Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
Guest from Palmetto State

men school at Danbury-
 ! Guest from Palmetto State. Miss Florence Bushnell of Greene ] vile. $. C., is visiting Mrs George L.
 Randall of West Town street. l! BRIEF STATE NEWS NorfoIk-NIiss Lillian G. Whaiey has completed her duties as demonstrator l for the canning association.
 Mlford-Laurel Beach waterfront l is rapidly filling with sand and it is expected that the entire frontage will I.have to be dredged before next spring. l dIeto>wn-Former Governor F. | E. Weeks and Mrs. Weeks left We'd , tuesday for Kennebago, Maine where 1 5hey will stay until the first of Sep l.tember-
 .Waterbury-Si the outbreak of the war with Germany seven mem bers of the St. Francis Xavier Drum Corps have joined the ranks of Un- cle Sam
 EnffeId-Edward B. sellew, super intendenu, of schools in Enfield for the
 past four years, is to resign within
 few days to become superintendent
 of schools at NIiddIetown. Hartford-Nicholas F. Brady of New York, who married Miss Garvin of Hartford, has been appointed one of the honorary commissioners of the United States Boy Scouts. Naugatucl-Forty of 100 men sum
 noned before the local exemption board Saturday passed tho physical examination, and six were rejected Twenty three men claimed exemp tion.
 Watertown-Wholesa milk having been raised to g cents a quart, local milk dealers are now planning on Lewis one of the dealers, after Aug. 15, will charge 14 cents a quart. New Britain-The police baseball team is rapidly developing into speedy aggregation and indications are that the Meriden coppers will be given a tough battle in the Silver City when the first game is played on August g.
 Hartford-Upon application of the board of directors of the Connecticut reformatory Governor Holcomb has issued an order for the further ex- emption of the prison employees from i the operation of the civil service law until January, 1919.
 Meriden-Dr. Richard F. Seiden- sticker, a graduate of the high school | and Yale Academic and Medical | lieutenant in the Kings County Ar i my hospital of Brooklyn. He is the | son of Mrs. Hattie Seidensticker, of | 109 Lincoln street.
 somers has been decided by the school board to close the Davis dis 1 trict school William A Dimock has received the contract for transport | school. Mrs. Bert c. Fuller has the l contract for bringing the children
 from the Seventh district to the Cen | ter.
 RristoLThe biggest event of the
 year for proud mothers will be the
 annual baby show at Lake Com bounce, Aug 23. The prizes for the prettiest and homeliest babies, nois- jest baby, happy baby and other dis tinguished youngsters will be given. | Babies will be present from nearly
 every city in the state.
 Higganuni- Yesterday the town l was reused by the cry of fire which
 proved to be the ice house of C.. H. Bailey. MT Bailey had been burning | a nest of bees and left, thinking ev- | erything was all right. when sudden ly fire broke out, burning the roof cOf1pIeteiy OH ana uaInaS1HS the Ice house to a great extent.
 New Hartford-The Yankee Toy factory in Pine Meadow, now filling Christmas orders for Woolworth 6, Co, is experiencing a shortage of help. The company is shipping two 1 carloads of toys weekly and has its l large warehouses in New Hartford | filed The company had planned to erect a new factory which may be done later when conditions get set 1 tied.
 I RockvI!e-In order to keep up to the demand for wool that is needed in | the manufacture of the uniform ] cloth for the government the spinning