Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-31

evening or Feb. at 6.S0 o'clock.
 Owners of orchards welcomed the change to lower temperature Satur-
 day, as they were fearful lest mild weather might start the buds to swell ing.
 At Connecticut College for Women, Rev. Edward M. Chapman of Ocean avenue conducted vesper service at
 Thames hall Sunday afternoon at 4.45
 o'clock.
 There is great interest in the houses
 being built for the Norwich Housing
 company and before the rain Sunday the new buildings were inspected by
 many persons.
 Four beautiful marble vases, two for
 each side altar have been pre-
 scented St. Patrick's church by the Young Ladies' Sodality and were
 greatly admired Sunday.
 The "Go-To-Church- Band" term at the Second Congregational church ended Sunday. The reward pins will
 be given out next Sunday when the second term of four months starts Universalist church rummage sale to be held in Thayer building Tues
 day morning at o'clock.-Adv.
 The Gales Ferry road to Groton is
 impossible for automobiles, according
 to motorists who have attempted to
 travel over that road yesterday. The
 ruts are eight inches deep in places.
 Some of the drivers of automobiles in suburban places where children are
 carried to school daily, have been forced because of muddy roads to fall
 back on horse-drawn 'busses for a time. e
 Sunday at Christ Episcopal church, Rev. Richard R. Graham recited a special prayer for missions and this prayer and leaflets on missionary top tion.
 In the Middletown city court Sat- | urday morning, three husky hoboes, | of Westerly and John Copnell of New London, were given terms of 90 days | in pail at Haddam.
 The Leighton Studio is closed for ] repairs. Will reopen later with mod ern equipment and up-to-date methods l in artistic photography.-Adv
 The Home Missionary Society of the
 Second Congregational church is
 planning to send a box to Miss Ruth Huntington of Norwich, for the school at Hindman, Ky. early in Feb | ruary.
 An appreciated innovation on the New Haven road is the regular desig- hating now of each parlor car by a conspicuous placard in the window giving limited convenience to passeng- CTS boarding train.
 Thames Tow Boat Co.'S tug Miles Standish, Capt. George Halyburton, has lowed the barge Mary w., coal | laden to Norwich, where the barge s
 cargo will be discharged at the wharf of the Edward Chappell Co. 1 The 5oth anniversary of the organi- zation of the Groton Bank Temper | ance onion was celebrated Sunday ev-
 ening at a union meeting at the Gro 1 ton Congregational church. Capt Ja- son L. Randall, president, presided. The sailing of steamer Korona from New York for St. Thomas. on which Vice Consul Luther K. Zabriskie of
 Norwich is to be passenger, has been
 delayed until p. m. Wednesday, ac- cording to announcements made Sum- | day. Wednesday, Feb. ?. the Feast of the Purification, commonly called Candle | mas Day, is not a holy day of obliga- ton in the Catholic church, but in ad- I dition to the regular daily mass at o'clock in St. Patriclzs church there l will be mass at 8.
 Manufacturers have been notified 1 that new export declaration, chang | ing former procedure for foreign ship 1 nnents. goes into effect Tuesday
 Feb. 1, and no shipment will be given | clearance by the customs authorities
 until the declaration has been filed. | Local alumni learn that sentiment
 concerning the abolishing of the old | historical cannon scrap has been leyan university. and 1t is now a ques- ] tion whether or not this scrap will take place any more between the
 freshmen and sophomores.
 Following a romance which started \ in their dancing as partners at the Waldorf, Miss Donna Bain, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Donald Bain of At | lanta, Ga, and Grafton Wiggins, sor
 were married at s.s0 o'clock Saturday night at St. Stephens church, New York
 At the sale of the Andrews, Can 1 field. Ives, and other estates pictures
 at the Plaza, New York, a grand to. | tai of S120,215 was received for the l IF paintings, including these paint ]! ings by Charles Fl Davis, the Mystic l artist: Windy Day, October, sS25; Melting. Clouds. $525 and Wind-swept 1 Fields $1,025.
 | Ridsefeld-The marriage of Brad ford Boardman, son of Mrs. William H. Boardman of Clattercote Farm Ridgeheld, Conn, and Miss Clarinds Starbuck Boardman. a daughter oi Mrs. Lansdale Boardman of New Yori l took place at o'clock Saturday af. | ternoon in St. Thomas's church. New l York. Rev. pr. Ernest M Stires, ths