Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-21
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Norwich. Monday, Nov. II. 1921.
VARIOUS MATTERS

the 22nd Saint Cccelia's day.
A sunset of crimson and gold follow
/ ed the heavy rain Of Sunday morning.
The November moon is in its last
quarter Tuesday the 22d, at Sal a. m.
Saturday was a belated spring day. At
s p. m. the mercury stood at 60 de-
grees.
The Otis library reading room was in
charge of Miss Ida H. Leffingwell Sunday
afternoon. There were SO visitors.
The schools of the city will close We'd
nesday for the Thanksgiving recess,
opening again Monday morning, Novem-
Der %.
selectman w. c. Ruby of wellington.
recently made a record in coon hunt
i ing when his trained dogs freed SIX
'coons in four runs.
order your Thanksgiving flowers early
and avoid disappointment, Robert Wad-
dington, florist, 32S Main St Phone
1922. next to the post Officially.
At voluntown, Joreph Baton while at
work in No. 2 mill recently, caught his
hand in the gears of the cards, crush
ing two fingers badly.
A Moodus correspondent mentions that
Miss Ellen Babcock has closed her house
at the upper landing and will spend the
winter with her sister. Mrs. Gillette, in
Colchester.
A Hartford Sunday paner featured
picture of the members of the staff and
patients at Norwich State tuberculosis
sanatorium in fancy costume for Hal
lowe'en festival.
If the New London city manager snd
the city council approve the total amount
asked for by the school committee the
appropriation will run close to $375,o0o
this coming year.
Good progress is being made in re-
pairing the ThamesviIe engine house,
widening the floors, ETC.. in preparation
for accommodating the promised fire.
fighting apparatus.
A week end game of volley-ban be-
tween the Windemere and Center sehool
girls at Ellington was won by the form
er, 81 to 10. The game was played on
the Center School grounds
1t was fifty years ago tomorrow
(Tuesday) November %, 1871, that
} steamer City of New London, New York
to Norwich. was burned near the Draw
bridge, with the loss of II lives.
So far, Town Clerk Charles s. Hol-
brook, of Norwich, has not received the
towns allotment of the latest issue of the
public acts, for distribution, although
these are overdue fully three months.
It is mentioned by the Westerly Sun
that Misses Charlotte and Harriet Pres
ton of North Stonington have purchased
two lots on the Litchf1eld terrace off
West Broad street and will build there
soon.
The state finance corporation with Of
fees in Hartford and New London have
: opened a branch office at the corner OF
ar ,ra
pared to finance the sale of new autorno
: biles through the local dealers of New
Il London and Windham counties. Phone
f 590.-adv.
: The Great Washington Peace Confer
7 ence was the topic of a most interesting
: and informing talk by Gen. William A
q Aiken, at the home-time of the United
c Congregational church at the Community
: house, Sunday evening.
7. A former Norwich resident, Belir
= ". Tinker, son of Rev. Ezra W. Tinker
! Methodist pastor, was given a big din
= ner in Waterbury last week to mark hi:
, , twenty-ffth anniversary as superintend
= ent of schools in that city.
Sunday at $40 p. m. at the Central
Baptist church the B. Y. P U. topic wa
The Goodness of God. This was
n Thanksgiving meeting The leader for
1f I l1le AEdu0ltl9 EINup was MISS oy Dll al
g mer and for tho Senior group, Dougla
ID Hunt
D. Polish residents of several Connection
d. cities have lost heavily in the coIlaps
ID of the Polish steamship line which ha
10 recently been declared bankrupt in til
lg New York courts, many having exchang
e. ed their Liberty bonds for stock IN tn
I'd company.
The officers Of the Rockville Fair as
ISOLATION have made their annual report
which show that the 1921 fair was
IN success. The profits amount to abou
1880 and will be used for making re
ne pairs and improvements. The Fair .asso
IN citation is now out Of debt
~ TIE deep interest which the late Mr.
os Bella Peck Learned took in Park Congre
gational church and It's musical interest
- was recalled Sunday when Mrs Lear
eds arrangement of Bhrleieh
Jesus Thou Joy of Loving Hearts
a beautiful tenor solo, was sung by he
ID son, Chorister Eben Learned.
Parents, should make immediate r,
ay, ports to their local town health officer
1T if children have the slightest symptol
Ter of sore throat and they have no phys
it'll clan in attendance. it was urged by tt
wo bureau Of preventsble diseases of IL
state department of health Saturday.
- At the wedding December 10th in IL
chantry of st. Thomas Episcopal churc
New York, of Miss Lois Cate, of Ne,
York and John Richmond Glib Of Glel
cove, L. I. Rev. DR.. William Beach DIN
stead, of Pomfret school will assist Re
= DR.. Ernest NJ. Stires in performing II
ceremony.
, During Sunday afternoon, a SUGGEST
. canvass of Trinity Episcopal parish W;
made by eight or ten teams under IL
general direction of Joseph w Curt
and the supervision Of the rector, Re
J. Eldred Brown, when parishione
make their pledges for parish suppo
and the general work of the church.
Since returning from New Have
where he saw Marshal Foch receive +
zen degree from Yale, Rev. William
has Keefe has asked the children of
nal Mary's parish to pray daily for the ge
;ar. eralissimo, who was never too hurri
O. to enter a church and pray and who h
tor claimed that it was the prayers of inn
cen cent children which helped him win.
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