Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-12


 Local owners of summer places at Gardner Lake have been looking aft | CT their property in advance of the opening of the seacon.
 Franklin Rumford of Norwich has sold a cottage and building lot i. at | Crescent Beach to MT. and Mrs. Rob | ert McBurney of Norwich.
 The Peck library has received gift of European War Diplomatic doc uments useful now when commence ment essays are being prepared.
 The S1st annual convention of the ": c. T. D. of Holland county is to be held in the Memorial church at South Wilmington tomorrow (Saturday).
 The annual meeting of the Connec- ticut Forestry association is planned for Saturday. May 20 at Penwood. c. Fl. Veeders estate in Bloomfield, on in- vitation of Mir. Veeder.
 At the County Sunday School in stitute at Gales Ferry this week, Rev. H. J. Wyckoff, of Norwich. spoke in an interesting manner on County and District Sunday School work.
 The annual meeting of the graduate nurses of Connecticut is to be held ata the Hotel Gaarie, New Haven, May IT
 
 nual dinner will be at 5 p. m.
 Musical entertainment given by the Sodalitas of Broadway church, assisted A. hall at 8 p. m. Admission 25c- adv.
 From the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment station two pamphlets have been issued, one the twentieth annual report of the State Entomo- logist. the other the eighth report of the State Forester.
 State Treasurer Nellie A. Gaeer is reminding local Women's Christian Temperance unions that the Connecti- l cut union is hoping to increase it's membership by twenty-five per cent, during the present year. 1 Search of the premises occupied bv 1 Mrs. Fred H. Whitcomb, who recently I ended her life at New London. dis closed several bank books showing de- l posit accumulations in New London and Norwich of about $2,O0O. In connection with the proposed Clean-Up Week, some property owners complain that all their efforts al neatness are spoiled by neigghbors who continue to add to dumps on the I river banks. in vacant lots, etc l Much interest is being displayed ir the first scout meet of the Bristol Bos Scouts to be held June 10. Scouts atre to be invited from all parts o1 the state to compete. The mee will probably be held at Lake Com. pcunce.
 At the sale of pictures by differen owners at the Hotel Plaza, New York under the auspices of the American Art association Wednesday evening 9 portrait of a man. by John Trum bull Lebanon's famous painter brought $25o.
 State Librarian George D. Godar, has received from the bindery sixt, additional manuscript volumes o "Old Houses of Connecticut" com piled by the Colonial Danes. Ther are now 300 of these volumes for ref erence at the state library. Lieut. Theodore B. Maarburg of Bal timore, who was a student at Pomfre school. graduating in the class of II , has just returned from England wit his bride, who was Baroness Gese1Ie q Vaverfo. Lieut.. Marburg lost a leg i the British aviation service
 The announcement has been mad by Col. W. H. Hall for G. Hall, Jr, ( South Wilmington thread mills. that dividend of 10 per cent on their earn y ings for the year ending April 30t 3 will be paid their employees as soon a a the compueations can be made.
 A beautiful White Leghorn at Hill side Poultry farm, at Wilmington, the had stopped laying for a week or S gave her caretaker six( eggs at or time the other day. The youth WI performed the surgical operation fo lowed an idea gained at the Poultr convention at Storrs, last Summer. q The Society of Colonial Wars the state Of Connecticut held it's ar e nual court Wednesday at the liar ford club. The necrology list incluG
 ed Walter Learned of New Londc
 who died December 12 1915, ar
 Elisha Clinton, president of the B.
 HiIlard company. with mills in Eagl, vile and Vernon.
 Mentioned among those attendir
 the state W. R. c. convention at Ne
 Haven were: Marietta A. Wright al
 Maude B. Baker, of Norwich: E1izi
 beth Niles and Elizabeth M. Spicer Ned London; Leah Laamphere. Ma, D. Potter, Danielson; Alice Schaarf
 Rockville; Charlotte Curtis. New Llol | d0T1