Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-19
JEVETT CITY

Mt Vernon Lodge. No. 75, held stated communication Tuesday eve ming in their lodge rooms. These rooms are situated on the top floor of RiouX block which is being extended both south and west After mouths of mighty calculating sy Norwich ar chiteets and weeks Of migh .ie- cper- ating by Jewett City carpenters. the lodge rooms resemble1 nothing as Ht- tie as the newly decorated rooms of Mt. Vernon. First. the ascent was up three or more flights of a-indiag ladders into piaeg representing what will be the middle of the build ing. Heavily armed. Aarsnipful Bro ther E. M. Gray. the tyler, was on guard at the several or more outer gates, with orders from Norshipful Master Payne to shoot to kill The brethren flied in. Behold the building is not yet completed. The west was moved round into the east Senior Warden Kanahan and Junior Warden Gardner lit up the seven golden can dlesticks, and with the aid of Brothers Prior, Webster and HiscoX located and properly placed the south west and east. sThe senior deacon sat upon nail keg and duly performed the re- euirements of his office. But. alas, there is not all Here comes the rub. |. l., to his accustomed diet of cans, coal ashes and left over doughnuts from grill room banquets. had eaten over a half keg of Dennis Griffin's best selected ten-penny nails. No one cared to cross him. He strode about among the rubbish, fairly bristling. A | man whose last name is Miner tried to down him but met with ignominous and positive defeat. Lodge, however, i finally closed in due and ancient form i for the summer vacation of two months, when it opens again in Sep | tembers there will have been. it is be- lieved, a change.
 A powerful army truck with a % 1 foot trailer went over the state road | bound south Wednesday morning It
 was loaded with a big army airplane sc. III. Several army men were irl l charge. It was rumored that it had | started from Mineola and landed at l FTlats rock. Later it was said that il
 was one being loaned by the govern ment for Independence day exhibition purposes.
 Miss Alice Smith was pleasantly ISurprised at her home on Highland
 street Tuesday evening by a large
 number of friends from Taftville an6
 Jewett City. There were solos ane quartettes, the accompanies being Miss Alice Smith and Miss Beatrice Alley. Games were also played. Dur ing the evening Chester Stafford 1T
 behalf of the company, presented Miss
 Smith a handsome sterling silve,
 manicure set. and she received other | gifts. Ice cream, cake, candy and | lemonade were served by Mrs. Smith
 assisted by Miss Agnes Shea and Mrs Maurice Shea.
 1 The teachers of Riverside Gramma, school held a social at the close ot
 school on Wednesday. Ice cream was served by Mrs. w. o. Soule and Miss
 Helen Hull furnished cake.
 T Stanley D. Wheelock has returned
 home after spending a few days ir New York with friends.
 Everett H. Hiscox, Jr.. returned te
 the U. s. $. Leviathan in New York
 on Wednesday night.
 Miss Elizabeth Mclaughlin accom- panied her uncle. Benjamin Thompson
 to Baltimore, Md, Tuesday night tt
 visit relatives there.
 Phi Delta class, Miss Bessie Nc ) C1uggage, teacher. of the Methods
 Sunday school held class meeting il , the church parlors Tuesday evening : After the business meeting there wa!
 a social time and salads bread ant | cutters sandwiches. cake and lemon
 ade were served by the teacher ant Miss Ruth Robertson.
 Thomas E. Lee was in Webster ol Tuesday evening. the guest of hi nephew Homer l.. Lee of that city Both are Masons. the latter a pas master of Webster lodge. They wer present at the work in the master Ma ] sons degree which was the occasion , for the Masonic visitation by specia train from New London to Webste lodge Tuesday evening.
 , The annual meeting of Anne Brew
 ster Tanning chapter. D. A. R.. wa
 held in the chapter rooms in the Sla
 ter Library building Wednesday af
 ternoon Mrs. w. R. Burdick and Mrs
 Ida B. Ladd were the hostesses. Af
 ter the usual acceptance of report
 and regular routine business the fol
 lowing officers were elected: Regent
 Miss Ida I. Foster; vice regent. Mrs
 John H. Tracy; secretary, Mrs. Ben
 jamin c. Bliss; treasurer, Mrs. Ray
 mond F. Cheney; chaplain. Mrs
 Charles T. Armstrong; registrar, Mrs
 Fred L. Kanahan historian. Mis-
 Alice A. Brown: librarian. Mrs. Joh,
 F. Phillips: flower committee. Mrs
 John H. Tracy.