Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-24
VARIOUS MATTERS

of acceptable white flowers for Me morial day
 l The oldest living member of the ! Baptist church, William G. Atwater of 1 Meriden, celebrated his 9Sth Airthday | Wednesday.
 | Currant worms are said to be unus- | ually early and active this spring and l farmers are, buying hellebore to, com | bat the pest
 | President Albert Schumacher of the l Lumber Dealers association of Con- necticut, presided at the annual meet ing of the association.
 From the present outlook, it would l seem that the hay crop would be a could alter this prediction.
 Turner's from eastern Connecticut will attend the big state celebration at the dedication of the new Turner hall in New Britain June TIP.
 Local flower growers have been mo- tifed that this evenings meeting of 1 the Connecticut Horticultural society at Hartford will be Pansy night.
 Engineer John Carrigan of the Cen tral Vermont railway received a tele- gram Wednesday evening announcing the death of his brother James in Ban gor.
 Recent contributors to Brown uni versity endowment fund. which has reached $S34,422, are Franklin IT. Brown. $50, and Rev. Henry T. Arnold, $15.
 The fine farmhouse of Gilbert P. Babcock on Grants hill, Holland, was totally destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning. The loss is $4,000. partially ] covered by insurance.
 The feast of St Jean Baptiste, pat ron saint of the Canadian people, falls on Monday this year, June "A, so will be generally commemOrated with serv- ices on the Sunday before. On Tuesday afternoon, May 2S, the Connecticut agricultural college and the Connecticut Pomological society are to give demonstration in spray ing in the orchard of Robert C. Keeler In Bethel.
 Among alumni attending the exer- cises of breaking ground for Beaven hall at Holy Cross college, Worces- ter, Wednesday, was Rev. William A. Keefe of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, Plainfield
 The International Silver company, in compliance with the new state law concerning fire escapes, has ordered twenty strongly equipped fire es- capes for all the branch factories of the company in the state. | Steamer Chester w. Chapin made | record in fire drill Wednesday. Capt. o. c. Grifins officers and men had all the boats swung out on their day. it's and one boat in the water, manned, within a minute and a quarter
 At the recent annual meeting of the Connecticut Home Economies associa- 1 tion, at New Haven, Miss Hayes of ! the Connecticut agricultural college, ! spoke of the work at Storrs, speaking i particularly of the work of the girls.
 Rev. Father Fitzgerald, one of the examiners appointed by Rt. Rev. John ! J. Milan, bishop of the Hartford dio- | cese. to inspect the work of the pupils | of the parochial schools, is engaged in his spring examinations of the state schools.
 Yesterdays rain spoiled many of the | tulip beds about town, which have been unusually beautiful this year. A | bed of the dainty Dutch flowers in | pink and white at the residence of Gen. William A. Aiken has been greatly admired.
 The committee for the exercises to be given Children's day and for the 1 Memorial day service at the Methodist church at Gales Ferry includes: Music, Sarah Latimer; programme, Miss Alice Satterlee; decorations, Miss Laura Perkins.
 At the meeting of the City Beaui- ful committees at the residence of MT and Mrs. o. L. Johnson Wednesday evening, James l.. Case, chairman of 1 the committee on membership. an nounced a donation of $10 from a friend of the cause.
 During District Superintendent New lands absence at the Minneapolis con- ference, Rev. F. w. Coleman of Nor wich, and Rev. l.. G. Horton of Staff ford Springs, have been presiding at some of the quarterly conferences in Windham and Holland counties
 At Wednesdays annual meeting of the State Lumbermen's association. held at New Haven, the deaths were | reported of eX-President Thomas A. Lake, who was buried in Woodstock, ex-President Eugene Pelton of Essex. and James $. Galley of Waterbury.
 The patronage of the Norwich Golf
 club members is such an important asset for the trolley road that each
 evening now the 9.15 and 1915 cars
 run to DeWolfs switch and return,
 after the regular car, for the accommo-
 dation of club members and others.
 Rev. Perc, V. Norwood, curate of
 St. James Episcopal church, New Lon don, was ordained to the priesthood on
 Wednesday at St. Pauls church. New
 HaTen, by Rt Rev. Chauncey R.
 Brewer, D.D,, bishop of Connecticut
 He will become rector at Stafford
 Springs.
 Eleven members and one visitor at
 tended Thursday afternoons meeting
 of Comfort circle of The King t Daughters held with Miss Charlotte
 Church. of Williams street The lead
 CT Mrs. A. T. UtIey, presided. Tho
 time was spent in sewing on garments 3 for a needy child.
 FOREMAN RESIGNS. F. Sloan of Hopkins & Aliens Will