Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-23
VARIOUS MATTERS


 The town schools will close Friday, April 14th. for a vacation of one week.
 Nine inch ice is stin being cut at the Beebe pend in Noank by David D. Doyle, the lessee.
 Prolonged cold weather is not to the taste of poultry raisers who are watch Ing breeders just now.
 One who has kept a record states that yesterday was the eighth con. secutive stormy Wednesday.
 The snow along the Connecticut Valley averages sixteen inches in depth according to @ local authori- ty.
 Second in Y. M. c. A. course, Adams, violinist, and Yarriclz, master magician, Friday, March "A. Few tickets left, soc -adv.
 there is shortage of charcoal and of the little bundles of wood used as ktndling.
 Saturday next, the featst of the An nunciation, there will be special ser vice in the Episcopal and Roman Cath olic churches.
 The scow Blue Book has been tow ed to Montville, where she will dis charge her cargo of coal at the wharf of the Thames River Specialties com- pany.
 Wednesday at o'clock in St. Pat rick's church, an anniversary high mass of requiem for Mrs. Mary Don erick.
 To Inquired. Jewett City: The sun crossed the line at 5.47 p. m. Mon day; but Tuesday. March 21st is gen. orally spoken of as "the first day of spring.
 The gift of $22 toward providing battling machines for French soldiers has been acknowledged from the Con- necticut Daughters of the American Revolution.
 Red Cross headquarters was in charge of Mrs. Eben Learned and Mrs. John D. Hall Wednesday morning. during the afternoon Mrs. John c. Averill was in charge.
 When the board of governors of the Old Lyme Country club met this week, the executive committee elected was Joseph s. Huntington. J. Montford Schley, Jr. and William Howe F'oote.
 Spring opening at the Studio Speciality Shop, 52 Church street, Wed. and Thurs, Mar. p and 23. No cards adv.
 Groton residents, Mr. and Mrs. Bel ton A. Copp of Thames street, who have been spending a short time in Havana, are staying at St. Augustin, Fla on their trip en route for home.
 Class circle of the Kings Daughtrrs had planned sewing meeting at the Red Cross room in the Thayer build ing Wednesday afternoon, but because of the storm the meeting was post poned.
 Holland men Frederick L. Metcalf and Charles Smith who are cutting logs for MT. Amidon in Wilmington are unable to work this week on account of the great depth of snow in the woods.
 The government wants a cemputer and estimator, for men only, to fill a vacancy in the office of the Supervis- ing Architect. Treasury department Washington, D. C., at salary of $1, 500 a year.
 James H. Day, O, Frederick King Mrs. Sophia Rapp and Miss Susie Gould have recently sold land at OlG Saybrook to the New York, New Ba- yen 6 Hartford Railroad company fo1 the new track At a meeting of AndeEer grange Mrs Guy Bartlett, Miss Hazel Carey, Mrs Arthur Benton, Horace Baclus and o Parker SteaFns. were appointed a com | mittes to arrange for the organizing o a boys and girls' agricultural club.
 Funeral services of Mrs. Kath. | erine Collett, wife of Frank L. Collett were held at 4S Shap1ey street, Nev noon, Captain Wilbur of the Salvation Army eficiating. Burial was at Jor dan,
 | A former Norwich pastor. Rev. Will fam r. Thayer. now of Wallingford l was in Shelton Tuesday evening. tn | speaker at the annual supper of tn | Baptist church. He spoke on '"Th Every Member Canvass Policy O | Church Finance"
 News has been received here that tn eleventh annual meeting of the Ameri can Association of Museums will b held at Washington, D. C.. May 15-17 and the seventh annual convention o the American Federation of.Arts, O. May 1T, IS and 1s.
 A district convention of the repub licans to the state convention iron | the thirty-f1fth senatorial distric lthe whole of Toland county), ha been called for Monday, April 8 ii the superior court room, Rockville, 10 the election of two district delegates the state convention.
 The 800 students of the Montclail N. !. High school have raised tn $258 necessary to send two Ken | lucky boys through the Pine Mountai school. The money will be put at tn | disposal of Miss Ethel De Long. hea q fthat school, and who recently wis tied her mother and sister in Norwich l GRANTED FOUR MONTHS 1 LEAVE pr ABSENCE