Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-25
VARIOUS MATTERS

 1 this evening.
 Birch brush is being hauled to the mills about the state.
 Fifty printed calling cards for 35 cents at The Bulletin Office--ddy. Hotels and restaurants have made many reservations for dinner guests and parties today.
 Jitney drivers and special delivery automobile owners have had profit able holiday season.
 fered for the holiday trade came fro orchards in Lebanon.
 Mondays uncertain weather did not appear to keep shoppers at home in any appreciabie numbers. Even the Christmas letters and cards bear the government reminder: Food ! will win the, war, don't waste it.
 Splendid trade in staple goods" is the verdict of all Norwich merchants regarding their holiday business. Owners of Florida orange groves are remembering their friends up north with boxes of the new crop fruit. A number of informal Christmas eve parties were held for the boys and girls home from college for the holidays. Some unusually big christmas candles offered by the stores will help during the t1ishtless nights" ahead. To date. the Red Cross membership at Groton has been fully doubled and the prospect is that it will ex- ceed the 300 mark
 The Christmas festival for all mem bers and friends of the Broadway Con- gregational Sunday school is to be held Friday evening.
 The mills of Rockville are short of coal. The high school barely has enough coal to last two days after school convenes. January 2.
 This weeks meeting of the Pro- gressive Missionary club of the Cen tral Baptist church is to be held with Mrs. Lawrence Hoffman, 2 Penobscot street.
 4 Christmas present of 500 cigars and 300 cigarettes. six jars of tobac- 60 and some chewing tobacco was sent to Danbury boys at Fort Wright, Fishers Island.
 December 26, 27 and 2s, being St. Steven, St. John and Holy Innocents' days. respectively. Holy Communion will be celebrated each day in the Epis- copa1 churches.
 With the best of intentions. many Norwich property owners have had little chance to use snow shove1s this month, as there has been more ice than snow on the walks.
 Many novelties in holiday decora- tfcns are noticeable about town, at some houses small American flags, or flags of the. allies, being com bined with evergreen or holly.
 Use of Eold coins as Christmas gifts has been almost discontin. gum gifts las been almost entirely elimin- ated this year. thrift stamps and war certificates taking their place.
 contribution of s1o0.ooo by the Rockefeller Foundation for it's war wort. in 1918 was announced yester- day in New Haven, by the supreme ofFice of tie Knights of Columbus. mas tree exercises at Central Park, RoclUiilz. werc begun Sunday night at o'cIcck, when all the mill whistles blew ard lells in the city rang for two rr.11Iteg-
 Norwics. alumni Ieern that wesle- van has mere than AGO men in the Crited States service. including
 
 assistants, J5s undergraduates and ueartF 25e g-acrs.es.
 Tte weei<1v cataaf- e the Sec tho E'-rrior:ai r1:c.r9tre Entered Into Life. pacezrsi,a7 F. 1?tT John Worthy Walker. '@'Elgosoeves- Iiyett and be- Iievstl' on .ns s;,sfi -nevsr die" ,yse- nuEiag the @ e,sxen .s,- m nsesths s ended New Eaven 6, fIart.foz-a Railroad company moved eee,5o5 rn.,r> gross tons os commercial cosl over it's lines than :r the sl-ne period of 1916.
 NeEs received frors st- Petershurg, Florida, from Louis Mabrey is to the effect that Mrs. Mahrey has had to spend two weeks in the hospital and is just able to sit I'D. Mr. and Mrs. Mabrey are in Florida. for the win ter. -t
 While good list of names of the parish boys in the fedarE; service has been received by Rev. J. EI. Frederick for the Contemplated I,cncr roll of St. Patrick's church, all Of tho 100 or more have not yet been reported to the rector.
 The completion If the beautiful gran ite mauso1euuc being erected in Ma plewood cemetery for Mrs. Joseph M. BurdiclS is delayed, because three of the marble slabs to line the tomb were cracked in transit and must De replaced by perfect slabs.
 Venus will be in conjunction De- cember 3eth With Uranus and nor2, of the latter about the diameter of the moon. This will be an excellent op- portunity for those having telescopes to locate Uranus. Venus sets about three houra and half after the sun.
 Hartford papers note that Mrs Rowena Caldwell and Miss Florence Morgan Caldwell of Hartford and Philip N. H5a1y=aring of St PaIll's school, Concord. N. H.. are spending the holidays with MT. and Mrs M. F Plant of No. 1s501 Fifth avenue, New York
 The legal committee of the exemp- tion board for Holland county is hav-