Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-02
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Norwich, Monday, June 2, 1913.
VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS
 Junee lst was St. Diomede's day. l Rhododendrons, poppies and peon-
 les are in bloom in local gardens.
 Last weeks supper and sale of the
 Catholic Woman's club at Buck ingham Memorial cleared over $20O.
 The N, F. A. class of 1906 has pass
 ed resolutions of sorrow on the death or their classmate. Arthur Frederic | Robinson.
 Governor Baldwin has named K.
 Kimberley of Goshen as a member of
 the state board of agriculture for l four years.
 ] The large and graceful wistaria at 1 the Woodwork residence on West 1 Thames street has been a beautiful sight this season.
 Postmaster and Mrs. c. H. Story of | Holland have issued invitations to the ! celebration of their 10th wedding an niVersary, June II.
 S. E. BeardsIey of Shelton, ctate sec i retary of the socialist party, gave an ! address on City Government in Breed l hall Sunday evening.
 | In a single day recently there were 1 operated on the entire New Haven 1 system 2,140 passenger trains, only 2 per cent, of which were late.
 Invitations have been issued for the graduating exercises of the class of 1913, Wheeler school North Stoning- ton, Monday afternoon, June 16.
 Groton Long Point had many callers Sunday Most of the cottages are opened and the place is beginning to have real summer appearance. Bishop Brewster visited Seabury Memorial chapel. at Groton, Sunday afternoon, to administer the rite of confirmation to several candidates.
 A misguided snake that came out into public view on Bath street on Sat urday evening about ousk was stamped on by Harry w. Messler and killed.
 Sunday was the 71st birthday of the Methodist missionary bishop Rev. Jo- seph c. Hartzell, who has been heard at Eastern Connecticut camp meet ings.
 Members of the Sunshine society noted Saturday as the birthday of Cynthia May Westover Alden founder of the International Sunshine asso- ciation
 A credit balance of nearly $3,000 900 was left by Former Highway Commis- sioner James H. Macdonald as a de- partmental legacy to the new commis- sioner, MT Bennett.
 Saturday morning in St Patricks church relatives and friends of Mrs. Mary Slattery attended a requiem high mass for the repose of her soul. eel ebrated by Rev. J. H. Frederick.
 Six new testaments in Chinese and English have been provided by Mrs. Frank A. Roath for the Chinamen in the class of Deacon Chester G. Amber in the Central Baptist Sunday school.
 The Comstock cottage at Ocean Beach has been leased for the season by the Misses Gladden. of Norwich. MT. and Mrs. Frank A. Comstock of New London will occupy their new bunga- low.
 The grounds of the sixteen school i houses in the city were inspected Sat i urday morning by four members of the City Beautiful committee, who 1 made the trip in Mrs. Adam Reid's | car.
 Mathew Kennan, conductor for the | Central Vermont railway, has return [ ed to his home in Bridgeport from San 1 Francisco, where he attended the na- tional convention of the Brotherhood 1 of Railway Trainmen.
 At the eighth annual convention of the Luther league of Connecticut held i in the German Trinity Lutheran 1 church, New Haven, last week, the | constitution was dicussed broadly and changed to conform with the model constitution.
 Local Smith college alumnae rejoic- ed Sunday to learn that a pledge of $50 900 received from Mrs. Willard D. 1 Straight of New York had brought ! the fund to S99S,O00, and that the rais- ing or the remaining S2,000 would be l a matter of a few days only. |.
 With a, total building fund of S104,- l 345.30, St. Agnes home cornerstone | was laid at Hartford Friday. In last | Sundays contribution to the fund St. | Patricks church. Norwich, gave $500, l St. Mary's $S3.60. St. Josephs $56 and | Sacret Heart. Norwich Town. $3475.
 The state controllers office is send ] ing blank forms to the treasurers of ! towns that have applied for them to ! be used in reporting forest fire dam ! ages for the year ending May 31. One ! half of the damages are paid by the i town, one-quarter by the state. and 1 one-quarter by the county.