Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-05
TOTAL COLLECTED sa,o444.
British-Ameriean War Relief Fund Makes Coed Start on Second Year.

The weekly report of the British American War Relief fund follows:
 Amount previously acknowledged, $2,024.05. Amount collected in Plainfield to week ending December 29, 1917, $1450; in Jewett City, S6. Total amount collected to date $2,o44.55.
 The new year is at hand with the To- cal committee still endeavoring to se- cure donations from British people in this section who have not yet un- tied their purse strings and given to the worthy cause.
 It is hoped that all those who have not yet become one of the members of the large army of donators have in- cluded in their New Years resolutions and good intentions the plan to do- nate to some order, engaged in provid- ing necessary articles in the form of clothing, shoes, surgical dressings, etc, @. small weekly amount, whereby more comforts can be purchased for the men who are fighting to protect our homes and rights. The hardest time of the year is the winter and it Is Godsend if he can secure dry cloth ing after being out in the trenches for hours at time. The snow, sleet. rain and unsanitary conditions pre- vailing at this time of the year are trying and discomforting to the hrev est of men, and it is with the hope of securing proper and dry clothing that they leave the field of battle and en- ter their haven of rest-the dugouts. Here, by the aid of contributions re- ceived from people loyal to the cause for which the allies are fighting, SUD- plies are kept and given to those ir need. But with the armies of the allies increasing, more supplies must be | bought and kept in store for use al any time.
 For this reason the Army of Dona- tors" must increase to keep up ths good work which has been going or since the outbreak of the war. | one wishes to lessen the hardship. 1 suffered by the fighting men in tn; l trenches, he may give his contribution which will be greatly welcomed, to T Bromley, John Higginbotton and The odore Parkinson, collectors for thi! week in Plainfield, and James Henis son, collector in Jewett City or mail t William Oldshaw, secretary of the 10 cal fund, Box 361, Plainfield, Conn. Was Former Resident.
 Miss Mamie Doolan of White Plains N. Y., is spending a few days witl MT. and Mrs. Alexander Doughert, and family. She formerly conducte, a millinery store in this village.
 Rumored Changes DispIeasing.
 If the trolley schedule is change and cars run only once in two hours running on the odd hours, it vii prove inconvenient for out of town peo pie employed at local places of busi ness, as work ordinarily ceases at 5.3( making it impossible for them to leav the village until an hour later. A early morning trolley car has previous ly been operated on week days to ac commodate the large number who hay occasion to use it. Then. too, would prove very inconvenient for tn
 travellers to wait an hour or more fo
 transportation to surrounding towns.
 High School students who use tn
 trolleys as g. means of going to an
 from school will not be affected by tn change, as they have customarily use
 the S.35 A. m. trolley in going {
 school and the PAS p. m. trolley o
 returning. 7 | lce-Fishing No Sport These Days.
 Fishing through the ice is in grea
 favor. However one fisherman ha
 poor luck when after tramping fc
 three miles he arrived at the pond an } set to work to secure his next day
 meal. He cut eight holes throug , fourteen inch ice and when on finish ] ing the last, he returned to the firE
 hole cut, he found that three-quarte1 ' of an inch of ice had been made. Th discouraged sportsman didn't bother 1 } fish through the ice after that!