Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-04
VARIOUS MATTERS


 Today Is the 142d anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
 A number of Connecticut Elks are planning to attend the annual con- vention of the lodge at Atlantic City from July r to IS.
 Buckingham Post Commander Reu- ben Beckwith of Lyme, who died last week. was nearly the last member of that G. A. R. post.
 A small patch of corn in the gar- den at Miss Rose G. Hints, on Crest nut street is about as tall and as thrifty as any in that section.
 Foresters of America will meet at Foresters' hall, Franklin Square, at l o'clock today No uniform.-adv. Agents of the federal government are on gum shoe scouting trips here abouts, looking up the slackers, both non-fghters and non-workers.
 Although the annual reunion of the 18th regiment, c. V, is generally held in Norwich during August, the time s upon.
 As far as possible on the New Ha- ven railroad today, outbound freight houses will be closed all day. No shipments for forwarding will be re- ceived.
 Rev. William Barber has been ap- pointed superintendent of the home I e., FT111 T and Rev. B. F. Case assistant super intendent.
 The stars on the service flag at the ] Merchants National Bank are for Sergeant Raymond B. Sherman and i Private Harold W. Cranska, both now in France.
 l A Westbrook correspondent men | tions that Prof. Benjamin W. Bacon of Yale preached Sunday morning from the Congregational pulpit on the Unity of Spirit.
 It is against the wishes of the mili- i tary authorities that such things as ] fruit be sent to men in the canton ments, unless it is an ascertained fact i that the package will reach there in perfect condition.
 The Pleasant View Sanitation con- mittee members are already at work and if their suggestions are followed this year will see Pleasant View much more carefully and systematically cleaned up than ever before. 1 Three of the Norwich employees of l the Western Union Telegraph com pany, received their semi annual 4 per cent bonus from the company, July 1st-Manager c. Edward Case, Frank Connelli and Mrs. Hannah Fireman.
 Woodchucks at Ashford are doing | their part of farming and are very numerous and always busy. Vincent | Metsaker recently caught two at once in a steel trap and John Whitford ot Ashford Center has already shot 23
 Samuel P. Willard of Colchester i agent of the state board of education was at the Middletown town hall or Wednesday to examine and issue working certificates to children who have reached the required grade 1T study.
 Members of Division No 1, A. o H., and relatives and friends of thu men memorialized, attended the an nual reuuiem high mass for the de, ceased members, sung at St. Patrick: church Wednesday by Rev. J. H Frederick.
 The educational jubilee" committet of the Methodist Episcopal church in stituted fifteen months ago to rais' s20,000,000 for Methodist educationa institutions by July 3, 1918. has col lected s27,0O0,00O, it was announced to local Methodists Wednesday.
 Mir. and Mrs. James M. Fillmore, O 23 Spring street, have announced tn marriage of their daughter, Elsie M and Frank Cillev June 18th. by Rev J. F. Cobb MT. and Mrs. Cilley ar residing with the bridegroom's mother Mrs. Elizabeth s. Cilley. 1S7 Franklin street.
 Private Otto F. Folgmann. 21, son 0 Mir. and Mrs. Frederick Folgmann o Waterbury, was killed in action Jun 18th. He was a member of Co. E ant was transferred from Fort Totten t New London, thence to Camp Yale New Haven, from where he went t France.
 Frank Cranska of the Thames Ma t1onaI bank has received a messag from his son, Harold W. Cranska, an nouncing his safe arrival overseas Private Cranska was with the Mer chants National bank at the time 0 leaving Norwich the seventh of May for Camp Mcclellan, Ala.
 Comfort circle of the Kings Daugh ters ended the season "Wednesday meeting with the leader, Mrs. A ] Utley, twelve members attending Money was voted to the United Work CTS toward the poor childrens outing The usual luncheon was omitted owin to war conditions.