The Press., 1922-03-30
WITTVNGTON

| There may Ee things more Wlckod, but there is nothing more cheap than the habit of criticism and fault finding.
 Louie Morse of Mansfield has in hand the building of roomy addition to the bungalow of Fred Tyler.
 Miss Frances Hoover Mercereau has returned from her few days in Hart ford with her friend, Mrs. Howard Penrose.
 Misses Cunning and Palmer return ed late in the week to New York, hop ing soon to come permanently for the summer.
 Last Sunday Pastor Allen spoke of the neglected Master. The solo was effective. There was representative Congregation.
 Next Sunday the church service on the Hill will te held in the afternoon, Bible school at o'clock and preach ing service at 3.
 Mrs. George P. Bugbee went on Tuesday to New London to visit her children there and to recuperate from her recent attack of grip.
 The maine of Miss Nettie Copeland, as chairman of the candy table at 1he late social, was inadvertently
 
 Mrs. Smith has returned from her very enjoyable week in New Haven.
 MT Cosgrove is in very good health, attends church every pleasant Sunday and is occupied with reading and with his large correspondence from all over the Union and. from friends in En- gland.
 MT. and Mrs. Samuel Gardner of Rockville were at the family home on Sunday. Madam Gardner, although very feeble, is resting comfortably. They have now a very competent care taker and house keeper 70 assist Miss lGardner
 The Y basket ball team are playing, and playing well, it is said, with older and more experienced sportsmen in different localities, with varied scores, Imiration. Gardiner Hall has been the enthusiastic promoter and trainer of the local team for the season.
 Long time friends in this locality are gratified that the fine strong name of Thomas Shell Weaver is to desig- mate the new High school building on Ridgefeld street, Hartford. It is em- linently fitting as memorial to sin cere, lovable disciple of all that was best and most desirable in life.
 An open competitive examination for the position of postmaster at West Wilmington will be held at Stafford Springs on April 18th, to fill a contem- Iplated vacancy. The comprehension was $689 for the last fiscal year. The position seems to be quite in demand as several men and women voters are to enter the competition.
 Quite an exciting episode for quiet hilltop was the attempt recently tc steal the automobile at Greencrest The machine was locked and the cul 2 Iprit, caught in the attempt, took him. , self off with all haste. If he kept LII his speed until day light he arrived al parts unknown without doubt. Professor Marshall Barker of Bos ton University has been for few days a guest at Belcroft of MT. Cosgrove and Mrs. Brown. MT. Barker has re gently returned from Florida where F Ehe went looking after certain business interests of the University, while
 there he was ill for three weeks witt , grip at the home of brother-in-laW whose permanent home is in Ohio This illness interfered with Dr. Bar f ker's popular Sunday evening talks tt : the guests in many large hotels tha have made him many friends for seV eral years.
 5 The Hillside library now numbers 3 nearly 500 volumes and has nearly 1OC
 patrons The helpful books, particu Ilarly, are not only enjoyed by th' : children but by their parents as vel l and are a great benefit in many homes
 There is good, if little read, Sunday , school library at the church. At Bel croft, the parsonage, Maple Corner and Three Gables there are libraries ; of more than thousand volumes, a Greencrest nearer 2000; while MT Tyler, Miss Church, Mrs. Robbins, MT i Woodworth, and the Cunning Palmer are all book lovers.