Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-06
GALES FERRY
canta4a Sung in Village Church by Choir of uncasviIIe M. E. Church Committee for scomfna Sunday School Institute-Mrs. Charles B. Graves Tells of California Trip.

School Institute-Mrs. Charles B.
 Graves Tells of California Trip.
 The cantata, The Lord of the Eas- tertide was given by the choir of the Uncasvi1le, M. E. church, in the vil- the direction of Mrs. Thomas Spiers, of New London, with Mrs. Rufus W. HurFbutt at the organ, and Harry Shurts of New London soloist. It was finely rendered, to an appreciative audience. The following program was given: Organ prelude, Mrs. Rufus w. Hurlbutt: Darkness Falls, choir; Light at Eastertide, choir; On Calvary, Mrs. Spiers and chorus: Keep Watch at phe Door. MT. Shurts; The Song in the Away the Stone, Mrs, c. c. Tibbetts; Behold a. Great Earthquake, chorus; Fling Wide the Gates of Day, trio, Mr Dart, MT. Dods and MT. Potter; Now is Christ Risen, chorus; Victor ious Day, Mrs. Tibbetts Miss Bart chorus; Go, Ye Into the World, MT. Shurts; The Lord of the Eastertide, chorus.
 School Exercises. Arbor and Bird day was observed in an informal manner by the pupils of | the village school last Friday, under the direction of the teacher, Miss Grace A. Chapman. Several readings and a little talk about the birds were i given in the school room. Then all went to the schooIyard where the grass was raked, a flower bed made and seeds planted.
 Store Sold.
 The deeds were transferred Mon 1 day, May 1st, of the village grocery store. and stock belonging to the late 1 Samuel F. Brown, who had conducted the business for fifteen years, succeed i ing his father, Latham A. Brown. l The purchasers were James Edmund Norman and D. R. Povey of this place, and the firms name will be Norman and Povey.
 Committees for Institute. 1 The Ladies' Aid society held it's meeting Friday afternoon, the work being on children dresses and aprons. 1 At the business meeting plans were made for the supper to be served Mon day evening, May sth, for the Sun | day school association of the third | district. which conyenes at the M. E. 1 church, afternoon and evening. Miss Amelia Mathewson was made chair man of the table committee with power to chose her assistants. Mrs. Fanny A. MoIthrope, ladies aid table l Mrs. Molthrope, Miss Laura A. Per lkins, flower committee.
 | Comes from Balboa.
 Mrs. Caro Maniere arrived in the village from Balboa, canal zone, last | Thursday, accompanied by her aunt Mrs. Alfred p. Rogers. at whose home l Mrs. Maniere had been 8 guest for about three months.
 Mrs. Rogers will spend some time with relatives here.
 1 Leases Bungalow. 1 J. Otis Winchester, of Laurel Hill 1 Norwich, who is spending some time in the village, has taken the bunga- low, The Waldorf. at Perkins place for the season.
 Norwich Graft Put in the Water.
 Nathan A. Gibbs auxiliary boat May, and his dory. were the first to bt put In the water here from their win ter quarters.
 MT. and Mrs. James Edmund Nor man have taken the cottage belonging to Miss Harriet Bishop Brown, and will probably move there this week.
 Relatives of William Fairfield have been in the village recently, his sis. ter, Mrs. L. s. F1agg, of ..ewark, N
 J., and his brother, A. A. Fairfield, o. Putnam. Mr. Fairfheld continues tc improve from his recent illness. Progress on New Home.
 Rev. Allan Shaw Bush of New Lon,
 don, was in the place Tuesday morn. ing. The bungalow which is being built for him is assuming very at
 tractive appearance. as the work de
 ve1ops.
 Miss Dorothy Massey of old A1ys
 tic, spent the weekend with her sis ter, Mrs. Emerson Whipple, of tn, Lester district.
 Miss Elsie Mcclure spent severa
 days with her parents, Mir. and Mrs
 John Mcclure last week, at their hom,
 east of the village.
 There was only the morning session
 of the village school Wednesday, al
 the teacher, Miss Grace A. Chaman attended the teachers meeting a
 Ledyard Center, in the afternoon. Told of California Trip. Under the auspices of the Epwortl League, Mrs. Charles B. Graves, O ,I New London, gave a talk on her re cent trip to California, in the vestrJ of the M E. church, Wednesday eve. ming, and was listened to with inter. est by an appreciative audience. Tht talk was descriptive of the wavinf grass fields of Kansas, the sage brusf of New Mexico. the Grand Canyon, tht
 Yosemite Valley, the camps, amons the big trees. the fine cities of Port. land, Oregon, and Seattle. The fol. lowing program was given: PianS Perkins; duet, Voices Of tho Woods Misses Marie and Gertrude Allen
 soprano solo, Home is Where thu Heart Is. Mrs. James Edmund Nor,
 man; talk. Mrs. Charles B. Graves ] duet, Greetings, Miss Grace A. Ehap,
 man and D. R. Poyey; piano solo Hearts Message, Mrs. Rufus 1H. Hurl Il butt. Ice cream and cake were serveS ' by the social committee at the clos,
 of the entertainment.
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