Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-20
MYSTIC
Golden Wedding Of Col. and Mrs. w.
W.. Packer-Murdered Charles Glaze
5uried-Mrs. orphelia Willard Dies
at &c.

at 90.
Z Friday was the golden wedding day
of Col and Mrs Warren w Packer
Of West Mystic avenueN Col. and Mrs.
Packer were married en- Sunday aft
ernoDn at I'VE O'Clock by Rev. Elder
Griswold, pastor at that time of the
Seventh day Baptist church of which
Mrs. Packer was member. Mr..
Packer was a son of George Washing
ION and Eliza Lamb Packer, and was
born in Mystic IS years ago. at the
Homestead near the Packer burying
ground, on the. New London road
Mrs. Packer was the daughter of
Welcome Lewis and was born III Mys-
tic and lived in the house now occu-
pied by Henry. Schroeder of Green
manville avenue. The Tuesday after
the wedding. Colonel Packer got a
company of men at Groton and start
ed Ter the front. The company was
Company G, Fifth Connecticut, OF
Mystic. He saw hard service during
the four years of the war. He was
Il. prisoner at Libby prison.
lie was p3stma ster at Mystic on the
Groton side CT the river. where there
Were two postof1ices here, and neid
this Office for sixteen years. After
wards he conducted a news and sta
ticnery store in the Central Hall
block Mr.. Packer has two brothers,
George Packer aud Charles Packer
Mrs. Packer has one sister living, Mrs
Sarah Barbour of Westerly. Both
Mrs. Sarah Barbour and Charles Pack
er have celebrated their golden we'd
dings.
AT one. O'Clock Friday. a family din
ner WAS siefVed by a caterer firm
Stcr IL ston. These present We're Col.
and Mrs Packer, their four daughters.
chifdren.s Mr.. and Mrs Edward G..
Cameron, Miss IIelsn Packer Cameron
Mr. and Mrs William Belianis, Miss
/, Annie Packer and Mir. and Mrs
Charles z. Geer, Eleanor Packer Geer,
Reginald Pa. ker tieer At 5 o'clock
gf:esss commenced II srrive and many
came between that time and 10 o'clock
Mr. and Mrs. Pa cker are both n good
health and bid fair to see many more
anniversaries of their marr!lge- They
received many G~eful at'ei Vaiudnle
presents of gold. silver, cut glass and
brio a brac.
Wonan's Relief Corps Social.
On Friday evening in G. A. R. nall,
the " oInans Relief corps gave a So
cial and had as their guests Williams
post, G.. A. r., Latham camp, Sons OF
Veterans, and Phebe Packer Ratl,l,tlsl
tent, Daughters of Veterans. A line
pr graInme was carried out. Flag sa-
lutte, Marioo Allen; recitation, Eliza
beth Chapman recitation, Royce
tation. Arts LAMB; solo, Blanche Eur
rows: recitation, Marjorie LampheTe:
remarks, ,-'.nilnantier Fret Williams,
recitations, MIS- Chute. selection. or
chestra recitation. Mrs Cutter: re-
marks. John G. Packer: Rotations
Eleanor Lewis; duet. Misses Eta Belle
and Ceorgfnay WooGElansee: Ameri-
ca. Refreshments wera served and d
social hour enjoyed The committee
in charge was Mrs Alva Chapman.
Mrs. David Wolfe. Miss Eleanor Lew
is
Change in Teachers.
At the Quiamo@ug school the teach
er. Miss Brown of New London. mas
resigned. Miss Jane Noble who has
taught the school at Mason Island SO
Successfully, has taken the GUAM
baug sc1ooi. and Miss Sarah Mac
Donald mas taken the school at Ma son
Island.
Funeral of Murdered Nan.
The funeral of Charles Glaze. who
was murdered on Monday night, yFeis
held on Friday afternoon in the No
ank Valley cemetery, 1,ev c. 5. Bud
dinston conducting the services The
body has been in the underta King
rooms of J. a. I;aIhIun SIN Z the nlGr-
der waiting for some one To claim it;
as rs one has appeared Tie town of
GrotJn will bear the expense of bur-
ial.
Death at 90.
Miss Ophelia Willard died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary
EGick, on Friday. al IL O'Clock at tn
age Of az years and 10 months. af:e2
a long Illness Mrs Willard came /.
Mystic from Roche stcr, y. Y. She 8
survived ~ yorse dsugh-er. Mrs. Ma
Eoick, a sraHj2daRs hter, Miss Grat
Eoick of Mystic. and a sister, MI
Mary Crshman Of Hartford.