The Press., 1921-06-16
SOMERS.

l nicely carried out.
 SOMERS.
 Miss Jessie B. Foote was a week end guest of Miss Joy Rose in Chico pee.
 Mrs. c. M. Gager is a guest of her cousin, Mrs. Donald Spencer i'll Hart ford.
 Harvey Bliss has come to spend some time in the home of his pa rents, MT. and Mrs. Walter Bliss. Dr. and Mrs. Balcom of Whitins- vile, Mass, are guests at the home of their niece, Mrs. Charles w. w. Pease.
 Mrs. E. Ellsworth of New York City has come to spend some time in the home of her father, Everett P. Russell.
 Rev. J. s. Curtis went to Ellington Sunday afternoon where he delivered Grange memorial address in the town hall.
 Mrs. w. A. Pease had as guests Sun day, Mrs. B. A. Jacobs of Springfield and Miss Gertrude Halford of Lud- low, Mass.
 The public schools of the town close for the summer vacation Wednesday, the 22nd. The graduation exercises will be held in Piedmont hall that evening.
 MT. and Mrs. Daniel Avery and family returned the first of the week from a motor trip to StratfOrd where they visited MT. Avery's mother, Mrs. M. P. Avery.
 There was a demonstration in home nursing given under the direc- ton of the Holland County Farm bu- reau Tuesday in the Mechanics hall from 10 to 12 a. m., and to 4.3O D. m.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Combs and son Frank Combs, Jr., have been spending several days in New York city where they went to attend the graduation of their son, Hugh Combs, from St. Lawrence University.
 Mrs William Burbank, ST., 72, died at the home of her son, William Bur bank, Monday morning, after finger ing illness with tuberculosis. She is survived by her husband and son and several grandchildren.
 Mrs. Anna L. PomerOy and Miss Emile Bugl ee mOtOred to New Lon don last week Wednesday to visit Mrs. Pomeroy's niece, Miss Lucille Moore at the Connecticut college. Miss Moore returned with them and will spend the summer in the home of her mother, Mrs. s. P. Moore.
 Oliver J. Lyman has finished his third year at the Connecticut Agri- cultural college and has been spend ing the weekend with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Edward Lyman. He has gone to New Haven, where he will be employed for the summer. Miss Alice Stone is visiting her cousin, Edward Lyman.
 This Thursday evening the SOmers Grange will observe Children's Night in Piedmont hall. Herbert Knox Smith of Pennington, who is con nected with the Child Welfare Asso- citation of Hartford, will give an ad- dress on that work and there will be few numbers on the program by the children. Ice cream and cake will be served free to the children and will be on sale for the adults.
 Miss Pauline c. Spellman was given miscellaneous shower in her home on Hall Hill road Friday evening by members of her Sunday school class from the Methodist church in East LOngmeadOW, in honor of her ap- preaching marriage to Russell Will loughby Potter of Willimantic. The affair took the form of pursuit after the mythical pot of gOld' at the foot of the rainbow and a number of pret- ty and useful gifts were concealed be- JXyitI gilt paper. About twenty-five guests were present. Games, music and re | treatments were enjoyed.
 The Children's day exercises helC in the Congregational church Sunda! morning were very well attended. Tn children were commended on the wa! in which they took their part TwC children, Vera Holmes and Barbar Holmes, children of MT. and Mrs Henry Holmes, were baptised by Rev J. s. Curtis Eight children receive' diplomas from the primary Sunda school to the senior department. Rev J. s. Curtis gave a very interestin sermon to the children, illustrated b magnet and every size nail iron the small tack to a six-inch mai which he very aptly applied to th power of the Christ to attract a, ages to himself, and through tham t attract others.
 United States Senator George f Mclean has been notified by the nav department that he will have one va cancy, for a midshipman, at the maya academy, to be filled in June, 1922 and is in the past he will hold com petitive examinations in Bridgeport New Haven and Hartford sOmetim this fall. The boy who stands highes in the competitive examination vii receive the appointment according t the ratings certified to the senator b the United States civil service com mission All boys who compete in tn competive examination must be aC tual residents of Connecticut for on year at the time of taking the exami
 nation, and be not under one year (
 age, or not over 20 years at the dat
 of admission to the academy, and nc less than feet inches in neigh
 between the ages of 16 and IS, an not less than feet inches in heigl I between the ages of IS and 20.