Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-12

At the Thursday evening prayer meeting at the Central Baptist church, led by the pastor. the topic was, The Forgiveness of Sins.
 Musicale and play for benefit of Free Wool Fund, Y. M. c. A. hall, Friday sing war songS.-adv.
 The W. F. M. s. of Trinity Meffe- dist church has voted an assessment for flower fund. The matter is in charge of Mrz. F. J, King. The senior class of Tourtelotte Me rforial High School. North Grcsyenor- dale, has returned from a week of sight seeing in Washington.
 License your dogs in the town clerks office now. Female dogs $10.25 male and spayed dogs s125. One dol lar extra after May ist.-adv.
 Four hundred and five dollars and nine cents has been expended for war savings stamps at the Holland post office and s148.50 for thrift stamps.
 
 son, where Miss Emily B. Camp, of Norwich, is student, opens this week A girl scout group has been organ ized there recently.
 Last year frosts occurred along in May and there have been years when a killing frost occurred as late as Memorial day. The average date, however, is April 18th.
 Although the hail and drizzle of Thursday afternoon did not amount to much, they helped dampen the woods ad fields, where the dryness has in- yited darnagfn fires all week.
 Three volumes containing the rec ords of births, deaths and marriages of the town Of Stonington for 1917 have been returned to the town clerk there from Norwich, where they were bound.
 John C. Bliss. of New London. has one of the largest collections of Da- belFs Almanac around these parts. Mir Bliss collection begins with 1919 and continues uninterruptedly up to date, s9 years.
 Nearly every family in the town of Union reports at least a small amount of sweefening from the maple tree. George W. Bradwav and son, Ralph have made over fifty gallons of ma pie naolasses.
 The New Haven division between New Haven and New London will be immediately equipped with telephones in tower stations and sidings to be used by the digpatchers in the move. ment Of trains, etc.
 Residents in the vicinity of the city land on Lake street are busied cut ting up and ceSrying away portions pt the big thorn locust, recently Selled or Church street by City Forester H E. Davis and his men.
 Relatives and friends were in at- tendance Thursday at o'clock, in St PatriciSs church, st an anniversary high mass of requiem for Helena OConnor, which was sung by the rec tor, Rev, John H. Brc6erick.
 Because of continued cold weather the Boston men who are completing a beautiful mausoleHm in Matlewood cemetery, for Mrs. Joseph NJ. Beratck have again deferred their work on the marble panels which line the vault
 The quota for Rockville in the ihird Liberty loan is fixed at S2S9, 900. During the first drive, no quota was fixed but during the second drive the quota was fixed at $500, 90e and more than $7De,oee was se- cured
 At New London Thursday evening E. A. Smith. formerly of Norwich, was the speaker at public meeting of the New london Horticultural society al the Municipal building. He spoke or War Gardens: What to Plant and How to Plant.
 It is noted by The Middietovn Press that 8 months mind requiem higf mass was celebrated at St. Johns church, Tuesday morning, at s o'clock by Rev. Joseph H. Seiferman, of Jew. cit City, for his sister, Miss Jennis Seifernan.
 For some weeks people who wished to go from Hebron to Willimantis have gone through Andoyer. One mar tried going through Columbia revent. | ly, and was an hour and a half goins I five miles, and his car stuck : in thf mud twice.
 The New London members of River view lodge, No. 363, ladies' auxiliar, to the Brotherhood of Railway Train men, were invited to a whist party a the home of Mrs. Mcdonald in Nor wieh, Thursday evening. They camt up on the 6.f5 train.
 Captain Charles E. Ramage of Mont vile, in command of the Lforne Glart company there, desires active service He Is over 40; so special permission from the department at Washington il necessary in order 70 enlist him. Hi application has been sent to Wash ington.
 The railroad company has start ed building camp in Che pit at Say brook near the river for the f1undre, and fifty Iaborers who will start int work when 1t is completed and whel the bunk cars arrive. This camp i sixty feet long and twenty feet wide one-story high.
 A serious shortage of straw hat
 Is predicted as a result of condition arising from the war and especiall 1 the difficulty experienced in procur ing materials. The straw hat indus try is said to be able to obtain n substitutes for certain braids tha
 are imported from China and Japan. l Pupils at Norwich Art School ar completing war posters to be forward
 ed to the headquarters of the Stat Council of Defense, at Hartford
 Thence the best posters submitted f
 the state will be forwarded to Wash ingtcn. and a certain number of tn highest grade of merit will be chosel