Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-12
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VARIOUS MATTERS

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 At Hamburg there was an education al meeting at Grange hall, Wednesday afternoon. under the direction of Su- pervisor Cove.
 With the supply of coal below nor nal. there is no talk yet of opening he Otis Library reading room Sun day afternoons.
 The state board of control has ap- proved the contract at the state farm for women for remodeling the build ings at Mantle.
 A Women's Foreign Missionary so-l ciety meeting of Trinity Methodist church, planned for the Fast Side dis trict, has been postponed.
 Sale of craftwork today, 2 to 5, by Norwich Art Students. benefit French Orphan Fund.-adv.
 A meeting of the executive com mittee of the Cpnnecticu. State Fire mems association was at the Hotel Heublein, in Hartford, Tuesday.
 The Sayhrcok Point and New Lon don early passenger train, leaves New London on its return trip one hour earlier, arriving at Saybreck Junction at ?. m. now.
 Christmas candy will not he re. strlcted this year by the food admin istration according to an announce ment by Federal Food Administrator Robert ScovilIe.
 The Peck library at Norwich Free Academy has. among recent access sions, George Wharton Edwards in- forming volume, Vanished Halls and CathedraIs os France.
 Christmas Sale Loyal Circle. Kings Daughters, Buckingham Memorial, to- day. to S. food, fancy work, aprons. adv.
 From the. Red Cross roems at the Elks' Home, a society of ten girls, Miss Katherine Lee, chairman, has taken out 40 hanks of yarn to be knitted into sweaters.
 Local members have beer notified that the Society of Colonial Danes of Connecticut will not hold the semi monthly meeting this season on ac- count of a war year and influenza.
 For. the second time this year to- morrow, the 18th falls on Friday. The only other instance of what the super atitous would consider a doubled -eross combination occurred in September.
 TeachSt ill Norwich are anxious for an opportunity to inspect the fine new schoolhouse just completed at Unoasville as a memorial to Mrs. Ed win A. Palmer and to be dedicated soon.
 Home baking. goods cflled for and delivered. Black fruit cake and Eng fish Plum Padding. 425 Washington street.-adv
 The state of Connecticut has 1,5S6 public schoolhouses; has publie school property valued at s11O,7ii,0o0: ex- lie schools, and has a state school fund of s2,o2a,527.
 A former Norwich and Mystic resi- dent, Supt. Edward Perkins Clarke, of the state free employment office in Hartford, has issued his November report, noting a falling off in the de- mand for unskilled labor.
 While the City Missionary for the Tinted Wefksrs, Rev. Charles A. Nefthrlp has about 70 families to care for in Norwich this winter. there is no family or individual seeking assist anee through Jack of work
 Leon Hoadley and Miss Jennie E. Norton, 'Ssughter of Mr.,and Mrs Cur dell G. Norton, were married in the
 
 Monday evening by Rev. H. W. Hui bert D. D.. pastor of the church. The big burlap Ssaclzs containing 1 clothing for the Bslgians, packed al ! the Red Cross rooms Norwich, are tc be weighed Friday by Maurice r. Kel- | ley. special clerk at the post office, be- 1 fore being forwarded to headquarters At the December meetinSof Saraf oI, | of the Amerlcan Revolution, at Derby Tuesday, Mrs. George Maynard Minor | of Waterford, vice president of the national organization, was a speaker Having worked faithfully for the Red Cross during the war, the Catholic | Wamans club of St. Patriek's church l Mrs. Frank T. Sylvia. president, be- | gin today regular Thursday afternoon meetings at the Halle club, to sew fol the parish pGor.
 At Fishers Island Grange hall ths other night. Captain Howard Best oi the Forty-Fourth regiment who is spending leave with his family aftel being wounded in France gave a mos interesting talk on war as he saw | it.
 Announcement has been made tc i dealers by the food administra tior that rule five. which forbade the man.
 fracture and sale of prints of butta weighing less than one pound on anG after January 1, 1919. has been re. | pealed.
 | Members hereabouts will attend tn, l annual banauet of the Society of tht Mayfower Descendants to te held a the Mohican hotel, SaturGay Decem Der 21, Forefathers. day. Fhe member in Norwich entertained on Compac day, Nov. 21.
 The funeral of Mrs. Josephin, Granger Root, .SS. who died Satur day was held at Canaan Monday She was sister of the late Judg, Niles T. Granger, who occasionail, held court here. She had a record O | Ss years as teacher.
 By request of the Holy Name so ciety. a months mind reauiem higl mass for John J. ONeil was sung i, St Patricks church, Wednesday, b1 Rey. J. H. Frederick, members of tn, organization. relatives and friends as sisting at the service.
 On the New Haven road. men ar, being laid off in the section crews an, bridge and building departments. I has been the practice in years pas to lay off men during the winter, al during the cold weather there is bu little construction going on.
 It Is the intention of Robbins E Stoeciel, commissioner of motor ye hieles, to have public service moto vehicles examined by officials of hi ldeDaFtment before he gives inc own CTS registration certificates. There ar about 5000 iitneys in the state.
 Word has been received in Rock vile of the marriage in tho Panam
 Canal Zone, November IT, of Mis- Edith l. Carlisle, formerly of Rock