Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-25
VARIOUS MATTERS

The Vineyard Workers of the Cen
trail Baptist church met with Mrs
Joel B. Slocum, 156 Broadway, Mon
day evening,
Dealers state that the sale of flags
has been unusually good, many chill
dren, in particular, getting flags for
Friday next
The distinguished artist, Carlton
Virgins and family have arrived at
their summer home on the Neck road,
Lyme, for the season.
Everybody is talking about Jim Bar
ton inpersonating Charlie Chaplin at
the Auditorium-adv.
AT the residence of r. o. Libbey, 121
Broadway, a new porch is being built
for the upper apartment. Interior i'm
provements are being made also.
The increasing number of filed coal
cars on the railroad sidings at A1lyn's
Point seems to indicate improved bus
mess on the New Haven road.
The Spieer house at Eastern Point
is to be moved to the Strong farm,
and a large bungalow is to be con-
strueted on the site of the house.
A new summer cottage has Just been
built at Ocean beach for the chauffeur
of DR.. Thomas Woodruff of Chicago,
who is expected soon for the summer
Anna Warner Bailey chapter, D. A.
R., of Groton and Stonington has
been invited to spend Flag day. June
IA, at the home of Mrs. Delphine Fish
of Gales Ferry.
White opening Wednesday and
Thursday, May 26 and 81, at Collins
Millinery, 81 Broadway-adv.
The state field day committee of the
Order of Vasa held a meeting at New
Britain Sunday and made arrange
ments for the state field day to be held
there, Sunday, June Is.
George E. Chamberlain, brother of
E l. Chamberlain, of Woodstock Val
ley, is now United States consul at
Georgetown, British Guiana, having
recently been transferred from Cork,
Ireland.
Notice has been sent to Eastern
Connecticut mill men that the 33Fd
annual convention of the National As
ISOLATION of OVerseers of Wooden and
Worsted Mills is to be held in Boston,
Nov. 18th.
Local alumni have been notified
that Columbia college commencement
day exercises will be held this year
Wednesday, June 2. Alumni from all
over the country have been notified of
the reunion
Ground to the north of the Groton
Ship and Engine Co. has been staked
out, preparatory to erecting a large
building said to be for an ordnance
factory for the manufacture of an
aeroplane gun.
Rev. Andrew ]. Potter. 81, who lives
at Noank, for % years pastor of the
Fort Neck Seven Day Baptist church,
Waterford, gave the right hand of fell
lowship to ten candidates who were
baptized Saturday.
At Lenox a reception for Bishop
Thomas F. Davies, now the Episco-
pal Diocese of Western Massachusetts,
will be given at Ascension Farms, May
20. Bishop Davies will open his Len
OK cottage on the 9th.
Hartford papers mention that Ray
mond Case gave a house party over
the week end at Crescent Beach. His
guests were Miss Ruth Pember, Miss
J. S. Stevens, Miss Elizabeth Gorton,
H. NJ. f1fne and Joseph NJ Gorton.
Mary B, SO. widow OF, Joseph Couch.
who died Thursday at her home in
Brooklyn. n. Y, was buried in Mys-
tic Sunday Her husband, up to the
time of his death in 1909, had been in
the New York customs service since
1861.
Connecticut is represented at the
national gathering of the Woman's
Benefit association, Ladies of the
Maecabees of the World, at the Wal
dorf-Astoria during the week. Dele
gates We're present representing 10000
members.
The Andover creamery was sold at
auction Saturday, buildings, machinery
and everything going under the ham
mer. C. Parker Stearns was the buy
er and will open it in the fall as a
creamery, which it has been for the
last twenty-eight years.
A former Yantic rector. Rev. Percy
Barnes, of st. Johns Memorial Epis-
copal church. Essex, will address a
Memorial day service at the Gull
ford Congregational church Sunday
evening, May 80. This will be a union
service of all the church and patriotic
societies,
Mentioned among recent gifts to the
New York public library is an engrav-
ing of Arcturus. executed on the plate
by J. Alden Weir of Wtndham, presi-
dent of the National Academy of De-
sign, done in the free, short strokes
of a painting, are among the many
attractions
Sunday was the twentieth anniver-
sary of the pastorate of Rev. John D.
Coyle at ST. Johns R. c. church, New
Haven. Father Coyle has been in the
priesthood for nearly 81 years. For
10 years he was stationed in Stafford
Springs and from there was sent to
st. Johns as pastor.
There will ha union memorial sar-
vices in the Holland Congregational
church, Sunday morning, May so. Rev.
B. F. Case will preach the sermon
Rev. J.. N. Geisler. formerly of Uncas-
vile, will lead in prayer and deliver
an address to the unknown dead, on
the Green in front Of the church.
AT DAVIS THEATRE.