Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-06


 lesson to some more careless ones.
 Tn many houses, water pipes which were thawed out with great trouble last week froze again Monday night.
 Leonard R. Main. mail carrier on North Stonington rural delivery route No. 1. has been making his rounds in la sleigh.
 The Progressive Missionary club of the Central Baptist church meets this week with Miss Sarah Gardiner, of CltR street.
 Twenty-four cars of coal were counted on the siding between Midway and Noank awaiting removal to dif- ferent places.
 Yesterdays intense cold pfoved most trying to postmen on their routes, some among them declaring it the worst day ever
 There is consolation in the fact that this is not Leap Year February, as twenty eight days of it will be about all shivery humanity can stand! At the whist party in the rooms of As N. ized. Mrs. M. H. Donahue was chair man of the committee of arrange ments.
 It is probable that lost time will have to be made up in what would be the summer vacation in schools which are losing sessions because of fuel shortage.
 Postmasters in the smaller towns, who have had their work Increased 1 fifty per cent. since the war began, are now busy with the German alien reg istration order.
 Not bushel of oysters has been {, dredged in Narragansett bay by Prov lidence boats for a week which makes | the supply short for dealers depending on Providence markets. 1 About ten members of the War l Relief committee of the Norwich Red Cross held their February meeting Tuesday afternoon at the home of the chairman, Mrs. W. Tyler Olcott, on Church street.
 At joint meeting of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary seci- cities of the Broadway church Friday afternoon. a review of ''The Life ot Mary Gesson of Calabar' is included in the programme.
 | The fact that Lent begins a week from today means less than in ordin- ary years in the matter of social gay leties. 4 war year has already prac' ticaHy ended all but the most simple dances and club affairs.
 
 At New London Sunday next. Jacl Rose. formerly. of Norwich, who wa! iconnected with the gambler Rosen thai murder case in New York, vii lspeaI, under the auspices Of the Youns lMen.s Christian Association.
 The State D A. R. regent, Mrs. Johl L. Buell., has announced that in tn first and second Liberty Loan, Con necticut Daughters have taken $1, 300, 900, 8 good showing. as the state ha tonly 5,372 D. A. R. members. The law concerning auto tail lights Idazzling headlights. and proper light lon cars left standing, is being el1forc led to the limit in most Connection ltowns. now that the county deputy au !tomobile commissioners are so vigila nj
 The State Council of Defense an !nounces that persons desiring to ge flood to prisoners of war in German may address letters to the Youn tMen's Christian Association, Europ Work, 124 East 24th street, New Yorl Franklin Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M
 will receive an official visitation fror
 R. E. Henry R. Tisdale Grand Scribe on Thursday, Feb. ', at Masonic Tenn I pie. at 7.30. Work in the Mark Mas
 ter Degree. Banquet at close of worl
 --adv.
 News has been received here tha
 John o. Rowland, superintendent c
 the Staate Masonic Home. at Mailing ford, who has been critically i'll sine the first of the year. is beginning t Improve, though he is still confined t This bed.
 The No Sugar sign was hung dht Ia number of Norwich stores Tuesda
 which to date have been able to pro lvide customers with small quantitie
 of the sweet stuff It is claimed no'
 that refiners cannot get fuel to refin
 the raw product.
 1 At the Norwich Tuberculosis Sani | Sacrifice of the Mass was offered b
 Rev. Peter J. Cuny, of St. Patrick church. for the consolation of u;
 Cathoiic patients, to whom commit nion was administered.
 A handsome poster, the design ft \ which was painted by the famous art \ ist, James Montgomery Ffagg, hs
 been placed in some of the Connectic1 . school buildings of the towns, to stin Q lu1afe the sale of thrift stamps: It de ' Ipicts Uncle Sam holding children 1 ,. his arms
 A Norwich visitor in Massachusett lstates that all places of busines1 a, trestricted to g a. m. as the openir
 hour and 6 p. m. as the closing hou Iexcept on specific nights, when the
 may remain open util 10 p. m. She ~ window lights are prohibited excel
 Saturday evenings from dusk to cloI ing hour Il Regarding the way the government n Victory Loaf is winning favor. A. II Andrews, of Norwich, said Tuesds e thai he Is selling now over 300 dail d The proportion fs 75 per cent whea h, the other 2s per cent. may be of Y