Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-13
BULLETIN NEWS LETTERS FROM ITS BROADENING FIELD
GALES FERRY
Aid Society Has Experience Social
 Dinner for Jolly Fourteen Club.

A social afternoon was enjoyed by | the ladies aid society and their friends /, at the dollar social, held at the ves- | try of the M. E. church Friday after noon, November ,. Prayer by the pas . 1 tor, Rev. Mir. Thompson. and a musi- ] cal selection. Sing Me to Sleep, by Fa- { bian Rose. rendered by Miss Florence ! Hurlbutt. opened the programme for ] the afternoons entertainment. An or i iginal rhyme by Miss Amy B. Satter- 1 lee entitled, How We Increased the 1 Carpet Fund, was followed with in- 1 teresting accounts by several of how they had enlarged the dime which had been given them as an investment fund few months ago by the president, Miss Kate B. Colver Readings were given by Miss Mary Hurlbutt and Miss Laura Perkins and piano solos by Mrs. | Eugene LaFontaine and Miss Florence Hurlbutt. A piano duet, Joyous Re- turn. by Leon Ringuet, was also given by Mrs. LaFontaine and Miss Alice Satterlee. Sandwiches. cake and cof- fee were served. The fund. which is being raised for carpet for the audi ence room of the church. was increas- ed by $2S.
 Cottage Interests. Mir. and Mrs. R. B. Taft of Newton Center, Mass, who have spent the
  tage on the Decatur Bluff farm, at Allyn's Point, returned to their home ! last week.
 Mrs. George T. Meech and daugh- ter, Miss Mabel of Middletown were visiting at their summer homo here on Thursday and Friday of last week. Charles Lewis of Central Village visited his cottage on the Bluff re- gently.
 Mir. and Mrs Latham Smith enter tained the Jolly Fourteen club at din- ner at their home in the village Sat urday evening in honor of the birth day anniversary of the host
 J. P. Satterlee attended the Har- vard- Cornell football game at Cam bridge Saturday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Byron Maynard of Anthony, R. l.. have been spending the week with relatives at Allyns Point and the Ferry.
 Auxiliary Entertained.
 Mrs Richard Latimer and her daughter, Miss. Sarah Latimer. en- tertained the local auxiliary of the Woman's Home Missionary society at their home here Tuesday afternoon. The meeting. which was largely at tended. opened with devotional exer- cises and a responsive readng on the tithe. A paper on Alaska, Past, Pres and Future, was given by the pres ident, Mrs. Thomas Latham, and a report of the meeting of the Woman S Home Missionary society of the Nor wich district which was held last week in Westerly. was given by Miss Laura Perkins. who attended as del- egate. Refreshments were served at the close of the exercises. One new member united with the society at this | session.
 Mrs. Sarah Perkins was the guest for several days last week of her brother. Isaac Norman, in Westerly. Moves B. Allyn returned Friday from a visit in Hartford.
 Communion Service. The sacrament of the Lords Supper was administered by the pastor at-the M. E. church, Sunday morning. Rev. MT Thompson announced that District Supt. J. H. Newland of Norwich will preach here Sunday, November Ii. The annual collection for home missionary work was also announced for next Sunday.
 Mrs. Charles H. Comstock visited her mother. Mrs. Isaac Bragaw, in Groton Tuesday.
 Mrs. William D. Fairfield returned last week from a visit with relatives in Worcester and Grafton. Mass.