Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-30
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Norwich, Friday, July 30, 1920.
VARIOUS MATTERS
This is almanac day for August.

.Oo ing.
 J. W. Macdonald and family of Mystic are spending few weeks in killingly.
 Exhibition dancing at the Casino, Jewett City, tonight.-adv.
 The recent street fair at Old Lyme was 8 big success and the receipts were over $2,000.
 The July weather continues almost too good to be true, delightful days and the finest Of moonlight nights
 Mrs. Ellen Brackley of Warrenville. and Milton Shumway of Hartford were married recently in that city
 Society papers mention that Mrs. Will liam Griswold is back at Wyndhurst in Lenox, from Black Hall, Conn.
 Ten volumes by John Burroughs are grOupe& in the list Of books on mature study available at the Otis Library.
 Every cottage at Lords Point is filled for the remainder of the season. The ho- tels are doing all the business they can handle.
 Schwartz Brothers annual furni- ture sale will offer wonderful values. Sale starts Saturday morning-adv.
 A play and clam chowder supper were given in Westchester church vestry Wednesday night, for the benefit of the Red Cross.
 The Groton selectmen slve called a special town meeting for this (Friday) evening to ask for an increase in appro- priations in all departments.
 Rockville Lodge No 1859, E. P. o. Elks, has voted to hold the second an nual clambake at the Rockville Fair Ground. Sunday, August 29
 Dance at Palmer hall. Fitchvile, Fri day evening, July s0.-adv.
 The road over Porter Plains in Wind ham county is closed for repairs all travellers are obliged to go from Put nam to Webster through East Thomp- son.
 The Center church (Hartford) camp at Columbia Lake is being prepared for girls and will be opened for them Saturday. The boys camp there closed last Satur- day.
 The farm labor situation has been re- lieved materially and there will be ade- quate labor for the harvesting of the bumper crops. according to the govern ment bureau.
 A gar in Gilead on the Bolton road, owned by a man named Richmond, was struck by lightning and burned with all it's contents during the recent thunder storm
 Schwartz Brothers annual furni- ture sale will offer wonderful values. Sale starts Saturday morning.-adv.
 Henry K Leonard. trap drummer at a Middletown theatre, has gone 10 play during the summer season with Nick Danz's Jass orchestra at the Pequot Inn, now managed by Peterson. As the result of winning the champion ship in demonstrating the packing of vegetables, Ralph Watrous, John Mar duni and Joseph Rollen. of Chester, are spending a week at Storrs college.
 There is a report that a new club house is to be erected at Mason's Is land by the company owning the land. A water system is also to be installed and cinder paths at total expense of over s5O,O0o.
 The state board of control Tuesday add ed to the appropriation of the state board of education by approving a con- tract for $6,350 for the construction of a dormitory at the State Normal school at Willimantic.
 A Norwich boy, Emerson B. Jones, son of Issac S. Jones. is on the U. s. S. Fred erck, from which a wireless was received Thursday, en route to Antwerp, Belgium, with 101 athletes and coaches of the Navy Olympic party.
 At Wamphasset Point, Stonington, F. E. Carlisle of Springfield is negotiating for the purchase of several lots adjoining the cottage of John C. Gallup. of Moo sup and it is said that two cottages are to be erected thereon.
 Schwartz Brothers annual furni- ture sale will offer wonderful values. Sale starts Saturday morning.-adv.
 Nerr ford railroad estimates that the S6o0,- 900 increase in railroad wages made by the railroad labor board would boost the payroll of the road by g per cent. or nearly $15, 1000 900. ..
 Local milliners in New York for the new seasons styles learn that a new fabric coming into prominence for Fall use in the millinery trades is made of a combination of velvet fringe and celo- phane and is known as jet cloth.
 At Mystic Wednesday, at a requiem high mass in St. Patrick's church at 8 a. m. for the repose Of the soul of Rev. Father Michael P. Hart, who was pastor of St. Patrick's church and died in New Haven, there was a large attendance. II. Wetstone of Rockville has ninety l atte9. of shade ground tobacco and twenty-five acres of prime Havana tobac- co 10 be harvested on his Vernon plan 1 tation. He also will commence harvest ing on his Ellington plantation Monday, The United States civil service com mission announces for Aug. 31 an exam ination for assistant biologist. male or female aged 21 t. 40, for the Bureau of Biological Survey. Department of Az riculture, Washington, D. C., at $1,300 a year
 The New London Y. M. C. A. Auxil- iary invites members of Norwich Aux Hilary to picnic at Flanders Corners Tuesday. Aug. 5. Leave Norwich, 1915 a. m, leave trolley in East Lyme at Y. NJ C. A. flag; box lunch. Coffee and ice cream for sale.-adv. Word has been received by Eastern Connecticut friends of the death in bury, widow of Governor George E. Lounsbury. The funeral services were held in New Haven at Il o'clock Thurs l day morning.
 Schwartz Brothers will offer 20 per cent. off on their entire stock dur 1 ing their annual August furniture sale, | which starts Saturday morning.-adv. l Of a former Leffingweu pastor, Plain 1 vile correspondent writes: Rev. J. G. i Ward, pastor of the Baptist church. is spending his vacation at East Northfield 1 Mass, attending the general conference 1 there.- This makes MT. Wards thirty thirf year at that place. 1 At Amston cards have been received announcing the marriage in Brooklyn, \ Y, of Miss Amelia Rank daughter oi Mrs. Christine Rank of Amston and Will liam G. Frese, Sunday, July 25 The new | lyweds will spend the summer with Mrs Gerdine Frese, mother of the groom. 1 Whortleberries at Hampton are very