Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 22, 1916, Page 10

i, et P 55_ £ wmmovomflnmmwho | vacated by Mr. Y..‘vhocunoh with him for a" days® visit' at Riverview cottage. Officers of Baptist Church. At _the annual business meeting of the Baptist church, the following offi- cers. were elected for the ensuing year: Clerk, Frank E. Williams Daniel mnk» agen Brown; ‘Willlam D. n | was banwolenu. V. burn, Willlam D. Béckwith. ?. B. Y. P. U. Election. ‘he ‘Baptist. ¥ mat Friday evening for the monthly ‘g‘ business meeting and social at the home of Mrs, J. Harold Williams. The following officers were elected for the ensuing six months: President, . Miss Genevieve Frink (reelected); vice pres- Mre. J. Harold leliunl, sec- retary, Miss Viola Eldredge; treas- urer, Miss Emily C. Babcock; devo- Charles Coburn; membership committee, chair- man, Horace S. Willlams; missionary committee, chairman, Mrs. Fred Eu- gene Coburn; social committee, chair- man, Miss Nellle F. Schoonover. ;ugnr -Followed 'Meeting. The; United ‘Workers' of the- Metha- dist - church imet Wednesday at _the mfiah house. Supper was served atfqe The Baptist Ladies’ Ald Society met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles H. Burdick. Tea was served at € o'clock. Clark B-Barnes, a student at Storrs Agricultural College, has béen ill with grip. at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Barnes, at Oak- lawn. The college is closed at pres- ent, owing to_grip and scarlet fever. Rev. Fred Eugene Coburn has re- turned from Lowell, Mass., where he went to dttend the funeral of Mrs. Coburn’s aunt, Miss Elizabeth Lougee. Cards from China. Mr. and Mrs. Agustus Lambert and sons, Archibald Lambert and Master Raymond Lambert, rTeceived Christ- mas cards on Monday from John Hood of -the United States - ship Brooklyn, which had arrived at China. The cards. were mailed Decemier 15th,. The Young Men's Association held the meeting this week in their new Tooms in the John W. Burrows build- ing. Funeral of Mrs. Frank Crumb, The funeral of Mrs. Louisa Crumb, widow of Frank Crumb, a long-time resident ‘of Oid Mystic, took place Monday- at one-o’clock, at the home of her son, Albert F. Crumb of Gro- ton, where her death occurrred Sun- day, Jan:-16th. Burial was in the tnmlly plot in Elm Grove cemetery. uis Crandall, carrier on R. F. D. Route No. 1, Mystic, has been ill for e few days at his home in Old Mystic, Thomas Whittle substituted during Mr. Crandall’s illness. Miss Iva Johnson, teacher at the State Model school at Newington Cen- ter, has been 1ll with grip here this week at the home of her mother, Mrs. P. Henry Johnson. Miss Emma Avery Williams, a teacher in one of the schools at New Britain, is ill with grip here at_ the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Prentice A. Williams. Judge Willis E. Heaton has ret) ed to Troy, N. Y, after a few visit at Riverview cottage. _ . Guests from Nova Scot . Mrs. Raymond Eldred and son, Mas- ter. Rlymond Eldred Jr., of Halifax, Nova. are guests . of. Mrs. Eldred’s bm'.her-l‘n law lnd sister er’ and Mri Wiltred E. Brown. . and TS, obe; ‘oung have named thelr' son, Chities Ellsworth Melyille Young. ‘William J. Williams, who has been ill. with & severe attack of grip, is im- proving slowly. Mill»,Cl.ma- P Chapman: is able :to be out; after three weeks’ illness with e “ HAMBURG Marvin . have - filled their ice houses he r-; week. B.cmkorm: Haddam was cmm-i-m lunday. Plains, etrlng !hr the sick at William smfln"im Martin the guest of. was 8 X the first Mrs. J- W. Martin Wmh'm crwkum Mfl.LBfllw '"'t':h"i'm. Tower has gone to Water- P T St st Bridgeport m':‘w wl’.h her parents, Mr. 'mother, Lee. ‘Stephen A. Lee has leased the place known as the Dr. Hyde farm in Ston- ington for the coming year. at Aflnflon their per- It is under- i | stood that Mr. Pollock will continue O.