Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-21
JEWETT CITY.
Games and Contests at Baptist Sur- day School Picnic-Winners of Prizes First Green Corn Picked-Class
 mates Meet After Twenty five Years.

mates Meet AfreF Wenry -TlNe ears The Baptist Sunday school picnic was held Saturday afternoon at The Films, the home of MT. and Mrs F. C. Whiting. one hundred and seventy five attending. R. w. Dearn1ey's class was in charge of the games, which includ i ed a number of contests. There were several fifty yard dashes Mrs. F.. IT, Gilbert winning the ladies race and receiving. a nutpick set. Miss Rosa l Wilcox won the young ladies race and i a set of collar supporters. Walter Ben jamin won the young mems race ard 8 pair of gold cuff links; Jesse Wilcox won the boys race and stickp1n. l Kirk Wilcox won the small bows race and bag of peanuts. Doris Myott won the girls race and a set of pins; Albert Brewster Won( the little tots race and bag of peanuts. Miss Emma i Gardner won the shoe race and a van i ity case. George Clarke won the fat mems race and fob. The sack race for girls was won by Ila Brown, who for young men was won by Calvin 1 Wilcox. who received a necktie hold. CT. The three-legged race was won by i Sydney Melvin and Calvin Wilcox, the former receiving an Automobile. One i of the best contests was the tug of war between some of the Knights of i Honor and several men. The K. of H. were Calvin Wilcox, Sydney Mei- win, Lemuel Green and Walter Ernest and Carl Benjamin. The men were i Charles Gardner, F. c. Whiting, Rob- ert J. Guy, Ezra James Edward Blake and Martin Davis. The average weight ] of the K. of H. was one hundred and forty-t three pounds and of the men 1 one hundred and seventy-six. The i K. of H. won the contest. l In addition there were polevau1ts and all kinds of jumps. Andrew 1 R i ball game. Sandwiches, cake, ice cream and lemonade were served un- der the direction of Deacon J. Eccles- tons class and E. M. Gray. George M. 1 Clarke was in charge of the trana-
 Early Green Corn. Green corn has commenced to make ! it's appearance. Levi Adams had corn ready to pick on Thursday, T. F.. Lee 1 gathered the first ears Saturday and ] D. D. Tracy on Sunday.
 Personal Items.
 Harold Smith of New York spent Sunday at his grandfather's, R. R.. churchs
 Miss Mabel Kanahan. daughter of MT. and Mrs. Fred kanahan in Lis bon, was operated upon last week for a very serious case of appendicitis. She was resting comfortably at the ! last report.
 i Rev. and Mrs. Tedford of Greene vile were recent guests of Rev. and Mrs. Spidell.
 Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Dryhurst of Hartford and Miss Ethel Burdick of Mystic spent Sunday at W. R. Bur- dicks.
 F. E. Robinson. Miss Marian Robin son and UP German, spent Sunday at Edward Cady's in Oxford. i Mrs. c. D. Wolfe and daughter have been visiting in Mystic and Gerald Wolfe in Norwich.
 Reunion of Classmates. Mrs. Edward Carr and Miss Dorothy Carr of Hillanddale Farm, Mam&ro- neck, N. Y. have been gues $ at Mrs. ! G. w. Robinson. Friday afternoon Mrs. Paul Geist entertained the ladies and her sister, Mrs R. G. Bailey at her home. They were all classmates Tn their school days under Henry Hyde, and had not seen each other for tWen- ty-five years.
 Miss Edith Butts has returned from a visit in Ansonia and New Haven.
 Reeves movies were unusually att tractive Friday evening. the songs by Herman Roberts proving especially fpleasing.
 Mrs. Merton Bugbee and children are visiting relatives in Versailles.