Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-17
LEDYARD

The prize speaking contest of the Ledyard schools was held in the Con- gregational church Thursday after noon. One pupil was selected from each school in town to compete and the prize winners will compete in a distric cspeaking contest which com prises the towns of Preston, Ledyard, Waterford, Bozrah, North Stonington and Montville, and will be held ill Norwich April 29. The, winner of the district contest will compete for the state contest. The exercises were in charge of Supervisor c. R. Stone of Norwich. Following a duet by Miss Hazel Olin and Miss Doris Whipple of the Lamb school, Supervisor Stone explained the object of the speaking contest; piano solo, Miss Mildred Keene of Gales Ferry school; Virginia recited The Chambered Nautilus; Laura Morgan of Ledyard Center school, Oh Captain. My Captain; Sarah Staccirini of Lantern Hill school, Gettysburg Address,: Annette 1 Morgan, the Cider Hill school, The Windmill Hazel Olin. Lamb district, The Blue and the Gray; Ivy Crouch, the Unionville school, Three Bells; Edna Holmberg of the Drawbridge school, The ChildreH's Hour; Marion l Geer, Geer school, The Blue and. the Gray; Mildred Keene, Gales Ferry school, Independence Bell; Alice Hen derson, Gallup Hill school, An In cident of French Camp. Clifton Brownell of Hartford sang two solos which were highly appreciated.
 A spelling contest followed, Doris 1 Whipple of the Lamb school standing the longest. with Willie Gray second. Miss RuthsE. Main played piano solo, as did also Miss Mary D. Corcoran. Miss Osmurld- the district nurse. ad- ldressed' the parents and children. Her talk was very interesting and was closely followed The judges of the contest, MT. Brownen of Hartford. Su- pervisor C. R. Stone of Norwich and Judge $: E. Holdridge of Ledyard announced as the winners Sarat Staccirini of the Lantern Hill school with honorable mention to Marian Geer of the Geer school.
 Holdridge.. Mr and Mrs. Joseph A Clark, Mir. and Mrs. Billings T
 Avery. Mrs. Bertha L. Avery and Mis-.
 Dorothy Lester of this town attended 7 the Pomona grange meeting in Water
 ford Thursday.
 The Christian Endeavor society elected the following officers Sunda, evening for the ensuing six months President, Mrs. Grace Connolly; vic
 president, Ray. D. Holdridge; secre
 tary, Frieda Goodenough; treasurer
 Fanny Gray: chairmen, lookout com mittee Albert W. Kinmouth; brave f meeting committee, Rev. G. F. Goo r enough; social committee, Barbar
 Goodenough; music committee, Mrs
 Anna B. eGeer: missionary committee s Archie Holdridge.
 Charles Gray. son of Mir. and MT. 1 James B. Gray, is enjoying 10 day. 2 furlough. being stationed now at Cam Upton, N. Y.
 n Mir. and Mrs. Dexter Church wi
 move May list from the Stiffe farr irg Iedyard, where they have live l for the past three and one half year,
 to Hallville. where Mrs Church wi
 conduct the boarding house for in
 Hall Bros. company. Mir. and MT,
 Church have been good neighbors an
 itsls with regret that the townspeopl
 H. J. Miles. federal inspector. was 1
 town Tuesday and inspected th
 strawberry plants grown cby S.
 Holdridge. The inspector found the1 bfree from any gypsy or brownts
 moths and certified that the plant lean be shipped to any locality or stat, With inspeetion card attached.
 Ohm H. Avery Of Glastonbury was
 recent caller in town.