Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13
VARIOUS MATTERS

A cold snap, with snow, is predicted | by Ddbolrs Almanac for the week. l end
 During February the Rockville Pub lie Library circulated i,723 books. The | reading room attendance was 1,023.
 The season is so advanced that in some towns farmers are making prep arations for putting in their oat crop. l
 Taxpayers met at the Old Lyme 1 town hall Monday and voted to raise ! the towns taxes from II to F mills. |
 Just arrived at Osgood Wharf, The ! Cochegan with fresh fish. Prices low 1
 adv.
 Just now at the Groton Iron Works 1 over 4000 hands are employed at the i, Jig Shipyard and the payroll amounts | to about $l00,00o a week.
 Typographical unions are choosing delegates to the national convention of the A. F. of L., to be held in Allan tic City, N. J.. next June.
 At North Stonington Jesse Rich inond will manage the farm of c. P. Culver the coming year. Mr Culver will start business in Westerly.
 Plans are being made for the local cbservat ton of Be Kind to Animals" week which will be held throughout the country shortly after Easter. On the New Haven road now three car insDectors are expected to cover the territory in the Saybrook section. All Sunday work has been cut out. Spencer O. Grove. S5, a well known Holland resident, died Sunday from heart trouble. The funeral was held 1 Wednesday and burial was in Skung naug cemetery, Holland.
 In accordance with new orders all ! draft boards, both local and district, must have their work completed and t,.eir records sent to Washington by the last day of this month. The planet Mars is now on the far side of it's orbit from the earth and consequently is not q conspicuous ob- jeet. It sets about an hour and a half after the sun during March. Franklin Chapter, No. f, R. A. M works the Royal Arch degree on three
 classes of candidates at Masonic temple tonight, beginning at 6:30- adv.
 The new Victory stamp will be pur- pie and VII portray the standing fig ure of Liberty Victorious with a back ground of flags of the five countries which were most actively engaged in the cause.
 Connecticut manufacturers have been notified that the national con- yention of the United Hatters of North America. which takes place once in five years, is to be held in New York beginning Monday May 12. The shoot for the Lucien r, Burpee cup is being held this month all over the state. The state guard team mak- ing the highest aggregate score will
 be awarded the cup and the individual members wip be awarded medals. For organ recital tickets. six Sat urdays, 4.30 D. m., during Lent at Old
 Second Congregational church. tele- phone Y. NJ. C. A. Tickets $50. Ad-
 mission will be by ticket cnly to sup per on this Saturday at 5.45, given by the Y. NJ, c. A Woman's auxiliary members of the United church, Mrs. b. F. Bishop, chairman.-adv. Postmaster John P. Murphy of Nor wich has received notice from head | quarters that money orders can be l sent to AlsaCe and Lorraine at the present time, since the French gov
 crnment has taken charge Of this 1 route.
 | Last Monday afternoon three in
 mates from the State Farm for Wo- | men at East Lyme ran away but
 were captured shortly after by Louis 1 Miner and Harold Banta. on the Bos- ! ton Post Road, between Lyme and | New London,
 l A million more fiction and miscel- laneous books within the next six | months if army morale is to be main l tained is the text of an urgent ap-
 peal sent out by the American Library ! associa ton to librarians in Connecti- cut and other states.
 In the absence of the leader. Mrs A. r. tuey, who is in Suffield. the vice-leader, Mrs. Jehn IT. Allen pre-
 sided at q busy meeting of Comfort Circle, Kings Daughters, held We'd nesday afternoon with Mrs. Henry Cole, of Eleventh street, E attending. A new bill to consolidate the school systems of the state and fathered by
 inc same interests ds those that fath-
 cred the Morrison bill was consider
 cd by the legislative committee on
 education Wednesday in q meeting
 from which reporters were excluded. Most of the Norwich liquor dealers have completed taking inventory of their stock. They may furnish bonds and have seven months in which to pay the tax to the government. The new tax is s3.20 per gallon on whis- key, of 100 proof, and s d barrel on beer.
 Clergymen and laymen from about the state were in Waterbury Wednes day to attend month mind requiem high mass at o'clock at the Church Of the Immaculate Conception for Martin L. Keefe. father of Rev. Will liam H. Keefe, of St. John's church P,ainfeld
 During March. a light burns contin- uously on the altars to St Joseph ir
 the Catholic churches, this month be.
 lrg devoted to special study of the
 life of the man chosen by God to bc
 foster father Of t-le Saviour and who ' is the model of Workingmen, partic-
 u!arly carpenters.
 The Boston Post of March pictured
 2S wounded soldiers back from France
 transferred to Parker Hill hospital
 and the two surgeons there, one of tn,
 latter being First Lieut.. Theodore L
 Story of Boston, a former Norwich
 boy, grandson of Mrs. II. l. Palmer
 of 54 Freeman aVpDup