Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 14, 1916, Page 9

\ THEY'VE STARTED SOMETHING _ ~ —Baltimore American —Providénce Journal “THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT IS TO SEE THAT NC OTHER CRGANIZATION IS AS STRONG AS ITSELF” —Woodrow Wilson, September 23, 1916 ¢ —PFniladelphia Ledge THAT REGRETFUL MOMENT —Chicago News —Brooilyn Eagle LONG OVERDUE HHow ABOUT \T NEWS FROM ONE HUNDRED LIVE CORRESPONDENTS EASTERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND Who is Going and Coming — Incidents, Accidents and Building in Three Counties. New London County LAUREL GLEN Eli King has bgen a recent guest of his brother, Henry King, of Ware, Mass. and Mrs. Foster with friends, visited Sunday with Mr. Foster's sis- ter, Mrs. Phoebe White. allio has returned to his work chusetts after some time spent place here, William Watson, Miss Rosa and Mrs. Dowe were Westerly collers Wednesday. vard Maine and family spent Sat. with their parents, . Maine. y and Si Mr. Attorney Maine was a week end vis- itor with Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Main. Carl Douglass has been ill. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown and son, Arthur, were callers at Sheffield Douglass’, Tuesday afternoon. Mr Sawyer is moving to the place which he bought last Spring from Geo. Tones, known as the Nelson Wilcox place NORTH STGNINGTON Rally Day Exercises—Indiana Guests at Parsonage—Home Mission P; geant Friday Evening. Last Sunday was observed as Rally lay at the Congregational church. All the services were largely attended and of an interesting character. The Congregational church held a Rally social Wednesday evening. A zood number were present. An im- promptu programme was rendered. Cake and pungh were served. Preacher From Niantic. Rev. C. F. Eldridge of Niantic sup- Jw]ler! the pulpit of the Third Baptist church last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B. D. York of West Hartford and Allen W. York of Hart- ford were recent visitors in town. Guests From Indiana. b Mrs. Norton N. Fisher and daughter, er, of Fort Wayne, Ind., ent the summer in the east, are at the Congregational parson. age for a few days. G. C. Swift was in town Wednes- day. % L. L. Drury of Mount Hermon, Mass., spent Sunday at the home of his fath- er, Rev. Lucian_Drury. The Second Baptist church will be represented at the Connecticut Baptist convention in New London next week by Mrs. Arthur F. Babcock and Mrs. William F. Morgan. Rev. Lucian Drury will preach in the Second Baptist church Sunday morning. Home Mission Pageant. Services in the Third Baptist church Sunday evening will take the form of a Home Missions pagzeant, Old Spain and New America. The exer- cises will be under the direction of Miss Dora T. Maine, president of the Stonington Union association of the Woman's Home Mision society. Mrs. Luther C. Gray, who suffered a nervous breakdown last summer has gone to the State hospital at Brew- ster’s Neck for treatment. CAMPBELL’S MILLS Mr. and Mrs. Enos Gray of Ledyard and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gray of North Stonington were recent visitors at Ma- son Gray's. Mrs. Charles Bitgood and son, Hi- mer Bitgood, entertained Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benson and Miss Tacy Bit- good of Moosup, Saturday and Sun- y, and Robert and Doane Bitgood of ew London, Wednesday. Ezra Rogers of Rockville, R. 1T, called at S. L. Barbers, Thursday. Miss Margaret Tanner and Miss Ma- rion Blakeslee transacted business in Norwich Saturday. Robert Dixon captured a large coon recently. . LEONARD BRIDGE Mr. and Mrs. Rexford E. Cummings, Mrs. Albert Wheaton and Carlton A Cummings, attended Stafford fair on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Schroedter, Mr., and Mrs. Fred O. Brown, Curtis Hazen, Misses Annie Clifford, Myrtle Lom- bard, Lavina P. Kneeland and David dVValsh were in Willimantic, Wednes- ay. Chauncey Johnson of Nyak, N, Y., has been visiting his niece, Mrs. Albert G. Kneeland. