Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-11
OLD MYSTIC
United Congregations Hear About Billy Sundays Campaisn-Youne Mems Club to Have Evening oi Whist-PersonaI Notes.


 A union service of the Baptist and Methodist churches was held Sunday evening in the Baptist church. Rev. H. S. Foster, pastor of the Noank Baptist church, was the preacher. Rev MT. Foster recently attended some of the Billy Sunday meetings at Tren- ton, N. J., and brought to Old Mys- tic people his impressions of Rev. MT. Sunday and his great campaign. The theme of Rev. MT. Fosters discourse was The Modern Prophet and His Message. Miss Ruth Burrows sang one of the Billy Sunday songs, I've Been Lifted. This service was open congregation.
 Excelsiors Defeated. The ExceIsiors were defeated by the i Universals at the Bennetts Corner ! school Friday last in the contest | games by a score of 123 to 120. The | Excelsiors made 21 fouls and the Uni versaIs A. This was the first in series of four games. | The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap- | tist church met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Arthur Daboll. | Clarence Watson was taken Tues | day at 5 D. m. to Lawrence hospital At II D. m. he was operated upon for | appendicitis. He is doing well. l The United Workers of the Metho- dist Episcopal church held no session | this week.
 i Evening of Cards. The Young Mems association will have a whist party this Saturday. evening at s o'clock in the associa- tion rOms. There will be eight ta- 1 bles.
 Rev. George G. scrivener, district superintendent, has postponed the fourth quarterly conference of the Old Mystic Methodist church until April 20
 Birthday Guests. Mir. and Mrs Albert w Burrows dined Saturday evening. March f with MT. Burrows aunt, Mrs. Emmeline
 Bailey of Groton borough, it being her Sith birthday. Mrs. Bailey is
 remarkably well and strong for one
 of her age.
 Rev. William Crawford occupied the
 pulpit of the Noanl Baptist church
 Sunday morning in the absence Ot
 Rev. H. Schuyler Foster.
 Miss Ruth Burrows attended the
 informal dansant given Tuesday ev-
 enin- at Fort Trumbull. Wednesday was the mildest day ot
 the winter in old Mystic and vicinity with it's rain, slcat. snow. wind anC the thunder and lightning while it wa: showing very fast.
 Prank Clyde. railway postal clerk o
 Boston. has been spending a week. l vacation here with his parents, MT l and Mrs. Frank B. Clyde. Miss Maud Williams of Plainviev farm is a member of the senior clas!
 at the New London Vocational schoo
 Wilfred Tabor of Providence spen
 the weekend here with relatives anC
 friends.
 Miss Eldred of Westerly, principa of the Old Mystic grammar school was called away several days las week owing to the illness of a rela
 tive. Mrs. George Denison of Ston 3 tngton borough substituted. | Albert Davis spent the week -en = with his son, Clarence Davis, of Nortl |. Stonington.
 S Max Schramm spent the week en h with relatives at Central Village. Patients at Hospital. Mrs. Clarence Watson went to Me " morial hospital Thursday afternoon [ 7 see MT. Watson, who underwent a J operation Tuesday night for appendi U citis.
 Mrs. Edward Chesebro has returne o from visit to relatives in New Yorl Mrs. John Everett has been ill wit
 grip.
 Mrs. Church of PoquetanuclS is her
 caring for her mother, Mrs. Rodmal
 who has been seriously i'll with gril
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Lewis an
 three children of Preston City, an n Mir. and Mrs. Harold Hotchkiss d Montville were Sunday guests of M e. and Mrs. Joseph Johnson.
 Mrs. A Lee Coles and son, Mastt
 Eldred Coles, have returned from Il visit to relatives at Winsted an Cromwell.