| the business and Mr. Peck erman an family will remove to New York. W. A. Wilcox of Stonington was the man- ager of the sale and E. E. Carpenter the auctioneer. Many attended the sale. Otls Randall of Providence, l for- mer resident of this town, was in the place Sunday to attend the funeral of Frink. lce dealers have been harvesting a crop ‘of good clear eight-inch ice. Jesse Sebastian, who was fatally shot Sunday in New Hampshire, was 2 former resident of North Stonington. There are relatives now residing here. LIBERTY HILL State Missionary Leaves for Fields—Two Deer Shot. Rev. Wilson R. Stewart of Stamford, state missjonary, who has preache here ‘and at Exeter the past three Sundays, has gone to other fields in this state. Mr. Stewart is a preacher of great excellence. He passes none by in his pastoral calls. The schoolhouse at Village Hill, Leb- anon, was burned Wednesday after- noon. 3 Mrs. Earl Holbrook, who has been ill with grip, is convalescent. Her daugh- ter, Mrs. Walter Stuart, of Hartford, is clrlnl‘ for her. Gurdon T. Chappell is convalescent from the grip. ‘Mrs. Hattie H. L. Starkweather, who has been visiting relatives in Hamp- ton, Danielson and Norwich, has gone New d | Mr. Potter’is giving: ‘Winthrop" tHuu:flbm'. ous ‘Oeim e e e N -slipped, tmflm‘; , on 0 = dm three wareau-u. unable to ltep on his foot for two ‘weeks. flmnhwu‘lnmmont ties. “Tracy bulln- trip .last movm’g' ‘week, preparatory | to entering-.tHe employ of the Naw Haven raiiroad. Series of Sermons. Rev. James M. Potter . ke from Actl XXVI-19 Sunday in the E. church, the theme being, The Chrl.luan View of Man. This was the second, sermon of a. Rev. Dudley C. Perkins conducted _the Sunday school in the absence of C..E. Colver. Mrs. J. A. Birch was_the leader of the: Epworth League service at 7 p. m. serles ‘with this topic, Evangels of the Home | - Mrs. Marie and Land. The Misses trude Allen and Mary and Madeline Birch sang two numbers, Jesus the Children's Friend, and the Unfinished Prayer. Cottage Meeting. Tuesday evening =z cottage prayer meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Emma Bennett in the village. Mrs. Harmon L. Perkins spent Tues- day and Wednesday at the:home of her daughter, Mrs. Curtis F. Gates, in New London. Chicken Thieves About. The henhouse of Rufus W. Hurlbutt has been entered twice recently and five fowls taken at one time and two at_another. Mrs. J. Edmund Norman and young son are visiting Mra.. N 's sis- ter, Mrs. Nelson Parker, in Norwich. Miss Sarah T. Latimer returned last Friday from a visit of several weeks with friends in Boston. Mrs. Delphine Fish aitended a meet- ing of Anna Warner Bailey chapter, D. A. R, at the Monument house, Groton, Thursday_aternoon. $ and ‘Mrs. Emma _Bennett little. granddaughter, Em-Beth Bennett, re- |’ turned to the village Wedne-thy after spandmg the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Byron Maynard, in Anthony, R. I, and a_few_ days at the home of her aunt, Mrs, Elizabeth Davis, in Nor- to Middletown to visit her ooultns n-nd wich. from there will go to Brooklyn, N. for the rest of the winter. Shot Two Deer. Milo Davoil shot two deer last week on his farm, and his neighbors whom he remembered are enjoying venison. ‘There will be services at the Liberty Hill church next Sunday as usual. Rev. George 'W. Christie of South Coventry will preach. . The farmers about here are filling their icehouses with ice from 12 to 14 inches thick. Buys Former Home Site. John Clarke has bought of his Mrs. Jafes M. Clarke, the plece of land on Liberty Hill street which 'was formerly where Mr. and | Mrs. Clarke and family resided until the house was burned, which was sev- eral years ago. SALEM Norwich Preacher at Congregational Church—DeWolf House With Con- tents Burned. Rev. Lemuel W. Frink of Norwich, preached In the Congregational church Sunday morning, and is expected to occupy the pulpit next Sunday also, Teachers’ Meeting. Supervisor J, A. Young of Coiches. ter, visited schools in town last Thurs. day, and conducted a teachers’ meet. ing in the Central school. The school board held its monthly meeting last Thursday evening. Mrs. Mary Darling has been confined to the houu for ‘several days by a severe cold. ‘While walking to Colchester, Tues- day, Wesley