Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-18
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Norwich, Wednssday. Feb. IS, 1920.
VARIOUS MATTERS

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 During this month the planet Mars is in Virgo, rising at il p. m., on the 18th and at 1O p. m. oa the 2sth.
 Tuesday afternoon at Bushnell chapel. the prayer meeting was led by Mrs. J. J. Fields.
 Dr. MulIen's office will be closed until Feb. 24th.-adv. Lower temperature Monday and Tuesday improved the streets, which are less like swimming pools than they were at the weekend.
 Because of scarlet fever cases the school in South Wilmington is closed. Holland also has several cases to re- port.
 The older boys conference of this county is to be held in Groton Fri day, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 27, 2S and 2s.
 While ceiling at Noank the other day Capt. Lawrence Ashcrafu and Robert Rathbun caught 119 pounds in a few hours.
 Renovations and repairs are in progress at the residence of Mrs. William T. Ward, on West Thames street, Norwich.
 The Episcopal chslrches of Nor wich will observe Ash Wednesday this morning with the celebration of the holy communion.
 During this week four federal sctu uts are working in Mohegan park, Norwich, but have found no traces of gypsy moths.
 The Sunday evening sermons at St. Patrick's church during Lent are to L Of fbo al brated Passionist Order of Preachers, of Boston.
 The town of Bolton received orders from Washington to close the sta ton in the town center Feb. 14. The mail for Bolton is now being deliy- cred from Andover.
 Complete income tax returns, ac- companied by at least one-fourth of the amount of tax due. must be in the hands of collectors of internal reve- nue on or before March 15 1920.
 The Society of Connecticut Artists Incorporated is to hold an exhibition of paintings from March 15 to 31 at Hartford. with a reception and pri- vate view and tea Saturday the 18th.
 Wellesley College, where Miss Maria E. Stark, daughter of MT. and
 
 is a teacher, is quarantined because of cases of grip and similar maladies
 Julius Stremlall prohibition en- forcement director, who has estab lished his headquarters at the Allyn house in Hartford, is planning a vigorous campaign against violators.
 The funeral of George A. Moss broker was held at his home. ss6 Bank street, New London. at 2.30 o. clock Monday afternoon, Rev. Joseph A. Elder officiating. Burial was in Waterford.
 The committee in charge of the fund for Syrian Relief needs only s15 10 bring subscriptions at the United Congrega tional church up to the amount that will take care of twenty two orphans.
 The second lecture in the Communi- tv house course is Friday evening. Feb. 20th at o'clock. Col c. Edward Buxton of the Providence Journal adv.
 Today, Ash Wednesday. the begin ming of Lent, there will he the dis tribution of the penitential ashes at the 8 o'clock mass in St. Patrick S church in the morning, also at the evening sI'vice.
 Merch / ts from this state will at tend the ninth annual convention of the National Retail Dry Goods As sociation at the Hotel Pennsylvania, in New York. today, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. At a meeting of the state board of control in Hartford recently, it was voted to allow s2,500 to the Connec- ticut Agricultural Extension service
 
 and drug investigation. At Park Congregational church, at the Thursday mid week service at of Rev Dr. 6. H Howe's Lenten topics is to be The Great Penitents. Miss Helen B. Royce will be pianist.
 A New York produce merchant has been looking over q piece of prop erty in Saybrook which he is will ing to buy. but the price asked Is too steep in his estimation. The town financial board has taken the matter I'D.
 News comes from focal tourists in Florida that a cold wave has swept that peninsula 50 that furs are grateful and fashionable. At Palm Beach Monday the tempera ture was below 50 degrees and sea bathing was suspended.
 Invitations have been issued for the wedding of Miss Martha c. Williams of Mystic and Grover Cleveland Cof- fin of Nantucket Saturday evening, Feb. 21. at the home of Miss Will liams' uncle. Amos G. Hewitt, of School street, Mystic.
 A former member of Norwich Free Academy faculty. Principal Marcus White of the State Normal school of New Britain predicts serious shortage of teachers because of the falling off in graduations, which in 1913 were fifty per cent, under the previous year.
 The town of Somers is without a postmas ster. The office has been va- cant for some months. The neonie of Semers have been backward in coming forward after the job Now civil service examination is to be held in an effort to induce some one to qualify.
 The current Catholic Transcript notes that Stafford Council, K. of C.. has presented Stafford Springs pub lie library the expensive set of the Catholic Encyclopedia, fifteen vol unes and index. also a subscription to the scholarly Catholic weekly, America.
 | Norwich members of the Knights of Columbus learned Tuesday that the big charity ball held Monday eve ming at the Hotel Astor, New York will net about $25.000, with a DOT tion of which 1t is planned to es- tablish a K. of c. sanatorium for tubercular cases.
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