Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-23
VARIOUS MATTERS


 j. Light vehicle lamps at SOS o'clock
 this evening.
 l The moon is new Monday. the 18th,
 at 11.37 a.. m.
 The Connecticut Beekeepers asso- | citation is to meet at Hartford sept | 18th.
 l The public school buildings of Plain- field have been provided with adequate fire escapes. in accordance with law. Owing to the present acute labor sit 1 uation, Labor Sunday, Aug. Slst. VIII | be specially observed in many Of the | churches.
 Tomorrow. Aug e4. St. Bartholo- | nnewg-the Apostle is commemorated by | special services in the Episcopal | churches.
 The Rockville Girls club is to have ! a first class basketball team this year and the members expect to play some | good teams.
 | The schools of the town of Somers will open Wednesday. Sept. 5. Leon ! c. Staples has been reappointed su- i pervisor of schools.
 The street departments men have given Church street the finishing layer of tarvia and sand, the improve ments being appreciated by all drivers The marriage of Miss Olive Estella Pike and Kenneth Bracket Wetherbee Is set for Wednesday, Sept. 3. at IF o'clock; in the Congregational church at Abingdon.
 The rector of Christ church. Rev. Richard R. Graham. is expecting to re- sume his weekly visits to Norwich state sanatorium for the service of morning prayer Wednesday next
 An additional case of typhoid fever the 18th-was reported to the state board of health Friday. There are now seven cases in killingly. two in Hart ford. three in Higganum and one in Waterbury.
 AL past month jumped from to per cent. over the preceding month, ac cording to figures compiled by the bu- reau of labor statistics of the depart n1ent of labor.
 Two mem bers of the crew of the U. Boston, are in Connecticut seeking re. cruits for the ship. As soon as the ship gets full crew it will sail on a cruise to Pacific ports.
 Farmers about Columbia who cut their hay early this season are going to get a second crop about as heavy as the first. This rowen crop is con- sidered better feed for dairy cows than the first and coarser cut.
 Miss Angeline Beckwith, North Lyme. l drives a spirited horse and takes care l of him. although she has passed her Scd birthday. Miss Beckwith taught | school for 50 years and was postmis- tress in Hamburg for te eEm.
  II and 14. written by Ensign Edward | S. Huntley, son of Julian C.. Huntley l of POI Ocean avenue. New London, and | mailed from Kirkwall. Orkney Islands, have been received by his relatives.
 During the past week there have been placed in the Wauregan Congre- gational church two memorial win dows, to Mrs. J. A. M. Atwood and Helen Louise Atwood. which are of unusual beauty in design and coloring.
 | numbering 70 walked into the nome of Mrs. Charles $. Hyde. giving her a surprise on her birthday. there were present friends from Norwich, Worcester and Canter- oury.
 Trolley service between Willimantic md Norwich has been resumed. notes he Manchester Herald. after a period If nearly five weeks. Local people who wish to go to Watch Hill and re- route.
 The biennial meeting of the Plain field Academy Alumni association is to ,e held next Thursday at the academy at 10.30 a. m., with the president, George J. Corey. presiding. The din- Ter will be at the Congregational church at 1 o'clock
 Copies of The History of the Ris1ey Family are being sold and the net profits will be given to a fund for a
 
 grant ancestor. whose name is on he monument to founders of Hart ord at the Center church.
 Of the IS or 20 roque experts in Norwich to attend the annual national on the seven cement :ourts on Rockwell street, most Of the yisitors are guests at the Wauregan md at Washington Manor. few be- ng entertained in private homes. After 20 months, service overseas in he famous Second division Fifth ma .hine gun battalion Private Earle L. Sparks has arrived at the home of his mother, Mrs. Albert A. Sparks, and has 0 his credit three service stripes and i've stars. for the five big battles.
 Maj Edward T. Cockroft, field di- ector of the American Red Cross for he local district, announced Thursday New London. would be abau- oned before Oct. 1, and the e0uip- nent transferred to the submarine ase.
 A former Norwich teiegrapher., w ). Sears, chief despatcher of the Gen. )anbury division of the New Haven ailroad, is in Boston in conference i vith other operating heads of the , ystem arranging the fall and winter timetable. Referring to the Historical seciety's uting at Mohegan park. the New Lon ; on Telegraph says: The members of he society were met by l.. A. Smith nd his wife, formerly in business in , his city Mir and Mrs Smith enter , lily, showing them over the grounds
 FUNERAL
 Patrick Hanrahan, I On Friday morning funeral services or Patrick Hanrahan were held from ~f