Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
VARIOUS MATTERS

VANIOOS MA ENS This is almanac day for December. Light vehicle lamps at 4.60 o'clock this evening. A big supply steamer is unloading stores at the navy yard. From now on the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals will be boomed. St. Andrew the Apostle is commem- orated in the church calendar today. The Bulletins prediction of fair weather for the holiday was more than fulfilled.
 New York expresses were run in two sections.
 The coves are frozen over and the Thames river in many places is coated with ice.
 away, this year Dec. 25th falling on Tuesday.
 November goes out with a short day. only nine hours, twenty-one minutes of sunshine.
 Already the banks are having early calls for new coins intended for holi- day gifts.
 Most of the local factories limited their Thanksgiving shutdown to Thursday only Thursdays warm sun did much to melt the snow frozen on the walks and to make travelling safe. A Norwich citizen who was out and about Thanksgiving day, E. A. Dudley, is active and in good health at 90. Few Norwich students returned for Thanksgiving since the holiday at most of the colleges was limited to single day.
 A family party including relatives from Norwich was entertained Thurs day by Dr. and Mrs. Frank M. Dunn of New London.
 There was a good attendance at the Thanksgiving morning mass in St. Patricl<'s church, read at o'clock by Rev. Peter J. Cuny.
 The first period of the school year at the state normal schools was com vacation, which contin ues until Mon day.
 Posters dealing with food conserva- = ton and other matters timely in a war year are c0nSpicuously placed in the Main street station of the New Haven road.
 were tattered in the recent gale that a number of them have been with drawn from service and must be re- placed by new ones.
 In several Connecticut cities general increase of 25 per cent in the price of horses shoes becomes effective Dec. i. The average price at present is $2 a head or four shoes.
 Norwich friends learn that Mrs. William Woodmansee (Addie Cham plin), now of Springfield, Mass, re- gently suffered an accident which has resulted in a serious injury to her knee.
 The sum contributed throughout the state to the war library fund amounts in round numbers to $63,oe0. It is ex- pected at Hartford that in a week the states quota of $e5,00O will have been reached.
 Between $40 a. m- and 10.30 a. m. Thursday eleven extra trains, chiefly through Norwich, routed this way be- cause of the railroad accident at Davisviile, R. l.
 Christmas sale of novelties by Miss Maud c. Buckingham. 66 Mckinley avenue. Opening day, Monday, Dec. 3, and every day after until Christmas. cents m m 5ts tG Far m c,eads Gfss from diers and special gifts for gentlemen adv.
 At present the United Workers. un- der direction of Miss CogsweIl, have three sewing classes at their Wash ington street house every Saturday afternoon and one at the Falls. There are about 25 volunteer teachers.
 Tn order to enable Red Cross chap ters to complete their aIlotments of Christmas packets for American sol diers and sailors in this country. the date for shipment Of the gifts to the camps has been advanced to Dec. 15 from Dec. 1.
 The Fairgrounds association com mittee, Arthur L. Peale secretary and John M. Lee treasurer, has had the pond at East Great Plain flooded, so it will be fine skating place for the Norwich girls and boys as soon as the first good freeze comes.
 While driving to Manchester in a covered automobile, MT. and Mrs. samuel Hoffman of Rockville were in Manchester at o'clock Monday morning and both are in the Hartford hospital in serious condition
 At the exhibit of the New Haven Faint and Clay club the Mystic artist. Peter Marcus. shows two small can vases, A Rocky Pasture and Queens ooro Bridge, the latter busy river scene of distinct dramatic interest. the New Haven critics state.
 At the request of Bishop Milan. collection will be taken up in all the churches of this diocese Sunday for the Catholic university in Washing ton. which already has furnished 25 chaplains. six professors and over 100 young men for Uncle Sam's service. WHIST FOR BENEFIT