The Press., 1918-06-27
WILMINGTON.

Gs W. smith spent CWo days IaG week at Northheld.
 Miss Minnie V. Converse ia at homo for the summer vacation.
 l Frank PassaTd of Hartford has beer in town calling on old acquaintanoes
 Mrs. Clarence EldredRe has returned from visiting her mother in Hanover.
 Nellie Wood worth of Willimanti, was a recent guest of Mrs. RaOhe Carpenter.
 Mrs Diantha Essex has been notified that her sister, Mrs Thomas Fabel of Lincoln, Mass. has died of nerSoul prostration.
 Miss Lillian Converse was at home from her art work in New York fol the week end, expecting to return later for longer visit.
 The Bohemian club held a dance and social at their club rooms Satur. day evening. There was the usual jolly company with no Hong" faces. but smiles and laughter.
 Native straw wberries have heen early and of excellent flavor, and the birds have recognized the fact as well as the gardners, one plot being nearly depleted by the invaders.
 Miss Jessie Dean Bennett, who has been absent on a visit since late in May, was summoned home by Dr. Converse to take serious case as pro. fessional nurse. The patient is to be congratulated
 Walter Glynn of SaxtOn's River, Vt, was recent guest at Belcroft, as was also Miss MoDonHld of Colchester who endeared herself to the family while there as graduate nurse on pro. fessional duty.
 There was heavy frost last Thurs day night in many places spelling the entire crop of potatoes and ruining many vegetables. Gardens on low lands were especially affected. There was no frost on the Hill.
 Wm. Parizek has been considering good position offered with the Armour Go. of Rockville, but as his wife does not wish to leave the farm, has decided to continue his meat business to the qualification of his customers.
 Tradition has preserved the fact that in the early days when. Indian corn was a staple food that the farmers, when June nights were cool and frosts were imminent, built huge brush fires about their fields, thus saving the crop. Fire wardens would have to be consulted now-a-days before such methods were resorted to.
 Frank Holub of New York. who married Annie savor, l,aa been visit. ing the Savor family. MT. HoluI enlisted and has been eleven months in France He is now stationed at a camp in Minnesota, giving instruction in trench work. He has bean in several different camps since his rS. turn and had been a soldier before this war.
 Miss Estelle Graves, a niece of Mrs. Pratt, of Boston, is 8 guest at Pleasant View. Bert Graves of Willimantic, nephew, was a Sunday guest and brought the family to church in his car. An excellent way to entertain Sunday company, one always followed at Maple Corner, and it helped people to understand that unless they wished to attend church they must not come on the Sabbath
 Prof. Joel N. Enc has arrived at Miss Church's to spend the summer as usual MT. Enc has a thirty seven page illustrated article "The Found ing of Vermont in the latest number of the American magazine, second quarter, 1918; also the genealogy of the William Brooks family in the second quarterly number of the New England Historical and Genealogical Reg ister just out.
 A load of young people attended the dedication of Bucks barn at Westfortl with a dance Saturday evening. Ed. DeWolf's truck, driven by Wm. Downs, furnished conveyance Re. treatments were served including ice cream. The guests entered into the spirit of the occasion, and it truly might be said that the rafters did ring with laughter and song, and the tramp of many feet.
 Miss Phyllis Ryder graduated from the Stafford Springs high school last Friday night Her parents, MT. and Mrs. Clarence Essex, and Oscar Hem. meier attended the exeroises Miss Ryder has made a speciality of book keeping and stenography and expects later to take up that line of work Her many friends offer congratulations for the successful termination of her four years of study. ......r.
 An excerpt from one of the old town record books reads: 'Town meeting August 10th, l776, chose Samuel Abbe collector in the room of Sergt Abel Parker which is gone into the service. '' It is note. worthy that the spirit of 1776 still abides with us and chat the name of Parker has always been more or less conspicioua among the town people, and now we have two newefesidents by the name who will be made most welcome.