Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 21, 1913, Page 15

~ Tolland County . T P COLUMBIA Lunch Set Presented Mrs, John Mitoh- ell—Tall _Affalfa—Tolland Gounty Ciongregational Ministers’ Meeting. Mrs. W. M. Parker has moved to Bouth,Coventry. On the Green Saturday afternoon the local team defeated a nine from Coventry. Willlam Wolff cut a plece of alfalfa last Saturday which although not fully grown had begun to fall down. Some of the stalks measured 46 inches. The U. S. 8. E. Ladles, club met with Mrs. J. A. Isham Thursday at- ternoon of lest week. Miss Rachel Buell who has recently completed a course at a Hartforq bus- iness college, is in South Manchester with Keith & Post as bookkeeper and stenographer. Miss Harriet K, Porter has com- leted her first year at Wellesley col- ege and is with her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Porter for the summer va- cation. Prof. F. Raymond Hunt and fam- 1y of Emporia, Kansas, are spending their summer vacation with Mr. Hunt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Hunt on Columbia Green. Mr. Hunt is pro- fessor of Latin in Emporia .college where he has been for the past two years and will return to his work in September. He was formerly in- structor at Lafayette college in eastern Pennsylyania. Mrs. Ethel Blakeley in the session of the superior court at Rockville last week, obtained a divorce from Charles Blakeley on the grounds of Intolerable cruelty. Gift of Lunch Set, Mrs. John Mitchell who recently sold her place north of Columbia Green, and is expecting to leave town soon, wag given a reception at the home of Mrs. J. N. Clarke Friday afternoon of last- week by the. Ladies’ Afternoon club of which she is president. Re- freshments were furnished by the ladies. A handsome lunch set was resenteq ‘Mrs. Mitchell by Mrs. Ab- ott Little in behalf of the club. Mrs. Mitchell happily responded. Mrs. Emily Randall, daughter Marion end son Harold of Rocky Ford, Col- yrado, are spending the summer in town and vicinity. Miss Marion H. Jones, formerly pas- tor -of the Congregational church at Staffordville, was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. E O Foster at the parson- age over Sunday and preached an ex- cellent sermon at the morning service. Willlam A. Collins, Jr, of Rocky Hill, has soid a four acre tract of Hmber to George Stanl It adjoins the Johnson lot, where Curtis Stearns’ mill is now located. Miss Cazrie Frost left this week for Boston and from there will go to North Harpswell, Maine, for the summer. A Prolific Rose. Mrs. Kate Wolff has a small jac- quiminot rose bush which has 81 buds and blossoms. May Lyman Smith and her sis- ss ~Agnes Lyman, from Mrs. Dow’s boarding school for young ladies at Briar CIff Manor on the Hudson, are spending their summer vacation with relatives in town. Clayton Lyman has a plant growing on the lawn that he calls a dandelion- daisy. The leaves are rough like the daisy and like the leaf of the dandelion in shape. The flower is a thick mass of white and vellow petals. Mr, and Mrs. D. M. Dart of Provi- dence were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis A. Holmes over Sunday. Attended Wedding. Several people in this vicirity at- tended the marriage of Jake Berko- witz of Willimantic. ~Those present from_this’ vieinity were Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Tucker, Mr. and- Mrs. Edward A. Stiles, Mr. anq Mrs. E. A. Stiles, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Champlin and Miss Theda Champlin, Ravmond Clarke and Miss Helen Hitchcock, Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Hutchins and Mr. and Mrs. Allison L. Frink. Miss Harriett K. Porter, Lewellyn Latham and Horace Little attended the 1912 class reunion of Windham High school held at the lake in South Coventry Monday. Meeting of County Ministers. At the meeting of Tolland County Congregational Ministers, held heve last Tuesday, the following