Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04
VARIOUS MATTERS

| at the Red Cross room, yesterday aft
 ernoon.
 Governor HoIcomb's proclamation
 naming October 9th as Fire Proven
 tion is posted conspicuously in tht
 Otis library.
 Daily now Dr. George A. Comeau i.
 able to be up and about his room, a lis residence on Warren street, and
 he seems to be gaining strength
 So many of the patients at the Nor l wich State Hospital have been sent 1 home cured of late that the census Wednesday had dropped to 1,20s. | Rev. Charles N. Hinclsley, long 8 l member of this Methodist conference died Sunday at his sons home in Providence. He began preaching in l 1858.
 1 The salary of Bottoms first select 1 man was raised at this weeks town meeting from $1oo to $50; of the to $25.
 f. Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson. daughter of the President who spent | the summer at Oswesatchie, is now in Maine, where she is giving a series of concerts. .
 Miss Porter's school, Pennington,
  open today (Thursday) for the new girls, and on October for the girls who are returning.
 Thirty -four Dutch Belterd cattle, the largest number entered in any one class, are shown at Daabury Fair by O. 4. Leonard, Rockville; R. T. Leon ard, Holland and Dodge Brothers. At the Moosup Methodist church, ,at a patriotic service Sunday evening next the speaker will be Mayor Allyn L. Brown of Norwich. a member of the District Superintendent Rev. George G. Scrivener conducted the quarter l1. conference at Baltic Methodist he will preside at conference at Ni- antic.
 Miss Harriet Cooper, of Chicago, who spoke Wednesday, afternoon at Central Baptist church. was entertain ed during her stay in Norwich by Mrs Charles E. Ellis, of East Great Plain.
 The Connecticut vegetable Grow CTS Association is to have an exhibit at the National Vegetable Growers display, to be shown at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield, Oc- tober 10 to October 13.
  is emphasizing the fact of the govern ment's need of the various kinds of mechanics. Attention is called to the fact of the increased pay that went in to effect on September 24th.
 A Mystic store has on exhibition a basket Of potatoes raised by directions sent out by the agricultural college at Storrs. Fifty bushels were raised with no decayed ones found, which was supposed to be due to spraying.
 Expenditures on the New London 51s.s1 as the cost of oiling in addi- tfoH, were shown in the annual re- port to the common council by Courtland R. Darrow, highway com missioner.
 After waiting for ten counters to finish counting the 1,5oo ballots cast st the Rockville election Monday. voting machines. There were so many split tickets that the work, was drawn out for three and one-half hours. of Connecticut is to hold it's fall meet ing this (Thursday) afternoon at 2.3O o'clock at Center Church house Hart ford W. J. Batzell. editor of The l Standardization and School Credit" |
 The annual meeting of the chapter | regents, state officers and councillors | of the Connecticut society, Daughters l of the American Revolution, was held | Wednesday afternoon, at 1.30 o'clock l 1t the Ellsworth homestead in Wind sor. A basket luncheon was eaten at | noon.
 In a letter recently received by Sid ney IT. Miner, of New London. from q J: surbeck, who was formerly Y. ~ made by Mir. Surbeck of meeting Dr. Winthrop McGinley somewhere in France" Dr. Mckinley is son of the late Postmaster John Mckinley.
 John L. Donovan, Norwich manager of Armour & Co.,. received visit a few days ago from the new superin- .endent. W. c. Summers, who has just ern New England section. comprising IA plants in Connecticut, Rhode Is- and and western Massachusetts his four men have removed a big ash rom in front of Mrs. Henry F. Pal ner's property on Union street The 'ree was no feet high, 105 years old md meast>-ed 10 feet, 2 inches at the putt. It proved to be decayed, so was 'elled before the new walk was laid.
 Automobile hearings will be held |, 'eIcTc OtAto AGCOmoD1le COnm1S- 'ioner Robbins F. Stoeckel this u Thursday morning and afternoon at | he capitol. A total of twenty-sev- m cases will be heard, twelve in the morning and fifteen in the afternoon, ! including Frank Palozie, Rockville, | 'eckless driving
 Eight men directed by c. B. Brom- ey removed the 3-ton safe of the i lanes E. Fuller Co. from the filling building to the Central building. Wednesday afterr:/on. The previous lay Mir. Bromley's men moved 2 l. ,-ton safe from the Thames Loan md Trust building to the new Plaut- -adden building
 Camp ground Monday and Iecfded some of the trees should be ut down and new ones planted The { neH included MT Moses assistan nt I !