Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-12
VARIOUS MATTERS

lnls evening. Every flag should be flying today Registration day.
 The food for France drive will begin in Groton borough next week. With cooler weather. mills in the county will start up the manufacture of birch oil. Gulls are appearing in the Mantle river and last week wild ducks were seen in the river.
 Louis Mabrey of Norwich closed his hotel at Ocean Beach Wednesday after very successful season.
 The fall timetable of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad will go into effect Sunday, Sept: 22.
 Ralph Maine was injured at the Lam tern Hill silex works the other day, piece of steel penetrating his right leg. Capt. F. K. Patrick's Mantle New London launch Crescent has made its last trip. after a good seasons busi- ness.
 With the coming of cool weather, hunters are thinking about starting out for the first raccoon hunt of the season.
 Now clean out chirneys, clean up stoves and heaters. are the directions being given householders by insurance authorities.
 The gardeners at the Central fire station have grown some nice looking phlox, asters. salvia and hydrangeas in l the grounds there.
 It was Sept 10th a year ago Tues day night that a killing black frost ! cleared the gardens of vegetables and wound up the growing season Robert Neigs of Colchester has a hen which iaid an egg measuring 8 | inches round one way and 1-2 inches | the other way. and weighing ounces.
 There is to be no grange fair at i Colchester this year, but Friday and 1 Saturday of this week the junior food i army is to have an exhibition in Grange hall.
 That work has been speeded up at the Norwich munitions plant is indi- cated by the fact that 1,20O cases from the works were shipped in single day last week.
 Several Holland county towns have been unable to find teachers for all their schools, even where willing to accept high school graduates without special training,
 l A Deep River. young woman, Miss Jessie Hatfield, a graduate of Willi- mantle State Normal school, is to teach in the Mather school for girls at Beaufort, S. c.
 C. H. Brooks. who has been working for Clifford Huntley on the Brown farm in Waterford for some time. has 1 purchased farm in Vermont an6 moved to that place.
 Connecticut is one of 14 states 1T which the teaching of the German language, in the schools has beer discontinued, according to the Ameri can Defense society.
 Thirty automobiles were registered as having passed through the Grotol side of Mystic Sunday afternoon, ant people there are referring to thei' drivers as yellow patriots.
 Health authorities are advisint against the too early removal of win dow and door screens and are advo eating the prompt swatting Of all fife remaining over from the summer.
 An East Lyme young man. Arthur Winslow, of the 103d infantry, now il France, who was reported missing Ii action, has been heard from. to tn relief of his relatives and friends. Herbert Gillette returned to Forest vilie Wednesday from Old Lyme, wher he purchased a flock of '1o geese iron c. c. Davison to put on the govern } ment farm of which he has charge.
 The elder son of Mrs Albert 4 . Sparks of Norwich Merton F. Sparks who is in business in Chicago, wa within five blocks of the building wrecked in the recent bomb explosion
 Another child from the county hom in Norwich has been adopted. this tim a pretty year old girl. who goes { q New York family, where she wi have a French governess and ever = advantage and attention.
 Under the direction of Secretary Flu gene Clark of the Knights of Colum bus. k. of C. hut is being erected 8 Fort Wright, Fishers Island. It wi accommodate 300 men and will | ready within short time.
 The junior food army of Ellingto will hold Its exhibition in the tow hall this afternoon. There will | second and third prizes for each clas Arthur D. Hale is chan man.
 The honor roll board at Mantle wi be moved from the DeWolf propert to the new park at the corner of Mai | chased by New York summer res dent and given to the town.
 There are thousands of tons of so coal in Rockville for the mills and is certain that they will not have shut down as they did last year. B, only about 100 families have enoue coal to last through the winter. |. A North Stonington corresponds, notes thai Noah Dupont and fani from Voluntown have moved into u C. Grant Savage house in that viIlas Mir. Dupont is employed by the Sho Line Electric railway as a conduct(
 The funeral of Miss Mary E. Barr who died in Norwich Monday, will II held this (Thursday) morning fro the home of her mother, PA Pea street, MiddletoWn, and at St. Johr church, with burial in St. Johns cem
 tery.
 A reunion of the Weed family v
 held Saturday at the home of M
 Truman l.. Weed on South Burr
 street, New Britain. Twenty -o members of the Weed family we '' present. A fine dinner was served
 noon.
 The state board of control has tran
 ferred to the account of the Come
 ticut hospital for the insane, the st ot s150,000 for general maintena n h, and the town of Saybrook has he ys allowed $250 on account of railro
 indebtedness,
 The old Nathan Hale schoolhouse CT New London, open to the men in i i. service as a reading and rest room
 the past two months, will be k' open during September, members
 Lucretia Shaw chapter, D. A. R., a
 ing as hostesses.
 The body of I. F. Doebier, s1. N
 committed suicide in New Haven
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