Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-24
VARIOUS MATTERS

Flowers and plants are plentiful al Yer Steeg's, Florist. Phone 460.-aov. Tuesdays bright weather started the small girls to begin skipping rope.
 The stores are showing some nnusu- ally attractive Easter cards and nov cities
 The prayer meeting at Bushnell chapel Tuesday afternoon was led py Mrs. Alice Charter.
 The steamer City of Lowell of the New London (Norwich) line is in dry dock at Newport, R. l.
 Local bakers are preparing for an unusually big output of hot cross buns Good Friday morning.
 At this time last year some of the market gardeners had a good part or their planting under way.
 John Whitman of Voluntown has | leased the farm owned by James Dix on of Oneco and is to move there soon. A volume of Omar Kayyam illus trated by Dulac has recently been ac- auired by Peck library, Norwich Free Academy.
 Tuesday at 8 o'clock a months mind | reouiem high mass for Cornelius Shea ! was sung at St. Patrlcks cnurch py i Rev. Peter J. Cuny.
 Tn to this week the mills in Volun- town and Glasgo have been running on l short time in some departments be- cause of the inability to get fuel and supplies. Thursday. the Feast of the Annunci- ation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, there will be the celebration of the holy communion ill the Episcopal churches.
 A. c, Chapman of the roundhouse at Saybrook Point was transferred to the l car inspector gang during the illness | of Car Inspectors L. M. Sheffield ana Ernest Hulff Buy your fish direct from fishing boats at Osgood's wharf arriving daily-adv. | It was recalled during the northern 1 lights display Monday evening that i the last display of the lights was in the latter part of August, and was of short duration.
 | Gypsies are on the move and sev- eral of the towns about the state have been invaded. There seem to be more of these rovers than in many a year, according to reports.
 II A former Norwich resident, James T. Nelson, recently appointed physical director in the Danbury public schools, began his duties at the Balmforth ave- nue school there Monday. A number of supervisors of music in the public schools of the state have gone to Philadelphia to attend the na tional conference of music supervisors which is being held there this week. A supper and entertainment given by the Coventry Fragment society cleared about $9, and the Silver street school cleared over $11. Nearly enough has been earned by the school to buy Victrola.
 It is stated that some work will be done on all the state parks this year. In some of them, including that at Bolton, on which no work has been done, that would mean clearing oui in places and making paths. Frank Turner Newcomb, 58, died at his home, No. II Spruce street, South Manchester, Sunday, following short illness. He was head of the Holland bank and was one of the most prom inent bankers in Holland county.
 The quartette of Park church, which has sung some especially fine music during Lent, won favor Sunday with the offertory from Mozart's mass, Jesus Word of God Incarnate, affording a beautiful soprano solo for Mrs. Arthur D. Story.
 Robert Maxwell, 56. son of the late George. Maxwell of Rockville, died al his home, No. Il East 45th street, New York, Sunday mornin gafter a three weeks illness. He was the New York representative of the Hockanum mills of Rockville.
 To improve the Boston post road g over which large part of the auto. | t~oF 1n a;% or leaving Connecticut by it's south. western gateway, the state through it. highway department will expend $S50,. 900 this summer.
 II A force of men employed by th, Hartford and Springfield Street Rail way company, supplemented by nor, than 100 men and boys from. Broa, Brook and Ellington, worked at Ef lington Sunday clearing the ice iron the trolley tracks.
 The funeral of Rev. E. W. Belcher \ former pastor of the East Hampton
 Methodist church, was held Tuesda
 at o'clock at the Fairhaven. Mass
 Methodist church. Rev. Dr. J. H. New b land, formerly of Norwich, the distric
 superintendent, officiating.
 The United States civil service com % mission announces for April 27 an ex I animation for expert stenographer an
 typist. male or female, over IS, fo
 temporary positions in the ordnano claims board, war department Wash ington, D. C.. at s1,8o0 to s2,20o a yea
 Of interest to Methodists in tn
 Norwich district is the fact that th
 annual conference of the New Tor
 East district. which includes part (
 Connecticut, will be held in Hanson
 place Methodist church, Brooklyn, T
 r., beginning today, Wednesda
 March 24.
 New York papers stated Tuesds
 that Mrs. William A. Slater, Jr. (Mad,
 leine Allen), had left Washington f,
 Reno. New, with the expectation
 securing a divorce. Mir. Slater, n;
 tive of Norwich, married Miss Allie
 Aug. g. 1913. at York Harbor, M
 They have one son.
 Plans are made for the incorpor;
 ton of the American Women's Legio a society of the wives, mothers, daugl
 ters. sisters and those officially nam
 next of kin of the men and wom - who served in the military or nav
 services of the United States duri,
 the world war, 1s17-1918
 In a statement made to the Sta
 Manufacturers association, Congress
 man Schuyler Merritt of the Four
 Connecticut district urges every eli
 zen of the state to do all that he e
 to aid the railroads in. order to preve
 them from falling into the hands the federal government.
 At Caldwell, N. J., Sunday, ext cises in memory of the eighty tn