Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-04
JEWETT CITY
Mt. Vernon Lodge Entertains Over POO at Forty-Fourth Annual Banquet and Ladies' .Night-Varied and Pop uIar Programme.

uIar Programme.
 SSe forty fourth annual banquet and Ladies' night of Mount Vernon lodge. No. 75, F. and A. NJ, was given ! in the Finn Opera house Thursday evening.
 As is customary the affair was & grand success from every point con- sidered. The number of invitations given and the number of responses were much larger than for several years. Every chair in the balcony was taken and many were seated on the main floor which was cleared and waxed for dancing.
 At o'clock, the opening number, Boston Commandery March was a fine ; introduction to the very attractive porgrame. It was given by Geer's or which later furnished excellent music for dancing until 2.30 Friday morn ing.
 The violin solo, Blue Bells of soot- land, with variations. by Frank Ben son, evidenced the skill of the DOT former. He was heard by Jewett City audiences at the time Alexander MacKaE, of Scotland, gave an organ recital here. i
 No Masonic programme is ever con- sidered complete unless Mrs. Lloyd G. Buckingham sings. Her selection was w Hell NclldF Eo1IlSS, pN N1OlI I1OE re- sponse to 8 hearty encore was I Hear You Calling Me. by Harford. She was accompanied by Mrs. G. H. Prior.
 Messrs. Breed and Kukla of Norwich were very pleasing in their duet for flute and c1arionet, Introduction and Rondo. by Robinson.
 The attraction of the evening was A Free Lance From Storydom. by George Weston, the author, who is writing popular stories for magazines and newspapers.
 Mir Weston at once took" with his large audience. He said he had sort of given up public speaking but he Is a member of the fraternity and lives only q, few miles away. and he es- tee1ned it a pleasure to accept the in vitation of the committee.
 His remarks consisted, after a few words in a sort of common talk way of three parts. two of which were the sentiment of two lovers valentines. The other was a poem written to fit the occasion. That the audience were listening to one of the ranking authors of the day, was an added attraction to the selections which were so pleas ing. The programme closed with American Fantasia, by the orchestra. The grand march of 50. couples was led by Worshipful Master Edward F Blake and Miss Jean BurIeson. It was the remark from the gallery that the iau4eS dTeSSSS were never ar. In color and precision the march couid hardly have been excelled.
 The supper at the Jewett City hotel was served to 225 guests. The menu:
 Clam Boui!lon
 Chicken Pie. Cranberry Sause
 Rolls
 Celery Pickles Stuffed Olives
 Assorted Cake
 Coffee
 Neapo1itan Ice Creaan
 Bananas Oranges
 dance programme of sixteen num- bers was carried out. Prof. F. H. Gill bert, pronapter.
 , The officials of the dance were: Master of cemeronies, Edward F. Blake, w. M; floor director. R. J. Guy. $Aides, George " Robertson. Shepherd Y. Brown and Simon Brewster. Jr.
 The committee of arrangements who were compIimented for this most pleasant forty-fourth celebration of Mount Vernon were: Wallace IT. Payne, Robert A. Wilbur and Benja- min R. Gardner. Visitors were pres- ent from Norwich, Jamestown, R. l. New York. North Franklin. Baltic Webster. Danielson, Central Village and PlainfieId
 Tn 5ouough For the Banquet.
 ElSlJOrS Tn town TOT the MdSOnlC harquet included: MT. and Mrs. Will fam Kramer. Mir. and Mrs. Howard Spaulding. and Miss Ruth Spaulding of Norwich, at MT. and Mrs. r. H. Gil bert's; John G. McNeeley of Norwich at MT. and Mrs. H. F. Pauls: William F. Perry of Norwich at Alex McNicoi's
 Miss Fannie Bishop and Walter Bishop of South Plainfleld, Miss Faitf Gager of NS"th Franklin at N1r. anG Mrs. F. B. Cheney's: Misses Dorothy and Alice Moore. the guests of H. G Willis; MT. and Mrs. Carl Jennings o1 Danielson and Mrs. Earnest Wright O New York at Dr. and Mrs. G. II. Jen- ning's: MT. and Mrs. George w. Rob IT. Jones; MT and Mrs. F. H. Filling. hast their daughter, Helen, and Ed. ward Tillinghast of Central Village ArttIIr Tillinghast and daughter, Dor. othy. of PIainf1eld: MT. and Mrs. Geo Clarke of Jamestown, R. l., aC MT and Mrs. A. M. Clarke's.
 Moving From Norwich.
 Miss Clarissa Geer. for many year! a resident of Norwich, will make he home in Jewett City with her sister Mrs. Richard Howard.
 Rev. Albert DonnelI is a. guest at tn, NcNicolf home, on East Main street
 The Harmony club was entertained at the home of Mrs. J. A. Spide1Ps il Sylvandale, Friday afternoon
 Miss Ruth Cone, of South Canter