Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-16
CANTERBURY GREEN

Events of Mothers Sunday-congre-
 gatonaI Church and Sunday School
 Remembered in Will of Miss Martha
 Morgan of Norwich-A. E. Libby and
 Ebenezer Learned Come to Plan Red
 Cross Drive.
 Mothers Sunday service was tribute not only to the individual mothers but to that greatest mother in the world" the American Red Cross organization. The text of the sermon, Mark 10. 43, A, Wi1osoever would be- come great among you shall be your minister, and whosoever would be first among you shall be servant Of all. The church was decorated with white, blossoms from early fruit trees. A full choir sang several special Moth CTS day hymns.
 County Conference Delegates. Delegates elected to Windham 1 County association meeting were A. | Hale Bennett and Nathan Exley, with Mrs. T. L. Wilson and. Miss F. B. Brown as alternates.
 1 At the Christian Endeavor meeting l led by President Fred Stafford it was voted that not only the society as whole should give money for the ser vice flag but that each member should ] have an opportunity to contribute. As already stated in detail in the 1 Plains news, corn and potato supper will be served at the town hall at l Canterbury Plains this (Thursday) l evening under the auspices of the 1 boys and girls agricultural clubs of the eastern portion of the town.
 Dined in Norwich.
 Houston Lathrop of Kent school of tree surgery spent the week end with his father, James Latbrop, both talk ing dinner Sunday with the grandpar ents in Norwich Houston Lathrop is stationed at Brookline, Mass
 MT. and Mrs William Wright of | Worcester spent the week end with
 Mrs. Wrights parents, MT. and Mrs. c. c. Frink. MT. Wright has lately purchased a new car.
 | MT. and Mrs. Fred Stafford spent Saturday with Mrs Safford's parents 1 in Norwich.
 Smith Place Leased.
 Charles Kenyon has rented the
 Washington Smith place at the Green
 MT. and Mrs. James Fletcher oi
 Plainfield are soon to move into their
 Canterbury house, which had beber
 leased for several years to Mr.S an6
 Mrs. Charles Kenyon.
 Mrs. >Jeffers of Lynn, Mass, is wis.
 iting her niece, Mrs. Ida Sagur. Requests from Norwich Woman. Friends of Miss Martha Morgan o1 Norwich and ali friends of the his toric church on the Green are ex E ceedingly grateful and much touched to learn of her remembrance of thu church and Sunday school by gifts il her will. Miss Morgan lived iron childhood in this parish, her father Elisha G. Morgan, being of the fourti
 generation owning the house and farm 7 now belonging to Nathan Exley. Thi ? was her home church and her interes 9 and friendship is held here in mos 2 affectionate memory.
 : Plan Red Cross Drive. Arthur F. Libby of Norwich, chair } man of Red Cross auxiliaries, drov to Canterbury Friday to plan wit Mrs. Hiram Hawes, treasurer of tn
 local auxiliary, concerning the wa . fund drive to take place May 20-27. l Of Canterbury Ancestry. l He and Ebenezer Learned, manage 7. of the drive for Norwich chapter, wh l was with MT. Libby, are enthusiast f in their praise of Canterbury auxiliar S work MT. Learned tells of his grand n father, Sam Barstow Bulkeley, wh h was Canterbury boy. and at seve t years of age drove the mail stag
 from Canterbury to Norwich. At min
 he started out into the world to see : his fortune, having $1 as capital.