Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-11
Holland County COLUMBIA
Miss Fuller Declines Reelection as Grange Secretary After 25 Years Service-Pastor Accepts Call.

Columbia grange, No. 1s1, met We'd nesday evening of last week and elect ed the following officers: Worthy mas ter. Horace E. Little; overseer, Will assistant steward, Llewellyn A. La- tham; lecturer. Mrs. Bertha S. Lyman; chaplain, Raymond B. Lyman; treas urer, Henry B. Hutchins; gatekeeper, Charles F'redricks; Ceres, Miss Ruth B. Lyman; Pomona, Miss Nellie Car penter; Flora, Mrs. Martha Double day; lady assistant steward, Mrs. Ethel F. Blakeley; member of executive committee for three years, Mrs. Mary B. Yeomans. For secretary, Miss declined to accept as she would not be able to attend the meetings regularly Miss Fuller has 19Ssd the office of sec retary for almost 25 years and is the only person to hold that office since the grange was organized. At the meeting Wednesday evening no one was elected to fill the vacancy. At the next meeting, the third Wednesday evening in December, 1t is expected there will be an address on woman suffrage.
 Mrs Kate Wolff has a Jacquinot rosebush standing in her yard which showed new leaves and a partially opened bud Dec. 2d. The plant stands in the open and had been mulched to protect it through the winter. Band Makes Progress.
 The Foster band of Columbia meets every week for practice and under the direction of Prof. A. E. Lyman is mak- ing good progress. The band is ex- pecting to give an anniversary con- cert at the proper time.
 New Choral Society.
 A choral society is being organized to meet for rehearsal in music for mu- tual enjoyment and improvement. Off, fcers will be chosen. The musical ex- ercises will be under the direction of Mrs. E. E. Lyman. The first meeting was held Thursday evening. Cecil L. Gates new house is nearly covered in and work can soon com mence on the interior
 Rev. William Brown of Windham occupied the pulpit Sunday as a sup 1 ply.
 Infants Death. ] Geraldine, the 15 months old daugh l ter of MT. and Mrs. Lester J. Hutch = i ins, died at St. Joseph's hospital, Will 1 limantic. Friday morning. The child ! had not been well from it's birth and 1 its death was not wholly unexpected 1 Funeral services were held Saturday | afternoon. Burial was in the Columbia l cemetery.
 l The Sawyer family have closed LII their summer residence at Bricktop by the lake and have gone to Brooklyn | ~. Y., where they will spend the win. ter and early spring months. Mrs. Julia A. Little, Mrs. Carrie i Frost, Mrs. James P. Little and A. L Frink were Hartford visitors thi! ! week.
 It looks as if the section of stat, road east of Columbia Green would no be completed until next spring. Sever months have passed since work wa begun, and it should have been com pleted long ago.
 Accepts Gall.
 Rev. T. N. Owen of Sekonk, Mass to whom a call had been extended t, become pastor of the Columbia Con gregational church, has accepted tn call and is expecting to arrive at tn parsonage this week with his house hold effects. He is expected to preacl here next Sunday.
 Road Machinery Attached. The R. G. Miller Construction com pany have had several attachment placed upon their road machinery, an, some of their teams, to secure pay ment of bills the company is said t owe various parties in this vicinity Constable A. L. Frink has been kep quite busy of late serving writs. A meeting of the teachers in tn | several school districts was held at tn Center schoclhouse Monday afternoon It has been arranged to hold thes meetings the first Monday afternoon each month.