Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-24
VARIOUS MATTERS

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 VARIOUS MATTERS
 The moon is in it's first quarter to-
 Wednesday was St. victoria's day in the church calendar. The public and parochiai schools will close at noon today to reopen Monday, Jan f.
 sheriff Bert G. Thompson of Mid dletown has been in Salem this week on business trip.
 Native cranberries are so plenty tnat they are selling for 6c a quart
 The weather man certainly did his best to provide a day to the ner chants tastes Wednesday.
 Harders Blue Jay Sc cigars in twenty five boxes.-Adv.
 At the Christmas festival of tae juniors at the Y M. C. A. Tuesday afternoon the Santa Claus was Chris topher G. Allen.
 Christmas masses in St. Patrfck's church Friday will be at 5.S0, 7S0. ,
 
 will be high masses.
 Chinamen about town are making their American friends Christmas gifts of tea, silks. nuts. lily bulbs, etc, as is their yearly custom.
 In most places the icy roads have been ground down by traffic so that there would be an excellent founda- ton for sleishing if more snow fell. 
 Dancing at T. A. B. hall Christmas afternoon and evening.-Adv.
 The Holiness Mission, under direc- ton of Capt Charles T. Potter, does charity work at Christmas as wei as throughout the year as occasion arises.
 Surveyors from the state highway department are in. Mantle laying out a route for the new state road 70 be built through the Indians Wood sec ton.
 The East Lyme selectmen have re- cefVe d two carloads of tray rock which they are spreading on the macadam road at Black Point to protect it dur ing the summer.
 Fifty printed calling cards for s5, cents at The Bulletin ofnce.-adv.
 Julius seeIey BixIer of New Lon don, son of the Rev. and Mrs. James w. Bixler, has been made a member of the Amherst chapter of Delta Sig ma Rho. the honorary debating so- ciety.
 Z A number of the justices of the peact Who were elected at the last state election have failed to qualify up ap to the present time. The final day for qualification under the law is Jan uary1 1.
 More than ever this year, the troll ley crews will appreciate the gener osity of passengers who, on Christmas day. make point of paying double fare, to provide a little extra change for the men.
 John F. o'Brien Of Hartford, and George Popple. Of Andover, have beer appointed firemen at the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane at MiddIetown They were selected from the state ser vice commissions eligibility list
 Merchants think-tfat many persons were kept from coming out for morn Ing shopping Tuesday and Wednes- day, because the icy walks were moi safely sanded. The sun has cleared them now past the danger state.
 Park and Tilford's Christmas cho- colates at Lee and Osgoods. Delivered anywhere Tn city.-adv.
 Rev. George H. Chambers rendered his resignation as pastor of the North Stonington Third Baptist church Sun- day. He has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Bradford R. l.. Bao- tist church and will assume charge the first Sunday in January, 1915.
 Christmas afternoon at 3 o'clock at the apartments of the Rev. Charles R. McNally, pastor of the First Bap- tist church, at the Mofican hotel, Miss Jessalyn I. Sykes of New Lon don and Leonard J. Stanton of South
 Harry Holmes, 8, son of Mrs. Emma Holmes of New London, owes his fife to the quick action of George Davi- son, aged g, son of MT. and Mrs. John c. Davison, who pulled him out of the Old Town Mill pond Tuesday.
 For the first time since it was founded, 1So years ago. the enrolment of students at Brown university has reached the one thousand mark. Ac- cording to the registration figures there are 1,033 students. This is an increase of ffty-seven over the enroll ment last year.
 The male members Of the Star of the Sea minstrel cast of New London came to the Tuberculosis hospital al Norwich Tuesday night with Wight,s orchestra. and put on an abbreviated version of the minstrel show present. ed by them recently. greatly delight ing the patients.
 At Moodus7 at the fourth quarerly conference, of the Methodist church, there was a unanimous vote to have the pastor, Rev. F. B. Sterling. return for the second year. District Super intendent G. G. Scrivener preached Sunday morning to a very attentive audience Christmas sermon.
 At the City Mission.
 As in previous years, City Mission ary Charles A. Northrop will carry out Christmas plans at the home of the United Workers this afternoon at 8 o'clock. At this time about 200 iit- tie boys and girls less fortunate than the children of homes where plenty abounds will be made happy by the 7nyno