Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-09
VARIOUS MATTERS


 Light vehicle lamps at 44S o'clock this evening.
 There was skating on the small pond at Thamesville. Saturday.
 Shore town sportsmen are getting ready for fishing through She ice.
 Coasting is rather rough, but the children are making the most of it.
 Children of most of the Sunday schools are rehearsing tor Christmas concerts.
 Street Commissioner James P. Fox's men sanded a number of the hill streets. early Sunday morning.
 The D. A. R. Memorial fountain on the Little Plain has been covered for the winter by the water department.
 The Holy Name society os St Pat risl.'s parish has requested a memo rial mass Wednesday for John J. O. Neil.
 The Christmas festival of Christ church, with it's own church choir, is to be held separately, at Trinity church, Christmas eve.
 The British flag was displayed in, windows and other decorations Sat urday and there were a nalilber of pri- vate celebrations of the day. Don't forget Nthe every Wednesday night dance< at T. A. F. hall Row. lands Jazz hand.-ady.
 In spite of intense cold, snow hurries and icy walks, Norwich streets were crowded Saturday and the holiday trade got a most promising start.
 During Saturday, eighty-7v seamen from Pelham Bay arrived at the Sub marine Base on the Thames. Sixty five sailors were. transferred to three posts.
 w ". Perkins post, C. A. R.. of 1 New London has voted to invite Ho- ratio W. Wilbur of Meriden to install the officers at their first meeting in January.
 Notice has been given local war bureaus that the plan for securing nut shells for carbon is no longer in force as there is no further demand for them.
 This evening, Trinity Methodist Boy Scouts are to be inspected by Scout Commissioner H. L. Peterson and Supt. J. B. Stanton. A social hour will follow.
 For the winter. the pastor of the | Central Baptist church, Rev A. F. Purkiss has moved his office from the l chapel to his home, keeping the same | hour daily.
 The State Masonic Home aG Wall l ingford has been under quarantine for .several months. but nov the ban has l been lifted. so the old people enjoy the visits of their friends The government is in favor of the earliest possible resumption of high way construction. and is using every means to speed up such work in view l of the return to peace conditions.
 Miss Mary E. Richards. chairman, has received two more names to be added to the Norwich honor roll and 1 is endeavoring to secure complete list of Norwich men in the federal service.
 Yale university's war losses, as l tabulated in the Yale Alumni Week 1 ly. show total casualties among grad uates and undergraduates as follows: Dead, 149; wounded, missing or pris- oners, IF.
 A Groton boy. Sergeant orrin B. Edgecomb, son of J. F. Edgecomb, b4 reason of expiration of the war has | been honorably discharged from the service. He was stationed at CamI Johnson, Fla.
 Packages containing Christmas gifts II for certain countries in Europe may be sent abroad from now until De- cenbef Is under a special export li- cense, according to a notice receive by Postmaster John P. Murphy.
 In an effort to straighten out tn, tangled trolley schedule Saturday ev ening a southbound car was held near ly forty minutes on Franklin square i,a fz the up car or the Uncasville switch The tax collectors office will be opel today and Tuesday evenings until o'clock for the purpose of collecting balance of unpaid personal taxes. Afte Tuesday, Dec. 10, the delinquent lis will be made out and turned over t the prosecuting attorney as the lay direets-adv.
 During Saturday Captain Richard son Jewell, Of the Salvation Army, an his assistants stod manfuIly by thei Christmas chimney in Ehicl; they ar 4 hoping to collect contributions fo their customary holiday charitabl work.
 . Following 1espers Sunday afternoon Q number of new members were re ceived into tke Rosary and Scapula society of St. Patricll's church, by tn rector. Rev. J. H. Brcderick. Tn president of this society is Mrs. Joh D. Fleming.
 The planet Mars sets about tw
 hours after the sun during Decembel
 The motion of the planet ard the ap
 parent motion of the sun is such dur
 ing the month that the interval be
 tween their setting rema ins practical
 ly constant.
 A former Danielson ani Mystic pas
 tor, Rev. Byron r. Hatfield, of Dee
 River, will go to New London to
 day Monday). on a ten days tou
 during which time he wiu speak at
 number Y. M c. A. huts in th = vicinity of that city. -i There was hearing in the slIperic A court in Bridgeport Friday upon son
 of the points Nin connection with
 claim for s2O,ooo which tic Connect
 cut Co. has against the Danbury l
 Bethel Street railway, which latte
 road has stockholders in end abo,
 Norwich.
 \ News has been received in Norwic
 by Phodios Mpejoules, Of S7 lLal
 street, that lis cousin, Peter Efsts
 thios DeEvorias, of Shicnpee, Fall q Mass. who formerly worked at tf
 Hopkins & Allen plant Norwich, ws
 severely wounded in action in Franc
 October 15.