Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 11, 1911, Page 9

— EASTERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND. Who is Going and Coming—Incidents, Accidents and Building in Three Counties. NEW LONDON COUNTY. OLD MYSTIG W. C. T. U. Elects Officers—Official Board of United Workers—G. and S. Road Lights the Highway—Temgsor- ance Sunday Sermons. The annual meeting of the Woman's Christian Temp Friday nce union was held 3.30 . at the residence H. Dean. 'The following were elected for the ensuing dent, Mrs. Emily Schoon- vice president, Miss Mar- garet Boolthman: second vice president, Miss Genevieve Frink: third vice pres- ident, Mrs. Cordelia Davis; recording cretary, Mrs. Anna Williams; corre. sponding secrctary, Miss Mary H. Dean; treasurer, Miss Genevieve Frink. United Workers’ Election. The annual meeting of the United Workers of the Methodist Episcopal church was held Wednesday at 2 p. m. in the M. E. rooms in the Williams block. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Herman Main; vice president, Mrs. George G. Welles; secretary, Miss Annie William: treasurer, S. Annie Willlams; direc- tresses, Miss Callle T. Chapman, Mrs. Prentice A. Williams and Mrs. Joseph esley. The Ladies” Aid seciety of the Bap- tist church was pleasantly entertalned Wednesday evening at the home of Mirs. Frank L. Lamphere. Taken to Backus Hospital. Clarence Watrous, who was serious injured about the head two week a®o by a fall from a wagon while driv- ing near Westerly, was taken Tuesday Backus hospital for treatment. Electric Street Lights. The Groton and Stonington Street Railway company has installed electric lights in Main street, Old Mystic, from the cast end of the factory of the Mys- tic Woolen company of Old Mystic to the terminal of the track near H. O. Williams® store. Recited at Concert. Misses Etta May Lamphere, Viola Eidredge and Hazel Clyde gave recita- tions at the harvest concert at the Methodist church, Mystic, Jast Sunday evening. Miss Lamphere recited The ‘Angels in the Clouds and The Teach- ere Reward, Miss Eldredge rendered The Pastor’s Reverie, and Old was rendered by Miss Clyde. Mr. and Mrs. William P. Weller en- tertained a house party Sunday. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Comfort Bogue and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Bogue and family ef Norw'ch and Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Gilbert and family of Pleasant Wiew, Old Mystic. i Hrnest W. Brown of Riverhead poul- iry farm has returned from @ business | trip to Hartford, Springfield, Worces- ter and Fitchbure. To Deliver Temperance Sermons. Rev. Willimm B. Cornish, pastor of the Methodist church, will observe the world’s Temperance Sunday. preaching at the merning service on The Relation of the Ghurch to the Cause of Temper- anee. subject of the evening ser- mem will Be The Unpardonable Sin. Af_the lafter mervice Miss Lottie Mar- at Jane Soapy NEWS FROM ONE HUNDRED LIVE CORRESPO Katherine Palmer of Norwich were calling on relatives here on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Maine were re- cent Preston visitors. Mrs. Horace Smith of Lyme has been the guest of her mother, Mrs. Sarah Greenslit. UNCASVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fryer and three children of Willlmantic were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Miner 3 T. A. Scciety’s Social—Grange Pre- | Sacday. 7 i paring Entertainment—Illness of | Mr. and Mrs. C, Leslie Baldwin were serving well. It is more than 3) years| Tryen Robertson. e aTAOS. Naw Fiveh zince Joseph Stoddard welked into | Knox county and flled on a homestead onc and a naif miles east of Bazile. | His finances, like others, was limited | and he ried improvements on_his with a yoke of oxen. Mrs. Stoddard, who is well known here Julia_Kiikenney, joined him a few months later and together they worked and saved and built a - comfortable home where they lived for 13 years. when they moved to Creighton, where they now reside, to educate their chil n. Mr. Stoddard has proved a man of strict integrity and a man of his word and one of whom his nati county may well feel nroud. Mr. Stod- homestea ir a brother here, George Al- Mrs. Stod- | gt . Mrs. G. A. | Stoddard, Mrs. Richard Maine a Mrs. Elmer Maine, who enjoved a visit with their sister not long ago. Briefs and Personals. Rev. Stephen O. Kinney of Easton, . held a service in the chapel Fri- evening and Sunday afternoon. He was the guest of Rufus Mallalieu and | Horace Palmer while here. | John Hopkins of Shannock, R. I, was the guest last week of his uncle, Hor- ace Palmer. John Maine is at work with the crew of life savers at Point Judith, having N wi ou: en tor gone on duty last week. | few weeks atgher home in town. in v ) g the evening there were several _llnrace[l?,?)l_nn:lel;} :;:;:ugmtr;s;axg?"