Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
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Norwich, Saturday, Jan. 2s, 1918
VARIOUS MATTERS

Light vehicle lamps at 5.25 o'clock this evening. Jan. 2sth is St. Polycarp's day in dle church calendar.
 More s1eighs are being brought into use as the snow continues. i Last day of the Patriotic Exhibit. Food sale afternoon and evening" adv. 7 N Light STOW fell at intervals through out Friday morning, but did not amunt to much.
 James E. Lord of Lords Hill shipped fine Shropshire eve to Newport, Vt, this week.
 The man who has a woodlot now must feel as though he owned a slice of the Klondike.
 As calendar day for February, Fri day promised a strange mixture of weather conditions.
 Rising temperature yesterday after noon started what was good imita- ton of January thaw. &
 There were several, informal social gatherings last evening, to mark the Robert Burns anniversary.
 Down at Gales Ferry men who have lad occasion to dig find from 32 to 34 inches of frost in the ground.
 The government agents who have been searching for browntail moths have reached East Hampton in their rounds.
 Both men and women invited to T. M. c. A. rally Sunday at S.S0 p. m. Special prayer service.-adv.
 Rev. j. o. Barrows of Norwich Town, former pastor of the church, is expected to preach at the Road church, Stonington, Sunday, Feb. 3.
 Thrift stamp posters are conspicu- ously displayed about town. They are such works of art that one Norwich banker has had his posters framed.
 Eight or nine members of the Phil athea class of the First Baptist church Mrs. Frank D. Davis, president, work ed at the Red Cross rooms Friday aft ernoon.
 Friday morning, the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, Rev. J. Eldred Brown officiated at the celebration of the holy communion in Trinity Epis- copal church.
 Men from the Norwich gas and cleo tric departments plant helped out the water department Friday, thawing the frozen water pipes at the Steiner res idence on Church street. Stationers notice that the sale o1 not only Christmas and New Yeal cards but also birthday and friendly greetings post cards has dropped off evidentally on account of the rise 1T postage.
 At St. Patrick's church on Monday | morning, Jan. 18th, at 8 o'clock, z months mind solemn high mass o1 requiem will be sung for Mrs. Mary l Driscon widow of John P. Driscoll late of Asylum street and formerly o. Franklin.-adv.
 Archibald Mitchell has. sent checl | to Principal Henry A. Tirrell of the l Free Academy for $215.11, the amour turned over to the Red Cross from the three fine concerts in the Academ! l music course.
 l State Agent A. W. Buchanan, 0 | Mansfield. made his weekly visit t Norwich Thursday and considered tn cases of a number of children who ap piled for certificates permitting then to go to work.
 Sectionmen of the New Haven rail road have been burning the grass ol and near their roadbed at Lords Point where several Norwich families ow1 cottages, with view to lessen tn spread of fires.
 The democracy flag is somethin new in town. The flag is made of tn I United States. French and Englis flags joined in one banner. The fla is of silk. about 12 by IS inches, an very attractive.
 Two more names for the towns hon or roll in the courthouse grounds hay been received this week by Miss Mar E. Richards, 269 Broadway, Tel. 143! who is anxious to learn of any othe names which should be added to tn list. -,t.
 The oyster1nen along the Connect cut shore will have to wait for the ic to melt to secure any, and meanwhi1
 there is great loss to their trad
 Clans, too, are safe from the digger
 while the cold spell keeps the shoT frozen.
 Frank B. King of Norwich, forme
 leader of Tubbs' band, who broke h
 leg in a fall on the ice near Pleasu1 l Beach, continues to improve at Law
 renee hospital, New London. The ir
 jured leg has been put in new ca.
 this week.
 Miss Bertha FIallock of Norwicl
 state division organizer of the Junie
 Home Economic Club work, wass speaker at the meeting of the Mort
 Stonington Junior Club held Frida
 afternoon at the home of the leade
 Miss Ruby Park.
 Men appraising the estate of Il
 late John Mason of Mason's Islar
 found the sword which belonged
 Capt John Mason of Norwich, wi
 commanded the expedition against Il . Pequot Indians and destroyed them September, 1889. An order sent from < Washingtt to state fuel administrators read There is nothing in the order of Jal
 uary IT to prevent the operation automobiles, motor vehicles of classes being considered as conil
 under the heading of public utilitie
 In keeping with this ruling garag
 have been exempted" N ,BARRERS' UNION ELECTS