Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-26

prosperity that came ta the laborer, un- girded him and made him, too often, a stacker the prosperity that came to the merchant and manufacturer ungirded them, and made them profteers and what prosperity came to the rest of us led us into extravagance and waste. Since the first blowing of the armis- tice whistles, America has been living in | the shadows. There comes to us now, l in our econohim crisis of readjustment, the summons of the prophet Jeremiah,
 Turn back; dwell deep.' Jeremiah 49,S)
 The special significance of this i Thanksgiving day is due to it's nearness i to the time for celebrating the 300th an- l niversary of the landing of the Pil- | grims. It must lead us to become bet 1 ter acquainted with their thought of 1 life; and to plant our life more square | ly upon the foundations they laid Those | foundations were a sense of responsibil- | ity to God, willingness to endure hard i ship in order to build free common wealth, and a sense, of mission The | richness of our natural resources calls us | to be a prosperous people but not mere l ly that we may build more barns, and | sit down and rot in self-indulgence. We are called to prosperity in order that we may Tive, and help live" If we sit 1 down, in the midst of our bursting barns, 1 and gorge ourselves while other peoples l are starving, we shall create a gulf of l arrangement and forfeit that leadership which the Pilgrims prepared for us.
 If we are. today, thankful for what 1 God has done for us, we shall feel our l obligation to use our riches nobly. Then ] all peoples shall rise up and call us l blessed.
 i The usual Thanksgiving offering was Q a of, Ua T1e 1 money collected in this free will offer ing is to be given to the Willimantic 1 chapter of the Red Cross. The service | closed with the singing of America and the benedietion pronounced by Rev. MT Carpenter.
 The congregation expressed a hope
 that Rev. c. Harley Smith, pastor 0. the Methodist church might speedily re cover from his illness and return to hi'
 church people in this city, in the bes
 of health. Rev. MT. Smith is now il
 a Boston hospital for treatment and il
 reported as gaining steadily
 Open house was kept at the Y. NJ. c
 A. Thanksgiving day and at five o'clocl
 in the afternoon the first in a series 0
 educational pictures were shown in tn
 lobby Under the directon of G. E. Gil
 man there were two reels of pictures
 the first entitled, Behind the Big
 Fence was a sightseeing tour throug the Western Electric Company plant
 The second picture was of Toledo an
 Cleveland, Ohio, and showed the man i industrial activities of those cities. Thes pictures will be shown later in the wee and the first in a series of educa tional films that are to be shown at tn
 ''Y' at least twice each week.
 Plans are under way for Athleti *Supper tos be given at the Y. NJ c. A = Friday night, December 3, for the pul
 pose of interesting the young men (
 the city in thletics for the coming sea son. During the supper music will | furnished by some well known orches , tra. Herman D. Berlew of Wesleyan, to be the speaker. MT Berlew wa captain of the 1920 Wesleyan footba
 eleven and his team went through. Il - season with but one defeat. He is
 member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity an
 is active in college athletics Bowlir
 teams and basketball teams representa-
 the local "" are being planned ar the meeting will be devoted to discu
 sion of all lines of sport.
 During the past six weeks and mo I I freight has been slaclzenjng on the Ne Haven road with the mills in Willima | tic runnig only part time, and me r, chants have laQe new goods, Two of Il . through Nailies affecting this city hal