Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
GALES FERRY
Getting Ready for College crews-May Basket Hung at Parsonase-Memo-. rial Exercises Planned.


 Mir. and Mrs. A. F. Bennington and helpers from Cambridge, Mass, arrived at Charles H. Browns place Monday to put the place in order for the com ing of the Harvard crews for their annual practice on the liver before the Harvard and Yale regatta All the men connected with the varsity boats and the freshmen will have their meals served from one dining room at Seven Gables at this place. This is an inno- vation, as there has always been two entirely separate quarters for them. The varsity men will sleep in the cot tages at this place. while the freshmen will have their sleeping quarters at Red Top. as usuat The entire rowing squad is expected Monday. June l.
 Yale Steward Arrives.
 MT. Cotton, caterer for the Yale crews. was in the place Sunday and arrived Thursday with helpers to prepare for the coming of the crews Friday.
 Memorial Day Exercises.
 Memorial day is to be observed to- morrow (Sunday) by a patriotic ser mon by Rev. James M. Potter in the Methodist church and the singing of special selections by the choir. Rev. MT. Potter will address the children before the sermon. Immediately fol- lowing the morning service, the Sun day school children will form in line l dIl1 I1drCll lO lnc OT CeIIle- tery near by and place flags and flow CTS on the soldiers graves. May Basket at Parsonage.
 Rev. Mir. Potter and Mrs. Potter, with their little son Donald. received a May basket Friday evening, the 22d As they were away at the time, they were surprised to find it at the door await ing their arrival Rev. MT. Potter thanked his parishioners Sunday from the pulpit for the many and excellent things it contained and for the pleas ant hour it the family in looking over the contents, which was varied and very pleasing to them- Caught Big Fish. Postmaster Samuel F. Brown and out on the sound Tuesday in MT. Browns power boat fishing. They had an excellent catch, one of the codfish caught weighing 20 pounds. Friday MT. Brown took out Carl Lawson Mr. Lawson caught a blackfish weighing nearly II pounds. /- Meeting of Book Club. Tha village book club met at the home of Mrs Fanny A. Molthrop We'd nesday afternoon from 2.30 to 5 o'clock after a vacation of several weeks. Mrs. Delphine Fish continued the reading of Barnabetta by Helen R. Martin. At the close of the reading
 
 hour followed.
 Rev. George Potter of Providence, R. l., arrived Monday as the guest of his son, the Rev. James M. Potter. at the parsonage,
 Mrs Isaac G. Geer and daughter. Miss Florence, and the latter's guest Miss Eleanor Beckwith, of Franklin. with Miss Laura A. Perkins. who had been a guest of Mrs. Geers, drove from Geer Hill, Ledyard, Saturday and called on friends and relatives in the village.
 Mrs. Henry w Hurlbutt spent sev- ! eral days last week at the Cram cot tage at Northfield. Mass. Her daugh- ter, Miss Florence B. Hurlbutt, went there on Friday and returned with her mother.
 Miss Eunice Turner of Orange, N. J.. was the recent guest of her aunt, Mrs. Emma B. Iatimer, in the village. Misses Ellen and Lucy Geer of Nor on the Bluff. Friday.
 Mrs. John c. Perkins of Norwich spent Tuesday and Wednesday at her cottage on the Bluff
 MT and Mrs William Scranton and daughter Helen of Durham were over | Sunday guests of Mrs. Scranton's sis ters. the Misses Mathewson, of the vil- 1 laee.
 Mrs Frank Aplin and daughter Helen of Mt. Vernon arrived Tuesday at their summer home in the village.