Brown slipped and fell injuring himself ‘badly. House Burned. ‘The house on'the Mitchell farm, oc- cupied by Earle ang Walter DeWolf was totally destroyed witn its con- tents, by fire Tuesday. William Maynard, Sherwood 'Miner and Miss Susan Miner were in Mill- ington last ’l‘hmd&y attending the funeral of Harry Beel J. ‘Frank Rogers Ami Miss ich. Laurel Poisons Heifers. Em¢ ‘Whipple of the Lester dis- trict had four yearling heifers die last week in a mysterious manner. Two he found dead and two were sick. The services of a veterinary were called. An autopsy was made and the cause was found to be the eating of laurel. Mrs. Caro Maniere vn a vi ltor in Norwich Tuesday. LEDYARD Grange Installation—Committes to Confer Grange Awards—Fred Gray’Injured. The installation of Ledy:.r\l grange was' held Saturday evenins;. Worthy Master Arthur D. Barrett in the chair. The ful]owinrg officers were ' installed by Rev. G. Goodenough, pastor of the Congregational church: Worthy master, George A. Montgomery; over- seer, Frederick W. Burton; secretary, Rev. G. F. Goodenough; lecturer, Mrs. Lizzie Colver; chaplain, Arthur D. Barrett; steward, William N. Brown; Flora, Mrs. Martha Allyn; Ceres, Mrs. Margaret Barrett; Pomona, Mrs. G. A. Montgomery: l.dy assistant steward, Miss Hazel Lamb. The worthy master appointed a committee of three, Broth- ers Billings T. Avery, Samuel E. Holdridge and Arthur D. Barrett, in regard to revision of the grange awards and to confer with the New London county fair officers. in regard to the same. The committee expects to meet this (Saturday) evening. A postpone- ment in regard to appointing a build- ing committee for the new Grange hall was voted until the next meeting. Salads, cake and coffee were served at_the close. Mrs. Asa J. Sheldon and Mrs. Ste- phen Peckham, who have been ill, are recovering. Broke His Ankle. Fred Gray, son of James B. Gray, while sawing a log with his brother, working for Lawyer T. E. Babcock, broke his.ankle and suffered other in- juries. Dr. Sweet attended him. Arthur D Barrett, who has been ill, Rogers, were Co Jennie | was able fo resume his duties as R M TS, Colchester visitors, - . Peck, J. L. Lord and William | day. St T Ambrose Darling, Miss Ella Darling, ‘Willie Day, Floyd Day, Helen Rogers and Lester Rogers are ill with grip. 5 th.l;llz E. Williams was ln Colches- er, day. Several of the farmers are harvest- ing ice. OAKDALE Church Meeting and Roll Call—John | Charles Colver, Carre Finn C. Fellowes tho New Postmaster. At the Congresational church the|L G: church meeting and roll call of mem- bers will be held in the church Sun- day, Jan. 23, l.t 11 o'clock a. m., in pheo of the usual service. reorganizati lehool took pl-u:e Jln. 18. (Town School Si lon. E. teacher in District No. 6 on Thursday. Mrs. Isaac G. Geer and Walter Owens have also been ill. Attendance Awards. John M. Gray, superintendent of the Sunday school, distributed Smy gold pins for one year's attendance to G. F. Goodenough and Stella Bandro; sil- ver pins for nine months’ attendance to Mrs, Charles Colver, Charles Nor- cross, Elmer Main, ia Good- enough, Dora Main, B. T. Avery, egan, Ger- trude Blatherwick, Annie Blatherwick, Amos G. Avery, Barbara Goodenough, Geer. Bronze pins for months' attendance to erwick, Notes. Miss Nellie Geer, has return on of the Sunday m‘lter mfl;fln‘ a visit with relatives in lnu: G. Geer has bullt a new ice- [oldri Wheeler - visited th- schools in thig|house for 8., E. Hi section last k. H 1 wit fine Mt-hfih ice cut from Scholfield’s Bty pecisen of Norwich was a caller in this place. kins was here Tn'ld.lv also. PRESTON musm Mosting Held at Annual rs. Edgar T. Thomas of the Goulcn Spur is visiting Mr. and ur-. Charles Renshaw of Rutherford, N. Dr. G. S. Allyn of Jonla.n village, first selectman, has purchased drags and i$ having. the streets abou ttown scra; - Mrs. John J. Lawless spent Saturday the guest of friends in Groton. J. O. Enders of Hartford was at his summer home in town last week. Eighty-first Birthday. Mulford Jennings observed his Slst birthday