Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31

Memorial day. A Sterling man, Ernest L. Thomp- son, is proud over his latest catch of season up to 50.
 The Shenecossett Country club at Eastern Point opened the season Me norial day. Alex Smith is again in at tendance as professional.
 The restored hourly service of the Central Village trolley cars was greatly appreciated by the trav- cling public on the holiday.
 Conforming to the spirit of Presi dent Wilson's proclamation, there were Special memorial services in num- Der of the churches Thursday.
 The amount of money subscribed in the Red Cross drive in the vicinity of Crystal lake, Holland county, was $45, nearly doubling that of last year
 The Sterling branch of the United States Finishing company contributed s1 900 to the Red Cross fund. The total for the district reached $1,515.
 Louis L. Wilcox of Putnam is assist ing Postmaster Davis in eiiiargiAg the postoffice building at Lords Point The office will open for business June Is. morlal the handsome borders of corn flowers planted and cared for by the employees at the New Haven railroad station afe in bloom.
 In some Connecticut towns frefiies were seen Tuesday night in the fields, the earliest they have appeared in years, due probably to the unusually warm weather of Monday
 The spring meeting of the Tolland County Sunday School association, district No. 4, is to be held at the West Stafford Congregational church next Sunday. beginning at D: m.
 Mrs. Isabella Collins Gadbois. 10. wife of Wilfred L. Gadbois, of East Lyme. died at Lawrence hospital, New London. Wednesday. Mrs. Gadbois is survived by her husband and five chill dren.
 County Agent John E. Clifford of the Holland county farm bureau has post ed n6tices throughout the county to the effect that the farm bureau will supply pigs to those desirous of ob= taining them.
 The journeymen barbers of New London expect to present new demands to the master barbers about June 1. The journeymen seek a raise of pay from $13 to s16.50 and half of all re- eeipts over $3o weekly.
 Thursday in St. Patrick's church on the Festival of Corpus Christi | ccmmemorating the institution of the ] Holy Eucharist. the mass at o'clock was read by Rev. Myles P. Calvin and i that at 8 by Rev. J. H. Frederick. 1 A Red Cross solicitor from out ot town who was in Stafford Springs last week, and was supposed to be a fraud has been found out to De a business man from Manchester wte was simply working outside his own territory. | The district superintendent, Rev. G l G. Scrivener, of Norwich, will be iI Meosup Saturday evening and hold tl1t | first quarterly conference in the Meth 1 edist vestfy at 730. He will alst preach at the Sunday morning service
 Gov; NJ. H. Holcomb and Mai. Gen Luclen F. BHrpee, who Will review ant inspect the Third Infantry, Connecti cut State Guard in stoningten Sunday l will Be entertained at slipper at th 1 Thanies club in New Letidon Satur
 day night.
 As the pestoffice at North Ashford Is soon to De closed. it leaves tn, people in the east part of the tow concerned about receiving mail Mrs c. A. Proulx is circulating a petition for a rural delivery route through tha heighberhoed.
 Yesterday the revised tariff iii fFeigh
 rates by steamer Eugene, c. Hart o
 the Hart Trahsportation line betweei
 Norwich. and New York went into ef
 feet. The steamer left her Nofwic1
 wharf at the regular hour oh the holi
 day with a big cargo.
 One of the questions which repre
 sentatives at the meeting of the Con neetieut state council of defense a
 Hartford next Tuesday will be ealle i! upon to help decide has to do with tn substitution of arm bands for mourn ; Ing costumes by women losing fela
 tives in the war.
 The New Haven railroad is facing coal problem that causes much uneasi ness Ordinarily at this time of th } year a surplus of about 60o,90e tons
 being built up to carry it through tn
 winter. While at present 1t Is only abi
 to maintain a. supply foF daily cen
 sumption of 6,00o tons.
 At a conference in the office (
 Mayor Rogers of New London Wed
 hesdaX eencerning the sanitation
 New London and vicinity, it wa
 brought out that the Memorial cohts
 gious ward has been an absolute ne r cessity to the naval department an at present is crowded to capacity wit
 an overflow iii tents.
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