Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-27
Holland County
.C0LUMBIA
Miss Ruth B. Lyman Wins Honors at Windham High SchooI-No Potato
 Bugs Yet-Shower For Miss Cham

pin.
 Rev and Mrs. E. O. Foster attend ed a Ministers meeting at Andover on
 Tuesday of last week.
 Miss Bessie Frink, for the past school year instructor in the commer- cial department fthe High school at North Woodstock New Hampshire, Is
 spending the vacation at the home of her parents. MT. and Mrs. A. l.. FrinlS on Chestnut Hill
 Wednesday evening of last week was Children's night aA the grange Mrs. Henry R. Hutchfns visited friends in Jewett City recently. Honors For School Graduate. Miss Ruth Belle Lyman was the only member of the Windham High school graduating class from Colum- bia. Miss Lyman was one of four in the class numbering 52 found eli gfble to take the Business course in
 the High school, and was one the two who successfully passed the final ex- ! which includes stenography. typewrit- ing and bookkeeping, and is a 95 per cent. examination.
 Miss I'urdette Of Bayonne. New Jer- sey, is visiting Mrs. Raymond E.. Clark of this place.
 Mir and Mrs. Nathaniel Manning of North Franklin were recent guests of
 Mir. and Mrs. Willis Fuller of River
 side farm.
 Mir. and Mrs Jasper Abramson of
 and Mrs. Ralph Buell. last Sunday, and were present at the morning
 church service.
 Mrs. William P Johnson and her niece, Miss Lena Fuller, attended the graduating exercises at the High
 school in East Hartford.
 Lebanon Pastor to Preach.
 Rev. Mir Campbell of Lebanon is expected to occupy the pulpit in this change with the Rev. B. o. Foster.
 Arrive to Spend Summer.
 Saturday afternoon Miss Theda Champlin was given a miscellaneous shower at the home of Mrs. Ray mond E. Clarke, where Miss Cham
 plin was the guest of honor About a dozen young friends were invited to be present. The rooms were hand someIy decorated with ferns and
 laurel. The guests were ushered in to the living room. Each young lady
 was given a dish towel to hem. The one who completed the work in the
 shortest time and best manner receiv- ed a prize. Miss Champlin won out and was awarded the priZe-an em-
 broidered work bag-later, in the din- ing room, the bride to be was seated in a 'tchair of honor adorned with pink crepe and banked with laurel and ferns. The table decorations con- sisted of an open pink crepe paraso1 trimmed with laurel and ferns from which were suspended white ribbons to which the many gifts were attach ed. The place cards at the table were miniature hand painted pink
 parasoIs. The many gifts were present besides the guest of honor were: Mrs. Carrie Frost. Mrs A. D. Lyman. Misses Harriett K Porter, Grace Randall Hattie Brown, Ruth Lyman, Rachel Buell., Marion Lyman, | Sarah Bailey of Columbia and Miss | Marguerite Burdette of Bayonne, N. J. Shower For Miss champiin. l George W. Nef1nger of San Francis co, Cal, and his sister, Mrs. William Godtfring and three children of Phila- | de1phia, arrived in town last week and ! will spend the summer with the fam l fly of William Bertsch on Columbia l Green. MT. Godtfring, who is travelling
 for an insurance company, will be with I his family portion of the time. Potato Bugs Missing. 1 Farmers are commenting on the ab-
 ssnce of the potato bugs this season 1 but very few have been seen in this section thus far, and the potatos 1 show no signs of having been eaten l Although it seems hard to part with these familiar friends. the farmers will l try to bear it.
 1 To Celebrate Fourth of July.
 There is to be public observance | of the Fourth of July. A commit ! tee representing the church anG | grange have arranged a programme for the day as follows: 10 a. m-, base l ball game; 12.3o, community picnic | served from Yeoman's hall; 1.15 pa rade; 1.3o Folk Dances by the cflil. , dren on the Green, in front of Yeo.
 mans hall; tehletio sports: s.15, frt ] works on the Green.
 l The chairmen of the committees il l charge of the various activities are Picnic, Mrs. J. A. Utley; sports, Ray.
 mond Lymon; parade. Aubrey Win ter; Folks Dances. Mrs. E. O. Foster fire works, Clayton E. Hunt. Quite { 1 sum has been raised by subscription 1 to defray the various expenses. Miss Jane A. Collins of Willimantit l is visiting relatives in town.