Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-30
VARIOUS MATTERS

The pond at Branford Farms has for residents in and near Eastern Point.
 John D. Clifford, Holland county farm agent, went from Rockville to Coventry Saturday and had a meeting in Grange hall.
 The Thames river is open from AL lyn's Point down, so that steamer Chelsea can get through to Norwich without difficulty today.
 The employees of the Shore Line Electric Railway company are to hold their annual dance in the town hall at Saybrook the middle of February.
 Mrs. Anna 4. Knight. 6s, of Water ford, widow of Wallace Knight, died at a N London hospital Sunday. Surv:-ing her are two daughters and
 Supt. George E. Fellows had the city Monday, clearing the gutters in the business streets. in advance of pos sible storm.
 Ladies' Night at Elks' Club tonight adv.
 Sunday in St. Patrick's church pray CTS were asked for the repose of the
 
 dent of Norwich. who died last week at the home of his son in Broadbrook, N. J.
 Nine of the big pigs at the Nor wich AlmshouSe have been killed dur ing the season, under direction of Supt. James B: Chapman; Four more fat ones remain. to be butchered as needed.
 Mentioned among smart set folk at <71 Mrs. Amos Cotting Schermerhoern Georgia Williams. daughter of MT. and Mrs. Charles F. Williams, of Ston- tngton.)
 There will be special services in the Roman Catholic churches Friday, Can dlemas Day. Saturday the feast of St. Blaise, will be observed with spe- cial services. followed by the blessing of throats.
 OId-fashioned dances at Elks' Club tonight-adv.
 A memorial minute in the weekly calendar of the Second Congregational uary 20. 1917, Mrs. J. O. Landon. 'fWhosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die"
 The Central Committee for the Re- lief of Jews Suffering Through the War, subscriptions to which are sent to Harry Fischel, treasurer, New York, has received new gifts, including from Colchester Conn. $50.
 At New York, Frank Keenan, the &C., tor, who has a number of personal friends in Norwich. will place a new drama, called The Pawn, in rehearsal this week It deals with a phase of the Japanese question.
 There is profit ahead for the farmer who has muSkrats on his farm. The wide use which dyed muskrat, which is called Hudson seal, has attained will continue, dealers say and there is big demand for the belts.
 Eight special exhibitions are sched- uled at the Art Institute in New York are shown by Edward B. Butler of work done in Northern Michigan, the BerkshireS, Old Lyme and California
 Monday evening a meeting of the finance committee of Trinity Metho- dist church was held at the parson- age with Rev. F. w. Coleman. The committee includes Guy B. Dofbeare, James c. Macpherson and John B. Stanton.
 Alter 10 days cutting. some days with S6 men, John H. Ford has finished filling his five icehouses at East Great Plain with 10000 tons of prime ice, all planed to II 1-2 inches. Today he begins cutting the Marx pond at East Norwich.
 Concernt by Harder's Ideal Mando- lin Club and the famous Scotland Road orchestra will play the old time dance music at the Elks' Ladies' ! Night-adv.
 It is noted that the New York His John Trumbuli of Lebanons Revolution ary soldier, as well as painter repre- | sented by several landscapes and a portrait of John Pintard, called the founder of the society. When the Sacred Heart Tierney Ca dets of Groton celebrated their second anniversary Sunday afternoon at o. church, County Director William H. McGuinneSs of Norwich was toastmas- ter and welcomed the guests. are attending the meeting of the Con- necticut grand chapter of the Order of Eastern Star held in Masonic temple 1 at Waterbury today. Last night a din- 1 all members of the order were in l vited.
 Norwich alumni learn that Rev. Luke Fitzsimons of Waterbury, for merly of Rockville, has been an- nounced as one of the four Holy Cross college alumni to give $1,000 to. the jubilee fund for the celebration of the 95th anniversary of the founding of the ! college.
 The next quarterly meeting of the | Graduate Nurses Association of Con- necticut, to be held at the Elks' home Waterbury, Wednesday, Feb. ', is an open meeting and nurses here who are | not members of the association as well as the members. are receiving invita- \ tfons to be present. Announcement was made in Connec- | ticut Lutheran churches Sunday that I the King of Sweden has commissioned Bishop Lonegren of Hernosand to wis., | it the Lutheran church in America this year. The bishop comes chiefly to att | tend a great Swedish reformation ser vice at Rock Island next June. At the Robert Palmer & Son Ship