Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-31
GALES FERRY
Services on Last Sunday of Confer
enee Year-Aeroplanes Sent TO Palm
Heaeh-News About the Village.

l. Rev James M. Potter spoke in the
NJ. q. church Sunday morning. giving
tho fifth in his series of Lenten SER
mons from ST. Mark Is: 81. the theme
being Losing Self-in Saving Others.
This being The isst SUNDAY Of the G nra-
faced his sermon with words Of APP
probation and gratitude for the spirit
of cooperation shown by the church
In his work here. and congratulated
in meeting all its arportionments Tor
the year.
At the ofreftory D. r. Povey sang
What viii You Do With Jesus A
in the Sunday before the lesson study
when Rev. Mr.. Potter made a short
address. Dudley. C. Perkins sang as
a sole. The Brewers Big Horses and
temperance. Mrs. James M. Potter
lead the Epworth League Sunday ev-
ening service at z O'Clock.
AeropIanes Sent Away.
People at the Navy Yard were in
terested Saturday in the moving of
the machines under the supervision of
Aviator William +. Sullivan who has
been stationed in New London for
some time. The machines had been
stored at the submarine base here, for
the winter and belonged to New Ha-
ven parties. They were the machines
that flew so gracefully over the river
and the village many times last rail-
Different parts of the machines were
cased and placed on broad closed cars
and shipped to Palm Beach.
Improving House.
Henry w. HurFbutt of Wood Lawn
farm is having improvements made on
his house. having the east wing
raised.
of Brooklyn. N. Y. on the Bluff is be-
ing reslingIed and the veranda en-
larged.
Mrs. John s. holland. who has been
home of Mrs. Cyrus Chapman of the
tStoddard district, returned to New
London last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Lester Hurlbutt moved
from Waller court, New London, last
Friday, to Mr.. Hurlbutt's former home
near the village.
Attended o. A. r. Tea.
Mrs. Delphine Fish and Mrs. Fanny
A Molthrup attended the d. A. r.
tea given by Mrs. Charles F. White of
Anna Warner Bailey chapter at her
home on Broad street, Grotcn, Thurs
day afternoon. Sewing was done on
Red Cross work. Es;%$
Mrs. Walter NJ. Buckingham and her
mother, Mrs. ]. Frank Clark OF Nor
witch were callers in the village one
Mrs. Walter Watrous, who has been
spending some weeks at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H
Constock., left Wednesday to visit
her sister, Mrs. Elmer Kidder and fam
lily in Spencerport, n. Y
Rev. James NJ. Potter and Mrs Pot
ter left Tuesday to attend conference
in Providence. They will be enter
tanned at the homo OF Rev. Mr.. Pot
ter's sister, Mrs. F. H. Dowell.
Mrs Ellen Tu@ler was q guest at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Agnes
Latham in Groton last Friday. in hon
or of Mrs. Latham's birthday ami
versary.
Fire Wardens.
r. Irving HurIbutt of the village has
been appointed fire warden for this
section of the town and George Pal
mer who resides near Stoddards
Wharf, has been reappointed for the
western section of the town by Leslie
Gray fire warden of the town of Led
yard.
The village school closed last Fri
day for one weeks vacation with Miss
Grace A. Chapman teacher. Gordon
,Maniere and Madeline Birch were pu-
pills perfect in attendance for the
term.
Mrs. Joab of Hartford was a caller
at her home in the village Monday
while enroute to visit friends in Nor
wich Town.
T. edmund Norman attended the
funeral of his grandfather, James Nor
man of Old Mystic.
There will be no service in the NJ. E.
church tomorrow conference Sun
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