The Press., 1920-12-30

| c. s. Baker was home from Middle town for Christmas.
 | I. G. Baker of Springfield was a
 guest of MT. and Mrs. c. B. Pinney over Christmas.
 The annual meeting of the Business Mems association will be held Monday | evening at eight o'clock.
 Mrs. Alice Walker of East Orlean, Mass, and Mrs. A. A. Hainsworth Of l Norfolk, Va. are at the home of their 1 father, Judge Joel H. Reed during the
 holidays.
 The Cyril Johnson Woolen Co.,, with l the exception of the finishing depart ment and the Rhode Island Worsted l Co.,, excepting the sewing room are 1 closed for the week. They will both reopen on Monday as usual. l Misses Harriet Louise Wildey and Ruth Mullen are spending few days l in Newton Center, Mass. The former l is a guest of Miss Elizabeth Bennett 1 and the latter is with MT. and Mrs. | William Lockett, former residents of Stafford.
 The committee in charge of the l.. A. A. o. H., whist party advertised for | Friday evening announce that the ar | rangemepts are completed. AS the ! hall will accommodate but limited l number tickets have been issued only to reach the the capacity of the rooms The w. F. M. S.. of the M. E.,church | will meet at the home of Mrs. A. c. Eaton Friday at three o'clock p. m. Reports will be given by the delegates | who attended the annual district meet l ing held in Rockville December 14th. Members are especially requested to use the January mystery box ques- tiOns.
 Miss Mildred Kuback, aged 19 years, | died Tuesday at her home in Willing ton of pneumonia She was employed in the Johnson Woolen mill until taken ill She was buried in St. Ed | wards cemetery and funeral mass | was said by Rev. F. J. O'Neill at nine o'clock this morning.
 Aaron Bergstrom died at the John
 son hospital on Tuesday. He was 53 years old His residence is said to be South Manchester While driving a lumber team in West Wilmington, the horse ran away and he suffered fractured skull. Funeral arrange
 ments are not yet completed. The pool tournament at the Busi- | ness Mems club has been over for l some time, all but the dinner. The players who have been getting little | hungry will have unusually keen ap- petites. The winning side are hoping that anticipation will not be greater than realization and that the appear ance of the dinner will justify the delay.
 l St. Edwards hall on last evening was the scene of one of the most brilliant promenades yet conducted by local students. The hall was taste fully decorated with large streamers from the center to the stage The dominated in the color scheme. The class numerals occupied a conspicuous place on the stage. The patronesses | were Mrs. C. B. Pinney, Mrs, c. H,
 Moore, Mrs. A. H. Chapin, Mrs. R. M.
 Fisk and Mrs. H. c. Fisk. The re- ception committee included the fol- lowing members of the class. Misses
 Margaret ParaZeau, Katherine Fletch
 CT, Mary Quinn and Joel H. Reed,
 Ralph Baldwin and Harold ToWne.
 Beginning with the Christmas tree
 exercises on Christmas eve the Christ
 mas celebration at the Methodist
 church was excellent in every way.
 The children having parts in Christ
 mas in Mothergooseville" did we'll and
 showed the result of the training .seiaa4ea-a.zsaAIiss 2ItatG Hayes and Miss Alice Fraser. Sunday morning the large choir of mixed voices under the direction of Miss Alberta l.. Eaton made the service a very happy one with several anthems and by leading in the singing of some of the most popular and best loved Christmas hymns. The pastors sermon was on
 Gods Unspeakable Gift" In the
 evening-in a dark roOm-with the
 stage lightedwith rays projected from
 the stereopticon-the pageant" No
 Room in the Inn" was presented It
 was very pretty and impressive, set
 ting forth the present needs of the
 New England Deaconess hospital, and
 showing how these needs could be
 met by the Christmas spirit The
 Christmas offering which was taken
 for the hospital was a generous one.
 Miss Adams, Miss Lee Miss Whitaker
 and Miss Smith were deaconesses;
 Miss Beth Frazer, in mother and later
 madonna; Joel H. Reed, father; Will
 liam Ellis, an aged minister; Clayton
 George, a rich man; Percy Parkhurst
 a physician; Miss Mildred Fraser;
 sewing woman; Miss Dorothy Stevens,
 a sick woman; Bernhard Armstrong,
 a lame boy; Ernest Armstrong and
 Camilla Schlinger, two orphan chill
 dren. William Ellis, Clayton George
 and Percy Parkhurst also took places
 of the wise men in the last scene.