Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-01

The high school department connect l ed with the Danbury Normal summer school for teachers has completed three weeks of the term of six weeks.
 The employees at Rubinows shop in Manchester are planning an outing at Coventry lake today (Thursday) They will make the trip in automobiles.
 The automobile traffic along the shore Sunday was the largest ever known. Two thousand automobiles crossed the state bridge at Lyme.
 The 23d annual reunion of the Fowler family is to be held in Middle field Wednesday, Aug. Fist. The presi- dent of the association is A. B. Dorner of Meriden.
 The cutwoFm is getting in it's dead ly work on the oaks. Lawns in various sections are scattered with small branches whicL the worms have cut off the trees.
 Rev. R. W. Ferguson of the North been called to the Rockville Baptist church to succeed the Rev. c. W. Tur- uer who has resigned.
 The Fair Harbour company of New London has organized with a capital of s2 000 The Connecticut Shipping company of Stonington has organized with capital of s2Go.0o0.
 At Ellington, Prof. Ancel St. John of Lake Forest college, Lake Forest, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan R. St. John at fheir home 0n SOnprS road
 In the Occum news Tuesday it was stated that D. J. Walsh had resigned at the Versailles Sanitary Fibre com pany's plant, This was incorrect. as MT. Walsh has not resigned.
 British subjects residing in Connec- ticut are taking great interest in the preliminaries to the drafting of all British subjects of service age in this country, which is to begin Sept. 2S.
 Having been especially beautiful during their season, the ranblers' and Dorothy Perkins roses on the arbors a tthe residence of Mir. and Mrs. J. Ralph Howe at Uncasviile have faded
 An interested worker has presented the Norwich Red Cross several pairs of large shears which the cutters ap- preciate and which gift they are hop ing other generous friends may dupli- cate.
 Today, Aug. 1. three colored men will be sent by the Holland county board to Camp Devens. They are Robert Peters of Rockville Joseph of Columbia.
 Meriden sustains the tradition that more boy than girl babies are born in wartime. Town Clerk Herman Hess finds that in the past three months there were 125 boys born as against ninety seven girls.
 Until Sept. 3, Dr. E. J. Brophy's of 1 fee hours will be from l to p. m. at SS Central avenue, and from 10 } l D. m. at Room 1e shannon build 1 ing. Calls received from 7.30 a. m. to 1 D. m. Sundays until noon-adv.
 The Rockville Baptist church has ! unanimously voted to extend a call to Rev. D. w. Ferguson of North Abing i ton. Mass, to become pastor. The pastorate is to begin as quickly as Mir Ferguson can arrange to go tc Rockville
 A mammoth motor van from Sheriff street, New York, which delivered 6 safe and other equipment to a Frank. l lin street store Wednesday afternoon had a capacity of three and one hall tons and made the trip to Norwich 1T nine hours.
 Private Thomas Madden of Vernon U. s. coast artillery, who enlisted iron | Vernon few months ago. has beer seriously ill with spinal meningitis 1T the naval hospital at Newport, R. L but is recovering and is able to sit III 15 minutes daily.
 Cooler weather Wednesday was ap 1 preciated by the patriotic women st busy at the Red Cross room in tn Thayer building Mrs. Fred W. Leste was in charge during the morning ant Mrs. John Townsend of MontYille dur ing the afternoon.
 Word comes from Washington tha
 through the vigorous protest of Con
 gressman Merritt of Stamford at tn
 senseless ruling providing for the sal
 of only one way tickets on the Nev
 Haven railroad, agents can now SC,
 tickets covering the round trip. Members of the Central Baptis
 church accepted an invitation Monda
 at p. m. to meet Rev. and Mrs. W I
 Knapp and their daughter from Afric
 at the home of Mrs. c. c. Treat, 1
 Brown street They are visiting i
 New London and are friends of Mir:
 Treat.
 The circle for negro war relief. Uni
 No. 50, of New London, entertained tn colered draftees of that city at a ban
 quet Wednesday evening at o'eloc at the A. M. E. Zion church. AddFesse
 were delivered by Mayor Rogers, Re
 E. George Riddle, formerly of Nerwicl and others.
 Wednesday was the first anniversar
 of the death of Patrick Coleman, an his son, Rev. Henry J. Coleman, cam I from Southington to celebrate tf solemn high reauiem mass in St. Pal I ricks church, Rev. Dr. John Anderso
 of Hartford being deacon, Rev. Pinto Il Tehan of Hartford sub-deacon an I Rev. Myles P. Galvan master of cere : monies Rev. Peter J. Cuny was in tt
 sanctuary during the service.
 It has been observed that the averas
 man is never so happy as when he s4 posing as critic. -=~<--