Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-28
OLD MYSTIC
Services Preparatory to con,munion- Dollar Social Suceess-Arnenian- Syrian Relief Mass Meeting-Joshua Leeds Reaches Cuba.

Communion service will be held Sunday morning at the Methodist Episcopal church. Preparatory serv- ices were held Thursday and Friday evenings in the Methodist parish house, conducted by Rev. Mir Dunnack. pastor of the Mystic Methodist church. Rev William Crawford. pastor of the local church will preach Sunday eve ming at 7:30 o'clock from the subject. Various Methods God Uses in Speak ing to Men.
 Dollar Social. The Baptist Ladies Aid Society held Dollar social Friday evening at the residence of Mr and Mrs. Frank D. Williams. The following program was admirably rendered.: Piano solo, Roses, Miss Emily c. Babcock; read ing, Mrs. Arthur Daboll; vocal solo, Laddie, Miss Dorothy Chesebro; reading, Just An Average Boy, Miss Genevieve Frink; recitation, Parody on Mary Had a Little Lamb, Dorothy Beckwith, Master Ellison Beckwith; presentation of dollars to the society. with a story about the earning of each dollar; piano solo, Mrs. Fred Coburn. After the program light refreshments were served. About S25 was secured for this special object, which will be used for church expenses.
 Held Mass Meeting.
 A union mass meeting was held in the Methodist church Sunday evening at the request of the president of the United States, in the interests of the Armenian Syrian relief. The sermon was by Rev. Fred E. Coburn, pastcr of the Baptist church. Rev. William Crawford, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church assisted in the ser vice.
 On Sketching Trirs.
 G. Albert Thompson, the artist, of Mystic, and his class of pupils have been spending the past two weeks skstching some of the charming Old Mystic scenery about the ice pond, the grist mill, and dyke, leading from pond to mill, the bridge and stream near the entrance to Main street from the mill, also views of the head of the beautiful Mystic river, as seen from Oakwood in the rear of the grist mill.
 Mrs. Charles H. Burdick entertained the Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist church Wednesday afternoon.
 Mrs. John Strait celebrated Friday, her list birthday.
 Rev. and Mrs. Henry E. Anderson of Rowayton attended the morning service at the Baptist church here last Sunday, Rev. MT. Anderson. who was pastor of this church resigning the pastorate to take up the work as pas tor of the Rowayton Baptist church, assisted the pastor, Mir. Coburn, in the service.
 Fishing for smelts is the, favorite ful at 101d Mystic as last year.
 James G. B. Newhard, manager of the Witch Hazel distillery here, has returned from a business trip to New York.
 Mrs Albert w. Burrows has re- ceived word of the safe arrival at Havana, Cuba, of her son, Joshua Leeds Burrows. MT. Burrows had a days journey by rail after leaving Havana before he reached his destina- tion, at Tuinucu- He is employed at the sugar plantation of Tuinucu
 Rev. Arthur H. Withee, pastor of the Methodist church, of Moosup, for merly pastor of the local Methodist church, has been d guests of MT. and Mrs. Edwin I.ampheare at Elm cot tage.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. Harold Williams of Old Mystic and Mir and Mrs Allan Stevenson, of Boston, are. spending a few days in WaShiGcton D. c