Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24
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Norwich, "Wednesday. July 24. 1918.
VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS
 Light vehicle lamps at s.44 o'clock this evening.
 Dabolrs Almanac promises cooling showers today.
 Gardner Lake cottages and camps are all occupied.
 Do not forget the lawn party at John O. Peckham's, l59 Thames street, tonight.-adv.
 State policemen are on the watch about eastern Connecticut for Violatofs of the spotlight laws.
 A garden party was held by the East Lyme auxiliary to the Red Cross Tues day fkom until 10 at Flanders inn.
 Pupils of the Poquetanuck summer school have brought several pounds of tinfoil to be sold for the free wool fund.
 Five pairs of horses were required to convey a large tree from the Koes- tineu lot at Pendleton Hill to Stoning- ton shipyard.
 The thermometer at the home of Capt. Joseph Sistare in Noank regis tered 104 in the sun at o'clock Mon day afternoon.
 Peaches are coming on the market very freely, and there are some very handsome ones from Georgia at req sonable prices.
 A Franklin street thermometer which registered 9S degrees Monday afternoon marked on even 100 degrees at the some hour Tuesday. A patriotic knitter of S2, Mrs. Mary A. Geer of Poquetanuck, left a finely | finished pair of socks at the room of the Woman's league Tuesday. Out of 4o1 applications last month. ] George L. Chesbro, superintendent of the Norwich state free employment bureau was able to fill 25S places.
 The state comptroller to date has ! received returns from 15 towns of their expenditures for the relief of the de- ] pendents Of soldiers for the quarter ending June 30.
 Berry pickers find that high bush 1 huclxleberries are just ripening on Raymond Hill Montville. The once common whortleberry now sells at quarter per quart.
 The seventh annual reunion of the l descendants of Leonard Beiden was 1 held last week at Lake Compounce, when Fred L. Belden of Rocky Hill was elected president.
 A meeting of the Connecticut Chiro- practors' association was held in New ! Haven this week to discuss plans for aiding conyaIescent soldiers returning 1 from the battle front.
 The Rockville draft board has re- i ceived 19 volunteers who desire to be sent to the various schools by the 1 draft board on call from the adjutant general for volunteers,
 The hot wave does not wilt the | patriotism of the Norwich Red Cross ] members, who worked faithfully Tues 1 day afternoon, Miss Miriam Campbell being in charge of the room.
 Ensign John Stewart. formerly of 1 New London an officer on the U. s. s. 1 San Diego, sunk Friday, has landed | safely in New York. according to word received by Connecticut friends. In the elementary school department | at the Danbury summer school for | teachers, courses in agriculture, music Red Cross work. sewing and cooking were started Monday and will be con- tinued throughout the week.
 The sudden death of Mrs Dwight Stillman was a shock to the many people who knew her. Mrs. Stillnar has spent 35 summers at Weeka paug where she has been identified with the StiIlman house. the oldest hotel at the beach.
 A new book of Yale songs, edited D. G. Frank Goodale, organist and chol director Of the Danbury First Congre } gational church and director of tn, Yale University Glee club is beinf , published in its first edition by a firn in New York.
 No one in Norwich is working hard CT to help win the war than is Miss Id; 7 Morgan, daughter of Henry E. Morgan of West Town street, who has brough 8 large number of sweaters, socks, etc
 to the Woman's league room and i still knitting diligently.
 At East Hartford Monday Prof. G
 C. Codding of the Connecticut Agri cultural college, Storrs, conducted !. demonstration which was very we . attended by local gardeners. Ther
 were several different kinds of spray
 for garden pests shown. s Mrs. W. Tyler. Browne and Mrs. Ar
 thur L. Peale who were in charge ( the room of the Woman's league i
 the Thayer building Tuesday, re
 ceived donations of tinfoil from thre
 energetic boys James Maynard, Josep
 Marx and Joseph Collins.
 Special Deputy Commissioner How
 ard A. Eliot announces that 13 cor
 victions of owners of unlicensed dog
 have been made in the MontViile cour
 stating that dog conditions in Mont
 vile were worse than in any other pal - of the state that he knew of. z Private George G. Kinpear of Mort \ Stonington, graduate of tha Wheelt
 'chool, class of 1916. who has been
 the thick of the fighting in Franc
 write to his father of a recent Ger
 man air raid through which he passe
 barely esca ping with his life. \ St. Mary's Tierney Temperance e | dets of New London gave a dan, Monday night in Hibernian hall. IT
 receipts will go towards defraying e,
 penses Of the cadets weeks putin
 Members of St. Ann's Ladies' T.
 society of Norwich were in atten,
 ance.
 The funeral of Miss Dorothy Fal \ ming Smith was held Monday afte
 noon at the home of her parents, N
 and Mrs Acorn Smith, No. 121 Bro;
 street, New London. The service w 28 conducted by Rev. Charles R. M n 1 NallN .fRurial WAS in Smith I al