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Spencer were in Andover_recently. Miss Lavina P. Kneeland was in Colchester, Monday afternoon. GLASGO Dr. and Mrs. B. J. Bill From Wisvon- sin Visit Bill Parm—Funeral of Mrs. Joseph Gravelin, Mrs. Walter G. Burdick spent the week end with her niece, Mrs. W. F. Thorpe of Westerly and called on Mrs. Florence Tucker Thorpe who with her husband is soon to leave for Guthrie, Oklahoma, for a permanent home. Miss Geneva Rathbun spent the week end at her home in Mystic, re- turning to Mrs. Burdick’s Sunday aft- ernoon by automobile, accompanied. by her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rathbun. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Lewis were re- cent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Justin Denison of Mystic. Guests From Wisconsin. Dr. and Mrs. B. J. Bill of Genoa, Wis., are visiting the former's childhood home, where his sister, Mrs. R. F. Young, now lives and where J. G. Bill has spent nearly a lifetime. Mr. Bill is 98 and still is busy most of the time about the farm. Dr. B. J. Bill has lived in the west several years. Misses Bertha and Annie Shultz of Nerwich were Sunday guests of Mrs. E. H. Clark. Albert Pierce is visiting his ter, Mrs. Sterry Kinney. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hatch of Mystic were calling on friends Sunday. sis- Sewing Bee. The Ladies’ Aid soclfety spent a pleagant afternoon witn Mrs. B, H. Clark, Wednesday. The ladies all making aprons and quilts. Funeral of Mrs. Gravelin. Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph Gravelin were held Friday morning from St. Ann's church, Rev. R. X Morrissey officiating. Miss Sarah Cameron returned home Tuesday from Westerly where she has been visiting a few days with friends. ROAD SOCIETY Miss Abby Willlams went to New York Sunday to attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Harriet Grant. The ladies held an all day meeting for work Thursday at the church par- lors, : The Grange meeting for Wednesday evening was postponed. Mrs. Elisha Miner and Mrs. George Avery of Groton were recent callers at Maple Lawn. Mrs, S. N. Billings from Springfield. Mrs. Harry Diyon of Wigkford have has ‘returned been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Dixon this week. William Burdick and family and Mr. Rose and family, who have been ten- ants of Ferando Wheeler for a number of years, have moved to Westerly. Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Williams" and family attended the Harvest supper at the Old Mystic parish house Wednes- day evening. Grace D. Wheeler has returned from a visit in Providence where she was #ne guest of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Barstow «yles over the Jordan-Car- penter wedding, which she attended. Miss FITCHVILLE Local and Leffingwell Pastors to Ex- change Pulpits—Shower Given Miss May Foley. Rev. George H. Chambers of the Baptist church will exchange pulpits next Sunday with Rev. L. O. Gates of Lefingwell. Mr. Gates will speak in the morning at 11 o'clock on the sub- ject of “Home, Harmony or Discord.” In the evening he will speak on “Pre- paredness.” The praver meeting of the will be held Thursday. Delegates to Convention. The pastor, Rev. G. H. Chambers and Mrs. Phoebe Robinson are appointed delegates to attend the Connecticut Baptist convention o be held with the First Baptist church of New London next Tuesday and Wednesday. The State Pastors’ Conference will be held with the same church Monday afternoon and the State Young Peo- ple's meeting Monday evening. Mrs. Edwin Wheeler is the delegate from the Sunday school to the same meet- ngs. