Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-29
VARIOUS MATTERS

evening.
 Ponds are getting low and much more rain is needed. A few prudent growers covered ten der plants last night, fearing frost.
 Lima beans are being picked by some of the gardeners but the crop is rather short.
 Teachers who have been attending the summer school at Storrs are re- turning home.
 This, the last week of summer, will l end the season for some Of the camp | CTS along the river.
 August 29th the beheading of St. John the Baptist is commemorated in the church calendar. The fair of Sacred Heart parish at Groton. held last week resulted in the clearing of $500.
 Exactly two hours have been clipped from tn days length. It is daylight now 1S hours, IS minutes.
 Saturday was Tag Day at Crescent Beach and Mantle, for the benefit of the proposed Mantle Public library.
 Early Monday evening thermometers
  temperature of 90 and 94 during the past few days.
 The school at Eastern Point will open this year September IS, Miss Ruth J. Allyn of Mystc having been engaged as teacher.
 The freight house at the Groton sta tion of the New Haven road. has been painted and work is now going on on the main waiting room. A number of houses about town, which have been closed during the summer will be opened and occupied 1 by the end of the week. In a published list of cottag gers at l Oswegatchie. Dr. and Mrs E. H. Lin | nell, of Norwich. are mentioned as oc- cupying the White cottage.
 A number fro here will go to Led ] yard for the annual Bill dinner to be 1 held Wednesday, August 30, at the Ledyard Congregational church. l Local automobile parties numbering 1 children have had some trying experi- | ences getting by the health officers agents, in trips to suburban towns.
 Society papers note that Mrs. John | Addison Porter of New Haven, for merly Of Pomfret, and her daughters are at Grand Isle, Lake Champlain.
 The rain Sunday night and Monday ! brought relief from heat and humidity, 1 but the drop in temperature was so | sudden that yesterday was bit shiv- l cry.
 The home of the late Frank Jewett at I43 Mckinley avenue has been pur- | chased by Mrs. Seth N. Taylor, re- 1 gently of New Haven, who will occupy the residence.
 Although no formal meetings are | being held during the season, some | benevolent women continue their work for the Red Cross and other forms of war relief.
 Mentioned among members of a 1 yachting party at StOningtQn are | Rev. 2. B. SChmitt, Miss Schmitt and ] Miss Elizabeth Schmitt, Of Ansonia, formerly of Norwich.
 Golfers from Norwich have been in | vtted to the Highland Country club 1 grounds at Meriden, today, for the an rual fall tournament of the Connec- 1 ticut Golf association.
 The small boys who are elated over ] the delayed opening of the schools for l get that 1t will mean shortened va | cations, or possibly no vacations. at | Christmas and Easter.
 In the list of students given semin- | ary appointments by Bishop John J. Milan is the nameeof Henri Pion, from 1 Sacred Heart parish, Taftville, to Grand Seminary, Montreal.
 Local members Of the party learn 1 that x-Congressnan Thomas L. | Reilly will preside at the democratic | state convention to be held in New |
 The Eighth and Eleventh Connecti- l cut regiments association will hold a l joint reunion September 16 at Grand Army hall in Hartford. Robert o. 1 Tyler Women's Relief Corps will fur nish dinner for the members.
 At Middletown so many resignations are going into effect at the COnnecti- 1 cut Hospital for the Insane that there 1 getting back at the directors for i'm porting a superintendent for the insti- i tuition.
 Norwich people who returned Mon- ! day from Wfllimantic Camp ground stated that during Sunday evenings l storm lightning struck two trees. The keeper of the grounds considered it the l worst storm he had ever experienced in the grove.
 | The excellent business outlook for siiverware manufacturers this fall is naturally encouraging to Manager c A. Sherman and his associates at the International plant at ThamesviIle where the 165 employees are on g. hour day the year round. Manchester Plumbers and Steam filters Union is planning to entertain the out of town delegates to the state convention to be held there next Monday. For Sunday afternoon they have arranged for a banquet to be held in the Waranoke Inn.
 Gales Ferry residents and summer guests are still talking of the success. fUl and snappy minstrel show given a the new Country club house last week attributing a big share of the life ant | go of the evening to the ability of Mrs Walter M Buckingham of Norwich 1 as interlocutor.
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