} _Frank B. Mitchell, superintendent of | musical selections and recitations. ?rl\gper al £ :ne ;\ yes P:‘nducl ctom}?anyihwhg has | There was a large number present . 5 fiw i« | occupica a tenement in e house | from the surrounding town: Palmers woodlot north o Clark's | B wwaluers. mtore. cn house near W. FITCHVILLE Falls village. Grangs MEsHGE — Montville grange, P, of H., hsld its FEjsiite ¥t | FURSSA - of Datn SALEM Rev. T .M. Williams Preashes to the | Children — T. H. Sterry Recovers | from Serious lliness. Rev. T. M. Williams had the close attention of his congregation Sunday morning, when he spoke in a pleasing and helpful manner to the children from the text “If I perish, I perish.” Esther 4: 16. Communion service was held at the close of the preaching ser- vice. Those from Salem who attended the | Christian Endeavor service at | Hill Sunday evening were Rev. T. M. Williams, Wilbert Marvin and son, Dwight, Miss Kittie Ray, Miss Josephine Hart, Mr. and Mrs. James | Lane, Howard A. Rix and Mr. and Mrs. | | re Ly Frederick Bailey. Mr, ani Mrs. Lane and Mr. Miller of New London were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Lane. The trip | from New London was made in Mr, | Miller's touring car. | Mr. and Mrs. athaniel Clark spent | Saturday and Sunday with relatives in Frank'in Called ’ Franklin. Mf. ‘and Mrs, Gilbert Murray spent severa! da¥® in Franklin, being celled there by the illness and death of Mrs. | Murray’s grandfather, Deacon Willlam | Robinsoa. - i James and Ernest Beebe are spend ing some time at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Beebe. Miss Kittie Ray is spending the week end at the home of her parents, oMr. and Mrs. C. Ray. LeRov Bailey, who has been ill with . | | i chand will e iy Pister Coming. Rev. Mr. Andeswoy of Sterling will the pulpit ef the Baptist church Lol ‘morning and evening, Nov. 12. Briofs and Personals. returned _te Man- li‘,‘;t ‘where he is peinvipad of a schoo ter an over- Sundxy visit to his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Prentise A. Williams. Mrs. John L. 'ln.‘ and dml:r. Frovidence, are P gt R b ¥mmmond and the and Virgini Root of ware recent suests at the and Jirs. Jeseph L. Des- 0 , Mye. B F. M comber ot New apd Mrs. M. of New Tork are Mrs. M Aieses =i Mra. o Tey. @@ests this week of Mr. and (oxfte. acien & Wlorodse of Riverview '] A ee of Oaklawn - ly evenming ‘l(- “nbog Mesonic meeting heid Efi B $oxic has retrn. a cousin, Miss Haven. - ‘or Riverstde R_T. lay on local relatives ;5 IAdredge impressively o titled Flis Weund- & Jast Sunday Lecal Oxen Sent to Massachusetts— Guestswat Cohen-Deokman Wedding in Mew York. wewe forty-twe at the story | Sl e Vs el 1 The Conge -1 wegjonal ehurch iast Supday evening. Fenmis Adell of Norwich Town wae mm‘d':n. Jomephine Al- ,L..loun < n of Jewett ;:‘n, gmest over Sundav of Mrs. Miner. Lathrop has gone to Millis, Maszs, for a few Gay Sent Owen to Bay State. rop was home over Sun- home he bought a pair of ederick Pierce. and had | oxen of dom qEnt by frelee to Anills. Maxs. | - 4 @ 15 Yo use them on his timber Cohen-Deckman Wedding. { Mrs, uel Cehen, Miss Rae Co- and Miss Rose Oohen of Gager | i wrent last Satarday to New Verk | - wedding Tuesday of Hen- | 2 sen of Mr. and Mrs. Sam- e a3 Miss Rae Decliman of Ygwc. They are to return home * tyrday). Ho; of Plzinfleld has Sufeheod sawing the Bailey lot and r“ mill to the Owen Smith lot, ic read. CLARK'S FALLS degeph M. Steddard, Formerly of Ner- _wAgh, Remominated for Copnty Treasurer at Creighten, Neb. Pakmer xoid the real esta property of his brether, [ r, at auction,. Reusehsid articles belongin, te She esiate of the Jate Issac Shekion were gid. A Former Nerwich Man in Nebraska. The ropuBlican stete =nd Knox ticket of Nflm may be of readers Bulletin, as | Steddard, who was a Nflm’l"untll 23 years old, B el | Roge tonsilitis this week, is recovering. ‘Wilbert Marvin will lead the tem- | perance meeting of the Christian En- | deavor seciety Sunday evening. at 7 | o’clock. Recovers from lliness. The friends of T. H. Sterry are glad to see nim out on the street again. His iliness covered several weeks. The town school beard met in the Town hall Thursday evening. VOLUNTOWN. Good Entertainment at Parish Fain— Stage Driver Leffingwell, Injured, May Retire. | St. Thomas’ parish fair was contin- ued