The Press., 1921-06-30
HOME NEWS.


 A. next Wednesday night.
 Mrs. Eugenia Leach was a guest of Mir. and Mrs. E. E. Penny the past week
 The All Stars will play the Orcutt. vile nine at the fair grounds. next Sunday.
 Next Sunday the Arrows will play the Imperials of Stafford at the faiT grounds.
 Mrs. c. H. Meyers and Mrs. Fred Wildey are at Jamestown, R. l., for two weeks.
 J. J. Heating of South Manchester has accepted position in the Sanitary barber shop.
 William Rafferty of Hartford spent Saturday and Sunday visiting friends and relatives in town.
 Henry Spenkoch of Springfield spent the weekend visiting at the Henry Fickenger home.
 The pupils of Miss Alberta L. Eaton gave a piano and vocal recital at her home on Monday evening.
 William Ellis of Worcester academy is spending the summer vacation at his home on Church street.
 There will be communion service at the Congregational church next Sun day after the morning service.
 MT. and Mrs. w. E. Demond of North Adams, Mass, were in town Saturday on their way to Cromwell.
 Ronald Mitchell has completed two year course at AndOver academy and is now spending the summer vacation at his home here.
 The United Talking Machine Co.,, of Willimantic is to open Victrola de- partment on the second floor of the Lee & Buckley store.
 Lincoln Brothers circus did not live up to advertised dimensions but how ever drew a fair sized crowd on last Friday afternoon and evening.
 Mrs Fred Levesque and children, COrid and Helena, left on Sunday, with Indian Orchard relatives for a two weeks auto trip to Canada.
 MT. and Mrs. F. G. Sanford opened their Crystal Lake camp, "Wabbaquas- sett" last Saturday for the season. Miss Ella Foster is their guest.
 The Stafford Savings bank will be open tomorrow from a. m. to p. m. including the noon and supper hours, for the convenience of their custom CTS.
 Alfredo POchini has purchased a tract of land from the Connecticut company near the fair grounds. MT. Pochini plans to erect a dwelling on the lot in the near future.
 MT. and, Mrs. R. w. Smith, William Smith and Miss Helen Smith are talk ing ten days automobile trip. After visiting Oneida, N. Y, and vicinity they will go as far north as Montreal.
 Rev. Percy NOrwood of the Berkeley Divinity school, in MiddletOWn, visited former parishioners in town the last of the week. Friday night he was a guest in the home of Dr. F. l.. Smith.
 MT. and Mrs. William Farnsworth of Willimantic, formerly of this bor- anniversary at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Augustus H. Johnson at Willimantic last Monday. No program had been arranged for the occasion but the venerable couple received their friends and neighbOrs during the day. Mrs. FarnswOrth is vigorous in health but MT. FarnsWOrth is afflicted with rheumatism which confines him to the house, otherwise his health is good. William FarnsWOrth is 80 years old. He was born in West Stafford April 10, 1841, the son of B. and Marie (Cushman) FarnWOrth. He was OnC of family of nine children, six sisters and three brothers. Mrs. FarnWOrth'S maiden name was Susan Savilla Shaf- fer. She was born in Wilmington, June II, 1843, 78 years ago, the daughter Oi Daniel and SOprina Shaffer. She was one of family of eight children, five daughters and three sons. They were married in WillingtOnJune 27th, 1861 by Rev. John Wakeman the Baptist pastor of that place. For five years following their marriage they re- sided in Wilmington. The next foul years they lived in Wetherstield, where MT. FarnsWOrth was a salesman for the Johnson Seed Go. They returned to Wilmington where they lived fO1 four years, then locating in Stafford Springs, where for fourteen years MT FarnswOrth conducted bakery bus mess. Later MT. FarnswOrth gave uI the bakery business and spent several years on a small farm in Stafford Eighteen years ago MT. FarnsWOrth retired from all business and he and his wife went to Willimantic, making their home with their daughter, Mrs Johnson. Three children were born Two are living, Mrs. John Robbins Of Bristol and Mrs. A. H. Johnson Oi Willimantfc. They have eight grand children and six great grandchildren The grandchildren are William, Pliny Henrietta, Harold, Gladys and Theo- dore, children of Mrs. John Robbins of Bristol. Louise and Mildred, chil- dren of Mrs. A. H.. Johnson. The great grandchildren are Henrietta Edward, Margaret and Vernon, chil- dren of Mrs. William Griffin (Hen- rietta Robbins) of New Haven; Lillian and Harold, children of Harold Rob- bins.
 The Center street All Stars defeated the Arrows last Sunday by 12. to score. Lewis did the featuring of the game, getting some almost uncatcha-