Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-31

COulC1IpL any OluGE uk 8yIu0.
 . social hour. during which the hostess served a dainty collation..
 Rector to Entertain Guild.
 Rev. J. W. Areson will entertain the members of the woman's guild at his apartments in the Washington on Washington street. Norwich.
 Reception for New Rector.
 Thursday evening the members Of Grace church and many of their friends held public reception in the guild rooms for the purpose of meeting Rev. J. W. Areson. the. newly appointed rector. About a hundred attended
 A social hour was spent with music and recitattons. Mrs. Albert J. Bailey and Seymour Quinley were heard in well rendered solos, accompanied by Mrs. Ernest Bullard, who also gave piano selections. Mrs. William F. logue A Disturbed Reverie and the poem Maud Mueller Up to Date.
 During the evening sandwiches, cake and coffee were served.
 The reception committee was Mrs. P. Fl. Willard. Mrs George Adams and Mrs. Seymour Quinley. The refresh ments were in charge of Mrs. Clarence B. Carpenter. Mrs. Hermon J. Gibbs, Mrs. John Kilroy, Mrs. c. F. Wander waart and Mrs John Aver. The fol- q. H. Farnum, Mrs. A. J. Bailey, Miss Venie Rogue, Miss Lucy Bishop, Miss Edna Bentley, Miss Olive Bishop and Miss Loise Manning
 The room was attractively decorated
 with flowers. potted plants, ferns and palms.
 A Week End Trip. Miss Sybil Kilroy was a week end guest of Miss Edith Stritch of Gilbert vile.
 The Yantic river has been very high during the past week on account of melting ice which has been coming from the Fitchville pond. Ice Was Unsafe. Peter Nawrocki attempted to fill his icehouse from the Fitchviile pond dur ing the past week, but was unsuccess- ful. He found it very hard to get help to venture on the pond, as one of his
 men fell in, indicating that the ice was l unsafe.
 Mrs. Edward Burgess and son Don- aid of Lebanon were recent guests of relatives here.
 Louis Bogue of Railway, N J., spent 1 a short time recently with relatives in town.
 Eugene Austin received a bad gash l in his wrist while chopping wood Fri- day. Several stitches were necessary 1 to close the wound.
 James Hussey fell on a rock recently l ana cut HIS n6dQ so DdQly InaL A number of stitches were needed to close the wound. Joseph Wheeler Caught in Elevator. Friday evening at about o'clock Joseph Wheeler of the Otrobanda road, Norwich Town, who is employed in the picker room of the Admore Woolen companys mill here and who carries supplies from that room to other de- | partments for finishing, was caught in l the elevator shaft while running the | elevator. He was able to stop the ele- vator between the weave room and the ! spinning room and his condition was | immediately noticed. Means to extri- cate him were taken and a hurried
 call was sent for the ambulance, which
 responded quickly. It was necessary | to saw out a part of the Elevator and pry the iron sides with a crowbar In l order to let him down. as he was | three-quarters of an hour. His leg was stitches were taken in it to close the wound. Otherwise he was not injured | and it is thought that he will be out in
 a short time.
 | Weather Hard on Roads. The stretch of state road between | Jones' store and Nawrocki's store has | been in a fierce condition for travel | during the past week. With the frost | in the ground the intense heat acted on | the tar filling so that 1t swelled and | left ruts that no country road could equal. Saturday morning carloads o1
 sand were put in the ruts and It if | thought travel will be easier over 1t.