Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 24, 1920, Page 9

Jooked out of the window and saw their father coming home. Then they changed their clothes and went down stairs to eat| | \ their supper. x\b3 HELEN GREENE. |- o hd Burned and Itched Badly. Lost Rest. Cuticura Heals. on baby's to blisters were placed wreaths of daisies. Each of the twelve children was busily occupied with some part.of the preparations. Some of the girls-/picked strawberries while one made the lemonade. After we had; played games and sang sweet \Songs we had our refreshments. They consisted”of nuts, candy, fruits, cakes, cookies, sand- wiches, and lemonade. The girls and boys had such a wonder- ful time, that they are determined to JUNE'S SCHOOLROOM. Like some wild horse of circus lore ile bolted through the schoolhouse door, Tossed high his books, then with a ::yur Called to his pal: “Vacation's bere! Columbia. A Lie and What Came of It. Everybody was busy in the Robinson household, for father and mother were|, going away on the 5 o'clock train, leaving their son in care of his beloved it Mary. e + Now John was a good boy but he had His joy was mirrored back to me With one glad flood of memory. 1 knew his thoughts, | knew his soul— June's sehoolroom was his happy goall “A scale fifst's head 2nd then' it ‘burned and itched so . ps school! but M6t the kind | have_another picnic this summer. one serious fanlt, which was he did not iy that she scratched. L gt ¥ heels of Learning grind: b FANNIE HARTMAN |always tell the truth. He got into-pecks \ Then itbroke outin asore June's school is mever cold or glum— Uncasville. ! of trouble on this account. § eruption all over her head . and behind her eats, She | wes sestless and could B pot sleep. ] -heard 'of Cuticura Soap and Ointment'“go ‘1" bought them, and . afterusing one cake of Cuticura Soap It has a sweet curriculum! The train John's parents.ivere planning to take was supposed to make good con- nections. All of a sudden came the news of the great railroad strike which de- layed many trains. Mr. Robinson, fear- ing that the 5 o'clock would be.delayed, sent his son to the station to inquire Promoted to Grade Three. Dear Uncle Jed: It has been ' a long time since I wrote to you, but I've been very busy getting through school. I was promoted to grade three and 1 am glad. 1 shall miss my teacher. I liked her very June doesn't teach cf cities' size It counts the sunbeams in the skies. June doesn’t care who finds the poles— Its forte is finding swimming’ holes. ?QQQ S R i Ointment N o reen apples grow, |much. I hope I shall have one I like as| about it, giving him ten minutes to do it| | and one box of Cuticura s \ e e ot wou kmow. . |well. 1 commenced my music lessons|in. John was willing and setting out| | threeweeks’ time she was healed § Boy students find wild honey trées and I like them, too. 1 have my lesson|came to a group of boys who called to (Signed) Mrs. Abbie B. Dennis, 349 In all of June's geographies. : all learned and next Saturday I will take| him to join in an exciting game of mar-|' ' $/.%" ‘st “Bangor, Me., June 2,1919. i another one. 1 helped mamma and!ples. At first John refused, but the < i 'S June makes a joy of ’rithmetic— grandma a lot this morning. They Were|temptation was too great and he played -CuhcumTofletTno’- R r's 2 times 2 miles to the crick. washing. 