Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-16
VARIOUS MATTERS

been reported In WaferDury.
 Twenty-seven towns in this state are inow under quarantine because of the epidemic of rabies
 Valentine social in T. A. B. hall to-
 uight.-adv.
 The saying of the ground hog on ICandlemas day is proving to be true
 this month. At least. so far.
 | No one will doubt but that the ground hog knew his business, when
 he went back into his winter quarters for another nap.
 | All sorts of fakes, fraudulent promo ton schemes and pretended charitable lcollections are constantly appearing in iConnecticut towns.
 | The midwinter dinner of the Connec- ticut Bankers association will be held in New Haven this year during the middle of next week.
 Regular meeting of K of C., tonight | at 7.30 sharp.-adv.
 A great deal of interest is being manifested in the evangeEstic services now being held every evening in the Baptist church at Noank.
 The federal farm loan board has is- sued a warning to farmers to beware of organizers who were attempting to | farm loan act.
 1 C. T. Davis of ATiddletown, state master installed the officers of New London County Pomona grange at a
 meeting held in New London Thurs 1 day afternoon.
 l Supt. Edward J. Graham of the town schools will attend the winter meet ing of the Connecticut State Teachers association which will be held in New | Haven Friday and Saturday. Personal taxes will be collected at | the store of John G. Potter, East Side,
 today, from II a. m. to p. m.-adv. Litchfeld has been placed under | quarantine and all dogs in that town will be muzzled, according to orders sent out by Jeffrey O. Phelps, Jr., com- missioner on domestic animals. | Dr. Irene Wye. instructor of Greek and Latin at the Connecticut College | for Women, will be the speaker at 1 the annual banquet of the College club | of New Britain on Monday evening. It is intimated in railroad circles 1 that the gate tenders are to request | an increase in spay and failing in this may call a general strike. About year ago a 10 per cent. increase was | granted.
 County Agent Benjamin w. Ellis of Windham county is cooperating with the New England Milk Producers aS- sociation this week in visiting and l organizing all of the towns in Wind ham county.
 A meeting of the Connecticut Dairy mems association will be held in the Oxley assembly hall, Southington. on Friday. Guy c. Smith of the Connec- ticut Agricultural college will be one Of the speakers.
 Tro1leymen's Dance, Pulaski hall, Friday evening, Feb. 16. Dancing 8.30 to F. Cars to Montville, Baltic, Tan tic after dance.-adv.
 The New London Choral union, un- der the direction of Alban W. Cooper fore an audience that crowded the New London Vocational school auditorium Wednesday evening.
 The navy department desires to form a scout patrol division to con- s1st of yachts and suitable patrol ves- sels which shall be off1cered and man. ned by members of the United States
 The local chapter of Red Cross donate either roll-top desk or a fiat desk with drawers. There is quite demand for desk to equip the rooms in the Thayer building.
 Come to T. A. B. hall Saturday night and see the Alpha Gamma Sig ma Girls Minstrels. The show of the season. Tickets at Cranston's.-adv.
 For the first time in ten years the Thames river is frozen from shore to shore just above the drawbridge, and Is forming mammoth skating pond for scores of young people, sailors and officers from the submarine base.
 The navy and war departments are at work on plans to expedite the inn provement of the East river so as to permit superdreadnaughts and other great war vessels to enter Long Island sound without taking the outside route.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Qua ker Hill Baptist church held success full and pretty valentine party and social at the church Wednesday even ing, thus raising the beginning of a fund for paying off the church mort l gage.
 There are approximately 50, 900 chii- dren between A and 16 years of age in l the state 10000 of whom are attend ing high school, 10000 studying in the l grammar schools, 1000 holding work ing certificates and 1s,o0o staying at home.
 The funeral Of Mrs Jane R, Blood | vas held from her fate home. No. 22 |
  nesday afteSnoon. Services were con- ducted by Rev. J. Romeyn Danforth. | The body was taken to Willimantic for | burial.
 Probably the largest gathering of | growers that ever convened | In this part of the country packed Putnam Phalanx hall, Hartford, all day Wednesday in the annual meeting of | the New England Tobacco Growers 
 Rev. J. F. Murphy. for 15 years pas- tor of St. Mary's Catholic church in Bridgeport, died "Wednesday following ? long illness that came from paralysis. He was formerly stationed at churches In Norwich, Hartford, Mystic and Stonington.
 At a meeting of the class of 1920 of the Connecticut Agricultural college Crawford Griswold was elected treas urer and Carl Alberti sergeant at arms |