The Press., 1917-10-18

This is convention week, delegates being in attendance at the W. O. T. U. state convention at Middle town.
 Mrs. Estelle J. Pratt and Miss Dante Palmer and the pastor and others are at the Baptist state conven- tion at Suffield. Miss Mabel Greaves and friend from Boston and her brother, Bert Greaves, of Hartford, and Harold W. Pratt and wife from Providence were at Mrs. E. J. Pratt's late last week and Sun day.
 There was a large attendance at Bible school Sunday morning and good turnout at the preaching service where O. H. Bochman's presentation of the license question from the laborer's point of view was much appreciated.
 Recent guests at Belcroft have been Mrs. Louie Beckwith and friend from New York and MT. and Mrs. Young of Windsor. Eugene Barr Pratt was the guest of Mrs. Brown while Mrs. I W. O. T. U. state convention.
 Mrs. Smith last week entertained her D. A. R. chapter, many coming from Willimantic and vicinity, all speaking of the meeting as one of the most delightful in the history of the organization. Mrs. Smith holds the office of historian of the chapter.
 Mrs. Esther Brown Dimook is ex- pecting to pass the winter in Hartford with her daughter, Annie, Mrs. J. Arnold Houchans, who is successful ly persuing her profession as a graduate nurse in that oity, MT. Houchans being employed at Colts.
 E. Allen Meyer, son of MT. and Mrs. Julius o. Meyer, who super intended the remodeling of orossways at West Wilmington, on his return to his parents home at Summit, N. J., immediately enlisted with ambulance corps No. B and is now stationed at Syracuse, N. Y.
 Miss Phoebe Ring left on Wednes- day for the home of her brother, Hon. Welding Ring of Brooklyn, en- route for her winter in Daytona, Fla. at the home of her sister. Mrs. Eugene Greene, where she has passed the cold season for many years. She will be greatly missed by her many friends on the Hill.
 Years ago the farmers shelled their corn in small quantities as soon as it was dry enough to grind and carried it to the mill and had it reduced to meal for cakes and rye and Indian bread and for nasty pudding, and some of the corp was ground coarser for hominy or sap, as it was called, and this seasonable food was highly esteemed as among the many luxuries of the farm. Brown bread was al. ways eaten with beans, corn meal mush with roast pork. Hot corn cakes, "Johnny cakes" were always in order as was fried nasty pudding with maple molasses or honey for breakfast. All the housewives of long ago can give you their receipts of goodies made of yellow corn meal, meal neither granulated nor bolted.
 South Wilmington.
 Miss Clara Hall was home from Dana Hall school over Sunday.
 Miss Maggie Brownlee spent the week. end visiting with friends il Norwich.
 Arthur Devereaux spent three days } the past week at the home of hit daug hter in Torrington.
 Miss Marjorie Hall of Dana Hal school was a guest over Sunday at the home of Mrs. w. H. Hall
 MT. aud Mrs. John Brownlee and son, Allen, visited with MT. and Mrs. Thomas Denman of East Hampden last week.
 Louis Service spent Saturday anC Sunday at the home of his parents returning Monday morning to take up his studies at the New Bedford textile school.