Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-25

poles will be banded in rows Of four
on each side of the intersection.
The system Of color bands will be
reinforced with markers in the shape
Of arrows and mounted on posts at
main intersections. These markers
will be seven inches in with, enclosing
an arrow five inches in width, and of
the same color as that which desig-
mates the route. The name of the
next large town will be painted on the
sign in four-inch letters Where two
different routes intersect, the pole at
the junction will be marked by a band
of each color. At such corners two or
more arrow signs will be erected to
direct the tourist.
The New London to Worcester
! Hartford and Providence routes will
be marked in Putnam. giving this city
a variety of the color bands
c. e. Officers.
The following are the newly elected
officers of the Christian Endeavor So
| ciety: President, NJ. Gould Beard: vice
| president John A. c. Warner; record
ing secretary, Geraldine Beard; cor
responding secretary. Gertrude Perry;
| treasurer, Eleanor Carpenter; commit
| tees-Lookout, y. Beatrice Cogan,
Ethel Dingwall, Hattie Inman, Doris
! Carver, Olive Johnson, Kenneth
Sharpe. Gilbert Perry; prayer meet
ing, Liefa Clement, Edith Dingwall,
| W dTlOH Carpenter, EllZaDeIn
| Catherine Russell, Edna West, Iscah
McNally; social, Mrs. F. w. Barber.
| Mary Wheaton, Ruth Murfey, Ruth
| Child, Minnie Sharpe, Edna Mann Ivan
| Clement, Seward Lowe; missionary,
7 Elizabeth Child, Mrs w. L. Beard
Farrows, Mrs. E. NJ. Warner. ]. G.
Johnson; music, Mrs. w. J. Bartlett
Josephine Clifford, Katherine Seward
Chrystabel Clifford, Effie Inman, Frank
Lowe, Frank Gleason; flower, Bertha
l.. Sargent, May Fuller, Clara Maer-
tens, Dorothy Wright, Florence Hitch
cock, Irma Green. Jessie Macdonald;
campaign, Mrs. F. w. Barber, NJ. Gould
Beard. John A. c. Warner, Geraldine
Beard, Gertrude Perry, Eleanor Car
F. w. Barber. open to all members OF
the society.
Christmas at County Home.
Sixty-nine children at the county
home in the Sawyer district are hav-
ing a jolly Christmas today; in fact
they are having one Of the merries
YUletide periods that has been the 10
of most of them. and it started TIVE
weeks ago, when the students at tn,
Howe-Marot school for girls ii
Thompson prepared a Christmas tire,
which was loaded beautifully witt
gifts for the little people. Christina
eve there was a tree at the Thompson
! | CAurCn Tor tne county nome CnllQTen
and this afternoon at the home the,
will gather around an immense an
, heavily laden gift tree that will brini
added happiness to the hearts of ever.
one of them.
; Mr.. and Mrs Dewitt c. Parks. su
: perintendent and matron at the home
! always deeply interested and active Il
: making the home a place Of sunshin
for the children. have this year ha
their always successful efforts in sur
rounding the home with a true spiri
: of Christmas augmented by generou
persons in various towns of the coun
l ty especially by Putnam, Thompson
] Pcmfret and Danielson. Each yea
[ persons closely interested in the hom
make gifts to the children, but thi
r year the remembrances have been un
2 usually plentiful and splendid. and 70
this Mr.. and Mrs. Parks are dull
| grateful, as are the children tn
| Christmas tree will bend under tn
weight OF the presents and good thing
that have been sent in
And the dinnerI Today the littl
people will have a feast fit for tn
j | gods. Their menu will include chicken
= raised on the home farm, and all tn
= accessories served customarily witt
1 the same. The whole list OF season
4 | able vegetables is included. Their
= will be pies. cake, fruit, candy an
= other goodies galore-and the helping
S will be unlimited. There are childre
y in the county today that may well env
t the gloriously happy ones at the hom'
| oil &c Inv