Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-14
VARIOUS MATTERS

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 Light vehicle lamps at 5.4s o'clock this evening.
 The days length has increased nearly an hour and a half.
 National Father and Son week is to be observed February 16-2Z.
 Hardware men have had the big gest demand in years for shovels.
 Westford men, William Maine and son, are starting to cut a large ue lot in Woodstock.
 Thursday morning at Watch Hill, nine deer were seen at Atwoods hlIl on the high bank.
 A prominent resident of Wilmington; George CoEgrove, reached his SSro birthday Feb. 9th.
 A resident of Union, L. M. Reed, who recently fractured rib while cutting ice is recovering.
 Meeting of Norwich Music Associa- ton at Slater Hall, Tuesday evening, Feb. I7th, at 8 o'clock.-adv.
 The minister at Packerville, Rev. J. ". Higgins, fell on the ice and re- ceived serious injuries recently.
 The first spring birds that come out to sing on St. Valentines day today will need rubber boots.
 Friday provided weather of the rab-bag variety, rain, snow, sleet, hail, finally an encouraging glint of sunshine.
 Most of the lower grades of the schools had valentine boxes Friday and the pupils had the usual fun of distribution.
 New stamped goods at Women's S Exchange. Hot lunch served daily adv.
 The music of the trolley car whis- tie about these days would delight rural residents more than would the first bluebirds' note.
 Cattle on suburban farms are show ing the effect of the many week sthey have had to remain in the stalls be- cause of the long stretch of bad wea- ther.
 So far have the oyster beds of Con- necticut been depleted that experts claim if the present rate continues the industry will die within a few years.
 Teamsters who have been trying to break out the drifted roads have given up in many cases, the crust of ice on the snow cutting horses legs badly.
 For the pleasure of the patients at the Norwich state tuberculosis sana- torium, a concert is being arranged by Mrs. Frederick A. Byrnes and Mrs John r. Rogers.
 Personal taxes will be collected to- day at the Peoples Store, Taftville, from F m-, to 2.s0 D. m.-adv.
 At Plaintield, Charles A. Jerome formerly of the bank, while st Il con fined to the bed most of the time has been able of late to sit up per haps half an hour during the day
 Special services will be held in some of the churches Sunday in mem ory of the sailors who lost their lives when the U. $. s. Maine was blown up in Havana harbor, Feb. Is, 1898. Notification has reached here that the annual convention of the Ma tional Association of Cloth.ers is tC be held at the Hotel Astor next York.
 A months mind requiem high mass for Miss Margaret Shugrue sung ir St Patricl's church Thursday at S o'clock by the assistant pastor, Rev Peter J. Cuny was attended by rel atives and friends of the family.
 A Brooklyn man, H. W. Main. who has long path to dig from h4s house 10 the street, hitched his horse to tho cultiYator and after "cuItivatins" 2 few rows, found it an easy matter Tor the snow blow to do the rest.
 George w. Lansings property a- Holland has been sold to Frank 4 Newman. MT. and Mrs. Lansin, moved to Florida fifteen years ago and have not been i'll Holland to oc cupy the house during that time.
 Secretary Fred W. Edgerton of tn New London board of education nro | poses the exchange of teachers in th ! public schools. teachers to be sent f. schools in other cities to study con ditlons thus acquiring a wider rang of knowledge.
 Miss Grace Taft of East Hartfor and Joseph Galbraith of Somers. Wh were married in East Hartford Sat 1 urday evening. will live in Somers having taken the lower part of tn house owned by the groom's brother Ernest GaIbraith.
 The statement made by Governo Holcomb at the dairymen's dime l 1AS "0CA IAdt ne was gong back t the farm next year, is not interprete ] as a definite announcement that h l Will not be a candidate for eoyerno at the fall election.
 The Moosup Journal notes that i, the death of Floyd Cranska. Moos11 l loses good man. a man who stoo ever for the right and whose integ rlty and uprightness no one eveT questioned. recognized force fo righteousness in the community.
 MT. and Mrs. Sanford Bripes o East Oneco were given a surnris party by friends in honor of their 2otl wedding anniversary. Mrs. Jame Harris presented MT. and Mrs. Rrige handsome box and when one6e was found to contain a China tea se
 A woman visitor from Providenc. who stated that she was unabIa < buy pair of arctics in that oi+. was told by Norwich dealers Frids that they were all sold out of car tam sizes and that the same condi tion exists throughout New Engla nl The boys at Pomfret school valiant, formed shovel brigade, digging or roadway from the school to fbe 70 il way station, so that their rno+ba-, sisters and girl friends could he trans ported in sleighs, when arriving to s9 tend dance which the students ooI Saturday night e"''