Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 21, 1915, Page 9

EV ENTS PICTURED IN CARTOON BY 'LEADING ARTISTS ' OF THE CO UNTRY WAR'’S JosT TThmkiwe- {% —Kansas City Journal / Z , ~—New York World WEICHT SHOWS THE WEAK PLACES p Z = Z <’¢ 4 —cnicago News ~—Baltimore American Time to do Somethng, Mr. President LT rooklyn Eagle NEWS FROM EASTERN GONNECTICUT AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND: ONE HUNDRED LIVE CORRESPONDENTS==ssinsis Who is Going and Coming—Incidents. Accidents and Building in Three Counties. New London County LIBERTY HILL Church Picnic—Sewing Circle Meets at the Hall, Misses Mary and Nancy Fuller :lno\‘ed into their new cottage Thurs- ay. Mr, and Mrs. Horace Foote attended the funeral of Mrs. Foote's mother, gm. Henry Spafford, at Exefer, Mon- Ay, The Ladles' Sewing circle met at the hall Friday afternoon. \| Picnic at Lake. The Liberty Hill church people had a picnie at Columbia lake Wedr day. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Trotter re- turned to their home in Newton, Mass. Monday by automobile, Miss Bertha Goodrich, who is sten- ographer and typist im a New York office, s visiting her aunts, Misses Flora and Abbie Goodrich. Mrs. Hattle Starkweather visited her cousins, Henry Dunham and famil in Middletown Saturday and Sunday. Attended Family Reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Davoll and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davoll attended thy annual Davoll family picnic held Sat- urday at Mansfield at the home of Wilbur Davoll, NORTH LYME O. R. Tiffany of Wallingford is spending his vacation with his sister, Mrs. ‘'Willilam Sisson. . J. Stark, Miss Emily Stark, Mrs. . 8. Strong and sons motored to Lymo Saturday afternoon. Mrs, Gilbert Strong visited Mrs. Er- win Rogers this week. ‘Mrs. Minnie Durkin is housekeeper for Mrs, William Sisson for a couple of_ weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rogers moved to their new home in Lyme last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hedgecock, who are is week, as Mr, and Mrs.. Rogers will soon go to North Carolina for the winter. G. H, and X. S. Strong were in New Haven Wednesday to attend a fleld meeting held at one of the state ex- perimental farms near Mt. Carmel. Leslie Rogers of New London vis- ited at his home here Sunday. CHESTERFIELD The meeting in the Methodist church Sunday was well attended. Rev. T. H, Peabody's text was Searching for the Lost. People from here who were present at the services in the Congregational church in Salem Sunday evening were Misses Hazel and Florence- Powers, Miss Mary Tinker and Messrs. William Tinker and Alfred Chappell. A party of Boy Scouts passed through this vicinity Monday on their way from Gardner Lake to Niantic. Alrs. Willls Chappell and Mrs. Ethel Bastland have returned to their home in Fitchville after visiting Mr. and Mre. Charles Powers. A party from New London attended ;hc clambake at Martin Corey’s Sun- ay. Misses Hazel Powers Mary Tinker were callers London Monday, Miss Harriet Rogers, who has been here for the past year, returned to New York Wednesday. The children of the Sunday school at the M, E. church held a picnic Fri- day up in Tinker's woods Mr. and Mrs. Max Shragowitz and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kieshner with cheildren are visiting Mr. and Mrs. P. Ribner. and in New ASHWILLETT L. Weltin of New York spent a few days last week with his family, who are living here. Relatives and friends who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs_ S. Ahlberg, have returned to their homes in New York. Miss Clara Anderson of New York, who !ived here a few years ago in Rixtemvn, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. to occupy it this winter, will move in | Swensen at Main's Crossing. AMiss Nellle Casey of Cossadduc Hill attended mass in Norwich Sunday morning. * Edward Main of Main's Cmssingv. 3 mowed the grass in his lots here last week. Charles Rathbone assisted him. Pickers are hustling to get berries for winter use, as they are beginning to_get soft. & Everyone is enjoying sweet corn ana other good things from the gardens now. Katydids were heard a week or so agc and now bog-crickets make music at night. LEFFINGWELL Copperhead Snake Three and a Half Feet in Length Killed. Mrs. Caroline Thomas and daugh- ter, of Norwich, were Sunday guests of Mrs. F. C. Lefingwell. