Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07

There was a large attendance Sat urday evening at the bazaar being given in St. Jeans hall by the mem bers of St. Jean society, Modern and old-fashioned dances were enjoyed by 150 couples. A prize waltz for which Q gold prize was given was won by Lawrence Nolan of Norwich and Miss Hilda Turner of Boston. Blais' or chestra furnished music. Prof. E. L. Tinkham prompted. Arthur P Cote, Joseph Lacroix, ST., Arthur Roy, ST., George Lacroix, Sr., l.. J. Fontaine, Zoelle Gaucher were the committee in charge.
 SeasonabIe Weather Welcomed. There was contentment in Baltic on Sunday, an ideal winter day, following eight days of bitter cold weather, al most unbearable. Saturday the ther- mometers showed the mercury at IS degrees below. During Saturday af- ternoon a strong gale from the north raised havoc in different parts of the town. A gust smashed a large plate glass in the second story of the Rod erick block, causing it to fall to the | sidewalk with a crash. Luckily the walk was clear when the accident | happened as ons-half the glass fell shortly after a man had passed under 1 the window.
 Twenty seven-lnch Ice. i, Twenty seven inches of ice on the | Shetucket river is the record in Bal tic for this time of year. Fishermen are having good luck fishing through this ice on the river. Although the water is low at certain points where tilts are being placed the fish are ex- l tra large.
 Trotter on the Ice.
 Sunday morning L. F. Fontain drove a trotter over the ice at a fast clip. | Young people enjoyed skating Sunday afternoon for the first time this win | ter, the weather being so intensely
 cold that the lovers of this sport did
 not dare face the icy air.
 Old and Young Enrolled. 1 The Red Cross room is to be open
 this (Monday) afternoon and evening
 Monthly meeting of the Red Cross will
 take place at 8 o'clock this evening at the town hall
 During the recent Red Cross drive
 the oldest member enrolled was Mrs
 Sargent, 73, of Little Flats. The
 youngest member enrolled was Master
 Thomas M. Donahoe, three weeks ole
 son of MT. and Mrs. Thomas Dona.
 hoe.
 | Plenty of Light for Village. Baltic people are more fortunate
 than people living in other towns an(
 cities which are facing a cutting off O.
 lights owing to the coal shortage. Bus
 mess places, residences, the Balti.
 Mills company's tenements and tn,
 streets are lighted by electricity gen erated at the Baltic Mills company . plant. Wood Scarce and High. Many local people who for year burned coal are using wood this year ) Farmers are daily hauling wood int,
 town, and claim that their supply i nearly exhausted as other years tn demand for wood was not as great a at present. Again they are handicap , ped by not being able to obtain chop : pers, who, in this section, are receiv } ing $2.25 to $2.50 per cord, but even a 5 this price there is a scarcity of hell
 A few years ago cord of wood coul , be purchased in Baltic for $350; toda } wood is selling in town for $S a core :, Vegetables Frozen. Bushels of potatoes have been frog
 en in cellars, as have cabbages, tur
 nips, beetS and carrots. Producer claim that there is to be an advanc
 in spuds. If not, they will be the los
 CTS of a large sum of money. lI Now at Camp Grant. Warren Hines of Camp Grant, sten l osrapher in the Railway Engineer = Corps, recently spent a furlough wit t his parents, MT. and Mrs. D. J. Hine a Previous to entering the service M b Hines was employed as stenographt
 at the Harlem station. New York. H y also was employed in the office of a s insurance company at Hartford. M = Hines later worked at the New Hs r ven road station in New London. s Academy Opens Today. . The Academy of the Holy Fami1
 and the parochiat school open tn - (Monday) morning for the wint, e term. The students of the Academ e who have been spending the holids
 recess at their respective homes, T,
 turned Sunday.
 e Briefs and Personals.
 William Mcclure of Camp Di IT Trenton, N. J., spent furlough Sul oi day with his father, James McGuir 6 MT. McGnire was recently promote n with an increase in pay.
 g Owing to a shortage of coal u l. Baltic Social and Athletic club h; l. been closed for an indefinite period. le Miss Veronica Rocheleau and Blan,
 Rocheleau were Sunday visitor s n Providence.
 ,e Miss Mae Buckley has resumed h