Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-10
GALES FERRY


 Saturday was Market day on the lawn
 of Moves B. Allyn for the benefit of the Gales Ferry library under the manage ment of the library committee. From
 to F o'clock in the morning vegetables, eggs, butter fowls and berries were sold,
 all donated for this sale. At ? o'clock in
 the afternoon there was a ball game be-
 tween the young men on the Bluff and the
 young men of Gales Ferry. The Buffers
 won. It is said another game will be
 played satisfy Gales Ferry. At
 o'clock there wa sa food sale. with ice
 cream and lemonade. Afternoon tea was
 sold. The affair was a pleasing financial
 success, netting a good sum for the libra
 ry fund.
 At the Sunday morning service in the M E. church Rev. G. H. Wright was as- sisted by Rev. H. Francis Perry of the Church of the Redeemer, Brooklyn, N. Y, who offered a prayer. Rev. MT. Wright spoke from I Cor. l. g, the theme being God is Faithful. At the Sunday school session awards were given for regular at
 tendance to David Carter for four months,
 gun metal pin TiIlie Kleuss, 14 months,
 bronze star; c. E. ColYer, Jr., Helen L.
 Colver Margaret s. Colver, Is months,
 gun metal star to each. Special mention
 was given Alfred Sears for care of books of the school.
 At the open air EpBorth league service at the Country club house Rev. J. w.
 Carter of the submarine base was the leader with the topic The Magnetism of
 Jesus. Rev. Allen Shaw Bush offered prayer and Mrs. Charles Tyler Bard of Norwich sang My Task (Ashford). A song service preceded the speaker with Reginald Ashley of Norwich cornetist, and Miss Jennie G. Perkins at the piano. Electric in
 E. church Sunday evening at 7.90. Rev. Allen Shaw Bush preached from Genesis AT: 8, the text being How Old Art Thou? Rev. H. B. Sloat of Hartford was un- aToidably detained and the stereopticon slides which he was to have shown on this evening therefore were not seen. MT. and Mrs. c. F. Spooner of New Bedford, who were guests last week of Mrs. Spooners brother and sister-in-law MT. and Mrs. Nathan A. Gibbs, returned to their home Thursday and their niece,
 Miss Natalie King Gibbs, accompanied them to visit her grandmother, Mrs. Ma than P. Gibbs.
 Mrs. Frank L. Lathrop and daughter. Miss Marion ". Lathrop, of Norwich,
 were guests Friday at the home of Mrs Fanny A. Molthrop.
 Rev. ". T. Thayer and Mrs. Thayer of Hartford spent Friday night with Rev 5. IN. Browns Crossing.
 MT. and Mrs. J. C. Meyers and family of South Windsor motored to the par sonage Friday and were guests at dinner l of Rev. c. H. Wright and family. That afternoon they motored to Ocean Beach, 1 including Rev. Mr. Wright, Mrs. Wright and their son. William Wright, in their l party, some of the young people going by | train.
 l MT. and Mrs. Merle Mansfield and two | children of Westville, near New Haven, ] spent the week end at the home of Mrs Ellen Stoddard making the trip in their automobile.
 l MT. and Mrs. Nelson Parker of Nor wich their little daughter Margaret are l spending some days with Mrs. Parker parents, MT. and Mrs. Henry w. Hurlbutt. i Miss Mildred Harris of Groton is the | guest of her aunt, Mrs. Monett Lawson, in 1 the Long Cove district.
 1 Mir. and Mrs. George F. Dean, who are 1 in failing health at their home on the 1 New London road, are more comfortable. i Mrs. Richard Chase, who has been in 1 the Memorial hospital in New London for l two weeks, after spending one week at 1 the home of her sister, Mrs Albertus 1 Dean. in New London, while convalescing. was brought to her home at Long Cove l Saturday and continues to improve in 1 health.
 Mrs. Carl W. Brown returned Friday | from a visit to her mother Mrs. Mary A. | C. Norton, in Rockland, Me.
 Miss Sophia Serenson of Seattle Wash. is the guest of her sister. Mrs. Andrew 1 P. Miller Master Henry Larsen of Bos-
 ton is also visitor there. l Mrs. Emma Bennett and granddaush- l ter, En-Beth Bennett, have returned from
 visit to MT. and Mrs. Byron A. Maynard at Anthony, R. |
 l Mrs. Harper of Wichita, Kas., accom-
 panied by Norwich friends, was caller 1 at the home of Rev, Allen Shaw Bush and | Mrs. Bush recently.
 Miss Grace A. Chapman of the Stod- l dard district spent the week end with MT and Mrs Elmer Keene in BallouYille
 Mrs. J. A. Birch and daughter Dorothy
 were visitors at the home of Mr. and | Mrs. Stephen Perkins at Groton Monday Miss Mary Birch returned Monday from
 a ten. days visit with her aunt, Mrs | Menett Lawson. at Long Cove. Trying to dodge work tires more men