Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-31

Several Norwich banks hre en1- i ploying young women, to take the 1 places of men who have gone to camp.
 The festal day of the people of Sevino, Palermo and Southern Italy l was celebrated Monday by Connecti- cut Italians.
 The roof on the new signal tower at Midway is being put on and the building will be ready for use in a short time.
 The Groton Congregational pulpit will be supplied during Dr. Hurlbutt's absence on vacation by Rev. Curdon
 Bailey of Collinsville.
 A grapolithfc walk of the approved specifications is being laid in front of
 the residence of George H.. Chapman
 on the Union street side of the Little Plain.
 Rev Harvey E. Door, pastor of the
 Methodist church of Thompsonsville, and party of eight boys are camp ing on South Mountain in Somers,
 Holland county.
 The date of the annual reunion of
 the 26th Regiment, C. V which was fixed for Thursday. August 18th, at
 the Buckingham Memorial
 Dr. George S. B. Leonard Of Mystic
 has been named to the dental com mission by Gov. Holcomb to fill out
 the term of Dr. A. W. Crosby of New London which runs to July 1
 next year.
 News was received in Norwich Monday that Earle L. Sparks, youn ger son of Mrs. Lucy A. Sparks and the late Albert A. Sparks, has enlisted a arad at %to fyoS Sn{o burg, Penn.
 The new laws putting the gardens of the country under special protec- uon of the state and national govern ment are Of special significance in sections which in former years have suffereG from petty thieving here abouts.
 4 proposition was made last week by the Crescent Beach improvement Company relative to the erection of an=up-to date dancing hall which also entertainments of the Crescent Beach Club.
 Notification has been received here service committee of the Cohnecti- cut Woman Suffrage Association is to be held II the home of Mrs. Jo- seph Whitney in New Haven, Mon day, August 6.
 The launch Niota of Stonington has commenced to make her trips to the Block Island shores, carrying mail, newspapers and a limited number df passengers. This is the only means of reaching Block Island from Ston- ington this summer.
 Waiter S. Irwin, of Plymouth. Mass. 8 former resident of Rockville, iden- tif1ed for several years with the wool en business there, has entered the employ of the United States govern ment at the Boston army headquap- ters as inspector of cloth.
 MT. and Mrs. Frederick Wright have moved form Putnam back to their home in Waterford. MT. Wright has recently been transferred from man ager of an oil company's plant in Put nam to the manager of the New Lon don plant for the same company.
 One of the saddest holidays in the Jewish calendar was commemorated Monday evening. On this day in 5S6 B. c. Solomon's temple was destroy ed by the Babylonians; and on the same day in 70 A. D. the second tenn
 The Connecticut Humane Society is having it's hands full in caring for neat prostrations among animals, par .icularly horses, throughout the state. It was said yesterday that twenty one horses were killed during the past week because of the extreme hot weather.
 Connecticut communities will have ] more liberal Sunday under the law concerning the sale of articles on Sunday which will go into effect August l, with most of the acts of the General Assembly of 1917. and will be operative, for the first time, Sunday, August 5.
 Having shown marked abiIitS as of the Norwich State since the resignation of Dr. H. NJ. Pollock. tomorrow, August 1st, Dr. Thomas Erdman concludes his will take up general medical practice m Reading, Penn.
 Austin c. Dunham of Hartford has offered as a gift to. the Connecticut Agricultural College at Storrs, his Newington farm, which he has made into one of the most up to date agricultural places in the state. Mir. I Durham has spent about 1000 in improving the property.
 Herbert L. Richardson of New London has purchased the property street, in Norwich, which consists of l Broom house, a large lot and l garage for two machines Mr. will move his family to Norwich about the first of Septem- per.
 Among the fifty-two new workers o be sent to foreign fields this year oy the American Board of Commits ;ioners of Foreign Missions is Rev. l smmons E. White, Yale University to Tale School of Religion. He is the son of a former Ledyard pastor and las been pastor at Ekonk Congrega- ional church.
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