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e e PIVINTYY WE FALL ! We ‘Canx}ot Get Anywhere This Way . TIMELY EVENTS PICTURED ~~-_aitimore American. A NEWS FROM ONE HUNDRED LIVE CORRESPONDENTS EASTERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND Who is Going and Coming—Incidents, Accidents and Bnddmg in Three Counties, ) New Lflfldfln cou“w _ |churen Sunday, both morning ana Henry Dolbeare was in Mystic op - Seaerrores! Tuesday. CHESTERFIELD Miss Trumbull of Néw London call- :ed on. friends in this place Sunday. hnlrrt:g Nhi,(hnn Bliven of Westerly is wisit er mother and sister, Mrs. George Weidon and Etta Weldo NORTH LYME Mrs. Charles Powers, Mrs. Willis CHappell and Miss Ellen Holmes were| Charlie Miner of Salem visited H. callers on Mr. and Mrs. Albion Holmes | A. Gates over Sunday. of Hamburg, Thursday. ' ° M. J. Stark, Miss Emily Stark and Mrs.. Willis Chappell returned to her | Mrs. N. S. Strong visited in New Lon- heme . in . Fitchville: Sunday) -after|don last Thursday. Ading a week with Mr. and Mrs.| Mr. and Mrs. William Sisson, W. “harles Powers and family. | M. Sisson Jr. and family, visited Mr. ring Gadbols and daughter Flora, and Mrs. H. B. Sisson in Deep River, were Sunday callers on”J. E. Powers Sunday. and family. © g s g W. M. Sisson Jr. and Mrs. William Miss Julia Sullivan a%:nt the week ! Sisson, motored to New London, Mon- anil‘ with her parents in New London. | day. iss Ellen Holmes has been the! Mrs. Fanny Tillotson, who has spent fuest of her brother; George I. Holmes. | several months with her niece, Mrs. Jacob Kaplan Wwas in Hamburg, Willlam Sisson, returned to her home $Wednesday, buying calves. - iin East Lyme this- week. People the vicinities around! John Evans is visiting friends in u'.efiued the dance at . Salem, Friday | Ezst Lyme. ® ing and alse the one at the Golden| Mrs. Cora Rogers- fell and dislo- Epur, Monday- eve fcated her left wrist one day last 8. Morris Cohen and Barney Leviloff | week. Dr. Dewitt set the bones, but lost two horees. the first of the week. |it will be six weeks before it will be 2 xlgn E. Wheeler and Superinten- | strong enough to be used. dent New ! haries B. Joanings of ASHWILLETT London weré here Thursday visiting ! schols. | J. L. Raymond and Thomas Tucker | of North Lyme were business callers | keye Tue y. | , Mr. Havens is moving -this week Mesers. David Phillips and-William | from the farm of . C. Eggleston. A. Dart caught a large fox the first of A. Morgan is to look after the stock | this winter. Julius Wolfram was a caller in Yawbux Sunday afterngon. Mrs. Juiia A. Crumb was'in Volun- the weelk. Matthew Timker ‘Is spending = the ek in Montville with the. assessors. ytown last week. S. Ahlberg. has finished buflding a tbarn for T. Curtis near Voluntown. rge Rouse of .Norwich was in this place recently. g 3 Some of the young men- are ‘having uck selling furs this season. LISBON | Pastor Gies Report of National Coun- ‘Edwin Midine attend- ed the silver wedding of Mr.and Mrs. | Otls_ Chgpman at their = home near Saturday evening. Jacoh Askilson has'gone to White | Roek, R. where -he. will be em- | "?g by David Nagop durihg, the winter, Miss Josephine Panceira spent Sun- | in _town. ed this week to their former home in Brooklyn. Mr. and- Mrs. J. B. Palmer were in Poguonnoc over Sunday. guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Palmer. Claire Barber of Waterbury came Thursday to. visit his father, R. R. Barber, and his sister, Miss Martie Barber. Father and son motored to Waterbury Friday where R. R. er was the guest of Mr. and Mrs, Claire Barber for a few days, returning home Monday. 2 Mrs. W. S, Foote returned home on Saturday after spending the-week with relatives in Bridgeport and New York. UNCASVILLE ~ Supervisar Wheeler Wants Pupils Taught Highway Behaviour—Wed. ding—Surprise Party. 