Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-02
GALES FERRY

ReN. c. h. WrightS theme for his sermon Sunday morning in the M L. church was Nothing But Leaves-A Bar ren Life. Matt. 21: I9. At the evening service Rev. MT. Wright spoke from Tim othy S: 12. Fight the Good Fight. At the offertory the girls of Mrs. R. Irving Hurl- butts Sunday school class sang Praise the Creator. Rev. MT. Wright made an- houncement of the Willimantic camn meeting and Epworth league institute, from Aug. 20 to the 2Sth. Gov. Everett J. Lake is to be present Friday and Bish- op Hughes is to speak the last Sunday.
 A mock marriage took place Saturday evening at the Country club house at s3o o'clock under the auspices of the club. Bruce Dur2ont of Montclair, N. J., inn personated the bride, Miss Brucilla Bluff Montclair, took the part of the bride groom, Dorian Snow. Allan Dumont ap- peared as the brides mother. Burchard Wright was the minister, who performed the ceremony under a huge red bell sus- pended from an arch of green The bridal chorus from Lohengrin was played by Mrs. William S. Elliott of Norwich at the piano. The bride was of the Mary Pickford style. with curls. The cere- money, however, was interrupted by the appearance of widow with five children who protested that the bridegroom had promised to marry her, and her affections were damaged to the extent of 5000. With the promise to sell the wedding gifts at auction for the widows benefit, she allowed the ceremony to proceed. The part of the widow was taken by Mir. Mo Cleer of Brooklyn, N. r. The flower girls were Kenneth McCleer and Harold Bayles, the ring bearers Marjorie Bayles and Virginia McCleer, all of Brooklyn, N, Y.; the ushers were the misses Henrietta Ashton and Ruth Cook. both of Brook lyn, N. Y, and Lillian Dungan of Nor wich and Miriam Wright, Wisconsin Much fun was caused by the sale of the wedding gifts by the sheriff and auc. tioneer, William s. Elliott of Norwich The wedding cake was awarded Milton Sloat of Hartford Tee cream was on sale and dancing followed. There was a large attendance of the summer visitors Herb Smiths orchestra of Norwich fur nished music
 Gales Ferry has felt the effects of the electrical storms during the past week In the terrific one of Friday afternoon last lightning struck at the railroad sta ton, put all wires out of commission, al Browns Crossing a large oak was struck and the ground was plowed up for somt feet at Sunset Point H. Irving Hurlbutt who was placing window in one of th' portable houses, was struck by the boil and was rendered unconscious for somI minutes. the electricity burning his face The window upon which he was working was shattered to fragments. Men hayini on the farm of Amos Hurlbutt felt tn i electric shock greatly.
 l Sunday morning at the M. E. churcl | service during the storm that anne ul at that hour the electric lights wer l flashed off and on all during the service MT. and Mrs. Walter M. Buckingham l left Sunday morning to motor to tn i Catskills to spend Mir Buckingham's va cation of two weeks from his duties a l the Thames National bank, Norwich 1 They will stay at Squirrel inn, Haine Falls, N. Y.
 Mrs. Charles Tyler Bard has as he guest at her summer home here Mis- i Bertha Adams of Washington, D. | Other guests of MT. and Mrs. Bard las week were MT and Mrs. Benjamin Brow of Stonington. They gave a supper par 1 ty for ten.
 Dr. Peter C. Wright and Mrs wrigh are entertaining their niece. Miss Miriar | Wright of Delevan, Wis, at their cot tage. Among other guests at. the Wrigh cottage during the week past were Mr Frank Updyke of Hanover, N. H.. for tn
 week, MT. and Mrs. James L. Case C Norwich for dinner one evening, Mir. an
 Mrs Matthew Willard of New Londo
 for dinner, and Mir. and Mrs. Earl VI
 Dimon and daughter Lois of Hartford.
 Rev. Horace B. Sloat and family (
 Hartford are at their cottage, Bideawe
 for the season.
 Miss Virginia Carr of Montclair, N. J
 is the guest for two weeks of Miss Eth'
 Frost at the summer home of the famil
 here
 MT. and Mrs. R. W. Burchard and fan 1 fly of Passaic, \. J.I have taken th
 Dungan cottage for August
 Miss Grace A. Chapman has been th
 guest the past week of MT. and Mrs. E
 mer Keene of Ballouville. While thel
 Miss Chapman called on Rev. and Mir J. W. Carter at the parsonage at Atts | Waugan. Rev and Mrs. Carter were fol me residents of this place during th
 war. when Rev Mir. Carter was in '. } c. 4. work at the submarine base.
 MT. and Mrs Nelson Packer of Nol
 wich. with their daughter Margaret, II
 turned home Monday after spending M
 Parker's vacation of two weeks with re
 atives here.
 Mrs. B. Rideu and Mrs. Iva R. Johnso of Philadelphia are guests of NIT. an
 Mrs. George l. Dungan at The Pines fC
 two weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Mann of Putnal
 arrived Friday and opened their cottat for the season.
 Otto E. Wulf of Putnam spent a wee
 vacation at the summer cottage of u
 family. The Wulf Den, last week. Whi
 here MT. and Mrs. Wulf and family mt
 tored to Watch Hill Thursday.
 Mrs. Raymond Wulf entertained la
 week motor party from Waterbury
 Mrs Wulf's mother, Mrs. William La
 kin, and her uncle and aunt, Mir. an Mrs. Robert Denison.
 } Stewart Wright has been a recel
 guest of Mrs. F. \. Foster on Otis stree | Norwich.
 Miss Ruth McNaught of Hartford visiting her sister. Mrs Harold Carpel
 ter at her eottage on the bluff George Horigan and Mir Kelly Newport, R. l., were recent guests of M i, | ID