Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-16
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Norwich, Tuesday, July 16, 1918.

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 Norwich, Tuesday, July 16, 1918.
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 VARIOUS MATTERS
 Light vehicle lamps at $50 o'clock this evening.
 A book in demand at the Otis Li- brary is Raemaeker's Cartoon History of the War.
 One of the largest rhododendron scrubs in town is that at the former Edward Chappell residence, on Wash ington street.
 There is to be canning demonstra- tion by Miss Margaret Costello. the county demonstrator, in Piedmont hall Somers. Wednesday afternoon.
 Dr. Curtis Bernard's office will be closed until August 12th.-adv.
 A former Norwich clergyman, Rev. P. c. Wright of the Asylum Avenue Baptist church, Hartford, preached at the chapel at Weekapaug Sunday fore noon.
 The nineteenth season of the Con necticut Chautauqua Assembly opened with a Chautauqua rally at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon at Plainville camp ground.
 Leslie Porter, young man from Groton, who has left Camp Devens to sail for France, was formerly employ ed as conductor on the Groton and Stonington line.
 What proved merely a shower in Norwich Sunday afternoon, in other parts of the state earlier in the day was a hailstorm, which ruined corn and other vegetables.
 According to information received by the Norwich Knights of Columbus, there are four hundred thousand men in the K. of C.. of whom ten per cent are in the army or navy.
 A half dozen state school supervis- ors from eastern Connecticut, includ- ing o. E. Lowell of Norwich, who leaves Sunday will attend the sum- mer session at Danbury Normal school.
 
 lin, who left the Edwards farm few months ago and went to live in North Stonington, has purchased the B. Frank Burdick farm located in Lower Pawcatuck.
 Local Jewish residents are interest ed in the Jewish legion being formed in Canada for mustTihg troops 10 as sist the British army in Palestine, Thousands are joining from all parts of the country.
 Just arrived; fresh fish, Osgood's wharf. today. Prices very reasonable. adv.
 Old rubber rings from preserve jars and any form of old rubber can be utilized if brought to the room of the Woman's League. ill the Thayer build ing, as it is sold to help toward the free wool fund.
 The red ramblers and pink Doro- thy Perkins roses on the dividing line between the Huriburt- -Habekotte and William A. Norton residences, on Broadway. have been admired by pas sersby for nearly fortnight.
 Contributions of the W. c. T. L. to- ward the Willard Fund include, from Scotland $2, Stafford Springs $2, Ash ford s1. Putnam S2, Ellington g, Brooklyn $1, Danielson $2, Canterbury (BuelD, s2, East Hampton $1. The Rockville Red Cross chapter re- gently received an allotment from the Atlantic Division of the Red Cross for 2.509 Belgian garments, 900 hospital shirts, 2,400 pairs of socks and soc sweaters to be ready by Sept. 1. The S2 parochial schools in the dio- cese, including those in Norwich, have purchased $76090.25 worth of thrift stamps, nearly all bought Liberty bonds, while pupils of all are busy with some form of Red Cross work. i A movement to save barrels. boxes bags and other containers used in tht marketing of farm produce has beer authorized by the Connecticut State l Council of Defense as a conservation measure to help in the winning of the | war.
 The funeral of Theodore E. Craig l son of Mir. and Mrs. William Craig ol Montville, was held Monday morning at St. Johns church at 9 o'clock. The
 
 | J. r, X. Quinn. Burial was in Mont vile.
 The Red Cross Summer school al Voluntown, where there are 40 pa l triotic pupils. was visited Monday af- | ternoon by Supervisor 0. E. Lowell, o Norwich. The efficient teacher, Miss Christina Briggs, volunteers her ser vice to help win the war. A number of we'll meaning person! who took newspapers for packing pads to Mrs F. A. Byrnes, at the ReG | Cross room Monday, forgot that the. must be cut with military exactness g inches long, 17 1-2 wide: also tha the papers should not he too old.
 Women are hoeing in the cornfielt on the Red Brook farm, at Wequete quock, also on the Edwards and Her bert West places. The farmerettes ar pleased with their work, and the far mers are well satisfied with tn amount of labor accomplished eacl day.
 First Lieutenant Dr. Edward 4 Brace of Ellington has been promote captain in the medical reserves H is attached to the experiment station American University Washington, I C.. having been transferred last win ter from Camp Greenleaf. Fort Ogle thorpe, Ga.
 The possession of papers showin the holders to be American citizens all that is necessary for tourists wh would cross into Canada. At the In ternational boundary line the holde of these papers is given an identifica ton card by the Canadian Immigra ton officials.