3 School Supervisor Carlton E. Wheel- er has sent to the princ and teachers of the various schools in town cirtulars containing instructions which he wishes to bave taught the pupils of these schools in regard to cénduct on the public highway. The teachers are requested to’ dévoteé 20 minutes a week for two weeks to practice the sug- gestions in regard to conduct on ‘ga streets. The circular contains sug- gestions in regard to which side of street to walk on, how to crdss the n;-;::t ttnr streets vzm‘n, sldewalks and without; no games to be in th roadway, etc. wEvoh 2 The principals are requested to as- sign teachers to watch the main roads ;n‘ m';:mnra the c)lll:n's conduct. rents are requested cooperate with the. teachers. - Harold Rosenlund, employed in New Haven. has returned to his duties there after spending a week at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ros- onfund of Pequot. Lewis Hurlbutt, . former . Montville postmaster. hl: returned to his home in Hartford, aftér spending a few days James- E. Bolger, superintendent the Keyes Process. Co., i New York from this plsce He will go to Niagara Falls, where he will spend a while at his home. % Pound Party. Cheer Sunshine -secisty @ay with her parents at Westerly. | Mr, and Mrs. ./ Samuel Bliven -of Nerly. ey ‘,i""’ hers SIMOAY | . nev. W 55 Réynolax aubjet Banfay Mise Anna L.-Chapman spent Satur- | morning was Contentment, At the sv- 3 Y i ning service he gave a report of the gay night with Mrs. Pavid Nason-at | iegfing of the National Council in ® 3 ©. | New Baven which he attended. -+ 1"he Tadies' Missionary society met ffin ‘Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Au- gustus Read. 2 Mrs: Sarah Hall and Miss Elizabeth ‘Hall of Norwich were guests of Miss Martie Barber ‘!‘hmfl. Charles Albonesi and son mov- The Good will hold a pound secia] at the Home of Miss Laurg B.“Weedward oft Tues- dav_evening. Each member ia to bring a friend and cach is-to bring a-pound of groceriés which will %ie used ‘to 11 baskets. to distribute at Thanks-. s 3 B at which thire_was a large attendanee. At the Chums:Country club fair, hah!t I‘I; Sr.em;:'mc door & went o - 3 Fletcher and g’ Ir.a i Lot SR I STl 4 i M B0, SRS SR Cr o] I “THE MELANCHOLY DAYS ARE COME” —Philadelphia Public’ Ledger, sofa pillow was given Robert Brown. The for prize guessing the weight of a loaf of cake went to Mrs. Laurence Eldredge. Miss Minerva Comstock is to spend several weeks visiting with friends in New Haven and Norwalk. Fred Green has gone to work team- ing for Bese Sharp of Neff Hill. - Rev. and Mrs. W, H. Laken of Plain« field, were in town Tuesday afternoon to look over the Baptist parsonage previous to deciding on accepting the call to become. pastor of the church. Hurlbutt- Bartiett. Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bartlett, their daughter, Miss Iva K. Bartlett was uniteq in_marriage with Rufus Hurl- butt of Gales Ferry. Miss Bartlett ‘wore a gown of white crepe de chine, lrlmfned with embroidered chiffon. She carried brwe'{ roses. Minnie Bartlett, a sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, wearing a gown of yellow silk’ crepe, carrying yellow chrysan- themums. After the ceremony a re- ception was held for relatives - and friends after which refreshments were served. Thefride recelved many beau- tiful gifts. Up to the closing of school Miss Bartiett has been a teacher in Palmer Memorial. New Bowling Alley. A buiMdinig has been erected for BEd- win Curten to be used as a bowling al- ey. The Ladies’ Aid society of the Meth- odist church held Wednesda: noon at the home of Mrs. Johnson, a comic party, each ' guest Was to wear a costume representing some comic character. A small ad- mission fee was charged. John Cuddy, Joseph St. . Germain, Matthew Geary, John Mahoney, Henry Rheaum, Cornelius FitzGerald, Arthur Buchard, ;members .of the Pequot council, Knights of Columbus, attended the exemplification of the third d of White Cross counecil in Norwich Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Willilam Kennerson ot Pequot have been entertaining Charles Chapel of Central Village. Athletic