Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-14
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Norwich, Thursday, Nov. IA, 1912.
VARIOUS MATTERS.

Thanksgiving is two weeks from today.
 The personal tax enumerators are busy with their canvass. A number of the churches will ob- serve next week as Home Mission week.
 Rev. w. F. White of Ledyard preached in the Congregational church in Westport Sunday morning.
 Big whist tonight Foresters' hall, by St. Jeans lodge, 25 cts.-adv.
 The Connecticut oyster trade is very satisfactory in spite of the fact that the weather is pretty warm.
 Patrick Good of Everett street is adding a large piazza to his residence and making other improvements.
 Physicians, from many eastern Con- necticut towns are in New York this week, attending the Clinical Congress of America.
 The open fall has enabled farmers to close up their seasons work more completely than has been the case in many years.
 Miss Mary Powers of Norwich, who has taught grade c in the Windsor Locks public schools for the past two years, has resigned.
 It is doubtful if there is clock in the city more convenient or con suited more frequently than that on the new Chelsea bank.
 The flag at Buckingham Memorial was flown at half staff Wednesday morning, as soon as the death of Lew is J. Saxton was announced.
 Don't forget whist tonight. Foresters hall, St. Jeans lodge. 25 cts.-adv.
 Friends of missionaries in Van. Tarsus and other points in Turkey learn that they are perfectly safe, be- ing far from the location of the con- flict.
 A marriage license was granted at New Britain Tuesday to Andry Hore- lik of 3SS North Main street. Norwich, and Paraska Cherkaz of the same ad- dress.
 Counterfeit half dollars have been discovered in the state, coming from Waterbury. The spurious coins are considerably lighter than the genuine ones.
 Roast pig supper at Second Cong church, Friday, 6.15 p. m., 35 cents.- adv.
 The 6O5th anniversary of the inde- pendence of Switzerland will be cele- brated by the Swiss associations of the state Saturday evening, Novem- Der Is.
 Miss Lucy Hampstead of Quaker Hill is substituting in the primary room of the Mantle school, as Miss Weiss, the regular teacher, is i'll at her home in New Haven.
 A wedding Tuesday in Holy Name church, Worcester will be that of Miss Angelina Bombardier of 16 Bea- son street, Worcester and Michael Ar thur Daigneault of Plainfeld.
 Yale alumni have received invitations from the president and fellows of Yale university to the dedication of Wright hall, on the college campus, Saturday morning, Nov. 23, at Il o'clock.
 Buy Christmas gifts, aprons, home made cake and candy, at Spiritual Academy tomorrow and Saturday. Sal ad and bean suppers, 15c.-adv.
 Mrs. E. E. Spicer and MT. and Mrs. Roger Spicer left Eastern Point on Tuesday for a visit in New York, from which place Mrs. F. E. Spicer will go to Florida to remain for the winter.
 One of the large Branford farm auto trucks is making two trips daily to the Plant game preserve, transporting several hundred black pigs from East ern Point to the branch in East Lyme.
 Officers elected by the county c. E. union Tuesday were Rev. George c. Chappell of Montville, president; Rev. Albert E. EarnshaW of Mystic, vice president, and Miss Edna D. Maynard secretary treasurer.
 A delegation of Heptasophs from Groton conclave, No. 32, which was entertained Sunday evening by Nor wich conclave. No. 424. has invited the Norwich members to visit Groton soon and the invitation has been ac- cepted.
 All the mills at Montville are work ing full time, some of them overtime, to keep up with the rush orders on hand. There is a scarcity of mill help and the mills find it hard to get enough operatives to run all their ma chinery.
 An appropriation of over $1,000,0 900 for the foreign missionary work of the Methodist Episcopal church was voted by the general committee in session in Brooklyn, N. Y, Monday. The gross sum allowed for the ensuing year is $1,103,596. A Warehouse Point correspondent notes the importance of the mission study class conducted by the Metho- dist pastor Rev. c. H. Van Natter, who has held pastorates at Jewett City, Grosvenordale and elsewhere in eastern Connecticut. The Pequot Brass Foundry, incor- porated, of Norwich, has filed a cer- tificate of organization, showing it's officers to be: President, Frank S. Green; treasurer and secretary, Ed win F. Tracy; directors. Frank M