The Press., 1920-10-28

vote on Tuesday.
 Clarence Eldredge is again at work
 at the state colony" driving back and forth to his home.
 After returning from the funeral 1 service at Willimantic Monday Pas
 tor Bacheler motored to Rockville
 to assist in the organization of Tol-
 land County Y. M. c. A.
 No, this is not Indian summer, it Is,
 however, ideal October weather, and
 thus far there has not been an appro-
 priate day for the signing or singing
 of: "The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year."
 1 The following has just been receiv-
 ed from Elizabeth, N. J., by the ladies at Hillside where MT. and Mrs. Lewis
 have passed many happy summer
 vacations, endearing themselves to the
 whole Hilltop community. All the | relatives mentioned have been Hill I side guests, pleasantly retained in memory. Great sympathy is felt for Mrs. Lewis and for all the affectionate l family circle.
 Andrew Budna, one of our boys. | returned from overseas after stren- uous experience, wounded and out of reach of all tidings from home for
 months, is now fairly we'll and avail | trade school at South Manchester, | where he has taken mechanical en- l gineering and allied subjects, having ! the best wishes of many interested l friends here.
 From Frank Spelman, Stafford Springs we have received a small book prized by his late estimable mother, a Memoir of Mrs. Mallory, a | former pastors wife, who died in
 the Baptist parsonage here after leav- ing an ineffacable imprint upon the lives of many young people here. l The book was published in Hartford ! by P. Garfield in 1884, but has much
 that is pertinent of to day for this town and our whole country.
 Morton Stewart Lewis, 55 years old, assistant manager of the Royal insur- ance Company, died at his home, 43 Dewitt road this morning. He had been ill for about year. MT. Lewis, who maintained his office in New York City, had been connected with the Royal Insurance Company for thirty years, and had risen from a clerkship He was born in Baltimore, and was educated in that city. He had lived here for the past twenty-five years MT. Lewis was a cOmmunicant Of Christ church. He is survived by his wife, Kate M. s. Lewis; a brother, Robert P. Lewis; two sisters. Miss Elizabeth Lewis and Mrs. Pitser Mil Ter, and a nephew, Pitser Miller, Jr., all of Elizabeth.
 At church Sunday there was large attendance. An excellent sermon founded on the temptation of Christ from Luke 4th. The introductory ser mon to the children, was delightful telling of the temptation of a school pupil of the other day. We age all ways so sorry for every boy or girl
 who misses that story, and sorry for
 ourself when we miss it. There are
 still people who say they have never
 heard Mrs. Gahan sing. Why is it
 when she sings, faithfully in the
 church every Sunday morning. There
 is not much doubt that if it was ad
 vertised that this lady was to sing in
 some near by amusement hall that there are people who would motor to the place and pay good price for the
 privilege. It is another instance of A prophet is not without honor, etc.
 Mrs. Esther Brown Dimock, who
 passed her eightieth birthday on
 March 4th, is enjoying much better
 health than for several years. She
 has passed the summer at the pleas ant home farm in Moose Meadow, hap
 py as always with her varied duties, her flowers and her books. She has
 just returned from a long journey and
 an interesting series of visits, cover
 ing three weeks, or more. From home
 she went by motor with her son,
 Joseph Addison Dimock, to the home
 of her daughter, Mrs. Annie Dimock Houchens. From there her son ac-
 companied her by rail to Brunswick,
 Maine, to visit her brother, Oscar
 Brown, and family, From which point she journeyed alone to Boston and Newtonville, Mass, to visit school friend. Thence to Providence to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harriet Dimock Pierce, and her four daugh- ters. From there she went to her early home, Jewett City, from which place a niece. Mrs. Cheney, brought her back to her home here much ben efitted by a change. Her son from Maine went to various points in the Berkshires New York state and New Jersey, visiting former teachers and classmates, having most enjoyable trip.
 An event that saddened the first days of the week for the Hall family, for the older members of the com
 munity, and for some at the Borough l as well, was the news from Colorado Springs, Col, of the passing on of
 Mrs. Alice Eaton Hall, 72, wife of
 Albert Hall, formerly esteemed resi- | dents of Stafford Springs and of South Wilmington. Although they | rlxv