Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-26
VARIOUS MATTERS

In making arrangements for doings next week, wise ones are adding the significant phrase New Fimes
 Druggists are selling much water glass; as hotisekeepefs are putting down eggs while the prices are lower.
 In the shors towns Of the county, men have launched their fishing boats and afe preparing for spring fishing.
 The Easter recess for eastern Con- fiecfieut students at Mount Holyoke College which began March 22, ends April 8.
 The mechanism of the court house clock was repaired Monday and the useful titHepiece began striking at 10 a. m.
 Monday evening the Vineyard Work CTS of the Central Baptist church met with Mrs. George W. Hamilton, 1l2 Cliff street.
 Outdoor workers found Monday chilly enough, the early morning tenn peratufe being but trifie above the freezing point.
 This week the members of Norwich Red Cross arc hurrying to complete the March allotment sf surgical pads to be forwarded.
 4 number of the Shore Line Electric Railways summer cars are in the paint shops at Hallvilie and on Beach street. Westerly.
 For over six years Capt. Charles T. Potter of Norwich has spoken at the Learned mission rooms in New London every Thursday evening.
 Aiinual subscribers in Norwich are receiving an appeal for donations of s14,000 to meet the years expenses of the state Children's Aid Society. At Trinity Episcopal church Monday at 10 o'clock. Rev. J. Eldred Brown cfficiated at the celebration of holy communion, in the feast of the An nunciation.
 Hardware dealers state that there is an exceptional demand for pumps, pipes and fittings from the country districts, as many were broken the 1 past winter by freezing. Cards have been received in Ash | ford announcing the marriage of Su- san Florence Warren and Sergeant Oliver Holmes Latham of the U. & Army, February 2s. 1913.
 'aTax slackers will be prosecuted as vigorously and relentlessly under the war revenue act as draft slackers were 1 prosecuted under the selective service act" according to statements of the Connecticut internal revenue officials  The New York, New Haven and 1 Hartford railroad has announced that no changes will be made in the time of arrival or departure of it's trains from any of its terminals or stations because of the new daylight-savi plan.
 Much work for the Red Cross has been accomplished during Lent by. the Catholic Woman's club, Mrs. Frank T. Sylvia, president, Thursday after moons for seven weeks the club mem.
 bers have met at the Halle club rooms te sew.
 1 Monday noon. the three children o
 Mir. and Mrs. Louis H. Geer, Charlotte Robert and Walter, turned over t, Mrs, Ida Ecc2eston, for the Women'
 League, fully six pounds of valuabi
 tinfoil which the young patriots hat
 collected.
 | A number Of busy workers unde 1 direction. of Mrs. Edmund w.. Perkin spent Monday sorting and arrangin!
 the generous donations of clothini
 brought to the room of the Woman
 League. to be forwarded for the des titute Belgians.
 Holland County Agent John E. Gif
 ford has stated that the farmers wll
 are willing to care for a flock of sllee and who are willing to pay one-hal
 cash, can secure the sheep from tn
 farm bureau on his note for the re ifiainder of the cost.
 With the lobster season approach ing eatehers and shippers are anxiou as to the prospects of a lifting of tn express embargo to the middle wes Unless this market is opened 1t wi he irnpossibles it is predicted, to re
 alize a reasonable price for lebSters The state farm bureau is suggest ing that barley four can be used t replace wheat flour in cake, griddi
 cakes. pastry and mullins, so in tn
 making of yeast bread with barle flour housewives can use sixty pc cent. of wheat and thirty per cen
 barley.
 The war labors of the Connectief D. A. R. during the past year We1 reported at Windsor, last week, th following records on the Liberty Loan . by chapters-first loan $3.70o: secon
 loan ss.9UG; by i1dividnals-fi first loa
 sss4,775s second loan $1,1eS. 45o, thiI loan $s,272.
 Of intefest to local Spirituaiists the anilonncement that the Connect 1. cut State SPifftualist Association
 to commemorate the seventieth ann l, vefsary of modern Spiritualism by SCI . vices at Hartford. Sunday, March 8
 the speaker to be Rev Mary s. Var t derbilt of Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Results Of the statewide war sa, ? ings drive in the schools are alread surpassihg expectations The childre of Connecticut every week are COT
 trfbuting thousands of dollars to u
 support Of the government in time
 war. Practically every city and tow = in the state has responded. Although A tlnaninno11s call to rt turn was extended Rev. Harold l \ Critchiow, pastor of the Burnsil
 Methodist church, which Is in u Norwich district, decided to ask u \ New England Southern Canferen, which e6nvenes in Providence, R.
 April r. for a change in pagtorate. \ Has MysteriousIy Disappeared. M What hAs hecnfne of Mrs Frank