Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-04
VARIOUS MATTERS

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 Christmas comes three weeks from today.
 The state fish and game commits sion met at New Haven Thursday.
 J. o. Landon has strawberry blos- soms and ripe berries in his garden on Treadway avenue.
 According to the weather bureau the month just past was the coldest No- vember in forty years.
 Don't forget the Thermos employees dance in T. A. B. hall tonight.-adv.
 John W. Lord and Stephen R. Bur- dick have resumed the work of exca- vating at the Lords Point reservoir.
 At Mystic this week the Monday club was entertained by Mrs. c. Al bert Thompson, formerly of Norwich.
 Many schooners have been an- chored in New London harbor, some fog bound since last Monday morn ing.
 Twenty-nine teams of spool birches passed over the Westford road at West Wilmington to South Wilmington Monday.
 A large number of members of the Groton grange are planning to at tend the meeting of Norwich grange this evening.
 The schools in the town of Led yard were visited this week by the as- sistant supervisor, Miss May Potter, of Woodstock.
 A Stonington patient, Mrs. Edward Barrett has entered the Backus hos pital in Norwich where she underwent a surgical operation Thursday.
 Miss Katherine G. Lambert, manu- facturer of hair goods, is at 116 Main St. Phone S32-5.-adv.
 Pastors are requested to have their church notices at the Bulletin office each week not later than p. m. on Friday to insure insertion in Satur- days paper.
 It was far too warm yesterday to suit the merchants, but the very fact of the mildness encouraged many sub urban shoppers to come to town and look over the holiday stocks.
 The Rev. Sherrod Sou1e. superin- tendent of the Congregational Mis sionary society of Connecticut, will become pastor of the First Congre- e5cLlAO11cAA %ANACAAD OOA G<14 y
 The Connecticut and Rhode Island Lumber Dealers association will hold meeting at the Hotel Garde. Hart ford. Monday, December ', at Il a. m. A banquet will follow the business session.
 Fancy work, food and homemade candy sale Saturday. Dec. 9th, 1914, Tn n 0f f1o RT1Rf 5Y1rp- ham Memorial St. Margaret chapter of the Trinity church.-adv. Rev. William A. Keefe, of Plain at St. Mary's church in New Britain Tuesday evening. The lecture was under the auspices of the Knights of Columbus.
 At Union, Holland county, the grad uaI melting of the heavy body of snow which was six inches and more in depth. helped some of the wells ma terially, but other wells are still dry or failing.
 Tho girls of the Halle club, through Miss Winifred McAdarn, treasurer, sent to Mrs. Robert w Perkins treas urer of the Red Cross, Thursday, the handsome sum of $25, the proceeds from their recent supper and sale of candy.
 Parcel post packages are now mail. l able to all the countries to which they were mailable before the interruption | caused by the war in Europe excep 1 Belguin, Turkey. and the northern and the northern and northeastern parts of France.
 Jas. W. Tourney, president of tht Connecticut Forestry association is ' GoY1HfYer fn <,f AIs 1 booklets for distribution, among tho school children to arouse interest oi l the children in the protecti<a of tho lands from fire.
 The funeral of Mrs Lucy Marion Potter. 65, who died at the home oi her daughter, Mrs. E. R. Patzold ir Waterbury, on Monday, took place or Thursday afternoon. Rev. Ernest L. Staples officiating. Mrs. Potter was native of Westerly. R. I.
 Fancy work, food and home-made candy sale Saturday, Dec 5th, 1914, from IF to 6 p. m, at the Bucking- ham Memorial. St. Margaret chapter of the Trinity church.-adv.
 Miss Gladys May, daughter of MT and Mrs. Gilbert s. May, and George Reimaeiler, son of MT. and Mrs. Will ian H. Reinacher of New London were married at the parsonage of the Federal Street Methodist church on Wednesday by Rev. c. Harley Smith
 Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney has placed the lower floor of her stu dio in New York, at the service of the Committee of Mercy, for one week for an exhibition and sale of paint ings and sculptures One of the art ists sending a water color, being J. Alden Weir, of Windham. The funeral of Miss Minerva, E.. Davison was held Wednesday morning at II o'clock from St. Luke's Home, in MiddletoWn. The services were con- ducted by the Rev. E. R. Hyde. The body was taken to Griswold for burial Miss Davison was a cousin of Mrs Chauncey B. Woodworth of Norwich All commissioned officers of the Connecticut National guard have been directed to forward to the adjutant generals office, through their respec- tive headquarters, their post office ad- dress. giving town, street and number of house, and also their business ad = awn1 keIA