Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-25
Qll1e Balliefiu-
Norwich, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 1918
VARIOUS MATTERS

 this evening.
 A Merry Christmas to all The Bull letin's readers.
 Traffic by railroad and trolley was very heavy all day Tuesday.
 The R9d Cross Christmas roll call at Old Lyme exceeds 4SS names.
 The libraries as well as the banks are closed because of the holiday. Fifty printed calling cards for S5 cents at The Bulletin ofdce.-adv. Most of the clubs and other organi- zations have suspended meetings fog 1 this week.
 The hotels have made the custom ary reservations for family dinner parties today.
 Wise Norwich residents who did their Christmas shopping carly gos l ahead Of the rain. Farmers say the signs are right | for a coming winter freeze, ponds and streams being full. Christmas day of 1918 finds the riv- CTS about Norwich free from ice and l fields and lawns still green. 1 A number of personals and other I holiday items sent The Bulletin are being held. because not signed by the l senders.
 The new night message rate by the I telegraph companies goes into effect January first and the rates are posted 1 in the local offices. 1 Connecticut young men are offered | opportunities to go soon after the 1 first of the year to France to engase in the work Of reconstruction. Some of the most striking Christ mas window decorations about Nor wich feature a realistic Santa Claus against a laurel wreath background.
 There was a great rush for cars on i Tuesday afternoon, when the rain be- | gan, but many resclute shoppers re- mained to complete their Christmas buying.
 Home baking delivered, Parker house rofts and doughnuts, special for today. Tel. 46S- -S.-adv.
 ! There were plenty of good cranher- l ries in market to go with the Christi mas turkey and Norwich housewives now have sufficient sugar IU sweeten the tart sauce.
 l One of the active citizens. amid the l holiday throng in the Norwich streets l Tuesday afternoon was George l.. 1 Yeonans, of Lafayette street. who is 1 well past eighty.
 1 Word has been received from Rev. l.. c. Shecpurne rector of St. James ! Episcopal church, Poquetanucll. who l is with the American eXpeditionary force at present in France.
 At Trinity Methodist church tomor- row (Thursday) evening there is to be 8 year-end service to consider the question, 'Do all things work together for good to those who love God?' Miss Bridget H. Cotter of Ansonia, i who died Saturday evening, was a l sister of Rev. Edward A. tCotter. chap | lain with the 23d Engineers in France and ., former cnrate at St. Mary's s church, Baltic.
 A Voluntovn resident, Mrs. C. H. RIce, recently received g letter from her son Corp. Henry Rice who wrote Belgium towards Germany.
 Over s20o was realized for the ben eft of the new Chief Petty Officers club in Huntington street. New Lon don, at a subscription dance. given at tho state armory there, Saturday eve- ning.
 Two pigs killed at Fairview home for Odd Fellows the other day weighed e30 pounds dressed. Isaac Lamb was the butcher and with a couple of as sjstants the animals were dressed in three hours.
 J. II, Mulder. who has preached al the Hamburg church for several Sun days, went to his home in Cleveland c., last week for his Christmas va cation. Word has been received from him that he has pneumonia. Private Joseph T. Cassidy, of Dan- bury, who was killed in action 1T France, was a member Of St. Mary'i Total Abstinence society of New Lon. 1 don, while 2 resident of that city, ant the society has adopted resolutions or his death,
 A new 24 cent stamp for all llinds 0 postage is intended for airplane dc livery but has been especially cou venient during the. holiday rush as i is possible to use it on any mail. I has red border and blue airplane ol 8 white ground.
 Local alumni of Wesleyan Univer l, sity learn that the victory commence ment this year is going to outdo an! l commencement programme in recen years, and faculty and alumni are al ready making plans for the final weel
 of the college year. At nine o'clock this (Christmas i.morning everyobdy is asked to sto, l whatever he is doing and sing Amer 1 ica. Last year the National Fedora 1 ton of Musical Clubs of Ameriee
 sponsored this movement and it me
 with general response.
 A Stonington correspondent note
 that Rev. and Mrs. r. C. II. Wendel c
 Haddam are at the Wampcssett in , and are to be there until Jan 6, tn
 clergyman to serve Calvary Episco
 pal church in tie many services a this season of the year.
 Many of the friends of Col. an
 Mrs. Charles W. Gale have receive v beautiful holiday remenbrances fro1 them in the shape of an artistic etch
 ing of their handsome r'Fidence. Pine = hurst, on Washington sh eet, Norwich
 the work of Ozias Dodge.
 United States Internal Revenue Col
 lector James J. Walsh has given ou
 prfsing Connecticut and Rhode Islan
 has collecte4 s96, S7S. .G0e.2f for the yea
 ending last June. and was seventh i the point Of collections ill the Unite States.
 s No one stands any chance of losin r 1 what he has put into thrift stanr < this year even if he can't exchang ;t them for 1918 War Savings certif . cates. Each person can go on gettin
 the stamps and make the exchange fe
 the 1919 certificates, according to
 leading state bank man.
 
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