Saturday evening last with a good attendance. Many were present from Jewett City, Pendleton Hill and Glas- %0, and thoroughly enjoyed the amuses ments provided. The following orches- ira furnished music for dacing: Jar- vis and Gravelin, violins, and Miss | Ethel Popple, piano. Albro prompted Stage Driver Injured. | John Leffingwell, who has run the Norwich and Voluntewn stage for | many vezars, received injuries last F day_ whilst in the performance of his duties that will lay him ap for scme business, a fact that will be regrettad by _his many patrons. weeks. As a cons: is en- | < Socobd TRy it h“f‘"‘;“‘::h:f ;;:}Slf:;_ | Miss Addie Moran spent the week |last Saturday afternoon. For a num- fingwell will Tetire from the stage | (70 With her brother, Joseph Moran, of | ber of years Mr. Robinson was a dea- age | New Haven. con of the Fitchville Baptist church. | Ed Boutelle and daughter, Doris, of | Tryon Robertson is confined to his The pla ¢ o 3 s, of| Tr ertson is d v presented by local ama- Rl:pp V‘a‘lvle . R. I, called on Arnold | bed by illness. A graduate nurse is in | teurs a large audience in Palmer ams Wednesday. attendance. hall last Friday night for the benefit Benjamin Groves ef the U. S. ship | Indiana is spending a furlough at the hoine of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. | O. Groves. g A number of local Foresters are planning (o attend the anniversary celebrdtion in Norwich Thursday next. th tu EAST COLCHESTER. Horse Badly Gored by Cow—Grange Visitation. | k1 10 A veterinary surgeon from Nerwich i was called he Monday to relieve the Pumctual Ptis: Helen were recent guests at the suffering of s Naughten's horse,| In rooms 1 and 2 at Paimer Memo- | home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry East. which was g 2 cow. Tt was | Tial school the fcllewing pupils were | land. neces: to take eight stitches in the | PErfect in attendance: Miss Susie| Miss Christine Marra was a recent sash. Wood. teacher, Roselda Bonville, Alice | guest of relatives in Montville. Mg and Mrs. Edward Consgdon and | C Mrs. Congdon’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. | DY of Fitchville, visited relatives | here Sinday. Miss Alice Makoney spent the week end in . Preston City. a guest of riends. l.ocal members of Colchester srange, No. 75, atlerded the interesting granze meeting of Bosrah srange in that| Anna Hathaway of East Lyme. ph Rogers, chool in visit friends in Providence. burg, N. J. zelical meotings Tuesday day nights in the Methodist church. with his wife, who | mother. met with an aceident in which her an- Eddie Bonville, Ernest Bonville, Elmer Browning, Hugh Casey, Elsie Church, | Pearl Edwards, Francis Hickey, Fran- red Ritchie, dere Rosenhind, Charles Russell. Laura ‘was a recent visitor in town. Rev. Harry A. Beadle of Pomfret called on friends here Wednesday. Thirty members of the Total Ab- inence society of New London held & cial and dance in Hickey’s hall |~ William Blicq, Louis and William hursday night. Refreshments were | Ortman of Norwich were coen hunt- ‘rved. The party made the trip t0 | jng here onme evening of the past 2d from the hall in a big "bus. ary King is enterfaining Miss | ™ 2 Miss Faith A. Gager Is spending a few days in Providence. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wilcox of Miss ) The personal property of John Mur- J who was found dead in a brook | gcotland t gues M town, was given attention in | and Mrs. 8 N. Hyde. i i _to distribution by _ Attorney Mrs. Abble Speeler, ¥ Miss Lillie of Dover, N. H. who was in | yohnson and Miss Lucy Hyde were in wn for that purpose. Norwich on Tuesday. b Maud Wood and Miss Gertrude who are attending the mormal ‘Willimantic, spent a few daye their homes recently. Cleared $20. About $20 was netted from the Hal- e'en entertainment given in Palmer emorial hall. A 15-pound coon was shot by Mer- n Chapman and George Carver while t hunting recently. Miss Addie Milier left Friday to A large number from here attended the missionary meeting_dn Norwich on Thursday. 