Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-04
VARIOUS MATTERS

Norwich, Thursday, April 4 l91S. VARIOUS MATTERS Light vehicle lamps at 7.45 o'clock this evening. During this month the planet Ner- tune is near Saturn, but is a telescopic object only.
 The Wheeler school, North Stoning- ton. opens today (Thursday) after the Easter vacation.
 The trolley line is experiencing a shortage of men, due largely to enlist ments and the draft.
 At present there are S5 children in the county home, Norwich, in care of Miss Jessie Gibson and her assistants. wednesday afternoon the Progressive Missionary club of the Central Baptist church met with Mrs. C. R. Gallup, 6S Cliff street.
 The Connecticut state council of de- fense has scheduled a Victory rally for Tolland to be held in the town hall Friday evening.
 Follow the crowd and attend the Over There Dance tonight in Pulaski hall. Orchestra of eight pieces.-adv. At Lyme, Robert McCurdy of New Jersey has purchased the old McCurdy place on the corner of MeCurdy avenue and Main street.
 A book of special Norwich interest recently added to the shelves of the Otis library is F. J. Stimson's My Story: Memoirs of Benedict Arnold. | Announcements have been received here that the annual convention of the Connecticut Congress of Mothers is te be held in New Haven May and 10.
 Barber wanted at the Wauregan Hotel Barber Shop. Wages and com- mission good for $25 a week.-adv. Many property owners who had de- pended upon schoolboy aid to clean up dooryards and gardens were disap- pointed because of the short vacation this spring.
 , Journeymen tailors of New London belonging to Local No. 264 are making a demand for nine hour day and a 15 per cent. increase in wages for the
 weekly worker
 Directors of the State Children's Aid society whose terms end in October of this year are Mrs. Frank A. Mitchell
 Norwich; Hon. Charles Phelps, Rock vile; Mrs. Robert B. Chappell. New
 London.
 Military dance in Willimantic State Armory, Saturday, April 9th, at D. m
 Tickets: Ladies, 25c, gentlemen, 35e
 Picketts orchestra.-adv.
 Under the auspices of the united
 Protestant churches, Mir. and Mrs Fred J. Miner will arrive in NorwGa
 today, to begin 8 ten weeks religious
 canvass of the city, planning to visit
 every home.
 A medal has been won by Aller
 Edgcomb, son of H. A. Edgcomb O.
 Groton, of the East Providence Higl
 school. In a recent contest with tht
 Woonsocket team young Edgcomb wor
 special laurels.
 It is expected that local employees o the Standard Oil company will benefi
 by the 10 per cent. increase in wages
 to employees of the company which wa:
 announced by the company at the New
 York offices Monday.
 The authorities have been notified
 that 50 Watchmakers are needed in tht lnavy. They will be enlisted as ma
 chinist's mates first class, at $66.50 {
 month, for duty in France. This uni 2 is expected to be completed very soon
 Miss Eleanor s. Moss, member 0 the junior class at Storrs college, hal | been asked to take an appointment | with the United States department 0 S agriculture as demonstration agen 7 in the use and manufacture of cottag 4 cheese in the home.
 T Open meeting of the Norwich Equa Franchise League at the home of Mrs
 Willis Austin, today, at 3.30 p. m., Mis
 Katharine Ludingten and Mrs. Nanc, 4 Schoonmaker will speak The publi T is cordially inyited.-ady.
 The county commissioners afte
 hearings recently granted remonstrant
 against club certificates for three Ne1
 London clubs have decided to gran
 the Gaelic club certificate, denyin
 one to the Union League club also
 the case of the Uncas club.
 The second class of New Londo women in the active corps of the mo T tor division under the auspices of tn E National League for Women's Servic
 has begun its course of lessons an \ the first class has now taken it's thir \ lesson. There are ten women in eac
 class.
 \ The open season at all army post
 began Monday and extends to Octobe | with all outdoor drills and evolution \ starting. In about two weeks the dres E parades and other interesting drill
 will be started and the public will b B permitted to see them at the differer N posts.
 RI At a recent board meeting of Trinit \ Methodist church the finance commit | tee for the ensuing year was elected g 2 follows: J. B. Stanton, Guy B. Dol .- beare, James c. Macpherson, Ernest \
 Newbury and David H. Purvis M
 Stanton was unanimously electe
 chairman.
 White Ribbon Banner reads: Norwic H. has met with great loss in the deat !. of s. Howard Mead, who was alwaN H. loyal and helpful to the temperant se cause. Mrs. Mead is treasurer of u Norwich union. MT. Mead's life is Il at best eulogy.
 When the April session of the Toilar IT county superior court opens at Rocl iville April 5 States Attorney Thorn; ' F. Noone will ask for an indictment f,
 first degree murder in the case
 Simon Lacey 42 charped with I.iIii-