1 like to help them. Esther, | until he looked at his watch, showing that Consisting of Soap, Ointmentand NG Tes, June spells “orick” the easy way—| my friend, has gone away for a few days| the ten minutes wera up long ago. He D ics aad mainwine @u, i The double “e” 18 hard to say. and I miss her. My mamma gave me 2, hurried home and his father, agking him Talcum, P! e oo sad akin N great big doll carriage and I enjoy| for his report, saw a troubled look on his| | skin purity, skin cfmior SV ST \Q\ i Oh, Qovhood, how T envy yoy wheeling it about for I always wanted|gon's face. “What time does the train humh,ofimwhmd heiale At N B The Junetime school vou're going{one. I am going up to stay With my|jeave?” he asked. John, knowing that he Soap to cleanse and purify, D N through. e Aunt Nan for a few days pretty soon. I|paq heen disobedient, and _confession ‘ment to soothe and heal, the-Talcum k& And how I wish 'twould be your fate like to ge up there because she iS g00d | would mean a strapping, replied: “Half to powder and perfume. Then why & To never have to graduate ! to me and I see a lot of things. My Va-|pagt five, sir,” and went to play. not make these gentle, fragrant, N —William Herschell in Indianapolis ch:;n lasts for 12 long weeks and I am| 1t was quarter past 5 when father and super: emollients your every- N News, glad. mother, with John to see them off, went toilet preparations? e s X HELEN GREENE. |, the station. When they arrived they ‘i‘,"‘d"m":;’ i ‘3& UNCLE TALK TO WIDE- | Plainfield. found that the train was not changed at oy i, Address: “Outicura, Dept R, Maiden. AWAKES, ST all and they had missed it. John stood uticura Soap shaves without mug. ‘ il o LR True to His Oath of Loyalty. there looking like a wreteh. His father b U ok e A German column was cautiously ap-| turned to him and under these stern eyes dertaken or the need of FIVIng iNCTeAs-| ,roching a bit of French woods when a | John confessed. His parents forgave him | o o e e fThe ed atiention to some particular move-|boy of fourteen was caught %iding in a|and since then John has learned to telli bl park mamied WiSkWIE DETE (08| ment, is recognized. the interest in such|clump of bushes. The German captain|the truth. play “RSffiv :ih o tres E thiet By iere X 4 asked the boy in French if there were JAMES J. FENTON, Age 12. |ark. " A few days 4 il g objects s often aroused and sustained |, ooy “goldiers in the woods. No| Norwich was an exnibition at the armory which KIRKMAN'S & ia % g 5 showe: industri of * Newark, 5 - gy sservance of a special day or{anuer came from the boy. e tnageua o CLEANSER, : ar when particular efforts| “Can’t you talk?’ asked the German Summer. f‘;:";n:“:’im:» $ " a ’ dire officer. v pres: . & . = are m to direct the thoughts of all in O G g the b, It was summer. The drowsy. dreflmy There were o many wonderful things 4 that direction. e Influence that segmed to hang over the],; jis jmpossible to tell them all hat dir X The captain repeated the question and| ang was cooled by the summer breeze| '’ O ey i There are many special days and a|the boy refused to answe et Gl g B s o BRI 100 EN, Age 12. | number of special weeks in the course of | ‘If you do nat ngwer,” said the eap-| grocs and the pines. New London 2 : in, “we will have to shoot you as‘an i ; a vear. The result is that we are or|'® » The roses wafted their perfume to the A Friend in Need. Bouia & i i a each | SneMY-" No answer came. from the bOY.| i The different kinds of roses, some AmAGy e 3 should be more and more impressed e Just “then a volley of fire came from | in, ‘o8 TSN HIEE PO TR PO Henry lived in the great city of Lon- £ vear with the different objects for which | the woods. Several of the Germans | DI Some fed and otners wellow Sl o, i was known as “the boy at the B they are held were killed and the column retreated | & crossing.” He used to s\:efli one (0( the 51 3 b 2 i ) 3 e ings at Ox treet. . In wet wea- In our neighboring state of New York|%ith heavy losses. taking the boy With| “over at the pond it was quiet and the] CTOSSINES at OSTOr street. 70 W¢' Foe they observe one day in June as Fath-| The German captain asked the boy. it| FiPple of the river as it ran like a brook| Ny ana then someone would give him a ers’ day, just the same as one day in|he knew that there were French soldiers Bendine. oddtg “‘_i‘”“w_; A thie wag | penny for his work. He did not g“xm)‘m]h‘ £ . 