Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-17

There are $50 loaded cars. between Saybrook Junction and Westbrook, all for Providence and beyond. There also are about 50 at Clinton and 75 at Madison.
 Notification has been received, here that the International New Thought Alliance will hold a convention at Hartford today (Tuesady) with ses- sions at and 8 p. m.
 Next week, beginning Sunday, Feb ruary g, and continuing through out the week, will be observed throughout the country, as the Nation al Week of Song.
 i Members of>the Musicians associa- i ton of New London, at their meeting i Sunday afternoon, voted the sum of 1 s25 to the Salvation Army building l fund in that city.
 | The next launching at Groton Iron 1 Works will be Saturday, February 28, 1 St. Josephs Sodality meets to- night at p. m., Sunlight building adv.
 1 during high tide in the afternoon. The boat will be christened the Honneda- ga. an Indian name.
 l Four men of the concern which will make toys in one of the factories, were in Amston last week looking | over lHc ldnu anu Slal6U IUdL they would locate there April first. Snappy cold marked Mondays 1 weather, the mercury dropping to 10 l degrees and not reaching 15 even at 1 mid day. Bright sunshine was a l tonic for the sick and shut.ins. 1 A Noank correspondent writes: Rev. l Charles T. Potter of Norwich, who visited friends in the village recently says he has never seen the streets of 1 Noank in their present condition. l There have been only about g cases l of influenza in the Connecticut State 1 Hospital for the Insane at Middletown The institution has a population of 1 2.606 which includes both employees and inmates. 1 The annual convention of Connecti- 1 cut letter carriers, which is always held on Washington's Birthday. will | take place in Bristol. Monday, Febru- 1 sry 23. Between three and four hun | dred are expected.
 Ladies Night at the E1ks tonight l Cards, bowling, pool and dancing from to 12.-adv.
 A Norwich man returning from Bos- ton reports that the snow is over thre, and a half feet deep in the principa streets and traffic is completely tieC up while on some of the side street! the snow is five feet deep.
 Many patrons of the R. r. D. servie, | forget that each is required by law to remove the snow from the vicinit! of mail boxes" making it easier ant better for the mail carrier to driv, up to the boxes without danger of ac cident.
 St. James lodge. No. g, F. & 4 M., works the first degree at Masoni Temple tonight at 7.30.-adv. The Connecticut Pomological socie ty has decided to invite the New Eng 1 land Fruit Growers to hold the an nual convention in Connecticut mex year. This takes in all the New Eng land states, and attracts thousands o | persons.
 Lucy A. Gardner. S2, widow of Johi Gardner, died at her home ir yVa+avs ford, Saturday. She leaves two sons Isaac A. and Charles E. Gardner. stnt two daughters, Miss Lucy A. Gardne and Mrs. Frederick Shipman, all 0 Waterford.
 Miss Charlotte Molyneau Holloway of New London state industrial inves tigator of the Connecticut state de partment of labor has arrived in Dan bury to visit merchants in the inter est of the movement for early closing Saturday evenings.
 Through the generosity of James H Brewster, of Hartford, the Read7 1 Helpers society of Coventry has beer released of debt on the lighting plan placed in the church building last fall MT. Brewster was born in Coventr, and still owns farm there.
 Governor Holcomb is an ardent ad vocate of more sheep raising in Con
 necticut, and realizes as the shee1 raisers of this state have pointed otI several times, that stray dogs hav done moJe to injure sheep husbandr- in this state than any other cause.
 A lace. company located in Eng land desires to locate in Mantle ] Conn.,, providing a suitable buiIdin be erected to house the machinery About s2O,O00 will be required to cree the building and the Chamber o Commerce committee favors the pro ject.
 At a special meeting Sunday aft efnoon plans were made to have { campaign to raise funds for a hospi
 tai in Rockville. The campaign wi be started next week and the goal ha
 been set at $3G, 900, but an effort vii
 be made to go over this figure ar
 double 1t.
 The bishops of the Catholic church es of the United States have aske their people to note Washington Birthday. Sunday next, the 22nd, b receiving holy communion for thu success of their council and thei work, it was announced from St, Pat rick's pulpit Sunday.
 Temperance workers in Norwic' were pleased Monday to read in Tn Bulletin that Rev. John J. Fitzgerald of New Britain, for many years pres ident of the Catholic Total Abstinenc Union of Connecticut is to succeed tn late Rev. Hugh Treanor as pastor Q Sacred Heart church, Waterbury. As the Federation of Woman, Boards of the Foreign Mission an, the Council of Women for Home Mis sions, ask that all women observe tn first Friday of the Lenten season a a nation wide Dayof Prayer a pray CT service is to be held on that dat at 3.15 in the lecture room of tn United church. Norwich.