Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-12


 ing, the first of the season.
 Harvest suppers- and festivals art popular forms of pleasure and -revenu, for the granges and church societies.
 Charles P. Thurber is down al Lords Point from Putnam and i: l making Improvements the Thurbe, cottage.
 1 A recent gift to the Otis Library is The Huntington Association book, the | history of the Huntington family in l America.
 | A branch of the Food for France Fund, hsg been started in Stafford l Springs under the direction Of Mrs R. W. Ellis.
 The store at Gurleyville was broken into early the other morning and about $40 in money and some grocer ieS were stolen.
 The people of the Second Congrega- tional church united with the Broad way church in the midweek meeting Thursday evening.
 Eight boxes of fine strawberries of the ever-bearing variety. picked at Lebanon. attracted attention in a show window of the A. T. Otis store Thursday.
 Mrs. Wm BaIlantine Penf1eld's danc- ing class opens Friday, Oct 12; af- ternoon class 4.15: high school class 7.30. Chamber of Commerce Building. adv.
 An order from the general post office department requires that all let stamped with a call fe buy Liberty loan bonds.
 Mentioned among recent guests at and Mrs. Averty T. Smith, Avery c. Smith. Jr., formerly of Norwich, now of Miami. Fla.
 David L. Kinney of Norwich Town has been at LoHIs Point and took a party out fishing on the Louisa. They caught a nice string of-various kinds, including a fine cod.
 The Denbury News mentions that Joseph HIIlowell is the first man to be ordered committed to the Connec- ticut Farm for Inebriates, at Norwich
 Miss Agnes Allen, teacher in Plainfeld graded school has 161 jars of fruit and vegetables and Al con- juices as the result of her vacation work.
 Invitations have been issued to the wedding of Miss Louise Tillinghast and Stuart Ellsworth at the Congre- gational church at Central Village. Saturday evening, October 20, at 7 o'clock.
 The Bridgeport ". c. T. union has sent a contribution of s5 toward the deficit on the state paper, The White Ribbon Banner, of which Mrs. Lisa K. Fuller of Scotland Conn, is editor.
 Following Wednesday afternoons business and social meeting of the Second congregational Church Inn m provement Society, in the study over the Otis Library. Red Cross sewing was done.
 The public and parochial schools l will have holiday today, Columbus | day. a legal holiday. Sessions at Nor | vrich Free Academy will be held as | usual as the school closes Monday ] next for the annual Nutting Day
 The Hamilton Woolen Co. has ff- teen men at work building a new dam | at the south end of Iashapaug lake. 1 where several Norwich families spend the summer. The supplies are car ried across the lake by motor boat
 Mrs. Lo,is o. Potter of Norwich the secretary and the leader for New London, Windham and Holland coun- ties. Mrs. George H. Prior, Jewett | City, reported at the state Kings | Daughters convention in Danbury, Wednesday.
 News was received here Thursday that former Norwich Free Academy teacher, Rr. Benjamin E. SibIey of Boston, has been made major. in the state troops of Massachusetts and has charge of the medical corps of the Eleventh regiment
 Word has been received in +h;s .i+v that the fall ceremonial session of 1 Pyramid temple, Nobles of the Mys- tic Shrine. which is usually attended by Eastern Connecticut members of 1 that order, will take place in Bridge port, Monday evening, November 19.
 At the annual session of the state conference of Advent Christian Churches, held in Bridgeport. Rev. E. z. Ellis, of Danbury, was elected sec retary and treasurer; Rev. Henry 1 Stone, of Wallingford, president: and t.er. William Denton, of PIainviIIe. vice president.