Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10
VARIOUS MATTERS

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 Light vehicle lamps at 7.z5 this evening.
 This Is the feast of St. Lawrence in .he church calendar.
 In number of places beetles have damaged the elms badly.
 The moon was in its last quarter at
 2.5s p. m- yesterday. the 9th.
 The Fighting Fifth Conn. Reg. Vol.
 held its reunion at Savin Rock Thurs | day.
 1 Among the new recruits for the U. S.
 army is Eney Dupont, IT,, of Volun- | town.
 1 The notes of the katydid and fall 1 cricket have been heard here during | the week.
 Next Sunday, Aug. 12, Rev. Welcome B. Bates of Mystic is to preach at the | Central Baptist church The annual reunion of the Ballard family is to be held in Nichols grove | West Thompson, Aug. IS.
 The huckleberry crop is going to be short and the number of juicy pies | will be far below normal. | seasids Topics mentions that Miss
  l ern Point is at Camp Aloha, Pike, N. H. Unusually attractive late summer bargains offered by the Norwich stores are bringing many shoppers to town daily.
 TAer showers which began with small cloudbursts just before o'clock Thursday morning freshened up gar dens and pastures wonderfully.
 This year the annual reunion of the Thirteenth Connecticut Volunteer In fantry association will be held at Savin Rock Tuesday, Aug. fl. Visit Barows' midsummer shoe sale. All summer shoes at greatly reduced prices.-adv. The planet Saturn becomes 2, morn ing star this month and will be naked eve object about the 18th. It is in Cancer, and rises about a. m. on the 31st.
 The Gro&on Boy Scouts are to go on their annual camping trip Aug. 20. They will spend two weeks at Long Cove. ScoUtmaster Noble will have the boys in charge.
 Friday afternoon. Aug. r, at f;so o'clock Miss Campbell of the county farm bureau will give a public dem onstration in canning in North Ston- ington grange hall. Rev. Henry W. Brown, Il. formerly pastor of the Warren, R. L. Methodist Episcopal church, who died recently in New Bedford, was born in Killingly Conn, Feb. 20, 1s46.
 Prof Southwick Of storrs college re- gently inspected the wheat crop at Fairview farm, Killingworth. The wheat produced a fine yield and is be- ing threshed this week.
 Hartford is to have the convention of the grand council of the Royal Ar canum in 1919 according tc a letter just received by the Hartford conven- tion and publicity bureau.
 Two elders of the Mormon church have been in New London to do ISis- sionary work. They are Elder Hsr- rison D. Maughan of Preston, Idaho, Utah.
 Roy watrous of the sub station, Shore Line electric railway at Old Saybrook. who joined the hospital corps, was transferred to Fort Mon roe, Va, from Fort SIocum, N. Y, this week.
 The national encampmert of the G. A. R. is to be held in Boston Aug. 19- s. and it is expected that many from this city and vicinity will take advan- tage of the low railroad fares provided for the trip.
 Hearings for seven violators of the missioner on Motor Vehicles Robins B. Stoeckel at New Haven Thursday. None of the offenders were from east ern Connecticut.
 Invitations have been issued at New London for the wedding Saturday. Aug. IS, of Miss Roberta Morgan. daughter of Mrs. James P. Sullivan, and Thom- o- Fd -ir, 1NY-n1 ic II, officers reserve camp at Plattsburgh.
 Mrs Harriet R. Howe s. widow of Daniel R. Howe of Hartford, died at Tuesday after long illness. MT. Howe died last April. The body was taken to Hartford for the funeral and burial
 The Art alliance of America has sent out leaflets announcing a compt tition for posters concerning the next Liberty loan. The prizes and pur chase pcice for the posters total s750 Artists and art students are eligible to compete. through the New Haven county farm bureau to have R. F. Jones, extension pou1tryman at Connecticut Agrieul- 1 tura1 college, give two poultry culling demonstrations Saturday, Aug. 11th, 1 near New Haven.
 At the Danbury summer school H. o. Clough of West Hartford, 9 former supervisor in this section, spoke to the students of the beginners section. in terpreting the aims and subject mat ter in Plans for Progress as it relates to geography and history.
 At Mantle it is expected that in tight or ten days orders will arrive sending the troops encamped there to South Carolina. The Third Separa.- cqua adron WAS inspected NTondaN night 1