Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-07-30
VARIOUS MATTERS

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VARIOUS MATTERS
This Is almanac day for. August.
Vermont road Is being well patronized
this season.
Ply tomorrow the days length will
have shortened about three quarters
The PRAYER meetings Thursday ev-
ening were IN preparation for commu-
tracing the usual number ssr q c e &C.
ticut visitors.
Several from Eastern Connecticut
are at TIE Advent camp ground in
A party numbering about IS went
nom Gales Ferry on the Newport ex-
cursion Thursday.
A big excursion for Watch Hil and
Block island Will come down on the
Central Vermont road Saturday.
The summer meeting of the Nor
wich Christian Endeavor union is to
be held at Goshen Gebanonl during
August
A brilliant shooting star was noticed
In the northwest just after II o'clock
Thursday evening. 1t left wake like
the tail or comet.
The annual meeting of the Connecti-
cut Dairymen's association is to be
held at the Connecticut Agricultural
college August 10 and
One OF the pastors to supply at the
Baptist church in Mystic during Au-
gust Is Rev. George r. Strouse OF the
First Baptist church. Norwich.
There is to be meeting Of the
executive committee OF the Norwich
Christian Endeavor local union, Satur-
day, at 5 p. m, in the Y. M. c.. A.
building.
AT Grotor, william Jones, employed
by the New Haven road as telegraph
succeeded by william Mccarthy Of
Providence.
Rockville members and friends of
the Methodist church win hold a
basket picnic at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Haun on the Coventry
road Saturday.
The Thames Dyeing and Bleaching
Company plant at Mantle, is now
night force goes on at $50 p. m. and
works until $50.
Revent visitors at the Bungalow, Mt.
0ehepetuc, Union. included Mrs. P. j.
Cassidy, Misses Jane M. and Patrices
Cassidy. Norwich. and Mrs. CORTLAND
R. Darrow. Waterford.
The Aquidneck has towed the two
nasted schooner George Cross from
charging her cargo OF bkick, to Md
stream In the New London harbor.
It is mentioned in the White Noun
ideht. Mrs. Fordyce Barker of New
York has Joined her sisters, the Misses
Babeock, at their cottage at Profile.
The quarterly meeting of the SUI
pervisors and other employees of the
bridges and buildings department. of
the New Haven road was held We'd
! pesday. when at the pavilion at Ocean
beach.
Invitations have been issued to
the wedding of Miss Grace L. Holland
and Frank 3. Hooker at Kings chapel.
Boston, August 2. Miss Holland
formerly taught In the east district
scnooi at unlon-
Thursday morning, in ST. Patrick's
church, a months mind requiem high
mass for John f. Kelley was sung by
Rev. ]. H. Broderick, at the-reeuest of
the Holy Name society of which Mr..
Kelley was member.
At Cornish. N. H. Wednesday, when
President Wilson received members
OF the Cornish Artist and Author col
ony at an informal given in their hon.
or on the lawn among the guests was
Witter Rynnes, formerly of Norwich.
The State Civil Service commission
will hold tests at ] o'clock Tuesday,
August IL. at the State Capitol. Hart
ford, to ILL eligible lists from which to
certify for new appointments to be
made to positions at the State Prison.
The American School Board Journal
devetes considerable space to an Illus
trated description of the fine new high
school in Bennington, VT, of which
Prof. Fred D. Mabrey Of Norwich, has
been elected principal for the fourth
year.
Miss Mary e. Haven. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Haven OF
New London, and c. Volney Spence OF
| New York were married at the Meth
| odist parsonage. New London, by the
Rev. G. Harley Smith. Mr.. Spence is
. travelling salesman from New York
| George vergason. an old Groten fish
erman who lives on the river bank
and ekes out an existence from sales
OF dsh caught in his nets. When he
haufed in his nets Wednesday found
that some one had been ahead of him
and had practically stripped the nets
| OF their catch.
Edward L Stone. 7s, a passenge,
conductor on the Old New England &
New York and the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroads for more
than forty years. died on Tuesday al
his home In Wfllimantic- He was first
taken i'll at his winter home in Flori-
da- His widow and a daughter survive
him.
1 Horse Turned Back ScmersauIt.
Scared by an asthmatic automobile
that was passing through Bath street
/ about 4 O'clock Th1rrcAoxr Of G