Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-24
VARIOUS MATTERS

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Last weeks rains have. filled the
ponds.
| Neosha whist will be held tonight in
| Foresters' hall. Is cents.-adv.
The wild azalea is in bloom and
| is very beautiful and abundant this
year.
| ready opened their cottages at Gardner
Lake.
| The new summer timetable on the
New Haven road will go into effect
June 6.
Yesterday being Whitsunday, holy
communion was celebrated in the Epis-
| copal churches.
The Jacob Irons property at Mont
vile has been purchased bytMrs, Will
| liam s. Mitchell.
Snowbalis, on which many depend
| for Memorial day decorating, are be-
ginning to bloom.
Congressman P. Davis Oakley and
Mrs. Oakley of Hartford are at their
| summer home at Neptune Park.
The beautiful wistaria at the home
of Miss Abbie Woodwork, IS West
| Thames street, is greatly admired just
now.
Many persons visited the different
cemeteries Sunday and there will be
much cleaning up and caring for plots
| during this week.
For good dinner, circus day, try
Church Bros. Sea Food Restaurant
Adv.
Saturday afternoons unexpected
showers caught many shoppers unpre-
pared and the evenings rain seriously
| interfered with business.
The tulip border at the residence of
DR.. E. H. Linnell on Broadway, al
| though badly beaten by Saturdays
| showers, is still attractive.
A good proportion of the language
| lessons in the schools this week will be
| compositions on How Children Can
| Help Toward City Beautiful
| The May supper given by the girls
of the Halle club in their rooms in
| the Chapman building Saturday eve
ming was attended by about fifty.
| The fine new cars on the Shore Line
railway, when running through to New
\ London Saturday, bothered the car
crews somewhat because of short troll
ley arms.
The pupils of the Wheeler school,
North Stonington, presented Oliver
| Goldsmith's comedy in five acts, She
Stops to Conquer, at the school Sat
urday evening.
Referring to last weeks roll call at
the Baptist church, the Middletown
Press says: Following the reports Rev.
DR.. J. B. Slocum of Norwich gave an
interesting address.
| A meeting of the secretaries of
| chambers of commerce of Connecti-
cut is to be held at Hartford this
week, when state secretaries asso-
citation will be organized.
Lightship No. %, stationed on the
Ram Island reef, off Noank. has been
! taken to Staten Island for a thorough
overhauling. During its absence a re-
lief ship will be stationed on the reef
Thames lodge, No. %, I. O. o. F.,
of Montville, has appointed a com
mittee to decorate the graves Of de-
| ceased members Sunday, May 80, in
stead of in June, as has been the Gus
tom.
At the installation of Rev. Henry
w. Hulburt, of the Groton Congre-
gational church, as pastor of the
ICnuFcH, THURSDAY afternoon, Kew. f.
S. Worcester Of Norwich will make
the installing prayer.
ST. Mary's Tierney league officers of
New London were installed by County
Director William H. McGuinness OF
Norwich, Sunday afternoon. He also
addressed st. Mary's Star Of the Sea
Total Abstinence society.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Allen Sykes OF
Rockville announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Miss Corinne Hal
| Sykes, to Charles Luther Spencer Jr.
of Sufheld, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
L. Spencer, of Hartford.
Former pupils here have been noti-
fed that the commencement exercises
of Mt. st. Joseph's seminary, Hart
ford, will be held Thursday, June IT
at p. m. The speaker will be Profess
sor Ford of Harvard university.
The painters car of the New Haven
railroad is still on the switch at the
local station and will not get away
much before Tuesday. rainy weather
having delayed the Ave men who are