Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-18
GALES FERRY
Home Missionary Auxiliary Meets- Burial of Ashes of Ray A. Fairchiid Winners in Prize Speaking Con- test.

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 The June meeting of the auxiliary or the Woman's Home Missionary so- ciety was held at the home of Miss Kate B. Colver at the Navy Yard on tuesday afternoon, the members and their friends leaving the village on 6,30
 Miss Alice satteriee presided in the absence of both the president, Miss Sarah F, Latimer. and vice president, Mrs. Charles J, Pierce. It being the annual meeting, resulted in the re- election of the following ecers: Pres ident, Miss Sarah T. Latinaer: vice | president, Mrs. Charles J. Pierce: treasurer, Miss Kate B. Colver; see- retarys mite boxes, Mrs. Harmon l., | Perkins; corresponding secrstary to | succeed Mrs. James N. Potter, re- | moved. Miss Laura A. Perkins; re- eording secretary, to succeed Miss | ANce Satterlee resigned, Mrs Fanny | A. Molthrop.
 The topic for study was Helping | Every One His Neighbor. The open 1 ing hymn was A Song of Conservation, l
 Miss Caroline B. Freeman at the or gan. Mrs. Harmon L. Perkins led the | devotional exercises. Then followed 1
 Home Mission Enigmas, conducted by
 Mrs. Fanny A. Molthrop hymn, The Call: selections from the book, Mis-
 slonary Milestones-What Have the 1 Churches Done for Religious Educa-
 tlon? read by Mrs. Henry ". Hurl-
 butt; Social Welfare. read by Mrs. R.
 Irving Hurlbutt; Tell of the Work of
 the M. B. Church, Mrs. H. L. Perkins;
 Of the Work of the Baptists, Miss
 Emma Bennett report of the recent
 ". H. M. convention at Willimantie,
 given by Mrs. Lucy A. Hurlbutt; of-
 fering taken. Miss Colver, assisted
 by Mrs. c. E. Colver, Mrs. John liar
 old and Mrs. Morgan served light re- . treatments.
 Brought Huseband's Ashes For Burial Mrs. Roy H. Fairchild of New York arrived in the village last Thursday for the burial of the ashes of her hus- l band. who died suddenly April 30 on the train going to Columbus Ohio, with the Nothing But the Truth com 5 pany. The interment was in the plot beside her mother, Mrs. May Ashlin, in the village cemetery. Mrs. Fair child was Miss Dallas Tyler and has I passed several summers in this place. l She was accompanied by Lawrence Harpole MT. Fairchild's neuhew. They l returned to New York Sunday eve I ming. $ winners m speaking contest, The graduation and prize speaking Q for the schools of the town of Led-
 yard took place at Ledyard Centre on
 Wednesday at 23O in the afternoon.
 Madeline Birch of the village school
 took the prize for speaking; subject, . Why and How We Can Save. Ger
 trude Allen of this school and Hilda
 Holmberg of the Drawbridge school r received honorable mention. c. E. $ Colver and Miss Evelyn Whipple, :. teacher in the Long Cove district, rep e resented the Gales Ferry section of = the town as judges.
 -EE The graduates from this school l. were Madeline Birch, Gertrude Allen
 and Lawrence Pearce. The school n year here closed Friday. n Guests at Amston Wedding. $ Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Peckham of l. Long Cove attended the wedding of y Miss Edna c. Broome and Leroy A e Benzinger at the home of the brides It parents, Mr and Mrs. Paul Broome y at Amston, Sunday afternoon. MT S, Peckham was best man at the mar l. riage. The newlyweds returned by
 automobile with Mir. and Mrs. Peck ham and are spending their honey IS moon at their home at Long Cove. l. Red Cross Meeting. II The memDSfS or the Htea cross al 1r Long Cove held their meeting Wed 1e nesday afternoon with Mrs. Fred W lg Turner at her home with a good at. lg tendance.
 le Birthday Visitors. .e Mrs. William H. Brooks of West |, Hartford arrived at the home of hel Ss mother. Mrs. Delphine Fish Tuesday al in honor of Mrs. Fish's birthday. Mrs o Case Maniere of Norwich was also { o' caller on her mother Cengratula- le tions and flowers were received b! T. Mrs Fish.
 War Savings Rally. ', n Under the auspices of the statt ,s council of defense a war saving rally r ,,7 will be held June 17 in the NJ. E in in church /at s. Mrs Willis Austin O ta ta Norwich and Hadlai H. Hull of New 1 London will be the speakers.
 Brevities.
 Charles Hilton and his sisters, tht
 Misses, Emma and Grace Hilton, O le Norwich, have opened their cottage o1 se the Bluff. y Miss Margaret Wilson of Mt. Yer
 non, N. Y. is the guest of Miss Car m oline B. Freeman.
 pc MT. and Mrs. J. Frank Corey ant 'n daughter, Grace, of Norwich, arrivet 1' at their cottage Monday for the sum u mer.
 MT. Clark, the Y. M. c. A. secretar! ly at the submarine base, has taken tn D. Hilton cottage, which has been re pc gently vacated and will take posses Ill sion the last of the month. Norman and Povey have a new au HIS to delivery truck.
 m. Mrs. Lucius Brown of Norwich wa ne a caller here Tuesday afternoon.