Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-29
GALES FERRY

 Mr and Mrs. Walter M. Buckingham on the tenth anniversary of their mar riage entertained at dinner Monday even- Ing at their home in the village. Covers were laid for fourteen The guests in ciuded Mir. and Mrs J. Frank Clark, parents of Mrs Buckingham, with Miss | Florine Scofield, Mir. and Mrs. W. H. Oat, | Mrs. Harvey M. Briggs, MT. and Mrs. l Lester Greenman, Mrs B. F. Barnes, 1 Charles Olson and Day Fillmore all of | Norwich. Mir. and Mrs. Buckingham re- ,eived congratulations gifts of flowers, l money, and aluminium ware. At the fortnightly business meeting of 1 the Village Improvement association in ( the Country club house Monday evening ! the first vice president, Rev. Allen Shaw Bush. presided in the absence of the president, Ds R. Povey. On landscape gardening. Mrs A S. Bush, chairman of the committee, reported progress in the blowing and seeding the memorial plot on the Military highway. Mrs. Bush's committee remains as last year, Tracy Smith aid Peter Hoffman, for the work The new committee on fire prevention re- ported having held two informal meet ings. Miss Dorothy Birch, president of the Juniors, reported that they had en- tered a flower garden contest, and A. J. Brrndage of Storrs Agricultural college had helped them with new ideas for the work Secretary Parker announced that the president. D. R. Povey, has appointed this Saturday. afternoon as cleanup day for the village It was voted to re- duce the membership dues for 1922 from F1 to 50 cents. Daylight saving time vas considered by the meeting and vote taken favored 1t Rev Mir. Bush, who had prepared a sketch of the early his tory of Gales Ferry and the early settle ments on the east side of the Thames liver. spoke of the Brewster family which settled at Brewster's Neck the Allyn family at Allyn's Point and the stoddard family at Gales Ferry. Roger Sale had the first franchise for ferry between the village and the opposite side of the river, now Montville, about TITO. The name of this village was established and has continued Gales Ferry A chair, with arms. was on exhibition. loaned by Mrs. Charles H. Comstock, that was for rnerly in the Gale home here. This chair Is in an excellent state of preservation although over 150 years old.
 The lesson for the home nursing class Wednesday afternoon, with Miss Coakley, Red Gross nurse was care of patients with communicable diseases. The lesson for next week IS common ailments and emergencies.
 Mrs. Lydia IT. Chase of Portsmouth, R. l., who has been a guest at the home Of Rev. and Mrs. Roderick MacLe in Hanover. Is now visiting her son, Richard H. Chase. at Long Cove.
 Mrs. Harmon l.. Perkins was In Nor wich Town Monday 10 visit her brother, Cyrus Chapman, who underwent an op- eration last week for the removal Of cataract from one eye. It is said the operation was successful and Mir. Chap nan Is making favorable recovery.
 IT Winthrop Hurlbutt Is building a shop and garage 1sx40 feet at Woodlavn farm.
 Eddie Simmons of the Bon Ton Girls company. who have been in the middle west recently. closed the season Saturday at St. Louis MT Simmons returned to his home in the village Tuesday. Mrs. Simmons had opened the house some weeks ago.
 There was no school Wednesday after noon, as the teacher, Mrs. Winifred Crzpeau. attended the spelling contest in Palmer Memorial school, Montviile, when representative pupils from several schools were entered in the contest. Cor don Manisrre. a pupil of the village school attended with his teacher.
 The grass was ignited by a spark from ths locomotive of the train due at Gales Ferry at 11.43 wednesday, below the station, near Browns Crossing, on the east side Of the track, and the flames ran with great celerity toward the build inEs on the property of Albertus H. Dean Men were called and saved the buildings and subdued the fire.
 Rev. ". D. Woodward attended the contest in the Palmer Memorial school 1foutviIle Wednesday afternoon.
 Mr and Mrs. Herbert II. Crandall and Mr. and Mrs. Fitch D. Crnadall, all ot New London. were callers at the home 0. the Misses Mathewson Wednesday,