Club Meats, The members of the Athletic club at its last mecting chose Adam Ritcher as president, .to succeed Llovd Jenn- ings who resigned and left town. A report was read by the treasurer and it was found that about thirty dollars was added to the treasury by the receipts from the show given by the minstrel trougs and reception. Surprise Party, | __Miss Annle Bellnap was given a ‘pleasant surprisa at her home in Pe- gma&l Bamr‘an.y evening byK Misses Mae ullivan, izabeth . MacKenzle, . Ella Mahoney, Aghes Hickey, Fred Lewls, Y an: pleasant .evening spent. p! |and with . music, t 'served by the hostess. At the meeting of Cochegan camp, Modern ‘Woor of America, the first degrep was worked on a candidate. The Massacoit Co, “has automobile trucks and teams at work most | Leroy, James, Thomas Sheehan, James d Frapk Bi rown. After an laying games ‘were N\ LSS\ Sundays transferring their goods from the mill in their shipping place in Pal- mertown. This was necessary because the bridge put im at Oakdale wa$ closed to traffic. A detour around by the almshouse which made the dis- tance much longer made this neces- sary. James Lavene has returned to his home in Stafford Springs, after a few days spent in town. Elevator Man Injured. Medos Lusignan, who runs the eleva- tor at the Pequot mills met with an accident which gave him several bad bruises. Mr. Lusignan was coming up on the elevator and when mnear the floor the cable broke, the elevator dropping to the lower floor. James Muller has returned to his home in Springfield, Mass. James Phillips, who has finished his course at the Lynotype school he has been attending in Boston, is at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred 1. Phillips in Pequot for a while. GOSHEN Hunter Shoots Squirrels, Rabbit and Hoot Owi—Endeavorers “to Attend Norwich Meeting. Mr. and Mrs J. A. Randall recently spent several days with friends in Meriden and Hartford. i Mr. and Mrs. Charles daughter, Mrs. Thoadwell Portland, were guests of s weelr. J. C. Quinlan of Norwich was a business caller here Monday. Oramel Mott was the guest of his brother, W. I Mott at Hillside farm d\l; week. local man thought he would go out with his gun a short time recently. He came home with a number a rabbit .and a large hoot owl. P.. A.. Lathrop is serving as juror at the present term of the superior court in Norwich. Pastors to Exchange Pulpits. Rev. John H. Knott is to exchange with the Rev. Rollis A. Campbell of Lebanon (tomorrow) Stunday. Going to Norwich Town Meeting. Taylor and Miller of friends here A ‘number from Goshen expect to|lyn attend the Christian Endeavor Union meeting of the Norwich Union, with the society at Norwich Town (Saturday) afternoon and evening. LAUREL Neighborhood Social Held at Eugene Congdon's—Coon: Hunt. Mrs. Etta Holdredge and son, Har- old, of Worcester, Mass., have been visiting the former's brothers, Wil-) liam and Dwight Main: H re. a g giests- Sunday of Mrs. Amos mer. The - neighborhood - sécial wae held at Eugene Congdon’s _last htm‘. evening. * ‘Guests From Colorsdo. Mr. and Mrs. Cornell aria four chil-, dren Colorado are viziting at the; ‘home o:f Mrs, Cornell's Sister, Mrs.| McCufiock. : i William L. Maine spent last“Sunday at Groton Long Poln i 11 chool was closed &lou-y as the of | The attendance was large. held | My this | ard Maine. teacher, Miss Chapman, visited other schools. Rev. W. F. Newton, the state evan- gelist, is the guest of W. L. Main and family. Herman Holdredge of Mystic was at Attorney Main's Jast Sunday. Mrs. Lydia Holdredge is ill. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Main are soon to move to Ashaway. Got One Coon. Harry and Erastus Chesbro with friends, accompanied by John Geer, enjoyed a con hunt last Saturday night. They captured one. NORTH STONINGTON Miss Luddington of Lyme Gives Ad- dress on Equal Suffrage— Study Class Formed. Rev. and Mrs. O. D. