Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-10

Thames street.
 The engagement is announced of Mrs. Jennie N. Francis of New London to John J. Hunihan, son of M :. Hunihan of New Haven.
 Ye Old Time Carnival. Live again the Sood old days. On s. Johns rec tory grounds, Plainfeid, Aug. F, 1S, If. adv.
 Rev. P. T. Casey, s. J., will preach the retreat to fhe Catholic diocesan clergy at Keyser Island, South Norwalk, the last week of August.
 The New Haven Journal-Courier men tions that Mrs. M. s. Louks of Fair Ha- ven is spending a few days with friends in Windham county.
 The increase in receipts of tomatoes :n Connecticut markets last week equals the total for the same week last year with prices a trife higher.
 Tobacco harvesting, generally, In Con- nectieut towns, will get well under way this week. The crop has developed won derfully in the past few days. The annual outing and dinner of the Veterans association, I. o. o. F., of Con necticut will be held Saturday, Aug. q, at Sa7in Rock, rain CT shine. At all the Connecticut beaches proprie-
 
 son, in spite of the bug-a-boo alarm of the presence of sharks in the Sound Fine table peaches from Kitemaug or chards are on sale at the Roadside stand near the witch hazel mill on the New London road--adv.
 The thirty-eighth annual outing of the Order of Eastern Star in this state will be held at Ocean Beach Tuesday Aug. fn rfta oh 1f Day.
 A native of Norwich, Rev. c. M Gal | lup, of Providence, is the preacher an- nounced for next Sunday morning and evening at the Central Baptist church, ] Norwich. Careless writers continue to waste time and postage stamps sending The Bulle- 1 tin unsigned news items All personal and other news notes must be signed by the, sender. Connecticut purchased s2s.s21.77 worth Of war stamps in June, or three cents per capita, and now has to its cred it for 1920 S24S,7345S or 46 cents worth per capita
 The boys of Manchester Community Camp at Coventry Lake arrived Monday. The new administration building at the camp ground was completed in time for | the opening.
 1 Motorists state that there was big l crowd at Beach Pond Sunday About 100 or more bathers tried the pond dur I ing the day. A number of campers are there this month.
 Norwich stores have plenty of sugar l for canning. One local wholesale house | has just received a carlead-115 barrels, equal to forty tons. The retail price va 1 ries from 25 to 27c.
 Descendants and connections of the ] Bidwell family in this section have re- ceived notices of the coming family re- | union in East Hartford at the Chauncey Gager homestead, Aug. Is. Postmaster George H Foley of Mystic, | is having his vacation. With Mrs. Fo- ley and their son, Getorge and daugh- l ter, Helen, he is taking an automobile | trip through the Berkshires and into Canada.
 1 The Past Masters of TeNple Chapter, ! South Manchester, held a meeting at | the summer home of Mrs Anna Barber at Bolton the other day. Dinner was served after which a buAness meeting | was held on the veranda. The Warner society made up of mem | bers descending from the Warner fam 1 fly of Revolutionary days. will hold it's second annual reunion next Saturday af- ternoon at Lighthouse Point, New Ha- ven, where 100 members of the society | will assemble.
 The Methodist Episcopal church | through it's centenary committee on em- ergency and conservation in Europe has extended relief to Europe and Armenia l amounting to $746.774 it was announced l Monday. This included food, clothing and medical supplies. A blight of some kind has struck the cucumber plants in and about Noank. ] While the vines are still in bloom the | future pickles are dropping off and the vines are drying kp notwithstanding the | fact that most of them receive good | wetting down every night. l The former Charles Courtney Haskell
 house, on Church street, recently pur- i chased from Mrs. George E. Fellows by 1 Mrs. Charles 4. Chamberlain sand occu- pied by the latter's daughter, Mrs Sey-
 nouf DeRusha is being renovated and
 painted by the new owner.
 The famous evangelist, Rev. George. E PentecoSt, 77, who died suddenly in New
 York. Saturday night, conducted revivaIs | several times at Broadway church, Nor. wich. During his last visit he was en- l tertained at the home If the late Mir
 and Mrs. Edward Y. Gibbs i The so-calIed "dry potato blight. ,
 which made its first appearance across
 the Rhode Island border wfct4n the pas | ten days, has already caused seriou: ] damages to the potato crop thereabouts The blight is most effective on light. o]
 sandy soil, or on upland ground in gen eral.
 Thirty-eight Connecticut organizations 1 including fife and drum corps, piccoIo l flute and piccolo corps, and six cut O
 state organizations have notified Nev
 Britain r. M. T. A. 6 B. Society drum
 corps that they will attend the s5th an
 nual convention and field day in tha
 city, Friday and Saturday
 At Bradford, Mrs Elizabeth Hoxie ba.
 an exceptionally fine show of Belgian
 hares at her rabbitry. All are pedigre,
 and registered stock, with no relation
 Fourteen are eight months old All ar,
 of her own raising. One in her flock,
 year-old male, is valued at s25. Its ear
 are over five inches long.
 Connecticut men have sailed from Ney
 York for France, with nursery men al
 over the country who are going t,
 France to investigate the seeding ques tion, unsatisfactory since the war Muci
 nursery stock is imported from Franc, and Belgium. The party intends to visi
 Belgium and England before returning fl Oct1s@