Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-04
VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS Light vehicle lamps at s.45 this A clear day is predicted Friday for the holiday.
 There will be the usual number of Easter Week social affairs. Alpha class food and flower sale, Thursday, April 5, Thayer building adv.
 Somebody has discovered that s5 years ago this week over Is inches of l snow fell.
 G. A.. R. posts will commemorate this week the anniversary of Lees surrender.
 Order your Easter lilies early and be sure of getting them.-Maplewood Nursery Go. Phone ss6.-adv- The planet Saturn continues even ing and morning star until May 7th, then evening star until July 27 Booklets, markers, rosaries and other religious articles and emblems are selling well for Easter gifts The handsome flag recently secured by the trustees of the Otis library is kept flying from the tall staff daily now.
 The six leading Norwich Bakers are expecting. to put out between five and six thousand dozen hot cross bcns on Good Friday.
 great variety of gifts, handBer- chiefs and cards for Easter. at Wo- mans Exchange. Order Hot Cross Buns.-adv.
 Carpenters, painters. electricians and decorators have about completed their work at the Ocean Beach pa- vilion for the Spring opening.
 The Holland County commissioners, R. H. Leonard. John G. Wightman and H. R. Howard. held their April
 On the New Haven railroad the section foremen along the Shore Line received an increase of 15 cents day and the gang 10 cents commence ing this week.
 Florists windows are gay with blooms for the Eastertide and orders from churches and individuals indi- cate a big season. if only the weather continues favorable.
 Lyme library. which has been clos ed for three weeks on account of the smallpox scare. reopened Saturday. The churches will reopen Sunday and
 
 The New York schools are having Vacat1.n this week. and a number of families from the city are improving the opportunity to visit their summer homes in Connecticut.
 The Continental Trading company of New York makes denial of a recent statement given publicity that the company was operating a shipyard proposition in Stonington.
 Tuesday morning Mrs Richard R. Graham of Washington street received the sum of SIP. collected by generous Baltic women to be forwarded for the British American Relief Fund.
 Rear Admiral Mayo and Rear Ad- mira1 Fletcher made a visit by auto mobile to the submarine base at the Navy Yard early in the week on their way to Hartford from Newport.
 Prominent Connecticut Hebrews have been notified that the executive committee of the American Jewish Congress has decided to hold the con- gress in Philadelphia. September ?.
 At Saybrook the Lydia A. Ingham place on College street and a half acre of land has been purchased by George A. Washington. of Baltimore, Md. The property was known as the Fully place.
 The funeral of Kate wioncek. who died in Norwich Thursday afternoon was held from St. James Catholic church, South Manchester, at nine o'clock Monday morning Burial was in St. James cemetery.
 A ride through the suburbs disclos- es the fact that farmers have had a preparedness season. in cutting fire wood, which last winter was nearly as expensive as coal. At most farm houses big wood piles are to be seen. 1
 At the recent D. A. R. twenty fourth | annual state conference of regents, | delegates and aiternates held at New | Haven, it was voted that the gift of ] the Jonathan Trumbull house in Leb- l anon be accepted by the State D. A. |
 The rise Of gray goods in the last | of weeks. coupled with a rise In bleached fabrics and the probabn- l ity of a still further advance in l prices asked, is making big business | for cotton mills throughout Eastern 
 Events of the last several weeks | have had a markedly stimulating eff | feet on bringing out patriotic" mer- chandise for the stores. Among goods | of this kind are flags and shield bor- dered handkerchiefs and red, white, and blue neckwea<.
 A meeting for prayer was held Monday afternoon at the Broadway church, people of the Second church l being invited The same invitation was extended for Tuesday evening, when Rev. Albert Donnen, of Jewett | City led the meeting.
 The North Stonington schools which are having a vacation of one week will | reopen April g. Teachers for the town schools next year will be appointed upon the recommendation of the su- pervisor. None will be accepted with out a state certificate.
 Over 10000 owners of motor ve- hic1es will have been reached hv tlae