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Nichols of Willimantic spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. L Palmer, H. E. Beard killed a copperhead in his pasture Tuesday which measured 3 1-2 feet in length. Forrest Leffingwell and family, Mrs. C. L. Palmer, Edith Lefingwell, and Ella Lefingwel] of this place and Mrs Silas LeMngwell and children und Mrs. George Sheidon of East Great Plain spent Monday at Watch Hill HALLVILLE Harold and Howard Lamphere St Yantic are visiting relatives here. Mrs. James Wood was a business caller in Norwich Monday. Miss Minnie Hasler and Miss Lena Conrad were callers in Norwich Tues- day evening. Bert McCabe left Monday for Bridgeport, where he is now employed. The folowing were among those who spent Sunday at Atlantic Beach: Miss Lena Conrad, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Conrad, Jr., of this place, and Mrs. and Mrs. Harry Conrad of Central Village and Leonard Hiscox of Westerly. OAKDALE A. D. Herrick of Norwich was a visitor at the home of Miss A. M. Fellowes, Sunday. Miss Agnes Auwood, bookkeeper at the mill, is away on a vacation of two wi She will be the guest of friends at Ocean Beach. Miss Susie rns of Willimantic, Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Norwich, JMrs. Rot mith and daughters Constance Owe ert and Claudine, of New Rochelle, | Mann were week end guests of Mr. Mrs. A. D. Lamb. irs. L. Cheney and Mrs. McCorey three children, of East Orance. and M Lillian Smith and Mathews of Brooklyn, are pending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis. Conferred Degrees. Franklin grange held a special meet- Saturday evening of last week and onferred the third and fourth de- s on a class of candidates. The work was put on under the direction of Huntington Lathrop, degree mas- ter. Sandwiches, cake and lemonade | were served. Members were present from Norwich, Bozrah and Lebanon granges. BOZRAH Grangers Hear Report by Norwich Grange Lecturer—The Week's Vis- itors. Jacob Wed in Norwich Bengamin was Fellowes was ing Norwich FRANKLIN Milton Beckwith Going to Exposition —Dinner in Honor of Florida Guest —Grange Confers Degrees. There was a large attendance at the grange meeting held in the town hall Wednesday evening. Worthy Lec- turer Frank T. Maples of Norwich grange was present and gave a very Interesting account of the lecturers’ Milton I next wee! and expects to leave > Pana on ifornia. son of | conference held in Durham, N. H., re- M s Beckwith, cently. Mrs. Reuben P. Potter sang service at the |three solos to an appreciative audi- Franklin it being | ence. campme b Miss Lillie Smith, of Brooklyn, N. of Norwich has been | Y. gave three very interesting read- and Mrs. George L.|ings. The refreshments for the eve- k ning were furnished by Mrs. Charles Mr. and Mrs. Will Adams of New | Davis and Miss Mildred Abel of Mr. and Haven were recent gu 2 Mrs N._Hyde. Srovitin, - Edward Congdor has recently pur- chased an automobile, Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Remington have been spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bishop. Mrs, Hannah Raymond is spending several days with Mrs. Mary Avery Guest from Canada. ting Mrs, Louis . B, P. Capshaw and family have ting friends in Spring: S Char i Gilbert S. Raymond and family were Mrs. Charles Shay and grandson, Basil Austin, of Hartford, are spen guests Sunday at the home of Albert ing two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. |G. Axery. Louis Smith. Mr_ and Mrs. John H. Miner are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Willlam Browning of Rehoboth, Mass. Home from Berkshires. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Lathrop have returned home, after a trip through the Berkshires with Dr. and Mrs. Edward G. Fox of Wethersfieid. GOSHEN Re Dodge Oceupies Local Pulpit After 40 Years’ Absence— Modern Threshing. Rev. George Dodge and Mrs. Dodge, who reside near Worcester, and Ar- thur 1, Jacobs and Miss Read of Hart- ford. were guests at the home of Rev John H. Knott Sunday. Rev. Mr. Dodge gave a very Interesting dis- Crabbing Party. A large party of young people went crabbing at Poquetanuck cove Wed- nesday. Rev. C. H. Farran of Deland, FI ida, is the guest of Mrs_George Avery and has_been attending the confer- ence at Northfield Picnic at the Park. Franklin Sunday school held picnic at Mohegan park Thursday last week, its of Dinner Party. Mr. and Mrs. GeorZe Avery gave a dinner party Wednesday in honor of their nephew, Rev. C. H. Farran of Deland, Florida. The guests included Dr. and Mrs, Simonds and Vallette i | | course at the morning <ervice. He also spoke at :ne Sunda, s*ho-l hour. Mr Dodge was pastor of the ckurch in Hebron for