Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-04
Ut1eB,tllktins. Norwich, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 1917.
VARIOUS MATTERS

VfQN411o NxA xsk\0 Dec. 4th is St. Barbara's day. Light vehicle lamps at 4.4s o'clock this evening.
 Joseph Vivian of Waterford is a patient at the Memorial hospital, New London.
 A runamage sale in the Breed build- ing Wednesday. Dec. 3.-adv. The Monday Sewing club met at the fRed Cross room yesterday to work on surgical supplies.
 Mondays mild weather coaxed out the shoppers, and holiday trade has started in very promisinsly. Toyiand has already opened up in experiencing the joys of Christmas an ttcipation.
 The Otis library has the addresses delivered during their recent visit to the United States by M. R. Viviani and Marechal Joffre.
 Xmas sale and Japanese tea. Spirit ua1 Academy Wednesday.--adv.
 A W1ndham county farmer, Thomas Ryan, has shipped from Quinebaug station two carloads of baied hay from lis farm in North Woodstock. A war rally and public meeting in the interest of education will be held in the town hall, North Coventry, Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Boxes for the home mission field and for Miss Huntington's school in Hiadman are to be packed in the Sec ond church parlors tomorrow after noon.
 Sale of Xmas novelties at the Buck ingham Memorial, December Sd, 4th. and 5th, by Mrs. Had1ey G. Gray.-adv.
 The wedding of Miss Grace NJ. Thompson of 4S Blydenburg avenue, New London. and M. Theodore Lee of Utica. N. Y., will take place. at Christ mas time.
 Charles III. Palmer, formerly city sheriff of New London. has been com missioned first lieutenant, ordnance department, officers reserve corps, dating Nov. 22, 1917.
 A reception is to be given t1 the Ellington Congregational church par lors this Tuesday, evening from 7.3O to 9.30 o'clock to the new pastor, Rev. James T. Carter and family.
 Al the Connecticut Baptist workers institute being held at the First Bap- tist church in Hartford. the speakers Rough and Rev. P. c. Wright.
 At the annual memorial service of Willimantic lodge, No 1911, B. P. o. E., held Sunday afternoon, the address was delivered by L. E. Millea, past exalted ruler of Norwich lodge.
 Automobile owners who wished to retain their old car numbers for the season of 1913 had to make applica- ton Saturday or run the risk of taking 1t,ssy hat fall fn
 George R. Morris, district deputy will make an official visitation to St. James lodge. No. 23. F. and A. M. at Masonic Temple tonight at 7:30 Work in the Entered Apprentice degree. Light refreshments. Visiting brothers Welcome.-adv.
 During December the planet. Uranus is still lingering in the easterh end of Caprieofnus and -is -on~the meridian que south, shortly after sunset. It is in conjunction with Venus on the 30th. Walter Sireno, a member of the Neil O'Brien company, which is to- be ip clothes stolen from his dressing room ct Parsons theatre, Hartford, the other night.
 Several of the housewives at East Great Plain are aiding the Red Cross Ly taking home old cotton, eta., to be shipped up to fill comfort pillows for the next box Of hospital supplies going forward.
 Travel on the New Haven road has been heavy for the past two days. due to returning holiday guests. .t.nong others, a large number of soldiers, sailors and officers returned to assign ments Sunday night.
 Norwich friends have received word that Robert $. Ross of Schenectady, N. l., a former general secretary of the Norwich Y. M. c. A., has reached Lon- don on his way to Paris, where he is to be assigned to Y.- M. c. A. work.
 The current American Machinist, un- der it's department of New and En- ,arged Shops (metal working). has this item: Conn, Norwich--We1lman Bros. Pittsburgh, Pa, manufacturer of light hardware, plan to build factory here. hall this (Tuesday) evening. The speakers will be Harry M. Burke and Rev. Charles N. Calderward, pastor of the North Congregational church, both of Manchester. Patriotic music will be a feature. The tax collectors office will be open Tuesday and Wednesday ev- things until o'clock, for tie purpose of Collecting the unpaid personal tax- es. After Wednesday delinquent list will be made out and turned oyer to prosecuting attorney as the law di- rects. Last year the de1inquents aft CT they were taken before the court paid s instead of $2.--adv. The almost entire absence of birds at this season is being noted by resi- dents of Thompson, possibly due to the almost universal custom of spray ing the fruit trees in the spring, which may. have destroyed the birds as we'll as the bugs and worms.
 At a surprise party given by Miss Alice Marquard of Groton the en- gagement of her sister. Miss Gladys Althea Marquard, to Edward James Beaver of Cape Breton was announced. MT. Beaver is employed as nachinist by the Lapointe company.
 All the Rockville wooden mills are ff3a1xi4te pOatiuES rr ffY1ifnreu olnth ard