Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-29
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!. VARIOUS MATTERS


...... VARIOUS MATTERS
March 2sth, is st. Jonas day.
IAght motor vehicle lamps at $50
this evening.
!. There was wind enough Tuesday to
nelp dry up the mud and travelling is
improving.
w. r. C. supper at Buckingham Me
mortal tonight, 3 to Z, 2Oc-adv.
Yesterdays bright weather brought
many VISITORS to town and spring trade
started in wen.
The street department woke up yes
terday, and got to work spring clean
Ing Franklin square.
The Normal schools of the state are
having vacation and will open the
spring term April Srd.
Academy students are in school for
short periods this week as the term
examinations are going on.
Several local women will go to
Putnam for the meeting of the East
ern Connecticut branch, w. B. F. NJ,
today.
Today wednesday,, marks the 6Sth
anniversary of modern spirituaIism
and will be noted by associations i'll
this state.
AS the snow melts, residents in the
towns north from here are expecting
to find birds and squirrels dead from
cold and lack of food
The Women's Prayer meeting. at
Bushnell chapel, Tuesday afternoon
was led by Mrs. E. S. Purvis in a
very interesting manner
Tuesday morning, Miss Geer, for
Home chapter of the Kings Daughters
returned a quantity of finished work
to Red Cross headquarters.
Mi-Careme Whist and Entertain
ment, Thursday evening, Sprague hall
Baltic, benefit st. Marys church.-adv.
The records show that one hundred
more patients have been received al
Backus hospital for the year than IN
to the same time last year.
A recent accession to the Otis Ii
brary is Summerville's Why Be Fat ?
Rules for Weight-Reduction and the
Preservation of Youth and Health
President Frederick H. Sykes Of
the Connecticut College for Women.
is to speak at Bristol High school or
''The Need of College Trained Wo-
men" Friday evening.
Tuesday evening there was a well
attended meeting of Alpha Sigma So
ciety of the Second CONGREGATIONAL
church. at the home of Miss Eliza beth
Lanz, los Boswell avenue.
State organizations are appointing
dPlpCS tAS fa the ty-p
convention of the American Federation
of Musicians TO be held in ;Cincinna-
ii, Ohio the week of May s.
The isolated ward at Baclzus hospf-
tai Norwich, is closed for the first
time in over a, year. and Superintend-
ent F. Leon Hutchins is having it rem
ovated and put in first class order.
The new Spring millinery shown by
Mrs. Walter Rogers, II Union street,
is selected from the largest Broadway
and Fifth avenue stocks and is cor
rect and up to date.-adv.
The extreme cold weather of the
past two months has used up the wood
supply provided by some of the rarm-
ers, so that spring wood-cutting will
be one of the important chores for
many.
The late Isaac W. Geer. of Pooue-
tanuck, after many years work had
| the satisfaction of completing, iIs+
| before his death, a history of early
| Homes of Pouuetnuck and Vicinity,
yet unpublished.
A former Norwich resident. Miss lie.
! liza Van Setback, now of RiJ-e.
| field, is vice president of the i IN.
necticut Girls Friendly society, ant
has been addressing the branch il
\ Wailingford this week.
The fact that manufacturers in sew.
| eral lines of women's wear are pre-.
| dieting that the coming summer sea.
son will see a very large demand TO,
white, promises big business for many
of the mills in this section
! A Southington correspondent writes
| Rev. DR.. 6. G. Reynolds. for forty
six years a missionary at Van, Turkey
and president of the college locate;
there spoke Sunday morning at tn
Plantsville Congregational church.
During Tuesday morning Mrs. VIII
! lam A. Norton and Mrs. William E
Biree were in charge of Red eros
headquarters Mrs. Samuel R. Croclfe
| and Miss G. F. Crocker assisting Fo
the afternoon, Mrs. Fred S. Young an,
Mrs. George A. Boon We're at tn
| rooms
| Norwich relatives attended the fu
neral services of Otto H. Bennett he'll
at his home in New London. at two 7
m. Monday, with Rev. c. Harley Smit
officiating. Pequot lodge conducte
the committal and delegations wer
present from Rebekah and Ospre
lodges.
New Haven papers note that at til
midday services, the first in the Sc
r1es of Union Lenten services held fo
several years past by the thre
Churches on the Green, the schedul
for the coming week at the Unite
church includes Wednesday, March q
Prof. B. w. Bacon.
Loaned pictures by the insane art
list, Blakelock are arriving at the Rein
hardt Galleries, Fifth avenue, Ne
York, for an exhibit of the painter
best pictures to be opened to the puf
lie Monday. Two of the paintings re