Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-26
OBITUARY.
James M oFTtt,

Ie at 8.30 o'clock Sunday morning at his home on East Town street. was born III kIliIngly, Conn, iu March, 1S46, the son of MT and Mrs. Eleazer Mohitt He was married Dee. t9, 1881, to Miss Sa- rah J. Kenpfeld of Deering. N. H. For some years they lived in Augusta. Ga where AIr. MofTitt was superintendent of a mill Coming north tC Connect cue, MT and Mrs. Moffitt have resided in Connecticut since that time
 At the age of i5 years. at the begin ming of the civil war James Mofft enlisted as a drummer boy in Company r, 18th regiment Connecticut volun- teers. He remained through the years of the war, the regiment being station ed in Maryland and Virginia. His com pany took part in the battle of Pied month, which took place twelve miles from Stanton. Va For a short time MT. Mofitt was in Andersonville pris- on.
 He thoroughly appreciated and loved to dwell on the character of Lincoln. MT. Moffitt was man of unusual in telllgence, upright in character, and had the high esteem of his fellow citi- zens and army comrades. He was a member of SedgWick post, No. 1, c. A. R., and belonged to the order of Ma sons.
 Besides his wife, he is survived by two sisters, MT Ada Cole and MT. Tenny of Canterbury, and a nephew and niece.
 Christmas Exercises at Wauwecus Hill
 School.
 At the Wauwecus Hill school. Miss Bertha Carpenter teacher, a pretty en- tertatnment was well carried out by the children on Friday afternoon. Among the recitatiOns, Grace Beethan gave Snowfiakes and was accompanied by a miniature snowstorm There were and two Hia lf.oytas Thn ed Christmas Eve showed Young San ia Claus distributing gifts which Old Santa Claus knew nothing about As the son leaves he meets the father and q stormy scene takes place. Different characters in the Mother Goose Christ and Jill, and Little Miss Muffit and the Spider. \ beautifully decorated tree held gifts, bags of popcorn and candy for each child. The bIacl1boards were artisttcally decorated by Miss Mildred PendIetOn.
 Those not absent during the term closing Dec g. 1910, were Grace Bee tham and Eleanor Benjamin.
 Beautiful Christmas Services at Ss
 cred Heart Church.
 Sacred Heart church was beautifully decorated for the Christmas services with wreaths and over hMndre3 yards Cf laurel used in fest1ons. In the sane = tuary and about the altar were palms cedars. pines. ferns. roses. carnations rarGisses and begonias. The order of exercises for Christmas day was as follows: First mass at 5.30, at which the senior choir sang; second mass at :, when the children gave The Babe of Bethlehem, by P. A. Dietrich; Adeste Fidelis. by Novello, and Dear Little Ones and Mother Dear, Oh. Pray For Me.
 The senior choir sang at the . ocioc,. high mass: ASpeTges, Werner; Kyrie Matt6eld: Gloria. dattield; Credo Cremer: Adeste Fidelis. Novello; Sane JUS. NattfeId. and Agnus Del, Matt Murray, Miss Bessie Callahan, John Kivlin and John Kingsley.
 First Church Christmas Services.
 At the First Congrega tionaI church on Sunday morning the pastor. Rev. C. II. Ewing, preached from the text And the word was made flesh. He said The central thought Of Christmas is the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ It is in tine act of adoratiOn that we perceive the transcendent power of the divine Man, Jesus Christ. l doth not yet appear what we shall be but we are approaching Q glorious destiny Jesus is leading the way and is our in spiration. Tn the ofTertory, Bethle- hem, Miss Louise Fuller sang with clear enuncidtion and in sweet tone The blending of the voices in the in troductory parts af the cantata was very effective. while the solo was well taken by Miss Fuller. The rnusica, part of the service was as follows: Or gan prelude, Guilnlant's s offertory on two Christmas hymns; carol, Come All Ye Faithful; offertory, Bethlehem, Gil christ: choral cantata, The Hope of the World, Schneider; introductory chorus Ring Forth Ye Bells, part 1: The Shepherds; part ?, The Wise Men; clsing, The Royal Babe; Christmas postlude, Best. In the evening the music was suitable to Christmas. The pastor gave an address on The Star of Hope.
 Family Party.
 The Misses Rogers entertained on Christmas day a family party consist ing of Mrs k. k. Northup. Miss Eunice Northup, Julius NoTthup and Mir. and Mrs. George Rogers and their son. After dinner Santa. Claus and a Christ mas tree were the features of the aft ernoon.
 Perfect in Attendance.
 Those neither absent nor tardy dur ing the term just closed, Mrs. Robert Stott teacher: Rowena Fellows, Doro- thy Larkaam, Alice LariSham, Herbert Larkham. Absent one day: Evelyn Stott.
 Miss Rainey Stebbins of Dayville is af NJpS In1