a number of years and exchanged with the Rev. D. B. Lord then pastor here, about 40 -eurs ago. Tae Ladies’ Ail society met with Mrs. B. R. York Tuesday afternoom Calvin 3cCall has b-en engazed to tcach the scaool in District No_ 12 CGoshen HiN Mrs. B. F. Randall, Randall and daugnters, Mis: Bessie and Ethel Randall. were vis ors in Hebr nd Coiumbia Tuesda Joing tre Army. Mr. and Mrs. 3. s Willett Carpenter, who has resided here for a number of yeers, has join- ed_the United States army W. G. Thomas, with a_company of people, motored to Watch Hill Tues- day. Roland Kenyon is spending several days with friends in Rhode Island. Misses Imogene and Harriet Ma ning have been spending a few davs with friends here. Potatoes Rotting. There is a large acreage of potatoes planted but farmers are figuring on a rather light yield as they ars rot- ting badly. Misses Bessie and Ethel Randall are with friends in New London for a few days. Mrs. Walter Fish and daughter, Miss Fannie Fish, of Mystic, are guests of friends here. Speedy Threshing. Farmers are having their grain threshed. The old way of beating out grain with hand flails has long since passed away. The lavoring en- gine and modern machine now turms out about a bushel a minute of golden grain_ The temperature bordered near the frost line Thursday morning. NIANTIC Interests of Village and Grove—Fu- neral of Mrs. Christopher Saunders. Miss Bernice Willey of Norwich has been making a visit to Miss Katie J. Willey at _her cottage in the pines. George K. Crandall was in Branford last week on business. Mrs. Walter Rogers is confined to her home by illness. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fowler of Hart- ford are guests of Mr. Fowler’s mother, Mrs. J. C. Soden. Mrs. Corridon Nichols of Worcester is passing the summer with her mother, Mrs. Jane Buckingham. Mrs. Lina Harding is making a visit in Lyme. C. Von Feilitz of Waterbury was at his home here last week. Guests From Norwich. Mrs. Charles Griswold and daughter, Mrs. Frank Harwood and son Percival of Norwich, spent Thursday with Miss Katie Willey at her cottage in the pines. Funerai of Mrs. Grace R. Saunders. The funeral of Mrs. Grace R Saun- ders, wife of the Saunders, late Christopher took place Saturday after- noon at two o'clock ‘at Saunder's grove. The service was conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. William Knappen- berger. Mrs. Saunders had reached the age of 32 years, lacking a few days. She suffered sorely during the last days of her life. Her daughter- in-law, Mrs. A. C. Saunders, cared for her most tenderly during her entire fliness of several years. She left a son, A. C. Saunders, and a daughter, Mrs. Acorn of Portland, Me. She had a number of grandchildren. Mrs. Jane Puckingham and daugh- ter, Mrs. Nichois, will pass the winter in_ Niantic. Fred Saunders is working with Starr Brothers in New London. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hadlock of Hartford. passed Sunday at their cot- tage at Saunder’s grove. Fred J. Howarq is to wire John Payne's new bungalow on Penn. aven- ue. Miss Eleanor Coates of Hartford, who is passing the summer at Crescent Beach was a caller in the village Wednesday. Mrs. Mary Reed of New Lomdon was the guest of Mrs. G. B. Dickinson of Main street, Wednesday. CTLARK’S FALLS Benjamin Bray and family of La- fayette, R. I, took an automobile ride through this village recently. Mr. Bray was boss dyer at the mill here about twenty years ago when the Briggs Manufacturing Co. had charge. Edward Mitchell has been the guest of his sister, Mrs. Allan Maine. Mrs. Jessie Perry returned home Friday from a visit with friends in Rhode Island. Maurice Perry has a pair of colts that he is training to drive in a light wagon. Ernest D. Chapman was In North Stonington village Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Geer and som Bourdon, and Miss Emma Maine, were off for a trip to Block Island Thurs- day morning. " HANOVER Rev. G. C. Pollock of Norwich, preached in the Congregational church last Sunday. Miss Susan Armstrong of Jewett City has been the guest of Mrs. Web- ster Standish during the week. Rev. M. J. B. Fuller attended the Camp meeétings at the Willimantic ground Sunday. George " Amatage of Montreal, Can, is the guest of his parents this week. Mrs. Paul Dressing and daughter, Gladys, have returned after . visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Warwick in Oak- land, R. L Mrs. Clark and “children have re- tv? tq me!rchl:n‘r‘e lnfifbflrord after ing Mrs. rk’s ther, Charles Perry, for a few weeks