Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-14
VARIOUS MATTERS


that grown this season.
Purple and white wistarias are in
bloom and Wednesdays rain is bring
ing out the pink hawthorn.
Strawberry shortcake at Second
Congregational church supper Friday
evening at $50 p. m. Tickets 35c.-
adv.
Local members of the w c. T. u.
have been notified that the national
convention will be held at Seattle,
Wash, Oct. ola.
Archdeacon j. Eldred Brown oficiat-
ed at the celebration of holy commun-
ion Thursday, Ascension day, at Trim
ity Episcopal church.
Mary A, wife of William H. Hough,
died Wednesday at her home, 181 Co
lunbus avenue, New Haven. Burial is
to be in Mystic today.
H. o. CIough of Hartford, state SUI
pervisor, is inspecting the rural schools
Of Waterford and Mantle, and spent
Wednesday at the Quaker Hill schools.
The Connecticut horticultural socie-
ty is to hold it's May meeting this Girl
day. evening in the Hartford county
building. This will be Darwin Tulip
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ingram of Bur
nett's Corners announce the engage
ment Of their daughter, Miss Lillian
NJ. Ingram. to Verne E. Dewey Of
Groton.
Frank Carpenter, So, of Stafford
Springs, died at the Norwich hospital
of cerebral hemorrhage Monday. The
funeral and the burial were in Stat
ford Springs.
After being a patient in the Backus
hospital, Norwich, for three weeks,
Mrs. Arthur Herbert, who underwent 8
serious operation, has returned home
to North Stonington.
Orchard owners are destroying nests
of caterpillars on fruit trees. AS soon
as the pests eat all the leaves of the
Wild cherry trees, they migrate to the
apple and peach trees.
A former Waterford pastor, Rev. B.
G. Boardman, who recently preached
his last sermon at Thompson, is now
settled in Kingston, r. l., where he
will make his home with his son.
The Connecticut State Laundrymen's
association is to hold its quarterly
business meeting in Bridgeport today
friday. The banquet of the associa-
ton will be held this evening at the
Hotel Stratfield.
Members of the Terminal club of
Stonington travelled to the westward
Sunday, visiting Willimantic and fin
ishing with being entertained at sup
per at the home of William Pickering
in Ashaway, r. I.
The New London and Stamford Y, NJ.
Z. associations are to combine in a
summer camp for boys this season.
Gardner lake has been selected as the
July 1 and close July 20.
An interesting meeting of Comfort
circle of the Kings Daughters was
held Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Edward Adams. OF West Main street,
the leader, Mrs. a. T. UtIey, presiding
Nine members attended.
The Waterbury Poultry association
had as it's guest Thursday evening
lege, who gave lecture on the sum-
rner care of winter layers. His lecture
was illustrated by lantern slides.
Announcements have been received
OF the marriage of Miss Ida Augusta
Rose, daughter of William P. Rose, of
Coventry, and Walter NJ. Vibert of
South Windsor last Thursday. Mr..
and Mrs. Vibert are to live at South
Windsor.
A Southington correspondent notes
that Miss Muriel Fletcher of South
ington, a clerk in the office of the
Connecticut Agricultural college. has
gone to the Willimantic hospital, where
she will undergo treatment for stom-
ach trouble.
There were large congregations and
hundreds Of communicates at the AS
cension day masses in ST. Patrick
church, read at o'clock by Rev. MyIes
P. Calvin, at by Rev. ]. H. Broderick
and the high mass at 8, sung by Rev.
T. j. Kuster.
At Tolland, Peter Cheesey was ar
rested Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff L. E.
Hall for setting forest fires without a
permit. He was tried before Justice
Edwin S. Agard and found guilty He
was fined 81 and costs, which makes
the total over SIS.
The Middletown Press says: Edward
Slavin, Frank Neville and Arthur NJ,
Coughlin of this city, Edward OIiszew-
ski and DR.. J. F. Bransfield of Portland
will go to Norwich May 80, where they
will receive the fourth degree in the
Knights Of Columbus.
Norwich friends learn that while Mr..
and Mrs. William A. Slater, Jr, Of
Lenox, are abroad aiding the allies as
ambulance driver and hospital nurse,
respectively, their little son is with
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam A. Slater. of Washington.
The wedding of Miss Eleanor Gro
zfer Reyburn, daughter of Mrs. John
e. Reyburn, of Washington, D. c., and
Lieut. Francis Clark Harrington, U. S.
A., will take place June 20 at the
summer home Of Mrs. Reyburn on
Glepwood avenue. Ocean Beach.
At a meeting 70 Seaside council, K.
Of c.. Of New London Wednesday
evening, reference was made to the
death at Norwich of James r Wild
rick, who was buried Wednesday af-
terneon. Seaside council has paid
$4,000 in death benefits in the past
three months.
The marriage of Miss Louise Estelle
johnson, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles A. Johnson, of sol West End
avenue, and Franklin Wheeler Palmer,
If, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin w,
Palmer, Of New York and Stonington,
Will take place In New York June 2
IN the Church of the Heavenly Rest.
Automobile Was on Fire.