The Press., 1916-05-10

Miss Mabel Lynch was a recen visitor in Pittsfield.
 Miss Kate l. Lord of Hartford hal been a guest of her aunt, Mrs. Alber Eaton.
 Robert Cargo of Hartford has taker a position as barber with Joseph Brunelle.
 Miss Emily s. Brown of Naugatuoh is spending the week with her mother, Mrs. E. R. Brown.
 Walter Blair's Orcuttville nine is sch heduled to meet 'Bolieau's Pets' Sunday afternoon on the fair grounds.
 The Warren Woolen Co.'S baseball team will try and trim the All Staffords Saturday afternoon on Hyde park.
 Mrs. J. Carl Converse and daugh. ter, Glover, were with relatives in Springfield for the musical festival, returning home Monday.
 Peter Landry will sell at auction on Saturday at 10. 80 a. m. his house. hold furniture which he has been using in conducting a boarding house over the Armstrong store.
 James M Sullivan, formerly United States minister to Santo Domingo, detained for time for alleged oom- plicity in the Irish uprising in Dub lin. and subsequently, released, is well known here. Years ago he visited here frequently. He can be at once recalled by a number of the older residents. Officer Thomas Hayes used to go to school with Mir. Sullivan in Palmer.
 Mrs. Adeline Bowen, 48 years old, wife of William Bowen, died Monday morning shortly before o'clock in the Johnson hospital of heart disease. Mrs. Bowen had resided here for six years, coming to this place from Wauregan. She was 8 likable woman and made many close friends. Mrs. Bowen was born in Canada, April IS. 1868 She is survived by two chil. dren, Edward Bowen of Cambridge, Mass, Miss Ida Bowen of this place, her mother, Mrs. Philomene Carpenter of Brooklyn, this state, three sisters, Mrs. Charles Robinson of Taunton, Mass, Mrs. Henry Bolieau, residing here, Mrs. Paul Marrott of Brooklyn, this state, and brother, Napoleon Carpenter of Athol, Mass The funeral took place at g o'oluck this morning in St. Edwards church. Burial was in St. Edwards parish cemetery.
 At the annual meeting of the W. O. T. U. the old board was re. elected :: President, Mrs. Plumb; vice. president, Mrs. Alden; secretary, Mrs. Park. hurst; treasurer, Mrs Kellogg. The superintendents and vice presidents of the several churches will be appointed at the June meeting. At the roll. uall many items of temperance news were mentioned and lessons learned from local happenings. The depart. ments of medical temperance, fairs and open air meetings, foreign. speak ing people, medal contests and literature were represented and a prosperous year reported. The matter of forming young peoples branch was discussed and Miss Helen Preston was elected local secretary of that department. This is not a seperate order, but simply a branch of the W. O T. U. which takes in the young people of both sexes. The solos by Miss Elsie Grundy were much en- joyed. The 31st annual convention of the W. O. T. U. of Holland county will be held in the Memorial church at South Wilmington next Saturday. The program is given in the South Wilmington column. Although this is busy day for housewives, it is hoped there will be large attendance. Local members are planning to go down on the train leaving the Springs at 8. 5O a. m.. returning at 4.3O in the afternoon.