Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-19

Mrs. William D. Manning, president | of the Woman's guild, entertained the members at her home Wednesday af- ternoon. Much work was accomplish ed for Red Cross purposes.
 Store Closed for the Winter. Edward A. Jones has closed his store for the winter. Manager H. Bishop
 and Clerk Frederick Kingsley have entered the employ fof the Marlin Rockwell company of Norwich. It is MT. Jones' plan to open the store as
 a cash store in the spring, with no
 delivery service.
 Sunk German Submarine.
 Harold Bentley, second class gunner of a United States transport. has re- turned from his seventh trip across
 the Atlantic and spent Thursday at ] the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs. 1 W. W. Bentley. A German submarine
 was sunk hX the gun crew of his ves- sel on the return trip to the United States. t Ice Cakes Piled on Flats. ! Yantic Flats never looked so much like the Arctic regions as Saturday afternoon, when the floods subsided,
 leaving the fields on the east side of
 the river piled high with huge cakes
 of ice which had been washed down from the Fitchville pond. The west ! side of the road. Avery's meadow, was a part of the Yantic river and as it froze Saturday night, good skating was enjoyed. Fl The severe rain ruined the roads as culverts were not free enough to carry off the surplus water rushing along the
 sides, so rivers coursed down the mid dle of the roads.
 Oakland aysn1a xun-- ;,s,ro.a. h1. Saturday morning and is still in ba6 shape.
 : Near Burglars Horse Play. , The Yantic paill was visited Saturda5 | might by burglars whose desire seemed |. to be to annoy the watchman, as 11S ? money is ever kept in the office. They l. | tried to prevent him from ringing thu a midnight bell and as their efforts mad, II | some think the fire alarm was beinE
 rung. several rushed for the mill ant . found out the cause. The chief an [ noyer thought the fremen his accom- :. pilcesy opened the door, and the, | | quickly restored order
 i Hose Cart Drawn by Trolley Car,
 When the assistance of the Yanti a hremen was needed last week at tn h fire in J. B. Chapman's house in Beai : Hill, H. J. Gibbs hitched the hose car Io tue oHOre Line electric car and
 record trip was made to the fre-an
 other scare which demonstrates tn e fact that a few chemical tanks in al
 automobile truck wouldn't be anaiss il
 the village.
 q K.- of c. Solicitors Busy. n The Knights of Columbus drive i n active in the village The collector l. are receiving generous response i e behal fof such worthy cause. VI Brief Personal Items. - Leo, Lemoine of Chester, Pa, i spending some time in the village wit his uncle and aunt, MT. and Mir 'e Charles Lemoire.
 Eugene T. O'Connors left Tuesda ies for few weeks stay in Lewiston, M. John c. Tracy, Jr., is spending sev II eral weeks with relatives at Eas t Hampton.
 ''e Miss McCann of Montreal is spend U Ing some time in the village.
 Miss Cohen has returned to he home in New York after spending !" feW days with local friends.
 MISS Janet Gardner of South Gov r. entry was at her home here Sunday. n Miss Della and Miss Aldia Lemoin of Of Baltic spent the week end in Yan In tic with their uncle and aunt, MT. an
 Mrs. Charles Lemoine st Mrs. Alexander Tetreault and so 70 Francis have returned from fe, ee weeks stay in Norwich kith MT rs Tetreault's parents, MT. and MT $. Thomas Foley