The Press., 1921-07-21

veyed to the center. It will now be placed in the center lot to accommo- date the excess of pupils sure to be present when school opens in the fall. The excess is due to moving into town of several families with large number of children.
 WELLINGTON.
 Do not forget the Dance at Pine Park, South Wilmington, Saturday even ing July 23. Music by Nedweid's Six Piece Jazz Orchestra.
 The Hilltop tea room gains in in terest and popularity as the days pass, and Miss Church at the Ryder house is selling confectionery, and besides her regular bOarders, serves meals and lodgings to transients.
 Mrs. Brown enjoyed her visit in New Haven and is home again, her sister, Mrs. Sleight, having left early in the week with Miss Davis in her beautiful car for a two weeks trip tO-if Maine sounds indefinite it also suggests delightful possibilities.
 Guests at Three Gables are Samuel Gardner, state humane agent, wife and daughter, Miss Amy Gardner, teacher, from New Haven, Dwight B. Gardner of Rockville and Miss Nellie Thrall of Hartford. Madam Gardner, in her nintieth year and still the age of everybody, has recovered from the effects of the extreme heat, and is en- toying having her family about her as she sits on her pleasant porch with its wide spread view.
 On Friday afternoon MT. and Mrs. Dewitt Crane arrived at Hillside, haV- ing left their home in Newport News, Va, on the first instant. They had pleasant trip in their car, coming by easy stages and not minding the heat. They are enjoying the green shade tances and friends made on previous visits unite in the warm welcome given them by their sister, Miss Rick etts, and by Miss Mersereau.
 All are looking forward with in terest to the first of September that is to bring MT. Allen as pastor of the Federated church and as neighbOr and friends. Strangers remark as they drive around the common from the Studio and tea room and down the street called Straight, thet the par sOnage looks inviting" "Yes, it is the house with porches, next the town hall" That reminds that clergyman from Cambridge once came to preach as a supply and said, 'Hu, that your town hall? Not very pretentious." The remark lost him the call.
 The hilltop is not only slightly place but just now is sight. There is no record that it has ever been ploughed, and the turning over of the old turf has disclosed a vast array of stone of all sizes and shapes. It would not be singular if arrow heads, small coins and various relicts might be unearthed, memoirs of training days, town meeting days, and years of passing days. It is but part of work that is intended to last, and a century hence it will doubtless be said that the work was promoted by public spirited Colonel Hall-GOvern- or Hall it may be, and that men by the name of Bracket and Ruby were selectmen, and Judge Bugbee was town clerk, and a man named Tucker belonging to one of the original Holt families did the grading, and it had proved itself a good job, even if the workers are not thinking that they are making history.
 SherrOd Billings, a teacher. of Gro ton, Mass, son of Mrs. Mary Soule and cousin of Rev. SherrOd SOule of Hartford; was in town on Monday looking for the graves of his grand parents in the old Hill cemetery and visiting the old family home where George Rounds and family now live calling at Maple Corner, remembering the PrestOns when he came on sum- mer visits with his mother and broth CTS, driving down from the Springs House where they were summer guests, to attend services at the Bap- tist church.
 South W1llingtOn.
 Master Harry Pospisol was operated on last week for adenoids.
 Mrs. w. H. Bracket has been viz iting with friends in Palmer and WOr- cester this past week.
 Mrs. Mary Adamec and daughter Ellen, of New York, are visiting al the home of MT. and Mrs. William TOmasek.
 Ernest Smith and Peter DeRoos left last Wednesday for the Y. M. c. A Camp Haven at Chester to be gone for one week.
 Mrs. Walter Mather was removed to the Johnson hospital on Thursday of last week. She is expected home this week.
 Homer Neal was operated on last week at the Johnson hospital for ap pendicitis. MT. Neal is getting along as well as can be expected.
 Miss Sarah Wolstinholm is spend. ing a few days this week with Miss Dixon of Groton. Miss Wolstinholn sails for England next Saturday tC be gone about two months.
 At the trap shooting contest held al the Willington trap shooting grounds for the hunting dog, which was offer ed as a prize by William Stingle O Rockville, was won by Dr. John D Flaherty of Rockville.