Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-20
MANSFIELD CENTRE

The annual, election of officers of Echo grange was held last Tuesday evening, resulting as follows: Master, Fred Rose brooks; overseer, Ralph Anthony; sec retary, Mrs. A. E.. Anthony; treasurer, Carl Alfort; lecturer, Mrs. s> Theron Swift; chaplain. A. B. Anthony; gate keeper, Forrest Gray; steward, A, D. Clough; lady. assistant, Mrs. Louise Wal ker; Flora, Mrs. G. c, Jenner : Pomona, Mrs. Ralph Anthony; Ceres, Mrs. E. E. Kramer.
 There was geod attendance at the meeting of the Ladies Aid society held at the parsonage Wednesday afternoon A luncheon was served to which Mrs Anna Clark contributed her popular election cake. The committees appointed to serve the supper for the meeting of the Mems club next Tuesday evening is Mrs. A. Lauder. Mrs. G. H. Wyman and Mrs. l. Goodell. The next meeting of the Ladies Aid will be held after Thanksgiving.
 A vsrS pleasing production of The Old Peabody Pew, by Kate Douglass Wiggin was given at the Mansfield Gen. ter church Thursday evening by the La dies circle of Storrs. Most of the cast were members or wives of the faculty of ! the college, and the parts were excellent ly taken. Mrs. Marshall Dawson was Nancy Wentworth. Prof. w. F. Kirk patrick posed as Justin Peabody, Mrs l I. G. Davis as Mrs. Baxter, minister's wife, Mrs. L. B. Crandall as president of the Ladies' Aid, Other members of the Cast were Mrs Edmopd Mrs c. A. Wheeler, Miss Edwina Whitney. Mrs. C. H. Lamson, Mrs. H. S. Patterson, Mrs. S. P. Hollister was reader and director
 with Prof. Hollister, manager and Mrs
 H. D. Newton pleasing pianist and sos
 Host.
 The Center church was an ideal set
 ting for the drama, and the costumes
 of the period of 1S4O afforded a very pretty picture.s The proceeds, which
 amounted to about $46 were equally df- vided between the Storrs church and the Mansfield library.
 The meeting of the Mems club of
 Mansfield which will be held at the Cen
 ter church on next Tuesday evening will be addressed by Joseph B. Palmer, Iof Hartford, director of Religious Edu-
 cation of the Y. M. e. A.
 The meeting of the Young Peoples club was postponed and will be held on l Wednesday evening, the twenty-second at the home of James Inman. .l Mrs. Allison olin announces the en- lgegement of her daughter, Florence Et- Eta, to George Gordon Stewart, of Man .l chester, N. H, .h E.
 Mrs. "A. VI. olfn entertained over the
 week end Miss Florence 5Oltn of Hart \ ford. George G. Stewart of Manchester T N. H., J. F.. Flynn of Providence and
 Myron olfn of New Britain
 \ Mrs. O. A. Perry and family left or Tuesday for their winter home in New ,I York city. The family will be missed ,i in Mansfield. T. B.. Wilcox, who ac. \ eompanied them returned later in tn. week..
 j MT. and Mrs I. B. Wilcox are occup ] ing Mrs. Perrys home, dylSmanse, fol j the. winter. y
 This week win be observed at fh. ;. Mansfield library as Children's Week, Having been impossible to arrange for i ! last week as did many libraries thronsh out the country. The library will b, .lopenl at the usual hours and also, ol
 Wednesday and Thursday safternoonss O : next week from three to four thirty O 7 clock, in order to give parents and al ! interested q better opportunity to se the exhibit of desirable books for chil
 dren, the aim of Children's Book Weel ! being to encourage better reading an the choice of books for Christmas gift : to. children and the establishment 0 ! some libraries. s
 On "Wednesday and Thursday after
 moons this week beginning at s.s0 so' Q clock there will be a story hour fo . dren in town with their mothers ar
 invited. The books to be on exhibi { thioughout the week and ther ewilI b c suggestive lists for the distributioR st srading and excavating for the celia s