Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-24
VARIOUS MATTERS

This will be homecoming day for scores of absent sons and daughters.
 The Wheeler school at North Ston- ington closed Wednesday for the holi- day.
 hearsals of their Christmas music Thursday evening. For Christmas gift, box of Krohn's Special cigars will satisfy any smoker.-adv.
 Most of the organizations and clubs have suspended regular meetings until after the holidays.
 At Ellington, A. U. Charter took down his crop of tobacco during the recent storm and has it nearly strip ped.
 Dancing Christmas day, T. A. B. hall, 230 to 5.30, S.30 to 11.30. Ethier's orchestra-Adv.
 Five New London Italians will sail on the steamship Stampalia from New York Tuesday, Dec. 28, to enter the army.
 Mrs. Fannie Darrow of Flanders has presented a large flag of historical value to the Mantle Improvement as- sociation.
 The state board of examiners of em- balmers met at the Yale Medical school in New Haven Tuesday and examined several candidates.
 The fixtures and stock formerly owned by Otto Ferry are now ready for sale. Inquire J. c. Worth, Jr., 50 Market street.-Adv. There are local subscribers who S,lI 4EN,-e1 in the telephone exchange with some thoughtful Christmas gift. Uncle Horace Johnson predicted a | disturbance on the 21st or 22. The | fact that it did not arrive until the 1 23d did not displease anybody. Give slippers for Xmas. Special l prices on many styles today at Bar | rows shoe store-adv. ! A cantanta, Children of Bethlehem 1 has been written and set to music by Rev. F. S. Hyde. formerly of Groton, who has relatives in Norwich. There are at present about 2S4,2 1 children of school age in Connecticut. The state paid the past year for tui- ton and transportation $s3,2sS.S5. Dancing Christmas day, T. A. B. 1 hall. 2.30 to 5.30, $50 to 11.30. Ethier's l orchestra-Adv
 Mrs. Ann S. Whiton, 9S, who died in New London the other day, was for a long time housekeeper for Hiram Vim ton in Orcuttville. Burial was in Mon l son.
 George T. Meech of Middletown. president of Meech & stoddard, Inc, Celebrated his 72d birthday Wednes- day. He was born in Lisbon Dec. 22, 1 1S43.
 The town of Holland has been com pletely cut off from all telephone com- | rnunications for a week, since the big storm. There is just one line in work ing order.
 The planet Venus is drawing rapidly | away from the sun and will be seen will set about two hours after the sun l on the 31st.
 Park & Telford Christmas chocolates in 1-2 to ,lb. packages, at Lee & Osgood's. Ask to see the mint mix lure packages, 50c-adv.
 At a recent entertainment of the Epworth league group at Portland Methodist church. Rev. c. G. ScriveneI | of Norwich gave a most interesting talk on A True Epworthian. The sale of Red Cross seals at the parcel post sub-station in the Thayer building Is in charge of Miss Ruth Kind. Patrons find it very convenient to be able to buy the seals there. Government surveyors in the employ of the physical valuation department l who were at work on the New York
 New Haven and Hartford railroad system herabouts recently, are now al Bethel.
 Dancing Christmas day, T. A. B hall, 2.30 to 5.30, S.30 to 11.S0. Ethier's orchestra-Adv.
 This weeks meeting of the Farther | Lights society of the Central Baptist church, of which Miss Elsie Jacobson ts president, was held with Mrs. Fred L. Newton of Salter avenue, 12 mem bers attending.
 At this season many friends will miss the cordial and original Christ
 mas greetings sent out for years by the late Waterman R. Burnham, ofter in verse and always in artistic and pleasing form.
 The marriage of Miss Gertrude Os. borne, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Louis Osborne, of New London road, ana Floyd Chapman of Mason's Island is tc
 take place at the home of the bride
 this (Friday) evening.
 If you want choice oysters on the half shell, Little Necks or Holsters telephone Powers Bros. Last delivery r p. m. Saturday. Market will be
 open again at o'clock. No delivery
 after l o'clock-Adv. The Peck library at the Free Acad.
 emy has been presented the bool
 French Memories of the XVIII Cen. tury by former Ambassador Charle:
 H. Sherrill of New York, whose wife
 was George Barker Gibbs of Norwich In arranging for the conference en.
 tertainment of pastors who will come to Trinity Methodist church for the bis
 district meeting in Norwich, 38 minis. ters have already been provided for. The Otis library force will be kep
 busy today, because of the nearness O.
 a holiday.
 OBITUARY. Andrew Fleming MeDoueaII. Andrew Fleming McDougall if