Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
VARIOUS MATTERS

Norwich, Saturday, Dec. p, 1917. VARIOUS MATTERS
 The first day of winter!
 Light vehicle lamps at 4.s1 o'clock this evening.
 Tomorrow is tho fourth and last Sunday in Advent
 By tomorrow the days length will have increased one minute. | afternoon between 2 and 4.-adv- The town of Holland has raised $15o | for the local work of the Red Cross As the cold. weather continues, the l charitable societies have frequent calls for assistance. Articles of clothing and Christmas boxes have been sent to the Ekonk boys who are in France. The sun came out late yesterday morning, fair weather doing much to stimulate the holiday trade. A big quantity of poultry was brought to the Norwich markets Fri | day from the surrounding towns Ice in Lake Pocotopaug, East Hanp- I ton is nearly 15 inches thick an un- usual depth for this time of the year. The local drug stores win close Christmas Day from 1 to p. m-adv. A Stafford girl, Miss Mildred Web ster. is the new stenographer at the extension service bureau station at Storrs. Sawmf11s in some Of the country towns have been unable to run thfs week because of the depth of snow in the woods
 Methodist churches are already plan ming for the annual meetings on the last night of December to watch the old year out.
 The state normal schools closed Fri day afternoon for the holiday vacation. School sessions will be resumed We'd nesday. Jan 4 The announcement of the arrival of a new supply of sugar Friday caused a bargain rush at those stores which had it for sale.
 Friday, St Thomas day, Rev. J. Eldred Brown oficiated at the celebra- ton of the holy communion at Trinity Episcopal church.
 Fifty printed calling cards for 35 cents at The Bulletin Ofice.-adv. The Camp Fire Girls of Broadway church, Mrs. A.. c. Freeman guardian, met Friday afternoon with Miss Lucille Tracy of Ann street Special trains to carry express pack ages are in operation on some lines of the Ne wHaven road. This ;s to ac I@& <I- ~s-fv ,r-l. At the annual election of Ionic lodge No. 110, F. and A NJ, of Stafford Springs, Dr. G. P. Bard. formerly of Norwich, was reelected organist- The engagement has been announced of Miss Edna Gray, daughter of Lu- ther c. Gray. of North Stoni 1gton, to James Morton Cooke of Pendleco1 Hill
 So many generous women are offer
 ing their services at knitters that
 about all the free wool at the room of the womanis league has been given out.
 Page & shaw's and Park & Tilford ! Christmas candy has arrived at Lee & Osgood's.-adv.
 The four-horse snow blow of the street department was run through
 the business streets Friday to clear the gutters in advance of possible rain. The Holland members of the legal advisory committee who will assist drafted men in filling out the ques-
 tionnaires are I. T. Jewett and E. S. Agard.
 Many choice gifts and cards to be
 found at Woman's Exchange. Order
 pie, cake or plum pudding.-adv. A Packer correspondent mentions
 that a beautiful monument of Barre
 granite has been erected on the family . tot at Packer by the Whitford sisters of Norwich.
 The smoking room has been aban- doned in the Groton ferry house on the New London side of the Thames river
 end three rows of extra sea-s have been put in.
 Lumber from the north which ar rived at Noank freight yard Tuesday had more than a foot of snow on it.
 This had to be removed before it could be handled.
 Some of the Norwich restaurants are no longer serving dessert with regular dinners, but are making it a separate item of cost, because of the inability
 to get sugar beyond what is absolute
 ly necessary.
 Nearly all the lobster fleet are at the Rathbun yard at Noank for the win
 ter. About 50 boats of all descriptions have gone out of commission and are
 in winter quarters at. Rogers basin
 and marine railways. At the Secochunoco Camp Fire Giris Christmas sale held in the second
 church parlors last Saturday about
 s10 was cleared. Miss Ruth M. Breck-
 enridge i is guardian of this circle. which has 13 members s- The day class at Jewett Shorthand school held a Christmas social at the close of school Friday. Refreshments
 were served by Miss Jewett A delight
 ful musical program was enjoyed. Miss Dorothy Church at the piano. The Bohemian National alliance of South Wilmington, through Charles
 Pobuda, president of the wirEneton
 branch. have sent a telegram to Presi-