5 Mr, and Mrs. C. J. Baldwin of Nor- wich were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. Leslie Baldwin on Sunday. Mrs. Emilie Date, Miss Fannie B. ‘Hyde, Mrs. Theodore Crandall, Mrs. George L. Ladd, Mrs. Hermon A. Ga- ger, Mrs. Fred Race, Mrs. Ben Bur- dick and Mrs. Lavius A. Robinson, S. N. Hyde attended the cantata at the Methodist church, Baltic, Sunday eve- ning. s Seciai and Entertainment. An enjovable social and entertain- ment was given at the home of Mrs. George Avery and Miss Ella Smith on Friday evening of last week. Dur- Joseph St Germaine of Pequot is tertaining his brother from Phillips- After several weeks spent with her ughter, Mrs, C. E. Walden, in Bos: n, Mrs. Ida Browning is spending a William Robinson—Articles Award- ed at Close of Play. meeting in Palmer Memorial Wednesday night. The grange is aring to hold an entertainment. Supt. Lafayette Rudd of the East me electric road, with his brother, 2u. 1 Thers vas a very large attendance Tuesday of the friends from this 1 Attention, Farmers! _ DOLLARS BONUS For Fattest and Big- gest Turkey Raised $10.00 Next t $5.00 Third .00 . The Builetin proposes to capture the three fattest and largest Turkeys to be offered for_the Thanksgiving market in Windham and New London Countiez. They must be natives—hatched and grown in these two counties. The Bulletin will buy the prize birds at the regular market price in gddition to the prize to be awarded. “The turkeys offered for prize must have head and feathers off, en- trails drawn and wings cut off at first joint. The first prize of $10.00 to the largest and fattest young turkey; second prize of $5.00 to the second largest and fattest young turkey: third prize of $5.00 to the largest and fattest turkey raised in New London or-Windham Counties. . _ The contest is open to any man, woman, boy or girl residing In these counties. The turkeys must be submitted for examination and weighing the Tuesday before Thanksgiving at 12 o’clock noon. For the largest and fattest young turkey $10.00 will be awarded in addition to the market price. This turkey will be given to" the Rock Nook Home. To the raiser of the second 'young turkey in size a prize of $5.00 dition to the market price Will be given. This turkey will fur- the Thanksgiving dinner for the Sheltering Arms. To the_raiser of the largest and fattest turkey over a year old a prize of $5.00 in addition to the market price. This will go to the County Home for Children for a Thanksgiving dinner. The judges will be disinterested persons who will weigh the tur- kevs at Somers Bros. market. ':4 in a nis All turkeys that are eligible for competition willjbe purchased at the market price, so any turkey raiser who ent a bird in the contest is sure of selling the bird whether a prize is won or not. place at the funeral of William Robin- son, whose death occurred in Frapklin Tryen Robertson III. Play a Success. of the Y. M. A. was @ pronounced success. The three articles canvassed on were awarded as follows: Barrel of flour, Michael Sweepey; 35 in gold, E. F. Thompson: silver tea service, Rev. J. R. O'Donn>ll of Cclchester. » Village Interests. The Rev. O. S. Kinney"of Easton, was a visitor in town recently. Miss Helen Murphy has returned to her home in New Britain after haying been the guest of ber cousin, iss Mary McCarty, Mrs. George Eastland and daughter, ho has been ew York, re- Miss Florence Adams, e guest of friends in rned home Saturday. Rev, R. . Roberts nducted evan- and Wednes- Ddward Hermanson spent Sunday is caring for he Mrs. Hermanson while there M e was badiy spralned. Owen Teft, who has been in town oking after his property, has left to €nd the winter at Bolton Notch. i Room 2. taught Bernard Allen, apel, Alice Raferty. Miss Iva Bartlett, LAUREL GLEN John Geer has Marble. Rev. Mr. Kinney was entertained Sunday at the home of Herace Palm- er. Miss Nancy Main eof Canonchet was re hea, Leo Manville, Agnes Mar- s ok [ M, John Noves. Albert Moran, Frank iiodi, Grace Quinm, Lewis Raftery, Dorothy Regers. Theo- | rlace Wednesday evening of last week, | Shaw. Eicanor St. Germain, Mildred ;a caller in this place recently. P. E. Hughes of Manchester was a | Watt. Coon Supper. recent guest ef his mother. Mrs. John Marcoux, for several years pper. Nature lovers have found dandelions |2 rTesident in Pequot, has moved to| Mr. and Mrs. John H. Geer gave Buttercups and violets. in oeIeay afora, one of their famous coon dinners last noeks, a rare thing for November. Manchester of New York, who | Saturday evening to sixteen invited has been the guest of relatives in town, [ 8uests. Among those present weve Dr. has returned home. C. O. Main and family of Stonington. ASHWILLETT Otto Anderson returned to his hom. here Saturday morning from a busi nesg irip to New York. Giles Huntley is staying with George ‘Wilkinson near Wyassup pond. Charles Myers and son from Pres- fon Plains were callers in Rixtown Sun . Chauncey Brown ef Veluntown spent !Snklrdly night with friends at Rix- own. J. Nielson and family are meving from the Swain place te one of La- favetie Main’s farms near northwest corner. E ‘The pepulatien