Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-28
VARIOUS MATTERS

Aug. z6fh Is St. AuguSt1nee 0ay III the church calendar.
 Automobile supply men have done a big business during the month.
 The new laws require all towns to | make a reassessment of all property
 before 1929.
 Many cottage owners are finding a good demand for cottage leasing for
 September.
 Come to the Wigwam, Aug. 2s and
 30, given by Mohegan Ladies Sewing society.-adv.
 A number from Norwich will attend
 the annual Bill library dinner at Led
 yard Wednesday.
 Gray squirrels have begun to dam
 age the gear crop, biting into the fruit
 to get a. the seeds.
 An occasional outing party comes
 down ths Mohegan trail and visits his-
 torie sites in and about Mohegan.
 It is claimed that some farmers in
 this section are letting hay stand un-
 cut, as they cannot get help to handle
 it.
 At vo1untown, svalter c. Tanner has picked seven bushels of cucumbers for pimkling and expects to gather as many more.
 | Rev. c c. Lyon of Staffordville | preached at the Sunday morning ser | vice at the Congregational church at 1 Newfane, Vt.
 With the coming of Sept. 1st, regu- 1 lar services will be resurled in local | churches which have been closed dur ] ing the vacation period.
 i The use of canvas covers on garbage ! "a TfC in ha nf 2 practice that is growing and which pleases all who note it.
 Under the vacation schedule for the Otis library staff, Miss Mildred D. Rogers of Division street is having
 three weeks leave of absence.
 Orders received at the Versailles Sanitary Fibre company's plant are keeping the mill busy night and day. 1 about 125 being now employed.
 The men of the lobster fleet in the l shore towns are selling directly to the l wholesale dealers for 20 cents a pound 1 The latter get 40 cents in the mar | kets.
 Thomas Avery of Eastern Point has l been obliged to close fNs garage be- l cause of difficulty in finding men to 1 run his machines and work in the garage.
 At o'clock Monday in St. Patriek's i church an anniversary requiem high mass for the repose of the soul of Mrs. Jane Burns was sung by Rev. J. H. Broderick.
 In several Connecticut cities this is Soldiers Gift week, when the citizens are sharing their comforts with the boys who are soon to go into camp in other states.
 The 36th annual outing of the Order  ert Morris day is to be held at Light house Point, East Haven. Friday, in the form of 8 basket picnic.
 The Rockville Fife and Drum corps is planning to attend the state con vention of the ffers and drummers of Connecticut which will be held this , year in Stamford Friday, Aug. 31.
 The completion, after long delay, of the repairs to the roadway at the of Union street and Broad way, above the Little Plain, is a mat ter of satisfaction to residents on both streets. New London by the Temperance so- ciety was attended by a delegation from the Ladies' T. A. society of Taft vile and St. Joseph's Ladies>T A. so- ciety of Noank.
 The rockies at Mantle camp are be- .ng steadily fitted out. Cots and blan- $ @ @kets have been served out to them and | they have tentmates with old hands. They get two and one-half hours of regular hard work. {
 The two houses on lower Union s street recently purchased from the Me 1 Namara estate by Charles A. Cham I berlain are being painted and repair T ed. A wide granolithic walk has been l laid along the property. I
 Greton correspondent writes that ' sacred Heart cadets of Greton are to f join delegations from Norwich. Mystic, f Noank and New London to attend the f picnic of St. Mary's cadets of New ( London at the Golden Spur. ,
 The pulpit of the Baptist church of : Sroton vas filled Sunday morning by z Rev F. E. Luddington of Quaker Hill ' n the absence of the paster, Rev \ George A., Atha. who preached in No | ink both morning and evening d .Squardon A, New York's crack and l picturesque body of troopers, will be . eorganized as machine gun bat | 5partanSburg, s. c. Edwin C. Ely, a | native of Norwich, is a member of q Squadron A
 Norwich friends learn that former c Christ church rector. Rev. Nelson Poe -arey, Is greatly pleased with his !! present. charge at Beverly Farms, Mass. He has purcha sed house there md has been presented automobile q recently by wealthy parishioner
 Within the past few weeks num- t per of young men of St. Patrick's l parish have been accepted under the 1raft and Rev. J. H. Broderick an 1ounced from the pulpit Sunday that r such yourg men were requested to call l l. 1n him at the rectory before leaving own. I
 Work on the TNaterbury-Bristo :; l'ramWay company's proposed new inc will not be started until next year V owing to scarcity of labor and ma erial and the high cost of both. At ', orney John H. Cassidy, formerly of 7 \orw1ch, is secretary of the Green line, which is to control the new line
 The Connecticut Adventists' eamp $ meeting, opening at the Dunham grove s