Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-14
Ul1e Bullstiu.
VARIOUS MATTERS

VSAAOOAS NkfA AANO Light vehicle lamps at s.21 o'clock this evening.
 A dense fog prevailed early Tues day, burning off before noon.
 pr. R. J. Collins office will be closed unt1 Aug. 17th.-adv.
 Lakeside, Gardner Lake, is a fa-1 vorite camping site this season.
 Dried and brown leaves have been falling from the trees in showers.
 Numerous picnic outings are being held at the Drawbridge these hot days.
 There is great rivalry among grow CTS of tomatoes, which are unusually big in some gradens.
 Former Norwich residents now in Washington write home of almost un- bearable heat, the mercury rising to 121 degrees
 The weather wise folks say that the new moon is a wet moon, and pre- dict plenty of moisture during the current month.
 It has been voted by the New Lon don school board that in the future the pay of 'caH" teachers be at the rate of s3.5O a day.
 Tuesday afternoons heat did not discourage the large class of Italian workers who prepared surgical sup plies at the Red Cross room.
 The planet Mars continues inter- estingiy in view in the western even ing sky. It will move about IT de- grees eastward during August.
 A New London youth, Francis Ro- domansld, son of Sigmund Rodoman- ski of Truman street. died at the Nor wich state hospital at Preston Mon day.
 By today the days length has been reduced an hour and twenty minutes, the sun showing his face but 13 hours 59 minutes-which is quite long enough!
 A contribution of tinfoil has been made to the Woman's League by Eleanor Fitzgerald, of Taunton, Mass patriotic little girl who is visiting in Norwich.
 Next month there will be a start made in the shore towns on opening oysters, although the business will not be at it's maximum until October or November.
 Invitations have been received here for the fifth annual exhibition of the Mystic Art Association which wal open this week in the Broadway school, Mystic.
 Boilermakers for the regular navy are needed The age limits are from q to B. war pay S7750 per month. Application may be made at any re- Cruiting station.
 An exchange mentions that Mrs. Lizzie E. Clarke. who was q delegate 1 from the Ashaway. R. l., grange to the Storrs convention. reports a very l satisfactory meeting and delightful l trip.
 | The funeral of Capt Elisha J. Chip l man was held Monday at his home on i Monument street, Groton The ser vice was conducted by Rev. G. A Atha. Burial was in Groton ceme- ! tery.
 Tomorrow. Thursday, the feast ot i the Assumption of the Blessed Vir- gin Mary. and holy dayS of obliga- ton. there will be masses in St. Pat rick's church at ). : and s o'clock. the last high mass.
 During the absence from town ol | Mrs. R. R. Graham. chairman of the Free Ice committee. Mrs. John P I Huntington is acting chairman and
 
 i there. are sick babies, by Miss Culver
 A Norwich physician states tha eternal vigilance is the price of gooC health during these tfTing 6Ays anC that all foodstuffs, fruit meat. breac ! and the like showing even the slight . est hint of mold should go into tn I discard.
 About fifty delegates will go iron Connecticut to attend the Nationa q. A. R. convention, as'far as can b ascertained. The Connecticut dele sates will leave the Grand Centra Station on the encampment train a ? o'clock today Wednesday,. The work of the Weekapaug- branc of the Westerly Red Cross chapte
 has been progressing satisfactorily and at the ten meetings held since tn 18th of July 2.S27 articles have bee made, including surgical dressings : hospitals and refugee garments.
 Employees of the Marlin -Rockwe company plant in Haddam, now hay the advantage of patronizirg a lunc } counter recently installed at the fac . tory. A reasonable price is charge and those who. buy their meals, ar Breciate this feature of the factory. . The Little Mothers League main
 tained by the United Workers unde
 direction of the visiting nurse, Mis Culver, is now in put two branche
 one of 30 or 40 at Greenevills and th F other of 20 or 30 at the United Work ers' House, No. g Washington stree |, Archibald R. Gilchrist, of Norwic, who is stationed at Newport, is { member of a comic opera compan < which recently made thousands of do
 lars by presenting Pinafore in Prov
 idence for the benefit of the Re
 Cross and the Newport Navy ReH
 League.
 Among the Holland county tow
 that have already fallen into line f
 suffrage are Ellington and Tollan
 Practically all the members of u
 democratic town committees in the = two towns have addressed a letter
 the doubtful democratic United Stat
 senators.
 Although trains are well filled wi 1 going and returning vacationists. raj U road men do not find the heavy pa
 senger traffic of former years. d
 both to government advance in far
 and to the number of young m - oversea- Freight movements al
 enormous, however.
 4 special meeting of chapter r
 gents, Connecticut Daughters of t
 American Revolution, is to be held
 the Ellsworth homestead, Windsor,
 Friday, Aug. Is. to consider and ta " action on ways and means of raisi
 the remainder of the promised quo
 for the N. s. D. A. R. Liberty To = fund.
 ] Mir. Keay, who recently mari A Miss Ella Hughes. of Deep River f.