The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-01-19
TOLLAND.

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A daughter was born Saturday
morning to Mr.. and Mrs. A. Ester
Clough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick l.. Metcal'
and son have moved into the south
west tenement of the Lorenzo r.
Sparrow house.
There will be no prayer meeting
Thursday evening in the Congre-
gational church on account of the
roll-call meeting Friday evening.
The grip claims new victims every
day. The Luhrsen family are quite
i'll with the disease Charles 5
Hurlbut is also confined to his home
on account of the grip.
The Union Mission Study will
meet Thursday afternoon for its first
meeting of the year at Mrs. Samuel
Simpsons. The book, "The King IS
Highway" will be taken up.
Rev. Walter Lanphear, the temper
ance worker, will give q temperance
address in the Congregational church
Thursday evening, Jan. 81. Every
one interested is invited to attend.
The Ladies' Aid of the Lee NJ. E.
church held food sale Friday after
noon in the office of the Rockville
and willimantic Electric Light Co..
Rockville. A goodly sum was realized
for the society.
The annual roll-call and church
meeting of the Congregational church
will be held Friday evening in the
Congregational church parlors. A
response from all the members of the
church is hoped for.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Downs and
daughter, who have been occupying
the north tenement of the Lorenzo
r. Sparrow house, have moved into
the Legrand Johnson house in South
Wellington. Mr.. Downs has job
of hauling wood to the mill at South
Wilmington.
The annual business meeting of the
Ecclesiastical society of the Congre-
gational church was held Friday
afternoon. The following officers
were elected: Secretary and treasurer,
William A. Agard; society committee,
Edwin S. Agard. Lewis B. Price,
Samuel Simpson; auditors, Lewis
B. Price and O. Hubbard West.
Elizabeth Ann Barker. 70. wife of
Ezra L. Chapman. died Tuesday
afternoon, Jan. 18th. Funeral SER
vices were held at her late resi-
denoe, ago Plaza avenue, Waterbury,
Thursday afternoon at 2.3O O'Clock.
The burial was in the Riverside
cemetery. Mrs. Chapman was born
in Thompson, July %, 1886, the
daughter of Judah and Lucy Elliott
Leonard Chapman. April rs, 1853,
in Tolland. Two children were
born to them, Ezra @. B., who died
at the age of 6. and Gertrude, who
lived only one year. Mr.. and Mrs
Chapman moved to Waterbury in
1878. Mr.. Chapman being connected
with the Waterbury Brass company.
Mr.. Chapman leaves her husband,
and nephews and nieces in Waterbury.
Providence and Michigan. OF very
amiabla, loving disposition. she great
ly endeared herself to all with whom
she came in contact.
The Study club met Monday even.
ing at the home of Mrs. John II.
Steele. The topic, Old Taverns, was
treated in a very able manner by Mrs.
]. II. Steele. She began with the
earliest taverns in this country and
gave a description of same, and the
good cheer received by the guests.
Leading up to our own Tolland tavern
keepers, the first being Joseph Hatch.
He was chosen at q town meeting,
Jan. 6, IT'S. He was the owner of
land in the south part of Holland,
now in the possession of Asa Bird,
which he purchased of the late
jeremiah Weaver estate. This property
was in the Hatch family for a period
of las years. Ashbel Steele kept
tavern for many years where the
Hicks memorial school is now stu
ated. The present courthouse stands
on the site of Mr.. Williams's old
tavern. This same Mr.. Williams
lived and owned a house back of
where the hay scales are now. In
1875 or 1896 Benoni Shepherd kept
tavern where the Hicks family now
own and kept the post. office there
also. He was the first post master in
Tolland. More will be told in the
next issue Of other interesting taverns
in town. Miss Esther Blankenburg
gave a very interesting paper on
Tolland Banks. Some extracts will
be given later. Refreshments were
served at the close of the meeting.