of Ireland is said to be 4,381,951, a dearsase of nearly 77,000) Sunday evenine, Mrs. Charles Ramage teing in charge. Social —De Sunday on Pautipaug hill day, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arad Manning. Willimantic visitor. The Epworth league Leld its rollcall BETHEL Rev. C. L. French of Pachaug will preach in the M. E, church on Sunday morning In exchange with the pas- or. The third guarterly conference will be held on Sunday evening following the Epworth league service. Rev. Frank Chamberiain preached at ¥oluntewn on November-5 in the M. E. church. Leland Buwrdick, whe has been iil, impreved. is_much Rev. Frank Chamberlain was in Neorwich Thureday. FRANKLIN t Home of Mrs. George Avery gs of Lecal Residents Dur ing the Past Week. Mr. and Mrs. Clark James spent Mr. and Mrs. Lieyd P. Ayer and son, ugene Ayer, were in Yantic en Sun- Maine newspapers report that farm- :- in th~ ) state are reviving the use Mrs. George Avery was a recent Geegzs Palmer and AMiss - GALES FERRY Epworth Leanue Social iLargely At- tended—Notes and Persoifhls. The first of the series of Jiterary and cla? woouty miianpet oAk tab aue- pices of the Epworth league was held on Friday evening of last week at the M. E. church. The evening’s programime, consist- ing.of a piano duet by the Misses Al- ice Satterlee ana Florence - Hurlbutt, an interesting paper, Sixty Years Ago, written by Noyes E. Allvn and read by Rev. C. Wilson Harrison, with ex- tracts from a diary kept.by Thomas Latham on his personal experiences up to the time of the civil war, and a piano solo, Priscilia’s Spinning Wheel, by Miss Jennic Perkins, was enjoyed by a good sized audience. The Misses Geer of Norwlch iwere visitors at their summer cottage, the Pines, one day last wgek. A. M. Kennedy of Norwich, who has been employed here recently in paint- ing the summer homes of Geodge Frost and his mother, Mrs. Harriet Frost, on the BIuff, was a visitor with Mrs Kennedy and friends at his cot- tage on Sunday. Mrs. Richard Latimer was the suest with New London relatives of her niece. -Mrs. John Parker of Nor- wich, on Tharsday of last week. Tracy Smith ard his sister, Miss Mabel Smith, members of the Led- yard granze, attended a supper ziven by the grange at Ledyard Center on Saturday evening. Meeting of Ladies’ Aid Society. There was a ood attendance at the meetfug cf the Ladies’ Aid society of the M. J5. church last week. Ar- rangements for a Christmas sale and supper will be discusszd at the next meeting on November 17. * Mr. and Mrs. Eugene LaFontaine of Allyns Point entertained Mr. LaFon- taine’s brother Charles and Leo DBurn- ham of Hartford for the day recently. Personal Notes. Mrs. Harry Allyn and her daugh- ter, Miss Flora Allyn of Mystic, visit- ed their uncle, Noyes B. Aliyn, on Fri- day of last week. Mrs. Fannie Adams Molthrop has clised her residence at Riverhead place for the winter season after spending v a few weeks there and has returned to the home of Mr. and Mrs. . Col- ver at the Navy Yard. Local friends of Mr. and Mrs. La- tham Smith were entertained at din ner on Sunday in honor of Mr. Smith’ birthday anniversary. Coroper and Mrs. Franklin H. Brown with Mrs. Brown's sister, Mrs. Mann, Jeft on Wednesday for their home in Norwich, after spending the summer and fall monihs at Redfern. i Hudson Leavenworth of Jewett ¢ spent Sunday with his wife at their home in the village. ss Sarah Latimer was the g of Telatives in Palmertown for a sh visit last week. t Miss Laura Perkins leftYon Wed- nesday to attend the convention of | the Woman's Board of Missions in crwich and to visit relatives in Led- verd. The William Allen family, formerly of hiohegan, who have occupied the | Hazier placé n the village the past two months, removed Wednesday to the Latham farm, which was v: ted Saturcay by Mrs. J. W. Sweet and son Clarence. { Mrs. Sweet and son have taken up | their residence at Harrisen's Landing Mrs. Harriet F. Crandall closed b home in the village for the Winter season Sundey and left to Jjoin Mr. and Mrs. Harlan A. Pierce,in New York city. Mrs. Isasc Geer of Ledvard was a caller here cn Monday. Mrs. Btiic Stoddard who has been spending -omc time with Mrs. Geer, returned home | Monday. | A special programme will be ob- served ir connection with the lesscn study on World's Tempe Sun- unday day at the Gales Farry M. school. Percy Norman arrived last week to spend two weeks' vacation from his duties on the steamer Richard Peck, with his mother, Mrs. L. Norma at_Allvns Point. Mrs. Richard Parker of Norwich, t, Mrs. Stewart of