The Press., 1920-11-11
WELLINGTON.

WELLINGTON.
 Miss Mersereau went Monday to
 Hartford for a few days visit, her friend, Mrs. Penrose, sending her car for her.
 Miss Hope Bacheler, who is half past-three, says, 'I did not vote, be- cause no one seemed to think it was necessary"
 Mrs. Orpha Knight was operated on for cataract at the Hartford hospital last week. Her friends are pleased to hear that she is making a good re- covery.
 MI. Robert Bache1er, who has just been appointed as district manager of the Connecticut Humane Society with headquarters at Bridgeport, has been critically ill of pneumonia but is improving.
 On October 8, Mrs. Mary Slingsby Sloan, so we'll remembered here by many of the old residents passed away at her home in Bethel, Maine She was an older sister of Mrs. Ellen Slingsby Morrison and of Stephen Slingsby, who is now in comfortable health, living with his daughter in Putnam.
 The church services were very inn pressive on Sunday, Miss Dunning's orchestra being helpful factor, the members all doing themselves much credit when it is considered that their regular practice together has been at infrequent intervals. Miss Cunning since her return has accomplished-a an incredible amount of work, in the schools and with her pupils in differ ent parts of the town. in all of whom she takes the greates interest On Monday evening there was commu- nity musicale at the church parlors.
 AS always the annual town report is interesting and informing. The re- equalization of accounts is as follows: Aims account, $1073.59; Highway ac- count, $3774.53; bridge account, ,$1O36.- 63; joint bridge account, $9334; state highway account, $33.43; brush ac- count $143.25; gravel account, $229O; tax account, 1917.53; snow account, $1521.43; school account $12,97O.18; Stafford borough court account, $64- 33; indexing town records account $13O5.66; town office account, 668.O9; account, $78391; To- tai, $25, ,408.80; assetts of the town: Cash in First National Bank of Staff ford Springs, $99354; Cash in WiIli- mantle Trust Co.,, $4,9SS.35; U. S. Ger tificates of Indebtedness, AZ per cent, $5,0O0.00; due from collectable taxes, $40000; Liabilities of the town: Town Deposit Fund, $3,S51.67: Town office account, $96OO; Roads and bridges, $60O.O0; School account, bills due on repairs, $742.47; Net assets of the town, $6,591.75.
 The first birthday of the Boy Scouts was observed by a Halloween party at the church parlor with the Girl Scouts and friends of both organiza- tions in attendance. There was a large birthday cake with candles and appropriate decorations, the contribu- ton of Miss Doris Amidon, and many other delicious cakes, cocoa was also served and pop corn. There were merry games and an altogether pleas ant social time. The kindly scout spirit was maintained by sending of boxes of cake to the Mrs. Gardner, Cosgrove, Knight and Preston, who were all much pleased at the dainty tribute of respect and affection. Mrs. Bacheler, Mrs. Smith, Miss Doris Misses Mersereau and Rick etts kindly took charge of the serving.
 On Friday evening the 30th a very Halloween entertainment was given by the pupils of the South primary school, Mrs. Ethel teacher. The room was decorated and Az of the 43 pupils were dressed in costumes ap- propriate for the entertainment that consisted in series of connected mu- sical presentations and folk dancing, in which the children did themselves and their teacher much credit. There was no admittance fee, but at the close a collection was taken amount ing to $12.80, to be applied toward the purchase of victrOla for use in the school. The school room having just been wired for electric lights, many are requesting that the entertainment may be repeated for the more effective display of the artistic costumes. Mrs. Angeline Clark Holt, widow of Lucien w. Holt. passed away on the 7th, at the home of her only son, Dr. Wilbur Holt in Newark. N. J., where she had lived since the death of her husband. She was born June .5th, 1882, in Chaplin, but MT. and Mrs. Holt lived most of their married life in East Wilmington at the historical Vinton house of foreign mission inter- est. They had two children, Dr. Will bur Holt and Alice, who married Char les B. Amidon of East Wilmington. Her death two years since was sorrow from which her aged mother never recovered. Mrs. Holt was fine woman, beautiful in her home life, an excellent ,neighbor, and most helpful in the Congregational church, for many years, the whole family be- ing identified with all it's activities and seldom absent from a service.
 She leaves her son, his wife, we'll remembered here as Della Ryder, daughter of Charles Durham and Mrs. Della Durham Ryder, their two daughters, Winnifred, Mrs. John Ac-