Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31

Chapter Will Receive s4,O00-How
 Memorial Day Was Observed.
 Rt. Rev. Edward Campion Acheson,
 suffragan bishop of Connecticut, is to
 administer confirmation to a class at
 St. Philips church Sunday. Sergeant Hyde Smith of Camp Dey- , ems will arrive here tomorrow to spend the week end with his parents, l NIT. and Mrs David A. Smith
 Supply Sergeant James Charron of Camp Devens has been spending a
 leave of absence at his home here 5 Irving H. Miron spent the holiday 1 with relatives in MilIbury
 Miss Katherine T. Thayer was at
 Providence to attend the commence
 ment exercises at Brown university. Two Sent to Jail.
 Judge NJ. H. Geissier presided at
 session of the city court Memorial day
 morning. Two men, charged with 2 having been intoxicated, were sen , ltenced to serve 30 days each in the
 Brooklyn jail.
 e No Game Thursday. Q Because of the threatening wea- : ther, the baseball game scheduled for
 Memorial day between the Putnam e team and Roy Rocks All Stars was : declared off.
 Has Fractured Skull.
 John Allannis, Danielson, injured in that place last Saturday in getting | off a trolley car. remained in criti- c cal condition Memorial day at the Day [: Kimball hospital. MT. Allannis can ,. comprehend what is said to him, but T cannot talk intelligently. He has a e fractured skull.
 Board to Hold Session. t The local board for this district is s to hold a session this morning to pass if upon a number of cases requiring at e tention. As yet the board has not
 received call for men to be sent out n during the month of June but one is 4 expected within few days. n Fred Botham of Abingdon is receiv- 6 ing, treatment for bad cut on his e foot, due to the slip of an axe which
 he was using.
 Will Insure $4.0oo For Local Chapter n The local chapter of the Red Cross e if the old rule of allowing 9 per cent e of the contributions to remain here for d local use remains in force, will have Il a fund in excess of s4,000 to continue
 the work for the next few months
 this as the result of the highly SIC cessful campaign drive recently con - ducted here.s
 10 opening or Fark season. 1t The bad weather Memorial day kep J. down the number visiting at Wildwood
 park for the first time this season, bu
 there was a considerable number
 there to enjoy the dancing.
 In accordance with the request anC ,e proclamatio1&pf President Wilson. Me .o morial day Was observed as day O
 prayer and fasting by members of St
 Philips church.
 Young men who have earned thu ,e title of idlers here during the pas | few years are beginning to look fo ll work that will aid in winning the war is this the result of the rule that is f |. be enforced to make them go to wor er in the near future.
 1o Rev. G. c. S. Mckay is to conduc he the services and will preach at tn . Baptist church at the Sunday ser y vices.
 IT. Exercises at Pon1fret.
 ' At Pomfret Thursday many partici to pated in the memorial exercises an which were made unusually impres ,,- sive. An address was delivered b ne Rev. William Olmsted of Pomfre IT. Rev. H, E. Thompson, president c \. the New England School of Theolog, cd at Boston. is to preach at the service nns at the Advent church on Sunday. I1e Almost scrupulous observance of tn or automobile traffic laws was noticeabl nv on Memorial day. when drivers wer n- exercising unusual caution in pro 10 eeeding about the city
 of Soon to Go Across.
 II Letters from Lieut. E. F. Perr, all medical corps, who is at Camp Green lg. leaf, Ga, indicate that he is soon { he leave for oversea service. Lieutenar
 l Perry before leaving here q few weei by ago expressed a wish for prompt as of signmnt to duty in France. a do Memorial Day Observance.
 The Memorial day exercises in tn bv city were carried out in accord wit ms the announced programme. In Il gre morning there was a procession fro
 the business section Of the city to S -as Mary's cemetery. where the usual Mt are morial day exercises occurred. In u or afternoon the line was again for1ne ro and proceeded to the Grove stre lp- cemetery, where the graves of u
 soldier dead were decorated vii ,se flowers and where Memorial exer nal cises were held.
 TO- Upon returning from the cemetel
 exercises were conducted at the so the diers' monument. The Putnam Sta TO- Guard company and many members mt 1 the Red Cross organization partic ,n- pated in the exercises of the day. m- Writes For College Publication. Ar- The current issue of the Clark co lty lege (Woreester) magazine contail et- contributions of exceptional mel fui from the pen of Malcolm NJ Wiley or this city. student at the institutio lon and son of Mrs. Helen Wiley of Os
 Hill
 'n- Mir. Wiley has shown unusual abi eid ity as a writer and has developed Il 1e7 talent in newspaper work since con CTS pleting his high sc>1ol course. IT
 subject of one of MT. Wiley's contr }. buttons is an Indian legend pertafl lad ing to a. Maine locality where nee has spent some summer vacations. pe- Combat Against Moth Pest. ory Though the state chronological d III partment is facing the difficulty of $ m curing a sufficient number of CT e .he ployes, good work is being done in u ae section in spraying against the acti
 ities of the gypsy moths.
 Trees in this and surrounding tow
 are being given treatment, under {
 direction of Irving W. Davis, depu yan state entomoiogist, who is in char era of the work in this district. les The foliage this spring is at lea
 two weeks ahead of what it is usua oSe been early. so it Is more difficult
 fight against the moth. pest than IF usually the case during the spri IaIe season, but good work is being dol 1rs. DYYr -ArF~T "