Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-13
VARIOUS MATTERS

gardeners.
There will be the celebration Of holy.
communion in the Episcopal churches
this morning, Ascension day.
The horse chestnut trees about town
are a wonderful sight just now. the
blossoms being full and perfect.
At a teachers meeting at Ledyard
Center the graduation date of the
schools in Ledyard was set Tor June
16.
Strawberry shortcake at Second
Congregational church supper FRIDAY
evening at $50 p. m. Tickets Soc
adv.
The first dance of the season at the
pavilion at Ocean Beach was held
Tuesday evening and was largely at
tended.
A number of stonecutters employed
at Milestone are out Of work for lew
days owing to an accident to the ma
chinery.
The town of Ellington is to pay one
half the cost of spraying elm trees on
the highways, the owner paying the
other half.
Waterford trap fishermen are catch
ing large quantities of squid. More
than 80 barrels were shipped to Fulton
market Tuesday.
Friends are receiving the betrothal
cards of Miss Frances Bankofsky and
Simon Blinderman, both Of Norwich
The cards are dated May 4.
The Burning Bush meetings held at
the Nazarene chapel at Quakertown
have been suspended for a week or so
on account of measles in the neighbour
hood.
A number Of Connecticut teachers
are making up a party to attend the
meeting of the National Education as
sociation in San Francisco during the
summer vacation.
Governor Holconb has appointed
Frank Lockwood of Greenwich anG
Frank wv. Rowley of New Haven shell
fish commissioners for terms of four
years each beginning July 1.
The Backus hospital ambulance
went to New London Tuesday morn
ing. taking an aged woman who had
been discharged from the hospital and
was on her way to New York.
A former Wolcott man, Michael
Neville, SO. died Monday in Norwich.
The funeral was held in Waterbury on
Wednesday. with requiem mass at the
Sacred Heart church at o'clock.
Fenwick bridge is undergoing long
needed repairs and is closed to teams.
About 100 piles are to be driven and
much repair work done. John G. Hol-
brook of Westbrook is in charge of the
work.
The sophomore science classes of
Buckley school, New London, will go
to Franklin Friday if the weather is
suitable; Specimens of flowers will be
collected to be used in laboratory
classes.
Tobacco growers Of Holland county
are getting their land ready for the
young plants. In a short time now the
reported to be in excellent condition
this year.
The five or six Norwich members
have been notified that the annual
meeting of the Connecticut Society of
Colonial Danes is to be held Tues
day, May rs, at the Hartford club in
Hartford.
petition is being circulated at
Mantle requesting the selectmen to
call a, special town meeting for the
purpose of taking action on the matter
of building a town dock at the foot of
Grand street.
Active work in the way of propegat-
ing Holsters artifcially was commenced
Tuesday at the state lobster hatchery
in Noarik, where four Matching jars
containing 100000 lobster eggs were
put in operation.
Referring to the sudden death of
Edward w. Croker, who was buried in
Norwich Tuesday, a Moodus CORE
spondent writes: Mr.. Croker made
f1-f1. ~
business and will be greatly missed.
The bees in the 90 hives of Allen
Latham of Norwich Town are making
the most of the blossom season, aver
aging two pounds of honey day.
Tuesday one hive made five pounds of
apple blossom honey by actual weight.
The connecting link between the
roads of Old Lyme and North Lyme
has been started by a. contractor from
New Haven. The north town will ap-
preciate this piece of road, for it is a
direct route to Lyme railroad station.
Cyril DesF'osses of Ledyard was ar
rested Saturday by Deputy Sheriff
non-support, to which he pleaded
guilty. The case was nolled as Des-
Posses signed an agreement to pay his
wife IS per week.
The Mystic Bridge Congregational
church was represented by Rev. A. F.
Earnshaw, the pastor Rev. and Mrs.
T. Edward Davies and Mr.. and Mrs.
William K Holmes at the meeting of
Congregational churches and minis
ters at Norwich Town.
The Boston Opera company, which
produced grand opera in Boston for six
seasons and has appeared here and in
other Connecticut cities, fled a volun-
tary petition in bankruptcy Tuesday.
The schedule shows liability of $216,-
900 and assets Of $4,000.
Rev. John Duff, formerly at ST.
James Episcopal church in New Lon
don, died last week at his home in
New York. He had been seriously i'll
but a short time. Mr.. Duff was at ST.
James in the early seventies, when
Rev. DR.. Hallam was rector emeritus.
The funeral of Mother M. AIoysius
of st. Elizabeth's convent, Middletown,
was held at ST. Johns church there
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. A SOL
emn high mass Of requiem was sung.
Priests attending included Rev. Fa-
theirs Charles w Brennan Norwich