Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23
VARIOUS MATTERS

A week from today Is Memorial day. Light vehicle lamps at 7.s7 this evening. The coming Sunday will be Roga- tion Sunday.
 Light frost was noticed in the low lands Monday morning.
 The moon is in its last qurter to- morrow, the 24th. at o h. 1s m., morn
 The State F1remen.s convention and parade is to be held at Savin Rock the latter part of July.
 Whist tonight, Norwich Girls club, Thayer building. Admission 15 cents adv.
 Messages are reaching Norwich from the local delegates to the Nation al Baptist convention in Minneapolis.
 Ascension day, & festival of great significance in the Episcopal church. es, falls this year on Thursday. June 1st.
 The Taylor cottage at Eastern Point has been rented to D. c. Arnold of Westfeld, N. J.. for the coming sea- son.
 In spite of the cold weather and late spring. farmers are finding black snakes very active and extra big this season.
 bringing up a few summer boarders, to spend the season on farms in the suburbs.
 Miss Jessie Hyde of Norwich Town read a fine paper on The Happiness of ference in Central Village. Three members of the school com mittee of Clean up week distributed about 15o copies of the committees letter to the schools Monday.
 As we'll as the public celebration of Fourth of July here. there is talk of several private celebrations of the day, as timely in this Preparedness year.
 A former Norwich resident, Miss Mildred P. Wightman. had very suc- 1 cessful recital of piano pupils at her home in Putnam, Saturday evening. We sell the best vacuum cleaner for S25.o0. The Tanning Studio. 52 Broad | way.-adv.
 Local astronomers are hoping for l clear skies for observation toward the end of this week, when the planet Venus reaches it's greatest brllliancy
 Monday at Mt. Pleasant street school Supervisor J. B. Stanton addressed the 1 toward making this 9, clean and beau tiful city.
 Miss Nina Derby of Albany, N. Y. a | niece of Mrs. F. A. Tracy, of Norwich | is a member Of the James Kennedy & Co, which opened at the Davis theatre 1 Monday evening.
 On pleasant days. Mrs. Fannie c l Church, of the probate court Is out and about. but she is recovering very slowly from her severe illness with nervous trouble.
 For the thirteenth year Miss Mamie B. Ward, representing the Connec- ticut Chi!dren's Aid society. is here from Hartford and is the guest ot i friends in this, her former home.
 The Groton Tennis club opened its lcourts on Baker avenue for the seasor 1 Saturday. Nearly fifty members have already registered with the member. 1 d-cd Wadhan.
 Waterfords contribution to the re- con6tr:ctioIi of the New London-Ha ford turnpike has been completed ant the niia e new rlacadam road run nipg oyer Fla: rock is open to traffic A top dressing of oil will be applied within short time.
 Mir. and Mrs, Chester ". Bliss ant family Of Boston have arrived t' srend tho summer at their home il the Pequot section. They occupy tn former McCabe cottage, one of tn largest and most beautiful of the sum mer homes In that section.
 The Journal of Education notes tha Frederick D. Mabrey, a native of Nor wich has been elected president 0 the Bennington County, Vermont, Ed ucational association and has bee, unanimously reelected principal of tn high school for his fifth year.
 The funeral of Mrs. Donald R. Me Lean, honorary president general c the National D. A. R., was held Mon
 day afternoon at Frederick. Md :
 number of eastern Connecticut mem
 bers of ftle D. A. R. had met Mrs. Nc
 Lean during Washington visits.
 Mir. and Mrs. Fred Henderson C
 North Cambridge, Mass, announce the engagement of Mir. Henderson | 9lSterp Mrs. GeorSe 5. MOfsan. 1 James P. Sullivan of New London: Q
 a dinner party at MT. and Mrs. Hen
 derson's home in North Cambridge, o
 Sunday evening.
 A party of twenty boys of the Tier } ney Cadets of St. Mary's T. A. societ
 of Norwich spent short time in tn city Sunday afternoon after re turning from a visit ro Fort Wrigl earlier in the day. They were
 charge of Miss Margaret A. McCat {. fery.-New London Telegraph.
 WALTER ABENpRoTH RESIGNS s AS FINANCIAL sEcRETAR