Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
GALES FERRY

IT. compliance with the invitation of Governor Holcomb to all Connecticut to sing the Star Spangied Banner last Tuesday evening at o'clock upwards of one hundred summer visitors and residents of the place gathered at the Gales Ferry Country club house at S.30 o'clock and the singing of patrotic songs preceded it as announced by Rev. Allen Shaw Bush of the village as follows with Miss Dorothy Wulf of Norwich at the piano: America, sung by all; solo. Sons of America, Mrs Frank Woodruff of Richmond Hills, L. l.; Battle Hymn of the Republic, by all; solo, Joan of Arc, Mrs. Charles T. Bard of Norwich; Pack Up Your Troubles, Long, Long Trail, by all
 Rev. MT. Bush then told in a few words where and by whom the Star Spangled Banner was written and on the stroke of g., the audience standing, sang it wits enthusiasm.
 This was followed by the Marsel- laise, Keep the Home Fires Burning Columbia the Gem of the Ocean and Over There. with Miss Beatrice Jones of Mt Vernon as pianist and Master Harmon Wright of Hartford as soloist. At the annual meeting of the Nor wich District EpWorth league held at the Willirantic camp ground the ban ner for the largest number of points in the efficiency contest of the year was awarded the Gales Ferry chapter with 97 points to it's credit. The ban ner is red with Greek cross in white and the league motto inscribed there- on-Look Up. Lift Up, in the. center. | This chapter is among those pledging assistance to the work of Rev. Dun can F. Dodd in China. Mrs. o. E.. | Newton, wife of the pastor of the church at Gales Ferry, was appointed delegate for the camp ground auxiliary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society to attend the meeting in Springfield, Mass, in Novtmber..
 Miss Hazel Davis of Lords Point and Putnam spent the week end as the guest of Mrs. Curtis F. Gates of New London. who is spending some time at the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Harmon L. Perkins, in the village.
 Mrs. Merle Mansfield and two chil- 1 dren of Westvi1le are visitors at the | home of Mrs. Ellen Stoddard.
 l Through the courtesy of Mrs. Frank Il A. Aplin, the grounds of the Gales ii Ferry Country club have been beauti- fled by the planting of shrubbery in front of the building.
 Coroner Franklin H. Brown, in hon. or of his grandson, Master Franklin Brown, of Southington, who is his guest for a few days, went to Little Hay harbor, Fishers Island, in his auxiliary boat Ruth Wtdnesday tc
 spend the night on a fishing cruise
 Herbert H. Corey and Gordon Maniere were of the party.
 Eugene Wright of the naval reserve from Newport visited his parents
 Rtv. P. c. Wright and Mrs. Wright
 of, Hartford. at their cottage on th'
 bluff.
 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bosworth O
 Springfield have been recent guests O Mrs. Bosworth's sister and brotherin
 law, MT. and Mrs. R. B. Taft. Charles A. L. Morgan of Middletow1
 was a recent visitor.
 Mrs. J. Frank Clark and Miss Phelp of Norwich were gusts of Mrs. Clark daughter, Mrs. Walter M, Buckingham
 In compliance with the invitation 0
 Governor Holcomb-to all Connection to sing the Star Spangled Banner Tuesday evening at g o'clock, upward
 of one hundred summer visitors am
 residents of the place gathered at tn Gales Ferry country club house, a 8 o'clock, and the singing of patriot