Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-07

Parents-cottaaes Closed This Week 1 Rally day was observed in the Meth odlst Episcopal church Sunday morn ing. The service observed was the | Methodist Pioneers and opened with a responsive reading by Supt. c. E. Col Yer and congregation, prayer by Rev. James M. Potter New Testament les son read by the superintendent; sing Ing, The Church's One Foundation: readings on Philip Embury by Made llne Birch, on Robert Strawbridge by | Mrs. James M. Potter, on Captain Thomas Webb by Mary Birch inter spersed with hymns sung by the con- | gregation. Rev. James M. Potter spoke on the fife work Of Bishop Francis Asbury. D. (. Perkins read a paper, The Heroisni of the Early Days, and Miss Evelyn Whipple read one enti- tied The Harvest of the Years. The Shepherd Song was sung by Gertrude Allen, Laura McGuire and Madeline Birch An exercise, Something to Re member, was given by the class of little children. Recitation, The Sensi- tive Plant, by little Margaret s. Col yer. The offering was for the board or Sunday schools. The hymn Faith tion.
 The Epworth league service at 7.30 o'clock Sunday evening was led by n. C. Perkins with this topic: How Money Speno'ng Reveals Character.
 Latham Memorial Pew.
 Rev. James M. Potter in reading the church notices Sunday morning made the following announcement of interest 10 the church and its friends: The Thomas Latham Pew-In Memorian. The children of the late Thomas Ia tham have just endowed a pew In memory of their parents at q cost of $2oO in tho Gales Ferry Methodist Episcopal church. The interest only on the above amount will be used to pay the annual pew rent, and the pew Will be free to all strangers and friends to occupy at any time. It seems fitting that public announcement or this fact should be made at this time: As church we will surely ap- preciate this memorial and feel grate- Iul TOT It. How good to keep alive the memory cf the departed in some such manner as this! The pew is marked with a bronze tablet.
 Social and Personal Items,
 Frank ". Brewster of Norwich was a guest Tuesday at Woodlawn farm. the home of MT. and Mrs. Henry W. Hurlbutt. Other Norwich guests that cay there were Mrs. Richard Parker Mrs. Nelson Parker and little daugh- ter, Margaret Ruributt Parker.
 Cyrus Chapman of the Stoddard dis "~~o c1 bttS414SSS CdiI6E III New London Monday.
 Mrs. Eugene La Fontaine and Miss Ahce Satterlee were in attendance last week at the 59th annual music festival in Worcester, @-
 Miss Mary Voorhees of New York who is the guest of Mrs J. Edmund Nornan in the village, is spending some days with a former school friend, Ledyard. '-'
 Miss Isabel Underhill of New York was caller on Mrs H. F. CrandaN and Mrs, Harlan Pierce last Thurs day.
 MT. and Mrs Merle Mansfield and children of Westville motored to the village Sunday to visit Mrs. Ellen
 Steers Cottage Closed.
 Mrs. Alfred Steers. wife of 1udeo Steers, of Brooklyn, N. Y. closed her. cottage on the Bluff Monday and re- turned to her home. Her daughter Miss Mildred Steers, left also. going drectly to Vassar college, which she enters this year.
 Dinner Guests,
 Mrs. Henry W. Hurlbutt entertained a{ a{ dinner Wednesday Misses Mary and Mildred Foorhees of New York. Mr and Mrs. J. Edmund Norman and son. J. Edmund, Jr., of the village ana Mrs Rufus w. Hurlbutt. with Miss Winnie Bartlett.
 Visitor from Old Dominion. " Mrs. James Lennen of Harbolton va, was a guest last week of her rel at1Ves, Miss Kate B. Colver and MT. and Mrs. c. E. Colver, of the navy yard. navy
 The Woman'G Home Missionary so- clety are sending a barrel of fruit and vegetables this week to the New Ha- ven deaconess home. Supplies are be- ing carried to the parsonage to rMs. James M. Potter, who has charge of this matter
 ,- Miss Lucy s. Hurlbutt and Mrs Henry w. Hurlbutt were. guests of Mrs Edward T. Pettigrew and sister Mrs. Alice Chapman. in Groton Thurs,
 Mrs. William Brooks of Hartford and her cousin. Miss Mildred Rogers or Panama motored to the village and spent the weekend with Mrs. Brooks mother. Mrs. Delphine Fish. Mrs. Fish returned to Hartford with them on Monday.
 HydropTane Tryout.
 The villagers were interested late Tuesday afternoon in watching the nnaneuvers of the Gallaudet fydro- plane which was tried out on the river dlrectly opposite the village. Several tors.
 End of the Season.
 MT. and Mrs. James Martin of Mer- foen closed their cottage on the Bluff and returned to their home Monday after spending about two weeks va cation there.
 Mrs Walter M. Buckingham of Nor wien was caller Tuesday afternoon on the houseboat Gypsy and on friends in the place.
 Holy communion will be adminis- tered Sunday morning in the M. E. church by Rev. James M. Potter,
 LAUREL GLEN