Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-11
VARIOUS MATTERS

ing requests for later supplies of gold
and silver coins for holiday gifts.
At Mantle, Mrs. Edward Proctor
has been engaged to take charge of
the telephone office as chief operator.
Librarians from this section were
in New Haven Saturday, attending
a, meeting of the State Library assoc
citation.
Icemen hereabouts began to look
more cheerful yesterday, when it
cleared off cold following Saturday
nights rain.
Oranges always fern an important
factor in the holiday trade, and the
first Of the California crop are coming
into market.
Between 2 o'clock and yesterday
afternoon 1877 persons visited the Otis
library reading room. Mrs. Irving
Hamilton VAS n charge.
Next sr1dav afternoon. at the re-
opening IS OF the Norwich Town
Method church the vested choir of
Tr:i-..y Methodist church is to sing.
The mercury stood at 26 degrees
at Trading Cove. early Sunday morn
ing. In the city during the day the
temperature did not rise above 40 de-
greeS even at noon.
At the short calendar session of the
superior court in New Haven Friday,
Judge Gardiner Greene of Norwich,
heard and granted three uncontested
applications for divorce.
A third candidate for assistant su-
perintendent at the state capitol for
the coming session has appeared, in
the person of Rocco Iogozzo, a super
numerary policeman Of Meriden.
At a meeting of the sophomore class
Of Connecticut College. the class ex-
pressed its regret at the serious ILL
ness of Miss Mary Coughlin OF Nor
witch, one OF its members, and, voted
to send her flowers.
AS result Of the recent holiday
sale at the Norwich clubhouse by the
Parish Aid society OF Trinity Epis-
president, 1t is expected that consid-
cradle over 800 will be cleared.
The contract for building RockvilJe's
new postof1ce has been awarded to the
Westchester Engineering company of
White Plains, n. Y. The work must
be completed within II months The
price bid by the company was s45,913
At this years exhibition Of the Ma
lAOAld1 AoOClOLy VI NICI4lSiIcu at I10 Ma
tional Arts Club, In New York, the
critics are expressing admiration at
the Egyptian tiles by Irene Weir, a
former Norwich Art school instructor.
The Catholic Transcript listed
among Miss Boyle's appointment Sun
day a visit to Baltic church in the
morning and Taftville in the after
noon, in the effort to secure homes
for dependent orphans of the diocese.
Health authorities are sending out
the notice that the winter flies should
be ''swatted" or otherwise killed on
sight. If allowed to escape they will
holes or other out-of-sight places I'M
til spring.
Comptroller Morris C. Webster has
secured rooms in a Hartford hotel as
headquarters for clerks of the senate
and house during the coming session
Of the general assembly. There are
four rooms and they will cost the
state $1,000.
The Middletown Press mentions
that recently, at Christ church parish
house Miss Mary Lathbury, of Put
nam, director of ocoupational work at
the state hospital. addressed the mem
bers Of the Girls Friendly society and
their guests.
Seven eclipses, four Of the sun and
three of the moon, will cause local
amateur astronomical observers to tilt
their telescopes skyward during the
year about to begin. OF the total
number, however, only two will be
visible in North America
The Brftish-American War Relief
Of which Lady Herbert is president
and Henry J. Whitehouse the treas
urer has received many additional
subscriptions, Including, from the
Piainfield, Conn, branch, s35.
Residents of Lyme, Misses Con-
stance and Grace Farwell, Miss Mabel
Banning and N. M. Terry, Jr., attend
ed the reception and dance given by
Judge and Mrs. Walter Moves in New
York for the debut Of their daughter
Miss Marion Armstrong Noyes.
Clarence Gray, Waterford youth,
charged with violation of the duck law
on the complaint of game warden
Frank w. Decker. was arraigned be-
fore Justice of the Peace Peter Taylor
at Waterford and his case was con-
Hnued until Dec. Ia. He was released
on a bond of 800.
Rare books, pamphlets, pictures and
autographs, in part from the library
Of Judge Samuel Sewail of Massa-
chusetts, 1652-1730, sold in New York
Friday, included: An Imperial Ac-
count OF Late Debate at Lyme, by
John Buckley. New London. 1929. sold
to George D. Smith for, $3.50.
Leon A. Forsythe Elected President.
At a recent meeting of the Konomoc
grange of Waterford the following off,
cero were elected for 1917: Master,
Leon A. Forsythe; overseer, Roy F.
V{r-1r
steward, Herbert Leland: assistant
steward, Charles MoeIler: chaplain,
Mrs. Jennie Hanney: treasurer, George
Forsythe; secretary, Miss Alice Baker;
gatekeeper, William J. Prehcott;
Ceres, Mrs. Nettie EIoeller; Pomona
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