The Press., 1916-04-12
HOLLAND.

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 HOLLAND.
 The Boys club will give a minstrel show Friday evening in the town hall.
 Miss Flynt of Rockville was the guest over Sunday of Miss Margery J. Baldwin.
 Mrs. Emma Ryder is having ex- tensive repairs made on her house and is having garage built.
 The grange met last Tuesday even- ing. A poverty social was feature of the program, fines being exacted for finery.
 Tilden Jewett has purchased a Dodge automobile l.. Ernest Hall is to have one of the same make de- livered next month.
 Miss Edmee Pretat of Waterbury, who conducts the Red Croft camp, is spending few days with her cousin. Mrs, Harry R. Bartlett
 Miss Elizabeth Terhune and Fred erick Randall, who have been spend ing the winter with Miss Terhune's brother, Dr. Terhune, in Passaio, N. J., have returned here for the summer.
 The Ladies Aid of the Lee Metho- dist church will give supper in the parsonage Wednesday. The regular meeting will be in the afternoon and supper will be served from 6 to 8 o'clock.
 Philip Doyle is in the Hartford hospital to have his wrist attended to. He had it broken last summer by an bull and this is the third time he has had it set, but one bone does not seem. to knit. z Word has been received of the birth of a son Saturday to MT. and Mrs. Donald Grant of Mapping, and grand son to Mr. and Mrs. Frank T.. New comb Mrs. Grant was formerly Miss P Pauline l. Newcomb of this place.
 The regular meeting of the Mission Study class will be held Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs Harry R. Bartlett. The sixth chapter of The Kings Highway topic, The H idden Leaven. Japan's response to the gospel. will be taken up for study. ..ss
 The Lee Methodist church has not found out at this writing whom they will have as minister. The one appointed at conference to come to Holland and Crystal Lake refused to come and entered the New York con. ference which has been in session this last week.
 The attendance of schools for the month of March awards the banner and inter town banner to the Holland grammar room of the Hicks memorial school with percentage of 9S. 5. Mrs Jewett, the teacher of the school, is going to give the children a party Thursday afternoon as a reward for their faithful attendance. This makes the fourth time they have captured the banner this year.
 A farewell surprise party was given by MT. and Mrs. John H. Steele at ! the Steele house Wednesday evening in honor of Rev. and Mrs. J. N. Ieisler. Mrs. Steele invited Rev and ! Mrs. Geisler and family to her home for tea and they were just getting ready to go home when the door bell rang and an inquiry for MT. Geisler | revealed to him the nature of the request. About eighty parishoners, neighbors and friends had gathered at | the Steele house. A very social time was enjoyed, selections were given on the victrola, bountiful refreshments were served. All wished Rev. and Mrs. Geisler success in their new parish in East Hampton. A purse of | gold was presented to them.
 The Study club met Monday even- ing at the home of Mrs. Samuel Simpson. The topic, New England 's Hall of Fame. "Five Men, a Personal | Choice with Reasons,'' was taken up l in a very interesting and instructiveI paper by Curtis K Christopher. Sing ing of ''The Battle Hymn of the Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Bart lett. Five Women in New England s Hall of Fame" was given by Mrs. Samuel Simpson in her usual spicy l and interesting manner. After the literary program the following com mittees were appointed for the banquet which is to be held in May: Pro- gram committee, Dr. Samuel Simpson, Judge Edwin s. Agard, Mrs. l.. Ernest Hall, Mrs. William B. Lud- low, Miss Esther Blank enburg supper Mrs. Harry R. Bartlett, Mrs. Marian A. Baker, Mrs. l. Tilden Jewett, Mrs. Samuel Simpson, Miss Margery Baldwin, Harry R. Bartlett, William E. Ludlow. Refreshments were served at the close of the meet ing. ELLINGTON.
 Crystal Lake.
 Mrs. John Carlson and daughter, Jennie, spent Sunday with her daugh.