1 NS, ete a day T zot was a great help)| dnys are of course simply reminders of | . "Gorman ordered that the boy be|BUZZ as it laid up its winters stores. |10 "usry to his work. One day he saw the fact that we eannot afford to over-|shot. As the volley of the fifing squad| And in the shadows of the fern and|,"jjo ginl trying to lead her Iitte] look the great sacrifices that parents|opened on him the boy looked the party|the different kinds of trees nestled floW-| , er across the str The carts and . ce| full in the face, with a smile of tri-|ers content and waiting when the cold, . cos made her afraid and she ran back make fos thelr chlldren and the love] = . " ") Toors voung face. should come and Mother Nature would | Fer ! and care which they give to them. On his left arm was seen fhe insignia | Sover them with a bedquilt of soft snow | "W oo ne matter little girl?” hel These constant services by the par-|of the Boy Seouts. “"z;(‘f‘:"“'n 8l Sl e o i ; ALMIRA BERNIER, Age 12. el en the day's labors werc am afraid we shall be run over,” gl g ron e R ol SRR . over the stillness of the hours lessened, TR preciated. but there is nevertheless the for it was then that the frogs had their i EelniSou acroas” Jest of reasons why we should occasion- parties and singing schools and the crick- lifting' the little boy Planting a Garden. A : en lift e litide boy ally manifest it, and it is just such days . t"h e Tt Tras g hiead orhergnsects alsg held thelng ) took little girl by t 23 i Ballmiars duys. whioh When my father was plowing I asked| But we should surely be glad to live||.q them safely to the othe as Mothers' and Fathers' days which|him if he could give me a piece of Jan | in this country. on this earth, with our “ remind of the really great debt we|for a garden which I could call my own.| happiness and joys, and should be thank-| > i e ke g vt owe our parents, for what they have done| And he said he could. After he had| ty] that we are God’s own people. her litde brother as B s Y the ground ready for plantiag, the seeds RUSSELL BECKWITH, Age 10. v g . had to wait for I didn't have time to| South Windham. i il The s honest They have done so much that we are| plant them right away because I had to i an. up to Henry 1| The same 5 ¢ to accept it in a matter of fact sort|go to school. But Friday it chanced My Garden This Year. B e i } cality as foundin g RO s that our teacher was sick and school| Dear Uncle Jed: T am g : 5 # : b 1 et of a way. but these special da).! PRt Bt Uhe HforaTioan Rt iy e ncle Je am going to h"\ > 2| e ones cannot get vit y mean’s Borax us of our everlasting obligations and|phoqy went b 9 plaged. but g |sarden this year. It is going to be a half a good aid i h ody went home and played, acre of land and I am going to have po- k you must have a good and kir 3 Scan make it plain that it is not solely on|thought it would be a good idea to plant| {rel o ont RCCic THGEENS Witee and 3 A hese special days that we showed great-1 MY 5:"12: ‘fi"“b“‘I:‘tfl""{’- “{ Is ot &, tomatoes. and I am also going to raise . said he 1 § er thought to our parents, but that our| G Oon% OF {hi:zm; Sta if’ar!hm"m:;;‘f“‘% a calf. T named it Minnie. It is vellow mother.” ‘ honor and respect, our love and consid-|small beds for my beets and onions,| gio white I feed it Wit siim mik. In N 1 cration for our parents should more near-| making them run east and west, right! e g MR sE PR e L DA Jo i e, through the southern part of the sarton. | €At the £7ass so it will be fat and nice for | to do g00( | mmmresn —— ure up each day with what they L ern part of the garden. | o Mansfield fair in September. bl vl Then 1 planted two rows of lettuce, one ARTHUR JOHNSON, row of carrots and one of radishes, mak- Mansfield Center. ing the rows run north and south on the western sMe. Then I made a lit- tle ditch for 2 walk so that I could have room to walk when I weeded my beets and onions. Now on_the eastern side of the walk I planted two rows of to- matoes