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Governor H. Brown, Deacon John D. Avery, Mr. and Mrs. Danjel E. Gray, Mrs. Ellsworth Gray and Mrs. T. P. Norman attended the Fellowship meeting at the Road church, Wednes- day. The next meeting of the series will be held in North Stonington Dec. Address hy Miss Luddington. e Ladies’ society of the Third Bapfist church met with Mrs. Edgar W. Chapman Thursday afternoon. Miss Luddington of Old Lyme, a prom- fnent weman suffrage -worker, who wished to meet the ladies of this lo- cality and speak in behalf of the cause in which she is engaged, was present. Much in trest was manifest- ed. After the address, tea was served, Mrs. Luclan Drury and Mrs. Lenader F. Park pouring. The house was beau- tifully decorated with the suffragists’ colors in honor of Miss Luddington. Mission Study Class. The Ladies’ society of the Taird Baptist church having formed a Mis- sion study class, met at the home of | p] Maine Tuesday after- book used is The King’s Highway. Miss Maine is the leader of the class. Village Notes, Mrs. H. B. Beckett has been visiting Mr. and Mre. ¥. A. Doyle of Brook- and Mrs; Dudley Bindloss of c have been guests of Mrs. Leon- Mr, Miss Evelyn Maine spent Sunday in Mystie. - Teleafor Stahle of Providence has been in town for a few days. George H. Stone has begun the erection of a @welling at the south end of the village. Mrs. T. P. Norman spent Sunday in Preston. FRANKLIN Supday morning the subject for the -l'"g:"ul be “Personal Liberty” at Franklin church. Mr: and Mrs. L. A. Robinson and | nddaughter, Ruth Parker Robinson, | :‘vo returned, after tem visit gi.h their son, Lioyd R. Robinson of ttleboro, Vermont. Mrs. Josie Parker and Mrs. George Geer of Plain Hill were recent guests of Mra. Hemon A. Gager. Miss Marion Beckwith of Norwich is visiting: Miss Clara L. Grant. - Estella Maine and Miss Lucy Palmer of.Groton, and Mrs. "OF THE COUNTRY Smith were recent guests of M. apd Mrs. Louis Smith. Milton Backwith has returned, sffer a two months’ stay in California. Everett Smith is to spend two months_in California. 5 Mre. Isaac Geer and daugliter, Miss Florence Geer of Ledyard are guests ofM.\(x'l. Chm‘-\l{ea Beckwllh.A >t g r. and Mrs. George Avery, 'Mr. Mrs. Louls ence Rockwood, Miss Florence Geer attended t M. C, A. concert in Norwich, week. The work committee of the Ladfiw™ Aid eociety, met with Mrs. Hermo: Gager on Tuesday afternoom. PRESTON 3 Pastor and Wife on Automobile Trig to New Hampshire. i Mrs. Thusa Gidman Turner spen§ the week-end among friends here. .. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Crary and 1 Ida Crary were in Westerly Mondayy to attend a funeral of a cousin. 3 Mrs. R. M. Harding and son, tor; Frank, have returned home, er & fortnight's visit ameng - relatives im On Automobile Outing. i Rev. and Mrs. L. M. Keneston on an automobile trip in New Hamp- shire this week. = § The Ladies' Aid Society of Con. gregational church met W afternoon. Teachers’ Meeting. The teachers of the t with thel supervisor, Mr. Switt, %‘t the! Preston City school,” Wedn s - e i G Adams for several past residing in the village his fam- - llly to Norwich, where he will be em- oyed. i John Kelley of Quincy, Mass., Sunday with his parents, Mr. ':.'k'f Mrs, Patrick Kelley. " 23 Mrs. Jennie Phillips of Uncasville was in town Sunddy, attending the funeral of Mrs. Everett N. Stark. Joseph Dwyer of Boston bas a recent guest of friends in k" Mrs. Julia A. Kinberger left iTuss- day for the Berkshire Hills, to spend several days. . tic Charles Thompson of Willimas: parents, ‘Mr. epent Sunday_with hig Miss Rose Brown of Nerwich s vis- and Mrs. F. iting at the home of . amd M William l(alle}'.r 3 :w e iy 'oley tje spent Sunday with her m&&g Elizabeth Foley. - Mr. and Mrs. Patrick recent visitors in ‘Wi 5 Baptist church met Sundby at home of Rev.. and Mrs.. G: < it Samuel Fish uulé end visitors with Miss _Nettie The sewing cifcle of the we ‘weel: at_the Poquetanuck Dra: RS rs. Noyes juock visited relatives here 3 ‘The O. N. T. club met with na Conrad Tucsday evening.