Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-24
VARIOUS MATTERS

ms evening" The state bar examination IS to- be held at Hartford December 27. Dang Jazz Band, Pulaskil hall to- nignt.-adV. The parochial schools close today with special Christmas exercises. Fifty printed calling cards for s5 cents at The Bulletin ofice.-adv. The moon is in it's last quarter to- morrow "Wednesday at 1.S1 a. m. The flying of flags will form an es- sential feature of this Victory Christ mas.
 To date no report has come from Lords Point of any wild geese going souths
 Home corners for the holidays found the best kind of welcome weatherWise, Monday.
 Norwich grocers and provision deal CTS evpect to put two days work into tne today. The eity's charitable organizations are busy preFiding Chr Sti1;as cheer | for needy families.
 improvements and repairs are be- 1 ing made to the J. C. Quinlan property On Chestnut street.
 English plum pudding and fruit cake, rolls and doughnuts special today. Tel. l I6S- -3.-adv.
 Deer are not being seen as in former l winters, which would seem to indicate 1 that they are diminishing in numbers. Norwich Greeks will keep their ! Christmas Day according to the old ] calendar, which brings it on January
 Dang Jazz Band, Pulaskil hall to- l hight-adY.
 A recent gift to the Otis Library Is 1 Klauser's, Half Hours With the Best 1 Composers, a work in eighteen vol ! umes.
 Methodist churches in this vicinity are arranging for special services to watch the old year out and the New Yepr ia.
 The fish now being caught off the. shore towns are taken by beam travis l and hand lines. They consist mostly | of small cod and flatfsh,
 Since December 18th the days length i has been but g hours minutes, and 1 will SC continue until Friday, the 27th 1 when minute will be added.
 Page 6 Shaw and Park 2 Tilford's Christmas candy has arrived at Lee & Osgood' d's.-adv.
 Three hundred Christmas baskets were filled for the boys of the Naval 1 hospital Monday afternoon at the Red Cross house in New London. These are the gift of Ms. hdagard Hardness of Waterford.
 Referring to Sundays services at the First Church of Christ when The Messiah, by Handel was sung. the New London Telegraph says: Mrs. George s. Palmer was soprano selo ist. and her work was faultless."
 The litursical churches. the Roman Catholic. Episcopal and Lutheran have been observing the season O1 Advent which ends tonight. Christ mas eve, and these churches will ob- serve Christmas Day with special scr ! ices.
 Don't forget Dang Jazz Band dance tonight, Pulaski hall.--adv.
 The planet Saturn rose about 10 p m. Dec. 15, and rises at 9 P. in. Dec 21. It is in Leo near the first magni- iqde star Reguius;, It is nearly a nia'F- :, nitude brighter than RegAlus, which fact will enable the observer to easily distinguish it.
 The marriage of Miss Mary Eliza Ehsth W,hippIe of Griswold and Charles TO. B. Hammond of Stenington, took place in New Haven Wednesday, Dec IS. After short wedding trip MT and Mrs. Hammond will reside at 5l Rim street, Stonington
 Barber shops close all day ChFistmal and New Years. Open the night be fore till ?. m.-adv.
 The new building at the Norwich 1 infirTnary for the treatment of tuber culosts will be opened Thursday, ac cording to Secretary George I. Allen of the state tuberculosis commission This addition will provide aecommc cation tor 60 patients.
 At last weeks centenary conference st South Manchester Methodis church, District Superintendent George G. Serivencr of Norwich spok ] on The New England Survey, showini the great work that the churches c New England have to do.
 A movement has been started b citizens of New England, to provide Fallying place and q place for the re rewal of friendships and of oversee comradeships of officers and men wh have geen service in the world war a any place or in any capacity
 A number Of those wi1o naile ChriGSnas packages at the Sub-sta ton of the post office in the Thaye building Monday had heart and du up dollar, to enroll in the Red Cros with Mrs. Eben Learned, who ha charge of the roll call there.
 Don't forget Danz Jazz Band danc tonight, Pulaski haIl.--adv.
 '~ steamer Juliette, chartered b The town of New Shoreham for fiv months, although seven feet lcnge than the Providence Block Islan steamer Geo. ". Danislson, is judge hy the government too small to carr passengers to the Island in winter
 A survey of ene-third of the city ( New London of the influenza epidemi covered 1895 families, comprising 791 persons, among whom were found 12S cilses Of Spanish influenza, 133 case of pneumonia induced by Spanish ir fuenza and IA cases that were doubt full.
 Waterbury papers mention that Re , Hugh Treaner, rector of Sacred Hpal " church. formerly of St. Patrick's, No1
 wich, received many congratulatior
 Friday. tfss 10th anniversary of h.
 ordination to the priesthood, Dec. 2 A 1878, by Cardinal Gibbons, at Bait
 more.
 ' The Jewish people in this countr M bNehkC Ol tliS OlTc Heeu OI lleIT DTGLI \ ren in Russia, Ru1nania, and the cour X tries of the near east have inausl rated 2 drive for s10.00e 0oO of vFic
 New York has already raised s5, 900
 GOO and which Connecticut Jews al
 aiding.
 According to the county reports
 social meetings and Red Letter DaJ
 the current White Ribbon Banne
 the state ". c. T. U. organ. sa.