churches were represented, most of them by the ministers- and their wives: An- dover, Bolton, Hebronm, Gilead, West Stafford, Staffordville, Ellington, Tal- cottville and Rockville. The confer- ence was held at the parsonage and various topics pertaining to ministerial work were discussed and a paper on Henry Ward Beecher was read by Rev. Mr. Ballantine of West Stafford. The ladies held a separate meeting and discussed the topic, How Ministers’ Wives Can Be Helped. The new fea- ture of the conference, the public ser- vice at the church at 2 p. m.. proved most interesting. The meeting was apened by Rev. Mr. Locket of An- dover. Reading of scripture by Rev. Mr. Burr of Bolton, prayer by Rev. Mr, Bacheler_of Talcottville, an_excellent sermon #as preacheq by Rev. Mr. Thomas of Reckville from Luke 10-31, The &érmon might have been called Lessons from the Story of the Good Samaritan. Dinner was served at the hall by the ladies. After the afternoon service the ministerial party enjoyed a short-pienfe at the lake. STAFFORDVILLE Salad Supper—Children Bay Cencert. Andrew Goodwill, who has been ill for some time at his home, was taken to- the Hartford hospital last week Friday. Mrs. Mary Heck, Mrs. Lina_ Booth, Mrs. Asa Harris and Willlam Webster were guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Webster and Mr. and Mrs. A. 8. West in Springfield. Mass.. last Sunday, making the trip in Mr. Webster's auto- mobile. A salad supper was served in the M. E._vestry Thursday evening. Rev. Miss Jones of Hartford, a for- mer pastor of “the Congregational church, visited local friends last week. The Children’s day concert will be held in the M. E. church next Sunday morning. Successful SPRING HILL Miss Marian Storrs has returned to | her home having completed a course of study at Columbia university, New York. Mrs. B. T. Wells of Cambridge, Mass., and Paul M. Wells of Columbus, O. have been . visiting Prof. B, W. Wells of the C. A. C. at the home of B. M. Sears. ' W. B. Trowbridge of Conventry was the guest of E. . Storrs the first of the week. Miss Bertha Smith is with her sfa- ter in Boston. Rev. A. A. Mufr, 'W. P, Wildes and E. F, Storrs attended a conference of churéhes in South Woodstock on Wed- nesday, as delegates from the Spring Hill Baptist church, The Man Who Put the EEsinFEET ZLook for This Trade-Mark e o g iabal s by o ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE v e 13 e S The Antiseptic Powder for der, - F | Commencement Exercises at the Town! Hall—Winners of Essay Prizes— Farmers Discuss Milk Question.. Hebron public school commencement was held in town hall Tuesday evening, : June 17. The programme follows: In- Vocation; music, God Speed the: Right. class; True Manliness, Earl Tucker; Vision of Sir Launfal, Prelude, Doro- thy Buell; Vision of Sir Launfal, Part I, Arnold Foote; - Vision of Sir Launfal, Prelude 1I, Bessie Hardy; music, Sec- ond Mazurka, Olive Cook; reading of prize essay, Doris Jones; Sir Galahad, Edward Raymond; Jubal Cain, Annie The Seminole’s Reply, Leon After Blenheim, Agnes Hanna; Graduation Song, class. The prize essay was written and read | by Miss Doris Jones, who received the | first prize, $10, and a bronze medal | suitably engraved. Miss Dorothy Buell received second prize, and Miss Bessle Hardy third. There were 11 puplls in the contest. \End of School Year. Schools all closed this week for the summer. There will be several new teachers in the fall. > The primary department held a pic- nic Wednesday -afternoon on the| grounds near the schoolhouse, under the large maples. James McNeirnay of Brooklyn, N. Y., is visiting his sister, Miss M. J. Me- Neirnay. Patient at Norwich Hospital. Mrs. Clinton Porter, has returned from Exeter, where she was caring for her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Strong. Mrs. Strong_was taken to the state hospital at Norwich. Leon Rathbun has gone to Middle- town, being 1ll with appendicitis. Mrs. E. T. Smith and son Edward and Mrs. Smith's sister, Mrs. H. D.