Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07

ward who has been missing from home
 since Wednesday, morning. At the quarterly meeting of the state conference board of the Connecticut trolIeyJnen it was voted to hold its next meeting in Danbury Tuesday. Oct ?. Red Cross workers sweltered Friday finding the day most uncomfortable An overhead electric fan is badly
 needed for their room in the Thayer building.
 Nice looking strawberries from
 brought Is cents. It is claimed that
 next weeks picking. may end the sea-
 sons crop.
 Icaponizing demonstration this (Satur- day) afternoon at o'clock conducted Ii by Prof. w. F.. Kirkpatrick of the Con
 necticut Agricultural college
 TO farmers who still have land which i is implanted the state food supply an l nounces through it's local direcaors that 1 buckwheat is a profitable crop for land i not fertile enough for corn
 A Waterbury paper mentions that Rev. Horace B. Sloat and family, who are spending the summer at Quaker 1 Hill. have moved from the Wintergreen cottage there to the Moorings. A l Joseph's cathedral for the Catholic deaf the meeting was opened with prayers 1 by Rev William F. Cavanaugh. for merly of St. Patrick $ church, Norwich. John William Gilbert Char,es Jo- l seph McNamara both of Mystic Fred erick Leslie Rodman of Old Mystic and Matthew Francis Geary of UncasNille enlisted for the navy at New Haven this week.
 The class of 1913, Falls school, will hold a reunion and picnic at ocean Beach today. Mrs. Evangeline Fuller, the teacher. and the IS members of the class are to leave on the 1915 car from Franklin square.
 the suns motion southward among the stars is steadily continuing. and one can see the effects Of this in the short ening of the days, with the consequent lengthening of the nights
 From Union. Holland county. Marcy & Harmans steam Sd awnill was among the New England sawmils recently Harman of Union have gone over to do their bit as sawmfE workers.
 Tn St. Augustine's church. Bridgeport. last week when graduating honors were conferred on a class r';mbering 3S. the graduates listened to inspir- ing sermon by Rev. Richard F. ShOrten. ILL. D.. pastor of St. Mary's church Ridgefeld.
 Dealers here have been notified that in conjunction with the semi annual meeting of the Retail Millinery assocta- tion of America. which is to be he'd in New York Aug. 15, it is planned to have a fashion show and dinner on the day following.
 It seems to be forgotten by some owners of boats, other than rowboats. that they must register for the purpose of Identification should they be he up while off the coast by any of the feet the first day of July.
 Woolen manufacturers in eastern Connecticut who have big government orders in addition to regular ones. arc encc uraged by the news Of Friday that nearly 50.o00 ba-es of Australian wool are to be released by the British gov ernment for shipment to America.
 A Groton boy. Chauncey Hubert. son of Rev. Henry w. Hubert, D. D.. is at present somewhere in France, near Paris, in charge of a Y. M. C. A. army tent. During the last school year he taught at Robert college. Constantino- pie, paving charge of the athletic de- partment.
 A valuable book for automobile own CTS. outlining the motor vehicle laws of the state, has been issued from the office of Robert B. Stoeckel commis- sioner of motor vehicles. in the state house at Hartford. Copies of the laws may be obtained from the office of the commissioners.
 It was announced Friday that 12 states have filled their quota of army recruits: California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania. Utah and. Wyoming. Connecticut is crawl ing up with a total of 1,317. as 43 en- listed Thursday
 The Sisters Of Mercy of Connecticut, who have two converts in Norwich. have honored Mother Benedict with reelection as the head of their com nunity at Hartford. Mother Ange-i inc has been elected assistant. Mother Ger trude. bursar. and Mother Stephen, mistress of novices.
 The national civil service con1rnfs- sion announces for July 10 an exani- nation for quarterman shipwrisht. for men only. A vacancy as uuarterman shipwright, qualified as dock master at s5.52 per diem, at the United States navy yard, Charleston $. C., will be filled from this exa amina ton.
 
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 Regular business was transacted at a meeting of Sedgwick post, Nc 1, G. A. R., held Friday evening in Buck ingharn Memorial with Commander orrin Price in the chair. The Na- tional encampment which will be held in Boston this year on August 17th, and which will last a week, was talked 1f rI,a h6