Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08
VARIOUS MATTERS

There is to be the ordinance of bap- tisni at the Central Baptist church next Sunday evening.
 A Norwich young woman was ex- hfbiting to her friends Thursday a big pearl upon which she had bitten while eating oysters.
 Thursday at o'clock in St. Pat rick's church aIt anniversary requiem High mass for Mrs. Mary Lucy was sung by Rev. Myies P. Calvin. A handsome silk service flag Is dis played at the Maurice Sample Shop for an enploye, Private Henry Man dell who is at Camp DeFens. Bluebirde and other haTbingers. of spring got a severe jax Thursday when several inches Of snow fen and InaidWinter temperature prevailed. A quantity of carefully dune work was returned to Mrs. Charles H. Has kel1, in charge of the Red Gross room Thursday; by patriotic Leflngwell women.
 Repairs are being made to the for nner F. w. Cary property on McKin- | ley avenue, recently purchased by A. I. Utley and to be occupied by the new owner in May.
 | At the adjourned town meeting in Holland this week it was voted to lay a 20 mill tax. The grand list is S5Ts,- coo. The budget is $18,0o and the reduction amounted to $f,0e0. 1 Connecticut people who are planning pre-Easter trips find little to encour- age them, Trains are crowded and | irregular and resorts like Atlantic City are overcrowded as never before. Allen W. H. sterry, teacher in Dis trict No f. town of Union, has passed 1 the physical tests and is enrolled in | Class i. MT. Sterry will continue his school work until called for service.
 The hull of the old Fal1 River liner Puritan, which broke adrfft from her moorings in New London harbor Sun- | day morning and brought up at Fish CTS Island, has been taken back to port.
 The new Groton ferry1eat, Nathan Hale, which was to arrive at day break Thursday, was delayed in hei departure from New York Wednesday night owing to the dense fog on the Esound.
 The state council of defense has sent out a warning in order that manufac- tufers and others may be on tkeii guard against fake solicitors who clain to represent various appeals durins this war year.
 The announcement that the delay il the delivery of the structural steel foi the new railroad bridge is over ant that the work will be speedily carriet to completion seems too good to b, true to Grotonites.
 ] This week Rev. Dr. Edwin Whitne! Bishop of Brockton, Mass, formerl! of Norwich, has been at Stafford Springs to conduct the funeral of ; member of the Congreg egational churcl of which he was once pastor.
 Every Sunday morning when tn weather is favorable about 15 of tn, Isolder children from the county home Smith avenue, Norwich, are taken t
 St. Mary's Catholic church. aud abou | 20 to the Baptist church, GreenevilIe A Phoenixville man, George Fox, '. Civil war veteran, who has been
 Mason for 47 years, has gone to tn
 Masonic home in Wallingford H
 carried with him a drum which he l1a
 owned 61 years and used in the war C
 '61-'65.
 City Forester H. F. Davis and me
 had planned to make another attemE
 Thursday to cut down the big tre Y near the Olcott homestead on Churc street, but the snowstorm prevented
 It will take three or four days to fin
 ish the job.
 Abraham Zoslow and Barney Eos low, doing business at No 675 Ban
 street, New London, under the fir
 nafne of Zoslow Brothers, have filed
 petition in bankruptcy and made oat
 they did not have the money to pa
 the filing fee.
 An ice company which cuts in Sout
 Willington announces an increase i the price of ice this year, effectiy !. March 18th. This increase has be
 come necessary on account of labc N conditions and increased operatin costs, it is claimed
 Dairy and Food Commissioner Thon ! as Holt is busy issuing licenses to re e e1ll QSct-IS dI1Q Ter ovated butter. So far 1,574 license have been prepared and it is expecte that the total number will be we
 over the 1.700 mark
 Ell, With the burning Of so much woe this winter great quantities of woo ashes should be saved. being just u thing for the home garden becaus
 they euiitaar considerable, amounts k1 pots@i, whiAh is extremely difficult E obtain, due to war conditions. kI The members of the home makir
 farm bureau at special meeting
 be held irr the Chamber of Commert & hall New Haven, Saturday afternoo will be addressed by Miss Maud
 Hayes of Storrs college, state hon
 demonstration agent.
 Nj When there is a demand for it hal
 CTS may put opt three quarter pour
 leaf of wheat bread, according to z
 announcement at Hartford The rig
 Of bakers to do this was decided sof,
 ten days ago. but so far the puroha
 ing prblic has not asked for it. Tl
 one-pound loaf has remained the stan
 loaf
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