Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-25

Norwich, Thursday, May 25, 1916.
VARIOUS MATTERS

vening.
 Yesterday vas st. Gregory's day in he church calendar
 Tne season for lawn parties is long deferred this year.
 Trees in local quince orchards blos- omed Wednesday.
 Postohlces have been making a :ount of all mail sacks received and 
 Mrs. Emily J. Ross of Chaplin has ypened her cottage at Crescent Beach or the summer.
 Sedgwiclr post, No. 1, G. A. A., will Lttend services at Trinity Methodist shurch mex. Sunday morning.
 Emerson Mfxter of Lyme, who ce1e- orated his 93d@birthday last week, has planted his garden without any help. Major and Mrs. Isaac Bromley of New Haven have arrived at their cot | tage at Eastern Point to spend the summer.
 A book recently received at the Otis library of interest to teachers and su- peryisorsN is The Gary Schools, by R, 1 s. Bourne. We sell the best vacuum cleaner for s25.0o. The Tanning Studio. 52 Broad way.-adv.
 Students of the Norwich commer- cial school have completed arrange ments for a bus ride to Ocean beach this evening.
 Charles Brooks of New London has Lyme Country club. He began work this week.
 North Stonington will be represent ed at the prize speaking contest May 27 in the Broadway sdaool, Norwich, to be held under state supervision.
 Officials of the internal revenue ser vice in Connecticut are preparing for the collection of the narcotic drug tax, which is payable on or before June 30
 The central committee for the relief of Jews suffering through the war, Harry Fisehel treasurer, acknowledges new gifts including New London com mittee $105.
 The first in a series of eight con ventionS under the auspices of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage associa- tion will be held at the New Haven Lawn club Saturday, June 10.
 When the Connecticut Historical so- cjety had its annual meeting Tuesday evening in the roms of the society in Hartford, Jonathan Trumbull of Nor wfch was reelected a vice president.
 Master Mechanic J. P. Stow of the New London division of the New Ha- ven road, who has had his office at Midway, beginning Wednesday will be located at the union station in New London.
 The state board of control met Tuesday in the office of the state comptroller and approved the publi cation of 4,000 copies of the report ot the Connecticut Agricultural college for 1916.
 Donations amounting to S110 were received at the annual free will of. | fering meeting held by the New Lon. don branch of the W. c. T. U. at tho home of Mrs. F. A. Comstock Tuesda, afternoon.
 Rev. N. B. Cook of the Holland Meth l odist church gave an address on .AduI Work in the Bible at the TollanC | Scuhly ounudy School aSsoclatlon i the Storrs Second Congregations church Monday.
 1 Rev. Percy Varney Norwood, recto of Grace church, Stafford Springs, ha rendered his resignation, to take effec | July 1. Rev. MT. Norwood plans t spend the summer either in militar, hospital work or Y. M. c. A. work Ii England.
 The railroad company is asking | permit from the town-of Old Lyme t dam up the Lieutenant river by tn spile bridge and build four-trac, solid structure and cut a channel ou into the Connecticut river above tn big bridge.
 II Twelve members and one visitor at tended the meeting of Comfort circl Of the Kings Daughters, held Wednes day with Mrs. George W. Guard, C Washington street, when considerabl sewing was done. The leader, Mrs. T. Utley, presided.
 This (Thursday9 evening a farewe
 reception is to be rendered Rev. Yer non Cooke at the Derby Secon church. He is to conclude his service as pastor there June 1, having accept
 ed the pastorate of the Congregations
 church in WiIlimantic
 The Open Hearth of Hartford bega
 a new charity with the formal openin
 Tuesday of it's new farm in BoItol
 This property of TIE acres, with suit
 able buildings, formerly known as tE
 Birch Mountain farm, will be for me
 who are being reclaimed.
 Invitations have been issued to tf
 marriage of Miss Minnie SeIigso
 daughter of Mrs. R. SeTigson, of Ne
 York city, and Samuel Corr, son MT. and Mrs. Israel Corr, of Ellingto at [ o'clock Sunday evening, June 1 at Madison hall. Madison avenue. Ne : York.
 More than 250 feadstones, proper
 inscribed, are being placed by u ], quartermaSter'S department of u state before Memorial day at graves q men who served in the military ). naval service of the government al - whose last resting places are u
 marked.
 II A Missionary Hike is the title of t next meeting of the Woman's Mi
 sionary society of the WalIingfo
 Baptistt church, to be held Friday, Ju,
 2, when one of the four hostesses W TT He o7o lF-