Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18


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 The board walk at Ocean Beach is completely washed away and cottage owners there are asking for a sub stantial concrete or granolithic walk to take it's place.
 Renfax Musical Motion Pictures at the Auditorium today only. See them! Hear them!-Adv.
 At the fourth quarterly conference at the Methodist chapel in Portland Thursday afternoon at 3.3 o'clock, Dis trict Superintendent G. G. Scrivener of Norwich will preside.
 The severe cold weather of the past few days has caused the closing of the river from Noank to Mystic, the first time this winter that the channel has been entirely frozen over.
 Since Saturday the operators in the telephone exchange have had some of the busiest hours in their experience. The value of the telephone was real ized by every snowbound subscriber. The tax collector will be at the drug store of John A. Morgan, GreenevilIe, from Il a. m. to ? p. m. today to re- ceive taxes.-Adv.
 Local men and women interested in child welfare have received announce ments of the third international con gress on the welfare of the child, which will be held in Washington April P and 27.
 Deeds of the sale of property cor ner of Ocean avenue and Thames street by heirs of Lester Fowler to Morton F'. Plant have been recorded. The property adjoins Plant park, New Londons baseball field.
 Street superintendents in Connecti- cut towns are complaining that it is very difficult to get men enough to clear the sidewalks and crosswalks of snow, although some men are always bewailing dull times"
 Although the snow Is packed down well, some owners of sleighs hesitate about taking them down from the lofts believing that the sleighing will not last. Rural residents were glad to come to town on runners yesterday.
 The Xens invite you to the First Baptist church tonight at o'clock to hear Rev. D. B. MacLane in his mus ical lecture, Globe Trotting, with mis- cellaneous concert programme. Tickets p cents.-adv.
 A rumored change in the system of handling the cars of the East Lyme Street railway, so that the cars will leave New London for Mantle via State, Washington and Truman streets Is denied by Alderman l.. c. Rudd, su- perintendent of the road.
 Rev. Dr. Storrs o. Seymour of Litch- field, a former rector of Trinity E1pis- copal church, Norwich, has secured for Berkeley Divinity school library Mid dletOwn, thirty-five volumes, presented by Alain Campbell White of I4itchfield, fellow of Columbia university.
 James B. Martin of New Haven, in come tax agent for the Connecticut district, has started to visit a number of towns in the state to familiarize himself with conditions and to help the public to become better acquainted with the provisions of the new federal income tax law.
 Friends of Joseph Allard of North Grosvenorda1e and Miss Marie Morin of Baltic, who were married recently in Baltic, are planning to give them a suitable reception in Union hall upon their returne to North Grosvenordale Feb. 2S.
 At the February meeting of the Be- nevolent union of the Central Baptist church. held Tuesday afternoon in A'I 7iihe etA Sliopoi' MI D. T dHN A. MUCH ell presided, 14 attending. There were reports from the different committees the meeting proving exceedingly inter esting.
 In the summary Of fires in towns of the state reported to Chief Egan of the state police, as state fire mar shal, Norwich has 54, New London 46 Putnam 10, Canterbury, Colchester, , each: Lebanon ,, Columbia. Lyme, Pomfret Woodstock, 1 each; Stoning- ton &. Stafford ii.
 State superintendent of Fish and Game John NJ Crampton. has ordered the T. deputy game wardens to scatter wheat in the places where partridge and quail are known to have their coverts, so that they may not perish during the time that the ground is covered with snow