Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-26
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Norwich, Monday, July se, 1920.
VARIOUS MATTERS

state tuberculosis sanatorium.
 The surf at Neptune Park during Sat urday was the finest of the season.
 The Sunshine society of Mantle will hold it's picnic at Gales Ferry July 29.
 Grapes on arbors in local gardens are of good size and indicate a big yield.
 The first of the native apples were sell ing Saturday at two quarts for 35 cents.
 Watermelons offered by Norwich deal CTS are of fine quality, we'll ripened and reasonable in price.
 The daily parish mass in St. Patrick's church at o'clock this (Monday) morn ing will be in honor of St. Anne.
 Renovation and painting are in progress at the plant of the Norwich Belt Manu- featuring company on North Main street.
 While the torrential shower prevailed in Norwich late Saturday afternoon, scarcely drop of rain fell in towns south.
 Genuine Rhode Island Shore Dinner, S1, at the Halcyon House, Pleasant View. adv.
 The new one-man cars are appreciated wherever they are run on the Norwich lines, and were especially well patronized Saturday.
 Crows were never so big or so fat as this season-and it may be added were never more thieving, doing constant dam age to crops.
 The state highway department is mak- ing another attempt to get offers for the construction of sections of highway on the Columbia Hebron road.
 Dog days began Sunday with tenn perature not much above so degrees and an invigorating breeze following a heavy shower in the early morning.
 These hot afternoons there is much bathing at Best View, from the wharf where the submarine launch lands, and some of the costumes are very striking.
 The two-apartment house No 24 Fair mount street, recently purchased by Dr. H. E. Higgins, has been completely reno vated and modernized by the new owner
 Four rooms available for next week at the Halcyon. Rooms and board S17 per week.-adv.
 Rev. G. R. Atha of the Groton Heights Baptist church addressed a meeting of Sunday school teachers of the Preston Baptist church at Preston Sunday even- ing.
 Norwich golfers will witness the big four ball match between Vardon, Ray Hagen and Barnes to be played on the Shenecossett links at. Eastern Point today (Monday).
 It was stated by the Danbury News that Rev. Elliot B. Barber was to preach at the Universalist church Sunday. This was the last service in the church until Sunday, Sept. 5.
 Motorists hereabouts have been notified that steamboat service between Roton Point pier and Huntington, L. l., is to be resumed this week, according to inforna- ton sent out from Norwalk
 Steamers are bringing to New London daily large caroges of garden products raised on Long Island and during the past few days hundreds of barrels of fine look ing potatoes have been received
 Conductors on the Norwich.New Lon don trolley cars are qualifying for a Marathon, under the new system of nickel fare collections which keeps them mak- ing their rounds seven times each trip. Eleven boys and girls of Fairfield coun- ty will attend the junior short course to be given at the Connecticut Agricultural college, storrs, beginning today and ex- tending through the week until Saturday.
 At Rockville, the special committee on the formation of a republican club con- sfsts of George ". Randall, John B. Thomas, Farley B. Leonard, Henry Schmidt, J. Stanley McCray and Nelson Read.
 During the vacation of Rev Joseph A. Elder of the New London Baptist church the finance committee has arranged to have different clergymen officiate, in- cluding; Aug. 1, Rev. Frank S. Robbins of Norwich.
 Hartford paperrs note that a former Norwich resident, Mrs. Jerome Mayer (Sadie PlauO. entertained at bridge at the Hotel Bond Tuesday afternoon in honor of Miss Bessie Cadden of Mont gomery, Ala.
 Several eastern Connecticut automobile parties travelling over the Boston Post road in the vicinity of Stamford and Greenwich have been stopped by federal officers in search of contraband liquor and their cars searched.
 The high cost of carpenterine has been joke with residents on a certain Nor wich street, who have watched two men soldier for three days shingling a small tewer-and less than dozen rows of shingles have been laid to date.
 A large number of members of the Holy Name society, James J. Casey president. received communion in a body Sunday morning at the 7.30 mass in St. Patrick s church from Rev. J. H. Broderick, who was assisted by Rev. Daniel F. Sullivan.
 For the past week Chief of Police George Linton has had Supernumerary Patrick Sheehan doing duty as traffic officer at the head of South street. where detour to Shipping street is necessary because of Thamesville highway repairs.
 The United States civil service commits sion announces an open competitive ex- animation for the position of police woman in the metropolitan police depart ment at Washington. The salaries in the department run from S1,46O to s2,4GO a year.
 Trinity Methodist and Fitchville Sun day schools will hold their annual picnic July 28, at Ocean Beach. They will leave on the Nelseco at 945 a. m. Should Wednesday be rainy, the picnic will be held on Thursday. Excursion open to public, at excursion rates.-adv. Intending tourists find that passports now are granted for period of one year and are renewable once. Formerly. dur six months only, with the privilege of two renewals. Before the war the period was much longer.
 The United States civil service commits | sion announces for Oct. l an examination | for assistant teachers, male or female. re4 | gardless of age, for vacancies in the fed. eral board for vocational education. for l duty at the public health service hospitals | in the field, at from s1,40O to s1,SO0 a year.
 At the Litchfield bi-centennial celebra. | tion, to be held the first four days o+ | August, Mrs George Maynard Minor o1