Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-18
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 tions for the date were invited. No one appeared at this meeting and it was supposed the matter was settled. However at the meeting = the com mittee Tuesday night the manufac- date, claiming it would cost them a full day. As a result of this protest the date has been changed to Satur- daJ~ Aug. Is. This date Is unsafis- factory to the merchants who do not want to lose a. full Saturdays trade They are going to try and have the date changed back to the 21st. It is expected that there will be fuh re- time so that the committee can de- termine whether or not new appro- priation will have to be secured.
 Sunday movies here in spite of the favor of the general public, do not seem to rouse the managers of the movie houses to any wild enthusiasm to take advantage of the ruling of the common council. Only one of the show houses will take advantage of the permission granted by the coun- cil the coming Sunday. Of the other two ma ~-efs. one has no plans for Sunday movies and the other stated that he might keep open next Sun day night.
 Just three minutes and 30 seconds sufficed for the town meeting in the
  ing this time a moderator was elect ed, a resolution was adopted authoriz- ing the sefectmen to aek the state; highway commissioner for an appro- priation of s20,000 to repair the roads in the town and the meeting was adjourned. As soon as theI clock struck eight, although there were only ten voters and reporter in the in the anteroon. Town Clerk Frank P Fenton called the meeting to order. Amos Fowler was elected moderator. Clerk Fenton then read the warning for the meeting. He then read the resolution, embodying the intention of the towln to build or improve sections of the public road as provided in Se,< tion 14S3 of the General Statutes and authorizing the selectmen to make application to the highway commits sioner for s20.00o worth of improve ment. The resolution was carried and the meeting adjourned at sos. The state will appropriate s20.000 and when the work has been completed the town will refund to the state one fourth of the cost, 5000. It is not known what roads will get the repa / but the Jerusalem road and the Brooklyn road are both in need of re- pair. The road from Williams cross ing to North Windham is also in need of repair and as this road is much travelled one it is apt to get part of the appropriation.
 A special order from Hartford re- ceived by Captain Frank P. Fenton Smith second lieutenant of Co. B, Third regiment, Conn. State Guard with headquarters here. The commits sion dates from June when Lieuten- ant Denton resigned. but owing to the delay in the commission in examining Smith he did not get his commission until Thursday Lieut.. Smith has been acting as supply sergeant of the local company.
 Brief Mention.
 Benjamin Gaberman. of New York, who has been in town business since Monday. left Thursday night for New London.
 Miss Margaret T. Shea of New Britain is visiting relatives here.
 Mir. and Mrs. Howard Syhitnore of Hartford were guests of Mir. and Mrs. E. F. Whitmore of this city Wednes- day.
 David R. Kinney of Tanner avenue, Norwich, was a visitor in this city on Thursday.
 Mayor Charles A. Gates and City of County Investigator William E. Jackson at New London Thursday.
 The wire guards on the footbridge were repaired Thursday. A. w. Buchanan, agent for the state board of education. was at his office in the town building Thursday morning and issued working certiff- cates. to a number of children.
 Thursday afternoon was the sec- oud Thursday half holiday of the summer for the local clerks. Nearly all the stores closed and Main street was very quiet There was a base ball game between the local clerks l and team from Baltic at Recrea- tion park, in the afternoon. Harold Curtis has received his dis charge from the goth U. s. Engineers | and is visiting friends here in the | city. MT. Curtis was one of the first | 500. 900 men to go overseas. Private John w. Keirans, ordnance, | and Private Tony Sebastino. medical l have registered at the | town clerks office as returned sol i diers. The seiectmen estimate that it will | roll for the town. A recent town | meeting appropriated ss5e for this purpose.
 Jontahan l.. Johnson of Norwich who is spending the summer at indsor was a visitor in Wi1limantic | Thursday evening.
 Postals have been received here from Capt. W. P. s. Heating. saying that he arrived in this country Tues day on the U. s. s. Santa Malta and had been sent to Camp Mills. Earl Mastin has arrived at Camp Mills from overseas, where he has spent eighteen months. and expects to be discharged within a few days Robert J. Galligan was the guest Wednesday of his mother and brother on the East Side.s Norwich.
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