and two rows of early sweet Age 13. WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—James Fenton, of Norwich—The 3oy Allies in the Balkan Campaign. — Ruth Dubue, of Danielson—Ruth ing Down East. v:w.l a box shop in Willimantic. but now is | have been visit a most pleasing | very feeble health. There was Mrs. John James and twin sons. Clin- | ni ton and Newton, of Willimantic. former: Iy of this place, attended the Childre day concert here Sunday. They were | Thompso: ‘ormer members of Liberty Hill church. Vegetable and Flower Gardens. Dear Uncle Jed: 1 Childfen's page and I { you about our farm. week m writing m I have 1o the | x R e M going to tell - € thav( 2 pet cat and Fie A a pet cow. I am going to have a garden{mom:nt. S N S Charlotté Cohen, of New London—| corn. fs v are. up FLORENCE M'GOVE Age 13. ANDOVER In Battle For New York. The garden is all up and is looking|already. I am going to have a flower | * 1 %o D 1—Bessie dello, of Yantic—Wthel Mor-|€0od. Every day when I return home| garden also. 1 planted Teans, com, cel- | ; cuneral services for Mrs. Mary F.| ton's Enterprise. from school T take my hoe, which father| ery, carrots. tomatoes and a few othe . Prink, who died suddenly from heart dis- =it u Florence McGovern, of Glasgo— | P0USht me and dig the weeds - until| things in my vegetable garden. In : ase Sunday morning. were held at her Miss Pat in Buenos Aires. Tk hanil ke oy small_ watering | flower garden, poppies, Sweel Wil ome here Tuesday at 2 o'clock, with S e can and it with water and water the ! sweet peas, morning > arigold 6—Fannie Hartman, of Uncasville—| thirsty plants, = Then it 18 time to y marigold The Camp Fire Girls in After Years T—Derothy Ri 20 to bed and I go to sleep and dream of that wonderful vegetable bed. pansies, nasturtiu urial in Columbia cemetery. I hope all the 3 Mrs. William Thompson received word ardson, of Norwich— i n. bis ith th A v the last st X of the death of her sister,|op Hi " H success with their gardens. 3 e Fulles 01 kinel an- | of 2 = = The Red Cross Giirls Under the Stars andi Have many of the Wide-Awakes got DOROTHY U,q“fwg(,\- Ags 10, Stone Faller, of Markinch n e et small gardens, 1 wonder? 1f-they have| Norwich At S—Lena Fournier, of Glasgo—In the Ba . who sevéral years ago lived in this Hlace. Joseph’ ed they know what fun it is to watch the tiny little plants as they grow up. of New York. The Robin’ Winners of prize ir c Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Grant of Manila : : books living in the| vunie FSSIRARLED Age & One day while T was picking flowers | = = ity can obtain them by calling at The ¢ i, in the woods-I found a robin’s mest. It K in business office after 10 a. m. = ursday. had been thrown from a tree and near | it 1 found an egg which was broken. 1! felt very sorry because the robins ha lost_their home. Well, I picked up the nest in a tree near where it had A Robin Making Tts Nest. Dear Uncle Jed: I would like to tell the Wide-Awakes about the experience of a robin in making its nest. We once_ ha\l a swing under a large oak tree. The string had rotted and pieces LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Russell Beckwith of South \\'indhnm—l 1 received the book you sent me entitled Phil Bradley's Big Exploit and. thank | stip into the One day the nd put it allen. 1 did | not know where it belonged but thought | CHILDRENS Ot VY AT ool of it hung loose. that the mother robin would soon find '”.”,rv\! ‘r‘\ ::x':»p-«(n(i:g"‘ I have read it and hO,., very rainy day, as T looked out of | the nest. o SUE. the window, 1 chanced N Wide-Awakes sh ve il e to see a robin| None of the Wide-Awakes should ever d trying to find string to make its nest. It | destroy a bird’s home ceived the prize book you sent me entitled i§ chanced to see the string and flew to- ALDEA DEROSIER, Age 11. E The Camp Fire Girls' Carcer. I have wards it. Grabbing the string in its heak,| Glasgo. . 