Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20
VARIOUS MATTERS

| There was a rehearsal of Fi-Fi of the Toy Shop Friday evening at Slater | Hall.
 | The meeting of the Connecticut D. | A R.. is to be held at Naugatuck in | March.
 | The forty hours devotion begins | Sunday at St. Joseph's Polish church, | Norwich.
 The passing of 1917 is indicated by the fact that today is the 2s3rd day 1 of the year.
 Additions will be made to all water bills remaining unpaid after today adv. As a result of recent rains, dead l leaves are falling from the shade {. trees in showers.
 A department in the Otis Library is devoted to a collection of valuable pamphlets on the war. Second Liberty Loan Sunday will be | observed at Trinity Episcopal church | with a patriotic sermon.-adv. l About 2,5oo yards of gauge for hos 1 pita1 supplies was received at the Red | Cross rooms in the 'Thayer building Friday.
 l The United States Geological sur- ! vey, department of the interior, has l published a valuable report on The Granites of Connecticut. 1 Dance tonight at Maennerchor hall. l Taftville, given by A. r. G. w. L. U., | 128.-adv.
 | A number of prominent Norwich men are to speak at Colcrester Mon | day evening to arouse enthusiasm | over Liberty bond buying. | A fine. wide granolithic walk has l been completed along the w. H. Allen property on Church street, next to 1 the Second church parsonage. The prayer meeting topic at the Central Baptist church Thursday eve ming was What Is the Church's Task in This Hour of World Need? Temperatures as high as 66 degrees were recorded yesterday. The wea- ther is far too mild to suit merchants who have winter stocks to sell. There will be no excuse if you do not pay your water bill today. Water of fee open continuously from a. m to s p. m.-adv.
 James B. Lord has made shipments from Lords Hill of Shropshire rams to East Greenwich, R. l.. Mansfield De- pot and Oxford, Conn.,, this week.
 The planet Saturn, which was morn
 
 ming and morning star and will so continue until the close of the ye9r.
 Friday evening a meeting of Seco- chunoco Camp Fire Girls of the Sec ond Congregational church was held at the home of Miss Esther Hansen, 225 South Thames street.
 Rev. Frank 8. Robbins, pastor of the Ledyard Baptist church, is to preach at the Sterling Hill Baptist church, tomorrow (Sunday) in ex- change with the regular supply.
 The Gods of the Passing Day-Ser- mon on the First Commandment, Sunday evening service at the Central Baptist church. All are invited.-adv.
 Considerable finished work was re- turned to Mrs. John D. Hall, at the room of the Women's League Friday. Mrs. Hall is expecting to forward a box of army knitted articles soon.
 William Lyman, former second trick operator at the Niantid tower. has been drafted at Troy, N. Y, and has Colchester has taken charge of that trick at the tower.
 A report of D. A. R. war relief ser vice shows that the Daughters of this state have sent 416 sets of knitted gar ments to the men of the battleship Connecticut, as well as 162 miscella- neous garments, and 13 comfort kits.
 Attorney Andrew B. Davies occupied the bench in the city court Thursday morning on account of the absence of Judge J: H. Barnes and Deputy Judge H. H. Pettis. The latter. with Mrs. Pettis. has been on. a trip to Wash ington.
 The Gods of the Passing Day-Ser- mon on the First Commandment, Sunday evening service at the Central Baptist church. All are invited.-adv.
 The date of the state suffrage con- vention has been changed. Instead of being held on November IS and 16 as at first announced, it will open Nov. | and be continued over the following day. The sessions will be held in l Hartford.
 A Norwich boy, Charles Paddock Johnson of Washington street, has | received the appointment of assistant | of Aeronautics at T Princeton sne uninerl Sineol sity and has been at work on his new duties for the last fortnight. church, Plaineld. president of the Con- | necticut Alumni association of the ] American college of Louvain, Belgium presided at the reunion held Wednes- l day evening Tn the Allyn house, Hart ford, by the Connecticut alumni.
 It is hoped at Hartford that the blanks for registration of motor vehi- c1es can be ready for sending before the first of November. as after that | date it will cost three cents for each l application blank that is sent and this i will make an additional mailing ex- pense of about $500.
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