Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-14
W1e R11llgtitxs Norwich, Friday, March IA, 1919
VARIOUS MATTERS


 There is considerable spraying of fruit trees during these pleasant days.
 The voters of the town/of East Lyme at town meeting this week laid a 10 mill tax
 At West Woodstock village school of only nine children the pupils have pur- chased since September $95 worth of thrift stamps
 Troop 1, Girl Scouts, of Park church held meeting at o'clock Thursday afternoon in the dining room of the Hugh Henry Osgood Memorial.
 Writing from San Francisco, Miss Hattie L. Jewett of Norwich tells of the frequent showers every day, which are followed by brightest sunshine.
 Just arrived at Osgood Wharf, The Cochegan, with fresh fish, prices low adv.
 The Ladley house near Wintergreen Point, Quaker Hill, has been rented to Mir. and Mrs. E. G. Blair. MT. Blair is employed at the sawmill erected on the property of x. A. Richards.
 New Haven papers note that former Norwich residents, Mrs. Norris $. Lip pitt and daughter. Miss Mary Esther Lippitt. are in Lakewood, \. J., for an in definite stay.
 Installation at Mystic grange was held Thursday evening at 7.S0 o'clock at Community hall. The installing of ficer was Deputy E. Frank White of North Stonington.
 At St. Philips Episcopal church, Putnam, Tuesday March IS, Rev. Richard R. Graham of Christ church, Norwich, will have charge of the ser vice at 7.5O p. m.
 Mrs. Sarah E. Talcott, S3, who died at her home on TalcOtt avenue Rock vile. Tuesday evening, was born in Ashford. Burial will be in Manches- ter.
 Margaret Moran of New Haven died ia Norwich March II. The funeral is to be held this (Friday) morning, with requiem mass at St. Francis Clurch, New Haven.
 Connecticut men who fought with ershing's army in France have about SG due them as their share of the JChn J. Pershing fund which will soon be available for collection.
 The annual meeting of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar, is to be held in Masonic Temple, EaEtford, next Tuesday. the first time St' dlas been held in Hartford for Il years. Edward Hemman and Raymond ! Dickinson of Rockville have received Ace Medals from the National War Savings committee for selling more than $250 worth of War SavIngs | Stamps during 1918.
 Mrs. Joseph Whitney has completed a course in agriculture at Storrs Agri- | cultural college and is staying with 1 the Misses Whitney in New Haven be l fore going to her country home in | Woodbury about the first of April
 The New Haven road plans to do a | great deal of main line despatching by i telephonG aEd has men at work in stalling EoHW switchboagds and setting 1 up instruments in the towers along the ! main line so that the new system can 1 be put into effect soon. Albert Sheldon, S3. who died at the home of his son Ena in Providence l suddenly Saturday. and was buried in E1st Thompson Monday, leaves tive sons, Ems Cf Providence and Albert | jr. of Franklin, also d daughter, Mrs ! F. Green of Eastford.
 An interesting letter was received Thursday by Mrs Lacy A. Sparks from i her son, Private Earle l.. Sparks, whC | Is with the army of occupation in Ger ] many and who writes Of his pleasant l experiences as pianist in the battal- ions minstrel company.
 Under the direction of Mrs. Zoc 1 Meade Of Norwich, federal food dem,
 Oustrator of the Connecticut farm bu-
 reau. a plan of pupils lunches is be ing tried out al the Winthrop school
 New London, the children being givel milk. hot cocoa and crackers.
 rT- '. acknowledges since Oct. lst for th Willard fund S6. Stevens fund s73j Aver fund $3, war relief hospital ma
 iron So2, Armenian and Syrian relic 80, French orphan $3G.50, woman.
 state farm, singing books $l0.50.
 The Union Savings bank. Danbury at a recent meeting of officers and di rectors. adopted resolutions on tn i death of Frederick M Thompson, native of Mansfield, at the time of nj death vice president and who servet for many years as trustee. The river at Warrenville was entire ly cleared of ice early in the week l. previous years the ice has stayed unti April, and one year as late as May There was plenty of the choicest ice il February and all the icehouses the- were filled.
 Postmasters are advised that a re cent act of congress permits /dis charged soldiers to retain clothing am equipment WhiCh they take away wit them and that, therefore, postmaster should not accept parcels containin these articles for return to the wa
 department.
 Tuesday next at D. m. at a Victor
 campaign conference in Putnam Bap
 tist church the speakers will includ :. Rev. r. c. Wright, D. D., pastor C
 Asylum avenue Baptist church, Hart
 ford and James L. Case of Norwicl
 chairman and director of the stat ! laymen's committee.
 The funeral of Mrs. George / ] Holmes whose death occurred at he home in Chesterfield Sunday, was hel | Wednesday at St. Mary's Star of tl
 Sea church, New London, at 9.3O a. Il
 Requiem high mass was sung by Re
 Alexander C. Wollschlager. Burial wa , in St. Mary's cemetery New London , A letter to a Norwich acquaintance , written by William D. Tilson, formt r superintendent of schools here, no supervising principal of four schoo
 in Greenfield, Mass, describes the a
 fractions of that city, through whic
 motorists pass on the trip over Il
 Mohawk trail.
 . When the executive board of u
 Connecticut State Association Oppose
 to Woman Suffrage held a meeting
 the home of the president, Mrs. Dani A. Markham, in Hartford Wednesda