| Barrows, of New London, attended the | class day exercises at the Willimantic | Normal school Friday afternoon. Ed- | ward A. Smith attended the reception in_the evening. Friends of Mrs. Susie Rattman arey pleased to hear of her return after an absence of two vears in Massachusetts | with her sister, Mrs. Ella Hunt. Discussed. Milk Question. There was a meeting of the farmers in the town hall Friday evening' to discuss the milk situation. Miss Eleanor Lord is home for the summer vacation. Miss Griswold of Northfield is visit- ing at B. J. Lord’ Miss Lorena Lord is at her home for the summer vacation. \. Hewitt and s at Black Point Sunday. Mrs. W. S. Hewitt has gone to Black Point for a short time. i Miss Florence Jones of Middletown is | visiting Miss Lorena Lord. Mrs. Annie Gilbert and daughter of | Norwich are at Dr. Pendleton’s for the | summer, Mrs. Wilson of New York has gone | to Boston for a short visit and then | returns to her home. Mrs. Hills, who has been at Vincent Henderson's ‘for a number of weeks, has returned to6 New York. BOLTON Coventry Grange Meets With Local | Grangers and Furnishes Entertain- ment. n Walter wero | Coventry grange, No. 76, P. of H, met with Bolton grange last week and furnished a pleasing entertainment, as follows: Solo, Mrs. William Havens; | play, Prodigal Son, Mrs. Everette La- throp, Mrs. Walter Havens, Miss Se- core, Messrs. Fisk and Hall; essay. Planning the House to Save Labor in Work; Mrs. Elsa Koehler; duet, Misses Schell: play, Balm of Gilead, Misses | Ada M. Storrs, Maud A. Murphy and Messrs. H. M. Bartlett and G. H. Storrs; solo, Charles A. Schéll. At the close of the meeting supper was served to 70. Visitors were present from Man- chester and Hebron granges. Children's Sunday was observed in the Congregational church last Sun- day. The exceptionally fine exercises consisted of recitations, songs and_ so- los by the children and a duet by Mrs. C. W. Burt and Miss Alice M. Eaton. Week End Outing. A party of 14 from Hartford was at the Hartford Fish and Game clubhouse at_Bolton Notch over Sunda: Mr. and_Mrs. Louis H. Levey and| daughter, Miss Baker, of Indlanopolis, ! are at their summer home in town. ! They came from Indianapolis in their automobile. Mrs. E. E. Fordyce of Boston is the guest of Mrs. Levey. Representative Albert Buell of Mid- dlebury was a recent guest of his daughter, Mrs. C. W. Burt, Miss J. E. Pomeroy of Troy, N. Y., is visiting her sister, Mrs, W. C. White, Mrs, Jane B. Sumner and daughter, | Mrs. Jennie Bolton, of Hartford, are at their home in town for the sum- mer. WILLINGTON Deputy Inspector Brown Makes Progress at The Grange. Deputy Brown found a large at-| tendance, , a musical program, sand- | wiches, cake and_coffe, at the Grange meeting, Friday évening, and was ap- preciative of the progress made dur- ing the year since his last visit as inspector. There were two applica- tions for membership Mrs. Waldo is visiting_ her sister, | Mrs. Emily Carpenter, having made the trip from Hartford with Oscar Himmeler in his _automibile. Her grandson, Howard Knox, accompanied her, returning the next morning, by | train and trolley. Dwight Blish and family of Man- chester, were week-end automibile guests of Mrs. Gardner. Miss Nellié Thrall of Hartford is at Mrs. Gardner's coming on one of the recent moonlight evenings' in her | nephew'’s touring car. | Mr. Barklek gets $325 damages, from | the ‘Insurance Agency in Stafford | Springs, for the recent damage by | lighting on his house. A few of the farmers have com- menced haying. Grass is quite heavy. Lewis Morse has the improvements | on Mrs. Coleman’s studio well under- way. SOUTH WILLINGTON William F. Carroll Critically Iil— Teachers Appointed for Coming Year. