Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-25
VARIOUS MATTERS

The mercury stood at IA degrees at
Trading Cove early yesterday morn
ing.
Don't miss hearing .Seutner the bal
lot medium. Spiritual academy Sunday.
adv.
A number Of g. A. r. posts have al
ready secured their Memorial Day
speakers.
Tomorrow Sunday is the last Sun
day in this conference year for the
Methodist churches.
The Peck library Slater hall. has
recently had an appreciated gift OF
two volunns of 1t Science Franchise.
Grace circle of the Kings Daught-
ers, Mrs. Frank J. King. leader, met
at the Red Cross room Friday after
noon to sew.
By actual count the snow storm of
Wednesday was the thirty-f1rst gen.
uine snow storm this winter. The first
snow came November %.
Howard Clark has moved frNe
Central Village to Plainf1eld. He is an
electrician at the sub-station on the
Norwich Central trolley line.
Get new timetables today! A change
in train service will go into effect on
the New Work. New Haven and Hart
ford railroad Sunday. March 26.
The Kings Daughters circle at Cen
trail Village, collected 2910 pounds Of
old papers the past week which was
sent to the paper mill at Versailles.
There was a special official board
meeting after the close of the Thurs
day evening prayer meeting at Trinity
Methodist church to make final ar
rangements for the conference.
At present freight is running heavy
over the north end of the Central
Vermont road, especially from Mi1lers
Falls to Palmer, where the shipments
are sent over the Boston and Albany
lines.
Does Every Man Have His Price ?''
DR.. Slocum will answer tomorrow night
at Central Baptist church. Elmer
Crawford Adams, celebrated violinist,
will play.-adv.
When Mrs G. C. Barber celebrated
her 49th birthday, Thursday evening at
her home. in New London, four gen
erations of the family were included
in the ten who celebrated the ami
versary.
During Friday morning, Mrs. Charles
H. Preston and Miss Louise B. Mech
had charge at Red Cross headquarters.
In the afternoon Mrs. A. Thatcher
Otis and Mrs. c. c. Gildersleeve were
| in charge.
The Vineyard Workers of the Cen
trail Baptist church. Mrs. c. G. Glider
sleeve, president, returned 81 finished
! 1oS1 n ~
| terday, representing home work by
the members.
Through the societies who made fl
nancial contributions, and the men
who gave labor. the sheathing of the
walls of the parish house at St
James Episcopal church, Poquetanuck
has been accomplished.
New farm owners and tenants in the
| suburbs will be greatly delayed and
| Inconvenience in their first of April
| of snow along the highways melt dur
| ing the coming week.
Several from Norwich went to New
| London Friday night, to hear BishoI
| William A. Quayle, noted Methods
speaker, deliver a lecture on Napo
! leon BOnaparte, Democrat, at the
Federal Street Methodist church.
The Vacation War Relief committee
of which Miss Anne Morgan is the
chairman, has collected $242. 227.76
New gifts acknowledged include Mrs
| G. H. Sheriff., S25 and Mrs. E. II
Bibbs, $57, formerly of Norwich.
Norwich friends learn tina tFranl
| Edward Johnson has been honored by
| an invitation to read a paper at East
| err on his discoveries in Tunisia be
fore the distinguished Washington or
ganigation, The Orientahst society.
One of the delegates to the Meth
odis+ conference in Norwich next weel
| will be Jeptha G. Bill, of Glasgo, on,
| of the oldest and most active men il
this county. who attended the confer
ence when held there thirty years age
AS an evidence of the value of New
York real estate, the Charles F. Noye
Co. sold Thursday to Daniel P Mors
for the estate of George Bell. eigh
inches of ground adjoining No. a
Walker street, which strip perfect
title to a building, for $500.
The hospital committee of min
members Of the Second church, Mrs J
D. Haviland, chairman, have visite
Backus hospital by twos every othe
day this week. and tomorrow Mrs. Gee
Fuller is to play for the patients.
Miss Bessie L. Taft. of Hartford
state organizer of the Band q
Mercy" is travelling through tn
state under the auspices of the Goa
necticut Humane society, organizin
what are known as Band of Mercy
clubs, to install in the children
love for animals and nature
| Naxy EIayar ro}lrood zao+So, La-s
will get a raise of one cent an hou
according to a notice issued fror
the headquarters of the company. B
means of this increase the officials {
the road hope to get all the help the
need for track repairs, constructio
and other work requiring unskiIle
labor.