Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-14
wlLLlMANTlc CAMP GROUND.
Electric Lights and Other Improve
ments-Mrs. Lippitt President of
Improvement Society - 4th Annual
Bazaar and Weekly Entertainment
Were Both Greatly Enjoyed-Other
Happenings of the Week.

The past week has seen many ar
rivals. Nearly every cottage is occu
pied. The cottagers notice many i'm
provements, the most important one
being the electric lights. The switch
is a the superintendent house, and
lights for the streets are turned on
there The Tabernacle and Auditor
UNI are lighted from police headquar-
tiers. Costello Lippitt, H. NJ. Randall
and E. NJ Wheeler have lighted their
houses Two wells have also been dug,
one near the Stafford Springs house
and one back of the Moosup house, on
Wesley circle. This we'll was dug to a
depth of 40 feet A new pump was in
stalled in the well by the Tabernacle.
Thee roads, too, have come in for their
share of attention.
Many cottages have new paint and
new verandas. noticeable among them
being the Currill and Baker cottages on
Haven avenue and Rev. G. D. Stanley 6
cottage on Wesley circle. Mr.. Stanley
has annexed the Bushnell cottage and
extended the yeranda, making COM
modious cottage.
Improvement Society's Annual.
The Improvement society. always on
the alert, has not been idle the past
week. On Tuesday the annual meet
ing was held in the Mantle house.
and election resulted in the old board
of officers being reelected: President;
Mrs. Costello Lippitt of Norwich; vice
president, Mrs. J. L. Randall of Groton !;
secretary, Mrs H. H. Sterry of Will
mantle: treasurer, Mrs. G. A. H.
Smith of Brooklyn.
Fourth Annual Bazaar Great Success
On Friday the fourth annual bazaar
of the Improvement society was held
The parklet by the gate was the CEN
entering the grounds was for the sale
of home made candy. This was dec
GRATED in yellow and white, Mrs. Nor
gan of Bridgeport was in charge, being
assisted by large number of the
Younger set all dressed in the color
scheme of the table. An interesting
! item in regard to the candy table is
| that the young ladies under Mrs. Nor
gans direction made 81 pounds OF
candy. Next was the table for the dis
play Of fancy work, trimmed in red
! white and blue, and in charge of Miss
] Jessie Smith of New London. A hand
| kerchief booth trimmed in red and
white, and in charge of Mrs. G. D
| Stanley of JeHett City was next il
| line.
| A cake table, decorated with wild
! flowers, was in charge of Mrs. E. NJ
/ Wheeler of Providence. Mrs. keator
of Jamaica, L. l.. had charge of mys-
| terry table, prettily trimmed with greer
and white. Mrs. HUT of Manchester
| presided at the domestic table, trim
rugs made by the September club wa:
] in charge of Mrs. James Purdy O.
| Providence. Mrs. Jason Randall and
large corps of assistants dispensed {
| picnic supper consisting of tea an.
| coffee, ham and egg sandwiches. At I
| beautifully decorated triangle trimmed
with oak leaves and crepe paper iea
| cream was served by Miss Lydia Tai
/ colt. Besides the regular camper
| many are present from Norwich, Viii
! limantic and Windham. Best of all
| the society will realize a good sum o
| money for their efforts.
Entertainment Was Pleasing.
On Saturday night the regular week