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Fox spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wiiliam O. Eldredge. Warren Chose exhibited a string of sixty trout Monday that he had caught. The old barn at the H. C. Gurley place has been torn down . A new house 1s to be put up by G. Hall, Jr, & Co., nearby, William H. Nichols is the latest to purchase an automobile, brought from Rockville Baturday. Mr, and Mrs, Willlam Moriarty of Hartford were here with relatives over Sunday, Mrs, Moriarty will re- main for two weeks and I8 at pres- ent with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Benjumin Fox, Robert Taylor of Mystie, who was a visiter at the home of Louls Gerg- ler last Monday, states that Willlam ¥, Carroll, who is at Mr, Taylor's home, is net expected to live more than ‘a few days, Mr, Carroll has been an invalid for seme time, Mr, and Mrs, Alonzo Charter of Stafford Springs spent Sunday with ag2nd Mrs, John R. Neil, Westarflald returned | | Baker, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, ex-United States Government Pure Food Expert says--- No Syrup or Sugar.” formula for their LIGHT DINNER ALE SUPERIOR PORTER “Pure Ale sho,uld' contain Hops, 70% Barley Mait, 309 Cereal, ROPKINS & CO. wish to announce that they have adopted this And that all deliveries both in botties or on draught, on and after : March 17th, will be guaranteed to be brewed according to Dr. Wiley’s formula Hops, 70% Barley Malt, 30% Cereals, NO SUGAR OR SYRUP. i To mark the departure in our method, all our Bottle Products Come and see us Brew=--See what goes in are now Pasteurized, and we have adopted a new label for our bot- ties, which contains our guarantee under the Pure Food.and Drug Act, and Government Serial Number is 45127. the mash tun--See what goes in the kettle. Bottles contain full quantity 13% oz. ROPKINS & COMPANY No change in Price. HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT H. JACKEL &' CO., Distributors, 8 Market Street Telephone 136-5 Monday from Hartford hospital, ac- companied by his wife, who had spent Sunday with him in that city. Mrs. Frank A. Webb of Danbury is spending the week end with her father and sister, Arthur Devereaux and daughter. Cora, The complete list of teachers for the coming year follows: Miss Lillian G. Matthews, Hill school; Miss Rachel Fuller, Daleville; Miss Hisie K. Maine, Bast Willington; Miss Lillia I. Fenton, Moose Meadow; Miss Helen G. Nichols, Roaring Brook; Miss Mar- guerite Fay, Village Hill; Miss Daisy Glass Facto Miss Mary C. Miller and Miss Edith L. Morgan, pri- mary and grammar, South Willington. BOLTON NOTCH Mr. and Mrs. Herbert DeWolf were Boston visitors last Sunday. Mrs. Harling and son Miiton of Man- chester have moved in town to make their home with Miss Fanning. Mrs. Loren Main spent Wednesday at Lake Compounce, Mrs. Hattie French visited friends in Hartford and East Hartford last week. F. C. Atkins and family of West Hartford are at their summer home, The Lilacs, for the summer. Mrs. Walter Doolittle is spending a few days with her parents in Spring- field. Harold Patterson and family of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mrs. Charles Bel- den of . Hartford are at their summer homes on the Heights for the season. Mrs. M. L. Woodward attendeq the opening of the new bridge in Bast Haddam Saturday. COVENTRY Looal Grange Furnishes Programme at Bolton Meeting—Tobacco Planted for the First Time in Years. The Ready Helpers held their semi- annual banquet Thursdav of last week, A mirawberry supper was gerved. Miss Zoetje Schell has returned afted a lengthy visit with relatives in New York. Rev, D, B, Jones of Fliington occu- pled the pulpit in the Second Conare- gatlonal church Sunday. . Work was started last week on the new state road hetween here and Bol- on. Setting Out Tobacca. Clarence 8. Fiske ls setting out an acre of tobaceo, the first planted here for many years, Miss Maude A, Murphy has returned to her home in Worcester, Mass,, after Miss Florence Marcy-of Hartford, 'were too small to make a full pro- | Richmond Grange, No. 6, held & r two years of successful teaching in the North district. Many {riends were sorry to see her leave. Visited Baltic Grange. | Coventry Grang¢ visited Bolton | Grange Friday of last week, furnishing the programme, which consisted of two short plays, a reading-and several se- lections of music. William B. Trowbridge has returned.