Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-07
CIVIC FEDERATION REPORT.
Financial Statement for Year Just
 Ciosed-TotaI Receipts S1,37.

Mrs A. H. Huntingdon, treasurer of report as to the finances of the Civic federation for the fiscal year just closed:
 Cash on hand May ,. 1916, $6S6.79
 Received from membership fees, S6 in number, $55.50; received from pa lients. si15.73; received from penny collections, s1.67: received from the Quinebaug company, s4oa: received from the Connecticut Mills company S1oo; received from the Whitestone the Goodyear Cotton company. Inc, S25; received from F. A. Jacobs. $2350; from E. L. Darbie, s5; from Mrs. Vic tor Smith, s3.5O from floral garden party, $1S3.50 from pop concert, s340.42 from military whist s6s 90: from interest on deposits. S24.51; from use of wheel chair, 25 cents; total, s1377.50.
 carfares, s13.s2: telephone. ss.55; sup plies, S2.2S: cleaning wheel chair. 50 cents; stationery, stamps, printing, s3.05; garden party expenses, $50.54; whist. $s.3s: by balance on hand, s1,- s54.25; total. 224.69.
 HeIpinc Subscribers to Liberty Loan.
 The Windham County National bank, in order to do everything possible to make the United States issue of two billion dollar loan a success. is offer ing to subscribe for bonds for it's cus- toners. allowing them to pay $10 down and s10 month, without charging any interest therefor. other than that paid by the bonds. This is an unusual in ducement and ought to result in many people of the working class taking advantage of the opportunity to secure 8 United States government bond.
 Making Flags at Home.
 Necessity makes nimble brains As it has become exceedingly expensive to indicate ones patriotism by dis play of the national flag, clever women have hit upon a plan to evade the ex- tortionate prices the manufacturers and wholesalers are trying to wiring from the public by buying material and making flags on their own ac- count.
 Flags that retailed for es cents are now being sold wholesale for $5.25, so beating that price is an easy matter for the clever needleworker who cares to take the time to buy the material are doing that very thing here in Danielson, too, and turning out some very fine looking flags.
 The Food Supply Problem.
 A. H. Huntingdon, who is a close student of the food supply question as it now confronts the country, makes the following statement:
 It seems to me that the people of this country are soon to face an ex- ceedingly grave situation in the food problem. In fact, it is impossible to- day to buy many of the staples except ing in small quantities. Last fall there was a fairly good stock of staple lines beans, flour, sugar, etc. Now flour has taken a surprising upward jump. Beans were selling then from 25 to 30 cents a quart. Now dealers are de- manding over $10 a bushe1 wholesale for beans, and are getting it, when they can produce the beans. This is at the rate of about 34 cents a quart, wholesale.
 MT. Huntingdon says that there are many reasons for this condition of the market, one of these reasons being an excess of buying to cover not only the lilies. Some families have stored enough staples to last from one to two years, he has been told.
 Conditions are fast becoming very serious in the foodstuffs trade, Mir Huntingdon says, but the hope of relief lies in big crops during the growing season now opening. He urges re- strictions in buying, that the dangers ahead may be averted, or made much easier to bear.
 Reeves-Landry Wedding Today.
 At St. James church at sso this Dora Reeves, daughter of MT and Mrs. Abel l.. Reeves and. William J. Lam dry of Thompsonville, where the groom is engaged in business.
 Named as a Deputy.
 Judge Sabin $. Russell has been named as a deputy of the state con- mittee on food supply to arouse inter- est in agricultural work in this section and secure if possible an increase in the number of acres under cultivation.
 Drill Tonight.
 Tonight will be drill night for the Thirteenth company at the state ar mory. Last week there were about 400 persent present to witness, the ex-