Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-01
GALES FERRY

\InolnaS F. Kinney was III E1dEAoHu on
 Thursday. GALES FERRY The village school, Mrs winifred Gre peau, teacher, closed last Friday after- noon for the vacation of one week. Christmas exercises were held by the sch66l with Christmas tree with gifts for all the children and the teacher. The programme follows: sSong, Merry, Mer- ry Christmas, school; recitation, Vel come, Rose Noreress; recitation, Christ mas Welcome, Louise Jones; recitation, Christmas Thoughts, Ruth Fabel; Fectta- 1 tions, Iris Christmas Day, Robert AL l lyn; Beautiful Story of Bethlehem. Mary I Jones; song, Christmas Sleighride, by school; recitation, Mrs. Santa's Plan, | Treasurers, Dorothy Birch, Em-Beth
 Bennett Edith Fabel, Viola Riley; reel 1 tation, When You Were Small, Dorothy Fabel; recitation. Hanging Up Dolle's | Stocking. Dorothy Davis recitation, | Christmas is Here, Dora Lewis; song, | Wise Men Behold, David Carter; Edith i Fabel, Mary Jones, Ruth Fabel; exercise, l Christmas Acrostics, Dorothy Davis, J. l Edmund Norman, IT,. Louise Jones, Will | jam MeNaught, Helen De Rusha, Mil 1 dred Crepeau, Rose Norcross, Earl Co., man, Douglas Fabel; recitation, Christ | mas Dreams. Mildred Crepeau exercises, l Wishing, Mary Jones, Ethel Maine, David 1 Garter, Harry Allyn, Dorothy Birch. Gordon Maptiere; song, Silent Night, by 1 the school
 arhose perfect in attendance fer, the I'month were, Robert Allyn, Dorothy Fa- 1 bei, Ruth Fabel, Edith Fabel, Douglas EFabe1, Warren Norcross, Mary Jones, i Ethel Main, Paul Miller, Rose Norcross, 1 En-Beth Bennett, Dorothy Birch, David Carter J. Edmund Norman. Jr., Louise l Jones.
 The school at Long Cove, Miss Evelyn Whipple, teacher, had special exercises for Christmas and many friends of the children were present, Friday afternoon. The school has a vacation Of one week. | The Book club met at the home of | the Misses Povey, Wednesday afternoon.
 The topic was Our Pilgrim Fathers. Our Pilgrim Legacy, the introductory reading,
 was given by Miss Grace Povey. Eearly Hardshibs of the Pilgrims was read by Mrs Eugene La Fontairie; Character of
 the Pilgrims, read by Miss Alice Satter-
 lee; The Women of the Mayf1ower. by Miss Adelina Povey; Priscilla the Puri- tan Maiden, was described by Mrs. Carl B. Lawson. The First Landing was read by Mrs. Walter NJ Buckingham. The
 First Baby was the theme of Miss Lau- i "a A. Perkins. The First Wedding was
 described by Miss Povey. Pilgrim ana grams were given cut Miss Povey gave little calendars with interesting, historic
 Pilgrim pictures for decoration. The ciusl , voted to give s10 immediately for the l care Of a child in the Near East Reliei work. The hostesses served tea.
 Following the business meeting of the Village Improvement association Monday : evening stereopticon lecture was read l by Mrs Walter NJ Buckingham, illus 5 trated with slides, on The Coast of New England. with many interesting views al . Plymouth, Mass. Walter M. Bueking ham operated the slides. Weather con l ditions did not favor a large attendance Miss Caroline B. Freeman left Fri 2 day to spend the holidays with relative: and friends in New York city and Mt Vernon; N. '.
 A family dinner party at the hom,
 of KIT. and Mrs. Walter NJ. Buckingham : on Christmas day. included MT. Buck |. if1sham's father, William A. Buckingham . his brother, William A., Jr., of Norwich and sister, Miss Helen R., of New York q with Mrs. Buckingham's parents, MT. ant r Mrs. J. Frank Clark and Miss Florin' |. Scofield also of Norwich.
 I Mrs. Emma Bennett and son, Orrin c and her granddaughter, Bm-Beth Ben d nett, were guests Christmas at the hom [ l of their relative in Norwich, Mrs. Ad
 l relia Sutliff Lyon. Mrs. Bennett and he fl granddaughter remained over Sunday a ii guests of their aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Da " wis.
 :, Eugene La Fontaine of the stoddar r district had a spring pig butchered las < week which weighed 320 pounds, one o 1 the April litter of Chester White pigs raised at the farm of Latham E. Smith
 near the village.
 Mrs. Fanny A. .Molthrop returned Tues 2 day from a holiday visit to her relative. Il Mir and Mrs. c. E. Colver and Mis-
 Kate B. 'Colver. at the Submarine Bast S Moves B. Allyn was a member of y family dinner party Christmas day a e. the home of Judge Lucius Brown an Mrs. Brown in Norwich
 Mir. and Mrs. Dudley c. Perkins an 1. daughter. Miss Jennie G. Perkins, at 1t tended the 'fY'' entertainment given i P the Community house, Norwich, I'll ." Rainbow Girls. Wednesday evening, UT .- der the auspices of the Y. NJ. C.. A. V Miss Mildred Rogers, youngest daugl n ter of MT. and Mrs. Alfred E. Roger
 of Panama, arrived Wednesday, at II ,. home of her aunt. Mrs. Delphine Fis ,s in the village. Miss Rogers is on - three months leave of absence fror Er Sr. her duties as clerk in the administrs
 tion building, Panama. She left Panan aS nearly three months ago, going direct .@ San Francisco, and visited friends the ef i and in Los Angeles for two months, lea ing there en route for the east, sl ne spent two weeks in Wyoming, one wet De in Hartford, Conn, with relatives, al SC is due to leave here for Panama Janual Y; on her return trip.
 HI The amount realized to date from u
 Christmas tree for the Deaconess' Ho
 pital, Boston, held in the M. E. churc
 Monday evening with the Christmas e
 tertainment was ss5. It is probable mo or may be added to this sum.
 le- The Woman's Home Missionary socie re of the, church has pledged its plate ( est fering for three months for this pu ha pose.
 ss Mrs. Charles Burrows, Mrs Slime e. Fish and daughter, Hortense, all of P Tor uuonnoc, spent Wednesday with M ,V- Delphine Fish H ew COVENTRY