Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-25
VARIOUS MATTERS

The stable .at the former John Mitchell placeson Vest Thames street is being remodeled into a cottage. F. c. Warner of Norwich spoke at the farm bureau meeting held at Bacon academy. Ccichrster, Friday. At the apostolic faith mission in New London Sunday there was preaching by Arthur Watrous off Narwich at 5 p. m
 Some of the ssuburbans schools will open today after ea1iy vacations in lorder to ease up on the fuel situa- ton
 Second of r. M. c. A. Course to- Emorrow night. Floyd Retherston Mu. sfcai Co.-adv.
 The mild weather isstaking of the ice in the Mantle river. The river is open to navigation as far as Pine Grove.
 Breathing room onlyswas the slogan on the majority of the trolley cars on the main lines, which made two-houI trips Sunday.
 This meeaE,s meeting of tise Vineyard Worwfzers of the Central Baptist church Is to be held with Mrs A. T Otis, 34 Hobart avenue. Plans aTe completed at Rockville ] for sending the last 15 per cent. of the first draft to Camp DeTens on Feb. 27 There are 25 men in the group. Only few more days to fish fol q lsaisH hnx An feet of ice had to be drilled through in some places to set the bobs. Poultry raisers who have started UT inenbators are encouraged by the fact l that the price of eggs has fallen from 70 to so or even 50 cents a dozen. It is stated about Connecticut tha- | ice is going to be higher next summer because 1t cost more to harvest the crop this winter on account of the thickness.
 Get tickets now for second concer in Y. M. c. A. Course-See write ul on last rage.-adv.
 The government gypsy moth inspec. l tors. who were in Westerly for severa weeks have left that town, one grouI going to Preston and the other com ing to Norwich.
 Raymond E. stefenson, member O Trinity Methodist church, is now il the naval service of the country HI l has recently lived in Syracuse. ThI l makes IS stars for the church flag.
 The marriage of Miss Nellie Ma, Harland of Texas and Harry H. BET, ger, which took; place June 25, 1917 at the home of MT. and Mrs. James Emery in Groton, was announced Sat Urday.
 St. James lodge, No. g, F. and 4
 M., will work the second degree 2
 Masonic Temple, on Tuesday evening
 Feb. 26. at .7.3o o'clock. Under specia dispensation balloting on petition
 will be permitted.-adv.
 The planet Jupiter will be evenint
 and morning star until March 13 then evening star until June IS; the
 morning star until Sept g, then even | ing and morning star for the remain
 der of the year.
 It is stated at Hebron that tn
 whole distance between New York an
 Boston not state road is only 12 o
 Is miles, and that the road tf1rougl
 Hebron is much the shorter way be
 tween the two cities.
 John Orville Dudley Clarke, 63, wff
 died at his home in Cambridge, Mass
 Feb. 29th. was formerly resident c
 East Haddam, the oldest son of Cap
 Ralph E. and Eunice ,Abbe Clarke. H
 will be buried in Norwich
 |
 Mrs. Zoe (Desiauriers) Charbonnsat Il 75, widow of George Charbonneau, wh died last week at the home of he daughter, Mrs. Desire Giroux, (
 Woonsocket, R. L. is a sister of Mir. T Charles Renaud of Putnam. The funeral of Robert S. Mitchell
 a native of. Colchester, was held 2
 Trinity church. Portland, Sunday at
 ternoon at, 3 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Q. F Raftery ofhciated. Prayer was said 6 the house at 2.S0. Burial was in Trir tty cemetery. MI The ten days between Lincoln birthday and Washington's birthda enrolment week for the schools of tt country, nearly. every school in tn state aimed within that week to mal
 "every school a Red Cross auxilial
 and a. center for patriotic service"
 The line gang of the $. N. E. Tel, phone company has completed repa work in and about Saybrook and II turned by automobile truck to Ne London. No new work could be aa Hl complished at present owing to u
 lack of material which is held up transit.
 The appraisal of 31 sheep killed I
 dogs at East Haddam Jan Is has bee
 fixed at $500. The sheep were vafu,
 at $545. with $45 deducted for sa
 lNage. As 50 per cent. of the apprais
 must be added by the town, the tot
 to be paid Joseph H. Lee, owner of u
 sheep, is $750.
 \ An occasional Norwich visitor al . longtime camp meetang chorus leads = Prof. W. O. Turner, is gradually r, A covering from a severe illness that h; \ confined him to his home at Win
 mantle since early in December. Thr weeks ago he fell on the ice,H Hgettir
 some severe bruises
 There is local interest in the ia
 that there was no cannon scrap \ Wesleyan this year and the ,us,, \ Washingten's birthday banquet VI omitted. One year the famous Do,I.
 lass cannon was brought to. Norwi, and hidden in the barn Of Dr. !.
 Allen by his cousin, who was a We
 leyan student
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