Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04


At Westminster. Mr.. and Mrs. F. r.
Wetherby entertained at lunch Friday
in honor Of their 18th wedding ami
versary.
Ten engineers were dropped from
the list the last two days from the
New Heven board. TIL ten bid in ap-
pointments as f1remen.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mover of
Groton announce the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Angelina and
Franklin DeIonoe of Poquonoc.
The Lenten services in St Patrick's
church will pegin with the Ash We'd
nesday mass at o'clock tomorrow
services being held in the evening al
so.
The Elks' lodge at New london has
vote to contribute s25 toward the
purchase of a musical instrument for
the state tuberculosis sanatorium at
Norwich.
A Waterford young man, Roy For
,sythe stationed at Camp Bowie, Tex,
who has been seriously III with pneu-
,monia is now able TO sit up for a
short time daily.
: st. James lodge. No. %. F. and A
NJ, works the second degree at Ma
sonc Temple tonight at 755-adv,
In $4,000 school rooms of New Eng
land the Garry On" poster of the war
savings committee of New England
is soon TO be displayed in an effort to
boom the sale of war savings stamps.
The Y NJ C. A. at Middletown is.
providing a series of cooking demon
stration-lectHres this wee' similar to
that given q the Norwich auxiliary
t1yT L QntNJ NP
Boston, in charge
The money order departments of
many of the post offices have been do
ing a rushing business. due 10 the
fact that many income taxpayers sent
in their money through the post office,
via the money order route.
John H. Thatcher OF Hartford has
been appointed by the Soldiers Hos
rital Board superintendent of Fftch's
Home for Soldiers, at NoToton. with
rank of colonel, TO succeed the late
George Robbins of Waterbury.
The planets Jupiter and Saturn are
slowly retrograding among the stars,
the former in the constellation Gemini
and the latter in Leo. Throughout
March, both of these planets are in
excellent position for observation.
Delegates from this vicinity are at
Middletown sc attend the meetings of
the Social Service Conference of the
Connecticut Federation Of Churches
at Berkeley Divinity school beginning
Monday and continuing today (Tues-
day..
A former pastor of Mckinley Az
enue A. NJ. E. Zion church. Norwich,
Rev. e. George Biddle, is one of the
promoters Of plan for the establ-
lshment of 4 home at New London
for old Solks and children Of the Negro
race.
John LocSett. for several years a
resident of New Britain. and previously
resident of Vernon died Friday at
the New Britain General Hospital He
had been i'll for long time and had
been a patient in the hospital several
weeks.
Connecticut Red Cross chapters
have received orders that all wool on
hand may he used for Knitting chill
tren's sweaters. socks and muff1ers
and women's shawIs. These articles
are 10 be sert to the war refugees in
| Europe
Communications are being sent ou'
! from the Urited States EMPLOYMENT
| Service offices to farmers requesting
them 10 fill oIt blanks stating whether
Or not they are anticipating hiring
any additional help for the coming
| son1mer.
II Is believed in Groton that a mar
pretending to collect for the Neal
East cause IS a fraud. He was slicl
| individual wearing a naval uniform
1 with a strange emblem en- his cap
| which none Of the naval men there
abouts recognized.
The marriage of Miss Mildred Dan
iels. formerly of Hartford. now o
! Rrookline. Mass. and Captain NJ
r. Blish of Chicago, will take plac,
Saturday, Arril 2sth. Captain Blisl
was stationed at the Saybrool1 proving
grounds for several months.
OF the 1913 young Polish American
who left ST. Joseph's parish. Cliff
street, to enter the world war onl,
four or five have returned. the re
mainder continuing in training camp
IN France until advancing to aid il
the new republic of Poland.
Naval recruiting has again been es
tablished on = pre-war basis. and en-
rolling offices have been establishe
at the naval district base. state pier
New London men between IT and 8
who are physically fit being eligibl
for enrolment in the service
AS the Southern New England an
nual conference will be held in Taun
ton, Mass, beginning Wednesday
March 2Gth, there are only three NOR
Sundays in this conference year an
all Methodist churches are seeking t
round up pledges and benevolent due.
1t is the belief of the state priso
directors that all women offenders in
Guiding those sentenced for life, Shout
be removed from Wethersfield to tn
Woman's ReGormatory at East Lynn
: as the prison is no place for then
They are misfits in the domestic econ
omy Of the Institution.
At Waterbury SUNDAY. the sixth an
niversary of the passionate of Re-
Thomas Feltnan. forfnerlv Of Putnam
was observed by an aii-lay meet
ing at the Advent Christian chrcul
The annual roll call in the mornn
was well responded to. most =
the members being present
E. T. Smith. John y. Hewitt an
, William Warner of Hebron, and y
Clifford RobDe.N of Columbia, hay
been to Hartford to see the high
way commissioner a5uut~ buildin
the thirteen miles of state road
complete the state road on the t1rr
pike between New York and Bosto
l. Lawyers a0out the state who aid
ed draft boards in making cut cues
= tionnaires. etc, are receiving d butto
marked Legal Advisor" directly ur
Ger which IS reproduction of II
scales of justice. with ''U" OF: one sic
and "S' on the other. "Salective Sc,
vice System" at the bottom complet,
the wording.
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