Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-07
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Norwich, Saturday, Sept. :, ts1s.
VARIOUS MATTERS

Light vehicle lamps at 7.4s o'clock this evening.
 A new oven is being built at the big color works in Packer
 Frost is so long delayed that meet crops hereabouts have been secured.
 The business houses of many of the Jewish merchants are clcsed because of the holiday.
 Lebanon is ready to entertain many hundreds of visitors on Pilgrimage day tomorrow.
 At Ekonk. Miss Eiine Brown of Col chester began teaching in the district school Tuesday. Farm work in a number of places is delayed because of inability to get men to thresh grain.
 A number of French flags were dis played about town Friday in recogni- tion of Lafayette day. There are 75,0o0,o0o honey bees in the state of Connecticut, according to an official of the food committee September is the month or oysters, but warm weather so far has made the local demand for them bi. slow.
 A large box of tinfoil collected by the children at Trading Cove has been left at the room of the Woman's league.
 oysters-GmIford, Cape Cod and Blue Points. Powers Bros
 Because of the illness of the teacher, Miss Marjorie B. Spiller, the Pond Hill 1 school at Coventry is closed until fur ther notice.
 Teachers in the West district, Rock vile, include Edith Bowen, seventh grade, Wiilimantic; Ellen Boggomes, third grade, Mystic.
 One hundred and forty apartments and 20 boarding houses large enough to accommodate six families each are to be erected at Groton. Devotions for the League of the Sa- cred Heart of Jescus were held in St. | Patfick's church Friday evening, the | first Friday of the month
 Officers and men of the Jewish faith have received leaves of three days, | from noon Friday until noon Monday, for the Jewish New Year.
 Steamer City of Lowell of the former | Norwich line has been carrying the | Sunday excursions from New York to l Bridgeport during the season The Connecticut tobacco crop will all be harvested soon and fine crop | it is. It also brings a good price-45 to so cents pound being offered. A Manchester news item reads: Mrs. | John Stone of Main street. who went to the Willimantie camp grounds for a | rest. has been brought home and is very i'll.
 Among those from Rockville, R. L, who attended the Norwich fair were l Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hopkins and l daughter, Louise and Mir and Mrs. Eric c. Barber.
 The new annex to the county home 1 on Smith avenue has not been com | pleted yet, owing to delay in the ar rival of materials, so that sessions are still being held in the old school rooms
 This week an order was placed for more than GOO souvenirs which will be carried by those participating ir the parade at the institution of Rock vile lodge of Eiks on the evening ot Sept. F.
 The Seventh Day Advent camr meeting has opened at Plainville and will continue for ten days, closing Sunday evening. Sept. 15. Rev. A. T Robinson is in charge of all services during the session.
 Considerable work was accomplish. ed at the Red Cross room Friday after noon. Miss Osgood. who has returned from Pleasant View. has resumed charge and has also taken charge o. the Wednesday evening class.
 Steamer Eugene c. Hart continues to carry heavy freights between he Norwich wharf and Pier 55 North Riv er, Agent Knouse has been able to ar range for more rapid and direct ship | nd n1r
 An all-day reunion Of the 1ineal de scendants of Chauncey Root and Gym thia Sumner of Gilead was held a Masonic hall. Middletown, recently There were about 45 guests present everyone contributing to the entertain meht.
 Ruth Wyllys chapter, D. A. R., 0 Hartford, has originated the roll o honor pin. to be conferred by chapter on any Daughter who is herself en gagged in or any member of whose ip mediate family is engaged in war ser vice for the United States government
 Property owned by Fitch D. an Herbert l.. Crsndall or New Londo consisting of three houses and lant has been purchased by the state c Connecticut. The lana is to be use as part of the approach to the pro posed highway bridge over the Thame river
 Norwich trolley passengers complai of the high rates because they ar careless about taking advastage of tn ShoN2 Line Conpany's new zone sys tern. A passenger who pay at tn college the last nickel fare to Ne } LoEdon can get a transfer to Ocea Beach just by asking for it.
 Mention is made by Hartford paper
 that Leon Broadhurst and Miss Grac
 Broadhurst of Kenyon street have re
 turned to Hartford from Neptun
 Park, where they have been spendin
 the summer, the Broadhurst famil
 having leased the cottage of MT. an
 Mrs. A. T. Utley of Norwich for th I season.
 Slocumb park, named in honor ' the late Mrs. Cuthbert H. Slocurn, hs n been purchased by Groton borous the deeds having changed hands Wet
 nesday afternoon. The tract of land
 bounded by School street on the mort
 Monument street on the east, Sloconi
 terrace on the west and the south at
 joins Pleasant street.