Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-14
Who is Going and Coming-Incidents. Accidents
 and Building in Three Counties.
GALES Fr,:,7'E2Y
Fourth Quarterly confsrence-Pas- tors Return Asked For-Supper in Honor of District Superintendent.


 District Superintendent J. H. New land of Norwich conducted the fourth quarterly conference at Gales Ferry charge Friday evening of last week. D. c. Perkins was secretary of the meeting and Thomas Latham was named to try appeals. The annual re- ports of the pastor, officers and chair men of the several organizations of the church were given and ordered on record. No change was made in the list of stewards, the members of the board being reappointed as a body for the next conference year. D. c. Per- kins was reelected recording steward, as were also c. E. Colver as the dis trict steward and Thomas Latham as the delegate to the Willimantic camp meeting.
 D. c. Perkins, Mrs. Sarah Latham, Mrs. Amy B. Newbury, Miss Sarah Latirner, C. E. Colver and R. Irving Hurlbutt were named as the commit tee on foreign missions, with Mrs. Charles J. Pierce Mrs. Emma Latfmer. Mrs Amanda Perkins. Mrs. Susan Sat- teriee, and Miss Kate B. Colver as the committee on home missions and church extension. The several other committees of the society were reap pointed without change.
 c. E. Colver, D. c. Perkins and Thomas Latham were named as the new disciplinary committee for the ex- animation of local preachers The re- turn for the coming conference year i of Rev. c. Wilson Harrison as pastor i of the church was asked for. At the close of the conference a supper was served in honor of Rev. MT. Newiand, l whose term as district superintendent will expire at the next session of the New England Southern conference. Moves from Newport.
 Household goods belonging to Mrs. ] Hermon Peckham arrived this week 1 from her former home at Newport, R. 1 l., and have been taken te her cottage | at Long Cove, which she has had al 1 tered into a permanent residence. To | the many other improvements made at | the cottage a new cistern has been | added recently.
 | MT. and Mrs Charles A SatterIee returned Monday evening from visit at Bermuda.
 Mrs. Fred Richards of Norwich vis- ited her sister, Mrs. Harlan N. New bury Wednesday.
 Miss Jennie G. Perkins, who at | tended the recent State Sunday School convention in Hartford as a delegate : from the NJ. E. school gave a partial report of the conference at the session of the school on Sunday.
 1 Miss Adelina Povey of New London was at her summer home here Satur- ] day.
 Mrs. Harlan N. Newbury was in Providence Tuesday r=
 Entertained Auxiliary. Mrs. Richard Latimer and daughter, Miss Sarah Latimer, entertained the local auxiliary of the Woman's Home Missionary society at their home Tues day afternoon. There were six visit ors at the session, including Mrs. Ste phen Prentis, Mrs. Gorton and MH. Edwin Keeney from New London. Mrs. Prentis, president of the Norwich district w H. M. S.. made the address of the afternoon. giving an interesting report of the recent meeting of the societies of the New England South ern conference at Brockton, Mass. Mrs. Sarah J. Perkins will act as hostess at the next session of the auxiliary on | January 4.
 Rev. c. Wilson Harrison, pastor of the M. E. church on Friday of last week conducted the funeral of John F. | Turner of Middletown, a brother of Mrs. Alonzo Turner of Gales Ferry. | in New London, and on Tuesday he 1 off1ciated at the funeral of Mrs. Sarah M. Gardner, widow of Lucius l.. Gard ner, at her home in Norwich. The | body of Mrs. Gardner, who was a for mer resident of this vicinity, was brought here for interment in the fam fly plot in the Gales Ferry cemetery.