at his home at Station 25 Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Rose of Pleasure Beach are visiting relatives ln Wi~ mantic. John H. Dayton of New ° London has about finished the two new cottages he has been building for Lyman Beck- with. Mrs. Charles B. Greene of Oswe- gatchie was a recent visitor in Bridge- ort.. DM!I ‘W. P. Chappell is improving from an attack of pneumonia. John C. Nichols celebrated his birth- day anniversary at his home on Quaker Hill Monday, Miss Woodworth Entertains. Miss Laura Woodworth entertained a number of friends at her,home at Quaker Hill Monday . Her guests included Prentice Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Lawless, Mrs. Mary Robertson, Mr. and Mrs. Au- gustus C. Stearns; Thomas B. Wood- werth and Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Wood- worth. Gone to Litchfield. Dr. G. M. Minor and family have closed their home here and are spend- ing the remainder of the winter at Litchfield. David Banks, Bdward <., Hammond land Mrs. J. A. Rumrill have been hav- ing their icehouses filled with good quality” ice the past week. Mre. Willlam Green of Jordan has returned from a lengthy stay with rel- ltlvu at West Hartford. F. M. Rose of Jordan has been m wflh gri LEFFINGWELL ‘Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson enter- tained Sunday Mrs. Johnson's sister, Mrs. Smith, and son, Mrs. Chase and Elbert Johnson of Norwich and Fenno Johnson of Groton. Ruth McNeil of Norwich was a Sun- day guest of Miss Gladys Leffingwell. ‘Willilam Risley and family of Nor- ‘wich have moved into the parsonage. Master Palmer Rathbun returned to his home Wednesday after spending a few days with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Palmer. Fred ell of Preston spent Sund.ly with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Leffingwell. The Leffingwell boys began Wednes- day cutting ice on the Leffingwell mill ond. ® Miss Florence Taylor of Norwich is homo 11l with grip. C. Lefingwell was a Sunday call- er on Mr. and ‘Mrs. Clinton Rogers, also Mrs. Leffingwell, who has been taking care of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, who have been ill with grip, but are now able to be out. MONTVILLE Chestnut Trees Felled Because Af- fected With Blight. Mrs, ‘William Mitchell left for New York Monday en route for Flori where she intends to spend the winter. Pakmer Bros. and the C. M. Robert- son Co. have completed . filling their icehouses with 10-inch ice frflm Scho- fleld’s pond. '.l‘he coal pocket which iseeing built by the Massasoit company of Oakdale on Lh- old Bolles lot is nearly finished. Trees Blighted. D. Johnson of Oakdale has this week felled two large chestnut trees on the Aaughter, Migs Bessie Parks, of Lonflon?rm“mt Guests of n-'myart. wamwmumn- “::luurd mr" ‘has nwrull tn Hart- George hnl.o h sick wlth the grip. ROAD SOCIETY Miss Florence Hewitt being ill this week, her school at Tangwonk been taught by Miss Kate Cronin. ‘The lmmvem health of Miss Agnes Wheeler, p of Norwich is welcome news’to her many friends here. Miss Ruth Bfllings of Pawcatuck spent &stux;flng" and Sunday ata her ancle’s, lings’. ‘Thsyounspe:&l:‘enkn'},-m- ng party.one ev: The insurance adjuster has viewed the ruins, of the Ezra Wheeler house and Miss Hilda Wheeler has moved her piano to the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles. S. Noyes, Sr. Miss Phebe Wilcox is staying at Mrs. Phebe Lord's a while. ' The ipstallation of the grange of- ficers was postponed -Wednesday even- ing on account of illness of the wnnhy master. Mrs. George Middleton of Brooklyn, N. Y., was a recent guest at Mrs. Mar- cla P. Stanton A number from here attended the Fellowship meeting at Stonington on ‘Wednesday. Whealar Brothers are filling their ice thfle Linda Wheeler has been ill this week. A number of relatives and friends from here attended the funeral of Jeremiah Brown Tuesday. CLARK’S FALLS . Twenty-seven Pickerel Caught—Bigl Consignment of Wool for Felt Mill. Ed Cook and Horace F. Palmer caught ‘nd.m‘!'hmmf lfllh Iinbm.l will