Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-12

Sundays rain. much of the snow lin
 gers, as it is covered with crust o1
 ice.
 Sunday afternoon there were ss wis
 itors to the Otis library reading
 room. Miss Virginia E. Hall was in
 charge.
 stereopticon lecture on Oriental Rugs
 at Slater hall tonight. Admission 5oc.
 I-adv.
 At the Portland Methodist church
 Sunday evening District Superinten-
 dent George c. Scrivener or NorWlch
 l was the preacher.
 A;r. and Mrs. Lawrence Thompson
 will soon move from Noank village to
 one of the farms owned by Charles
 Thompson in Center Groton.
 This weeks calendar of the Second
 | Congregational church contains a | thoughtful Evening Organ Hymn by
 the pastor. Rev. H. J. WyckoH. The care of trees our speciality; Write now Victor Perreault, Mgr, Daniel | son, Conn.-adv.
 l Of windham interest is the New l York real estate item that Mrs. Simeon Ford has rented her house at Rye, N. Y, with ten acres. to B. H. Pollock. 1 The annual convention of the Con necticut Congress of Mothers for Child l Welfare is to be held in Bridgeport on | Thursday and Friday, April l2 and l5- l At present milk from Eastford and vicinity is hauled to Abingdon by gaso- | line truck and horse team. The amount 1 averages 62 coolers or 1,2o0 quarts,
 which goes to the Boston market | Governor HoIcomb and Adjutant General Cole will attend the confer 1 ence on national defense problems called by Governor Mccall of MaSsa-
 chusetts tomorrow Tuesday, in Bos- | ton.
 At the Knoedler galleries, New York, are portraits in oil by August FTanzen, among others Mrs. George S. Palmer and Children in which the admirably painted background plays a prominent part.
 Red Cross class in Hygiene and Home Care of the Sick. Anyone desir- ing further information please call at Red Cross room this afternoon, 3-4.30; Wednesday, 3.S0-4.30: Friday morning, 10-12.-adv.
 Cheshire correspondent writes concerning a former Uncasville pas tor: Rev. James Tregaskis, who has
 been i'll in Pennsylvania. has reached his Cheshire home and is slowly inn proving.
 For the 11th annual exhibition of the Guild of Book Workers to be held | March 2S to 31 at the Fine Arts build | Ing, New York. the executive commit | tee includes Mrs. Helen Haskell Moves, | formerly of Norwich. Members of the state board of edu- | cation favor the erection of dormi- | tories for the normal schools in Willi- | mantle and New Britain, as well as in I Danbury, for which last S15,00O is being 1 asked from the legislature. Some of the farmers who are to con- | duct experiments in combining soy beans with corn for silage are $. H. Peckham, Woodstock: George Dean, 1 P.ainield, and H. c. Dearnley, Jewett City.
 wintry sweather and storms do not municants at St. Patrick's church. ! Sunday at the 7.30 mass Rev. J. H. | Broderick required the assistance of | Rev. Peter J. Cuny in giving holy communion.
 About 12o attended the meeting of the mems class in Broadway church auditorium Sunday noon, when Rev. pr. J. H. Selden spoke on The Church and the Immigrant. The mems class of the Central Baptist church was present as guests.
 Prof. W. F. Kirkpatrick, head of the department of poultry husbandry of 1 the Connecticut Agricultural college, Storrs, will give a public lecture in Durham town hall Thursday evening,
 March 1S, on Ways and Means of Solving Poultry Problems. The New Haven road, with its freight lines damned and running the longest passenger trains in its history, earned over $950,o0 more gross in come in January this year than for ( k1,> l. latest reports.
 Patronesses of an entertainment this (Monday) evening for the benefit of the social seExice depar tment of the New Haven hospital include Mrs. Ben jamin w. Bacon. Mrs. Huntington Lee and Mrs. Norris $. Lipp.tt, all former | fy of Norwich.
 So much success has been attained through the one days income plan of the board of missions of the Episcopal church, by which contributions in ad- dition to the regular apportionments | among the diocese are obtained, that 1t Will probably be continued. Secretary of War Baker has acknow- ledged receipt of an offer of service | by Engineer Charles H. Preston Jr, of Waterbury, formerly of Norwich, | entitled to rank of captain in the offi- cers reserve corps. having served in both the state national guard and as a | cornetist in the Third Regiment band. | Fully 500 packages of government | flower and vegetable seeds, addressed ! to individuals on the rural routes and franked by Senator Brandegree and Congressman Freeman, have come through the Norwich office. but so far Postmaster John F. Murphy has re- eeived no sack for Norwich distribu- ton.
 The Hebrew Sheitering and Immi- grant Aid society has received many appeals from Petrograd from Jews Who have been practically driven out O. fterrftory now occupied by Ger many. seeking news of their relatives In this country. The list includes A. Marshak. 123 West Main street, Nor wich, Conn.
 A Spanish bell bearing the date 1247 IS still in use in California.