Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-10
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Norwich, Monday, March 10. 1918.
VARIOUS MATTERS.


 
 Even in the shade at noon Sunday the mercury was up to 5S degrees. A state teachers examination was held in the capitol Saturday morning At Bolton snowdrops were in blos- som on inauguration day, very early for that town
 Hebrew religious. societies are mak- ing preparations for the Feast Of Purim, Sunday. March 2S.
 Charles Burlingame of New York has purchased the Stoddard cottage at Black Point from Mrs. Virginia T. Kent.
 Statues and pictures in the Cath olic churches are now draped in pen itential purple, so to remain until Easter.
 Crocuses have been in bloom since March 5th, over a week better than last year and ahead of the average for the past 25 years.
 c. M. Church of No. Church street Norwich, received honora ble mention ic rhyming contest in one of the big New York papers Sunday.
 The resignation of Mrs. Walter NJ. Buckingham, soprano soloist at Trin-
  sented to the music committed
 Norwich relatives hear from George s. Case in Bermuda that he will prob ably remain for some time longer and that he is having the loaf of his Iife.''
 A meeting of the state commission o1 pharmacy is to be held at the cap itol on Tuesday. Candidates for senior drug clerk licenses will be examined
 The fourth quarterly conference of the Sterling Methodist church will b,' held by District Superintendent J. H. Newland of Norwich this (MondayA evening.
 In the future P. H. Ethier's store will be closed Monday, Tuesday,, We'd nesday and Thursday nights at o'clock, Friday at 8 and Saturday at 10 D. m.-Adv.
 In the winter of 1SS9-9O the coldest VI ather occurred the two first weeks r. March. On the 17th day of March then ice was six inches thick on some Connecticut lakes.
 In spite of the attractions of mild and pleasant day, there were Il visit ors to the Otis library reading room Sunday afternoon. Miss Sadie J. Daw- son was in charge.
 At the new sanatorium Farmer KeI-
  and improving the grounds. Signs have been erected requesting. visitors to keep to the road.
 The Brotherhood of the Norwood. R. l.. Ba ptist church was organized at T special meeting held in the vesJry ol Friday evening by Rev. Robert r. True, formerly of Norwich.
 The funeral of Sidney c. Williams vas held Saturday at his home in Waterford at o'clock Rev. Brewer ,. Boardman conducted the services 9uriaI was in Jordan cemetery. Members of the D. A. R. are invited 0 New Haven this (Monday) after loon, when the guest of honor will b. yho Is to be boomed for a national i flee. The White Star steamer Laurentfc, 1 Il excursion voyage to the Caribbean. 1 1iss Nancy Lucas and Miss Mar lucas of this city were among the | assengers.
 Dennis Shea of Guilford is on the a aybrook Point and Norwich passen- l CT run of the New Haven road out idding Conductor Sidney l.. Chappel' 'ho returns to the Norwalk trolley nes as pilot.
 Latest figures compiled of state reg ;tration of automobiles show tha. l onnecticut ranks 18th among states wning the largest number of cars, l -ith New York leading. The state 1 casts 17,s50 cars.
 Mir. and Mrs. Henry Mumford of rotor celebrated the 51st anniversary their married life at their home or i unday. They were married in Nor -ich. but have spent the greater part the half century in Groton. Rev. Earl H. Thayer was ordained thursday in the church at Somers, olland county. to be a minister of the congregational church. Tn March 1727 s6 years ago. the first pastor of the hurch, Rev. Samuel Allis. settled 1ere.
 1e 7S crossovers and 36 interlockirg lants ordered by the New Haven road ill cost S1.20O, 900. Of this sum the ailroad directors plan to spend half q lillion this year and the remainder 1e next.
 By confusion of names it was 1ated Saturday that Miss Everett, rmerly of the Central Baptist church. ad married in Florence, Italy. It was iss Everetts friend. Miss Emma Kin ey, a former teacher. who married ev. MT. Towle-
 The Rev. Virgil W. Blackman of Tarren, Conn, formerly of South Kill ngly, who was seriously injured some me since by being thrown from his eigh was able to occupy the Con- pulpit Sunday for the first | me since the accident. Mrs Julia (Allen) Chapin- -Abbe, S7, ed Saturday morning at the home her son. Frank D. Chapin, in Wa rbury. Mrs. Abbe was born in FL