Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22
GALES FERRY
Committees That Made Community Picnic a Success-Winners in Games and Contests-cIub House Receipts $50 for Opening Night.

The annual community picnic at RiVervieW, the Charles H. Brown place was held Wednesday and was largely attended. These gatherings have been held annually for some years and are noted for the community feeling with which the summer people, and villag- CTS unite to make the affair a, sue cess. It was an ideal picnic day. The following committees were in charge: General Preparedness Rev. James M. Potter, D. c. Perkins and c. E. Coiver.
 Chowder committee - Edward H. Latimer.
 Table communicable Misses NIath- ewsOn; solicitors, Gales Ferry-NTiss Mary Birch and Miss Beatrice Jones; Allyn's POint-Nrs. P. c. Norman; Long COye-NLrs. NIyrta N1ather, Mrs. Fred w. Turner
 Pie and Cake committee = Mrs. James M. Potter, Miss Sarah T. Lat inner.
 Ice cream-1Lrs. Rufus w. Hurlbutt.
 Homemade candy-NTiss Bessie Ames.
 Dinner tiokets-Noyes B. Allyn. COmmittte on games and prizes - 1 George w. Frost.
 Transportation of suppIies-R. Ir~ wing HurIbutt.
 Advertising James M. Potter Ladies' Aid table, aprons and fancy bags-AIrs. Fanny A. ATolthrop and Mrs. Andrew P. Miller. Richard Ames of Yonkers, N. Y. was in charge of sports. The events were in the following order: Older boys 100 | yard daSh-Richard Ames, first; AL ! ton StOddard, second; Rev. MT. Tib- | betts, third. All runners had a handi- l cap of yards over R. Anes. | Sack race-Richard Anes, first, AL | ton StOddard, second; Gordon Peck, | third.
 Three-Iegged race-R. Tracy and A. l StoddaTd, first; R. Ames and E. Gus ] tafsOn, second.
 Total pOints-frst prize, R. Ames, 10 i points; second, A. StOddard, 6 points; ! third, G. Peck and Rev. MT. TIbbettS. | Order girls sack race-Miss H. Will ! son, first; Miss M. Wilson, second; i Miss Mary R. Gibbs, third. ] 100 yard dash-AIiss M. Gibbs, first; 1 Miss H. Wilson, second; Miss c. Cor 1 net third.
 Potato race-Miss D. Wulf, first; l Miss NL. Wulf, second; Miss II. Will i son, third.
 Three-legged race-OIiss Gibbs and i Miss Wilson, first; Miss M. Wilson and | Miss II. Wulf second. i Young boys 100 yard dash-C. Ram 1 age, first; II. Corney second; D. Du- ] mont, third.
 i Sack race-B. DuAIont, first; II. i Hughes, second; C. Frost, third. ! Threelegged race-HugheS and Du i Mont, first; D. DuNOnt and G. Peck, | second; c. Frost and c. AIanfere, third ! Young girls 100 yard dash--AIisS A. ! Ramage, first; Miss K. Sullivan, sec l 0nd, Miss P. Frost, third. 1 Sack race-A. Ramage, first; C. ] Frost, second.
 House Warming at Country Club. 1 The house warming given av the i new club house of the Gales Ferry { Country Club Saturday afternoon and ] evening under perfect weather COndi- i lions was well attended by the sum { Iner people and village The result | Of the sale of ice cream, homemade | candy and lemonade, with gifts of l money from friends, increased the i amount in the clubs treasury more i than fifty dollars. The house was | prettiIy decorated with flowers and 1 Iiags, with vines Music was furnish ! cd by the Edison phOnOgTap ph- Guests i were in attendance from Norwich.
 Church Interests.
 Rev. James NJ Potter spoke from ! St. Matthew 4:3 Sunday morning in i the M. 2. church. The sermon being l one of three which he will give on 1 The Temptation of Jesus. ] At the Sunday school session a Mis- l sionary program preceded the lesson, i study in the following order: Recita- 1 ton, Story of the Flag, Dorothy Birch {; ] reading, The Service of a Flower, Miss 1 Sarah T. Latirner: solo, The Kingdom l Coming, Miss Grace A Chapman; l recitation, The Deaconess, His Shep- | hcrdness, Madeline Birch. At the close l of the lesson study three young lad | les from the Sunday school class of l Mrs. Henry w. Hurlbutt, Misses Eve | lyn WhIpple, Doris Maine and Marie | Allen Were entitled to promotion and i diplomas from the intermediate to the ! senior grade. The Misses NhippIe and Main were present, answered the | promotion questions as prOpOunded by ] superintendent C. E. COIver and re-
 
 l Marie Allen was unable to be present 1 being out of town.
 1 c. E. Colver led the evening Ep- l worth league service with this topic: | Do Honor Christ in My Use of Sun
 Leave for Motor Trip. MT. and Mrs. o. W. Ray of Chicago, 1 who have been guests of Miss Caroline l B. Freeman, at her nome here, for the 1 last three weeks, left for Boston last ] Thursday. They will travel through 1 the BerkShiTes, enrOute to their home 1 which they expect to req Ch by August. i Mrs, Mary C. WatrOuS arrived last i week at the home of her parents, MT. ! and Mrs. Charles H. COmstOCk, to | spend her vacation from her duties at
 the Florence Crittenden Home, New
 Thomas lIcCraczen of New York, l who has been a guest at Leisure Hour l the cottage of Mrs. James Martin of | Aerlden, for two weeks, returned to ] that city Sunday evening, after spend ing the day with Mrs. Martin on a i trip to Watch Hill.
 Miss Florence Geer of Geer Hill, | Ledyards and Miss Olive Hjscox ef | Norwich, were guests of Mrs. Ellen
 Stoddard for Thursday night and Fri | day.
 Mayor Brown Among Guests.
 Many auto parties from out of town were in attendance at the Community ! picnic dinner Wednesday, among oth- l CTS Mayor Allyn L Brown of Norwich i and Mrs. Brown, Judge and Mrs. Lu- cius Brown and son, Daniel Brown. On Shore Leave. Captain Charles SatterIee of the | Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, who has ! been on ice patrol at the Grand Banks for three months, spent Tuesday night 1 and Wednesday at the home of his i parents, Mn and Mrs. c. A. Satterlee
 pr. Frank NGcVeiI of Long Island motored to the farm of his relative | postmaster D. R. Povey, the past week. 1 Among the New London auto wis ] itors at the Community picnic were i Mrs. Charles s. Starr and party and i MT. and Mrs. Herbert H. CrandalI and