The Press., 1920-07-29
UNION.

| William r. Marcy ana 1amlly nave
 returned to Hartford for few days. Harry J. Taylor of Southbridge spent the weekend at his home here Judge J. H. Reed and Mrs Reed of
 Stafford Springs were guests at L. M. | Reeds last week.
 Eugene Charter of Stafford Springs
 was calling on friends in town the | first of the week.
 Prof. J. W. Metzer of the Hartford
 Theological Seminary will speak at | the Bungalow at Mt Ochepetuck Sun- | day afternoon at 4.30 o'clock.
 Mrs. W. Richards entertained her | friend, Major John Buckley, of Hart | ford, her cousins, Mrs. Ellen Booth, | and son, Elmer Booth, and wife of Palmer and MT. and Mrs. Stephen Tifft and son, Ransom, of Westford, | the first of the week.
 The girls of Union who have joined the sewing club, organized as "The
 Happy Workers Sewing club" on July
 12, and the following officers were elected: President, Julia Heck; vice. president, Inez Booth; secretary and treasurer, Ella Putek. Mrs. George Kostur and Miss Mabel Heck are the
 local leaders. The club will meet as
 whole at the town hall once
 month, and in two sections once
 month, making a meeting once in two
 weeks.
 their home and all it's contents last Tuesday morning. Mrs. Scranton was awakened about five o'clock by the cracking of fire, and she and her hus- Scranton had two hundred and fifty dollars in the house. He managed to get the money but, in making his escape through the window, lost it in the flames. The four children, who were at home, were sleeping in a tent, so a dreadful tragedy may have been avoided. The children had some of their clothes in the tent, but noth- ing was saved from the house, Mrs. Scranton not having time to dress. About ten years ago, the family lost their home by fire, and bought the house which was burned this week They had succeeded in paying for it a few months ago. Friends who heard of the first loss were generous in their sympathy, and this doubly af- fiicted family indeed need sympathy now. It is not known how the fire started but it is supposed it must have been from smouldering soot in the chimney.
 The town has for many years past planned to hold an Old Home Day, but each year some item has miscarried good plans, and through the kindness of MT. and Mrs. Harvey Lawson, their home has been thrown open, and their individual effort has kept an Old Home Day an annual event. This year the Community club has called business for Wednesday evening to complete plans for an Old Home Day, and the selectmen have rendered their of a plan to hold the gather ing at the Center, in the town park That the event will prove a success, is based on the general success of all matters which the Community club has managed, in a social way, in the town during the past year, the club being the largest organization of towns people ever formed and car ried on, and it is growing rapidly each i month. Started on a sound financial basis it will be able to go ahead with any reasonable local project, and that Community house will be the next move is the general feeling of the members. Union is most attractive at this time of the year, and an early date for the Day will be planned for and ample advertising provided, that every known living individual who ever lived in the town, or claims an ancestor may get peep and a bite at the best town in the state, present company, always, excepted.
 Rock Meadow.
 Frank Ballou of Hampden was at his place here one day last week
 George Bradway visited his daugh- ter, Mrs. Louis Stanton, in Brimfield the weekend.
 Sam Heck has returned to his work in Springfield after spending some time at home.
 MT. and Mrs. G. M. Noble and MT. and Mrs. Robert Binglers were visit | ors of MT. and Mrs. Oscar Willis the first of the week.
 MT. and Mrs. D. W. Gerden and two children, who have been visiting Mrs. Julia Csatlos, have returned to their l home in Detroit, Mich.
 MT. and Mrs. Chester Coma and daughter, Charlotte, Ray and Herman Snow and Mrs. Everett Butterworth l of Monson, called at Charles Shows on Sunday.
 Henry Barlow of Westford, Mrs. Clarence Buck and little son, of Mans field. Center and Mrs. Burnham and two children of Westford, were re- cent callers at Adelbert Agard's and l Charles Shows