Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-28
New London County
GALES FERRY
Pastors Birthday Marked by Gifts from arishioners-River Open to
 Ailyn's Point-HoIiday Week Guests

Rev. c. Wilson Harrison of the M. E. church celebrated his birthday Tues day, Feb. 24. The celebration began with a postcard shower in the morn ing'S mail and continued during the morning by the gift of a handsome quilt sent by Mrs. Emma B. Latimer of the village and concluded before even ing by the gift of a birthday cake with the date Feb. 24. 1914, artistically done on the icing. This was accom- panied by gift of money from his parishion- CTS, who wished him many happy re- turns of the day.
 Saturday morning steamer Chelsea ploWed her way up the river through the ice and Monday an outside tug lowed three large box bargeS down, opening up the channel as far as AL lyn's Point. The ice from the channel to the shore is still heavy and looks white and glistening in the sun.
 Church Interests.
 Rev. MT. Harrison gave a most in- teresting sermon on Sunday morning from the topic The Man With the Withered Hand.
 In the Sunday school quite a notice able coincidence was that the school registered the same number of pupils as it did one year ago Sunday.
 R. Irving Hurlbutt led the Epworth league service in the evening, the topic being Gods Gift of Great Men and 
 Holiday Outings.
 Miss Jennie G. Perkins spent the week end and the holiday in New Ha- ven with a former schoolnate of Northfield
 Miss Ada Smith of the Nathan Hale grammar school. New London, enter tained Monday friends from that city, including Misses Adelina and Grace Povey at the MeadoWcroft cottage near the village.
 Charles L. Pierce. chief engineer of the steamer Mohegan, of the New England Navigation company, spent Sunday and the holiday at his home at Allyn's Point
 Mir and Mrs. Nelson Parker of Washing ton street, Norwich, were at the home of Mrs. Parker's parents, MT. and Mrs. Henry W. Hurlbutt, for Sun day and Monday.
 Miss Caroline 5. Freeman of Mount Vernon found her father, James B. Freeman, quite feeble on her weekly return to her home here.
 Mrs. D. c. Perkins spent the holi- day with her aunt and uncle, MT. and Mrs. Henry c. Beckwith. of New Lon don.
 Coroner Franklin H. Brown of Nor wich, who had not been in the place for several months, was a caller on friends and at his summer home Mon day afternoon.
 NUIS- S>s 6 1AkGk I1 OSL Ili1I place, New London was a guest of Mrs. Fanny A. Molthrop Friday.
 At Wedding Anniversary.
 Attorney Lawless and Mrs. John J. Lawless attended the wedding anni- versary celebration of MT. and Mrs. John J. Cavanaugh in New London last Wednesday evening.
 Mrs Curtis Gates and little daugh- ter Marjorie of New London were vis- itors at the home of the formers par ents, ME. and Mrs. Harmon L. Perkins, Friday
 Mrs- Delphine Fish returned Monday from g. visit with her daughter, Mrs, William Brooks, of Hartford
 Walked from Norwich
 HTasses Natalie and Mary Rudd Gibbs and Miss Kathryn Isbister of Norwich walked from Norwich to the summer home of the Misses Gibbs in the vil- 1aGe on the holiday, returning to the city by train.
 Mrs- Cyrus Chapman of AIlyn's Point was a guest of Mir. and Mrs. John Noland in New London Monday.
 Mrs. CouZ-tlaxd K. Colver has the sympathy of her many friends at this time in the death of her father. Fred erick A Egger, which occurred in New London Monday.
 OrT1n Bennett, who has been spend ing several weeks fn Greenevflie, re- turned Tuesday to the home of his mother. Mrs. Emma Bennett.