Free- port, L. L, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Hurlbutt Mond Miss Carcline Freeman of Mount Vernon, N. Y., one of the recent pur- chasers of a building site on the Noves B. Allyn property, was a yisit- | or here accompanied by her brother, last week. with ker_ gu WEDDING. Sargent—Lumis. At 11 a m. on Wednesday, Clarenca Grové- S:rgent of D v Lon- don was united in marriage with Miss Ciive May Lnmis, daughter of Mr. and | Mrs, Charles Lumis, of Brewster's Neck, Preston. The ceremony took | place n the home of the bride’s par- | ents, the officiating clergyman being | Rev. C. Wilson Harrison, pastor E. church and Brews- | Gales Ferry M In addition to_th ter's Neck chapel. bride’s parents, the guests were Miss Helen M. Lumis. J oseph Lumis, Brewster's Neck, Miss Charlotte Muz- Norwich, Ernest Lumis, New Ha- ven, Rev. C. Wiison Harrison, Gales | Ferry. A luncheon was served at noon, after which the bride and groom 1cft for Boston, where their honeymoon will be spent. The presents were beau- tiful and useful. Mr. and Mr: wiil reside at 544 Bank street, New London, where the gzroom is emploved as bookkeeper. Mrs. Sargent is well known in Brewster's Neck and vicinity and carries with her.the good . .wishes of her friends. NIANTIC Ladies Aid Society Serves Supper— Esta Men Lool Eleven Families Still at Pine Grove. i ! | 9 About— | | 1 The two masted schooner Caroline Butler took on a carge of railroad ties at the head of the Niantic river Wed- nesday. The operators of the Butier have the contract to carry: several | thousand ties. The Ladies’ Aid society of the Con- gregational church served a fine supper Tuesday evening. Dr. and Mrs. Paul Augustus Kum- pitsch have returned to their home in | West Haven, after spending a few davs at the Knickerbocker hotel, guests of Mrs. Kumpitsch's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Latham Manwaring. Real Estate Men Prospecting. A party of men from New Britain were in town the first of the week looking over real estate. Judge A. I, Bush has gone on a bus- iness trip to Minneapolis. Mrs. €. M. Root returned to Brook- Iyn, N. Y., Tuesday afternoon. Miss Laura Gridley Smith, the nugse, has gone to Fort Terry, Plum Island. Electric lights have been installed in the Niantic house. Pine Grove Items. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bell closed their cottage in Center sireet Friday evening, and left for Palm Beach, Fla., where they will eccupy their cottage for the winter. Charles F. Chittenden of New Lon- don was at his cettage in Main street | Rotl 'AGES NINE TO SIXTEE! time in December and go south for the winter, as usual. Miss Mary Failows of New Lordon, a summer visitor here, was a caller in Niantic Sunday. Miss Eunice Ripley 1s still critically ill at the Memorial hospital, New Lon- on. : e Mr, and Mrs, Joseph W. Lee have closed their gummer cottage in Broad- e to New London for the way and g George Sarner Hill is painting and improving the interior of the farm- house which he now occupies. Dr. and Mrs. George M. Barrett ex- pect to spend part ‘of the winter with relatives in the capitol city. Mr, and Mrs. R. B. Washburn came down from Norwich Sunday by auto and stayed at their cottage in Center street. Mrs, S. O, Harrir cottage in Cent; Mrs. Charles to New Haven. Mrs, D. A, Cocker London to spend the d 5 sver constitutes ton is il at her eot. regor has returned as gone to New winter with her Spicer. milies the at the e, which winter colony. . Arthur Montrose is caring for rrington. " LEDYARD Meeting of School PEoard—Personal Menticn. Arthur A. Bennett of N ‘h Town wis a Tuesday gues: James H. Belden. A s'hool board meeting was held at’ the residence of Charles D, Geer on Tuesday afternoon. Ail the mem- bers ‘of the board were” present, to- gether with the supervisor. TIhe sup ply, the bulldinz and the ieache committees m: their reports. Al bills were ipproved znd ordered paid. The next board meeting will be held the first Tuesday in wuary. Thrce took the right hand of fel- lowship at the Baptist church on Sunday morning. Holy communion was observed at ongregational church on Sun- ning. 1 from this place attended the an’s missionary convention held rwich cn Wednesday and Thurs- iotes and Persona Mrs rgaret J. Billings, who spent the summer at her old home, with-her granddaughter, Mrs. Willlam I Allyn, has returncd to Wood Haven to spend the winter witheher gh- ter, Mrs. Henry Hallock, Several from this place attended the Neorwich grange meeting Wednesday ning. Miss Lilllan Gailup is the g unt, Mrs, Adam 1 Windham Mr. an? Mrs. Nathan Wiiliams of Bellows Falls, Vt, are