Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-30
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VARIOUS MATTERS

Martha
 Light vehicle lamps at S.ss o'clock this evening.
 Dried leaves cover the ground as they might in October.
 The moon is in it's last quarter at s.14 a. m. today. the 3oth.
 The dry weather, bugs, insects, etc. have made some of the truck gardens look sorry.
 Some of the wistaria vines about town are towering for the second time this season.
 Native tomatoes are ripening rapid ly, and some have been brought to the local grocers.
 Housekeepers as well as farmers would welcome rain as the dust is exceedingly troublesome.
 The Shuno6 Improvement society is to hold it's annual basket picnic We'd nesday at Atlantic Beach.
 It has been announced that the re- union of the Larkin Family association will be l>eld at Watch Hill this year.
 
 The supreme annual Convention of the Knights of Columbus will be held at the Waldorf Astoria, New York, Aug and '.
 The bird lectures given in Amston by different professors have been much enjoyed by people from all the sur l rounding places.
 The next conference of the Catholic pastors of this diocese is to be held Sept. 18th at St. Joseph's cathedral, | Hartford, as usual.
 Much of the work which the Nor wich Red Cross is sending out to it's auxiliary branches just now consists of garments for refugees. In some of the cities north the school | term is to begin the middle of Au- gust, long vacation being planned | during January in order to save fuel.
 The gardener at the Hubbard sum- mer estate at Haughton's Cove has | raised some of the finest looking vege- l tables to be seen along the post road. 1 At Noank Mir. Burnell, proprietor of i the Water View hotel gave a farewell 1 reception to the colored young men of 1 the village who have been called to 1 service and who will leave for camp July S1
 1 One of the substantial cottage own CTS at Pleasure Beach. Frank E. King, 1 formerly leade- of 'Tubbs band, is be- l ing congratulated by friends on his new honor. having been made fire marshal at the beach. ! It is probable that more boneset | varrow, pennyroyal and other common | herbs, now conspicuous in the pas lures. will be gathered by Connecticut housewives than ever before, at the governments suggestion.
 The teachers secured for next year at Rockville High school include Will 1 liam Q. Brooks Colchester. teacher of mathematics: Miss Katherine O'Con- nell of Colchester is teacher of draw ing in the town of Vernon schools.
 A stranger visiting Norwich this month and remarking on how few per sons were in the streets during the afternoon was taken up to see the big munitions plant and then under stood where tEe people are during working hours.
 Last week Rev. Robert E. Fitzgerald, ] D. D., rector of St. Mary's church, | Derby, celebrated the 25th anniversary l of his ordination, which took place in i Rome July 23, 1893. His first assign ment was as curate at St. Patrick s 1 church, Norwich.
 Paintings by American artists cov- | ering an extended period and wide | range of treatment have been in l stalled for the summer in the Babcock galleries No 19 East 49th street, New York. One of the Lyme artists rep resented is Emil Carlson. | A local farmer suggests that now l is the time to SOW turnip seed and it ! is simple crop to raise. Turnips need no cultivation and the seed is sown l broadcast. If turnips are seeded now | they will mature before frost and make an excellent winter vegetable. l Art students here have been notified | that prizes of S1 800 are to be awarded in the third annual competitive contest in textile designs, which will be held 1 in the galleries of the Art alliance, open to every one without restriction. The name of Camp Devens means l much to Norwich Grand Army men, Il since it was General Charles Devens 1 who bestowed such warm praise on the Twenty first regiment from Nor ] Yich, which had served in his division, when it was mustered out in June, 1865.
 The summer issue of the White Rib bon Banner announces that the new state prohibition and ratification fund has made a good start of S39079 The Connecticut W. C. T. U. hopes to raise S2,e00 by Jan. 1, 1919 by every mem Der being credited with at least a pen ny a week.
 Fifteen girls from Connecticut col
 lege whose homes are in Hartford county and who are giving up thei1 summer vacations to do patriotic work in insurance and business offices met in Bushnell park the other noon and planned forming a Hartford club al
 the college.
 Friday evening at Danbury summer school the Supervisors association hel6
 it's annual meeting and elected W. H
 Bliss of Columbia president c. D
 Wheeler, New London, secretary anC treasurer; executive committee, C. l.
 Warner, Rockville F. E. Harrington
 Putnam, A. B. Lord. Willimantic.
 Dudley Donnelly Marries in New Haven.
 Dudley Donnelly, U. &. naval reserve
 son of Mir. and Mrs. Dudley St. Clair,