Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-14
GALES FERRY

H Wright Sunday morning in the M. E. church for the first of two sermons which he will give preceding Christmas Before the close of the service envelopes were given out for membership in the American White Cross. the object to per petuate the work of the New England Deaconess and Palmer Memorial hospi- tals.
 At the Sunday school session Mrs. J. Edmund Norman was made oh rnean of the decorating committee for the Christ mas celebration. with Mrs. Eugene La Fontaine's class of girls assistants. A special offering was asked for in the school next Sunday for this celebration. At a meeting of the Sunday school board following the session it was voted to hold the Christmas celebration Friday evening, the 23d, in the vestry, and ar- engagements have been made with Santa Claus to come here that evening. Richard H. Chase was the leader of the Epworth league Sunday evening ser vice, with the topic A Vision of Living Water Special readings were given on the topic. At the offertory duet. In the Lonely Midnight, was sung by Mrs Monette Lawson and Miss Gertrude AL len, Miss Jennie G. Perkins being pian- ist.
 Dudley c. Perkins, scoutmaster. and Alfred Erickson, patrol leader, of the To- cal scouts, were among the members of | the New London council of scouts who visited by invitation Saturday morning the T. A. Scott conlpany's plant in New | London, where they were given the op- | portunity to inspect the wireless station, | the divers equipment room, the machine | shop, and the first submarine built This | is first Of fat doJ
 the New London council of scouts for
 succeeding Saturday mornings to visit | places of industry and plants in New
 London.
 The last game in the series of seven
 was played in the Country club house | Thursday evening by the Gales Ferry | Pinochle club and the Pioneer Hose com
 pany club 3f Groton. The score was 125 to S5 in favor of the Pioneers A supper
 was served at the close of the game by
 the Gales Ferry club, baked beans, frank
 furters, sauerkraut, pickles, pie, cake and
 coffee forming the spread. The individ-
 ual score of the six club members who 1 stood highest follows Orrin S. Bennett
 7.270, Amos Main 65,140, Norman L.
 Brown 64,47o. Carl Nylen 63,750 Wallace 1 Norcross 2,71o A. P. Miller 6o,3S0. Other
 members who have games to make up
 are D. R. Povey. Walter NJ Buckingham.
 l StSA A4OllA4idll INuluS w. l.. l.
 Blackwell, Charles Johnson Lincoln
 Fairfield, Alfred E. Rogers. Nelson Par
 ker and MT. Book
 Representative Henry W. Hurlbutt was
 one of the 50 talesrnen summoned for thg United States district court in Hartford
 last week. MT. Hurlbutt was able to get excused from remaining during the entire
 session of the court.
 William K. Wright and Orrin S. Ben nett began Monday morning the work of
 building the new veranda across the en- tire front of the Country club house.
 MT. and Mrs. Richard H. Chase of
 Long Cove, with their young sons. Her : man, Richard, Howard and Irving, mo.
 tored to Hanover Sunday and were
 guests of their relatives, Rev and Mrs Roderick Macleod.
 l Mrs. Carleton P, Browning and daugh. ter, Emily King Browning, with Mrs
 Frank Smith, all of Britannia Beach, B C., who are guests at the home of Mrs
 Browning's parents, MT. and Mrs Nathan A. Gibbs left here last week for few
 days visit with MT. Brownfngs parents
 MT. and Mrs. Frank W. Browning, a Kitemaug.
 Mrs. Harriet F. Crandall and her sis ter, Mrs. Harlan A. Pierce. will clos, their home in the village today (Tues day) and will leave for Washington. D C., to spend the winter. A Mrs. Richard S. Parker, who has beer at tn ehome of her son and daughter-in law, Mir. and Mrs. Nelson Parke-, for , few weeks left Monday to spend he holi days at the home of her daughter Mrs E Walter H. Bushnell, in West Haven. Miss G. K. Bray, who supplied for Car U B. Lawson, second trick operator, durin, E his vacation of one week from his dutie r at the railroad station here. returned f. Boston Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter M Buckinehan are spending some time in Norwich . the home of Mrs. Buckingham's parents
 MT. and Mrs. J. Clark owing to the ill ness of Mrs Clark.
 William D. Allen of the Long Cove dis trict. with Ransford and Irving Collin of Allyn's Point, went last week to Wa terbury, where they are employed f bridge construction.
 George Cryne of Waterbury was
 guest of MT. and Mrs. Nelson Parker 2
 their home in the village over Wednes
 day night.
 Mrs. E. W. Greene of, Long Cove cot
 tage has returned from a weeks visit i \ New York
 M Carl B. Lawson, with Orrin s. Bonnet \ motored over the new state road to liar,
 don one day last week during MT. Law \ sons vacation.
 Fl Mrs. Charles H Winchester and MT
 Jennie H. Davis of Norwich were wis to,