Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
VARIOUS MATTERS

Light vehicle lamps at 1888 o'clock
this evening.
During this month the planet Uran-
US is a morning star in Aquarlus'
rising about $3.50 a. m.
DIR. Curtis Bernard's Office open
Wednesday, May 21st-adv
At Voluntown William Dawley
with his helpers is repairing the
| bridges along the highway.
The Connecticut Probation Officers
Association is to hold a conference
at the capitol today (Tuesday)
At Mystic Mrs. E. A. Bliven has
charge of the campaign in the After
| the War drive for the Salvation
Army.
The little town Of Union fulfilled
expectations when it subscribed
$4,000 over it's quota of $4,000 on the
! Victory Loan drive.
The Epworth League, the nation
| wide Young Peoples society of the
| Methodist church. was organized 80
| years ago last week.
! Meeting Playground association a.
Chamber of Commerce 4.45 today.-adS
The city of New London is to start
soon to build an addition to the
| ferry house on the municipal warf
The house viii be enlarged from 80
\ to 40 feet.
| One thousand tons of coal were re-
CURED to heat the capitol during the
past winter. costing the state about
$4,000. 1t cost about $4,000 to keep
| the members of the legislature warm.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Charles e. Stowe OF
| Hazardville announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Ger
! trude Viola Stowe to Howard E
King of Somersville, Tolland coun-
| ty.
In future, all parcels for mailing
when insecurity wrapped or tied will
be excluded from the mails. &C
cording to notices sent out by the
| Postmaster General from Washing
] ton, D. G.
! Courts are authorized to impose g
fine of $50 on theatre managers
for every person standing in excess
! of the number of ISLANDERS" allowed
lpolice department.
Special meeting of Rev. DAME
Mullen Assembly, K. of c., Tuesday
important.-adv.
Congressman r. P Freeman in {
recent interview with County Com.
missioner George Sfswick stated tina
he was making efforts to get fol
Stafford one of the guns captured
from the Germans.
Local residents owning taxable
securities are being reminded tina
they are liable to taxes at local rate;
unless the state tax of four mill
has been paid to the state treasure
on or before May 31st.
Norwich members of the Colonia
Danes have been in Hartford to SCI
the exhibit of old Colonial silve
from Connecticut church arranged
at the Morgan memorial under tht
auspices of thei reorganization.
When the New Haven branch o
the Connecticut State Associatio,
Opposed to Woman Suffrage meet
Thursday, May 20. one of the speak
ers will be Mrs. Hermon NJ. Hubbar,
of Old Lyme formerly of Ohio
The pupils of the Hicks memoria
school Toliand showed great enthus
iasm in soliciting for victory bonds
They were able to secure applica
tons amounting to $4,000. TIL
towns quota was $4,000 and SS4,20
was raised.
Taxes will be collected today at tn
Yantic store from 10 to 11.30 a. m. an
at the store of Patrick T. Connel
Bean Hill, from u to $50 p. m.-ad1
Each New London traffic office
on duty during the day, will receiv
one half day off every other Sunda
beginning May Is and lasting unit
October 1 and each officer and pa
trolnan will receive one day off pc
month during June, July and Au
. gust and September.
The United States civil service com
mission announced for June
an examination for law clerk
for men. There are several vacan
: cies in the Department of State a
$4,000 a year, for duty in Washing
= ton, D. c. or elsewhere.
At farm bureau meeting hel
: at the Business Mems club room
in Stafford Springs Monday evenin
A. J. Brundage of Storrs colleg
state club leader, and Spencer Y
Barlow, the new Holland count
club leader were the speakers.
| An Ellington patient, John Gard
ner has been taken to the Nor
witch state hospital. Upon refusin
to register in the draft last fall he wa
ed up. Since that time his ment;
condition has been getting worse.
The program of the nation wild
campaign of the Protestant Episce
4 pal church, undertaken for the @,
pansion of activities of the churc
= at home and abroad, will be present
ed to the convention of the diocese
be held in New Haven Wednesday.
Soldiers discharged prier to Marc
have some money coming to ther
Previous to March ! railroad allow
ances for discharged soldiers goir
home was three and one-half cen
per mile. Since that time the "a
has been increased to cents
mile.
Grace Circle of the Kings Daugl
ters was pleasantly entertained FIR
day evening by Mrs. John H. BARN
of Broadway the fourteen membe
present hearing interesting repor
from the Hartford convention. Lat
Mrs. Barnes served ice cream al
waters.
q Standing oak and, chestnut limb
on the farm of the Mate James
Usher near Moodus was sold to Wa
q ter Brockett of New Haven. at pul
lie auction for $15,6oO. 1t is believ,
TO he the largest tract of first grow
l. timber in New London or Middles,
counties.
~ Teachers in public schools in Il
= state may not receive the increase
pay supposed to have been provid
for by the general ASSEMBLY, duri,
its recent session, through an il
crease in the amount of state a
r. for each town, as the legislature n
. elected to pass the appropriation.
Notification has been receiv
l. here that at the seventh bienni
convention of the National Womer