The Press., 1922-05-25

by N. s. Gilbert, after which he took up business for himself. Of an ar- tistic temperament he showed much ability by painting in oil many ex- 1 cellent pictures, as well as stage scenery. He, has long been a member of the Trinity Methodist church. active in it's work, serving faithfully as Sum- l day school superintendent at Mohegan and Trading Cove. He was a man of | fine qualities, pleasing personality, and will be long missed in the com munity where. he was generally be- | loved. He is survived by his wife and three sons, Everett, Fred and Harry Kent, one daughter, Mrs. Bertha Zuc- cardy, nine grandchildren and one sister, (Eliza) Mrs. Jared Fuller of Scotland, the we'll known editor of The White Ribbon Banner. Mrs. Eliza Kent Fuller's many friends will be gratified te hear that she is"iust getting about after a painful illness of nine months duration" She is hoping to resume some, at least, of her activities and will enjoy meetings, places and people, as all who have been shut in do.
 South WillingtOn MT. and Mrs. George Richardson of Hartford were visitors in town the past week.
 Mrs. Clark Burnham of East Hamp- ton was the weekend guest at the home of her parents.
 c. E. Wheeler of Middletown was entertained over Sunday at the home of MT. and Mrs. J. R. Edwards.
 On Friday afternoon at o'clock a field day will be held here under the auspices of the Wilmington schools.
 William Tomasek spent a few days this week visiting with relatives and friends in New York, returning home last Tuesday.
 Tony Mature, former laborer for the G. Hall, Jr., Co.,, left here last week for Detroit to work for the Ford Auto company.
 The annual due day" of the w. c. T. U. will be Saturday, from to g, at the home of President Mrs. Holman. Business meeting at 3.
 The Woman's Mission society will meet on Friday at 7.30 D. m. in Social hall. The w. w. G. will give "The Happiest Plan" All are cordially i'm vited.
 On Sunday evening in Social hall at 730 Rev. MT. Allen will give Memo rial address, All the towns folks are earnestly invited to be present. It is hoped there will be a large attend ance.
 John R. Edwards attended the Y M. c. A. state track meet as an official scorer in Windsor at the Loomis In stitute grounds on last Saturday. This was planned for Colts park, Hartford, but on account of the heavy rain during the week had to be chang ed to the above named place. Under the auspices of the Y. M. c. A. of South Wilmington, the following named young men, students of the Wesleyan University of Middletown, took charge of the church services here on last Sunday morning. c. O.. Wheeler, w. Lozier and Joseph T. Mirtl, native of Wilmington. While the young men are not considered as preachers, nevertheless they gave some very interesting talks pertaining to the building up of Christian spir- it. A peculiar coincidence of this meeting was in having a Wilmington boy come here as one of the deputa- tion team-Joe Mirtl, as he is familiar ly known by the people of this town. Joe is to be congratulated on his fine work and certainly is a good example of what the boys of country towns can do and be.
 On last Friday evening in Social hall a very interesting program was carried out as follows: Beginning with all standing and singing My Country Tis of Thee;" song, Spring time," by the Wilmington alumni; May pole dance, by the primary school pupils; song Dip Boy, Dip the Oar," by school children; address on the need of physical education in the schools, MT Brownell; song, Sailing" A very interesting account, illustrated by stereopticon views, was given by Miss Clara Hall, on her recent trip in Europe. The pictures included the boat she made the trip across in, where she landed, her travels through France, over the battlefelds, the ruins left by the war; also her trip through Italy, where she was present, being in front of the Vatican, when the Pope was giving his blessing to the people. Miss Hall also showed pie lures of homes or palaces of the past kings and queens and the peculiar styles of their dress. In all it was most interesting and instructive lec-' ture. The social hall was over crowd ed, the attendance was so large.