Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-26
COLUMBIA

1 Columbia grange held a meeting We'd nesday evening, but as the night was 1 stormy there was only small attend ance During the lecturers hour there was reading by Mrs. w. H. Carpenter, ] a piano selection by Mrs. Clayton E. Hunt, and very interesting address on gardening was delivered bX Madison | Woodward
 l Mir. and Mrs Theodore Lyman and Mrs. Raymond Squier spent Sunday with MT. and Mrs. James A. Utley at their home on the Green.
 Frank Mitchell, who was employed in. connection with the building of the state roads in town recently, has been living in Thompson, and more recently in Willi- mantle. Lately he bought the Denison Avery place and ten acres of land belong ing to the estate of John W. Fuller and expects to take possession shortly.
 Frank Bogue, brother of Mrs. James A. Utley, recently bought the Schillinger place on the Pine street road and moved his household goods there Saturday.
 Edward Stiles of Tobacco street Is i'll and is a patient in St. Joseph's hospital, WilIimantic During the past year he has been raising and selling tobacco. Thursday his son passed through the Center with a load of baled tobacco leaves weighing 1000 pounds which he was taking to Manchester for delivery.
 Early Friday and Saturday mornings there was half an inch of ice in the rain barrels, and the ground was frozen the thermometer being 22 degrees at H. w. Porter's store The flowers on a large magnolia bush which had just come into full bloom were blasted and those on an- l other bush which were just ready to i bloom were blasted also. It is the opinion of some that the blossoms on the pear i and peach trees are killed, but not the apple blossoms.
 A. A. Latham has purchased from Fred A. Hunt building site on the Pine street road about quarter of a mile from the Green, Where he expects to build a home for himself.
 The first annual meeting of the Colum- b;a Improvement society which was or ganized a year ago, was held at the town .fhaiI Saturday evening Plans for. the i'm | provement of the Green and the means for the procuring of funds for the pur- pose were considered. The following off cers were elected: w. H. Carpenter president; Mrs. Henry B. Hutchins, sec retarys H. W. Porter, treasurer; Huber
 P Collins, Rowland L. Cobb and Mrs Lester J. Hutchins. directors.
 The case against Edward Phillips fo
 having a rabbit in his possession durins the closed season for hunting, which wa
 decided against him, and which he ap
 pealed to the superior court, was heart
 at Rockville Tuesday last before Judg Haines. Friday the judge rendered hi
 opinion reaffirTning the verdict of th'
 lower court adjudging the defendan
 guilty. His lawyer, Samuel B. Harvey
 gave notice of an appeal to the suprem
 court.
 The sermon Sunday morning was ol
 the text Lord, increase our faith" Tn
 speaker, Mir Owen, said that the disci
 ples prayed for spiritual ability to man age their lives with humility and faitI A local cyclone of considerable force , i which appeared to travel down the high
 way from the direction of the lake, stop ped at the home Of W. H. Carpenter tearing off the roof of his woodhouse,
 building about 20x30 feet scattering tn
 shingles and boards over the grounds
 some falling into the building, afte which the force of the cyclone appeare , | to be spent