at their summer home on Gallup hill. NORTH LYME Call at Baptist Church—Rev. P. h the Preacher. C. Wright of Nor he annual roll call seryices of tha stist church were held Wednesday, it 2 p, m. The sermon noon was by Rev. P. C. rwich, from the topic, Providences Rather Than Problems; it atly enjoyed by all pres s was followed by the roll »onded. There was a larger a ndance in the evening, when Rev. Harding gave an interesting dis- course from the tople, Disciples, Then | Apostles. Rev. J. G. Ward of Leffing- avell, a former pastor, took part in the services both day and evening. There s special music by the choir, Attended Ordination. number from here attended Oalkes A ordination of the Rev. F. B. M. at Hamburg Wednesday. Personal Item: nily Stark last Saturflay Mrs, J. ted at 55 E Rev. fingwell and vi last of the week, coming here the roll c: 1 service Mrs. William Sisson has been i1 William M, Sisson a Moodus | visitor one day last week. al from this place attended the E. meeting at Grassy HIill 1 aning. OAKDALE. Happenings of the Week—Personal Notes. H. Arnold of Norwich preached in the Montville Center Congregational church on Sunday and administered th: communion. Text, Rev. 2:10, last clause. There was a zood attendance. The pulpit will be supplied tome row by a candidate, Rev. M Buck: ingham of Bernardston, Mass. Mrs. Frank Lewis and daughter na of Norwich, called on friends in this place on Sunda wdrew Johnson, engineer at the mill weelks. aving a vacation of t Fugene Mitchell of Chapel Hill is substituting for him. Mr, Johnson is spending most of the (ime hunting. number of the members of the Lacles' Social unioa mot at the par- sonage on lay and gave it a thorough cl: . Arthur Rogers of Hartford has been a recent visitor at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A, A. Rog- ers. Mr. and Mrs. John Ross of Leffing- well were Stnday @Ak at tha homeé of Mrs. Ros; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reynolds Town School Supervisor . ¥ Wheeler of New London was visiiin schools in this section on Wednesc LEFFINGWELL Ladfes’, Aid Society otes of Loecal Interest. Winifred and wohig of Nor- and Mrs. O, Misses Rer Skelley and M'ss s of N Th Mar: vich were gue: n Sunday. Mrs. George Rogers, formerly of this place, spent swveral days this week with Mr. and Mrs, Charles Rathbun. Among those who attended the ser- s at Central Baptist church, Nor- nday evening, were Mrs, ason, Mr. and Mrs. T Miss Ruth Palmer tin B. Rathbune Harry L, Palmer spent triends in Palmertown. My. and Mrs. J. E. Dolbeare spent several days this weel with friends in Massapeag. Reuben Austin was the guest of his parents in Palmertown Sunday. The Ladies’. Aid society gave a baked bean supper at Mrs. Samuel Beebe's Tuesday evenirg. About 75 attended. A number came from Norwich, LEONARD BRIDGE Charles R. Strong is attending court in_Nerwich, being summoned on juj Bennett Cumimings, whe has bfi§ fingwell, Sunday with U. S. mail carrier for several y has resigned to aoccept a position An Manchester. Kenneth L. Cummings Sunday. 4 Mr. and Mys. R. O. Libby have clos- ed their summer residénce, Wild Air, and gone to the Ansonia hotel, New York, for the winter. Mr, and Mrs. W. E. Alden returned Tuesday from a lengthy stay in South- bridge and Worcester, Mass. Dr. and E. S. Warner will close Paint gome will carry the mail, A number from here attended the auction at B. W, Cummings’ at Leb- anon Center Thursday. For Aneother Excursion. Isn't it about time to start another government excursion to the Panama cunal7—Cleveland Leader, —Rev. A. Miss Robye The jon Laptist Chapman. Misses Rogers of ‘Willimantic, homes here. the sta spent house, Mr. d Mrs. Watt, a_ play entitled The first rehearsal evening at Pal Fifty-five people rendered by the c Sunday, Novembe Baptist church, the . Chappell, di ject, What Ig It to, one of the larges month fter an tion pi by the prayer, of thirty gold aw the pastor with the rd pins attendanc services, the Christy ing being conducted “Topic, T men's missionary for October—Cha sllowing is the Ida D. Stark of Bashan visited | e 1 Hold Supper— ! Twelve Baptized Since members of iristian ¥indeavor, were baptiged 0CCUM AND VERSAH.LES Attendance Report of Public Svheel Sengeman Leaves to Work in Norwich. MONTVILLE Friday Night Club Rehearsing Play B. Coats to Preach at Baptist Cliurch on Sunday, Mrs. Arabella Latimer is the guest of relatives in Orange, N. J. Boynton spent Sunday with her parents at Gardner Lake, Ladies' Ald society of the Un- church held a meeting Wednesday afternoon with Mrs, C. A. Maud Wood and