e es pickerel 'euhodw hfin Twenty-seven 'mwctn( Burdk:k of Chase Hill, Hopklmon. was the guest of Mr. and url. Horace Palmer, Wednesday. He as accompanied by his brother, Gil- bm Burdick of Putnam. Mrs. Clifford Thompson and daugh- ter, were guests of Doris has Alfred M. Clark filled his ice house ‘Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Maine vis- ited their son, Wilson Maine and his wife, Wednesday, Last Saturday Mr. an Palmer were in the city; also Ed Cook Frank Miner and Miss Mitchell. Wool Received at Mill. The Federal Felting Co. has received a large coulnment of wooL for use in their mill here, the manufacture of their fine lin o! goods. —_———— e HANOVER Mesting of Reading Cirele — Airlie Mills Working Nights. Rev. ton, Mass., preached in the Cow tional church, Sunday morning evening. Both services were well -:.- tended. Rev. Joseph L. Hoyle will the pulpit tomorrow, Jan. 23rd, for second Sunday. Reading Circle Meets, The Reading Circle of the Christian ‘Endeavor ety met Tuesday even- ing with Miss Helen Eadle. Rev. Mrs. Charles H. Peck re- turned to field, Mass.,, Tuesday, after a brief visit at the home of James W. le. Norman of Hazardville was_home for the week-end. ‘William - Croft, of Yantic, was.a week-end visitor with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Croft. Working Nights. "The Airlie mills are working nights to get out their orders. SOUTH LYME Beebe of New London has re- ‘of Westerly over mafidulfi. NORTH STONINGTON Funeral of Mrs. Ellen R. Wheeler— Grange Degree Team Gives Farce— H. B. Hurlburt Lectures at Wheeler School. Rev. Lucian Drury preached in the Baptist church at Old Mystic Sunday morning, substituting for the pastor, who was called away by the death of a relative. Funeral of Mrs. Wheeler. The funeral of Mrs. Ellen R. Wheel- er was held in the Congregational church, of which she was a mem- ber, Sunday afternoon. The were conducted by the pastor, Rev. O. D. Fisher, Mrs. Wheeler was 79 years of age. Gh-lenmnnrnuuvu. hlt was kindly cared for during her last illness by a neighbor, Mrs, Mn.nd H. Burdick, at whose home she dl . Kcm Studied. The K_llon Stwhqv‘l:u‘“-( l;orl T. M leader, lon of Ts. d’fi-m met at the Congrega- Hol'lll parsonage Tuesday afternoon. The topic was Korea. Following the exercises, Mrs. Fisher served tea, Mrs. po! “Farce at Grange Hall. The ladies’ degree unn of the grange presented a lively farce, The Suffra- 'ettu‘ Convention, in Grange hall Thursday evening. Twelve women and one man made up the cast. Through forcible arguments the man became convinced of the an’s suffrage. The bfl‘h! es and was Lflfi"‘.” H. B. Hulburt. H. B. Hulburt, educator and diplo- Herbert D. Rollason, of Plym- | this tfinv_wu part of this being used to .locmdtv in the parsonage at an ex- pense of about $112. Charles Brown of Norwich was' the ‘:;It of Miss Anna Patton on Mon- Miss Sarah Johnson has returned from a visit in Winthrop, Mass. Horace S. Eaton spent Sunday In ‘Worcester with his wife. Miss Ellen Hawkins is epending a few weeks with Mrs. Lucian Bass. Henry L. Bingham, who has been quite dl_’ecl_ala this -winter, is much im- prove = Miss Dorothy Brown Iis visiting triends in Mystic. the mail. Albert Potter is ill with grip. Mrs. ‘Mrs. Copeland, mother of Mrs. Paul ‘Gelssler, _dis suddenly . Thursday: Charles Griggs are in Brld‘epm vis- iting their Ill'.u' Mrs. Bullar Sunday School o!loou. At the annual meeting of the Sun- day school last Sunday, Joseph Eiliott was elected superintendent, Andrew Amidon, assistant; and’ Miss Alice Peal, secretary and treasurer. is a great deal’of {llness in town and the attendance at all the services was The ‘ice Bas been of oed qualtiy and e q The ice has been of god quality and 5 Virginia Sharpe-'is spending the " m at Seymour Phd'-. Infant’s Death. ‘Word has been received of the death of 'the infant dlubw of Mr. and Mrs. w-.u-r Hildreth, ‘Willlamstown, EAST WOODSTOCK Lewis Morse Reaches 74th Every Pupil Has Measles, School Closes. a.m-nfl-mqu-h..h ’l'hmn last week. Mr. Killam, S5 hlflb’r—. ho""'ue-'!t-- wi was