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kingberger of Boston_have located in this village, where Mr. Kingberger Is a clerk in the store of Louis B. Brand, Jr., In_ the place of John Brown, who recently re- signed as clerk after several years’ service in the store, Mrs. William Telly and son, Warren, are in Fall River, Mass, for a few weeks' stay. Shower For Miss Foley. Sew#ral of the young ladies of the village recently gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Foley and £ave a shower to their daughter, Miss Mary Foley, in honor of her approach- ing marriage with Alexander Tatro, of the village. Miss Foley received meny beautiful and useful presents. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Leary of New London were guests .of relatives in town recently. Miss Elizabeth Kingberger of Coven_ try, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Mary Kingberger. James Irwin of Boston was a recent guest of his brother-in-law, Louis B. Brand, Jr. church SALEM Candidate From Bay State to Preach Tomorrow—Daniels .Family Moves to East Lyme. Rev. John G. Hehr of New York oc- cupied the Congregational pulpit last Sunday morning. Dwight Marvin was leader of the Y. P. S. C. B. meeting, ylor of North Brook- is expected to preach as ate Sunday. Henry Rogers Is visiting her Mrs. William Sisson of North Rev. field, Plains. Newton and Clarence Lee of Grassy Hill, spent Sunday with their sis- ter, Mrs. James Beebe. Mr. and M Charles Tinker and children and M Chesterfield, were sister, Mrs. Ruth Tinker of guests of Mrs, Tin- Helen Malona, Sun- . Amy Miner has been spending the week with relatives in East Had- dam. Return to Newark. Mrs. Walter Mitchell and children, and Amelia Miller of Newark, L eturned home Wednesday afte: spending several weeks at the Rix place, on the Mitchell estate. After spending a_few davs at her home in town Miss Lizzie Dolbeare re- turned to her duties at Rock Nook Home Norwich Town, the first of the week. Clyde Rix of Noank was the guest of his sister, Mrs. Helen Malona, on Sunday. Move to East Lyme. Elmer Daniels and family moved last weck from Music Vale house to East Lyme. Mrs. T. Hunt Sterry and daughter, Miss Ora Sterry left town Saturday for New London, where Mrs. Sterry will spend the winter at the Mohican hotel with her daughters, Misses Ruth and Tveagh Sterry. Going to Cuba. Miss Ora Sterry returns soon to Cuba where she will spend the win- ter. PENDLETON HILL Mrs. Mary Palmer and daughter, Christie Clark Coon, and Charles Cot- trell spent Saturday and Sunday in Massachusetts. Rev. Lucian Drury of North Ston- ington visited the Hill school officially this week. John Cornwall has- returned to his home here. Mr. and Mrs. George Cornwall of Montclair, N. J., spent the week end ith Mr. and Mrs. Willis Almy. CHESTERFIELD Many from different towns were vis- itors here on the Jewisn Fast day, which was Saturday. - Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Strzviewske and Rose Strzyzewske were callers on Mrs. J. E. Powers Sunday. Lulu, Anna, Mildred, Maurice and Florence Powers were callers at the Goldren Spur and East Lyme, Satur- day. Mrs. J. C. Phillys has , returned aft- er visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pow- ers. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tinker and family are visiting Mrs. Mary Tinker. Miss Grace Driscoll spent the week end at her home in Norwich. The younger people from here at- tended the dance at Golden Spur on ‘Tuesday night. SOUTH LYME Supper Given by Boys' Club-~Shore Cottages Closed. The supper given Oct. 12th by the Boys' club under the supervision of Rev. Kenneth Wells was a grea: suc- cess and will be duplicated in the fu- ture. Mrs. J. W. Roath and daughter have returned to their home here after a month’s visit in Meriden and Ivory- ton. Nearly all the cottages at the beach are closed and quiet again reigns. Mrs, William C. Slate and son Wil liam were over Sunday guests of Mrs Slate’s daughter, Mrs. James F. Smith of New London. Mr and Mrs. B, J. Carter are stay- ing at the home of Mrs. Arthur Miner for a while. Mrs. Miner