Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-16


 Charles e. EIdredee's-FIas Rais-
 ing This Afternoon-6erry Season
 Late-PersonaI Notes. -3
 At the Baptist Sunday school June 10th on the trip to Palestine, the Mauretania was 2s4 miles ahead or tween the two ships Is now so great, that 1t is doubtful if the Aauetania catches up with the leading ship dur losing ship will give banquet for the whole school when the trip Is ended.
 Officers Elected.
 The Baptist Young Peoples Union held the monthly business meeting and social Friday evening, at the res idence of Afr. and Mrs Clarence w. Beckwith. Theeserl1i annual election of officers resulted as fol0wsis Presl- dent. Mrs. Clarence w BeckWitn (re-- eIected1: vice president, Mrs. Maurice B. CaswelI; secretary, Miss GeneEieve Firing; treasurer, Miss Emily; c. ~Bab- cock, (re-elected1.
 A Fire Garden.
 When Town Clerk Henry L. Bailey of Groton,. as local director of food supply. appointed Charles e. Eldredge of Old Mystic, as one of his special deputies, he probably was aware of the fact that Mir. E dredge had a5i local reputation as a tiller of the soiL A
 
 is an interesting sight. The sea son has been very late with too much rain and very little sun. Notwith- standing these handicaps, garden peas commenced to bloom Friday, June 8. Early cabbage have fair heads and onions from sets. and turnips from seed have been used from the garden hood out three times and promise we'll for digging the Fourth of July. Beans and corn show up we'll and he antic- ipates string beans by July. 1st.
 '~ School Meeting. When the Twi.fth school district of Groton held its annual meeting Mon day evening. Charles c. Eldredge pre- sided and the officers were reelected excepting the clerk, William R. Hull, who declined reelection, Rev Fred Eugene Coburn was elected -clerlz The report of the committee. Aiphon so H. Schoonover and treasurer Hor- ace O. Williams were presented. and accepted.
 Flag Raising Today.
 The Baptist church will hold pub this Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Abel P. Tanner of New London will deliver an address on Patriotism. Brief addresses vii be made byRev. Boy Scouts. William I. Spicer. of No ank on Red Cross Work, Rev. Well come F. Bates of Mystic. on Home Guard 4 delegation of Boy Scouts egation of theS Red Crpss from 1EoanK, Mystic land Companies and D of Mystic Home Guard are expected. The patriotic music will be in charge of Clarence W. Beckwith. Charles c. Eldredge will serve as presiding off, cer. The flag raising outside of the church Will be a. special feature at the close of the exercises.
 Pupils Have Picnic.
 The pupils of the fifth. sixth, sew enth and eighth grades of the Old Mystic school held picnic Saturday al the bunga-ow at Riverside farm. Miss Jennie E1dred, principal, and Mrs Halsey E, Parker. teacher of the fifth and sixth grades attended the Mrs Clarence W Beckwith pleas antly entertained the Baptist Ladies Aid society Wednesday afternoon.
 Berry Season Late. The strawberry season is very late, owing to. so much cool weather. and lack of sun.
 Matters Talked About.
 Theodore Johnson and Elisha N. Davis took an auto ride to North Stonington, Saturday morning and attended Ye Old Singing School in Grange halk --.s Joshua Leeds Burrows and Harold Ferguson have. returned to Passaic. after a visit to Mr. Burrows parents, MT. and Mrs. Albert ". Burrows. John DeGraw of Brooklyn, N. r. spent the weekend here with Mir. and Mrs. J. Harold Williams. Miss Agnes Chapman left Monday morning for Northffeld, where she in- tends to spend the summer. Miss Bertha Crane Lamb has re- turned to her duties as teacher at 1 East Orange, \. J., after a rest at the l Lamb homestead in fI4edyArd, and also l with her sister, Carl Weiman, Of Lebanon, N. H.
 Seventy sixth Birthday. Mrs. CoHrtland Lamh of Ledyard | spent June 6th, her 18th birthday with | her granddaughter, Mrs. James A. | Lawrence of Centre Groton. Mrs. 1! Lawrence baked a birthday cake for | her grandmother and made the day a | very enjoyable one. -~5 Quincy McGuire and his brother, | Daniel Mcclure of Albany, are spend 1 Ing a few days at the McGuire home ytead in the Burnst's Corners district. l Miss Annie E. Lee has returned | from a lengthy. visit to relatives in 1 Massachusetts and. Rhode Island.
 ccnesr4 Terserrev. i The Baptist Sunday. school post poned the ehildren's day exercises | until next Sunday owing to the rain | storm of Sunday.
 Raymond s. Case. of Bridgeport is | spending a few days here with focal | friends. {