Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-22
Qll1e. BnLletiu. Norwich, Friday Nov, 9, 1918.
VARIOUS MATTERS


 this evening.
 A number of the store windows in town already feature Christmas goods.
 There is a project about eonnectieut to celebrate Britain day on Dec. 7th.
 DabolPs Almanac announces that Indian simmer comes next week,
 Dance at Yantic Engine Hall, to- night.-adv.
 Housewives are finding the egg and poultry problem a serious one as the holidays near.
 Just now members of Norwich Red Cross chapter are working principally on socks and sweaters.
 A meeting of the Holland county farm bureau was held in the Somers town hall Thursday evening.
 Now that the war is over there is prospect of the revival of social gave ties during the Thanksgiving holidays.
 A months mind requiem high mass for Mrs. Mary Calkins was sung in St. Patrick's church Thursday by Rev. J. H. Broderick.
 MT. and Mrs. John Walk of Mountain street, Rockville, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary this (FTi- dayD afternoon.
 The report of subscriptions and amounts secured from Bolton in the united war work drive shows the total to have been s299.
 Miss Mary Horton has been engaged 10 teach at the Northeast school in Coventry The school has been closed for several weeks, lacking a teacher.
 Safety Razor blades silarpened. E. KirhI- D27 Main street -lJv
 Early lighting up has to be the rule in factories and homes, these short November days, when it is daylight hours.
 At Saybrook, Peter J. Ballassi, fruit dealer, has closed his place of busi ness on the Boston post road and joined partnership with his brother in New London.
 Although accepted in August for T.. M. C. A. oversea service, Principal Fred D. Mabrey of Bennington, Vt, High school, a native of Norwich, is still awaiting his call
 At the fourth quarterly conference of the Methodist church, Portland. held in the chapel Wednesday evening, Rev. G. G. Scriverer of Norwich, dis
 
 The annual meeting of the Holland county farm bureau is to be held in Rockville Friday, Dec. 13. At the same time corn show will be given in the town hall. This show proved very at tractive last year.
 News received by local workers shows that camp work, home com munication service and canteen service t,a II lines in which the Red Cross work Is being carried out in this country. The more than 1900 Greek residents of Norwich kept Thursday as a holi- day because of the news that the pre- vious day the Greek battleships had entered Constantinople the two ships having been purchased in the United States in 1914.
 Sale of Christmas novelties by Miss Maud c. Buckingham, 66 Mckinley av- enue, opening Monday, November 18th and continuing daily until Christmas Hours g a. m. to 1 p. m. to 6 and 1 [ to D. m. Articles from 253 cents up --adv.
 i Toward the ". c. T. U. fund for ratification. amounts received include: From Ashford $5, Brooklyn s7, Can terbury $6, Central Village $2, Daniel ! son --$+y-RutaaHa- $ y59--Seet4affd SIP l Scotland l.. T. L. $7, Thompson S24.50 1 Willimantic $50
 Letters from Camp Devens state ] that the 18th division, composed o. New England troops. is expected there l in February, and that men there nov i will not be mustered out of service until their arrival. The 18th division 1 is now in France.
 Next Sunday evening at the ByCeun theatre, New London, Rev. R. J. Watt the British army chaplain who has tn rank of captain and who spoke at tn Academy last week, is to speak unde the auspices of the Knights of Colum bus war activities.
 Twenty fifth anniversary meetin Faith Trumbull Chapter, Saturday. |. m. at the home of Mrs Wilbur All ing.-ady.
 By the will of Mrs. Mary J. Ray mond of New London Ellen Townsen of Bertlett's Station, Montville, is be queather an old candlestick as an heir loom. To Bessie Rix and Samue Miner, children of Nathaniel Mine1 of Salem, Conn.,. is bequeathed s25. ] Corporal Frank Wilcox, dead i ] of Colchester and made his home wit his brother during their contract build ing the new bridge and the state roa on the Hartford turnpike there tw years ago. He was drafted from Nor Wich.
 At the Central Baptist church Tues day evening two patrols of Boy Scout
 were organized with Walter N. Bloc seoutmaster and Benjamin Covey as
 sistant. Three patrols Of Girl Scout
 and another forming have for guard
 ans Mrs. o. E. Lowell and Mrs. w
 Block.
 Attendants at Pentecostal churcht
 in Connecticut are collecting funds
 behalf of the Eastern Nazarene colles 3 at North Scituate, R. 1. The Pentt , costal church membership has double
 in the last eight years and in tn
 country the churches now have 35,0 . members.
 Il The officers and board. of manage \ of the Connecticut Society of CoIoni
 Danes held their November busine
 meeting at the home of Miss Elizabe F. Whitney in New Haven Tuesd;
 morning. The president of the societ
 Mrs. James T. Andrews, of Hartfor
 presided.
 Fl Episcopal Bishop E. c. Achest
 sailed Wednesday from New York f
 abroad, What ship he sailed on "
 not given out. AS yet all ships a Y conveyed by the British navy, if tn
 are British ships, and will continue
 be until every vestige of unders
 craft of the Germans is accounted fl M The Manchester Herald states tn \ Victory Sunday, at St. Bridge
 church, Rev. c. T. McCann, former
 of Norwich Town, pastor. the congr \ gatien sang the two national anther
 and Holy God, We Praise Thy Nan
 The children at their mass way