Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-09
VARIOUS MATTERS

Light vehicle lamps at 7.22 this evening.
 1 Grand officers visit Palmyra encamp- ment, No. 3, Thursday, May 1otb.-adF.
 It was announced Tuesday that Con- necticut enlistments in the regular army to date total AIS.
 Mr. and Mrs. P. l.. cushman of Hart ford have opened their cottage at Eastern Point for the sunmer. Delegates from Norwich will attend today fyvednesday) and Thursday the ] Universalist state convention at Hart ford.
 There is a movement in all the towns hereabouts to make Memorial day this year of special patriotic significance and eoienntty.
 Prof. e. H. Lamson of Connecticut Agricultural college, StorFs, is visiting the high schools in the state, giving talks on insect life. It will be possible for teachers who take the state examinations at Nor wich May 18th or 18th to secure kin dergarten certificates.
 At the May devotions in St. Mary's church, New London, Sunday evening A delivered the sermon.
 Rarbery hedges about, town are GOV cred with new leaves, in some cases the red berries of last season still clinging to the branches.
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 The tax collectors office will be enings until eight o'clock. Interest will be added, after Thursday the 10th. adv.
 Girls of Quaker Hill, assisted by three interested women of that sec ton, have formed a Girl Scout patrol, the second troop of its kind in Con- necticut.
 Members of the Norwich Red Cross are receiving valuable aid from patri otic women in Baltic and Canterbury Tn particular, who are taking out work to do at home.
 Bankmen here have been notified that the sixth annual convention of the Investment Bankers association of America is to be held in Baltimore Oct. l, and 3.
 Dr. and Mrs. Thomas NJ. Woodruff and Mrs. Woodruff's daughter, Miss Marjorie Ogden, have arrived from Chicago to spend the summer at their home in Neptune park
 The rnilkmen of Groton borough have raised the price of milk to 10 cents wholesale and 12. cents retail. There are six men in the business and all have combined in the movement.
 Postmaster John F. Murphy has been notified that the parcel post service from the United States to Sweden and Denmark has been suspended indefi- nitely, owing to lack of regular sail ings-
 A Mantle young man who has been 8 school supervisor. Norman ]. Bond, has resigned from the state education al department and will go to the off cers' training camp at Plattsburg next Monday. ..
 Danbury is to have a canning school this summer with a demonstrator from Storrs college extension depart ment to teach proper methods of can ming all kinds of foods. according to the Danbury News. At the annual childrens meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary so- ciety at Middietown Friday afternoon formerly of Norwich. Is to give an ii lustrated talk on Japan.
 At the special town meeting held at Lyme it was voted to purchase a strip of land of the Martha Pond estate be- tween Academy lane and Ferry street for the purpose of opening a new street. The price afreed upon WAS s15o.
 For the consolation of the Catholic patients at the tuberculosis sanatorium Rev. Peter J. Cuny of St. Patricks church read mass there Tuesday morning, administering holy com munion to those patients who are monthly eommunicants Norwich graduates of Yale univer- sity have received letters from the Yale committee of n, headed by ex- President Taft, asking the graduates to vote on the question of discontinu- ing the use of liquor at the class re- unions of the university.
 Teachers in this section. learn with Charles D. Hine, former superinten- dent Of schools in Norwich, who has been secretary of the state board of education over 8 years. The move seems to be chiefly political.
 At Mantle it is announced that Miss Ca-lotta Gidsey, daughter of Mr and Mrs. John Gidley, and William Fay Tor. son of Afr: and Mrs. Fred c. Tay- Tor, were united in marriage last month by Rev. J. William Knappen- berger at the Congregational parson- age.
 Tuesday afternoon, in the absence of the president, Mrs. Frank T. Sylvia, and the vice president, Mrs. Nellie Sullivan, the recording secretary, Mrs James H. Canty, presided at the May business meeting of the Catholic Woman's club. held in the K of c. rooms. the last meeting until Septem- Der.
 The New London Red Cross project for raising 5000 for an ambulance has been dropped and the money donated for that purpose has been returned to the honors. The National Red Cross headquarters in Washington notified the chapter that the ne8d for an am bulance was not particularly pressing at this time.
 Congressman Augustine Lonergan of Hartford has introduced in congress a bill asking that s1oo.00o, or as much thereof as may be necessary, be ap- propriated for the erection on the public grounds in the city of Wash ingt n. D. C., of a suitable memorial