Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-04

groom is the son of Mrs. Mary Tenn pie of Winthrop street, New London.
 former Amston resident, James Moves. Jr.. has enlisted in the railroad division of the army. and has been appointed second lieutenant, and will leave for Washington, D. C., in few days.
 Local lawyers learn that Supreme Court Justice A. T. Rorabaek. of Canaan, will retire from the supreme court bench on reaching the age limit, August g. next year, being a forty miner"
 The war has hit the Chelsea Boat club hard. Sc many of the younger members are in the service that Com modore Don Houghton does not prom ise any particular activity during the coming season.
 It is noted from Old Saybrook that Superintendent M. A. Totman, Of the Shore Line Electric division has receiv- ed his furniture from Ohio. He has leased the Frederick D. Grum1ey house on Pratt street.
 The graduating exercises Of the Bol- ton schools will De Friday evening, June :, at Bolton hall. There are only two pupils to finish this year, Teresa Lehti and Edith Debandi, both from the South District.
 All Monday afternoon anxious groups gathered to read The Bulletins ar- | nounceme1ts of the submarine disas- 1 ters. comments and expressions being | in tones of indignation and horror at l the enemv's naerciless boldness. 1 Merchants about the state complain of an unusual scarcity of small change due to some extent, they figure, to the 1 heavy use of coins of small denoElin- ation in the collections taken in the final days of the Red Cross campaign | A beautiful silk flag has been pre- sented the Rockville Methodist church | in honor of John McPherson, a mem | Der of the Methodist church from the time of his return from three years service in the Civil war until his death in November, 1911
 ] The public schools of New London may be in session later this year than in former years. owing to the fact t%at | they were closed during a part of the extremely cold weather of last winter
  close until July 9th.
 Dealers in flour say that there will be no more wheat flour for the mex; few months and that the mixed hou1 l will be put on sale throughout the
 state in a few days which will not necessitate the buying of substitutes
 with the wheat flour
 All chapters and branches, Atlantic division, American Red Cross, have been asked to discontinue the custom o
 giving knitted articles and cenafort l kits to draft eentingents leaving home as knitted articles are unnecessary
 during summer weather.
 A small balance remains of the Fret Ice Fund. donated by the genercu. Norwich public to the United Worker:
 and in charge of Mrs. J. Dana Colt
 Last season free ice was supplied daily
 to an average of ten families where
 there were children, or sick babies
 The commanders of the variou. camps of Spanish War Veterans il
 Connecticat have inangurated t;
 movement to raise a fund of at leas i$10, 900 to be sent to Connecticut sol
 diers with General Pershings fofc, lin France, as a Fourth of July gift Following the successful example O
 Windhan county, prisoners of tn.
 Fairfield County jail at Bridgeport Ewere put to work Monday on the stat
 roads. These prisoners will be unde the observation of guards and in cas-
 of refra action will be secured with bal
 and chain.
 A letter dated May srd, received Sat
 urday by Mrs. Lucy A. Sparks of Fair
 mount street, from her son, Earle [
 Sparks, Second Division, Machine Gui
 Battery, brought a cheerful message i from the trenches. He writes Of tn
 receipt of number of welcome letter . from home friends.
 Mrs. Walter Douglas and Elme
 Day, who work on the Burr Narser.
 farm, will be tried Thursday in Filing ' ton on four serious complaints entefe, by Walter Douglas, husband of tn
 accused women. Day is a cousin o . Douglas and has been living With hin and his wife for the past nine years | At the monthly district meeting c 1.-the Woman's Home Missionary societ, : to be held at the Methodist church i |, Willimahtic, Friday, June Eth, tn l afternoon speakers will be Mrs. W. I ! Buck and Mrs. Robert Bitgood At tn I banquet at , D. m. the speaker will b l Alma Mathews of New York IfnAai ] gant Home.