Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-13
COLCHESTER
New School and Hall for Hebrew Res idents te Be Built Through Baron Hirseh Fund Asents-8etrothaI PRrty-Masked Ball

Hirseh Fund Asents-7etrothaI
 Party--Mssked Ball.
 Thursday broke the record for this season the thermometer registering rom 1e to 24 below zero The wind blew strong and drove the cold in doors. making it almost impossible to kep warm- The library did not open and the schools fn the Ransom build ing closed.
 MT. and Mrs. Edwin R. Gillette and MT. and Mrs. J. N. Dauphinee. were recent visitors in Norwich. Game Postponed. The Rovers basketball team of Will llmantic, who were to have played the town team in place of the East Had dams, did not show up Wednesday evening on account of the severe cold The game was postponed.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. E. Lyman of Co., iumb1a were in town Wednesday even ing. Lyman's orchestra played at the masquerade ball in Grange hall. Louis Elgart returned Wednesday from a few days stay in Boston and Providence.
 At Birthday Party. MT. and Mrs. Clarence Beebe were in Wilmington Tuesday, attending a was 76 years old. Miss Mary Mintz has returned from a visit with relatives in New York. Miss Margaret Murray of New York is the guest of her father, Patrick Mur- | ray.
 Thursday QdncoIn's birthday) the postoffice closed from noon until p. m.
 Dogs Kill Hens. G. M, Bigelow of South Main street | lost 37 nice Rhode Island red hens | Unknown dogs got into the coop thorugh runway and killed them-25 ! more escaped.
 | George " Cavanaugh was the guest | of relatives in Middletown Thursday.
 New School Building Planned. l new schoolhouse is to be erected ! soon on the lot near the new. syna- | gogue on Lebanon avenue. The build | ing is to be two stories, of brick and | will contain four school rooms and a large hall. The rooms will be for the teaching of the English branches, and ! the hall will be used as a school room | in which Hebrew will be taught ana 1 also will be used as a lodge room for | the Jewish societies. Agents of ths | Baron Hirsch fund were in town thfs | week conferring with the Jewish peo- pie concerning the erecting of the l same. Samuel Levin has donated the l land
 Betrothal Party.
 An engagement party was held Tues l day evening at the home of Rabbi A | Kantrowitz, when his daughter, Miss l Bertha Kantrowitz, was betrothed tC | Charles Goldberg, both of this place | They will be married this spring. Samuel Gellert was in Hartford or | Thursday.
 Oliver Johnson, who has been in New | Haven for several weeks, has return 1 ed.
 Harry Jennings and George Smitl l of Norwich were in town Wednesday.
 Masquerade Ball.
 The first masquerade ball Of the sea, son was held "Wednesday evening il 1 Grange fali under. the management Q Chairman and Oderman. Music wal | by the Chairman and Kues full orches tra and Professor Porter prompted good sized crowd attended, severa parties coming from Moodus, Eas | Haddam and surrounding towns. I'm costumes were varied and amusing.
 Social Followed Game.
 The Windham High school basket ball team has cancelled the game witt the Boys club team which was to b. have been played this (F,riday) even ing.
 Miss Mary Day left town TuesdaI for several weeks visit with friends il Portchester, N. r.
 | The contractor will commence a once on the piece of state road whicl he is to build. He moved one of tn