Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-20
VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS
 November 20 is St. Edmund's day.
 Sundays cold weather was sugges- tive of the nearness of Thanksgiving.
 A flock of wild geese was observed going south Sunday morning, another indication of the approach of cold weather.
 reported to the state comptro1ler's of flee their entire school enumeration as 2.667.
 ham Memorial has been completed and the property is now in most attrac tive shape.
 At the third quarterly conference at the Vernon Methodist church last week District Supt. J. H. Newland of Nor wich presided.
 Lowlands were flooded by Saturday mornings heavy rain, and some brooks are full as they have not been for several years.
 Thefts of brasses from flat and box cars of the New Haven road stand ing on sidings are being investigated by the roads detectives.
 Members of Sebequonash council will meet in Foresters' hall Monday morning at 10 o'clock to take action on death of Sister Culver.-adv.
 According to official reports, there are z1 Jewish farm families in and about Ellington, all engaged in dairy ing or tobacco raising, or both.
 The state dental commissioners Fri day and Saturday in the old senate chamber m the capitol examined 29 ar raYllT mi fnr
 The suppers and sales held each week in the new annex to the Mohegan church are proving successful. At the November supper over s11 was clear ed.
 pal church met for work for the first time this season on Friday afternoon in the Sunday school room. Tea was served
 A large number of men, women and children spent several hours in the Otis library reading room, Sunday aft ernoon and Miss Weldon was in charge.
 The state board of education is mailing to school officials and others interested an abstract of the laws re- garding the attendance and employ ment of children.
 Mrs. Jerome W. Williams of Massa- peag is so prostrated over the death Friday morning of her adopted son, Allen Henderson, that she is under the care of a physician.
 The Thames River Specialties com pany of Montville has filed in the of flee of the secretary of state a certi- cate of an increase in it's capital stock from s65o,ooo to s1.50o,eoo.
 Mir and Mrs. William H. Guest of New London have announced the en- eagement Of their daughter, Miss Ma rion, to Past AIidshipman Franklin Speakman Steinwachs, C. $. N.
 Because the ferryboat broke the spi1ing on the Groton side when land ing saturday norning, it was inpos- sible to use the slip during the day and passengers were taken across from New London in launches.
 Norwich members have been appris- ed that the Putnam Phalanx will have it's annual Thanksgiving turkey shoot this (Monday) evening at the armory. Turkeys will be awarded the best Refreshments will be served.
 The Connecticut conference of the union painters of the state was held The delegation, who numbered about 100, were guests of the painters, paper hangers and decorators local of New London.
 All Sunday schools in the Stoning- ton association held a simultaneous prayer meeting at the close of the service Sunday afternoon. This in cludes the churches of Groton, Po- quonnock, Mystic, Old Mystic, Ston- ington, North Stonington and Noank.
 The Scully tug Salutation. with four s~, mont. off Plum Island about sso o'clock Saturday morning. The tug put into New London harbor with the three barges at noon. It is understood that there were two men on the lost barge.
 Writing up Torrington's typhoid ep- idcnic. Saturdays Hartford Courant had a cut of Rev. Joseph H King, who was chairman of the tag day com mittee for the hospital fund, and who told of the good results of charita ble cooperation. Rev. Father King is a native of East Norwich.
 Referring to the birth of daugh- ter. Dorothy Huntington, to MT. and Mrs Charles Peleg Wilbur (Martha New London Globe says: If the birth had taken place two days earlier it would have occurred on the second 9 anniversary of the wedding of the par ents
 The slips signed by the men of St. Patrick's parish who pledge them selves to become members of the Holy Name society were collected on Sun day. At the high mass Rev. Thomas 4. Grunbly encouraged the men to take this step, as a virtual declara tion of their belief in the divinity of Christ.
 Tn August, Miss Mamie B. Ward left Norwich to make her home in Hart ford. She has taken q. suite of rooms in q 16-apartrnent houSe on Wethers field avenue. and is member of the working force of the Connecticut Chil- dren's Aid society of that city, which has sn office at so Brown, Thompson building.
 At business meeting of the direc- tors Of Manchester Unity held in Hartford Saturday. Grand Treasurer