The Press., 1922-12-28
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 MT. and Mrs. Roy Barlow of Hart ford spent the weekend with their brother and father,
 Several local sportsmen have tried fishing through the ice but have not had much success yet. E. A. Wilbur's family entertained Howard Goodwin's family at Christ mas and E. H. Buck and family were at Mrs. Bucks for dinner.
 The families of Bert Bicknell and Mrs. Etta Mathewson, who are spend ing the winter in Florida remembered them fl ients nerg S sending th them ea1a boxes of oranges.
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 Miss A. D. Amidon of West Hart ford is home for the holidays, The school children had Christ mas tree and appropriate exercises at the church Thursday evening.
 MT and Mrs A, H. Amidon and children, Stanley, Norman and Char lotte, of Abingdon were guests of his mother on Tuesday.
 Miss Chism and Miss Brousseau closed their schools Friday for the Christmas vacation. Miss Brousseau went home for the holidays.
 Mrs. G. w. Amidon of Stafford Springs and MT. and Mrs, G. H, Gov entry of Edwardsville H., were re- cent guests at the Amidon homestead.
 Mrs. Julia s. Amidon, Misses Abbie and Lillian Amidon, H, N, Amidon, N. G. Armitage and Miss Clara Armitage spent Christmas day with c. s. Ami don and family at East Willington. 
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 Miss Hazel White of Waterbury, spent the holiday with Miss Nettie Worthington.
 Marjorie D. Curtis returned to her work in Miss Neuman's dental lat O. ratory Christmas afternoon.
 Archer Hurd of the School of Avia- tion, Mitchell field, Garden City, Long Island, N. Y, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Belle Hurd
 Mrs. Fannie Kibbe and Miss Jean Carins of Hartford, were Christmas guests of Mrs. Kibbe's daughter, Mrs. Gladys Comstock. /
 Mrs. Rudolph Dostal anl little daughter, Virginia, of Ludlow, have been spending several days with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. John S. Curtis
 Kibte Pierce of Detroit, Mich, and MT. and Mrs. w. Sherman Thompson are in town being called here by the serious illness of Mrs. Bella Pierce
 The Christmas tree and entertain ment in the church Sunday night was largely attended and greatly en- joyed. Presents for all the children were distrit uted.
 There will te a song recital by Miss Grace Keeney, soprano, assisted by Miss Alice Keeney, violinist; Mrs. c. M. Gager, reader and Mrs. O.. M. Hibber, aeeompanist, under the aus- pices of the Woman's club in Pied mont hall, Friday night, at o'clock.
 Mr. and Mrs. George A. Pease had as Christmas guests, MT. Pease's parents, MT. and Mrs Charles peaae and his sister Miss Flora Rease of Springfield, MT. and Mrs, Albert Hewins and two children of North Wilbraham, Robert Young of Nor wich and Lemuel Young of Spring field.
 An accident that might have re suited seriously occurred Tuesday A+4 AAOAAI CAAO SOA6lN&cElAOA- al parsonage when wheel fell off a Stafford -Springield jitney. The car was going at a fair rate of speed but did not turn over and the eight passengers escaped with a severe shaking up.
 The Woman's club met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Charles W. W Pease. The program consisted of $ roll call with responses of the name of book that I like to re-read";; { book review of "The Story of Man kind, 'by Mrs. John Curtis; "The Nor al Effect of Clothes" by Mrs. Georg, A. Pease; Household Problems, 7 b. Mrs. John Hunt and Mrs. J. W. Dam son, followed by discussion.
 Among the young people who ar, home for the holidays are: Mariori, A. Moore from her work as psycholo < gist in the Philadelphia House Q Disension, Miss Lucille Moore iron '