Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-30
VARIOUS MATTERS

April goes out with a day just 14 hours long.
 Light vehicle lamps at s.1s o'clock this evening.
 Famous suwanee River Male Quartet r. M. c. A tonight.-adv.
 Tonight (Tuesday) at midnight the shad season opens in Connecticut.
 Those who have started home gar dens welcomed Mondays April show CTS.
 Spring repairs are being made to the roof and caves of the Central Baptist church.
 The Stafford w. c. T. union is to entertain the Holland county conven- tion in May.
 Wonderful suwanee River Male Quartet Y. M. c. A. tonight.-adv.
 Growers of roses are finding that many of their choicest bushes were winter-killed.
 Old timers declared yesterdays rain was not cold enough for the cherry blossom Storm
 Patrons of local restaurants note the beginning of a new season, that of the strawberry shortcake.
 A beautiful border of white tulips at the Hannis residence on Mckinley avenue is attracting attention.
 Supper at the Universalist church &0 s1In Szy
 During Monday afternoon about 40 members of St. Patrick's parish pre- pared surgical supplies at Nthe Red Cross room.
 There were 7S visitors to the read ing room at the Otis library Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Irving L. Hamilton was in charge.
 The red buds of the naples and the soft green of the willows are making the wooded hills about Norwich beau tiful just now.
 Trailing arbutus, which is unusually late this spring, is being brought to town from Gales Ferry and is especial ly pink and fragrant.
 Don't forget dance Thursday, May 2. Dang Jazz Band, Pulaski Hall.- adv.
 For the third season the Wilson family from New York has leased the l Halcyon cottage at Gales Ferry, owned by Isaac S. Jones of Norwich. It is doubtful whether Saturday hall 1 holidays can be granted employees il l yI 7fc fno piT1cr cna so busy are most of them this year.
 Tomorrow. May 1st, will be observed as Thrift Stamp day by some of tht school grades. This is the day desig' | mated by the national war savingi committee. $
 Although in former years eharcoa | burning was carried on on a larg scale in the woods near Lantern Hill | at present it is almost a forgotten in dustry there.
 Two little girls. Dorothy and Mar jorie Harvey, have brought severa | packages of tinfoil to the room of tn Womans league as their way of help ing win the war. | License your dogs in the tow clerks office now. Female dogs $i0.2E male and spayed dogs SIPS. One dol lar extra after May 1st.-adv.
 The postoffice at Packer has sol over s444 worth of thrift stamps. Tn school is also keeping up it's good wor with the stamps, the sales last wee amounting to SAP.
 At this weeks meeting of St. Agnes guild in the Sunday school room 3 , Christ church work is to be done fo the Red Cross under supervision of tn president, Miss Phoebe Brewster. The lawyers of Connecticut citie are voting to cooperate with tn United States government in it's at tempt to check the activity of un scrupulous claim agents and pensio attorneys.
 Rev. George S. Dodge, a former pas tor of the Hebron Congregations church, has concluded preaching i Boylston, Mass, where he has bee pastor of the Congregational churc for the past 16 years.
 At the Chelsea Boat club house, tn landing floats and runWays for moor ings have been put out for the seasol Of the 90 or 100 club members, aboJ , 20 are in the service, it is estimate by Commodore Don Houghton. The prices of yarn are predicted [ advance soon. Take advantage of tt present time to make your sweate
 We are showing a fine line of beautifl yarns, including the much wanted sil
 and wool mixtures. The Yarn Sho
 IT Cliff street.-adv.
 Final returns show that the enter
 tainment and play given recently
 the Sodalitas of Broadway church ur
 der the general direction of Miss Hele
 Marshall Lathrop netted the gratifyin
 amount of $104.75 for the free wo
 fund.
 Buy a Liberty bond, then go to tH
 town clerks office and license vol { dog. Open Tuesday and Wednesde !, evenings. One dollar extra after Ma s 1st.-adv.
 The records show that the emplo, ment bureau of the United Worke had one of the most successful yea . in it's history the past season. Tn
 year the rag carpet industry has bet
 taken in charge by the employmet
 bureau.
 = Friend learn that George H. Murrs
 of Bristol, Vt, for three years a stl dent at the Wheeler school, Nor Stonington, who has been drafted, VI ordered to report at Middlebury, V
 Monday, the 29th, to leave from the for Camp Devens. III One of the young cartoonists who Y war riCtIIr6S are featured hU Nc