| after a short stay at Spring Hill STAFFORD E. N. Belcher Buys Hydeville Place— Degree for Local Young Man. Miss Sarah Adden of the Springs is spending a few days with Mrs. Inez Lasbury. James and Charles Mitchell of Co- lumbia are guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. A._Lasbury. 2 Miss Abbie Miner attended the dedi- catien of the new bridge at Past Had- dam Saturday.. Miss Margaret Keefe has gone to| spend several weeks with reiatives in Derby and Savin Rock. Mrs. E. N. Bugbee is at the Willi- mantic camp ground, a guest of Mrs. A._G. Richmond of Mystic. Miss Bthel Sault has returned from | Queensbury, N. Y., after spending the winter with relatives there. Mr. and Mrs. Louis King and daugh- | ter of Fitchburg, Mass, were guests over Sunday of Mm and Mrs. Thomas Black. Buys Smith Farm, E. N. Belcher, who has sold his farm in Union, has bought the Charles Smith place at Hydeville and will take possession July 1. Miss Annie Brown, who has been commercial teacher in a school in Port- land, Me., for the past year, has re- turned to her home for the summer vacation. 1 Miss Ruth and Richard Pinney of Springfield are guests of their grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Pinney, and Mr. and Mrs, Reuben Burley, dur- ing the absence of their parenis, Mr. and Mrs. E. IL Pinney, at Rangeley Lakes, Me. . Received Degree. Rev, and Mrs. William E. Gaskin were in Boston thls week attending the commencement of Tufts college, thelr son, Willlam Gaskin, bemg one of the graduates, and having one of the commencement parts, He received the degree of S. T. B. UNION W. P, Marcy of Hartford, is spend- ing some time ai the Marcy Home- | stead. town | was calling among friends last week. Miss Edith Cole of Lynn, Mass., is with her aunt, Mrs. G. N. Tyler. Flags were displayed about town Flag Day. Rev. 1. P. Booth supplied Congregational church, Sunday Mrs. Bartlett, with her two children of Eastford, made a week-end visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Estern Belcher. Washington County, R. I. WEEKAPAUG Tourists Return from Egypt—Close of Season for W. C. T. U. Mrs. G. T. Collins and Mrs. George Noyes spent Tuesday with Mrs. H. A. Macomber. Mr, and Mrs. S. M. Gladwin, who have spent the past winter in Egypt, have returned to their summer cottage, Ellwyn Boulders. W. C,T. U. Meeting, The Ocean View W, C. T. U. met with Mrs. S. A. Congdon Wednesday, | June 18, it being the last meeting until | next September. The union elected of- ficers for the next year and’transacted business and new lines of work to be taken up. It was a very enjovable af- ternoon. Sandwiches, cake, wafers, cof- fee and ice cream were served. Hobart Avers from Philadelphia is expected heré Friday, the 20th, with his family, to occupy their bungalow resently built. De. Sanford and family of New Ha- | ven arrived Monday and will oceupy | Wyncote. one of the Gladwin cottages. | Mrs. Ella Morriss and family of Phil- adelphia arrived Thursday for the summer. Capt, H. O. Dower of the U. S. navy, who was called home recently by the sudden illness of his son Donald, has returned to Baltimore. in at the . . HOPKINTON The Week’s Graduating Exercises— Funeral of M Susan J. Main. Fred €. Allen of Boston, was a guest at the home of his father Hon. E. B. Allen over Sunday. Frank W, Mills of Westerly, Is at the home of his mother while recover- | ing from a sudden cold, | Graduating exercises were held | Wednesday and Thursday evening at | Ashaway and Hope Valley, respective- | Iy, Two were graduated in each High ! school, As the graduating