Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-22
New England
WESTERLY. RI.

Ten young married women od
 this community recently organ
 ized the "Young Wives Progress
 sive Club" Mrs. Frederick Bell
 heads the group as president; Mrs.
 Benjamin Helme, vice president
 Mrs. Downing Simmons, secretary
 treasurer; Mrs. Paul Smith, as
 sistant secretary and
 Mrs. Wilson Horner, publicity
 manager. Other members are:
 Mrs. Harry Jones, Mrs. Harry
 Brown, Mrs. Edward Glascoe, Mrs.
 Edward Simmons and Mrs. Ed ward Burrell. Meetings will be held every Tuesday evening. Knitting, crocheting and sewing is carried on at some meetings. Others are devoted to playing bridge. The
 first public affair given by the club was whist tournament in Caledonian Hall on June 8. The first prize of $500 was awarded l to MT. Earl Whitford; Mrs. Will i liam Stills and MT. Lawrence Will son, Jr., were winners of the sec- ond prize and MT. Samuel Helme won third. To celebrate the sue cess of the affair a dinner was held Friday, June IA at the Orchard | House for all members and their husbands. MT. Ralph Simmons, a student at Boston Conservatory, was the tenor soloist at the seventh annual Music Festival sponsored by the teachers of St Bartholomew's Church School given Sunday after noon at the curch in Cambridge, Mass. MT. Simmons sang 70 Div inc Redeemer," by Gounod.
 Mrs. Harry Brown, who is a surgical patient at the Westerly Hospital, is making satisfactory recovery. Also convalescing at the | hospital is Mrs. Enbert Eleazer who underwent an operation a few weeks ago.
 l-Rev. and Mrs. E. L. Green left Sunday evening for a months va cation in Danville, Virginia and Steelton, Pa.
 -The Pleasant Street Baptist Church on Sunday, the evening service was conducted by Rev. R. H. Chrystie, pastor of Grace Methodist. Church, whose subject was "Let Your Light Shine" Mu- sic by the Senior Choir. In the absence of the pastor the follow ing schedule of visiting speakers has been arranged: MT. Joseph Herold Sunday morning, June 23; Rev. G. E. Tobin, Sunday even- ing; MT. c. E. Bittner, the evening of June 30, and Rev. Basil Hall of the Broad Street Christian Church, Sunday evening, July 7. The Fortnightly Society held a | dinner part on Saturday evening. The tables placed in U formation were attractively decorated with ferns and flowers. During the serving the club president, Mr. Henry Allen, serving as toastmas- ter, called on each member and guest who responded with remarks of appreciation. The guests includ- ed Mrs. Jocilla Middleton of Brooklyn, Mrs. Villa L. Hill of Chicago, Mrs. Lee Hughes and Mrs. Stephen Manson of New Lon don, Mrs. Maud Mayhew of Provi- dence, MT. Clarence Fells of Nor wich; MT. Horace Cisco and MT. and Mrs. Robert Jordan of Gro ton, Mrs. Lawrence Wilson, Jr., and MT. Lawrence Wilson of Mys- tic, MT. Harry Brown and MT. Frank Sebastian, ST., of Wester- ly. The members included MT. and Mrs. Henry Allen, MT. and Mrs. James Thomas, Mrs. Harry Jones, Mrs. Minnie Carter, MT. and Mrs. Louis Rock, Miss Evelyn Rock; MT. and Mrs. Frank Sebastian, Mrs. Belle Nicholas, Miss Julia Sebastian, Mrs. Ralph Royster, MT. and Mrs. William Sills, Mr.. Charles Green, Mrs. Gertrude Owens, Mrs. Samuel Ale, Mrs. Eliza Champlin, Miss Eleanor Ev- ans, Mrs. Horace Cisco and MT. and Mrs Tbopoac nor+oL