Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-06
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VARIOUS MATTERS
Norwich. Friday, Aug. 6. 1920.

morning was suggestiu ue of the nearness of September.
 Up at Thompson1 Prudence Paine broke her arm bp tfall while piayine tennis recently.
 Guests at the Fra nklin House, Cres- lcent Reach include Mir. and Mrs. A. c. Dodge of Norwich.
 The Norwich c. E. .s Union is to meet with the Leffingwel Endeavor Soctetp Saturday afternoon
 pr. A. J. Sinay's office will be closed until August 32.-adv-
 The children of the, State Swedish Orphanage at Cromwell, who were i'll with scarletina are recovering.
 The length of the Sday has decreased an hour, but under da wight saving time the short twilights aJ not particularly noticeable.
 Invitations are out at Thompson for the wedding of Missi Isabel Pearl Moves and Walter Myron. Cole, Saturday of this week. =
 The preacher at the services in the United .Congregat1os nal church, Sunday, Aug. s, will be Rev. William S. Beard, of New York.
 Steamer Leopoldl na for Havre with the K. of c. pilgri ms, including Joseph c. Bland of Norwi oh, left New York at noon Thursday.
 A complaint COT nes from Warrenviile that there is g teat scarcity of wood for the fall and winter owing to fe scarcity of chopper S.
 At Willimantic .camp ground, MT. and Mrs. Alvin D. Lev Is from Norwich have been spending se yeral days renovating twin ila1r
 The photographic studio of W. R. Stevens will be oDen for business Aug. 10.-adv.
 Four Winds the big houseboat owned by Mir and Mrs. Charles Nicholson of Providence, has h zen in the harbor at Watch Hill for Sc verdi days.
 Mrs. Angela Carrideo, of Poquonoc road. Groton, was struck near her home several days ago hy an unidentified au- tomobile, sustaining; a fractured leg.
 Coal dealers in ' he state look for an advance in the prize of both hard and soft coal from 50 cents to $f or more a ton when the incl eased railroad rates go into effect.
 A Hebron correspondent writes: The Smiths entertained a number of Fela- tives from Maine, Massachusetts, and Norwich on Sunday. There were 20 in the family party.
 Gilbert W. Chapin of Hartford has opened his home ;u Mansfield Center. Mrs Chapin, who isvstudyingj and teach ing at Lake Winnipiseogee, N. H., will arrive the last of the. week.
 Frehest fish in the city, direct from Block Island at fishing boats, Osgood wharf. Many varieties, low prices adv.
 It is affecting factories in some Con necticut towns because trading is at a standstin in dyes owing. to the coal shortage, lack of transportation and the closing down of textile mills.
 MT. and Mrs. William, Stevens of Yer non have rented the Lathrop cottage on Haven avenue at the campground. Mrs Stevens is one of the wee presidents of the Norwich District IEpworth League
 At one of the New London hotels all the straw hats discardkd lA guests of the house are left just .outsiue the main entrance that anyone who desires to use them may have the hats for taking them away.
 Mrs. Paul Collins of Norwich, who with her family is enjoying an outing at Crystal Lake, was calling in South Woodstock this week. Mrs. Collins. who was Miss Bertha Flynn, formerly resided in that village.
 Theodore Berr, an Ellington black smith who is seriously ill of heart trou- be at his home, is slightly improved. He was stricken suddenly a few days ago, and was found lying beneath a horse which he had been shoeing.
 It is mentioned that Bryan F. Mahan and Theodore Bodenwein have sold a strip of land on Learned street to the city of New London which will cause a new highway to be opened as a result of acquiring the new tract
 Connecticut faces a shortage of about 800 public school teachers this fall. The demand will be for ahout 1000 new teachers; the supply will consist of 1s2 graduates from normal schools and about 200 from the colleges.
 The United States civil service com mission announces for Sept. an exam in0tion for building estimator, male, age 25 to 50. at the Picatinny Arsenal Ordnance Department at Large, Dover, N. J., at $1,S00 to s2,60D a year.
 Members of the family here have been notified that the Bidwell Family reun- ion is to be held at East Sidney, N. Y,
  cob Bidwell was born in Hartford in 1767 and went to. Delaware County, N Y. The reunion date is Aug IS.
 Norwich milliners and buyers return ing from New York bring the word that big fall business is forecasted. Bright colors, rich fabrics and artistic trim mings feature the new fashions, and the mode shows new and radical changes in form.
 Mrs. Albany Smith of Noank has re- Rev. Albany Smith, the evangelist who rival in England. Mir. Smith sailed on the steamer Philadelphia for visit to his old home.
 Return tickets and mileage books bought before the higher fares allowed to railroads last Saturday become ef- fective will not be valid when the new schedules go into effect. it was an- nounced Thursday by the interstate com merce commission.
 A hurdy gurdy which made melody about town Thursday was drawn by big, plump horse, evidently well cared for. The two calabrians with the out fit said they had taken two weeks in coming from Providence, grinding out music from town to town
 Because of lack of room at it's busy Laurel Hill plant, the American Ther- mos Bottle Company. Norwich, is occu- pying about 50,0oo square feet of space on two floors leased from the J. B. Mar tin Co. at the former Marlin-R Rockwell arms works, Chestnut street.
 Hartford papers state that a former Norwich resident, Miss Edith Flanders of that city is spending a few days