Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
EWETT CITY
Prize Speaking Contest This Evening Invitation to Victory Conference Congregational Honor RcII-Liberty Bond Subscriptions $47,850.

The program for the prize speaking contest his evening follows: Orchestra: :: Star Spangled Banner. chorus; junior group of speakers-Liberty Bell, Mer- ton Brown; Barbara Freitchie, Sidney Gittleman: The Wind, Sarah Gill; The Owl and the Pussy Cat, Define Le- fevre: The Flag, Blanche Montgom cry: The Dead Doll, Helen Haddad; Old Ironsides, Moses Pepin: A Foolish Little Maiden, Rebecca Hewitt; The Elf Child, Christine Burdick; The Rock Bye Lady, Bessie Laliberte; A Girls Remark to Her Stomach, Bea- trice Cathcart: Suppose, Grace Gardi- ner; The Pony Engine, Olive Richard son: The Arrow and the Song, Valeda Boule: Excerpt rom SnowBound, Stella Gaska; Suppose. Leda Pariseau; It's a Long, Long Trail chorus senior group of speakers-The Blue and the Gray. Irene Robertson: Boston (orig- inal composition). Sophie Gaska: Driy- ing Home the Cows, Lucy Watson; Autumn Among the Birds, Nettie Had dad: The Picket's Song, Jessie Hewitt son; old Glory, Bernice eBlisle: The American Flag, Edna Sharkey: Bar bara Frietchie Lucy Miner; Your Flag and My Flag, Ruth Rathbun; Casey at the Bat, Charles Parkhurst; The Ship of State, Hurbert Miller: War Mes sage of April, 1917. Elizabeth Shaw The Color Guard, Diana Pepin; Can ming the Kaiser, chorus; address, Charles D. Hine; America My Coun- try. chorus: prize essay, Ruth Robert son; decision of the judges and award ing of prizes; God Keep and Guard Our Men. chorus; America Qast verse; all: orchestra. Singing by the Jewett City Junior Liberty chorus, Miss Hodgkinson, director; music by the Baptist orchestra.
 Conference at Norwich.
 Miss Elizabeth Dealy, chairman of the women's committee of the town council of defense, has received notice inviting local women to a conference of women to be held in the town hall in Norwich May 3d at 12.30 o'clock.
 Congregational Honor Roll.
 An honor roll containing the names of men from the families of the church who are in the service was presented to the Congregational church on Sun day morning. It was the gift of the Christian Endeavor society, and Miss Alice A. Blair, chairman of the patri- otic service committee, made the pres entation speech. Rev. Albert Donnel expressed the thanks and appreciation of the church. The bouquet of red and white carnations which were used for decoration were given by Mrs. E. H. Hiscox in memory of her father Deacon E. M. Swift, whose two grand sons names are on the roll of honor Women's Committee Gets Subscrip-
 tions.
 Mrs. A. M Brown. chairman of the third Liberty loan women's committed in this town, arranged remunerative program for Saturday evenings mov- ing pictures and thereby $950 were subscribed in about five minutes time Mrs. George H. Prior, dressed in a Liberty costume, sang Come Across which was enthusiastically received Lawyer A. M. Brown then announced that canvassers would pass through the hall and asked that someone start the subscription, which was immedi- ately done. The time was limited, as the picture operator was obliged tc return to Danielson on the last car or undoubtedly a much larger sun would have been subscribed.