8 "Nt H begun to read it and find it very interest-| it tried to fiy away. It appeared to me = ing. A FOURNIER, Age as though he was entangled in the An 01d Time Thanksgiving, i : - Lillian Anderson of Brooklyn—T thank | String. Although it was = pouring, T 2 2 i 't Like School in Summer. I you ever so much for the beautiful book, | longed to release the bird from its po- lur:;\ihteon li‘»:‘f mP‘rfir\-m:‘sch?::x rnrxfmw S mw‘”qx 1‘4- I am o Uncle Tom's Cabin. 1 have started read- | %ition, %0 running out I ran to the tree,| ors fou; white neople here. There wer | oCar Uncle Je > ing it and have found it very interesting. | Put to my surprise, the bird flew away.| Y. £© e b =re"Awere hamolt: ours AChol “ = t any India Gladys Barber of Hope Valley—T thank | 1, a0 not been entangled iri the string, | * Fretp ety IHEEm man olars. -, Our sehoolhouse 1S 5 AN ITTLE girls and littlc boys are all wearing " : : Wk | byt had been t The Pilgrims had a very hard time isor Lord. Our .. teact > 4 el e you very much for the prize book which| [ hroke an fi;”"g t0 break the Btring. | guring tne first winter.. About half of | Mr. Brige: children’s sock: you gent me. [ am sure that it will bel them together. and 1o thom g oed | the colony became sick and died. T am in the third grade. T have pretty Gordon tops, of generouslength. Very interesting. although T have not yet o e AHang ool e ot X b < started reading it, but will as soon a8 pos- | onqorench. T then went into the house| 12 ey had a good harvest. The | named 1 overnor said, “Let u sible. B and watched to see the result. The robin pati a8l doy)) then flew to the tree, grasped the string in a variety of designs and in all colors. We will invite | in which to give thank g " £l W Wil it ot alike! fosz(iitn ‘sthoool In iths | The children always look well dressed—es- LETTERS WRITTEN ' BY WIDE. ml‘ttsbbfifkl e e ‘s];:inggn’?d o in et fl).«:ll\s—} it e e pecially if you have selected enough different z -, e 2 ujlt its nest right beside the 3 ry S i will L = u e AWAKES. in 8 large apple tree o e Houeg The men started out to hunt deer and | s shades to match dresses. And Gordon Socks “Natare.” o iioush T was| wet fwhen Ligohiintgf TASIICEE e Women amade | pleg, T R i St i e house, I think T was well repaid for ot only about eight or nine weeks ago the roads were drifted with snow. nine of ten my work, don't you? ARCELIA DOYON, Age 10. | are so easily washed and kept free from holes. The children cut the golden pumpk No knees to wear out. for pies. The greatest fun LIBERTY HILL of all was feet high. Glasgo. g‘i’;’”““;fipfi’ze?"" 0y thephgl anhies in: tha | el Eliard of Minmt Rial 1| For older boys and girls ask your dealer to F \o:”n vou_look across the country The Sbaling e The Indians were invited to come on - LErapaiau MY SHIQERT 30 n shewjyoa the/Gouion lhrec-qu.lrlerhflscfihICh you will see green grass. beautiful flow-| 2 k. Thursday. At sunrise that morning the nott. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Knott | the little girls below are wearing. ers in bloom, and one can hear the sing- Was about 9 o'clock in the morning | people knew by the doud yells that their o thelsigirals 1o, ing of the birds in the beautiful trees. | When I was walking through the woods | guests had arrived. ¢ | The sides of the roads are . in the fields, making a picturesque landscape. It is surprising how God changes the scenery from - one beautiful picture to another LILLTAN ANDERSON, Age 11. Brooklyn Boblie Had a Bad Drea Bobbie had played hard all day. fast asleep. fairy came t6 him calling, Bobb! *Oh, the air to fairyland other fairies. there. She did not like Bobbie. a big alligator. covered with all, green bushes and violets bloom most - beautiful where the grass was knee deep. In some places were brooks and the only way to cross them was to step on stones and humps of grass here and there. He no sooner reached a pillow than