Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-09
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Norwich, Saturday, Sept. 9, 1916.
VARIOUS MATTERS

az VARIOUS MATTERS Light vehicle lamps at s.ss this ev- ening.
 Dealers say that this is the time for watermelon feasts.
 The planet Saturn continues morn ing star until September 30th.
 Golfers from Eastern Point will play on the Norwich golf course on Sunday.
 Today, the 9th, the days length has decreased exactly two and one-half hours.
 The schools of the town of Groton are to open Monday for the fall term.
 The crops of barberries is ripening and promises to be a good one this | season.
 The shower Friday evening was badly needed to freshen up lawns and gardens.
 Dense fogs in the morning have kept the sirens sounding warnings in the shore towns for several days. AS LOW pSlSSNGI1I1S C6IIIPS1S WIO | remain along the river banks took comfort during yesterdays heat. The weather is considered too hot for dahlias, which growers say should be big and handsome in bout a week more.
 The peach crop at the Geer and Al lyn orchards in Ledyard will be small this season, as is the case in all peach orchards hereabouts.
 At Sterling Rev. A. A. McCasken of Norwich Is announced to preach at the Sterling Hill Baptist church Sunday morning and evening.
 The Norwich Union Christian En- deavor field day at Lef1ngwen will be attended by members from most of the surrounding towns.
 The air was so charged with elec- tricity yesterday, before the storm that the sick and aged were particular ly affected by it's influence.
 Work has begun in Calvary church, Colchester, taking out the seats, etc The church will soon be torn down and a new brick chapel erected.
 A memorial service for former County Commissioner Deacon B. F. Williams is to be held Sunday morn ing at the Road church, Stonington.
 The fashioned method of cooling off by means Of 9 trolley ride in an open car is becoming popular again with those who do not own automo- biless
 These are the days when drivers and others, as well as the birds and animals, appreciate the D. A. R. me- morial bubble fountain on the Little Plain.
 Norwich students at Wil1imantic State Normal school are home for q week, the classes having been dismiss ed Friday morning as 9 precautionary measure.
 The September Connecticut Citizen workers concerning how to proceed in order to secure a vote on license in town elections.
 Men and women invited to hear Rev Arthur VGrley, the Central Baptist Church quartette. and Swahn's orches- tra, p. m. Sunday Thayer building, Y. M. c. A. auspices.-adv.
 An Ashaway, R. L. correspondent states that Messrs. Clifford and Walter Perring of Ashaway are building a house at Norwich for their mother, Mrs. William Perrin Contributions to the Willard fund, acknowledged by the State w. c. T. U. include, from Willimantic L. T. L., S1, Jewett City $2. Middletown 2, Bristol ?. Thomaston $2, Portland ?, total $11.
 Invitations have been issued to the wedding of Miss Clara B. Broman of Stonirgton and Irving T. Melvin of Mystic, which is to take place Sept. 20 at Calvary Episcopal church, Ston- ington, at 1.30 p. m.
 The Stonington Mirror mentions that John c. Gallup of Moosup was at Wamphassett Point for the holiday and that his family will remain week longer than usual this year owing to the later opening of the schools. One hundred and forty-four com fort kits for United States soldiers on the Mexican border were shipped Thursday by the New London branch of the Woman's section of the Navy league to Red Cross headquarters ,n New York.
 The water and light commissioners of Groton borough are considering a plan for renodeling the brick build ing connected with the Poquonoc Bridge station for the purpose of making it into a house for the work men in charge of the pump station. Suffragists are working in Ladyard and Center Groton interesting the women of the community in the for nation of 9 local equal suffrage league. An open meeting is to be held at the Ledyard Congregation church on Tuesday evening, Septem- | Der 26th.
 FUNERAL. .- Miss Mary 6. Sullivan. The funeral of 3Ti-7 Mary C. SuIli- Ean. who was ma of the hest kr,n1rrr1