The Press., 1917-08-23

Charles Nj. GAger.
 Miss Allie Pierce has as a gues fur two weeks. her niece, Mrs. Her bert Smith of Ridgsfisld, N. J.
 Orestes K. Russell of Andover, Ohio, is visiting his cousins, Lester W. Russell and Everett P. Russell
 Mrs. Josie Bodurtha has returned to her home in Springfield, after being A guest of Mrs. Henry N. WardweIl.
 Charles s. Fuller and Ernest s. Fuller have returned after spending three weeks on 8 trip through the west.
 Misses Gladys and Hazel Manches. ter of Chicopee Falls spent the week. end in the home of Charles s. Fuller.
 Miss Esther Warrington is spend ing a two-weeks' vacation visiting her aunt, Mrs. Charles White, in Water bury.
 Mrs. Walter Allen and two daugh- tsrs of Agawam have been visiting Mrs. Aliens sister, Mrs. Arthur Kesny.
 The Connecticut Pomologioal society will hold its field day Friday at Mountain View farm on South Mountain.
 MT. and Mrs. H. L. Herr have as guests Mir. Herr's mother, Mrs. Herr, and Mrs. Burell and daughter, all of SalonA, Pa.
 MT. and Mrs. Herbert Corbin of Buffalo, N. Y. are spending a week in the home of her parents, Mir. and Mrs. Orvills Hum.
 Erwin D. Avery and Miss Mabelle B. Avery have gone to stratford, where they will be guests for a week of Mrs. Myron P. Avery.
 Mrs. Emily Stewart and four ohil- dFsn have returned to their home in Worcester after spending three weeks with her brother, Linus Stewart.
 Several of the Boy Scouts, accom-. panied by SoOutmaster Chester W. Pomeroy, have gone to Crystal Lake where they will camp for a week.
 A. Vail Smith, Jr.. clerk in Ernest Evans's store, is having a week E vacation, which he is enjoying in camp with the Boy Scouts at Crystal lake.
 Mr. and Mrs. Fred c. Davis are entertaining Miss Fannie HarwoOd of Maynard. Mass and Mrs. William Wilder and son, Ralph, of Rindge, N. H.
 Misses Marjorie and Lucille Moore, accompanied by Miss Gertrude Pinney of SomeEsville, have been spending a week in Mrs. Grace HOmer's cottage at Greenwich Lake, Mass.
 Mir. and Mrs. Raymond s. .Bugbee and children, Isabel and Charles willard, have returned from a motor trip to New Haven where they were guests of their sister, Mrs. William R. Frisbia.
 Raymond Baker, lieutenant from Madison Barracks. with his father and his sister. Miss Ida Baker. were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gordon on Ball Mountain, who are also entertaining Donald and William CoVil of Hartford.
 Leon 0. Davis, Fl, died in the saniTarium at Terryburg, N. F., Wednesday, after a long illness. He wAs born in Somers. and when very young was adopted by Mrs. Orville Hum. He spent most of his life in Somers, but about five years Ago went to make his home in Buffalo, N. Y. He joined the 74th New York rsgi- msnt 24years ago. His regiment was called to go to the Mexican border, and oamped at Pharr, Tex The climate, water and general hardships which the regiment had to undergo caused MT. Davis to contract tuber- onlosis. He was taken to the hospital where he spent some time. He was later removed to the home of his sister in Buffalo where he was seriously i'll all winter. This spring he was removed to the sAnitarium in Terry burg where he died. His body was brought to Somers to the home of Mrs. Orville Hum, Saturday, where the funeral was held at 8 o'clock. Burial was in the West cemetery.
 The following is a list of the teachers engaged to teach in the public schools of the town for the ensuing school year: Hall Hill, Miss Margaret Griffin of Westfield, Mass. North Somers, Miss Mary E. Horr of Enfield, Mass. Prink Street, Mrs. Clifford J. Parsons, Somers; Battle street, Miss Carrie Noble, Ellington; ninth district, Miss Grace Baker, Wsstfield, Mass. Somers Street gram mar school, Miss Mabelle P. Gager, Somers; Somers Street primary, Miss Mabells B. Avery, Somers; Somers- vills grammar, Miss Marion Harmon of DAnbury; SOmersville intermediate, Miss Catherine O. Carey of Worcester; somersville second primary, Miss Amy Collins of Mapping; somersville first primary, Miss Evalene l.. Smith of somers; supervisor of music, Miss Ellen L. Toomey of Mitteneague, Masa. superintendent of schools, Charles l.. Warmer, formerly of Salisbury. The schools will open Monday, September 10.