The Press., 1922-06-29

The continued humidity is sugges- tive of dog days.
 The Yonge family of Windsor were guests of MT. CosgrOve on Sunday afternoon.
 The Girl Scouts, Mrs. Alice Tyler Smith, president, are rehearsing a play to be given Monday evening July 3rd in the Congregational church that promises to excel anything they have previously undertaken.
 Miss Nellie Towne Burleson, for mer teacher here, and well known in this locality, is still with her mother at their pretty home on Quinnebaug avenue, Putnam, where she was called from Stafford, on account of the fatal illness of her father, J. T. Burleson an esteemed and we'll known citizen.
 A motor party of D. A. R. ladies were recent callers at Greencrest finding much of interest in Mrs. Smiths collection of antiques and ex- pressing admiration of the natural beauties of the Hill and of the scenery along the unfamiliar drive from Old Windham, one of the states most in teresting historical places.
 An event of the Saturdays enthus- iastic ball game between the South Wilmington boys and the locals on Frank Parizek's field was the break ing of Charles Wochomurka's collar bone by a flying ball. The injury was cared for immediately by Dr. Con- verse, and the recovery making good progress.
 On Monday Miss Maud Tickets of Elizabeth, N. J., arrived at Hillside for at least months sojourn. She was met in Willimantic with MT. Whites car, by her cousin, Miss Catherine Tickets, Robert and Mrs. Snedicor, who has been at Hillside for two weeks, despite the fact that "they say" in town and out that The Press did not chronicle the fact of the arriv- al of this favorite and most welcome summer guest.
 Rev. Charles l.. Snow, former pas tor, was warmly welcomed by old friends on Monday Since he gave up his strenous duties as Baptist State secretary in New Hampshire he has been successfully, engaged in temper ance, bible society and Y. M. c. A. work. During the World war his Y. M. c. A. position was in U. s. navy crossing from France and return on troop ships. For the present he is for a time in South Manchester, and his friends who know his aptitude for the work hope he may be given Y. M. c. A. field position, in this state.
 June has been busy month on the Hill. The church has been in the hands of carpenters, masons, painters, decorators and upholsterers. New windows have been placed, new hard wood floors laid and oiled, new carpet runners in the aisles, new draperies 1.-the whole place restored to much more than it's former value and beauty Miss Hall has been interchangeable in her efforts and oversight that nothing should be omitted or neglected toward making a beautiful and comfortable artistic and elegant place of worship. The delayed roll call and business meeting will be held on Friday after moon. Supper will be served and in the evening there will be rededication services to which the public is cor dially invited. Rev. Dr. A. B. Coats and members of the board of promo tion from Hartford will be present. Rev. l.. Rees from Stafford Springs and others of prominence will partici- pate in the services. On Sunday Pas tor Allen will occupy the pulpit as usual and tell something of his inter- esting experiences and impressions at the Northern Baptist convention that he has just been priviledged to attend in Indianapolis, Ind.
 News was received here on Thurs day of the death in Waterbury of Dr, Frank Ryder, native of Wilmington, youngest child of Charles Durham and Mrs. Della Ryder. The burial was on Saturday at p. m. in the family plot of the Colonial Hilltop cemetery. A very large automobile party ac- companied the remains, the near rel CT, Dr. Charles Ashley Ryder, and wife, of Bridgeport; his brother-in- law, Dr. Wilbur Holt, of Newark, N. J.. sister-in-law, widow of pr. George Ryder, Mrs. Dr. Frost, and son, Dr. Raymond Ryder, of Hartford, and many members of the fraternal socie- ties, all of whom brought beautiful mathematical set floral tributes There were early friends and neigh bors from here and his cousins, the Robbins family, G. B. Robbins and wife; Mrs. Hattie Robbins Poultry, and husband, Samuel Poultry. Miss Emma Robbins, who was not able to attend the service, received calls from the party at the home of her sister, Mrs Poultry. Rev. MT. Darby of Holland conducted very beautiful committal service. The strangers all were i'm pressed by the beauty of the cemeter- ies and of the view, and many spoke of Colonel Hall.