The Press., 1921-09-01

was: Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ and stew ards of the mysteries of God" The chapter read was the one read by. Rev. MT. Allen when he was with us a short time since. First Corinthians End chapter. The idea of ministry was not so much preaching as duty and call to service, and encouraging to all who minister to others in any capacity. el
 Another days pleasant episode was call on a bright, cool morning from A. JudsOn Merrick, son of Rev. Sam uel Merrick, and his niece, Miss Ma bel Merrick, of Springfield, Mass, who visited the Baptist church and the Merrick and Dunton family plots in the old Hill cemetery. MT. Merrick has recently visited his sister and the scenes of his late fathers pastOrates in New York and Pennsylvania. A few readers of this column will be interested to know that Mrs. Lodicea Merrick Lathrop; daughter of John Merrick is about leaving the home in Minneapolis, where her father died Y erick Lathrop, of Holland, will soon leave for California for the winter and possibly longer, on account of the impaired health of MT. Lathrop.
 Whose funeral is it" asked a neigh bOr, hurrying along, as, sitting on the front porch we had reached 65 in the count of cars rapidly passing toward the Hilltop. Funeral? It is the Connecticut Poultry Association and their guests from the New Jersey association and from Maine" "I didn't suppose anything short of a funeral would prong together such a procession, not even the tea room" The Studio tea-roOm did attract a crowd, however, "The place up there is black with people," said another passer, presently. From here, mem- bers who joined the annual outing party with much enjoyment were Mrs. G. V. Smith, who accompanied the party from Maine, who were Green crest guests, Howard Bligh of Hill side and MT. Zemina. MT. Smith att tended the enjoyable banquet at StOrrs in the evening. Were we 'bet ter informed we could write more details but it was a notable annual event. One of the guests from New Jersey, who came to use the telephone, said, casually, that his mission was to purchase 2OOO, or if they could be found, 5000 White Wyandottes for the New Jersey plant of which he is man. ager. "Oh, yes, it's pleasant and sO- oSo but F1w
 South Wilmington. The Wilmington ball team will play the Eagleville team at 2.3O o'clock.
 MT. and Mrs. Louis Dimock and son, Junior, have returned home from their vacation.
 l Edward Adamac of New York is | spending the week at the home of MT. and Mrs. William TOmasek.
 Miss Beatrice Malo is spending the week at East Hampton, being the guest of MT. and Mrs. Clark Burnham,
 MT. and Mrs. J. R. Edwards visited at the home of MT. and Mrs. Paul w. Benson at Mansfield Hollow last Sun day.
 Aldrich Vonasek was operated on for appendicitis at the Johnson E last Friday.
 The latest victims of diphtheria to be reported this week are Elmer Mathews, Rudolph POspisOl and Fred die Tomasko.
 The quarantine has been removed from the homes Ot MT. Pardus and A. Richardson, their sons having got over the diphtheria.
 Adfer Potter, who is a patient at the Johnson Memorial hospital at Stafford Springs, is getting along as well as can be expected.
 Miss Millie Hotak, who was operat- ed on for appendicitis at the Johnson Memorial hospital is getting along nicely and is expected home soon.
 All the diphtheria patients are get ting along nicely at the present time and it is hoped that the most of them will be able to be out in another week.
 MT. Frank Pobuda having recently sold his farm has removed to the new village and is now living in the tene- ment formerly occupied by Frank Lukhart
 The Get-TO-Gether club will open their rooms this week Friday night There will be no business meeting Monday night on account of it being labor day.
 There was no meeting of the Rural Y. M. c. A. held last Tuesday night on account of the diphtheria epidemic, but it is hoped that by next week they will be able to resume activities.
 The Wilmington base ball team ap-
 piled the whiteWash brush. to the Storrs ball team here last Saturday afternoon with Mervin Royce in the box for the home team. Royce struck out IF of the opposing. players who
 faced him. Pitching a no hit no run
 game. Having the Storrs aggregation
 at his mercy all through the game receiving good support from his team
 mates. Only one man had reached first base being hit by a pitched ball Game ended with the score of 10 to 0. : West Wilmington. Mrs. George Lowery is entertaining her brother and family of New York. Where is the state road from Will. lington Hollow to Ashford? The roaC for nearly four miles is a disgrace tC the state. There is hardly a day that
 someone does not ask for directions and think they are on the wrong roaC and want to go to Putnam or Provi } dence. They have been told that it i: the trunk line to Providence and say Its some, road, a disgrace to tn, state of Connecticut" Hope the stat :, road will come soon.
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