Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-14

Although big fruit crop was look ed for hereabouts, the yield of cher- ries is turning out rather small.
 When Colchester grange met Tues day evening, five members of North Stonington grange were present.
 The ladies of the Eastern Star gre to give their annual picnic, to the members of the Masonic Home at Wallingford, June 18th.
 Barber Wanted, Wauregan House Barber shop, wages and commission good for s25 per week.-adv.
 Classes of Norwich Free Academy girls worked at the Red Cross room Thursday aftlrnoon. Miss Elizabeth F. Pu'len was in charge.
 l. is hoped to launch another of the sehooners at the Noank shipyard Jure 25. It is. however, doubtful if it goes overheard before July 4th.
 Some of the fishermen are still ai work on the Connecticut river, catch ing the few shad that are running Their hauls are very small.
 The electric lights at Willimantit Camn Ground have been put in order for t!;e coming season and will prob ably Ae in use the first of next month
 The final contributions to the sec ond Red Cross war fund of East Lyme have just been received and the tota for the whole town stands at $1.0o2.SA An anniversary high mass o requiem for James B. Shannon wa! sung in St. Patrick's church at O l clock Thursday morning by Rev. J. II Frederick. Teachers of the public schools Q I New London have been granted an in crease in salary by the board 0 school visitors, amounting about $1D for each grade teacher.
 The pupils of the Tourtellote Me mortal High school at North Grosver ordale are giving a minstrel show an play in the High School hall for th 1 benefit of the Senior Washington Fri 1 Fund.
 l Protect your garden from blight an bugs. Use Bordeaux mixture, S5e bottle, at Lee Gc Osgood's It is hard for the travefing pubIi l to become accustomed to the new rail ] road messenger rates. Heretofore pa 1 irons could purchase round trip ticket but. these tickets have been discon ;inued.
 Window posters are to be place 1 about the state by the Boy Scouts un 1 der direction Of the state council ( defense. These posters will explai the thrift stamp drive that begins Fri day, the 2ist. and continues till ta 1 18th.
 The funeral of William Henry Der ham was held at o'clock Wednesda afternoon in the Quaker Hill Banti church. Rev. Donald Fletcher and Re r D. Ludington conducted the sei vices. Burial was in Union cemeter Waterford,
 Patriotic pupils bringing tinfc Thursday to Mrs. Ida Eccieston at tf room of the Woman's League. inclu. ed, East Great Plains school foi pounds and from the Fifth grade, Roa No. {, Greeneville Grammar schoc twelve pounds.
 Connecticut attorneys have star+t petition against the pl1n to inclut the revised statutes of 1918 in tflrt volumes, claiming that the statut' can be included in one volume wi the index eliminated and placed in
 volume ay itself.
 In the superior court at Middletov the other day, William H. Ravens s cured a divorce from Sarah E. Have, of East Haddam on the ground of d
 sertior. She had left kim four
 five times before she went away | last time. He lives in ,Saybrook.
 An insane stranger brought fro 7 Groton by Selectman A. F. Hewitt 5 the Norwich State Hospital, Tuesd;
 morning, escaped and was back
 Groton that night. Wednesday the ID; :, was taken to Worcester, Mass. whe . it had been found that he belonged.
 While fighting a brush fire at |
 home on Friday, May r, a Hampt
 boy, Victor Howe, IT, was overcoY 2 by the heat and suffered cornple
 collapse, renlaining in 9 serious conc . ton for several days. He is now or able to leave his bed and sit up for ; short time.
 So pleasantly were the members
 the Norwich District Ministerial a sociation entertained at the conventi held with the Mystic Methodist chur, . Monday and Tuesday, that the appl :. citation of the members of the hos, { tality while in Mystic was express !, in very grateful resolutions.
 The twenty ninth annual session
 the Connecticut grand lodge, Inc
 pendent Order of Good Samarita
 and Daughters of Samaria. color
 was held Wednesday in Danburv, 1
 sessions being held in the Mt. Pie; . ant A. M. E. Zion church. under 1
 auspices of Mt Pissah lodge.