Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-15
wILLIMANTIc CAMP GROUNDS.

Good Attendance at w. c. r. U. Field
 Day Exercises of Three Counties
 Address by Mrs. Deborah K. Liv-
 naston-Notes of the camp-Per-
 sonal lettings.
 In spite of the heavy shower of Wednesday forenoon there gathered upon the ground a goodly number of delegates from the w. c. T. us from Holland, Windham and New London counties, the three county presidents | having charge, and Mrs. Jason L.. Randall of Groton presiding. The session was held in the tabernacle which was well filled. After a short praise service, prayer was offered by Rev. Walter s. MacIntire, secretary of the Lords Day league of Rhode Is- l land and Connecticut.
 A beautiful duet, "One Sweetly | Solemn Thought" was sung by Mrs. Alice Kimball Willoughby and Miss May Kimball Taylor. This was fol- | lowed by five limitations of various | birds given by Nelson Frink, of Scot land, who afterwards whistled "The | Mocking Bird accompanying the same on the piano.
 Special Speaker.
 The president, Mrs. Randall, stated that instead of a medal contest which 1 had been an annual feature for several years, the committee decided to have a special speaker this year, and had secured Mrs. Deborah K. Livingston, of Providence, the talented president of the Rhode Island Woman's Tenn perance union, whom she introduced
 Mrs. Livingston's Address.
 In eloquent language Mrs Living ston portrayed to the interested au- dience the terrible effects of the liuuoI traffic upon the children who are fore ed to leave school and enter the mill because one or both parents are ad- dicted to drink, upon tuberculosis pa tfents the largest portion of whom come from people who drink and these are the hardest to cure; upon tht criminal classes in prison, 93 percen- of whom are there either directly ol indirectly through strong drink: anC upon women, the traffic in the white slaves being due to the traffic in in. toxicating liquor.
 Foe to Missions.
 She showed that there is no great. CT foe to both home and foreign mis sions than this same traffic. If" sht cried, the Sunny South needs prohi bition to protect it from the drunk en blacks, the North needs it to pro tect itself from the drunken whites, a sentiment heartily applauded by tn, audience. She closed by saying tha women want suffrage only to haste1 a little quicker the coming of tn, Kingdom of Christ on the earth.
 Lebanon Singer Heard.
 A solo, Abide With Me" was repd erer by Miss May K. Taylor o Lebanon. and MT. Frink again please the audience with whistling and cat calls.
 Rev. W. S. MacIntire made a stir ring speech on the fight in the Con } necticut legislature to open hotel-bar } on the Lords day, and urged every on } to be awake for a renewed fight nex January.
 Mrs. Eliza K. Fuller, of Scotland and Mrs. Emma J. Holman of Sout Wilmington, each addressed the au dience briefly.
 Camp Notes.
 Rev. H. Robinson of Attleboro. l former Norwich district presiding el g der, has occupied his cottage in Ha { ven avenue since early in July. Hi 7 wife and daughters are with him. 8 Rev. John McVay, of Warren, R. l y and Mrs. McVay, ,are at their cot = tage on Simpson avenue. : Rev. Ernest W. Birch of Ea. = Hampton arrived on the grounds Wed n nesday.
 e Mrs. Helen Hovey Sterry is COT s valescing from a severe illness at hC
 cottage on Haven avenue.
 State Treasurer Costello Lippitt
 with his family at "Pinehurst," Hs
 ven avenue.
 Mrs. Jane E. Read, of Worceste who is to lead the children's meetinl u next week during the campmeetir
 session is at Gem cottage, Waslt t Circle. She led the children's mee
 ings at Douglas camp last month. if More than 150, mostly young De, , pie, attended the campfire held half
 mile southeast of the grounds Tue Il day evening.
 $. Mrs Reuben Rose, of Norwic :. Town, and Mrs. Sarah Clark, of No l. wich, visited the formers daughte
 Mrs. F. Bushnell, at Mount VernC l. cottage on Simpson avenue Wedne .- day.
 Rev. George H. Stanley and fami ,e are occupying their cottage, Fl We '5 ley Circle He has adorned h N premises with flowers and rockers.
 Rev. W. D. Woodward, of Wakefiel 70 R. l., is staying with Rev. Fral n Chamberlain, of Eastford at the Ia
 ter's cottage, Simpson avenue W formersrfssRhvja.D .Dmiey 1t Alba Perkins. of Willimantic,
 former superintendent of the grounC ,a has improved his cottage, formerly t sS Staffordville society house by bull in ing a piazza in front and painti
 the building.
 or Base Ball Game.
 An enthusiastic game of base b . was played on the field beyond {
 tennis court Wednesday afternoon | e. tween the reds" and the "blues,'' t n- latter winning, 14 to 3. Rev. Dr. G; 'e' acted as umpire. There was no la F of yells and blowing by { nd spectators wearing the respectati Ill eolors. Rev. o. H. Green of Ei 1y Glastonbury, was captain of the wi de ming team, and John Stewart, of N
 London, led the reds
 At 6.15 Wednesday evening the Da IT, ielson Epworth league had charge cd a ghost party who met at the gate a m wandered about in ghostly fashion Ter A. D. Zabriskie, of Preston, W |, managed the restaurant two years 2 IL is again in command. He Is associ
 ed by his wife, his son Edward,
 daughter Alice, and Edmund \ Cracken, of New York. 'Ay
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 ny WaterviIs.-The plans for the r