Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-07
VARIOUS MATTERs

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 Water is running over the big dam at UncasviHe after weeks of low pond there.
 Several local motor parties have. visited the Devils Hopyard on October outings.
 Sailors at the submarine base are out of quarantine and came to town in numbers during Sunday. Several of the Pomona granges are postponing their October meetings be- cause of the health situation
 Some of the tallest sunfiowers in this vicinity are those in the trolleymen's war gardens near DeWolf's switch.
 Local druggists are featuring the gauge masks which are being worn where there in danger of contagion.
 Sumac along the roadsides and in the pastures is reckoning adding to the beauty of the autum11al landscape
 The State Federation of Womens clubs will hold it's meeting at the Y. M. c. A. rooms in Bridgeport Oct. 31. |. A band for the Groton Iron works is in the process of formation, notice to that effect having been sent out to employees at the works.
 Following the thunder showers of Sunday morning the temperature rose to summer heat 76 degrees in the shade being registered at p. m.
 Catholic piety devotes October to honoring in an especial manner the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Queen of the Most Holy Rosary.
 During Saturday New London had a sugar famine, most of the dealers stating to customers that their Octo- -ber allotment has not been received yet.
 It was announced at Noank that Rev c. S. Nightingale of Moosup was to preach at morning and evening services in the Baptist church Sum day.
 Two handsome knitted afghans do- hated by Alpha class of the Church of the Good Shepherd have been sent to the Red Cross for the Belgian refu- gees.
 One of the active workers along wartime benevolences at New LonSon is Mrs Harry Richardson Bond. Jr. (Harriet Learned Howland), formerly of Norwich.
 .' A conspicuous sign in black and gilt has been erected on their newly ac- Guired Thames Street Plant of the J. F. PaimerGerg's Sons Inc, successors to the Norwicb Nickel and Brass Co.
 It is A years since the Catholic parish of Norwich was founded, in 1S44, at St. Mary's church. and yes terday was the first Sunday that the offering of the holy sacrifice of the mass was ever omitted.
 At the republican caucus held at Mantle the following delegates were chosen to attend the Twentieth dis trict senatorial convention: First dis trict, John F. Beckwith; Second dis tr.ct, Robert B. Gorton.
 Trains on the Norwich and Wor- cester division display conspicuous placards of the Worcester health of ficer cautioning persons having colds from sneezing, etc, and being careless while riding in the cars. Mrs Nellie Goldie, widow of Joseph Goldie, of CAT Bank street, New Lon don, celebrated her S9th birthday Fri day. Joseph w. Goldie, second assist ant chief of the New London fire de- partment, is son of Mrs. Goldie. A Mystic boy, Morgan Foote, the il year old son of Mfr and Mrs Charles w Foote has collected 14000 peacf 1 pits already to. be turned over for the manufacture of carbon used in making 1 gas masks for the American soldiers | The engagement of Miss Anna Dud | ley Baker of Ogden, Utah, to Joseph 1 H. Randall of Hadlyme has been an { nouneed- Miss Baker is student il l the Boston Conservatory of Music. MT Randall met her while student in th' same institution.
 | The Connecticut state council 0 | defense is asking that no contribution be given to an organization known a the 18th division tobacco fund, Bos ton, as this organization has not com piled with requests for information. I has been soliciting at factories in par ticular
 By actual count on a trip from Ney 1 London Sunday, the only motor vehi cles noted were the cars of docto and an undertaken, the truck of Norwich business firm which ran tn blockade with load of goods, and on carrying garment cloth through iron Worcester.
 A meeting of the New London unit Circle for Negro War Relief, will b held tonight (Monday) on the veraHd of the home of Mrs. Hawkins to dis | national Headquarters concernin sending candy to negro soldiers on tn battle front.
 Jewelry manufacturers in Connecti cut as throughout the country are fac Ing crisis as the result of reguia tsons put into effect by the Unite States government decreasing by one
 half the amount of gold they may us
 and shutting off entirely new supplie
 of platinum.
 Eighty-0ne members of the Episco
 pal clergy and the two bisheps wer
 present Friday at Holy Trinity churcl ] Middletown, when the 39th annus
 meeting of the Woman's auxiliary
 Connecticut was held. One of tk
 speakers was Archdeaeon J. Eldre
 Brown of Norwich.
 In compliance with the orders of tt
 health officials, no services were hel
 in St Patrick's church Sunday, for tt
 first time since the church was opene
 29 years ago. The .Angelus was run
 at a. m., noon and ?. m., but r
 bell for masses or vespers sounde | Week day masses will be held as usua
 Gen. Samuel McRoberts states tn.
 thus far the Browning gun-made
 Ncrwich--has successfully met u
 various tests imposed upon it
 France and that the British ar
 French governments have asked tn;
 any surplus number produced be mat available for the British and FrenC ] armies.
 Police Court Cases. The following cases were dispos,
 of in the police court on Saturds