Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-21
Holland County
COLUMBIA
Lunch Set Presented Mrs. John Mitch eil-Tafi AIfaifa-ToiIand County Congregational Ministers Meeting.

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 Congregational Ministers Meeting.
 Mrs. W. M. Parker has moved to South Coventry.
 On the Green Saturday afternoon the local team defeated a nine from Coventry.
 William Wolff cut piece of alfalfa last Saturday which although not fully grown had begun to fall down. Some of the stalks measured 46 inches.
 The U. s. s. E. Ladies. club met with Mrs. J. A. Isham Thursday af- ternoen of le.st week.
 Miss Rachel Buell. who has recently completed a course at Hartford bus mess college, Is in South Manchester with Keith & Post as bookkeeper and stenographer
 Miss Harriet K. Porter has com pleted her first year at Wellesley col- lege and is with her parents MT. and Mrs. H. W. Porter for the summer va cation.
 Prof F. Raymond Hunt and fam fly of Emporia, Kansas, are spending their summer vacation with MT. Hunt S parents, MT. and Mrs. Fred A. Hunt on Columbia Green. Mir. Hunt is pro- lessor of Latin in Emporia college where he has been for the past two years and will return to his work in September. He was formerly in structOr at Lafayette college in eastern Pennsylvania.
 Mrs. Ethel Blakeley in the session of the superior court at Rockville last week, obtained a divorce from Charles Blakeley on the grounds of intolerable cruelty.
 Gift of Lunch Set.
 Mrs. John Mitchell who recently sold her place north of Columbia Green, and is expecting to leave town soon. was given reception at the home of Mrs. J. N. Clarke Friday afternoon of last week by the Ladies Afternoon club of which she Is president. Re- treatments were furnished by the ladies. A handsome lunch set was presented Mrs. Mitchell by Mrs Ab- bolt Little in behalf of the club. Mrs. Mitchell happily responded.
 Mrs. Emily Randall daughter Marion and son Harold of Rocky Ford, Col srado, are spending the summer in town and vicinity.
 Miss Marion H. Jones, formerly pas Tor of the Congregational church at Staffordville. was the guest of Rev. and Mrs E. @. Foster at the parson- age over Sunday and preached an ex- cellent sermon at the morning service
 William A. Collins. Jr., of Rocky Hill, has sold a four acre tract of timber to George Stanley. It adjoins the Johnson lot, where Curtis Stearns mill is now located
 V Boston and from there will go to North Harpswell. Maine. for the summer.
 A Prolific Rose.
 Mrs. Kate Wolff has a small jac- uuiminot rose bush which has S1 buds and blossoms.
 Mrs May Lyman Smith and her sis ter, Miss Agnes Lyman, from Mrs. Dow's boarding school for young ladies at Briar Cliff Manor on the Hudson, are spending their summer vacation with relatives in town.
 Clayton Lyman has a plant growing on the lawn that he calls a dandelion- daisy. The leaves are rough like the daisy and like the leaf of the dandelion in shape. The flower is a thick mass of white and yellow petals.
 Mir. and Mrs. D. NJ. Dart of Provi- dence were the guests of MT. and Mrs. Curtis A. Holmes over Sunday.
 Attended Wedding.
 Several people in this vicinity at tended the marriage of Jake Berko- witz of Willimantic. Those present from this vicinity were MT. and Mrs. W W. Palmer. Mir. and Mrs. Daniel Stiles, MT. and Mrs. E. A. Stiles, Jr-, Mir. and Mrs. George H, Champlin and Miss .Theda Champlin, Raymond Clarke and Miss Helen Hitchcock. MT. and Mrs. Henry B. HutchlnS and MT. and Mrs Allison L. Brink.
 Miss Harriett K. Porter, Lewellyn Latham and Horace Little attended the 1912 class reunion of Windham High school held at the lake in South Coventry Monday.
 Meeting of County Ministers.
 At the meeting of Holland County Congregational Ministers. held heNe last Tuesday, the following churches were represented, most of them by the ministers and their wives: An dover. Bolton. Hebron, Gilead, West Stafford, Staffordville. Ellington, Tal- cottville and Rockville. The confer ence was held at the parsonage and various topics pertaining to ministerial work were discussed and paper on Henry Ward Beecher was read by Rev. Mir. Ballantine of West Stafford. The ladies held separate meeting and discussed the topic, How Ministers Wives Can Be Helped. The new fea- ture of the conference. the public ser vice at the church at 2 p. n proved most interesting. The meeting was opened by Rev. MT. Locket of An dover. Reading of scripture by Rev. Mir. Burr of Bolton. prayer by Rev, MT. Bacheier of Talcottville an excellent sermon was preached by Rev MT. Thomas of Rockville from Luke 10-31. The sermon might have been called Samaritan Dinner was served at the service the ministerial party enjoyed 1- ---s-.- %1-@ 1,g-