Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-04
Holland County
COLUMBIA
Milk Agent Confers With Local Pro ducers-Ice on the Lake April 1st- West Shore Land Sold.

Mir. Niall of Providence. to whom the milk producers in this section have been shipping milk for the past year or more, met the producers at the home of Henry B. Hutchins, on Chestnut Hill, Thursday of last week to confer in regard to prices the coming sum-
 mer. Mir VialI claimed he could pay no more than last summers price, un- less the price of milk should advance all along the line. The meeting seem ed to amount to very little, as nothing definite was agreed upon.
 Home for Vacation.
 Miss Bessie Brink, instructor in the
 mercantile department of the High school in North Woodstock. N. H., is spending 8 vacation of several days at the home of her parents on Chestnut Hill.
 Ice on the Lake April list.
 William A. Lyman. for the past thir-
 ty years gatetender at the Lake, re-
 ports the Lake to be within two feet
 of high water mark. One of Mir. Ly- mans duties is to keep the stern of the gate clear of ice. In extremely cold weather this necessitates cutting the ice away several times a day. This winter he began cutting away the ice Dec. 12th and finished last week. Con siderable ice remained in portions of the Lake April 1st.
 Peep frogs were heard in the swamps last week. But the weather was-Oh. 50 cold.
 Rev. E. O. Foster was in Hartford Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. Shore Land Sold. \
 About ten years ago w. R. Lyman sold to Miss Anna Holman of Brooklyn. , N. Y, a tract of land on the west shore of Columbia Lake, containing about 25 i acres. It was reported at the time that buildings were to be erected on the ; property, but nothing has been done,
 and no use has been made of the land. The property has been sold recently to John Giffin of New York. Tine proper
 ty has been surveyed recently. but for what purpose is not known. It is ru- mored that bungalows are to be erect ed for rent in summer.
 The Young Peoples society held a social at the parsonage Thursday even ing.
 The Columbia Auxiliary. the new name for the Womans Missionary so- ciety, met at the home of Mrs. How ard Rice Wednesday afternoon Llewellyin Latham. who is teaching ' at Colebrook. is spending d week Vaca-
 tioR at tfe home of his father and sis terS. on Chestnut Hill.
 The Ladies' Aid society met at the parsonage Thursday afternoon. The society has decided to meet once in two weeks.
 ! G. Cleveland Collins of South Wind ham spent the week end at the home of
 his parents, MT. and Mrs. Warren A. Collins on Columbia Green. The meeting of the Columbia Gene { tery association is to be held this (Sat- urday) afternoon at Yeoman's hall. MiIk carriers have been haVins a
 hard time for several days getting
 their loads to Willimantic, on account
 of the muddy condition of the roads. Herman Wolff, fire man on the New Haven road, made his mother and brother a brief visit this week. Lecture Postponed. Rev. J. G. Herold of Gilead was eX- pected to deliver an address at the meeting of the Columbia Grange We'd nesday evening, but on account of bad . road conditions the lecture was post poned. Clement Lewis of Manchester haS
 been spending a few days with his parents. MT. and Mrs. John \. Lewis, on Columbia Green.