Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-16
Wae9aalletin,
Norwich, Friday, Aug. IS, 1918.
VARIOUS MATTERS

The Beauty ParlorS will De closed from Aug. 17th to Sept. Srd.-ady.
 The recent hot spells have worked wonders with the tobacco crop in Holland county.
 A. D. Zabriskie of Norwich is to be steward during the coming WilL- mantle camp meeting.
 In preparation for the opening of the Fall term. High street school has been repaired, reshingled, etc.
 The annual reunion of the 2Srd reg iment, Connecticut Volunteers, was held at Savin Rock Thursday
 A goodsized ball of tinfoil has been donated toward the free wool fund by Rose Kilkenny, of 27 Clairemont ave- nue.
 From morning to night, these hot days, small boys are cooling of by dives from the Long Dock or the near i by brealwater.
 Union street is one of the sections 1 of the city where the appearance of | property is being greatly improved by painting during August
 1 The woodwork of the Otis Library i is being painted, which means the de- struction of some of the beautiful vines which nearly cover the build ing.
 East Lyme residents sorrowed to note the name of Gardiner Weld of i New Britain in the list of those killed i in action. His mother. Rose Gardiner, vas a Mantle girl.
 Among the fishing boats recently sunk of Nantucket by German sub marine was the Earl and Nettie. for merly owned by Capt Tal Dodge of | Block Island. and sold some time ago. At the national convention of the Typographical Union held in Scran- ton, Pa, this week. it was announced Tuesday that 1900 printers from all over the United States. are now in the service
 Today (Ffiday) at a Junior Food Army field meeting at the home of Mrs. Florence Gale in Durham, there will be pig judging demonstration by G. I. Sullivan. agent of animal hus bandry Storrs.
 Readers are growing accustomed to the omission of heads and leads from The Bulletin, the changed condition being in patriotic compliance with government orders to conserve paper by eeonomizing space.
 To the great satisfaction of those who assist in the work of the Wo- mans League, the chairman, Mrs. John Dixon Hall has been persuaded to withdraw her resignation and to serve for another term.
 Funeral services for Samuel Plat., 1 a Toronto lawyer, who died at the Ba- con cottage at Crescent Beach were held Tuesday afternoon at 12.30 O. clock, Rev. J. M. Cook officiating. The burial will be in Toronto.
 fI Co of the Shore Line Electric Railway sys- tenn were not interested in the strike by the conductors at New London as the RoolSe register system was adopt ed by them two years. ago.
 A member of the reception commit tee at the dedication in tenox We'd neBday of the Coolidge Memorial home for crippled children was Bish- op Thomas F. Davies. of Springfield, Mass. formerly of Norwich.
 French organizations in a number of places plan to celebrate Lafayette Day, the 161st anniversary of the birth of the Marquis of Lafayette, on Friday, Sept. 6. which is also the an- niversary of the Battle of the Marne
 At Groton, the engagement of Miss Elizabeth Marshall to Max Bartscheck [. s. N, of Buffalo, N. Y. has been announced, as has that of her sister Miss Doris Marshall to Robert Lan- drum, U. s. N. of the Philippine Is lands.
 Thursday afternoon the New York ] young ladies who are at the Vacation House at Norwich Town had an au- tcmobile outing to the lake at Wau- regan, where picnic lunch was eater and the attractions of the locality were greatly enjoyed.
 Much finished work was received al the Red Cross room Thursday after noon from the Ladies Charitable So ciety and Young Ladies' Sodality O St. Mary's parish. by Mrs. John F Rogers, in charge of the room, witt Miss Evelyn Hill at the desk. ..
 Mrs Henry Lee of Pennington i: to entertain the political workers O. the Connecticut Woman Suffrage as. sociation Monday afternoon to for, mulate plans for the fall campaign The business session will be followed by a social gathering in the gardens
 Mrs Ralph Melcer, of Montville president of the Woman's Home Mis- sionary society. has invited all mem bers and their children to picnick a Ocean Beach Thursday. Aug, P. Tn, children are to be taken by automo biles' and the women will go by trol. ley.
 While this is a poor apple year fl , Connecticut, the commercial apples 0 B the country that are marketed in bar rels will amount to 1S,6o1 .0o0 barrels it is estimated, against 13.S56, 900 bar P 1els in 1917. and of this production 9 per cent. will come from western NeV York.
 Norwich cottage owners are leavinl to attend the annual joint sessions o the Wiilimantic Camp Meeting Asso . ciation and the Norwich District ED tw9rth League Institute at the Willi mantle camp ground. beginning Sat urday, Aug. r and continuing unti Monday, Aug. 26.
 Rockville officials are puzzled wha to do with Mrs. Josephine Starkie arrested in a raid a week ago. Ther is no room in the poor house and tn | doctors refuse to declare her insane ' She is in a pitiable condition but ha to be sent to jail as no other plae . | would receive her
 | Some exceptional tennis form is be ing shown on the courts at the Watc
 Hill Golf club this week by Richar 1 Stevens of Hobollen, who has taken
 couple of cottages at Pleasant Viev for the season. Mir Stevens play daily with his professional, F. Trott an Englishman, who travels with hin
 Old Lyme's physician. Dr. E. K. De . witt. left Wednesday for Tobyhanns Penn, where he has been assigned a lieutenant in the medical departmen of the tank corps. The doctor wa
 town treasurer. member of the schot ' board, and a member of the counc I of defe0SA on reSea reh and ipfary,o Q