacation season brings to us the students that are trying to help to 8 little cash. Last week we had an agent for enyclo- pedias, one selling maps and one legal forms and procedure.
 A marriage license has been applied for by Angelo De Cicoo and Anna Po- korny, both of this village. They are to be. married in Stafford Springs by Rev. Felix J. O'Neil, the evening of the 14th and are to live in this village. s-