and infant daughter are at Lawrence hospital. Mrs. F. C. Payne was a New London visitor recently. J. Hart has returned to his home bere, having been away all summer. C. R. Watcrhouse has secured work in New London. Miss Trtta Powell returned to her school duties Tuesday, having spent a few days withk her parents in New Haven, Burton Stanhope is working in New Haven at Marlin’s. SHUNOC Dr. A. Stanley Maine is constructing a face wall at the south entrance of - his driveway leading from the highway | to his residence. ‘The Shunoc Improvement society held an interesting ard pleasant meet- ing at the home of Mrs. Maria M. Merrill Wednesday. There was a large attendance of members. Rev. Lucian Drury gave the parish- fomers at the Shunoc Baptist church a good sermon Sunday mornirg. At the close of the preaching service com- munion was held. Carey E. Maine of Pendletom Hill called at the home of Dr. A Sunday. Mr. Maine is 88 vears of a and a veteran of the Civil war. s in excellent health. was ac- companied by his son, William C. Maine. ‘E. B. James caught and killed a larze coon Friday near the home of W. &, Partlo. The coon was a slick looking animal and much sadmired by the many sportsmen who saw it. The Shunoc Improvement society will meer with Mr. and Mrs. Irving W. Miner Oct. 19, Farmers are busy harvesting their crops. Both the corn and potato yield is not up to-last year’s crops. The apole crop is large and of fine quality. Repalirs are being made to the high- way leading from F. Mason Partlo’s residence to the turnpike of the Provi- dence and New London road. At snd) 3 TanES KeRTH —Tacoma Ledge! MONTVILLE Teachors’ Sewing Club Meets—Del: egates to Baptist State Convention Mr. Victor Rosenlund has resigned with the C. M. Robertson Co. and haf entered the emplov of the tiona Folding Box Co. of New Haven. Cornelius Flaherty has ‘returned from a short vacation speat in Bos- ton, Mrs. Jesse Watt of Hartford is vis- iting Mrs. Thomas Watt of Palmer- town. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hope have re- turned from a visit to friends in Sut- Mass. Charles_Tread his family to Yantlec. iss Hattie Randall of Willimantia is spending a few days with. friends in town. George Beckwith of Fire street is moving his family to Simsbury, Conn. Josephine Hart, who is teach- ing in the public school in South Cov- spent Sunday at her home in lage. ley Reddén of New Britain was in town Sunday. Sewing Club Meets. teachers of the Palmertown and Uncasville Sewing club met at the home of Miss Anna Quinn Wed- nesday evening. Convention Delegates. Deacons Edward Henry and George P. Smith were appointed acting dele- gates from the Union Bapuist church to the Baptist State convention to be held in Néw London. Monday. Austin Matthews of Westerly spent the week-end with friends in town. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gardner, who have been spending several days with Mrs. Samuel Rudd, have returned to New York. v has moved FRANKLIN Birthday Dinner for Deacon L. A. Rob- inson, Who is 82—New Pastor and Family at Farsonage. Mr. and Mrs. Albion Rowe of Putnam have been nding a few days with Mr. and Mrs. George L. Ladd. Mrs. Lucy E. Manning of Norwich has been the guest ¢f her brother, L. A. Robinson. M Clara L. Grant is spending & few days in Lebanon. Clifford H. Robinson silos in 17 days. Birthday Dinner Party. Mrs. L. A. Robinson and Mrs. C. H. Robinson entertained at dinner Friday of last week, it being Deacon L. A. Robinson’s birthday. The guests included M Lucy E: Manning, Mr. and Mrs. Will E. Manning of Yantic, Mrs. N. D. Robinson of Norwich Town, Melville Mannirg of Lebanon and Mrs. Hermon A. Gager. Move to Parsonage. Rev. Francis Child and family have moved into the parsonage. Mr. Child wiil commence his labors Sunday. Mrs. Louis Smith and Miss Ella Smith attended the country Sunday school conyvention at Norwich Thurs- day as delegates, has filled 17