Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-16

Monday and even into the afternoon some | of the walls along the roads leading into | this city were covered with thin, white l coating. This was the first snow of the l year. The manufacturing departments of the mills of the American Thread Company and the Windham Silk Company began operations Monday morning. The plants have been closed during the past week owing to slackened business conditions.
 Bishop E. Campion Acheson will attend the meeting of captains and lieutenants in charge of the drive at St. PauPs Eris- copal church of this city in connection with the national drive, to be held at the church this evening. A supper will be served by the women of the parish and campaign returns will be announced. This is the closing week of the drive
 Many Willimantic people who have Pil- grim half dollars in their possession are planning to sell them for one dollar as an announcement was made Monday that large number of these coins had been shipped to Boston to be sold at that price, Mrs. Charlotte Lee spent the week end | visiting friends in Providence, R. l. William H. Bransfield of Schenectady, N. Y.,+ is visiting his parents, MT and | Mrs. John M. Bransfeld, of Meadow | street
 | Stereopticon views of birds and anil. mals taken in their native haunts pleased | a large audience Monday evening at the ! Congregational Church House Under the auspices of the Willimantic Woman'S | Club Ernest Harold Baynes of the Mer-s ] iden Bird Club of New Hampshire gave an interesting lecture on Our Wild Ami nal Neighbors, illustrating his subject i with one hundred slides showing birds | and animals that can be found in the fields and woode of the New England states. The add z $ by MT. Baynes on 1 Monday evening was a special number | on the year book of the Woman's Club and took the place of the usual Tuesday | afternoon session at their roms at sos Main street.
 Miss Mabel Trowbridge, daughter of | MT and Mrs. Adelbert T. Trowbridge of Spring street whose birthday occurred November election day, wrote to Pres ident-elect Harding, whose birthday also falls on that date, and congratulated him on his victory and birthday. Monday Miss Trowbridge received the following l letter from President-elect Harding s secretary, Charles E. Hall, which com munication she treasures very highly:
 Marion, Ohio, Nov 12, 1920. |. Miss Mabel Trowbridge Willimantic, Conn.,:
 My dear Miss Mabel: Senator Harding has desired me, while he is away on his trip to Texas, to give his most cordial thanks to all his young friends who have been so thoughtful as to write him their , congratulations, and to send each one at once his good wishes in return. Nc letters give him more pleasure than dc those of the splendid young girls, and boys of our American homes. Your own kind message will be given him when he returns and you may be sure that its reading will give him much pleasure in. deed
 Very truly yours,
 (Signed) CHARLES E. HALL,
 Assistant Secretary Beginning at o'clock Monday evening at the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox F church on Valley street, the twenty -four | hour synod began, in which some fifteer 5 priests will take part, The evening ser vice Monday was one of prayer Today f (Tuesday) at s o'clock low mass vii be sung, and at o'clock a high mass will be celebrated. At 2 5~~1ocl1 in the evening a vesper service will be held anG the synod closed.
 Funeral services for Mrs Charlotte E Ford were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Congregational Church House, Rev. Harry s. McCready, pastor conducting the service. Abide With Me Nod sung py NlTS. OltO b. ftOD1nSOn.. The burial service was that of Radiant chap ter No. II, E. o. S The bearers were: Charles Larkins, George Larkins, Rich and Treat and Eugene Coleman. Burial was in the Willimantic cemetery. The J C. Lincoln Company was in charge of the arrangements.
 Funeral services for Mrs Charlotte E Wales were held Sunday afternoon at , o'clock from the home of her nephew Merrill F. Ladd of No. 50 West Park street, services being conducted by Rev Arthur D. Carpenter, pastor of the First Baptist church. The bearers were Mer- Till F. Ladd, Erastus P. Ladd, Everett, II Ladd and Nathan T. Ladd Burial was in the Windham Center Cemetery. j. M Shepard was in charge of the arrange. ments.
 Funeral services for Jacob VoIz were held Sunday aftcS1oon at 2.3O o'clock form lis late@ 0me in Scotland, Rev.cW K. Stewart conducting the service. Bur. ial was in the New cemetery, of Scot. land. The J. c. Lincoln Company wa, in charge of the arrangements.
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