Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-11

test-SaIe and Supper-ChiId Badly Sealded-Mrs. Thomas Geary Burned
 in Peculiar Way.
 A speaking contest was held in Palmer Memorial hall at which the pupils in the various schools in town took part. DramatiZation by the third l and fourth grades of Palmer Memorial school and the fifth grade of the Tenth district (UncasvIlle) school was very | division were awarded by the judges to | Percy Allen of Palmer Memorial l school; second to Stella Grusken of Chesterfield school; third to George vision-Ffrst. Thomas La Bounty of 1 Palmer Memorial school second, Wal ter Richards, Uncasville school. An interesting programme was given by | the contestants. During the evening | Inspector of Schools H. O. Clough and James E. Murphy, principal of Palmer 1 Memorial school, gave interesting l talks. There was a large attendance. The next in the series of contests will | be between the prize winners in this | town and those of the schools in East Lyme and Waterford.
 Sale Success. The three days sale of fancy work, | with supper in evening. given by the Ladies Aid society of the Methodist 1 church, closed Friday night. There | was good attendance and generous | patronage. The vestry was prettily | decorated under the supervision of the 1 committee Mrs. Richard Johnson, Mrs. l Phillips and Mrs. Herbert Dart. Mrs. | Roscoe c. Dart dressed in Japanese | costume served tea. Mrs. Ralph Mel | cer, Mrs. Louis Newton, Mrs. Charles | Hope, Mrs. Hadley Potter, Mrs. Ed | ward Hermanson, Mrs. J. M. Miller, | Mrs. Charles Ramage were in charge | of the various other departments. 1 Supper was served on Wednesday. and l Thursday evenings, with lunch on Fri I day evening.
 Mrs. Thomas Watt and son, William \ Watt. left Saturday for a few days I visit with relatives in Hartford. l Edward Joyce of Pequot, who has | been in a hospital in Boston for sur | gical treatment, has returned home. Buel Brown of Wouaston, Mass, who has been a guest at the home of MT. | and Mrs. Frank H. Rogers, has re- turned to his home.
 | Badly Scalded. The year old son of MT. and Mrs. | Joseph La Casse, while crossing the l floor of one of the rooms, ran into an older brother who was carrying a pan 1 of boiling water, which was spilled on | the younger child. burning him severe l ly.
 | At the meeting of the Montville Ath- l letic club on Thursday evening plans | were taken up to give a social and | dance in Robertson's hall New Years | eve.
 On Friday night the last in the se- 1 ries of entertainments given by the | teachers and pupils of the Baptist | Sunday school for the purpose of rais- | ing funds for Christmas observance l was held.
 Mr and Mrs. Charles Chapel enter l tained over the week end Fred Sher- man of Monson, Mass, and George Clough of Palmer, Mass.
 Mill on Full Time. l James BoIger, superintendent of the I Reyes Product Co.,. states that the | company has received several rush | orders. The mill started in this week | running on full time.
 Engagement Announced. MT. and Mrs. Peter Taylor have am l nounced the engagement of their 1 daughter. Miss Elizabeth Jane Taylor | to Ernest Semmig of Hoboken, N. J. MT. and Mrs. Albert w Avery and niece. Miss Ruth Long, were week end guests of MT. and Mrs. Avery's $ daughter. Mrs. Clarence Avery, of South Windham.
 Burned in Peculiar Way.
 While making purchases in a market | Mrs. Thomas Geary's clothes were set on fire by a discarded match which | someone carelessIy threw upon the
 
 l ing her d terrible fright, burned her clothing and her hands as we'll as sev- eral burns on the body. John Geary, who was in the market at the time, helped to put out the blaze and re- 1 ceived bad burns on his hands
 The blaze at the Palmer Memorial school building was seen for miles away on Sunday morning.
 Runaway Boy Found.
 John Titsky, IA year old son of Mir. and Mrs. Peter Titsky, who ran away from home about three weeks ago, was found at the home of Ray Harding of Hamburg Sunday evening by Constable M. J. Hickey. He was brought before Judge William Smiddy, was given good advice and ordered to attend school if he wanted to avoid being sent to the state reform school. This was the third time Titsky has run away from home and Carlon E. Wheeler, supervisor of schools, gave orders for Constable
 Hickey to look for him.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter Jeffers enter tained over the week end MT. and Mrs 1 William Jeffers of Jewett City. 1 Andrew RoSenlund spent the week
 end the guest of MT. and Mrs Frank
 Mitchell in Stonington.
 Athletic Club Moves.
 The Montville Athletic club held a special meeting and voted to move their furnishings from the town hall which they have fitted up for head ] quarters, into the little building for merly the headquarters of the Thames club, in order that the town halI which
 was formerly the Fourth district
 schoolhouse. may be used until the
 Palmer Memorial building can be re- ! I built
 Miss Eva St. Germain of Pequot was the guest of relatives in Springfield Mass, for the week end.
 Austin Matthews. employed at the c. M. Robertson Co.'s office, was a week end visitor at his home in Westerly. i MT. and Mrs. H. J. Coles, who were
 on an automobile trip from Yonkers N. Y, through Connecticut, were re- i cent guests of Mrs. Annie Newton,