Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-10
JEWETT CITY
Birthday Psrty-Good Friday Services at St. Mary's Church-O4d Time Fast Day Chicken Shoots.

Mrs. +. D. BaIlou entertained Carl Melvin James Olsen Ellen, Harold and Edward Pause and Ruth Ballou at a party Wednesday afternoon. The event was the tenth birthday of her son, David Ballou, who received many gifts. among them a bicycle from his parents. Among the games enjoyed was a peanut hunt in which James Olsen won the prize. Harold Faust won the first prize in pinning the tail on the donkey, James Olsen getting the second prize. When refreshments of ice cream, fancy waters and candy were served the children were delight ed with their favors of candy. Easter eggs and bonbons. A birthday cake when cut was found to contain gifts for all the children Mrs BaIlou was assisted by Miss Martha Brewster.
 At St. Mary's Church. Today. the Good Friday services at St. Mary's church commence at eight tifed, followed by the veneration of the cross. In the evening at 7.30 will be the Way of the Cross and the ven eration of the cross Saturday morn ing at seven o'clock will come the blessing of the new fire and baptismal font, followed by high mass
 Quail on Telegraph Wire. Six marsh quail were noted perched i on q telegraph wire near R. NJ. 1 This sight is as unusual as to see a l pigeon ahght in a tree Old Time Chicken Shoots. 1 Some of the older sportsmen in l town will call to mind this morning the old-time chicken shoots which used to take place every Fast Day | on the spearmint brook lot about where A. A. Young's gardens are now. Here every year the crack shots of i the town were wont to -congregate. 1 Ten rods were measured, and it is safe 1 to say that each one contained the paper ring was placed on board and fine shot indeed, those days, the ! man must be who could stick three shots in the ring. No shot could be used finer than No. 6. 1 Three shot or more in the ring won a chicken, which was pulled l squawking from a bag and handed 1 over to the lucky marksman. At these shoots some guns as well as some extra skilled hunters were barred because of too well known | prowess.
 Surprise Party. l Austin Harris was surprised at his i home on Ashland street Wednesday evening by fifteen young friends, who 1 came to mOnopolize his home for an 1 evenings enjoyment. All sorts of in l door games were heartily enjoyed by
 
 1 provided. with the necessary material i for Q fine lunch which was served by l Miss Esther Harris. The young man ] was presented a fine baseball glove Those present were: Josie Carter 1 Sadie Thompson. Ethel Thomson, l Gertrude McLaughlin, Carol Bliss Alice Moore, Floyd Fisk, James Dolan | Wifred LaClair, Lester Blanchard, | Andrew McNicol. Harold Spicer. Carl l Melvin, John Davis, Everett Hiscox, | Jr.
 Borough Briefs.
 Miss Bessie Beardwood of Pawtuck- l et R l., was the guest of Miss Sadie | Thompson Thursday
 The schools are closed for the re- mainder of the week. St Mary's school will be closed all next week. l The post office will be closed at nine o'clock today and will reopen at 1 6.15. The bank is closed all day. | With the exception of A. B. Burleson & Co.'S mill the mills will run as us- ual. The library will he closed in the evening.
 Misses Helen and Anna Driscoll and Arthur Driscoll of Brooklyn, N. Y, are visiting the Misses DriscoH on | North Main street.
 In Charge Of Milk Car.
 Alec Raney has left the employ of l the Jewett City greenhouses to take l charge of the Jewett City and Bos- ! ton milk car
 ! David Hale Tanning Prizes for Schools
 Preliminary announcements of the 1 Worcester, Mass. public school ex- l hibit of home industries for the David Hale Tanning prizes state that the exhibit will be held in Mechanics hall or Sept. Il and Sept. F. The exhibit is to include specimens of gardening, | cooking. sewing and manual training work. and the prize money, amount ing to $500 in all, will be divided 1 between the winning buildings, for l permanent decoration. The school building in each group winning the | largest number of ribbons will receive a prize of $25 and the next in the group will receive prize of $2O The 9 room prizes will be given to the 25 rooms receiving the most ribbons in proportion to the number of pupils | ent cred