The Press., 1919-11-06
ASHFORD

l hC p1OpOoCu HSSIlAS for Ashford will be held at Bakers hall, Warrenville, Friday afternoon, November 14th, beginning at 1.30, and the slogan is Everybody in Ashford there that day" All former residents of Ashford, or who have ancestral or other interest in that community, are also cordially invited to attend. There will be a very interesting program of addresses, with music; also exercises by school children, including a school chorus. All the schools in town will | be closed for the afternoon, so that the teachers may attend. The meet ing will be preceded by concert by the Babcock cornet band, which with in recent months has secured an in structor from Hartford, and in several band concerts has aroused anew the interest of the community by it's ex- cellent service. Under the terms of the Babcock endowment, this band plays at all local gatherings whenever called upon. There will be several l Sp0dhCIS, ulloI6uL phases of community life, and includ- l ing Professor Charles A. Wheeler of Connecticut agricultural college, An thony A. Ambrose of Bridgeport, president of the new organization in that city representing it's 12,000 new Americans of Czecho- -Slavokian origin; Rev. Gaspir Panik, pastor of the St. Clyde parish of Bridgeport, and who is closely associated with MT. Ambrose in that great work; Rev. Felix J. lO'Neill of Stafford Springs; the local lpastors, Revs. B. c. Bugbee of Warren vile and P. c. Collins of North Ash ford; with Mrs. David Mathewson and Mrs. George o. Balch representing the
 women of the community. Allen B.
 Lincoln will preside and he states lthat the intention is to have an in formal neighborhood gathering with Suggestions from the speakers as to
 what has been done on similar lines elsewhere; especially also having in
 mind the everyday meaning of Ameri-
 ca and of community life, not only
 among the native stock" but among
 that large proportion of present resi-
 dents of Ashford Wilmington, Union
 and Mansfield neighborhoods of recent
 foreign descent; and also suggestion
 of plans for a "get together" organi-
 zation for the future. The meeting will be held rain or shine, but all in
 terested are praying for a favorable day.
 WestfOrd
 George Lipps will sell his farm
 stock, farming tools and household goods at auction next Wednesday at 10 a. m.
 The stock, farming implements and household goods of B. Sulkewski, who lives on the farm known as the Mar tin Atwood place, Mansfield Center,
 will be sold at auction on Saturday. November 15, at 10 a. m.
 Westford Hill
 The wet weather keeps back the husking of corn in the field
 Parties canvassed this section last
 week collecting data for a history of Windham county to date. Warrenville
 Mrs. Nellie Bates was recent vis- itor in Putnam.
 B. H. Gardner is busy with his
 wood-sawing machine. Harold James of Mansfield Center spent several days last week at G. O. Balch's.
 , o. P. Durkee, Mrs. Ellen Weeks with l several others motored to WilIimantic on Friday.
 Mrs. Jacob Acorn and daughter, Vic toria have been visiting in Hartford 7 for a week.
 Miss Kathleen Nolan has returned to New Jersey after twoweeks' visit with her aunt, Mrs. Edward Zeller.
 MT. and Mrs. David Mathewson, MT
 and Mrs. w. c. Brown took an auto trip to Providence and Fall River on [ Wednesday.
 Orrin Cushman and several of his < relatives here were guests of Lewis Durant and family of Southbridge lover Sunday.
 Mrs. Ruth Towle was in Middletown early in the week visiting relatives Her brother, Frank Barber, was su- pervisor of our schools several years | lago.
 MT. and Mrs. Samuel Durkee of , Worcester, Mass, motored through here one day recently and called on O. ; F. Durkee and Mrs. Ellen Weeks at , |COrner Crest.
 , There were about a hundred present , at the Halloween supper given by the IGleaners A substantial sum was realized. The Babcock band furnished , the entertainment.
 The remains of Parker Durkee and ] his wife, Olive, were removed Satur- , day from their resting place in the , West Ashford cemetery and placed in ! I,, two members of the sDurkee ancestral {. family died nearly three-quarters of a l centfry ago. suitable monument . will be erected later.