Gertrude #chool, te mormal Sunday at Rehearsing Play. The ¥Friday Night club is rehearsing The Lady Detootive. their Mr., and Mrs. Everett Chapman and family have moved Into the Jesse Watt John Watt of Po- guonnoc Bridge spent Sunday with Mr. Watt's parents, Mr, and Mcs, Thomas was held Monday were rus, Octob: r 5, in_the pastor ¥ t arnest cons tor, three the Bible Cross and d certifient during an Endeay by A E. rles attendance r Memorial hail, present at & recent Thursday evening prayer meet- ing in the Union aptist church, the largcst number in many years. The gospel of Luke is the subject of study, one chapter each week. Over thirty took part in this meeting. Rev. A. B. Coats to Preach. Rev. 'A. B, ats of Hartford win preach at the nien Baptist church Sunday morning and evening next, ovember 12, pecial music will be er 18 Unlon Rev. George soursed from the sub- a Christian? to audiences for ecra- youn, #cho baptistry; Miss Gertrude Rog- Miss Maud Bennett and Herbert Rogers. Niie young people wers bap- zed Sunday, October 15, which makes ass of twelve yo cople whe in training by the paster for membership. Dr, Hemry T. Sell's textbook, Studies in the Life ef the Christian, 18 used by the clase. It was Rally day in the Eible schoel, im ) > of the superintendent, Mra. W. After the opening sengs and presented a aan Crown es for the past* 3 r which an address was de livered from the subject, The Model Bible chool. After an earnest ap- peal by the pastor, about twenty mem. bers of the schoel met the pastor in the parlor for a brief conversation. Ninety persons attended the evenini essons from the Lafe of john. The sermon subject was The Christian's Con?l Five beeame mot- ing_members of the C. B. Mrs. Arabella Latimer and Mre. George C'. Chappell attended the weo- mesting at Noswioh Tuesday of last week. report of the Occum school for the month of October Registered. Av. At. | Room 1 | Room | Room Room Room 5 . 24 ¥ X Total registration 194, average for | school 147, per cent, for school 94.7, per | cent. for September 96.8. To Work for Norwich Electric Com- pany. Charles B. Sengman, for several years employed by the Totokett Manu. uring company in its maehin shop, has resigned (o enter the empley of the Norwich Electrie company fn its garage department. Mr, Sengman enters his new dutics with a good will of a 1 circle Thonm | succeeds Char | padly 1s M engr ra and a B. Swan store. | - Mrs, Mass, or a An held Thursday a large is the few days. Dr. Henry Sweot during Saturday. Miss Sunday with Miss Painfully Clayton, t Jast orse. evening, Kind af N of young man. ns is suffertng from d right hand, caused by slipping of a crowbar with which helper were at work Wednes- The bar slipped, jamming the top Ceres in Charge of Grange Open Meet- ing—Clayton Willame Injured. friends. s Robinsen of Fall River, Mass., of the hand against a piece of timber, William Kinder was a member of a Taftville party that went on a hunting party to North Stonington Thursdey. 1o onjoyink two weels ation from his duties at the Tetok- Charles Allyn of Lengmeadow, guest of Mry. Dantelset pen meeting of the grange wan attended by number of Lownepesple. The programme was in el ® of Cores, Hartford were guests of Cmsl Bishep week end hunfing trép st Seb_spent last ‘e Fewitt. tnjured. the 10 vrar old sen of Ar- liams, mot with e psinful wo- Satucdey, deing throws Statleing on ke right the hone of the arm was forced diclosacing e soekel 2 by Rev. E. B, monthly County Congr sociation last the howider and . The injury was astende ert Davis are vis- Dr. Sweet of Jewet: CU3, Gedth meeting of the New Londen tional Ministers’ d the as {iting in Danielson and Wamregan this | weelk. Recent Ceo: g the sessions Mabd Ml fix' GOSHEN First Social &f Seasen—Reperte frem nveations, = Hewik The firset soxial of the season was & at the home of Hailows'en soein] Ediware H. M ot Mount farm Friday evenlog. * Mrs, Miss Edit! svanl) View ar J. Teeker and daughter, Tucker, of Lebanon, were callers here Sundey Miss Annie Gillette, a »-'~~ate te the state Sunday Bridgeport, reports ef ti Sunday scheol Nov, William Buckley of g riich werp with friends here Sun- Rav. Marows Burr and Mrs. Burg et- the missioniry conference My. and Mrs. tended Norwich this week. scheal conventien Ve moine very imteremting mestings at the Geshen Report from Norwich Meetin, Sunday evening at thd® Christiss Fndeavor meeting an interesting rep: was given by a number who resen attended the silver jublies conveation Leld in Norwich. The Liberty Hill Christian Badea: socjet. ing with the Gesh expects to hokd a 3