Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-12
Holland County
COLUMBIA
Entertaining Program Arranged for
 Grange Meetins-Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Hitchcock Surprited on


 Charles K. Hitchcock surprited on Fortieth Wedding Anniversary. A comedy company which hsd been | touring the country from Mine to Tennessee and is now on itsi return trip came into town last Saturday and | arranged for a show in the svening; | but the attendance was so snail that | the show was called off.
 Judging from the numerous tracks in the snow, every mans farm is a l deer park.
 Flowed In January Ralph Buell., a local farmer, was January, and there was but little if any frost in the ground when the snow came last week.
 The w. s. S. E. Ladies' Club met aC the home of Mrs. James A. Utley last Thursday afternoon. Missionary Sermon. At the morning church serice last Sunday, Rev. T. N. Owen preached an excelG@nt missionary seruon, taking as his topic ''fhe Man oEtside.''
 Miss Lena G. Wolff of Norwich spent the weekend at fer home here.
 Those who filled tIeir ice houses early in January wer' fortunate. Since then, Columbia lal5f from which 12- inch ice was harvsted has been en- tirely open and $ now but partially frozen over. A .ew ice houses yet re- main to be fila.
 Miss Ruth Tyman spent the week end with funds in Hartford and
 The ChorI Society meets Thursday evenings Sld is making good pro
 / Grange Program.
 Mrs. <. E. Lyman, lecturer of the local gange has arranged the follow ing prgram for the regular meeting of tt grange next Wednesday eve Farler or His Wife Keep Accounts ?, Mr. J. A. Isham; piano solo, Mrs Rschel Buell.; Discussion: Which is Nore Profitable, Poulty of Dairy? poultry, Madison Woodward, Aubrey Winter; Dairy, Hubert P. Collins, Rowland Cobb: discussion then open to all; music, brass quartet; smells good, tastes better CPD
 Modern Methods, In Schools.
 This winter the teachers in five of the school districts take an afternoon off once a month and go to the school at Chestnut Hill, which for some time has been the Model school" where one of the five teachers takes the pupils of that school in charge and demonstrates her method of teaching in the presence of the school officials. Miss Lynch of the Hop River Valley school was the demonstrator last Monday afternon.
 Miss Harriet Brown of the North District school is to demonstrate her method at the next meeting.
 Surprised on Wedding Anniversary. MT. and Mrs. Charles K. Hitchcock Celebrated the fortieth anniversary of their marriage last Tuesday evening by entertaining a surprise party at their home on Columbia Green. The surprise was planned by the local whist club and about s o'clock Tues day evening twenty-six of its mem bers took possession of MT. Hitch cocks premises. It was a genuine surprise to MT. Hitchcock. Of course Mrs. Hitchcock knew just a little of what was going on. Conspicuous among things the visitors brought with them was bouquet of carnations, forty in number. Whist was the order of the evening. About half past eleven refreshments were served, after which the company was entertained by music from victrola. Those present were: MT. and Mrs. Ramona E. Clarke, MT and and Mrs. George H. Champlin, MT. and Mrs. Raymond Squires, MT. and Mrs. Abbott Little. MT. and Mrs Clayton E. Hunt, MT. and Mrs. Charles Marshall, MT. and Mrs. August Nordland, Mrs. J. A. 1sham, Mrs. Emily Cobb, Mrs. J. N. Clarge, Mrs. Carrie Frost, Mrs. A.. H. L@y1Adlt, MISS N6llle carpenter, Miss Hattie Brown, Miss Lillian Ly- man, Messrs. Rowland Cobb, Curtis A. Holmes, Llewellyn Latham and Philip Isham.
 Mr. Hitchcock was born In New York city, the son of Samuel and Mary Ann Hunt Hitchcock Tuesday. February 8, 1876, MT. Hitchcock and Miss Mary Concklin Johnson of New York were united in marriage at St. Luke's church in that city. Previous to his coming to Columbia, MT. Hitch cock had for 45 years been engaged in life insurance work. Most of the time with the Washington Life Insurance Company of New York When ar engagements were made whereby the company was to do business in Pitts burgh, Pa. MT. Hitchcock was trans ferred to that city, where he remain ed until he came to Columbia When at work in New York, he resided in BaJ Jonne, N. J., for 38 years and at the present time owns his former res- idence in that city.
 Cut Down Cherry Tree. / Last Wednesday afternoon Will liam Wolff, who had probably been dreaming that he was George Wash lngton, appeared upon the lawn with ms axe and began to chop down a large cherry tree which had outIived lts usefulness. The trunk of the tree was peculiar in it's growth. A few inch es above the ground 1t measured feet, 8 incheE in circumference and not more than one foot above that point 1t measured feet, 5 inches Jus W hat caused the sudden bulge out Is 8 puzzle.