Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-03

Two Hundred and seven women Bought $35,25o Worth of Liberty Bonds-AnnuaI Coon Hunt Tonight Missionary Meetins-Home Guard
 to Have Basketball Team Food Cards Being Generally Signed.
 Mrs. Rienzi Robinson reported Fri day that POT women subscribed for Liberty bonds in Killingly and that the subscriptions total $3o,2 ,26o The subscriptions were secured by wo- men members of the Liberty Loan committee Many other Killingly wo- men made subscriptions that did not pass through the hands of this com- nittee.
 Rev. w. s. Beard to Speak.
 Rev. William $. Beard, New York, formerIy at WIllimantic, is to speak on Mobilization. at the Congregational chu, ch here Sunday evening.
 Annual Coon Hunt.
 Nearly 75 acceptances of Invitations to attend the coon hunt of the Kill ingly Hunting and Fishing club had been received up to Friday noon. The club members go out tonight for the annual event, which is to be at Camp Wrippoorwill. the clubs headquarters. near Old Killingly pond.
 Women's Missionary Meeting.
 There was large attendance and very interesting addresses Friday at the Woman's Missionary meeting held at .he Baptist church, with delega- tiors present from many churches in Eastern Connecticut.
 The Ladies' Home Journal patters on sale at The Keystone Store.-adv.
 Many had to reminded Friday that the Scent postage rate on first class mail matter is now in effect and that letters not having a sufficient amount of postage are being held up.
 To Speak on Jamaica.
 rri1, @0J1 on Jamaica this afternoon before the members Of the Workabit club of the Congregational church. Other inter esting features are included in the programme for the afternoon.
 Peter Bassett, who has been men toned as being oreyrseas with the American forces, has written friends that the organization to which he is
 Thomas J. Aylward, Misses Mar garet and Helen E. Awkward, were in Providence Friday.
 Several members of the, ssth Com pany, Fort Terry, and local men from Camp Devens, are expected here this afternoon on leaves of absence.
 Mrs. Roy B. Chamber1in. whose hus- band, pastor of a church near Sar- anac lake, is in France with the Y. NJ. c. A. organization, is visiting here with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. r. A. Jacobs
 November 4th will be observed as Interna ;ionaI Sunday School day in the Baptist church and an effort is being made to have a perfect record of attendance in the Sunday school. Committee on Appropriations.
 Judge M. A. Shumway, F. A. Jacobs and c. H. Truesdell. appointed at the annual town meeting as a commit tee on appropriations, will report the adjourned town meeting, schedul- ed for November 12th.
 A report is that squirrels, in many cases, are suffering from an ai!mCnt said to be due from eating chestnuts from trees that are affected with the as not fit to eat. -----@
 Leave Brooklyn Farm.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Fitzgerald, who have been residents of Brooklyn for many wears, have come to Daniel son to make their home. This week MT F'itzgerald disposed of, bx auction, the stock and equipment on his farm, at the foot of Bush Hill
 At a meeting of the town school committee it was voted to authorize 1 some repairs to the interior of the graded school building. School street. 1 Among other things, will be repairing the stairway treads- fixing. the doors l and adding some lights.
 Home Guard Basketball Team. Some splendid material has been found from which to build a cracker 1 jack basketball team in the Danielson Home Guard Company It is probable | that Sidney P. Marland, a member of the company and well known as a l player. will coach the team. Members who are eligible are Francis Tetreault, < kBrooklyn), Tnselem Meunier and Clare Turner. All of these men have had long and valuable playing experi- 1 ence and probably will quickly train I<z<xyv s,4., 1lo k@n
 Down to 22 Degrees. .l The temperature dropped to P de- grees in Danielson Friday morning, it the coldest of the fall sea- son. In the meantime. there are many fields of potatoes in this vicinity that have not been harvested.
 Up in the Westfield section, where the concrete roadway is being laid. hay was used Thursday night to cover the sections that had Just been put down 0 protect the surface from frost damage. The road will be completed in about two weeks.
 Supply of Food Cards Delayed.
 This is the officially final day for taking pledges for food conservation, but it may be necessary to extend the time in the town of Killingly because of the fact that number of the can va sserS have ruin out of pledge cards. 1
 A part of the supply of these cards l inte-s led for Danielson failed to reach | here and several hundred more were ordered by Mrs. Rienzi Robinson to re- place them, but these cahrs had not arrived up to Friday.
 The oanvassers have, on the whole, 1 found the housewives very. willing to cooperate in the food conservation | Some have pledged them | selves to observe in their families two l meatless days each week in addition | to ono wheatless day. This will not | only help the United States win the | war, but as well will reduce the cost of | living and perhaps improve the health l of many who have been in the habit | ef eating altogether too we'll. SEARCH CONTINUES
 FOR CLAUDE TAYLOR Who is Wanted For Alleged HoldupsJ