he fell As se was sleeping a little Bob- bie! would you like to go to fairyland? sald Bobble. In no longer time than he was saying it he went through He eaw a lot of There was one bad- fairy She had She said to the good fairies, “I am going to make my alliga- T was in the middle of the woods. care- tully picking my way through the briers and underbrush, when I suddenly heard a squealing sound. T was almost paralyzed. T thought of the dreadful things it might he. Then T heard it again. T then per- suaded myself to venture out farther to see what that strange sound was. Scarce- Iy had I crossed a brook when I saw in the distance a small rustic shed. As I came nearer T saw_a little black pig. Tt squealed when it saw me. It was that same squealing sound that I heard in the woods. T thought to my- self how foolish T was to be scared by that little sound. T could picture myself as I stood there almost paralvzed with | fear. After that T wasn't afraid of a to eat that boy up." The good fairies|CrY, OF saueal that I heard when T was would not say anything to her. After| D the woods. a while when Bobbie was near %he ali- ROSE EAGAN, Age 13. gator, the him. ' T\e aligator began to gobbl Bobbie up. Just then Bobbie woke up. When he got up he told his dream to the family. They all laughted. Bobbia said “I do not want {0 go to fairyland wny more.” VERONICA GELLS; Az’e 11 New London. bad fairy said something to ‘Willimantic. e = Playing Betsy Ross. One day two_little girls asked their “Yes,” said the mother. “you may go and put on the old-fashioned dresses.” The girls' names were Grace and Ruth. They opened the box and pulled out the clothes. When. they had got them out The Piano. Ruth said: “Grace, you must help me put One day In July we had a picnic in|on this dress. the wood 1 There were twelve of us, six bo; ‘When Ruth had got her dress on Grace and | said: “You must help me now.” Then aix girls. came the shoes and stockings, but the’ The day before the picnic we baked| hats looked very funny indeed. each hav- takes and cookles. On the next day we, ingz a big feather on each side. 334 our pienic. et We each had a trou- of flowers and around our heads ‘When they were all dressed they played that Ruth was Batav Res ~eking the mother if they might go up in the attic. | 1t was in December. but was pleasant. a great fire built out of doors After breakfast the people were called fo- gether, by the beating of drums, to 5o to | chureh. When the service was over they found the feast ready. The Indians and chil- dren seemed to enjoy it more than any- one else. This was.the first Thanksgiving. Now once a year the president asks all the @ ople to give thanks to God for His goodness to our country. RUTH DUBUC, Age 12. the weather | Danielson. Newark’s Anniversary. Abbut five years ago the c of New- ark, N. J., -was celebrating two hun- dred and fiftieth birthday The first gelebration was a beautiful big‘parade. The policemen marched first: Then came the school children. Each school had its own costumes. The chil- dren looked wonderful as they marched along. 1 was small then, so I went| with the smaller children on trucks. The bigger children walked. When we pass- ed by the people applauded because on the truck where I rode was the picture of Robert Tree. He was the man that founded Newark. The truck was also nicely decorated. After us came the firemen and different kinds of fire en- gines. That was all I could see for I was in the parade. 3 Almost every day during the summer there were wonderful und beautiful pa- rades. But one day instead of parades there were drills and national danges by all the sehool children in Branchbrook A wWeek later there was a play In & Long tables were set and | ¢ A large audic Sunday morning h, e greeted the Children’s at ‘the ‘Li when the Children’s d fully and the ed singing by childre: cel- | lent. 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