Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-11
VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS The number of pleasure boats in commission is increasing daily. The conference of the Episcopal church clubs of Connecticut is set for
 June Srd. at Hartford.
 Musicians here- are receiving the bull letin of the Springfield Musical Festt-
 val. May 2o-22.
 A North stoningtou patient. Mrs. William Babcocl. Is improving after q surgical operation at the Backus hospital.
 4 New London agent has sold for T. E. Donotue hls Ocean Beach cottage l in Bentley avenue to Joseph P. Connor of Norwich.
 Monday in St. Patrick's church an anniversary high mass of requiem for Mrs. Ellen Sullivan was sung by Rev. J. H. Broderick.
 Yale men here have been notified l that on Saturday the New England association of Yale clubs will have a dinner at Hartford.
 The 18th annual w. c. T. U. con- vention for Windham county Is to be held in the Congregational church at Central Village Thursday. The Methodist church in Connec- ticut is to raise a fund of $15,0o0 for the support of aged and super | annuated ministers of the denomina- 1 tion.
 A farewell reception in honor of Rev. F. D. Lud!ngton, the former pas tor of the Qpazer Hill Baptist church. 1 Is to be held m the veetry Thursday evening.
 The funeral of Ernest Getchell, who died at Brewster's Neck Friday, was held at 2.30 Monday afternoon at Gro- ton. Burial was in Groton cemetery and was private.
 The conference of the six churches
 at Griswold. Lisbon, Plainfeld, Jewett
 City, Preston and Hanover is to be
 held with the Congregational church
 at Hanover "Wednesday.
 At Noank. Station Agent Charles I.
 Fitch has recently rounded out 35
 years of continuous service in the
 employ of the New Haven railroad
 and is still in active service.
 The gypsies who were here Satur-
 day when in East Lyme asked Elder
 Weaver what road to take. He told them; they took the road, also $10 from the elders right hip pocket Lutherans are forming a federation
 to arrange a celebration for the Tooth
 anniversary of the beginning of the German Reformation. The date to be celebrated is put at Oct. 31, 1917.
 Several from this vicinity will at tend the annual meeting of the Wind
 ham association of = Congregational | lzI., 1lz1 a-A l. church at Chaplin today (Tuesday).
 Visitors are finding the city very
 beautiful just now. On the residential streets lawns and terraces show con stant, care, trees, shrubs and flowers adding to the general attractiveness. During May the planet Jupiter is in the morning sky, rising about an
 hour and a half before the sun early in the month and about three hours
 before on the 31st. It is finely in view. The Bill Hill school at Hamburg was closed for the past week, as Miss May Harding, the teacher, was called to Boston to care for her sister, Mrs. Gage, of NorWich. who underwent an operation last Tuesday.
 Rev. Henry ". Hulburt is to be in- | stalled pastor of the Groton Congre- gational church Thursday evening, May 27. A council of the county as- sociation of Congregational ministers I will be called for that date. Maie Richmond, corsetiere, will be at the Studio Speciality Shop, 52 Church street, Wednesday with the same line of goods that was shown at the open ing in New London of the Combina- | ton Shop on Main street-adv. James E. Comstock has rented one of his cottages at Best View to John M. Waller of New York. MT. Waller l is son of former Governor T. M. Wal Ter and in hi5 short career as an actor has already achieved much success. The many friends of MT. and Mrs. Avery c. Smith of Miami, Florida, are 1 glad to hear that Mrs. Smith Is recov- ering from her recent severe illness, and will probably come north this summer with Champlin Smith, Junior. First Lieutenant F. B. Garrett, U $. Marine corps, formerly stationed at the navy yard. has been detached from the 27th company, marine barracks. New York, and ordered to the 18th company First brigade, at Philadel- phia-
 Women's Christian Temperance unions contributing to the Banner fund during April announced by the cur rent White Ribbon Banner are as fol- lows: South Coventry $1; Mystic $1:
 Mansfield Center $1; Essex $1: Win sted s1.
 When the Maharajah of Karpurthala and the Princess Prem Kaur enter tained eight persons the other night at the Carnival Fete in the Plaza, New York, among the guests were
 Mir and Mrs. E. Halsey Malone
 (E4eanor Slater. formerly of Norwich) |.
 Local alumni of the Berkeley Di-
 vinity school, Middletown, have been
 notified that the annual reunion, the
 61st anniversary of the school, is to be
 held Tuesday. June 1. The service in
 the chapel will be at 5.30 and the
 alumni dinner will be served at !
 o'clock.
 Rt. Rev. Chauncey M. Brewster,
 bishop of the diocese of Connecticut
 made his annual visitation to the
 Bishop Seabury Memorial church,
 Groton. Sunday at morning prayer
 The bishop did not administer con