Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-28

Banner--tioIiday Week Happenings. Groton gave a talk on his travels in various countries and places, Madeira, Florence, India, Burma, China and Japan, to an appreciative audience in the vestry of the M. E. church under the auspices of the Epworth league The following musical numbers were rendered preceding Mir. Denison's talk: Piano solo, La Morena, by c. Chami- nada, Miss Jennie G Perkins; solo, Phyllis Has Such Charming Graces. by H. Lang Wilson, Miss Grace Chap man; piano duet, A Little Song, Mrs. John J. Lawlees and daughter, Ernes- tine Talbot.
 Thanksgiving Sermon.
 Rev. Mir. Potter's theme last Sum day Every Day Thanksgiving Day, from Psalms 34, 1st verse. It was a Thanksgiving sermon. Miss Grace Chapman sang at the offertory The Ninety and Nine, by Edward Campion.
 Reported from Convention.
 At the Sunday school session Miss Laura A. Perkins gave her report as delegate to the recent Sunday school convention .in MerideH. She con- densed her report to. a five minute talk munism. She read extracts from the remarks of several speakers that she had heard relative to Sunday school work. Worthy of notice was this verselet given the Sunday school by Superintendent Colver from Marion Lawrence. the Sunday school worker, and which the school committed to memory:
 Good, better. best, Never let it rest, Till the good is better, And the better best. The Sunday evening service was led i by Mrs. Henry W. Hurlbutt, the topic 1 being A Song of Thanksgiving. There was special singing by members of Mrs. Hurlbutt's, Mrs. La Fontaine's and Miss Jennie G. Perkins classes in Sunday school.
 Took Color Test George E. Lanson, station agent, was 1 in Hartford Thursday taking the color test required once in three years by | the New Haven Railroad company. Mrs. Fred Richards of Norwich was a caller on her mother, Mrs. Ellen $. Satterlee, on Saturday. Mrs. Satterlee 1 has been rather indisposed and is with
 her sister Mrs. Lydia Maynard. Auxiliary Wins Banner. l Mrs. James NJ. Potter on her re- | turn from Providence brought to the | local auxiliary of the Woman's Home ] Missionary society a banner awarded
 
 1 gain in membership for the last year ! of any society in the New England l Southern conference. This will be pre- i sented to the society formally at the
 next meeting at the home of Mrs. John J. Lawless, by the president, Mrs. Pot ter.
 Mrs. Nettie Peckham and her daugh- 1 ter, Miss May, are visiting relatives and friends in Newport until after the holidays.
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 Joined her mother, Mrs. Delphine l Fish, at the home of her sister, Mrs l William Brooks, in Hartford fol | Thanksgiving week.
 l The Misses MathewSon were enter. | tained at dinner Thanksgiving day al
 the home of MT. and Mrs. Herbert W Cranda1l, New London.
 Mrs. Fanny A Molthrop left Wed. 1 nesday to spend the Thanksgiving pc rlod at the home of her brother, DaviC 1 s. Adams, of New Haven, and attend
 the D. A. R. state convention in tha 1 city Monday. Nov. 30.
 Mrs. Harriet F. CrandaH and Mir. anC 1 Mrs. Harlan Pierce left Monday tC |. spend the winter at the Edgecomb 1 New York city.
 Mir. and Mrs. Harmon c. Perkins 1 and Mrs. J. A. Birch and family were ! guests at the home of MT. and Mrs William Harris in Groton on Thanks. | giving day.
 Miss Harriet Bishop Brown, z
 teacher in the Hartford schools, ar. ! rived Wednesday to spend ThanksgiV.
 ing with her mother, Mrs. Sarah J
 Perkins.
 Four Generations at Norwich Dinner Mir. and Mrs. Henry w. Hurlbutt ana
 sons. R. Irving and J. Winthrop Hurl. | butt, were dinner guests of MT. anC l Mrs. Nelson Parker of Washington street, Norwich, on Thanksgiving day
 Mrs. Parker is the daughter of MT l and Mrs. Hurlbutt. It was the frs Thanksgiving anniversary of MT. ant 1 Mrs. Parkers daughter, Margare
 Huributt Parker, and the rnaterna great-grandmOther of the little maiden Mrs. Amanda H. Perkins, of Gale! Ferry, was the guest of honor. makint
 four generations to observe the day a the Parker home.
 1 MT. and Mrs. Henry BecIcwith O New London were guests at the hom, 1 Of MT. and Mrs. D. C. Perkins Thanks giving day.