Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

Week has started number of local people to weed out their libraries for the benefit of the boys in camp. News received Monday by Charles E. Chandler from his son. Prof. Albert R. Chandler. located him in Italy. near Venice, busy with Red Cross work. It is rumored that General March will inspect the different batteries at Fishers Island at an early date. The general is one of the big men of the army.
 St. James Lodge, No. g, F. & A. M., works the third degree tonight at 1.so at Masonic Temple.--adv. This weeks meeting of the Pro- gressive Missionary club of the Gen. tral Baptist church is to be held with Mrs. George A. Stanton, 20 Church street.
 The coming Sunday services will be resumed in Park church, all meetings during the fuel shortage period hav- ing been held in the Hugh H. Osgood Memorial parish house. Articles of clothing were received at the room of the Women's League, in 1 the Thayer building, Monday, for the relief of the destitute people in oceu- pied Belgium and France.
 Tn recent typewriting contest when Miss Lucille Lord won the gold medal, l Miss Dorothy Church received the ef- i ficiency award and Miss Florence Wuttky the primary award. l The state naval base at New Haven still needs 1000 men for second class seamen. There is also a need of car- penters' mates and steel electricians for the Irish construction unit.
 The Loyal Temperance Legion at ! Wiilimantic, in charge of Mrs. J. J. l Fields of Norwich. numbers nearly 100 l children, who have raised over $25 toward the support of a French or l phan-
 l 4 service was held at the Rockville Methodist church Sunday morning in 1 memory os Rev. Joseph Henry James. For a number of years Mir. James was pastor of the old Sachem street church ! In Norwich.
 1 Long Island Long Clans, for steam ing; Cape Cod Long Clams for bak- Ing or frying. fresh arrival at Powers l Bros-adv.
 Monday was the 4srd birthday oi Bishop John w. Hamilton, chancellor of the American university at Wash. ington, a native of Weston, Ca, wht has been heard at the WillimantiS camp meeting.
 The United States Boys Workina Reserve in Connecticut which placed 700 boys on farms last year. started Monday drive to secure several times the coming season.
 | All branches of the army have beer ordered closed to registrants for vol. untary enlistment by Provost Marsha General Crowder. Men of draft agt
 will be accepted only on voluntary en' hstment for the navy.
 A night school has been opened a North GrosvenoFdale with a clas which numbers 29 and which promise to increase as the weeks go by. Franl P. Mercy has been teaching the clas for the past two weeks.
 Members of the D. A. R. from thi section will go to Windsor Thursda. for the 26th annual state conference of regents, delegates and alternates t the 27th continental congress in Wash ingtcn, D. C.. Monday, April IS. .
 Leo A. Kerper of Hartford, for1nerl,
 of South Wilmington, federal directo
 of labor for Connecticut, announce i the appointment of David Elder a
 special field representative to secur competent labor for the farms of Con
 nectieut.
 The funeral of Miss Fannie [
 Smith, who died at her home in Gro
 ton Friday, was held Monday. Bur i ial was postponed until spring whe
 the body will be moved from the Ney
 London vault to it's final resting plac
 In Jewett City.
 It is difficult at times to i'll tn
 many orders for work received by tn
 employment bureau of the Unite
 Workers of Norwich. Last year theF p were l,157 articles cut and made, ae A cording to the report of Mrs. Mary ( Webster. the secretary. Hi A service flag in the window at I HFW. Guilds displays three stars for em s ployes in the federal service, Eal \ Spencer at Camp Deyens, Harol \ Spencer in the aviation department l \ Illinois and Robert McAllister at tI \ Newport torpedo station. Al Many faithful workers gathered { the Red Cross room Monday mornin ' and afternoon. the devotion of Norwic
 women to this form of relief worl E which implies the sacrifice of hon
 duties. in numerous instanQes, beiu
 one of the most touching phases
 the war.
 The coming Thursday at Yale un = versity the Isaac H. Bromley lectul
 in the course founded in memory of
 former editor of The Norwich Bulleti ,. will be given by Prof. William Rocking, Ph. D., of Harvard univel
 sity on The Psychological Aspect
 the War.
 - If the bill as passed by the hou
 last week is approved by the sena 4 and signed by the president, Norwi, = will set it's clocks one hour ahead {
 the last Sunday in March and until Il
 last Sunday in October will get i
 one hour earlier and go to bed ol
 hour later than customary.
 Gives EmpIcyes 10 Per Cent. Rais.