Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-14
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Lawn Fete of St. James Parish Opens SvccessfulIy-oid Home Day at EiEiott's-cEsildren at the Park--Aii Ready for Business Men's Outing Today.

l The first evening of the lawn fete being given on the grounds at the
 rear of St James church was most |. enjoyable Wednesday,. night for the {; large number gathered there. loeoorat- i. ed booths were stationed at different points. The Scapuiar- society had pre- pared fancy articles for Sale, while the Children of Mary amused their pa- Iicns with the sale of mystery boxes. .candy was dispensed at the booth Of . sile French >Clnldrer Of Mary while the soda and ice cream noGtli under the auspices of the men oa the St. Jenn ! the Baptist society was in great yyGe- mand. The women of the same society sold china in a daintily decorated booth near by. One of the greatest at fractions of the evening was the Trip Through Canada offered Dy the St Anne society. During the evening an excellent concert Wa1 sven by St James band. which offered it's services for the fete.
 Old Home Day.
 Old friends and acquaintances were given an excellent opportunity to visit at Elliottyilie grove, East Killing ly. when the annual Old Home day was held A large nurnber of old settlers, former residents and out of town friends gathered to enjoy the day. Soon after noon an excellent elambake un- der the direction of Silas Spink was served. Following the repast, a most enjoyable programme was presented at which Miss Ethel Mathewson, an elocutionist from Providence, enter tained the audience; Rev. r. s. Leath- CTS or East kiilingly delivered aa short address Music by the Volunteer band was interspersed. The East Killingly Ladies quartetrz composed of Mrs. A. J. Potter, Mrs. Clarence Chandler, Miss Lillian Saves and Miss Gladys Eayies, sang wif1i great success. The various uH Id. S5 cake and G ndy were for sale were well patronized
 Infants Burial.
 Service was held Wednesday, after noon in St James church for the i'm fant of Louis and Rosana O'Clare. Burial was in St. James cemetery, l.. F. Kennedy was in charge of the fu- neral arrangements.
 The horse owned by Louis B. Ken nedy which was injured Tuesday af- ternoon in Moosup is somewhat i'm proved. The wound torn in the chest of the animal was not as deep as was at first feared. but had the wing of the wagon cut an inch deeper the windpipe would have been severed. The horse did not run away, as stated. but was run into by another team.
 Howard Hunter of Brooklyn. N. Y., is the guest of MT. and Mrs, c. A. Hamilton of Railroad street
 
 " ednesday the laying of a pavement around the horse trough at the park was noticed. Formerly the earth around the trough became muddy which extended over the crosswalk between the park and Main street. It is thought that this nuisance and in- convenience will end as soon as the paving is completed.
 Among those from out of town who attended the Old Home day at East killingly Wednesday were MT. and Mrs. Albert E. Pray of Pawtucket, dence and MT. and Mrs. Vernon Chase of Maiden, Mass.
 ChiIdren's Day at Wildwood.
 Wildwood park was thronged with children Wednesday at the annual Children's day celebration The pa vilion looked like the old lady's shoe , in Mother Goose All the youngsters i were given souvenirs of dainty fans, : parasols and other objects of childish i pleasure. The popcorn man and the soda dispenser had their hands full | supplying the demands of the young people as they returned from their i launch rides or boating. Long before i : O'clock the open air theatre was l thronged with happy youngsters await | ing the first act of the vaudeville. The 1 gold watch was awarded Miss Ade- I laide Billings of Killingly. After the | show the remainder of the afternoon | was spent in dancing at the pavilion { and i'll boating.
 Among those from Danielson who ! attended the Old Home day at Elliott vile were W. N. Arnold, Henry Bur | ton. Fl. w. Babson. Hiram Burton, | Henry Mason, MT. and Mrs. R. R. James and guest, Miss Allie Ball. of : Philadelphia, and Mir. and Mrs. A F. ] Wood.
 Will Close Stores at Noon.
 \ petition circulated about town for the purpose of obtainine signatures of those merchants and business men who will close their stores a noon to- order that the owners and employees may attend the outing at Wildwood park was signed by the following: A. F. Woodward, Gallup Bros. & eLinder, the Sperry & Hutchins Trading Stamp | store. A. W. Williams, the Boston Dry Goods Co, Louis Ilague. N. T. Hurlbut Gaston Maindcn. w. Puize, William A. Burrows, J. Farron, J. c. Witter, A. R. James, Henry Dembo, Adolph Vim cent, Julien Besac, ]. B. Lacus, the Church Co. p E. Jette, W. J. Craig, frank Winklerdan, F. T. Preston. A. E. ton. L. J. Fournier. A. v. Mathieu. Keystone store, F. H. Reach Co, K. A. Darbie. A. Spinosa. L. A. Bradford, N. A. Jordan. Young Bros. Burroughs Drug Co, A. N. Smith, Louis Viens, Peoples Light & Power O., A. E. Beauregard. l.. J. Morin, H. c. Knight, 2. P. Bitgood, George s, Brown, Crys- tal Water Co. G. Q. Thomas. W. c. Bacon. Quinebaug store, Mrs, II. $. Dove, J. E. Phillips and A. weisberg.
 Borough Officials Meet.
 At the monthly meeting of the bur yesses Tuesday evening the building application for the erection of the long freight station was ap- proved. The question of placing q ight on tn c5andstand at Dayis park vas referred to the light committee, he electric light contract being sign ,d as presented. Approval was also given to the proposal of John Gilbert Q construct d sewer on Maple street. \ communication concerning health, nuisance and sanitary bylaws, pre- tented by Dr. W. H. Judson, was re- erred to the public service committee.
 Clarence F. Clifford, formerly of Dan elson, visited friends in town We'd iesday. Mir. Clifford, who has charge If the church in North Tiverton, R. |, :. for the summer, expects to return to Brown university next month to re- tune his graduate work E'
 MT. and Mrs. Kent A. Darbie are at Watch Hill today.
 Catholic Chapel at Oakland.
 Much interest has been shown by the Catholic residents in town who own ae Oakland Bea sh :a tho res ,ort that c cil-rck ie being built thoFe. sround Ne= broken FecaRliy for tic lew e0theo. silsch is te be 1S7x46. with 1 . seating ca -aeity of 40G: Fhe ssFiia= ure will be Of rn attfaettye bungalow r ypr. the eeTaeTatone being iaid carly n Se9ten1osr, befeTe the sisHaneF Fee=