classes ' | Shepard; gram, Rev. Joseph L. Peacock, of Westerly, delivered addresses at both places. At Class Reunion. ev. E. P. Mathewson was in Prov- idence early this week, attending the fortieth anniversary of the class of 1878, Brown University. The funeral of Miss Susan Jane Main, was held at the home of her brother-in-law, James ' Sheffield In Woodville, Wednesday morning, at 11.30 o'clock, Rev,. E. P, Mathewson officiating. Burial was in the Union Cemetery, North Stonington, Conn. RICHMOND Pleasant Meeting of Clark’s Mills W. C. T. U—Supper at Grange—Big Raccoon Shot. The meeting of the Clark's Mills W. C. T. U. was held Wednesday with Mrs. Mary P. James. The following programme was carried out: Singing, Jesus, Saviour, Pllot Me;- prayer and scripture reading by the vice president, Mrs. W, F. Kimber. Roll call was re- sponded to by members reading verses from the scriptures; reading of the minutes by the secrerary, Miss Mary Hoxie; solo, The Danube River, Mrs. reading, A Day of Flower Mission ‘Work, Mrs. James Meadow- croft; Significance and Scope of W. C. T. U. Flower Missions, Mrs. W. F, Kimber, Mrs. Shepard, Mrs. B. B Moore; solo,, Icve's Old Sweet Song, Ines reading, The £, Mrs. Willlam Hop- A Beuguet's Story, Mrs. Mary H. James; solo, Anchored, Miss Florence Milner. The meeting closed with the W. C. T. U. benediction, after which the hostess served refreshmen Various ltems, 5 Raymond C. Hopkins of Providence spent Sunday at his home in Shan- nock. . The children’s day concert held in the Second Richmond Baptist church Iast Sunday evening was largely at- tended. Miss Florence Milner, who has been teaching in Orange Park, Fla., for the Miss Florence N Master is Com kins; readinz, past vear, has returned to her home here. Mrs. Joseph Babcock of Providence iting Mrs. Mary H. James, Reynolds Graduated. . A large number from this vicinity at- tended commencement exercises of the South Kinzstown high school at Wake- field Thursday, June 12th. Miss Ruth Reynolds of this place was one of the 24 graduates. Miss Alice Ayres spent Sunday at her home in Mystic, has been Vi strawberry supper on Tuesday ewven- ing. \‘:eorge H. Greene of Providence vis- ited at Longdenholme Wednesday. A large raccoon was shet by A< Moore one day this week. " SHUNOC Rev. John M, Collins occupied pulpit at the Second Baptist Sunday morning. Sune evening Rey. Mr. Collins sppke &t tle. E. B. James has been seriousty ill as / his home here for a number of days.' All crops have been sul for ‘want of rain, The body of Miss Susan J. Maine, who died at Woodville, R. I, Sunday, was brought here for burial in the Un- fon cemetery. K ion cemetery Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Alma Austin and Mrs. H. Frank Button of West Ashwillett were gues of Mrs. H. E. Randall Friday after- noon. William E. Hiscox of Jewett City was a Sunday guest of Mr. m a’. Nathanlel Culver. R. B. Wheeler sold a fine pair of ! working oxen to purchasers im West- {erly Monday. i Mrs. Jane Reynolds is visiting Frovi- dence relatives. 'S Mr. and Mrs. Truman H. ott axe entertaining friends from R - Loyal Workers Give Swpper—Harvey J. Flint in Automobile Accident. The Loyal Workers served a straw- berry supper Tuesday evening on the | parsonage lawn, Miss BEthel Kenyon of Hope Val- ley attended church here last Satur- day and wag the guest of Mrs. Emory C. Kenyon, Mrs. Orrin G. Woodmansee went to TLord's Point on Wednesday. Wilfred Barber of this place is one of the graduates of the.Hope Valley High school this week. Automobile Accident. Harvey J. Flint of Providence met with an accident with his automobile when on the pond road near Moscow hig machine skidded and ran against a telephone ‘pole ruining the pole, throwing Mr, Flint to the ground, but he fortunately escaped any serious in- jury. His machine was badly injured and was towed to the Brook farm ‘where ‘Mr. Flint was staying. Children O FOR 'rl.zrclizn's" CASTORIA