Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-12
GALES FERRY

The June meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary society was held at the home of the treasurer, Miss Kate B. Col yer, at the submarine base Tuesday af- ternoon, this being the 10th anniversary of the organization of the society and the 18th anniversary of the organization of this auxiliary. Miss Caroline B. Freeman. the president, presided. Miss Colver re- lated interesting incidents in the history of the auxiliary during the past Is years Mrs. R. Irving Hurlbutt, corresponding secretary, was named a delegate to at tend the Norwich district meeting in Un- casville M. E. church June 10. On mo- tion of Miss Sarah T. Latimer the pledges of the society were renewed for another year. Mrs. Emma Bennett was made chairman of the committee on the barrels of fruit and vegetables to be sent to the Deaconess home in New. Haven. The an- nual election of officers resulted as fol- lows: President, Miss Caroline B. Free man vice -nresident, Mrs. R. Irl%lg Hurl- butt recording secretary, Mrs. Fanny A. Molthrop; corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. W. Carter; treasurer, Miss Kate B. Colver; mite box secretary, Mrs liar mon L. Perkins chairman to assist in presiding at meetings in the following or der Miss Freeman, Miss Sarah T. Lati- mer, Mrs. c. E. Colver, Mrs. J. W. Carter, Miss Alice Satterlee, Mrs. G. H. Wright, Mrs. R. Irving Hurlbutt, Mrs. Harmon L. Perkins, Miss Laura A. Perkins and Mrs. Henry. W. Hurlbutt
 H. C. Gillspie of Baltimore, Md, Jean Martin of France, a velvet manufacturer of the company that recently purchased the Marlin Rockwell plant in Norwich, with ". H. Shields. also of Norwich, were dinner guests of w. Fred Smith in the village Sunday.
 Mrs. William LawIess of New London. who has been spending year and half with her daughter, Mrs. c. H. Laybocl1, in Santiago, Cal, arrived Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Kim ball. for a visit.
 Mrs. William H. Shields of Norwich. her daughter. Mrs. Henry s. Haskell of | New York, with Mir. and Mrs Thomas | NJ. Shields and children of Norwich, were an automobile party calling in this place recently.
 Mrs Joab Rogers returned Monday from a visit to Hartford. accomnanied l by her sister Mrs, Karl Schott of that | city. who will be her guest for time 1 There was no session of the village i school Thursday. as the pupils and teach ] CT Miss Grace X. Chapman, attended the l graduating exercises of the eight grades 1 of the schools of the town at Ledvard
 Center. The pupils of the Gales Ferry
 and Long Cove districts assisted in the 1 musical part of the program under the direction of Miss Chanman. There were l eight graduates from five districts in thu
 town. The pupils of the village schoo
 with three from Long Cove through thu
 courtesy of Amos Main, with his spar
 of horses and big hay wagon, were con | veyed to and from Ledyard Center Som, l of the pupils have never been able to at
 tend these exercises before on account O
 no transportation, which convenience MT
 Main kindly made possible this year. ". Fred Smith of the village open,
 the Lewis cottage on the Bluff. as is hi
 custom, for the Boston Globe newspape
 men and their friends today Saturday during the stay of the Yale and Harvar,
 oarsmen here at practice before the re
 gatta. A lineman from the Postal Tele
 graph placed a line in the cottage thi
 week for the use of the newspaper men
 Mir. and Mrs. George Dungan of Nor
 wich have recently taken the cottage ol
 the Bluff formerly known as the Phinne,
 cottage
 Mrs. !. Otis Winchester of Laurel HI
 Norwich. spent several days the pas
 week with MT. Winchester at their bun galow at Perkins place.
 : Miss Ethel Fairfield of Boston visite friends in this plact last week and rela
 tives in AIlyn's Point and Groton whil
 en route to Webster. Mass.
 5 Electricity has been reaching the vi } lage since Monday night at the Yal l quarters and by Wednesday night most ( l the houses that were wired received th } juice furnished by the Eastern Connect
 cut Power company
 MT. and Mrs. Thorwald Bruun of Gre