The Press., 1922-08-31
UNION


 John Sellers and family moved to Willimantic last week.
 Fairman Howard is spending week with friends in Hydeville,
 Ralph Belcher of Stafford is spend ing a week with Lawrence Moore.
 Miss Bessie Moore of Bridgeport is spending a week with Mrs. Fred A. Moore.
 Otis Burnham and family were weekend guests of Mrs. Burnham's mother, in Mansfield.
 MT. and Mrs. Peter Thompson and little daughter of West Dudley were at the Center, Saturday..
 Mrs. Foster Gage and C.. A. Hath away, of Westville, Mass, were week end guests at Raymond Hathaway's.
 Mrs. Harry Rider and children and Mrs. Frank Dupre and children, Of West Dudley, are at the Thomson home for a week.
 Regular meeting of Mashapaug Lake grange next Wednesday evening. A full attendance is desired for meet ing of special interest.
 Mrs. Esten Belcher. Miss Lucia Young of Stafford, and Miss Myrtle Barrett of EastfOrd were weekend guests at Eugene YOung's.
 MT. and Mrs Robert E. Webster and daughter, Miss Marguerite, and Miss Peck, of MOnsOn, mOtOred down to the Old Home day service on Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Alexander WagOner of WatertOWn, Mass, arrived at the Park, last Friday, and remained for Satur- day and Sunday Old Home day exer- cises.
 MT. and Mrs. Gilbert E. Willis came out from Manchester, Saturday morn | ing, and attended all the Old Home day exercises. They were guests of MT. and Mrs. H. R. Howard Saturday night.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred w. Moore, Mrs. Abbe, Miss Dorothy Abbe, Joel Reed, all of Worcester, came out to their cottage at Mashapaug, Friday night, and were in town for all the Old Home day exercises.
 MT. and Mrs. Winthrop Reed and | little child, came out from Worcester, | Sunday, and joined the Reed family for group pictures, near the church, after the morning service. Later, l.. l M. Reed and Mrs. Mary l.. Reed spent the afternoon with MT. and Mrs. Fred w. Moore, and a family group, at Mashapaug.
 Friday evening there is to be | Grange entertainment and social at | the church. The entertainment, which opens about o'clock, will consist Ot special music and other features, in | cluding nature talk and stereOpticOn views by MT. Beeching. The enter 1 tainment is free to all, and a cordial l invitation is given to all Union people and their friends to attend. Ice cream will be on sale, at 10 cents per plate l before the entertainment and during the social which follows. silver | collection will be taken, at the enter l tainment, to start a basic fund for a radio apparatus to be owned by the Grange. but to be used for the enjoy ment of the public.
 Old Home day service at the church last Sunday morning. was most i'm pressive and long to be remembered by those who were in attendance. The church was filled, extra chairs being used. A beautiful anthem by the following quartette: Mrs Clarke Mrs McAlister, MT. Wood and MT Coolidge, with MT. Oldham at the organ, was very enjoyable feature and these accomplished musicians leo in the inspiring hymns throughout the service. Rev. H. A. COOlidge's sermon from the text: "The Son of Man came eating and drinking" was (as his ser mons always are), strong and thought | ful and carried the truth home to his hearers. The service closed with the hymn, America, the Beautiful.
 Old Home day in Union, opened rainy and cold, but the tOwnspeOple gathered to observe the day about eleven a. m., and soon after came friends from near and far, and the Congregational church. thrown OpeT by the pastor, was well filled Wher the afternoon entertainment of music and speaking started. Phoenix band of Stafford Hollow gave a cOncer during the first part of the afternoon and although the speakers scheduled to be present were not able to attend on account of the rough roads an( bad conditions, several former resi- dents of the town spoke on the lead ing issues of the day. Gilbert Willis of Manchester, MT. Newell and Hart ley Reed Walker of Orange, Mass paid kindly tribute to their childhood home town. Harvey M. Lawson, Dr Samuel M. Lindsay and William A King, gave able addresses to a yer! appreciative audience William P Beeching read two letters from for mer residents, Nathan Morse of Ohio and AlVaradO Howard of Florida l