The Press., 1917-08-30
srAFFoRp sPRINes, coNN. THURsDAY AUGUST so, 1917.
WILMINGTON

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 Mrs. Brown has returned from her Vermont visits.
 Miss Church is busy and useful with boarders, music pupils and other activities.
 There were no church services on camp. meeting Sunday. On Sept 2d services as usual. . q
 There have been very severe showers and burned out telephones on most of the lines.
 Miss Thrall is at Three Gables. '' Always a welcome guest to the Hill top community as we'll as to the house. hold. 4
 Misses Chalker and Ryder have returned from their stay at the picturesque Brookside camp in Chester, Mass
 Mrs. Preston is finding the change restful and pleasant and enjoys being with her sister and her family in Providence.
 M Miss Alice W. Pratt has returned from visit to Providence and was accompanied by her brother, Harold w.. Pratt, and wife.
 Mrs. Robert P. Pratt of Willimantic has been quite i'll and in the hospital since her return from her visit at Pleasant View, but is better.
 The Press column last week indicated that the correspondent was absent on a needed vacation, and as the situation continues long distance" items may ibe welcome.
 Howard Bligh has returned from his visit to his parents in Boston. He made the trip on his motorcycle, going also to Springfield and Chicopee. He returned by train.
 l Rev. 0. H. PnfFer spoke very in- terestingly and helpful from John 5.17 last Sunday at the Moose Meadow church. The little daughter of John Fipsky was baptised at the close of the services.
 Miss Walker left Hillside Friday for i Providence, R. l., where she is to visit friends and then go on to New .l Jersey. Mrs Brown and Miss Ricketts
 took her to Willimantic and put her on the train there.
 Everywhere the knitting needles are flying on cars, in automobiles, on Iporches of resorts, as pick k-up work in
 every household the odd minutes ars
 conserved as never before since oul
 war of the Rebellion.
 When Mrs. Preston went to Provi dence Rev. MT. Parker took her t 1, Willimantic in his car, Mrs. Prat
 accompanying for the 12. 10 train s ithus saving a tiresome wait an ! shortening the little journey. h That Mrs. G. V. Smith has pur n chased the Carpenter farm suggest ;. the many ways that the fertile acre f adjoining Green Crest" can be use I fully adopted by the enthusiastic an 6 contemplating farmers there for tillag r and pasture.
 Everyone enjoyed the sermon b Rev. MT. Powell of Spring Hill, tn 'S 18th. There were A at Bible school e Mrs. Smith taking the place of tn ] absent superintendent, and the youni l' ladies of Miss Palmer's class takin l. the place of absent teachers. q Charles Amidon is building a larg Il and much needed garage in place c !. the smaller one his business has out = grown. MT. Amidon is building truck }; all the time that he is using for hi e large lumber business. He has tW I Cadillacs, three Fords, one Buick an b. an Overland.
 3, At the Trinity Methodist churo d in Providence Sunday morning Mrt Id Preston was priveleged to hear Rev }; MT. Aldrich, pastor of the Method1i !; church at Stafford Springs wh y preached with great acceptance morl ld ing and evening and met for the fir @ time one who at that distance scene 5; a remote, home neighbor. - Farmers like poets are born and nC
 made as shown by the minority vt .h have happily been enthusiastic ov' a making things grow. This yea e however, everyone compares lettu . and tomatoes in the yard and sho ,t the carrots that are growing in ti ,d longtime pansy bed and the sms ol ones that they have thinned out al m canned. One good outcome of O
 national disturbance may be the ma of ing of simply thrifty methods aga -, InoDular