The Press., 1919-03-27
SOMERS

Mrs. Myrtle D. Davis has gone tt
 Philadelphia to visit her son, Spence Davis.
 Arthur L. Dimock has sold the build I ing occupied by E. c. Kibbe's store tt
 Edwin Kibbe of Hartford.
 Oliver J. Lyman, Carroll F. Moore < and Ralph Chaffee, all of Connection 4 agricultural college, are spending { I| weeks vacation at their homes. II Mrs. Frank Wardwell and daughter and granddaughter of SomersviIle anC
 Frank Kibbe of Springfield, were week ] end guests of Mir. and Mrs. H enry Prior Il MT. and Mrs. A. s. Hurlburt entertain
 ed a large family gathering at theil ' home Sunday, in honor of their nephew, | Private Harris Hurlburt, who has just
 returned from France.
 l The Warehouse of the Allied Tobacco &Company, which is on the farm of A. S.
 lfhrlburt, is closed for the season, and
 g number of the employees have obtain,
 ed work in warehouse in Hazardville.
 Agents of Commissioner of Domestic
 Animals James A. Whittlesey have dis
 covered glanders in the town of Somers,
 three horses owned by MT. Zoebieski
 and two horses owned by I. Sulick o1
 Scitico were found on the test to be glandered and were killed. All troughs
 in the vicinity have been ordered closed
 by the health officers of Enfield and Somers for one month. The commis- sioner has ordered an inspection made of all horses which have been subject to l contamination.
 An assault was made on Miss Inez Standish, bookkeeper for George E. Ho- mer, ice cream manufacturer, in Som- ersville on Thursday night. She left the store for her home about 930, had reached the backyard across the road from the post office, and was about to enter the house, when a man stepped from behind tree and hit her twice across the forehead with some blunt in- strument. The blows cut her forehead so badly that it was necessary to take three stitches to close the wound, but they were not of sufficient force to render her unconscious. She screamed loudly and her assaiIant fled, leaving no clue as to his identity. It is presumed that it was a case of attempted robbery, as Thursday was payday in the local mills. Miss Standish was able to take care of her regular duties at the store the next day.
 George Luce, the oldest resident of this town, died Monday at the age of 1Ol. month ago MT. Luce walked from his home in the Davis district to the car line, distance of two miles, and went visiting in Agawam. He caught cold on the trip. Because of his ad- vanced age he was unable to shake off the cold and it finally resulted in his death. He lived with his brother-in- law, George Pelton.
 ; Mr.. Luce was born in Somers and al- ways lived here. His parents were AL mon Luce and Polly Allen, the latter the daughter of the late Dr. Allen of Hazard vile, who owned the property later used as powder manufacturing center. MT. Allen is buried in a tomb erected in Powder Hollow. Mir. Luce was twice married, his first wife being Julia Pease of Somers. A daughter, born of this union, died at the age of 16 years. His second wife was Lois Pelton, who died in 1887. A son, Walter, was born to them. He died June 26, 1918. The funeral was at the home Wednesday afternoon with Rev. J. s. Curtis, officiat- inp. Burial was in the West Cemetery.