Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-05-30
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Norwich, Friday, May 80, 1919.
VARIOUS MATTERS
This is almanac day for June.

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This is almanac day for June.
Light vehicle lamps at S42 o'clock
this evening.
a niece, Mrs. Edward B. Coy. of
Westerly.
AT Amston. Ward Porter has sold
his farm to Rufus R. Rathbun.
Band concert at Mohegan park Sun
day afternoon. June 1st.-adv.
AT Pleasant View number of the
cottages are already occupied.
The city parks were carefully NOW
ed Thursday. in readiness for Memoir
ial Day.
The parochial schools held no SEES
sions Thursday, Ascension Day, holy
day Of obligation.
Home gardeners improved the good
weather Thursday, some of them
working until dusk.
Flags and bunting should be visible
everywhere today. the first Memorial
day following Victory year.
E. W. Hewlett and Caroline Wright
were married last week at Ashford by
Justice of the Peace H. S. Dunn.
Mrs. Eunice Lord Fox. who died in
Hartford Wednesday, was a relative of
the Lord family, of Norwich. and has
Who will be the next postmaster :?
continues an Interesting query among
patrons of the North Stonington post
Office
Summer temperature and holiday
tourists greatly increased railroad and
trolley traffic during Thursday after
noon and evening.
Noank went over the top in the Sal
walton Army drive and it's apportion-
ment of $500 was exceeded, as the
amount raised was sS67.50.
The papers noted Thursday that it
was on May goth, 1860, that the Hall
expedition started from New London,
Conn.,. in search of Franklin.
A successful local grower claims
that the fruit grower who sprays care
fully and at the right time is the man
| who gets the fine crop of cherries.
A horse chestnut tree at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert M. Van Wage
| men, Union street, is covered with
blossoms and is a beautiful sight
Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn U
S. N, commandant of the First naval
| district at Boston. was born at Wes-
| terly, r. l., 62 years ago Thursday.
People in and about Warrenville are
Jubilant over the prospects of a state
road from Ashford to Mansfield Cen
ter. 1t is understood that the work is
to begin at once.
| The Shore Line Electric cars now
run every hour from Chester to New
Haven, and every two hours on the
even hour to New London from the
Saybroek ferry road.
! During Thursday. the manager Of
the Norwich office Of the State Free
Employment Bureau. George L. Ches.
bro, was looking for so laborers, Of.
ffering $3.50 for nine hour day.
The formal betrothal ceremony O.
Miss Gussie Friedman of Colchester
and Murray Cohen, of Bridgeport
took place Sunday evening. at thu
the home of the Cohen family, in Leb
anon.
Windham County Agent B. w. Eli
is arranging what are to be known a
silage demonstrations for nearly ever,
town In the county. The first of thes
is to be held at the farm of L. S. Bar
stow at East Killingly.
Samuel P. Willard of Colchester
agent of the state board of education
held a session in Middletown tow
hall Wednesday morning to issu
working certificates to those VIII
passed the examinations in Studio
required.
Thursday afternoon, Troop l, Cir
Scouts, in charge of Miss Lucy Lor
ing, after the weekly meeting at Par
church parish house had a hike owe
the Canada bridges. to the Falls an
to Uncas' Leap. twelve girls enjoyin
the outing.
By new ruling at Peck Librar,
books and magazines are loaned to tn
public. Current numbers of maya
zines are not allowed to go out unit
after the twentieth of the month. l
the library is a good list of maya
zines and periodicals.
The state is being thoroughly OF
ganized by a suffrage committee
which Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr.,
Middletown is chairman, on count
and township lines. with teams {
volunteer workers in each communit
Under law enacted by the recei
session of the legislature, retail dea
ers in gasolene and other motor web
Gle compounds will be required, aft,
July l. to secure licenses from IL
motor vehicle department to do bus
ness in this state, Tho license fee wi
be 50.
One of the biggest catches of macI
erel-1s2 barrels-made within Il
memory of fishermen at Block Islar
was brought into Old Harbor Satu,
day by the fishing fleet which left Il
Island Friday night. Some of the ere
made as much as 5000 in the one s
of nets.
Horace White of Neank, and Mi
. Maude Spencer of Stonington, we
married Thursday, May %, at the re
idence of Rev Dwight c. Stone
Stonington. Mr.. White is machini
at Midway and his bride is a gradua
nurse, lately employed in New Have
Fresh fish on sale all day Friday,
Osgood's Wharf. Low prices.-adv