Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-16
VARIOUS MATTERS

is a beautiful sight.
 The 1anitor at the Otis Library filled the two long window boxes with thrift ty towering seraniums Tuesday. Menday and Tuesday were the first days since May began when there was not rain sometime during the day. The flag flies daily now from a tall pole erected at the Norwich Golf club by Greenskeeper Peieg H. Bromley. The city water has lost the fishy taste so noticeable after the recent rains and will soon be back to nor Hal.
 The army recruiting report yesteF- day credited Connecticut with a to- tai of 4s5. thirteen having enlisted the previous day.
 The Connecticut State Medical so-
 eiety is to hold its 12Sth annual meet
 ing in New Haven at the Hotel Taft
 May g and. 24.
 Biggest dance of the season at T. A.
 B. haH this eve. Gentlemen 25c, ladies
 free.-adv.
 Tuesday morning Conductor o. W
 Patch Of New London started in on
 the Saybrook Point and Waterbury
 passenger run of the New Haven rail.
 road.
 Tuesday. at 8 o'clock, a months mind
 mass of realiem for F. F. Mnrtagh.
 was sung in St Patricix's church by Rev. J. H. Broderiek.
 The Feast of the Ascension will be observed at St. Patrick's church on Thursday. the day being a holy day of obligation. Masses will be at 5, T and o'clock. the last high mass. The local branch will be represented when the Grand Council of New Eng land of the United Commercial Tray elers of America holds it's z2nd annual session in Hartford, June :, and 3. Commencing yesterday morning col leetions of ashes and garbage will be made all over Groton borough three times each week, on Tuesdays, Thurs
 days and Saturdays, one trip each
 day.
 A Wallingford correspondent men tfons that Rev. William T. Thayer, the pastor of the First Baptist church, left Tuesday to attend the Northern Bap-
 tist convention to be held in Cleve- land, Ohio.
 Those who receive free government seeds from congressman this year are being admonished to pass them on to somebody who can use them, instead
 of letting them go to waste as some
 persons do.
 Tugs Aauidneek and Miles Standish have lowed four seows up the Thames river, The Osceblla for Allyns Point,
 Broadmountain for Montvilie, Doush- erty for Thamesviile and the Morris R. for Norwich.
 At the New London Horticultural
 society meeting Wednesday evening at Vocational school County Agent F. C. Norwich 70 Planting and Care of Gardens-A Ma tional Movement.
 New London residents known to
 many in Norwich, Mir. and Mrs. Frank | lin Sisson, are i'll at their heme at
 19S Broad street. suffering from grip. | Mrs. SisSon is 85 and her husband is | five years her senior
 l School princi pals here are receiving
 notification of the National Confer enee on the Education of Truant,
 Backward, Dependent, and Delinquent | Children, to be held at Pittsburgh
 Penn, from June to '. l George MeFarlane of Montvilie was
 found guilty of stealing a canoe fren
 Miss Josephine B. Sutton, secretary to
 pr. Sykes, president of the Connec- ticut College, in g. justice court and
 was placed on proba ation.
 Elmer ". Russell has finished his l
 which he started last fall. The road bed is now being oiled and gives a good road from the Crescent Beach station the entire way to the Point. l Connecticut owners of timberland
 are encouraged by the statement that l the United States will be called upon
 for ar enormous amount of timber for 1 reconstruction work in Europe at the
 close of the war, and possibly before.
 Rev. J. J. Calvin. pastor of Our | Lady of Grace Roman Catholic church,
 Fishers Island. has been transferred
 10 the pastorate of the church at
 Greenport, L. l.. and is succeeded by Rev. Father Dillon. who also acts as
 chaplain at Fort Wright
 | The railroad company has put on 1 two summer trains Sundays, one in
 ihe morning from Hartford and one | returning in the evening to Hartford, which give Mantle summer cottage
 owners a chance to look over their
 cottages for the coming season. 1 Morton F. Plant offered in behalf of Mrs. Plant to refn purse the Ia dies Auxiliary of Lawrence hospital,
 New London. for the expense incur
 red in building a trolley shelter, which
 gift was accepted by the hospital trus-
 tees in behalf of the auxiliary. | By an omitted paragraph Monday. I
 and the War. delivered at the ban quet of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus iR New London Sunday eve
 ming by Hon. Benedict NJ. Holden. of ] Hartford, was credited to a previous speaker. - | why shouldn't farmer raise fish as well as chickens 2" asks a govern ! ment bulletin, discussing means for | increasing the national supply of food Given proper fresh water supply and 1 reasonable space for a pond, an as- tonishfng quantity may be had in two
 or three years"
 l The current White Ribbon Banner notes that Scotland union is the first l to comply with the request made at conference. that each union in Wind | ham county do som nething to raise funds for county work having given
 an entertainmant called Old Songs | With Living Pictures
 Early Tuesday morning Captain D.
 j. Twonaey sent PatroiInan Bernard beenRn to Church street, to order two 1 noisy youths and their girl compan-