Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-14

| Wednesday afternoon a meeting oi
 the Progressive Missionary club of the 1 Central Baptist church was held ir
 Bushnell chapel.
 The graduating exercises of the | grammar pupils of the Ellington Schools will be held in town hall there this (Thursday) evening.
 given one advantage to the farmer, ir keeping away the potato bug and cut worm up to the present time.
 A Mohegan Trail banner announcing the opening of the trail on June 22 has been flung across State street at the corner of Union Street, New Lon- don.
 The residence of Miss Dora Thomp- son Maine in North Stonington has been leased to William c. Hammond and family of Brooklyn, N. Y, for the summer.
 Breeders of horses in Windham county are taking notice of the state ment that already 920,000 horses and 330, GOO mules have been shipped to the war countries.
 1 brought many shoppers to town, extra i attractive values being offered by the stores, which are making a big point of wartime prices.
 l. Connecticut is nearing the 800 maj rk in army recruits. The daily statement issued by Adjt. Gen. Mccain Wednes- day showed a total of S96 29 having enlisted the day before The military census boards complete list of Germans, between the ages of 16 and fl years, living in Connecti- cut, showing a total of 1,7s6. Of this number Norwich has 12.
 
 will take the 2:15 trolley car this afternoon to attend the Flag Day ex- ercises at the home of Mrs. Owen s. Smith.
 Friends will be at Saybrook Point tomorrow CFriday) afternoon when Emmons White, eldest son of Rev. and Mrs. William F. White formerly of Ledyard, will be ordained in the Con grega tional church.
 Horace D. Covell, a grocer at Pom fret Landing in the town of Pomfret, filed a, petition in bankruptcy in the United States court at Hartford. Tues day. He has liabilities of S3,975.40, and $3,S45.40 of the amount is unsecured.
 One of the first to join the auto truck company at New London was w Everett Eagles, whose parents reside in Norwich and who has successfully passed his examinations The com
 
 The wide-reaching influence of the Norwich Red Cross is proved by the fact that a reader of The Bulletin in Archibald Gilchrist for directions as to making comfort bags for soldiers. as mentioned in this paper!
 A rumor in circulation that Camp Dewey. the junior naval reserve training station at Kitemaug, was about to be taken over by the federal government as a training station for the naval reserve. was officially denied by the Dewey camp commander. tion Is represented by Miss Ludlow and Miss Smith at Storrs Agricult- ural College. They are attending the classes for canning and on their re- turn will give free demonstrations to all interested in food conservation.
 News comes that. Prof. and Mrs J. Herbert George are settled in their and Mrs. Herbert M. George in Minne- apoHs. For 24 years Professor George was a popular and successful super visor of music of the public schools here.
 At the twelfth annual commence ment of Simmons College, Boston, l Monady in the Harvard church, |
 
 ticut, who were graduated from the i school of household economies in cluded Miss Gladys L. Thompson of | Norwich. Representatives of the Hartford | branch of the American Schools for l the Deaf have sent word that a men | named L. c. Schindler, representing | and asking for photo graphs and histories of schools is an impostor.
 sociation met Tuesday afternoon at the {! Elm Tree Inn, Pennington and after | dinner. the members heard q talk, with | steriopticon slides on Lighting Pro- ! Standardization Laboratory of the 1 General Electric Company.
 A certificate of organization has Company, Incorporated. of Norwich. The capital s10,00o, divided into 100 | shares. The officers are: President, Samuel Raucher; vice president, Mar ion J. Rosenberg; treasurer, Joseph N. | Rosenberk; secretary. Morris Bokoff
 Instructions received at the New London regular army recruiting sta tfon advised against enlistment of ad- ditional recruits for the aviation torps, engineers or coast artillery, these | branches being full. Recruits enrolled | in the future will be assigned to | either the cavalry, infantry or field ar tillery.
 Aside from c. Hunting Lathrop and | William J. Brassill of the town of | Franklin two members of the board | 1f registration in the town of Ham | len and eighteen of those who served l there as registrars on Registra ton Day are the only ones in the state II who have sent bills to Governor Marcus II H. Holcomb for their services.
 BridGeport.-F'ourteen thousand dol II lars worth of seeds were distributed II at cost to farners Of the ec,ln ha II