The Press., 1922-03-09
WELLINGTON


 are people similarly affected.
 Kenneth Bugbee has been officially notified of his appointment as acting postmaster at West Wilmington, and is in charge of the office. -.-. e-s
 Johnie Carpenter, son of B. c. Car penter of the Hansen general store, west Wilmington, is ill of scarlet fever. The home is quarantined, MT. Carpen- ter meantime staying at J. G. Him meler's.
 Although we have had very little snow SO far let us not be definite un. etill after the 18th. No further away than Providence the Journal says they have the greatest weight of snow for Is years.
 Miss Hall, with her usual interest in young people, subscribes for fifty copies of Everyland, the world maga- zine for boys and girls, that with its entertaining and edifying information goes into 50 homes in town from which children attend Sunday school, 25 at Memorial church and 25 at the church on the Hill.
 In the Baptist, for March 4th, we read Rev. A. V. Allen director of re- ligious education in Detroit has ac cepted the repeated calls of the lief ferson avenue church in that city. Rev. A. ", is brother of Rev. Will liam ", pastor of the Federated church of Wilmington. The father is clergyman as are two brothers, be- sides the two mentioned. Mrs. Fou- fehey, the only sister, sings the Cos pei.
 Rev. MT. Allen had busy day on Sunday, preaching effectively, as al ways to a. congregation made up in a large measure of young people, and singing with his sister, Mrs. Fouchey, most delightfuly, then to South Will lington for the usual service at Memo r al church, and in the evening preach ing and singing at the Congregational church at the borough. It is a pleas ant coincidence that the popular pas tor of this church, Rev. MT. Rees, and MT. Allen have found, as their ac- quaintance has developed, that they were born in the same county in Wales. On Sunday the weather gave Vari- fety show. In the afternoon the min iature blizzard that filled the air with swirling snow-fakes that reminded of the old saying, They are picking geese in Scotland" melted as fast as it fell and at 3 o'clock cleared instant \ ly with a sun turst. The evening was wonderful with a clear blue sky, moon in the first quarter, brilliant stars and flashes of the Aurora that is a harbinger of colder weather-a sign that did not prove true, as Mon day was all that a late winter day Icould be for leauty, if not for going Iafar or afield.
 l On Thursday afternoons pleasant k8ewing meetings are held with Mrs, Brown, president of Ladies Aid, to which invitation is general. The spe- cial work now in progress is in prep aration for the social and sale and entertainment to be held at the church on the evening of the 17th. We hear rumors of a candy table, an apron table, mystery table and variety table. A musical and literary program to fill an hour is being arranged for. Mrs. Gahan and MT. Allen are ex- pected to sing, and Mrs. Fouchey, also, it is hoped. Admission 10 cents. Further details next week. The pro ceeds are~~to swell the fund that is Accommodating to assist the trustees in placing electric lights in the church a much needed improvement in which all in the community have an interest \ large attendance is hoped for.
 On March End the congregation of the First Baptist church in Holyoke Mass, joined with Rev. and Mrs. Earle Winthrop Darrow in celebration ot their 2Oth wedding anniversary. Fol lowing the mid-week prayer service the gathering adjourned to the recep. ton hall, where the anniversary cele. bratiOn was held. Rev. and Mrs. Oar. row were assisted in receiving ky Mrs DarrOw's mother, Mrs. Della L. Green of Waterford, Conn. and MT. aud Mrs A. K. Wheeler. An enjoyable program was given. Deacon Wheeler then ex tended the congratulations of tht church and presented the couple { purse of gold, Rev. J. c. Sycamore pastor of the End Baptist church also spoke. The young men of the pastor's bible class served refreshments. MT Darrow was ordained at Newton Theo logical seminary in 1908. His frs pastorate was Wilmington. From her, he went to West Hartford where ht remained five years and then went tt Holyoke. The many friends of thii
 greatly loved and highly esteemed couple will be pleased to read tn, details of this pleasant occasion, Roaring Brook District -Churche It is but fitting that this commemo rative sketch of Roaring Brook distric