Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-05

I there. For the last few days before the road was closed there was a traffic officer stationed at the foot of the hill during the daytime
 WiiIimantic Troop Of Girl Scouts, that has been at camp at Eastford returned to this city Saturday. after a most enjoyable two weeks. The girls were at the Congregational church camping site at Crystal Lake and numbered over thirty. The camp was in charge of Miss Ruth Chappen. the captain Of the troop. Mrs. w. A. Tracy the lieutenant, was her assistant Rus sell Chapel was swimming instructor and Misses Helen. and Edith Barrows also assisted at the camp. About fifty members of the Wind ham Girls club held picnic. at the club cottage at Coventry Monday. The trip to and from this city was made l by automobile. At the. cottage an in- formal program of entertainment was carried out The affair was greatly |senjoyed by all and is probably but the charge comprised Miss Jane Ashtos and Miss Rose Moreau-.
 Monday evening the first tennis practice for the hapdicap tournament to be held at the end of the mon / was held at Recreation Park with q tournament is being organized under the auspices Of the industrial depart ment of the local Y. M. c. A. The games will be played at Recreation There will be two classes. one each for men and women. Silver loving cups will be awarded in each class. Entries may be made at either the park or the Y. M. C. A.
 Funeral services for Frank E. Black mar were held Monday afternoon at I o'clock from Shepard's undertaking parlers, Rev. c. Harley Smith off ciating. The bearers were Loyal PIaisted of New London. William J. ton of Willimantic. The body was sent to Putnam for burial.
 The funeral of Iowd Webster Smith, who was drowned in Hartford, Thursday, was held Monday from the home of his parents at PA Summit Paui's church reading the service. The bearers were Spencer King, Maurice King Russell Thompson and Charles Clifford. Burial was in the family lot in Willimantic cemetery.
 The local Eiks spent Sunday work ing on their newly acquired grounds on Plea street. preparing them for the county fair which they will hold the last of the month The grounds are fairly well cleared of brush and other rubbish. While working at the grounds Sunday James W. Tighe found a suitcase containing a sweat er shirts, stockings, collars, writing paper and stamps. The case was of cheap manufacture and bore no ini- tials. It was hidden away in the bushes and did not appear to have been there long. It was turned over to the police.
 Only seven deaths were recorded in the vital statistics reports at the town clerks office for July. which is far below the average of other years. There was only one infantiie death. The record for the menth is as fol- lows:
 July 2-Mary A. Cheevers. s5. apo plexy.
 July 4-Aponia Kokaszka. s2. pull monary tuberculosis.
 July 5-Margaret Driscoll. 64. ehron- ic nephritis.
 July 12-James Began. IS. fracture of thigh.
 July 13-Mary Connolly. 45. leukae- mia.
 July 24-Edith Rose Carey. 1. acute indigestion.
 July 31-Marceline Theroux. so. val vular heart disease.
 Personals and Notes.
 Miss Sybil Browning Of Jewett City was a visitor here Monday evening"
 F. D. Jordan is enjoying his an- nual ton.
 Mir and Mrs. J. c. Elmendorf and daughter are spending two weeks Va cation at Columbia.
 The boys of the local Y. NJ. c. A. enjoyed an an-day hike to Hop River Saturday in charge of Boys Secretary F. R. Custard.
 The E>> ust meeting of the board Of was held at the town hall Monday afternoon. Routine business only was transacted.
 Several buses were kept busy on between here and Storrs where the state poultrymen are in xxrifh fa mers' Week at the college.