The Press., 1922-03-30

At the church service Sunday after. noon the Lords Supper will be ob- served.
 Johnnie Carpenter is improving from his long illness. The home is still quarantined.
 On Monday, William H. Bracket completed fifty years of service in tho employ of the Gardiner Hall, Jr., Co. and received from the corporation { beautifully expressed letter of appre citation and esteem with substantial Il gift of money. Mr. Bracket is chair man of the towns board of selectmen senior deacon of the Federated church and stands first in the esteem and af lection of the town people who. join 1T congratulations and in best wishes.
 The Daleville people are glad tC have store once more, an institution of that part of the town during th' life of MT HOyle, that has long beer vacant. The new proprietor, c. Bo rousky, came some time ago to Eas Willington from Rockville and haC goods on sale at the former Charle! Dunham Ryder stand, but Elmer Squares newly enlarged and fitted III place of business being able to accom- modate that locality, MT. Borousky wisely moved on to the busy little center of Daleville, where he will nc doubt build a prosperous business.
 At the we'll attended and harmo nious town meeting on Monday after. noon a six mill tax was voted to de. fray the expenses of the town for the coming year.
 Mrs. Alice Holman Hall, widow oi Colonel w: H. Hall, has made known to First Selectman Bracket her in tention of assuming the two thousand dollar indebtedness for the grading oi the town common, an enterprise in which Colonel Hall was much interest ed and that he intended to do at his own expense. The building of a new school house in the Roaring rock dis .trict will be feature of town i'm l provement the coming summer. Al the meeting of the cemetery associa- ton immediately following Robert ITOlles Jones was elected treasurer in place of Colonel w. H. Hall who has taken such an active interest and serv- ed so efficiently since the incorpora- tion of the association, that now in- cludes all the "burying grounds" of the town. All the standing officers were reelected. Miss Hall and W. C. RuLy were made directors to fill va cancies in the board. It is understood that the improvements now in pro- gress will be carried forward to com pletion. It was agreed that in future these two meetings be held on the same afternoon for the convenience oi all concerned.
 l South Wilmington
 Mrs. Thomas Wondrasek and daugh ter, Anna, are visiting in New Yorl this week.
 The basket ball game and danc, I which was to have been held thii l Friday night has been postponed.
 Miss Frances Hall is home on a Il day Easter vacation. Holman Hall il also home for the Easter vacation.
 There will be meeting of the Cli max chapter, U. D. Order Easterr Star, on Wednesday. There will bt initiation.
 Mrs. Walter Malo left last Tuesday night for Morris Heights, N. Y., where she will visit her sister, Mrs. Walter | Westerfeld.
 Mrs. Clark Burnham of East Hamp, ton was the weekend guest at the home of her parents MT. and Mrs Thomas Denman.
 At the town meeting also held here on last Monday afternoon a tax of { mills was voted. Arthur Spicer was chairman and George P. Bugbee was clerk.
 Mrs. John DeCico, who is a patient at the Johnson hospital gave birth tC a 10 ID daughter on Friday. Both arc resting as comfortably as can be ex pected.
 Mrs. Henry Bozon gave birth to { 1872 lb daughter on Thursday of las week at the Johnson Memorial hOspit al. Both mother and daughter art doing well.
 As announced in this column las week, church service will be changed on Sunday. Sunday school at Il o'clock and preaching service at Il o'clock in the morning.
 Mrs. Elmer Mathews, president O the Holland County Sunday school as sociation, and Miss Doris M. Amidon county secretary of the association board attended the meeting in Hart ford last week Thursday.
 Firse Selectman William H. Brack cit has just finished rounding out lift. years of service with the G. Hall, Jr Go. , Starting to work on March p ;I 1872, as an operative in the bleachini department. He is now in charge o the spooling department which posi- tion he has held for a number of years 1 The local Y. M. c. A. basket bal team closed the season by defeatinl the Methodist church boys team O Stafford Springs here last Tuesda night, by a score of 40 to 32. Thi was a very interesting and livel. game. A good delegation of rooter followed the team. a majority of then being the fair sex.
 The Wilmington Cemetery associa ton met on Monday afternoon in tn ried on, and the following were elect hall. The regular business was car ed: President George Cosgrove; vic president, William H. Bracket; secre tary, George P. Bugbee; treasurer Robert T. Jones, (to succeed the lat Colonel w. H. HalD; Miss Rosa C Hall and Wilbert Ruby were electe to the board of directors.