Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-30
GALES FERRY
Observance of Christmas Sunday Closing Exercises in Village School Tree and Party for Children Home Gatherings Monday.

Observance of Christmas Sunday Closing Exercises in Village School Tree and Party for Children Home Gatherings Monday. Rev. Allen Shaw Bush spoke by in vitation of Rev James M. Potter in the M F. church Sunday morning, taking his text for Christmas ser mon from St. Luke 21:7-14. Special music by the quartette, Miss Grace A. Chapman, Miss Alice Satterlee, Court land E. Colver and D. R. Povey, was given. Hymnn 110, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; offertory anthem, Re- joice! 'Tis Christmas Morn. solo and duet parts by Miss Grace A. Chapman and D. R. Povey; hymn 120, Long | hymn 123, Silent Night! Holy Night!; benediction; recessional, Mrs. Eugene La Fontaine, organist and musical di- rector.
 Gift to Salvation Army.
 The Epworth League evening service Norman with this topic-The First Christmas Circle-and Ours. At this service, Misses Marie and Gertrude Allen sang duet, Redeemer Divine. At the close of this service at a busi- 1 ness meeting of the league, Christ mas offering was voted to be sent to the Salvation Army, New London. Closing Exercises. . The village school closed Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Christmas exercises and tree, under the direc- l ton of the teacher, Miss Grace A. I Chapman. The following program was given parents and friends of the pu- pills being in attendance: Song, St. Nick, school; recitation, Progressive Santa, Laura McGuire; recitations, Old Santa, Ruth George; A Wish, Paul Miller; song. Silent Night; recitation, l A Gift to Santa, Helen Colver; reci- | tation. Sly Santa Claus, Madeline Birch; recitation, How to be Happy, Courtland E. Colver, Jr.sS~ song, Starry Beams, school; recitation, Jolly Old Santa, Warren Norcross; dialogue, The Wiser Way, Donald Potter and Stranger, Helen Colver; recitations, Advice Elm Beth Bennett; The Chil- dren and. the Shepherds, Gertrude AL len; Little Christmas Pessimist, Dorothy Birch; song, Hurry MT. Clock, school.
 At the close of this program gifts l were distributed from a prettily deco rated tree. The teacher also received many pleasing gifts from her pupils. The following pupils were perfect in i attendance for the fall term: Gordon Maniere. Donald Potter, Madeline l After two weeks vacation, the winter term will open Jan. 8.
 | Christmas Tree and Dinner. l A Christmas tree was arranged at the home of MT. and Mrs. Courtland | F.. Colver at the Navy Yard for their l children and friends Christmas morn l ing and bore gifts for all. Miss Kate B. Colver entertained the party at din- ner at o'clock that afternoon. chiIdren's Party. Mrs. Joseph De Rusha entertained Lev o1i 1f !, o+ mas party Christmas afternoon at | three o'clock, at her cottage. There was a tree which held toys and box | of candy for each child. Games were played and it proved delightful afternoon for all.
 Sixteen at Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Henry w Hurlbutt en- tertained a party of sixteen at their home at dinner Christmas day, among them their son-in-law and daughter, MT. and Mrs. Nelson w Parker of Norwich MT. and Mrs J. Edmund Norman and MT. and Mrs. Rufus w. Hurlbutt of the village, with Mir. and Mrs. Rowland H. Perkins and son, i Harold Perkins, Of New London.
 John Raymond Perkins, student of Wisconsin State University, Madison, Wis. arrived last week to spend the holiday vacation at the home of his
 parents, MT. and Mrs. Dudley c. Per- kins.
 MT. and Mrs Billings F. G. Crandall
 ot Stoddard's Wharf, went to New
 York Saturday, to spend the Christ
 mas season with Mrs. Crandalls par
 ents MT. and Mrs. Irwin Haley.
 MT. and Mrs. Andrew Miller and son,
 Paul, are holiday guests of MT. Miller's
 brother and family in Boston.
 Miss Mildred Emily Pierce of New
 York spent Sunday and Christmas day
 with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles
 W. Pierce,s at Allyn's Point.
 Mrs. Horace Sears and son, Alfred of Boston, were guests for Christmas
 of Mrs. Delphine Fish.
 Mrs. Fanny A. Molthrop was the
 guest of MT. and Mrs. c. B. CoIver and
 Miss Kate B. Colver over the Christ
 mas holiday.
 1 Previous to the Sunday mornin.
 service, Rev. James M Potter thanked
 his people and the community for gifts
 SC abundantly bestowed upon Mrs
 Potter and himself during Christmas tide
 Richard Ames of Yonkers. N. V
 who spends his summers here, was a
 guest of his aunt, Mrs. Lucy A
 Brown and family for the weekend
 and Christmas day
 Il. Family Party.
 There was a family party at the home of MT. and Mrs. Charles A. Sat
 terlee Christmas day. Captain Charles | ,. VI NY v. 70: D. 1dLnpa was
 present and MT. and Mrs. Elmer Sat
 terlee and little daughter Rebecca. ot North Haven.
 Mrs. Arthur Meade, who has been
 spending some time at the home ot her father, Amos Hurlbutt, returned te
 her home last week.
 ; William D. Allen, who spent Christ. mas with his family here, returned
 Tuesday to Poughkeepsie, N. Y, where he is engaged in bridge building. He
 was accompanied by Harmon Gran.
 n1er who will be employed there in the
 work.
 Little Dorothy Birch is improvins
 from an illness, which has been trou-
 bling her for some days
 Mrs. Curtis Gates and little daugh. ter, Marjorie, of New London. ar, guests of Mrs. Gates parents. MT. anf
 Mrs; Harmon L. Perkins, at their home in the village