Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-03
VARIOUS MATTERS

Light vehicle lamps at o'1o cIoeA this evening.
 An entire sunny May Day Friday served to show how beautiful Nor wich is looking just now.
 Psychic messages by Mrs. Norris, Spiritual Academy, Sunday.-adv.
 Plainfield grange visited Ekonk grange Friday evening and furnished the program for the lecturers hour.
 Bolton peaches did not suffer much in the recent freeze as they were not in blossom. The plums were all hit
 Arrests at police headquarters in New London during April numbered IFS, of which 97 were on charges of intoxication.
 The Victory Loan subscriptions at Lyme have reached s16,000 this week. Several of the routes have not been covered completely yet.
 A former Norwich resident, Albert S. Bard of New York, son of Charles Bard, is president of the Municipal Art society of New York city.
 Physicians in town are treating numerous cases of throat trouble, rheumatism and light forms of grip, attributed to so much damp, cold weather.
 A patron of a locaa soda fountain who, treated three friends Friday learned that the new luxury tax must be reckoned on each drink, and not total amount.
 Fresh fish arrived today at Os- goods wharf. Big variety. low prices. adv.
 The Manufacturers Association of Connecticut has issued bulletin con taining the official regulations just issued at Washington on the employ ment of child labor. a A Central Village patient Mrs. kGeorge Perkins is regaining her health at the Backus hospital, Norwich, where she underwent a successful op- eration a week ago.
 Examination for R. F. D. carrier service at Amston and Andoyer is to be held at Rockville May "A, and will be open to suitable persons who are residents of Holland County.
 At the first quarterly conference of l the Lee Methodist church at Holland held in the church Thursday evening, the district superintendent, Rev. W. H. Bath, of Norwich, presided. Property owners in the suburbs are beginning to complain of careless | fishermen who leave gates open, bars down and throw matches and ciga- rette stubbs into the dry grass.
 At the Bishop Seabury Memorial 1 church. Groton, Suffragan Bishop E. Campion Acheson of Middletown { preached Thursday evening, also ad ministered the rite of confirmation.
 Extra choice salmon. fresh mackerel | Conn. river shad. live and boiled lob sters oysters. scallops, new arrival, al Powers Bros.' today.-adv. 1 A Norwich bird student heard the house wren for the first time Friday ! She identified the black throated | green warbler for the first time Mon I day, the 18th, which was unusually early for this bird.
 ! Among Eastern visitors who wit messed San Franciscos gigantic well come home to the 363rd and 347th l regiments April 22nd was Miss Hat ! of the Jewett Business school. 1 In months mind solemn high re- quiem mass for Bartholomew OCon- Rev. John H. Frederick was cele- brant, Rev. Myles P. Calvin deacor and Rev. Peter J. Cuny sub-deacon.
 Since the opening of the New Lon- don Knights of Columbus home or Huntington street, Seaside council No. IT, owner of the home has gained ] just 286 new members, including many service men, particularly sail ! ors.
 | A section of the Rockville freigh yard on Brooklyn street, familiarl, ; known as Mud Lake, is to be remov. ed and a meeting was held between ! the New Haven Road and city of dcials this week with this object il
 view.
 The Peck Library has recently ac
 quired two beautifully illustrated
 books, Vanished Halls and Cathe
 drals of France" and Vanished Tow
 CTS and Chimes of Flanders" botI
 written and illustrated by Georg
 Wharton Edwards
 The New London Telegraph says
 Edward Hackett, employed by tn
 Thomas Transfer Co.,, who was in
 jured at Norwich recently and wh
 has since been under treatment at tn Backus hospital, that city, has re turned to his home.
 At Niantic Jerome Parkinson ha
 sold his place on the Pattagansett
 avenue road to Mrs. Grant o
 Bridgeport. MT. and Mrs Parkin son leave soon for a lengthy visit t Worcester before coming to thei
 home in Norwich to reside.
 The D. A. R. Memorial fountain O the Little Plain, appreciated so muc ! by adults and children, not to men ] tions birds, cats and dogs, is to be un covered today (Saturday) for the sea son by direction of Supt Walter W
 Lang, of the water department.
 Joseph Vetrano of New London ha
 bought the 12family, four story brio
 building at 1856 School street Norwic
 from the Hopkins and Allen Arm
 Co. of Norwich, through it's receiv
 CTS, Edwin w, Higgins of Norwic
 and Lewis D. Parker of Hartford.
 At Hampton, Va, Thursday, com . memoration of the fiff1eth anniversa ry of the founding of Hampton In stitute included a memorial seryic / at tl7a "~avo 0' Eorer4I Sarnua1 f 3 Armstrong, founder of Hampton. . loInItt ao..ftl-C.' (45.tur ut Mantle.
 Connecticut ranks fortieth in th table showing the average annu; ], value of all crops in each state (
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